About Rushi

Practical AI leadership shaped by strategy, systems thinking, and live delivery.

AI keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, and founder — based in Sydney and working across Australia and Asia-Pacific — helping organisations turn AI interest into practical capability and better products.

Book discovery call AI keynote speaker AI training

By Rushi VyasSydney, AustraliaUpdated 13 August 2026

Positioning

A personal authority site with real delivery proof behind it.

The positioning is intentionally hybrid in capability and single in entity: Rushi is the public-facing authority for AI training, AI fluency, keynote speaking, facilitation, consulting, and practical AI delivery.

The work draws on experience across higher education, government, innovation, market strategy, and product design. That makes the talks and workshops more grounded, especially for rooms that want practical judgement instead of generic AI optimism.

Selected highlights

The recent years made the current offer credible.

A few of the proof points that matter most for buyers evaluating authority, relevance, and delivery fit.

2026

AI Fluency for Government & Leadership

USYD + City of Sydney

Started training government staff in AI fluency, helping public-sector teams turn interest into confident, practical use.
Partnered again with the City of Sydney to deliver AI for Small Businesses workshops.
Delivered an AI for Leadership workshop for AGSM at UNSW while expanding capability-building work with the University of Sydney.

2025

AI Capability Building Across Higher Ed

UTS + ACU

Started helping UTS and ACU teams build capability, fluency, and confidence around AI adoption across academic and operational settings.
Trained 400+ UNSW Finance staff through AI for Finance Professionals while What’s On! products contributed to $32M in commercial outcomes.
Built a national profile as one of the youngest AI leads in Australian higher education, including a keynote visit to Darwin.

2024

AI Fluency, VC Endorsement & Dean's List

UNSW

Revamped the AI Fluency course at UNSW and made it more practical for staff, students, and organisational adoption work.
Finished postgraduate Business Information Systems study with Dean’s List / Excellence standing, strengthening the technical base behind the practice.
Saw UNSW’s Vice-Chancellor endorse What’s On! while also starting AI upskilling sessions for the City of Sydney.

2023

Founder, Federal-Gov AI

What's On!

Founded What’s On! and positioned it at the intersection of AI, public service, and community technology.
Built early AI solutions for federal-government use cases, proving the model in high-trust, human-centred service environments.
Created a migrant support platform that impacted 139,000+ people by helping them navigate safety, skills, rights, and practical everyday resources.

2022

Digital Transformation Lecturer

UNSW

Started lecturing in digital transformation and taught 300+ students how technology, systems, and organisational change interact in practice.
Turned complex business and systems thinking into applied classroom material for future operators, strategists, and analysts.
Established a teaching approach that blended industry relevance with academic clarity, laying the groundwork for later AI fluency work.

How the work shows up

One operator across speaking, capability building, and AI implementation.

Speaking and facilitation

Practical keynotes, moderated discussions, and workshop facilitation for audiences that want a stronger point of view on AI adoption.

Capability and fluency

AI training and fluency programs for leaders, non-technical teams, universities, and public-sector cohorts.

Consulting and delivery

Consulting and product work that moves teams from AI interest toward clearer scopes, stronger workflows, and more useful custom experiences.

Client feedback

Trusted by teams that needed AI to become useful fast.

The AI upskilling session Rushi ran for our finance and leadership teams at our Sydney office was practical from the first hour. Everything was grounded in our real workflows, and the team walked out with tools and judgement they could apply straight away.
Czarina DeldioManager – Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Analytics & Insights, Rheem Australia

I managed Rushi during our work on Spotify's India launch, where he shaped the mobile-first audience strategy and fed into how our curation surfaced local music for new listeners. He connected data, local culture and product decisions in a way few people I have worked with can, and he moved fast without cutting corners. I would hire him again tomorrow.
Oona YadavAssociate Director, Global Markets Strategy, Spotify

Rushi gave the keynote on AI and entrepreneurship at our international student welcome, speaking to close to a thousand students who had just arrived in Sydney. He read the room beautifully. Instead of hype, he gave them an honest picture of where AI is taking work and what it means for building something of their own here. Students were still coming up with questions long after the session ended.
International Student Welcome TeamCity of Sydney

The chatbot didn't just answer questions — it doubled the number of students we could talk to meaningfully. With gamified flows and personalised roadmaps, we saw a 160% lift in qualified leads and conversations that felt human, not transactional.
Admissions & Recruitment TeamAustralian Catholic University — AI Career Coach

Explore next

The pages buyers usually read next

Related pages that help buyers move from first interest to a clear next step.

AI Keynote SpeakerOpen page AI TrainingOpen page Case StudiesOpen page ContactOpen page