Team

Meet The Team

Zain Khalpey

Chief Medical AI Officer, ATARI AI
Chair of Applied Clinical AI, ATARI AI Foundation Director, Khalpey AI Lab

Dr. Zain Khalpey is a robotic heart surgeon and AI leader, directing the Artificial Heart Program in Arizona. He pioneers AI-driven patient care and surgical innovation, with research in organ longevity, robotic surgery, and AI-powered risk prediction leading to multiple patents and global adoption. At ATARI, he transforms AI breakthroughs into real-world medical solutions.

Amina Khalpey, PhD

President, ATARI AI Foundation Director,
ATARI AI Foundation - Academy Co-Director, Khalpey AI Lab

Dr. Amina Khalpey is a plasma physicist whose career has centered on the heart and blood vessels, from artificial vascular grafts to AI for cardiac care. She is a member of the COMPASS-AI Panel of Experts, an EU-funded initiative on the safe implementation of AI in clinical practice, and President of the Applied and Translational AI Research Institute (ATARI). She is the author of The Red Line: What AI Must Never Do in Medicine.

Nicholas King

Chief Executive Officer, ATARI AI
Chair of Clinical Data Science, ATARI AI Foundation Co-Director, Khalpey AI Lab
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Nicholas King has built and developed multiple categories including Azure SQL, Google Cloud AI, Android Enterprise, DataRobot.Nick has 20 years experience in enterprise and government Applied AI use cases. He focuses primarily on regulated industries with specific bodies of research in healthcare, oil & gas, supply chain, and decision intelligence.

Raquel Flowers

General Secretary

Raquel (Raq) Flowers is a seasoned Chief of Staff and Operations Leader with a talent for executing complex projects in high-stakes environments. A U.S. Air Force combat veteran, she has served in Afghanistan, Oman, and Iraq, applying military precision to corporate operations. With experience at VMware, AtScale, DataRobot, Cisco, and Tenable, Raq drives transformative change and operational excellence. She is fluent in English and Spanish, bringing a results-driven, strategic approach to global leadership. Her hands-on approach and relentless focus on results set her apart as a leader who truly makes an impact.

David Gonzales

Chief Executive Officer

David “Gonzo” González co-founded Zeff.ai, acquired in 2020 by Boston-based DataRobot where he succeeded in bringing a jobs-to-be-done perspective to focus product strategy.Gonzo pioneered transactionally authored training and inference on multi-modal datasets and is the primary author of The AI Manifesto for Applied Artificial Intelligence Development and has multiple ML patents.

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