Chandra Kumar — Founder of WiselyWise and Smart Maya AI — brings nearly a decade of real AI company experience to the stage. Not theory. Practitioner truth.
Five deep specialisms — each grounded in real-world experience, delivered with practical frameworks your audience can apply immediately.
From Hype to Revenue: Practical AI for Growth
How businesses can leverage artificial intelligence to drive marketing performance, automate customer journeys, and make data-driven decisions — with real tools and frameworks you can apply immediately.
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Navigate Change Before Change Navigates You
A strategic framework for organisations embarking on digital transformation — covering technology adoption, change management, talent development, and measuring transformation success.
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Cloud Is Not the Destination — Value Is
Demystifying cloud adoption for business leaders: from migration strategy to cost optimisation and building cloud-native capabilities that drive genuine competitive advantage.
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Technology That Saves Lives at Scale
The intersection of healthcare and digital innovation: telemedicine, health data platforms, wearable technology, and AI diagnostics transforming patient outcomes globally.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Climate Leaders
How schools, educators, and institutions can integrate climate literacy and AI tools into curricula — accelerating climate education at scale for K-12 and beyond.
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From global technology leaders to government institutions — a track record of delivering impact across industries.
Founder of WiselyWise and Smart Maya AI. 9 years building AI commercially. 29 years enterprise experience. Keynote speaker who teaches AI from the inside — not from a whitepaper.
Chandra Kumar is the Founder & CEO of WiselyWise and Smart Maya AI — two AI companies he has built and operated from Singapore for nearly a decade. With 29 years of enterprise experience across IBM, Dell, and Cognizant, he has delivered keynotes for Cisco, the Singapore Ministry of Education, Nielsen, Amazon, and 20+ global organisations.
He speaks to enterprise CXOs, corporate teams, educators, and entrepreneurs — bridging AI strategy with practitioner truth. Not theory. The real thing, from someone who builds it daily.
MIT Sloan certified in AI: Implications for Business Strategy. 50,000+ students reached through WiselyWise. 4,000+ organisations using Smart Maya AI.
The reporting provided could easily outperform what a McKinsey would provide to us. This has really helped us finalize our options for go to market in time for our clients.
CIO
Chief Information Officer · Nielsen
Not theory — practitioner truth from nearly a decade of building AI commercially.
AI is not just a tool in education — it's a partner that brings out the best in both students and educators. Here are my personal experiences integrating AI into education across 500+ schools and 50,000+ students.
4 min read· ReadA deep-dive into what was covered in the 'Unleashing the Power of AI for Growth' keynote for Cisco — from AI's first and second-order effects, to jobs, startups, and the future of drug discovery.
6 min read· ReadScientists have developed an AI decoder that can non-invasively convert a person's thoughts into text using an AI transformer. What does this mean for healthcare, privacy, and the future of human-computer interaction?
4 min read· ReadA decade of keynotes, workshops, and panels across Asia and beyond.
Spotlight speaker at the Tamil Curriculum & Enrichment Framework conference on AI tools for Tamil language teachers.
Keynote on practical AI adoption for business growth teams at Cisco's regional leadership event.
Keynote and workshop at the Eldrok K-12 Summit, focusing on technology-enabled learning for school leaders.
Tamil Mozhi Vizha — Singapore Ministry of Education · 2025 · Keynote
Cisco for Startups · May 2023 · Full Keynote
Cisco · April 2023 · Keynote
6 more recordings on the YouTube channel and media gallery.
Available for keynotes, workshops, panels, and corporate training globally. I'd love to hear about your event.
Based in
Singapore
Speaking engagements across Asia, MENA, and globally
