Colm Ó Riain

Colm Ó Riain possesses extensive experience in both the technology and nonprofit sectors, currently serving as the Head of Growth at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute from July 2016 to April 2024, where responsibilities include coordinating philanthropic strategy and recruitment to support growth plans. Previous roles include Development Director at Harmony Project San Francisco, focusing on enhancing the lives of under-served children through music, and Senior Software Engineer positions at major organizations such as Zynga, Electronic Arts, and shockwave.com. Additionally, Colm served as an Artist Partner for the Human & Machine initiative at Cal Performances in 2022-2023. Colm holds a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from University College Dublin.