Doug Lessing, as a speaker and longtime partner of multiple tech companies over the past 35 years, has made it his life’s work to evangelize the importance of using business as force for good in a fractured world. Writing his first AI program in 1989, Doug has worked tirelessly to put AI to work for his clients in practical ways to benefit humans and society. As the Founder of, Phin, a philanthropic tech platform and certified BCorp, he is an advocate for companies being great by doing good. He is on the leadership team of Founders Network, a network of 700 tech founders, and runs the AI OpsLab, a monthly AI workshop. Doug is featured on Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100 Entrepreneurs.