Supply Chain Digital Magazine June 2023 | Page 124

Dr Adnan Masood TITLE : CHIEF AI OFFICER & LEAD ARCHITECT
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Dr Adnan Masood TITLE : CHIEF AI OFFICER & LEAD ARCHITECT

COMPANY : UST GLOBAL INDUSTRY : IT SERVICES LOCATION : US
Masood is an engineer , researcher , and thought leader . His expertise includes scalable enterprise architecture , machine learning , and cloud platforms – especially Microsoft Azure and AWS – and is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Data Platforms . operational costs for global companies by 30 % within the first year ”.
Interestingly , Masood says that when properly embedded , AI doesn ’ t even feel like AI .
“ When enterprise software companies build seamless AI into applications as part of your machine learning stack , it ’ s so organic you don ’ t even feel it ’ s AI anymore , even though these cognitive components are automating your workflow .” ML experts in short supply Masood also told his audience that demand for machine learning experts is far outpacing the supply , and that to address this gap , recent years have seen “ the biggest strides in the development of user-friendly machine learning algorithms ”.
He added : “ With auto-ML capabilities , non-experts can apply automated machine