Keynote Panel: Managing Successful Firmwide AI Infrastructure Strategy and Deployment | Kisaco Research
Speaker(s): 
Moderator

Author:

Ken Patchett

VP, DC Infrastructure
Lambda Labs

Ken Patchett is a seasoned infrastructure executive with over two decades of experience leading transformative programs across the data center, AI, and cloud industries. He has held leadership roles at many of the world’s top hyperscalers—including Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle—where he built and scaled some of the most demanding computing environments on the planet. Today, Ken is building the infrastructure to establish Lambda as a next-generation AI factory operator.

Ken Patchett

VP, DC Infrastructure
Lambda Labs

Ken Patchett is a seasoned infrastructure executive with over two decades of experience leading transformative programs across the data center, AI, and cloud industries. He has held leadership roles at many of the world’s top hyperscalers—including Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle—where he built and scaled some of the most demanding computing environments on the planet. Today, Ken is building the infrastructure to establish Lambda as a next-generation AI factory operator.

Panelists

Author:

Alan Rosa

CISO & SVP Technology
CVS Health

Alan Rosa is the SVP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Infrastructure and Operations at CVS Health .  The 3,500 colleagues and contractors in his organization are responsible for delivering services and experiences related to Digital Workplace, Contact Center, Infrastructure, Cloud and Technical Operations across all CVS lines of business.  In addition, Alan is the appointed CISO for the company responsible for health and integrity of the Cybersecurity program, GRC/Risk initiatives and Privacy Engineering.

Prior to joining CVS Health, Alan was the CISO and head of IT for Twitter where he was responsible for the Security program as well as all aspects of the Information Technology organization.  Alan has over 25 years of experience driving the development and evolution of enterprises technologies and teams for large multinational brands while building products and services that protect assets while avoiding risks.  He has held global leadership roles for companies such as Disney, MSG, General Electric and Quest Diagnostics. 

An award winning technology leader, Alan was named to the Top 100 of HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council), and the ComputerWorld Premier 100. Alan has served on various technical advisory boards and counsels including those for Dell, EMC, Cisco and VMware. 

Alan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida, and Masters degrees from Columbia University and Seton Hall.  He also attended the Rutgers University College of Law. In addition he holds technical designations in the areas of Security, Networking, and Privacy.  He is a veteran of the US Navy having proudly served in the Submarine service. 

To learn more about Alan, follow him on LinkedIn

Alan Rosa

CISO & SVP Technology
CVS Health

Alan Rosa is the SVP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Infrastructure and Operations at CVS Health .  The 3,500 colleagues and contractors in his organization are responsible for delivering services and experiences related to Digital Workplace, Contact Center, Infrastructure, Cloud and Technical Operations across all CVS lines of business.  In addition, Alan is the appointed CISO for the company responsible for health and integrity of the Cybersecurity program, GRC/Risk initiatives and Privacy Engineering.

Prior to joining CVS Health, Alan was the CISO and head of IT for Twitter where he was responsible for the Security program as well as all aspects of the Information Technology organization.  Alan has over 25 years of experience driving the development and evolution of enterprises technologies and teams for large multinational brands while building products and services that protect assets while avoiding risks.  He has held global leadership roles for companies such as Disney, MSG, General Electric and Quest Diagnostics. 

An award winning technology leader, Alan was named to the Top 100 of HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council), and the ComputerWorld Premier 100. Alan has served on various technical advisory boards and counsels including those for Dell, EMC, Cisco and VMware. 

Alan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida, and Masters degrees from Columbia University and Seton Hall.  He also attended the Rutgers University College of Law. In addition he holds technical designations in the areas of Security, Networking, and Privacy.  He is a veteran of the US Navy having proudly served in the Submarine service. 

To learn more about Alan, follow him on LinkedIn

Author:

Berta Rodriguez-Hervas

Chief AI and Analytics Officer
Pfizer

Berta Rodriguez Hervas is the Chief AI and Analytics officer at Pfizer and serves as co-chair of Pfizer’s AI Council. Berta has an extensive background in AI, machine learning and analytics, with a track-record of quickly developing AI solutions and delivering them at scale in large global organizations. Until recently, Berta was Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Machine Learning Operation at Stellantis, a global automotive company, designing and implementing the strategy for the next generation of autonomous vehicles. Prior to that, she held key program and product development roles at NVIDIA, Tesla, and Mercedes-Benz.

Berta Rodriguez-Hervas

Chief AI and Analytics Officer
Pfizer

Berta Rodriguez Hervas is the Chief AI and Analytics officer at Pfizer and serves as co-chair of Pfizer’s AI Council. Berta has an extensive background in AI, machine learning and analytics, with a track-record of quickly developing AI solutions and delivering them at scale in large global organizations. Until recently, Berta was Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Machine Learning Operation at Stellantis, a global automotive company, designing and implementing the strategy for the next generation of autonomous vehicles. Prior to that, she held key program and product development roles at NVIDIA, Tesla, and Mercedes-Benz.

Author:

Sam Hamilton

SVP, Head of Data & AI
Visa

Sam Hamilton leads the Data, Analytics, ML, AI, and GenAI Platform teams, which delivers secure, high-quality and easy-to-use Visa core data assets as a service together with reliable and scalable platforms as services to enable Visa and its partners to rapidly and efficiently innovate data and AI-driven business products and services to lead the digital payment industry.

Sam Hamilton

SVP, Head of Data & AI
Visa

Sam Hamilton leads the Data, Analytics, ML, AI, and GenAI Platform teams, which delivers secure, high-quality and easy-to-use Visa core data assets as a service together with reliable and scalable platforms as services to enable Visa and its partners to rapidly and efficiently innovate data and AI-driven business products and services to lead the digital payment industry.

Time: 
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Session Type: 
Keynote
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