Tracy Adams

Tracy Adams is the Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO) for Small Business Consulting

Corporation, where she drives advancements in artificial intelligence and software capabilities. With over 30

years of experience spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies, Tracy is a seasoned software expert and

innovator. She was an early employee at PlanetAll (acquired by Amazon), co-founder and COO of ArsDigita

(acquired by Red Hat), and has served as CTO or CPO at several other startups. Her software initiatives have

been central to over 10 acquisitions. At Infor, a multi-billion-dollar ERP company, she held leadership roles in

development, product management, sales, and enterprise architecture.

Tracy was a principal architect of OpenACS, an open-source platform adopted by thousands of

organizations, including Zipcar, United Way, Environmental Defense Fund, Siemens, HP, and the Los

Angeles Unified School District. She was also a founding member of the dotLRN consortium, a

collaboration between EMEA and LATAM to bring e-learning solutions to developing nations using the

OpenACS platform.

Tracy holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of

Business. Passionate about empowering future generations, she mentors startup founders and advises

GLAM (Girls Leadership Academy Meetup), teaching young women the principles of entrepreneurship.