Webinar
2024 AI Update
Lessons learned from our ai journey
Expectations, reality, and lessons
learned from our own AI initiatives.
What is Covered:
A candid update on our project to implement AI across our business. We’ve reached our first project milestone and things have not gone as we anticipated. We want to share our AI journey, warts and all, because we believe that everyone who is interested in AI will benefit from the lessons that we have learned the hard way.
Topics:
- The future of AI for business – our predictions on how a typical business will use AI in the short-term and long-term
- What a major AI project looks like – the planning, execution, and determining success (or quickly recognizing failure)
- Unexpected challenges implementing AI – the issues we never anticipated, and the hard truths we uncovered about our business
- What’s next in our AI Journey – how to pivot and recover when things don’t go as you expect
- You must be this tall to ride – the 3 requirements your business needs to successfully transform your business with AI, and the requirements we struggled with the most
- AI baby steps – how to start using AI in small ways without the headache and risk of a major project
The Speakers:
Chad Hiatt
Chief Information Officer, Aldridge
Chad, a tech enthusiast since childhood, founded his first IT company as a teenager. He’s now an experienced technology architect, living in Houston with his wife and two sons. In his spare time, he practices Shudokan karate and leads community self-defense seminars as a founding board member of a nonprofit.
Bryan Gregory
President, Aldridge
Bryan, Aldridge’s first salesperson in 2008, now serves as its President, leading sales and marketing. In 15 years, he oversaw 17 acquisitions, expanding across Texas and Washington. Bryan’s focus is understanding clients’ businesses to leverage technology for growth and success.