About
A lifetime at the intersection of technology, human cognition, and the organisations that connect them.
Babak Abbaschian is a technology executive, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor whose career has spanned artificial intelligence research, enterprise transformation, and venture building across three continents.
With a PhD focused on the intersection of human cognition and machine intelligence, his work has consistently been driven by a single question: how do organisations become capable of thinking clearly about technology?
He has led teams building AI systems for healthcare, financial services, and government — always with a focus on creating lasting organisational capability, not just technical delivery.
Current Roles
Values & Worldview
Clarity Over Complexity
The best technology disappears into the work. If it requires constant explanation, it has not been thought through.
Integrity Before Efficiency
Automation without ethics is merely speed. Every system we build carries the values of its creators.
Stewardship of Capability
Technology leadership is not about control. It is about building the organisational capacity to make good decisions long after you leave.
Leadership Approach
I believe that the most valuable thing a technology leader can do is create the conditions for good decisions to be made without their direct involvement.
This means investing deeply in the people and systems around you — hiring for judgement over credentials, designing processes that surface the right information at the right time, and building a culture where intellectual honesty is rewarded, not punished.
Personal Creed+
Aequitas prae Automatis. Humanitas prae Machinis. Natura summa lex. Fairness before automation. Humanity before machines. Nature is the highest law.