Richard Kerr is a highly skilled Chief AI Officer with more than 20 years of experience in the field – specifically data science, machine learning, and language models with significant experience in developing prediction models and prototypes. Richard holds an MBA in Business Analytics & Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a PhD in Pathology from the University of Georgia, and key patents in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Small Language Models (SLMs), and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications. This article is a summary of his recent trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum 2024.
The enterprise AI hiring spree started years ago. The creation and development of AI systems require machine learning engineers, data scientists, and specialized researchers. At the executive level, these positions will require verbally adroit and highly skilled executives who can sell an AI vision to a board of directors, carving out a new, upwardly mobile career path specific to the needs of AI as its usage becomes even more commonplace and essential to a company’s growth.
