Reginald Finley, Ph.D. Ⓥ

Founder | Author | Professor | AI Enablement | Automation Technology | Science and Critical Thinking Advocate | Veteran

Newnan, Georgia, United States

About

I help organizations adopt AI safely and effectively by building the training systems, governance practices, and critical thinking capacity needed for responsible use at scale. PhD STEM educator, instructional designer, applied AI developer, and published author with more than fifteen years of experience across industrial training, higher education, and AI-enabled learning systems. At Siemens, I serve as a Learning Consultant designing and delivering technical curriculum for engineers, technicians, and dealer networks across multiple regions. The role spans needs assessment, curriculum architecture, instructor delivery, and workforce development across industrial automation environments. At Franklin University, I teach anatomy and physiology, doctoral-level statistics, health sciences, and scientific literacy as adjunct faculty. My specialization sits at the intersection of AI enablement, instructional design, and epistemic resilience. I have built operational AI co-instructors including SIA (Siemens Instructional Assistant) and GAIA for science education. I am also the founder of AI-Epistemic Resilience, a framework focused on maintaining knowledge integrity in AI-supported learning environments, and author of AI-Epistemic Resilience: A Framework for Knowledge Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2026). What I bring to organizations adopting AI is uncommon in combination: deep instructional expertise so training systems actually work, hands-on experience building AI-enabled tools, and a defensible framework for responsible implementation that helps organizations reduce avoidable epistemic and operational risk. My audiences have ranged from industrial technicians and undergraduate learners to doctoral students and executive stakeholders. Across those environments, I focus on clarity, evidence-based reasoning, scalable learning design, and practical AI integration. Additional work includes serving as a Memory Developer at Sunday Robotics, contributing to autonomous companion robotics, and founder of Access to Robotics, a nonprofit expanding AI and robotics access for underserved students. Open to senior roles and partnerships in AI enablement, responsible AI integration, learning architecture, and AI adoption strategy. Remote, or within reach of Newnan, Georgia.

Experience

  • Founder & Director at The Finley Robotics Initiative
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    The Finley Robotics Initiative expands access to robotics and AI for underserved high school students. As founder and director: * Designed and operate the Finley Robotics Scholarship, awarding Reachy Mini robots and twelve months of mentorship to high school students entering grades 9 through 11 * Deliver Smart Tools, Sharper Minds, a school and community presentation series on AI literacy and critical engagement with large language models * Authored AI-Epistemic Resilience: A Framework for Knowledge Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2026), the framework underlying both programs * Designed and implemented a Free AI-Epistemic course for educators, healthcare professionals, and industry practitioners, teaching verification practices, epistemic humility, and critical evaluation of AI-generated information. * Recruit working engineers and educators as monthly mentors * Build partnerships with Pollen Robotics, schools, and community organizations serving underserved students * Lead fundraising across individual donors, sponsorships, and in-kind contributions * Oversee 501(c)(3) incorporation, governance, and program operations → accesstorobotics.org

  • Learning Consultant | Technology Educator at Siemens Digital Industries Software
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Franklin University ()
    • Doctoral Committee Member (Research Methodologist) and Adjunct Faculty
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Serve as Research Methodologist on doctoral dissertation committees, guiding candidates in research design, data collection, analysis, and methodological alignment. Also teach as Adjunct Faculty in the SCIE and MATH line of courses, supporting scholarly development and academic success.

    • Professor: Biological Sciences, Scientific Literacy, Statistics - Adjunct
      Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Adjunct Faculty teaching six courses with Franklin: - Understanding Science (SCIE-210), Scientific Analysis and Reasoning (SCIE-211), Health and Human Disease (SCIE-254), Human Anatomy & Physiology (SCIE-244), Statistical Reasoning and Interpretation (MATH 8070), and Statistical Techniques for Research Inquiry (MATH 8090). Software: Canvas, Zoom, Aleks

  • Memory Developer (MD) at Sunday
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Capturing real-world human task demonstrations that support the training of home robots in practical, repeatable household skills. Visit us at: Sunday.ai

  • Academic Biological Sciences Tutor at Cambridge Network
    Jan 2018 - May 2026 · 8 yrs 5 mos

    Using an ESL framework and Next Generation Science standards as my content guide, I teach international students Marine Science, AP Biology, Honors Biology, General Biology, and General Chemistry. Spearheading one of its newer educational ventures, I was contracted as a Curriculum Specialist and created Middle School Life Science, High School Science, and AP Biology curriculum guides. Software: Lessonspace, Zoom, Teachworks Curriculum work was done through Cambridge's CreativeK12, which is now the service and marketing arm of Cambridge's Tutoring Service.