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Joan Palmiter Bajorek is an American entrepreneur, linguist, and influencer. In August 2018, she founded Women in Voice, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization for women in voice technology, specializing in speech technology, artificial intelligence, linguistics technology, multimodal, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).[1][2] She is the CEO of Clarity AI (an AI and software company)[3], a 2019 Top 11 Influencer in Voice by Voicebot.ai[4], and a 2020 Alexa Champion.[5] She hosts the Your AI Roadmap podcast, featuring AI experts who work at Adobe, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, and more.[6]

Early life and education

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Bajorek grew up in Portland, Oregon, and graduated with a BFA in Photomedia and a BA in French from the University of Washington in 2013[7], an MA in Linguistics from the University of California, Davis in 2016[8], and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Speech-Language Technology.[9] She currently lives in Seattle, WA.[10]

In 2019, she completed her Ph.D. Her dissertation title is 'Speaking of Language Technology'.[11]

Career

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She was previously the VP of Data & Analytics at OneReach.ai[12], Head of Conversational Research and Strategy at VERSA Agency[13], Principal Investigator at the University of Arizona[14], Senior Conversational Designer at Nuance[15], and an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at WeWork Labs.[16] As a public speaker, she has spoken at the 2019 Voice Summit[17], CES 2020[18][19][20], 2020 L3-AI[21] by Rasa[22], Humans of AI[23], ConveyUX[24], 2021 MWC Telekom[25], and 2023 VentureBeat.[26] Joan is also an advisor to CleanAI[27] and an investor in startups and enterprises.[28][29]

Her work is featured in publications including Harvard Business Review[30], Adobe XD[31], Cambridge University Press[32], UXmatters[33], and FLTMAG.[34] She has raised over $500k with 20+ chapters for Women in Voice.[35] Google Assistant was the first corporate sponsor for the non-profit organization.[36]

Awards

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  • 2018’s Top 15 Voice AI Twitter Influencers, SoundHound[37]
  • 2019’s Executive of the Year Finalist, Alexa Awards[38][39]
  • 2020’s Amazon Alexa Champion[40]
  • 2020’s Top Influencers in Voice, Voicebot.ai[41]
  • 2020’s Project Voice Medal Finalist for Diversity & Inclusion and Voice/AI Pioneer Finalist of the Year, Project Voice Awards[42]
  • 2021’s DataEthics4All Top 100 DIET Champion 2021[43]
  • Women in Voice Awards: The Visionary Award Finalist 2021 and Winner 2022[44]
  • 2024’s VentureBeat Women in AI Awards Finalist with the topic: 'AI Entrepreneur: Bringing AI out of the lab and into the real world'[45]

References

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  1. ^ "Global Team". Women In Voice. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  2. ^ "How Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek's 'Women in Voice' Went from Support Group to Worldwide Movement". alexa-blog. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  3. ^ "Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek". clarityai.ck.page. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  4. ^ "The Top 11 Influencers in Voice 2019". Voicebot.ai. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  5. ^ "Alexa Champions". Amazon Alexa. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  6. ^ "Your AI Roadmap". Buzzsprout. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  7. ^ "Graduate Profiles | University of Washington's Honors Program".
  8. ^ "Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek University of Arizona".
  9. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter. SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY PhD Thesis (PDF).
  10. ^ "Alexa Champions - Joan Bajorek". Amazon Alexa. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  11. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter (2019). "Speaking of Language Technology". Speaking of Language Technology PhD Dissertation. The University of Arizona.
  12. ^ "Generative AI journey with Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  13. ^ Kuhlman, Cara (December 13, 2019). "Tech Moves: Microsoft IP chief Erich Andersen is leaving; Kristen Hamilton joins board of education software startup; and more". GeekWire.
  14. ^ "People | Public & Applied Humanities | University of Arizona". pah.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  15. ^ "JBajorek". Bajorek, Joan Palmiter | Public & Applied Humanities | University of Arizona. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  16. ^ "Alexa Champions - Joan Bajorek". Amazon Alexa. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  17. ^ Modev. "VOICE Summit Speakers". www.voicesummit.ai. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  18. ^ VOICE Live from CES | Welcome to VOICE: Opportunities and Challenges for Brands. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  19. ^ Medeiros, Jenny. "Everything You Need to Know about VOICE Live from CES 2020". www.voicesummit.ai. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  20. ^ "VOICE Live From CES". events.bizzabo.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  21. ^ "L3-AI: The Level 3 AI Assistant Conference - hosted by Rasa". 2020.l3-ai.dev. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  22. ^ "Rasa Community Update 2020". Rasa. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  23. ^ Weaver, Alaura (2024-05-29). "The power of finding your voice in the age of AI with Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek". Writer. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  24. ^ "Joan Palmiter Bajorek ConveyUX". Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  25. ^ "MWC 2021 Speaker: Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek... | Telekom". mwc.telekom.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  26. ^ Columbus, Louis (2023-07-14). "How Walmart's Emerging Tech team is transforming retail with conversational AI". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  27. ^ "CleanAi". www.cleanai.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  28. ^ "(PitchPodcasts.com) Guest Profile: Joan Bajorek - AI Influencer, Entrepreneur, Investor". PitchPodcasts.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  29. ^ Bajorek, Joan. "Investor".
  30. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter (2019-05-10). "Voice Recognition Still Has Significant Race and Gender Biases". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  31. ^ "The Future of Technology Embraces Voice Activation| Adobe XD Ideas". Ideas. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  32. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter. Speech Technology for Language Learning: Research and Today's Tools. Cambridge University Press.
  33. ^ "Voice First Versus the Multimodal User Interfaces of the Future :: UXmatters". www.uxmatters.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  34. ^ Bajorek, Joan Palmiter. "Google Speech Technology: Gboard & Voice Typing".
  35. ^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (2013-05-09). "Women In Voice Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2024-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  36. ^ "Increasing our engagement with the voice technology community- Google Developers Blog". developers.googleblog.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  37. ^ "Top 15 Voice AI Influencers to Follow on Twitter". SoundHound. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  38. ^ "The Alexa Conference Names the 2019 Alexa Award Finalists". Speech Technology Magazine. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  39. ^ Conference, The Alexa. "The Alexa Conference Names the 2019 Alexa Award Finalists". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  40. ^ "Alexa Champions - Joan Bajorek". Amazon Alexa. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  41. ^ "The Top 17 Influencers in Voice 2020". Voicebot.ai. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  42. ^ Events, VoiceFirst. "Project Voice Names the Finalists of the 2020 Project Voice Awards". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  43. ^ "Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek". DataEthics4All. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  44. ^ "Women in Voice Awards". Women In Voice. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  45. ^ Staff, V. B. (2024-06-25). "Announcing the 2024 nominees for VentureBeat Women in AI Awards". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
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