Chief AI Officer @ N-able
Head of AI leading Product Strategy
AI @ Georgetown
Teaching AI & Innovation Masters Courses
Columbia Author
Upcoming Release : Patently Successful
Recently Published Books
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Patently Successful
“This book is filled with Nicole Reineke’s gems. They reshaped my worldview, fueled my double-digit patents, and launched me into leading AI and UX research. This isn’t just about IP; it’s about unlocking the innovator in you, standing out, and creating meaningful impact. Absolutely transformative.” – Maggie (Ming) Qian, principal AI UX researcher, Dell Technologies
“Drawing on personal experience, Nicole Reineke explains how IP can benefit anyone. Her insights into how IP creation drives innovation, collaboration, and opportunity will change the way both employees and employers approach intellectual property.” Carl Reed, patent attorney, Workman Nydegger
AI Governance 101
How do you protect your organization and put in place the basics of AI Governance?
A beginning-to-end How-to guide that covers what you should be doing in the next 30 days to protect yourself and your organization in alignment with the existing and upcoming AI regulations.
Sustainable AI Agent Design
AI Agent default settings will impact your long term costs. Just like auto-enrolling employees in a 401(k) completely shifts their retirement trajectory, changing default settings in AI Agent configurations can completely shift their sustainability trajectory. Small design decisions at setup can have an outsized long-term impact on cost ( energy cost, compute cost, sustainability cost.)
I’m thrilled to release this paper which starts the conversation on how we can design for a more sustainable agent consumption model.
How to Innovate with AI
Whether you’re just starting your AI journey or scaling advanced programs, this book provides practical advice on how to approach AI innovation, from quick wins to advanced programs, ensuring that businesses can effectively integrate AI into their workflows and achieve measurable outcomes.
It is your blueprint for:
Identifying high-impact use cases
Navigating the AI roadmap
Embedding AI into workflows that matter
Managing risk with clarity and confidence
Measuring what truly moves the needle
Compassion-Driven Innovation
Inspired by real life trailblazers and their own experiences, the authors decode the secrets of achieving breakthrough success at both organizational and interpersonal levels. Learn to use their methodology with the help of checklists and detailed examples that will transform your thinking and skills.
The Penguin Games
Science fiction
Stella, a gifted AI developer with a penchant for tackling the improbable, embarks on a dream project to revolutionize wildlife conservation in Antarctica.
What starts as an inspiring conservation effort becomes a Pandora’s box of innovation, leading Stella to confront the unintended dangers of her own genius.
With rich storytelling and a sharp eye for the ethical dilemmas of AI, Reineke’s The Penguin Games is a thought-provoking thriller that invites readers to consider the fine line between innovation and consequence.
Keynote Speaking
Ideas that move
organizations forward
Nicole speaks at Fortune 500 leadership summits, global technology conferences, and private board retreats. Every engagement is tailored to your audience and built on deep operational experience.
From experimentation to enterprise AI at scale
The definitive roadmap for moving AI out of the lab and into production — covering LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, agentic systems, governance, and the organizational change required to make it permanent.
The agentic future: what every executive must know
A rigorous, practical briefing on A2A, MCP, and autonomous AI agents — what they are, where they create value, what governance demands they create, and how to build a credible strategy before your competitors do.
Responsible AI & governance that doesn’t slow you down
How to build enterprise-grade AI governance — consent frameworks, model evaluation, compliance guardrails, transparency controls — that accelerates rather than blocks innovation.
AI strategy for boards & senior leadership
Board-ready AI literacy: understanding risk, evaluating vendor claims, setting multi-year strategy, and asking the right questions of your technology leadership. Designed for directors and C-suite executives.
Innovation at the speed of AI: from patent to product
Lessons from 58 patents and three books — how to build a culture of AI-driven innovation, protect intellectual property, and turn breakthrough ideas into durable business value inside large organizations.
The MSP & service provider AI playbook
Built from Nicole’s direct experience transforming managed service providers at scale — how service businesses can deploy, monetize, and differentiate with AI across their customer base and operations.
Google Scholar
Nicole Reineke, a prominent inventor, has made significant contributions to the field of technology, holding more than 50 granted patents since 2021. Her inventive spirit and dedication to innovation have led to the development of groundbreaking technologies, particularly in the realms of AI, digital asset management and data confidence. (Writeup from https://idiyas.com/inventor/nicole-reineke)
How to find me
Occasionally I write things and send them out. Look me up over on LinkedIn