UConn TIP and UConn School of Business are pleased to present the first event in the
Innovators & Business Leaders Speaker Series
-- a sequence of talks in which renowned thought leaders share advice and expertise on business leadership with students, alumni and the UConn community.
Artificial Intelligence for Business Impact
Featured Speakers: Len Polhemus and John Preli, IBM - The Weather Company
Free to attend, but space may be limited, register today! http://bit.ly/UConnIBM
The presentation will be followed by Q&A and a networking reception.
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Join us to hear about I/T trends and why IBM acquired The Weather Company. Our speakers will address major technology trends and how these trends require businesses to transform and they will answer the questions: What is Artificial Intelligence and how can it be leveraged? And, why did IBM acquire The Weather Company and how can
it help enterprises make better decisions?
About our Speakers:
John J. Preli
Director, Regulatory Management & Data Governance
The Weather Company – IBM Analytics
John is currently Director, Regulatory Management & Governance – The Weather Company – IBM Watson. John has been with IBM for over 35 years and has held executive leadership positions in Finance, Integrated Supply Chain, Research & Development and Sales Operations. He is experienced in leading global teams and business processes across multiple functional disciplines. John’s expertise and skills are in business transformation with a particular focus on the combination of Finance & Business Controls; Legal & Regulatory Compliance and Culture change.
Len Polhemus
Managing Strtegy Consultant
GBS Advanced Analytics CoC – IBM
Len Polhemus is a Managing Consultant within the Cognitive & Analytics service line of IBM’s Global Business Services. He has led a number of successful First of a Kind analytics projects in industries including media & entertainment, retail & CPG, pharma, agriculture, and government. Currently, Mr. Polhemus is the Go To Market Lead for GBS Weather Integration Team focused on identifying and building cognitive solutions to meet the needs of clients across the globe that leverage some of the core capabilities from the acquisition including a scalable big data and IOT platform, hyper-local weather data, user-based location data, and media/advertising capabilities.
Thank you to our Sponsors
This is a service provided by the UConn Office of the Vice President for Research
with support from UConn School of Business and the TIP Enhancement Fund
Lead Sponsors:
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina, LLP http://www.fmlcpas.com
Medtronic http://www.medtronic.com/
Gold Sponsor:
Locke & Lord, LLP http://www.lockelord.com/
Silver Sponsors:
Aon http://www.aon.com/
Cohn Reznick LLP http://www.cohnreznick.com/
Fisher Scientific http://www.fishersci.com
Horizon Technology Finance http://horizontechfinance.com/
This event is free for participants. Pre-registration is required. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Paige Rasid, Technology Incubation Program at 860-486-8718 or email: tip@uconn.edu by (2/15/18).
For more information, contact: Paige Rasid at paige.rasid@uconn.edu