Columbus Leonard

Columbus Leonard is an experienced engineering professional currently serving as Director of Applications Engineering and Director of Solution Engineering at C3 AI since January 2017, where leadership responsibilities have included managing teams of up to 27 engineers, shaping technical sales strategies, and overseeing multi-disciplinary engineering projects across various industries. Prior roles at C3 AI included Senior Manager and Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, contributing significantly to AI application development and team expansion. Columbus also has prior experience as a Product Development Engineer at Independent Energy Standards Corp., Staff Engineer at ChemCo Systems, and conducted research in fluid dynamics at EDF. Columbus holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.