Denise Zheng

Denise Zheng is Chief AI Officer and Data & AI Lead for Accenture Federal Services. Previously, she was Managing Director and Global Generative AI and Ecosystem Lead at Accenture, where she helped companies navigate adoption and scaling new classes of artificial intelligence. She has held various leadership roles at Accenture, including as Strategic Initiatives Lead for Accenture’s Chair and CEO.

Denise has a unique blend of expertise, including advanced technology R&D initiatives, strategy, and driving major cross-industry initiatives on artificial intelligence, data privacy, and cybersecurity working with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Accenture, Denise was head of technology and innovation at Business Roundtable. She also led the Strategic Technologies Program at CSIS, ranked top thinktank in the United States, and served as lead systems engineering and technical advisor and chief of staff of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s foundational cyber and AI program – Plan X.

Denise has testified multiple times before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as an expert on digital trade, data privacy, and internet governance issues. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and she has been interviewed by CNN, BBC, CBS, and NPR on a range of technology issues.

Denise completed her bachelor’s and graduate studies at University of Michigan, London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business.