Dr. Jill Crisman is the vice president and Executive Director of the Digital Safety Research Institute (DSRI) at UL Research Institutes. Before joining UL Research Institutes, Dr. Crisman was the principal director for AI/ML Modernization in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), the Chief Scientist for the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), and the Chief Scientist at Next Century Corp. At the JAIC and within OUSD(R&E), she worked to help modernize the Department of Defense for both agile software and AI systems. She also served as a Program Manager for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and was a founding faculty member of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Throughout her career, she worked on numerous computer vision applications including robotic navigation, satellite image understanding, 3-D reconstruction from video, and tracking objects through multi-view surveillance video Dr. Crisman earned her PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University where, for her thesis, she created some of the first computer vision perception algorithms for self-driving cars.

Dr. Sean McGregor is an expert in artificial intelligence and machine learning.  Most recently, Dr. McGregor was the Founder of the Responsible AI Collaborative which is a leading index of AI experiences in the real world.  He was also a lead consultant for the XPRIZE Foundation where he audited the safety, ethics, and impacts of 150+ teams competing for the $5 million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE.  Dr. McGregor brings to DSRI a passion for AI and digital system safety through auditing and testing. 

Denise is a seasoned communications and outreach expert with specialization in strategic planning, campaign development, engagement strategies, and execution of partnership marketing efforts. Key areas of communication include health and human safety, B2B sales and promotional messaging, and end-user communications.