In this episode of A Class Act, Michael Young sits down with Stuart McMeechan, EMEA Deployment Engineering Leader at OpenAI. 

Stuart leads the team that OpenAI sends into the biggest enterprises in Europe to help them get AI into production and he’s seen first-hand why most never make it past the pilot.

In this conversation, they get into👇

☑️ What OpenAI’s AI deployment engineering team actually does and the two objectives behind every project
☑️ The three types of customer OpenAI works with
☑️ The difference between organisations actually scaling enterprise AI versus those staying stuck in experimentation
☑️ What’s really blocking the move from pilot to production (most of it isn’t technical)
☑️ What separates organisations genuinely ready for AI from those just experimenting
☑️ The culture changes required to make AI implementation actually work and how to find the “wizards” already driving AI inside your teams
☑️ Where humans stay irreplaceable, and how roles are already being redrawn
☑️ Is AI moving faster than organisations can adapt?
☑️ Why OpenAI’s release cadence went from 15 months to six weeks and what that means for planning

Guest Information👇

Stuart McMeechan is EMEA Deployment Engineering Leader at OpenAI, where he leads a team of AI architects and engineers helping Europe’s largest enterprises adopt AI at scale. His team works directly with organisations to define AI strategy, design target architectures, build implementation approaches, and develop evaluation frameworks - turning OpenAI’s capabilities into real business impact.

Connect with Stuart McMeechan on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartmcmeechan/

Please note: The views expressed by the guest in this episode are their own and do not reflect those of their current or former employers.

About Your Host👇

Michael Young is the Founder & CEO of MBN Solutions and host of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership. With nearly two decades of experience helping organisations build high-performing data, analytics, and AI teams, he brings frontline insight into what makes exceptional talent and leadership.

Connect with MBN Solutions👇

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