Kian Katanforoosh

CEO, Workera

Kian Katanforoosh is the CEO and founder of Workera, the #1 trusted skills technology across the Fortune 1000. Workera offers unparalleled insights into workforce capabilities to help organizations accurately assess employees’ proficiency in high-demand skills and efficiently increase those skills. In addition to his work leading Workera, Kian is also an award-winning lecturer at Stanford, where he co-created their Deep Learning program alongside AI legend Andrew Ng and has helped teach AI to over 4M people. Kian has been acknowledged for his teaching excellence by Stanford’s highest teaching award, the Walter J. Gores Award and the Centennial Award for Excellence.