Alicia Moniz is the North America - Regional Lead for Global Ai Community, and has co-authored ‘Beginning Azure Cognitive Services: Data-driven Decision Making Through Artificial Intelligence’. She has a passion for data, AI & streaming analytics and enjoys her role as a Data & AI Specialist at Microsoft.  She supports the Houston startup community as an AI startup advisor, and is working on launching her personal branding & coaching app – Build My Biz Brand, this fall.