
Shiv Singh
CEO, Savvy Matters; Cofounder, AI Trailblazers; Board Member, United Rentals
Shiv Singh is the CEO of Savvy Matters, a strategic advisory and investment firm catering to C-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies. He is also the cofounder of AI Trailblazers, a thought leadership conference dedicated to advancing the responsible and transformative use of artificial intelligence in business. He serves as a board member at United Rentals Inc., a Fortune 300 company with $15 billion in annual revenue and 30,000 employees. With a career spanning executive leadership roles at Visa, PepsiCo, Expedia Group, and LendingTree, Shiv brings deep expertise in business transformation, innovation, marketing, and AI adoption at scale.
Shiv is the author of three books, including the recently released Marketing with AI For Dummies (October 2024), which has been translated into four languages and is already in its third edition. His previous works, Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News and Social Media Marketing for Dummies, have been widely recognized. Savvy received multiple major book industry awards, while Social Media Marketing for Dummies was reprinted four times and was translated into seven languages.
Shiv has been inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement and is an NACD Fellow. He was also named one of the 100 Asian American and Pacific Islander Board Members by Board Prospects. In recognition of his expertise in AI governance and strategy, he is a fellow at the Alpha AI Forum, where he contributes to shaping AI policy and leadership at the board level.
Shiv is also the cofounder and co-publisher of Sommelier India, a global wine magazine launched in 2004. Through his leadership, writing, and advisory work, he continues to shape the future of AI, marketing, and corporate governance.