John Mc Bride is an Agentic AI Systems Leader with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of people and technology. He has built and deployed AI solutions across OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, and AWS, including Spark AI, an enterprise AI platform he built from the ground up for SAE International's internal workforce. More recently, John has pioneered agentic systems with real-time decision transparency and multi-agent orchestration, designed to be both explainable and auditable. His expertise spans AI strategy, UX research, product leadership, and ethical AI design. John has led cross-functional teams, secured executive buy-in for ambitious AI initiatives, and delivered measurable business impact. He brings a practitioner's perspective to AI education having built the systems he teaches others to think about. John advises on how to make AI not just powerful, but explainable, accessible, and genuinely useful for people.