Meet Lola Adey.
The practitioner behind Nard AI — teaching nontechnical leaders to lead confidently with AI.
Lola Adey is the lead trainer behind Nard AI. She has approximately 10 years of experience inside Fortune 500 organizations — including GM Financial and Lockheed Martin — where she served as an Agile Lead and Release Train Engineer managing complex technology programs at enterprise scale.
As a trainer, she has facilitated AI education sessions for 3,000+ professionals across the United States and internationally. She has spoken at IEEE, PMI, the Nigeria AI Summit, and the Dallas AI Summit, and is the co-author of AI Thriving in the World of Smart Machines and Robots, an Amazon bestseller.
In 2026, she was named one of the Top 75 AI Innovators in Dallas.
Credentials
- MBA, Cybersecurity — Florida Institute of Technology
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
- Agile Lead / Release Train Engineer, Lockheed Martin
- ~10 Years Fortune 500 (GM Financial, Lockheed Martin)
- International Speaker: IEEE, PMI, Nigeria AI Summit, Dallas AI Summit
- Top 75 AI Innovators in Dallas, 2026
- Amazon Bestselling Co-Author: AI Thriving in the World of Smart Machines and Robots
How she teaches.
Practical over theoretical
Every session ends with you having built or used something. No 'this is interesting' walkaways.
Jargon-free
If we can't explain it to a smart nontechnical leader in plain English, we haven't taught it well enough.
Nobody left behind
We slow down where the room is stuck. Repetition is a feature, not a bug.
Generosity is the brand
We give away the playbook. The value is in walking you through it until it works.