Viktoria Semaan
AI @Databricks | Public Speaker | #4 Top Female Creator Worldwide | 600K+ Community
San Diego, California, United States
327K followers
500+ connections
About
I explain how AI actually works - the infrastructure, the architecture, and what it means for business and society.
As Principal AI Evangelist at Databricks (and previously at AWS), I've spent years helping Fortune 500 companies to deploy AI systems at scale. I've seen firsthand what works, what fails, and what the headlines get wrong. Now I turn that experience into content that reaches over 630,000 professionals across LinkedIn and Instagram, and I'm building AI Explained - a series breaking down the real technology behind the AI revolution.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿:
→ The physical infrastructure powering AI
→ Enterprise AI architecture and implementation
→ What AI developments actually mean for business leaders and practitioners
I also speak at major industry events including RAISE Summit, GTC, re:Invent, WeAreDevelopers World Congress, and Gitex, and I'm developing a LinkedIn Learning course on AI Agents launching in 2026.
Background: MBA from UCLA.I built a career across industrial automation, cloud architecture, and AI which gives me a perspective most AI commentators don't have: I've actually built these systems.
Recognized as AI Top Voice on LinkedIn and ranked #4 Top Female Content Creator worldwide (Favikon).
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀: 𝘃𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮@𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘂𝗽.𝗼𝗻𝗲
Connect with me:
Instagram: @viktoria.semaan
YouTube: @viktoriasemaan
Website: viktoriasemaan.com
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳.
Articles by Viktoria
Activity
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My heart is full and my brain is energized. Today’s SWE OC Professional Development Conference injected wisdom, laughter, and connection into each of…
My heart is full and my brain is energized. Today’s SWE OC Professional Development Conference injected wisdom, laughter, and connection into each of…
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Great conversations at #AIInfraSummit talking about our Blueprint for Premium Inference using SambaNova RDUs and Intel Xeon 6 CPUs for Agentic AI…
Great conversations at #AIInfraSummit talking about our Blueprint for Premium Inference using SambaNova RDUs and Intel Xeon 6 CPUs for Agentic AI…
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Experience
Education
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UCLA Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance, General
Activities and Societies: Anderson Tech Business Association (AnderTech), Global Management Center, Women’s Business Connection;
UCLA ranked No. 1 U.S. public university by Times Higher Education
In global rankings, UCLA Anderson was ranked #9 by The Economist -
HEC Paris
MBA Global Exchange Program, Global Entrepreneurship Designing and Leading Entrepreneurial Organizations
HEC ranked #1 institute in the world for Master in Management
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Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
M.S Information Systems and Technology Honor Roll - Magna Cum Laude
Activities and Societies: Sole Recipient of Gazprom merit-based scholarship
The leading petroleum industry-oriented university
Licenses & Certifications
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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Certified Developer
Rockwell Automation
IssuedCredential ID MES, Historian, Asset Management -
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Skills
Publications
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Automating Your Home with Grafana and Siemens Controllers
Amazon Web Services
See publicationIn this blog, I explain how to use Siemens controllers, AWS IoT, and the open-source visualization platform Grafana to quickly build a digital twin of any processes.
Honors & Awards
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Supply Chain Award
PepsiCo
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Humanoids are no longer science fiction. They're being built right now, and we went inside the factory making it happen. 📸Some stills from our…
Humanoids are no longer science fiction. They're being built right now, and we went inside the factory making it happen. 📸Some stills from our…
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Databricks ranked #2 on the 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 in the Giga Stage—a recognition of the companies redefining enterprise technology and how the…
Databricks ranked #2 on the 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 in the Giga Stage—a recognition of the companies redefining enterprise technology and how the…
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