Experts & Advisors
Monark Vyas
Senior Managing Director

Monark Vyas is a distinguished Senior Managing Director at Ankura, based in San Francisco. Monark has over 23 years of experience spearheading transformative data and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives for Fortune 500 organizations. Monark’s experience spans consulting giants, AI product companies, and global system integrators across two continents.
Experience
Monark specializes in defining high-impact AI strategies, architecting the complexities of emerging technologies, and establishing operating models and processes to drive scale and adoption of AI initiatives.
A recognized thought leader in areas across data, AI, and responsible use of technology, he has numerous public speaking engagements and publications to his name with prestigious institutions and conferences like Purdue University, Texas DIR, Splunk GovSummit, DataCon LA, Databricks Data & AI Summit, and more.
Monark is passionate about combating human trafficking and co-led the center of practice focused on creating solutions and public-private partnerships to oppose this egregious crime.
For his accomplishments and contributions, Monark was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as the “40 under 40” in 2021.
Select Public Speaking and Publications
- Empower Your Retail Workforce With Gen AI, Databricks, 2026
- Retail Holiday Shopping Trends and AI Impact, Fivetran, 2024
- Optimizing Supply Chains With AI, Databrick, 2024
- Generative AI for Retail & Consumer Goods, Databricks Summit, 2024
- Driving Data-Led Transformations for Retail, LinkedIn, 2023
- Technology, Bias, and Social Justice, Purdue University, 2023
- Responsible AI, BrightTalk, 2022
- Leveraging AI to Combat Human Trafficking, Splunk GovSummit, 2021
- Education
- BEng, Information Technology & Computer Sciences, DDU, India, 2003
- Certifications
- Reinvention With Agentic AI, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, 2025
- Generative AI for Reinvention: Enabling the C-Suite, MIT, Professional Education, 2024
- Applying Analytics-Powered Strategy, Issuer, Northwestern, Kellogg School of Management, 2019
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Patni Computer Systems, 2005
- Affiliations
- Executive Sponsor, Global Emancipation Network