Visiting Professor
Corporate AI strategy, machine learning and natural language processing, innovation strategy, technology law and policy
AI for the C-Suite, Business Applications of Natural Language Processing, AI for Managers
PhD (dual), Carnegie Mellon University; MS (three), Columbia University; LLM, New York University School of Law
Dean Alderucci is an AI consultant who advises organizations on AI strategy, incorporating AI into corporate strategy, and creating AI solutions designed to confer a competitive advantage.
Dean has served as Special Advisor for Artificial Intelligence for the Connecticut legislature since 2025. During the year 2024 Dean Alderucci served the U.S. Congress as a Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence. He supported a bipartisan task force of 24 members of Congress who developed strategies and legislative measures for AI policy. He was also appointed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for a two-year term to the Federal Advisory Committee for GSA’s Acquisition Policy.
Dean is also the director of research for the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Patent Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University. His work involves creating software systems that automate complex tasks performed by knowledge-intensive workers such as business domain experts, lawyers, and regulators.
He was previously COO and Chief IP Counsel for a global financial services firm, and before that Chief Counsel for a business incubator. He is also an inventor on over 300 granted U.S. patents across a variety of technical fields, and was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.