About
Dr. Ana Rojo-Echeburúa is an AI leader with a background in mathematics, technology, infrastructure, and real-world problem-solving. She is CTO at AinTools, where she leads the technical direction and delivery of secure, sovereign AI systems across enterprise, government, and public-sector initiatives. Her work sits at the intersection of AI strategy, governance, and adoption, supporting product and engineering teams, clients, and organisations looking to deploy trusted AI in real-world environments. Her foundation in problem-solving began with mathematics. She holds both a degree and a master's degree in the subject, specialising in differential geometry, and later completed a PhD focused on Applications of Smooth and Discrete Moving Frames. After completing her PhD, she moved into data and AI, helping businesses use emerging technologies to transform operations, strategy, and outcomes. Over the years, Dr. Rojo-Echeburúa has worked across hands-on engineering, leadership, education, and entrepreneurial roles. She has built her own ventures, collaborated with founders, and partnered with organisations across multiple industries to deliver AI initiatives with measurable business impact. Education is also central to her work. She has taught mathematics to learners of all ages and later expanded into teaching data and AI to professionals, leadership teams, and executives. She helps organisations identify the skills they need, close capability gaps, and design practical training and workshops that solve real business problems. Dr. Rojo-Echeburúa is also an active communicator, creating hands-on tutorials, articles, and content focused on AI. She is passionate about making complex ideas simple, practical, and easy to apply. Through public speaking, writing, and social media, she contributes to a thoughtful and accessible conversation around the future of AI. Alongside her technical and educational work, she is deeply interested in the investment and venture side of AI, including how founders build, how investors evaluate opportunities, and how value is created in the AI ecosystem. This led her to create The AI Frame Podcast, where she interviews founders, investors, and innovators about the strategies, lessons, and mental models shaping the future of AI.