AI Talk

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AI Talk: Why AI Is forcing manufacturers to rethink content

• How fragmented content estates spiral out of control until AI tools surface the errors at the point of intent
• Quantifying the cost of contradictory brand data on conversion rates and customer trust
• Structuring and governing your content estate to build a trusted, scalable, AI-ready foundation

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

Todd Hagopian, Vice President, Global Product Strategy - Diversified Food & Health, JBT Marel

Teresa Fusaro, Senior Director Gen AI Creativity- Global, Reckitt

Jyoti Malik, Senior Director of E-Commerce, Spectrum Brands

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AI Talk: How AI exposed retail's biggest content problem

• How fragmented content estates spiral out of control until AI tools surface the errors at the point of intent
• Quantifying the cost of contradictory brand data on conversion rates and customer trust
• Structuring and governing your content estate to build a trusted, scalable, AI-ready foundation

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

David Cost, Chief Digital Officer, Rainbow Apparel Co

Sahal Laher, EVP / CIO, Centric Brands

Maddie Hampson, Senior PR and Communications, UK and Europe, Storyblok

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AI Talk: Proactive Customer Success - using AI to scale customer coverage

• How AI is changing what "proactive" Customer Success actually looks like
• Where AI creates leverage and where human judgment still matters most
• What leading teams are learning as they balance automation, personalization, and customer outcomes

This episode is hosted by Martin Miller

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinemiller/

Natalia Piaggio, Senior Customer Success Director, Leah

James Dalley, Senior Director, Customer Success, Flexera

Laure Maisonrouge, Senior Director, Customer Success AMER, Ivalua

Brent Krempges, Chief Customer Officer, Gainsight

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Engineering trust and accountability in autonomous Finance

• GenAI v Explainable AI in financial workflows - building systems that provide a “reasoning trail” for every automated decision
• Overcoming fragmented infrastructure - ensuring your AI isn’t guessing based on bad data, but is deeply mapped to your ERP
• AI maturity - moving toward a “read-only” AI validation period to build baseline confidence before granting execution authority

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

- Yemi O., Programme Director – Business Transformation Strategist, The Change Hive | Treasury, Finance & Risk Operating Model Transformation

- Ross Kolodyazhnyi, Senior Vice President – AI & Crypto, Sokin

- Dvir Ben Ami, VP Finance, Tipalti

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AI Talk: Re-engineering banking workflows with AI-enabled decision-making

• Transforming decision-making in core banking workflows and operations
• Lessons from organisations who struggle to scale - moving from AI pilots to real operational impact
• Building AI native workflows that improve efficiency, accuracy and decision making at scale

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincraine/

Kyriakos Melas, EEMEA VP, Non-FI Technology Account Management, Mastercard

Kate Stepp, Chief AI Officer, FactSet

Alex Sushko, Industry Principal - Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance, Glean

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AI Talk: The AI consumption squeeze — balancing performance, sovereignty, and cost at enterprise scale

• Evaluating the architectural trade-offs of hybrid cloud and AI-as-a-service models — preventing vendor lock-in and performance bottlenecks
• Strategies for managing storage flexibility, data gravity, and unpredictable bills as model adoption scales across the enterprise
• Designing for digital sovereignty — building secure, localised AI environments without sacrificing operational velocity

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincraine/

Kirsty Biddiscombe, EMEA AI Business Development Manager, NetApp

Ajay Wanchoo, Senior Managing Director, KPMG

Ramon Talboo, EMEA & LATAM Director, NetApp

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AI Talk: From pilots to production - governing AI that's already in your organisation

• Managing the shift from experimental AI to operational AI — and the shadow AI already running without oversight
• What responsible governance looks like for generative AI and emerging agentic systems
• How organisations are building the frameworks, controls, and accountability needed to scale AI safely

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincraine/

Nick Mullen, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager, Mutual of Omaha

Michael R. Clarke, Founding Principal, Jaeger-Plymouth Advisors, LLC

Benjamin Benhan, General Counsel - Privacy, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney

Stuart Merry, Head of AI Strategy & Enablement, LRN

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AI Talk: How consultants are rethinking client engagements using AI 

• Spotting market shifts and trigger events earlier - using AI to deliver stronger client outreach
• Standing out in competitive pitches with deeper, AI-enabled, insight
• Avoiding the growth in use of "Shadow AI" tools - avoiding slow or limited approved tools

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

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Jegan Thirupathi, Director - SAP SCM Advisory and Consulting, KPMG US

Hiu Hiu S., AI Strategy & GTM | Chief AI Office, PwC

Danielle McCormick, VP of Product Management Global, Nexis Solutions

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AI Talk: Turning observability into business value in the age of AI

• How observability is becoming critical to broader business outcomes and the customer experience
• Moving away from reactive monitoring - how AI-enabled observability is transforming operations
• Tailoring observability to individual stakeholders, business metrics and decision making

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincraine/

Ben Wright, Site Reliability Engineer, Hiscox

Ayman Husain, Vice President, North America Head of Sales and GTM - Cloud Services, NTT DATA

Duncan Bradford, GVP, Customer Success EMEA, New Relic

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AI Talk: The modernisation moment - how AI transforms architectures, operating models and outcomes

• How AI unlocks faster, safer and more scalable application and product modernisation at enterprise level
• How the IT operating model and roles and responsibilities evolve when AI, DevSecOps, and automation converge
• Measuring the impact on performance, cost, agility and long‑term sustainability

This episode is hosted by Kevin Craine

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincraine/

Kyriakos Melas, EEMEA VP, Non-Fl Technology Account Management, Mastercard 

Christian Hull, Chief Technology Officer, Tax Canary

Saket Newaskar, Director and Head of AI Transformation, Expleo

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