Clarence Lee

Biography

Clarence is a tech entrepreneur, author, and educator with over 20 years of experience in researching and applying AI & ML to help companies across various industries.

He is currently the co-founder and President of Eisengard AI, a startup that has developed a “Wise AI.” This AI has been trained on best-in-class business frameworks and self-updating data sources to empower enterprise sales and marketing teams to fully leverage the benefits of the generative AI and agentic era.

He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell Tech, where he teaches Machine Learning Applications in Business. During his time at Cornell, he has authored several courses through the eCornell platform and executive education programs, including Marketing Automation Using AI, Growth Marketing, and the comprehensive Digital Marketing certificate program. His award-winning research spans topics such as deep learning, Bayesian causal inference, startup analytics, customer analytics, and digital marketing. It has been published in leading academic journals and featured in outlets like Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

Dr. Lee earned his doctorate from Harvard Business School and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. His doctoral dissertation focused on YC-backed startups and the freemium business model, while his MIT M.Eng. thesis involved leading a team that built a unique reinforcement learning recommendation engine. He regularly speaks on AI-related topics to management executives and startup leaders and is open to speaking invitations.

Recent Courses

• NBAY 6920 - Machine Learning Applications in Business
• BANA 6920 - Machine Learning Applications in Business

Academic Degrees

• DBA Harvard University
• MEng Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology