David Collier

David 'DC' Collier is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with a focus on AI product engineering and game development. Currently serving as the Interim CTO and AI Product Engineering Consultant at rik.ai since 2015, David also founded and leads Rikai Labs, which creates educational chat games for language learning. David has acted as a mentor and CTO coach at Chinaccelerator and has extensive experience in generating AI applications, having worked in significant roles at Google as a Conversational AI Architect and Directly as a Software Engineer specializing in NLP and bots. Past leadership positions include CTO at KLab Inc. and founder of Pikkle KK, alongside a director role at BANDAI NAMCO Mobile, where David oversaw global mobile game operations. David's educational background includes a foundation degree in graphic design from Chelsea School of Art.