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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 works at the intersection of AI strategy, governance, and enterprise impact.
Wei is an AI executive and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, focusing on Innovation to Impact (I2I)—turning computational, AI, and interdisciplinary ideas into deployable systems, scalable products, and measurable business, societal and clinical outcomes.
Previously, Wei served as VP/GM of AI & Analytics (AIA) at Intel, leading large global teams that built full-stack AI software platforms and shaping AI product strategy, ecosystem development, and enterprise deployment at scale, driving multi-billion-dollar AI revenue across enterprise and industry use cases. He also previously served on the boards of the PyTorch Foundation and Linux Foundation AI&Data, contributing to open-source governance, industry collaboration, and responsible AI adoption. Wei has collaborated with leading technology companies including Meta, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Hugging Face, AWS, and Accenture, as well as emerging startups. He has delivered keynotes and lectures at leading forums, including the World AI Summit and Harvard Business School, and engage with media such as Bloomberg to share insights on AI strategy, governance, and enterprise impact.
Wei regularly advises executives and boards on AI strategy, governance, and risk management—particularly where AI materially affects competitiveness, scale, and regulatory exposure. Wei holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University and completed an executive program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
