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A panel discussion at the Imagination in Action Silicon Valley AI Summit features Joe Cordeira, Chief Data and Analytics Officer for UBS Wealth Management Americas, and Denise Lee, VP of Energy Networking Systems at Cisco, discussing what it takes for established companies to transform around AI.
The speakers address redesigning workflows, modernizing legacy systems, helping employees adopt AI tools, and balancing energy costs, regulation and human judgment in decision-making. They touch on how AI changes jobs and the relationship between humans and machines in the workplace.
Their advice to founders emphasizes building for adaptability and establishing a strong data foundation from the start—lessons from companies with existing infrastructure that must be retrofitted for AI capabilities.
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