# Michael Zidar

Canonical site: https://www.michaelzidar.com/

Michael Zidar is a corporate AI leader, public safety technology strategist, researcher, and consultant. He leads corporate AI initiatives at Axon Enterprise, helping teams adopt generative AI and applied AI through enablement, upskilling, governance, internal tooling, and practical implementation support.

## Primary expertise
- Corporate AI strategy and enterprise AI adoption
- AI enablement, upskilling, and internal AI tooling
- AI governance and practical implementation practices
- Public safety technology and policing technology
- Crime analysis, data platforms, and operational analytics
- Research on police adoption of information technology

## Current role
- Director of Corporate AI at Axon Enterprise, Inc.

## Education
- Ph.D., Information Technology, University of Cincinnati
- M.S., Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
- B.S., Criminal Justice, Xavier University

## Consulting
Michael Zidar operates Zidar Analytics LLC, focused on AI and technology consulting for organizations building AI strategies, internal tooling, and enablement programs.

## Official links
- Website: https://www.michaelzidar.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zidar/
- GitHub: https://github.com/michael-zidar
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xgf_0dAAAAAJ&hl=en

## Entity disambiguation
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