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Marly LeSene
Program Director, Communications & Initiatives, Bioengineering
Current Role at StanfordProgram Director, Communications & Initiatives
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Jerker Lessing
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioI earned my PhD at Lund University, Sweden, focused on strategic aspects of industrialized construction. I am the CEO and founder of Lessing Innovation, an advisory and consultancy firm within construction industrialization, innovation and sustainability. Between 2015-2023 I had the role as Director of Research & Development at BoKlok, Sweden’s leading housing company within industrialized construction. Before joining BoKlok, I worked for one of Sweden's leading engineering firms, Tyréns AB, where I led a team of Consultants focusing on Construction innovation. I was also engaged by leading Construction and housing companies as a consultant and advisor for numerous innovation- and development projects aimed at industrialized construction.
I am frequently engaged as a lecturer and moderator in both academia and industry, have co-authored a book about industrialized construction and I publish research in international Journals.
I have been a visiting researcher and lecturer at Stanford University since 2013 and since 2017 I am adjunct Professor here. At Stanford I have established and taught the course CEE324 Industrialized Construction, organized study trips for Stanford students and faculty to Sweden, as well as organized the Industrialized Construction Forum which is a industry-academia conference, held annually.
In my research I developed a framework describing contemporary industrialized construction, which has served as a foundation for academic research, as well as a guide for the industry’s development, in Sweden and internationally. -
Ricardo B Levy
Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering
BioRicardo Levy is an executive and entrepreneur whose career spans more than three decades of founding and building successful businesses. Born and raised in South America to a European immigrant family, he completed engineering studies in the United States at Stanford and Princeton before returning to South America to run a family business. In 1969 he sold the business and returned to the United States to complete his Ph.D. at Stanford in the field of catalytic chemistry. In 1974, after a number of years in the petroleum and petrochemical industry, he co-founded his first entrepreneurial venture, Catalytica, a research and development firm serving the chemical, pharmaceutical, and clean energy industries. The firm’s discoveries resulted in over one hundred patents and led to the formation of three companies, one of which became, under Levy’s leadership, the largest supplier to the pharmaceutical industry in North America and was sold to European firm DSM in 2000. He has served on several public and private Boards, is Lead Director of the Board of a private analytics software company, and serves on the Board of Aquarius Energy, Inc. From 2010 to 2016 served on the Advisory Board of the Santa Clara University Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, a global incubator of social entrepreneurs. He continues to be a mentor for that program. He is a Lecturer at the Stanford University Chemical Engineering Department, where he teaches a course on entrepreneurship, leadership and new venture creation. He is the author of the book “Letters to a Young Entrepreneur: Succeeding in Business Without Losing at Life – A Leader’s Ongoing Journey” published in 2015. Throughout his life, Dr. Levy has pursued a keen interest in spirituality and personal growth and his conviction that a person’s inner beliefs and purpose are deeply linked to business success. He has continually applied his diverse studies to his roles as a business leader, mentor and teacher.
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Wei Li
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME)
BioDr. Wei Li is a Stanford Adjunct Professor partnering with researchers, founders, VCs, and boards to bridge AI innovation with enterprise-scale impact. Prior to Stanford, he spent nearly three decades at Intel—the last decade as VP/GM of AI & Analytics—building the full-stack AI software platforms and AI hardware-software co-design that powered multi-billion-dollar product revenues. He previously served on the boards of the PyTorch Foundation and Linux Foundation AI & Data. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University focused on supercomputers and completed an executive program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Current Academic & Clinical Focus: As an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) and Affiliate Faculty at the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI), Dr. Li specializes in AI research, enterprise governance, and commercial scale. His work centers on Innovation to Impact (I2I) and Trusted AI—bridging the gap between frontier technical research, clinical adoption, and real-world deployment. He collaborates across Stanford Engineering, Medicine, and Stanford Health Care for AI deployment in high-stakes environments.
Enterprise & Open Source Leadership: Prior to Stanford, Dr. Li spent nearly three decades at Intel Corporation, serving as Vice President and General Manager of AI & Analytics. In this role, he led global teams across 10+ countries building full-stack AI software platforms and hardware-software co-design that powered multi-billion-dollar product revenues. A long-time advocate for open science and industry oversight, he previously served on the governing boards of the PyTorch Foundation and Linux Foundation AI & Data alongside leaders from Meta, Google, OpenAI, Hugging Face, and Microsoft.
Scholarship & Academic Background: Dr. Li holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University in supercomputing research and completed executive education at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a recipient of the ACM ASPLOS Best Paper Award, a former Associate Editor for ACM TOPLAS, and served as the Intel Executive Sponsor for Cornell University while sitting on the funding committee overseeing $20M in parallel computing research at UC Berkeley and UIUC.
Keynotes & Media Contributions: A prominent voice on AI strategy, enterprise deployment, and governance, Dr. Li is a frequent keynote speaker at major global forums—including CES, the World AI Summit, GITEX, and Harvard Business School. He also regularly contributes expert commentary to leading business and technology outlets, including Bloomberg, Forbes, and Fortune.
