JPS Kohli is the Founder and Group CEO of SkillUp Group, a global AI workforce transformation company helping enterprises build measurable AI capability at scale. With more than 30 years of experience in digital learning, workforce development, and enterprise transformation, including leadership roles at Microsoft, JPS has spent his career helping organizations prepare their people for every major wave of technology change.

Today, he leads SkillUp's mission to move organizations beyond AI awareness and course completion toward demonstrable workforce capability. Under his leadership, SkillUp has evolved from delivering learning at scale to enabling evidence-based AI upskilling through hands-on projects, real-world application, AI-assisted workflows, and measurable business outcomes. SkillUp partners with leading enterprises, governments, universities, and technology companies worldwide to help organizations assess AI readiness, build workforce capability, activate learning through real projects, and drive enterprise-wide AI transformation.

A frequent advisor to executive leadership teams, JPS works with organizations navigating one of the most significant workforce shifts in history: moving from teaching people about AI to enabling them to perform with AI. His work focuses on helping leaders answer the questions that matter most: Are employees actually becoming more capable? Can they apply AI effectively in their roles? And how do organizations measure the return on their AI upskilling investments?

At AI4, JPS will present "Moving Beyond Completion to Capability: Proving AI Upskilling Actually Works," sharing practical frameworks and real-world lessons on why traditional learning metrics are no longer enough and how organizations can validate AI readiness through evidence-based learning, applied skills, and measurable business impact.

JPS is a recognized keynote speaker and thought leader on AI workforce transformation, evidence-based learning, and the future of enterprise capability. He regularly advises Fortune 500 companies, higher education institutions, and public sector organizations on building AI-ready workforces that can adapt, innovate, and deliver measurable business value.