Brian J. Mink

Brian Mink is an experienced corporate and legal executive with demonstrated success leading innovation and data strategy initiatives at Fortune 300 companies, AmLaw 100 law firms, national retail and hospitality chains, and tech startups.

Mink is the president and co-founder of Data Science Connect, a tech startup connecting Fortune 500 leaders with data and AI solutions via a variety of digital media, marketing, event and strategic insights products. He is a leading expert on generative AI and serves as an adjunct professor at the Emory University Center for AI Learning, teaching a course on GenAI in the workplace.

Mink has held a range of legal and executive roles at large companies and law firms, with a focus on innovation and data strategy. As in-house counsel, Mink served as the chief legal and risk management officer for one of the largest extended stay chains in the United States and was the founding director of the legal operations team at a Fortune 300 company, leading a team responsible for the financial, technological and data aspects of the Law Department, Government Relations Department and Corporate Secretary’s Office.

Before going in-house, Mink was a transactional attorney at Troutman Pepper in Atlanta, where he founded and was the chief architect of the firm’s Contract Analytics and Automation Initiative and was a founding member of the firm’s Innovation Committee. These efforts led to the firm receiving the Georgia Legal Awards' inaugural "Most Innovative Law Firm" award.