Data Science Talk Series 

Industry Trends and Applications for AI in Practice Today

Abstract: Most commercial and government entities have at least considered what AI can do for them, and have explored, to some extent, how they would employ a solution. However, implementation remains elusive for most. Experiments are making their way to production at a promising rate, but ideation far outpaces value realization.

The key decisions that leaders are facing include:

• Build or Buy: Is there already a company creating the things I will need, or do I need to build it myself?

• Platform: If we do build it ourselves, where do we build it and where do we run it?

• Governance: Once we have our solution, how will we ensure it delivers value and does so in a fair and transparent manner?

• Security: Have we built in the processes, controls, and instrumentation to determine whether our AI poses a security risk?

• Innovation: Will our investments in AI allow us to do what we do better, faster or cheaper, or do we risk becoming distracted? 

Join us as we hear an industry perspective on these questions and invite the audience to envision their role in the future of value creation with AI.

Bio of the speaker: Working with customers to build IT solutions for over 25 years, Wes has experience integrating various technologies and approaches to produce outcomes and achieve mission objectives. Serving highly regulated industries such as healthcare and defense, Wes understands how to approach IT challenges with a secure, compliant end state in mind.

At Red Hat, Wes focuses on helping customers build cloud-native platforms where they can run AI/ML workloads, integrate heterogeneous data and facilitate outcomes anywhere in the world.

Prior to joining Red Hat, Wes was the CTO at a small technology company in DC helping build solutions for a variety of government customers.

Wes has managed global engineering teams, built services to help customers scale their missions, and designed software solutions to meet the needs of growing organizations. 

Find Wes on LinkedIn here.