From Gaming to Global Efficiency with Evan J Schwartz

From Software People Stories by PM Power Consulting

May 22, 2026 · 52 min

About this episode

Evan J. Schwartz discusses his journey from gaming to sustainable business software and the importance of AI in modern workflows.

My guest today is Evan J. Schwartz, the COO of AMCS Group North America, a global leader in sustainable cloud technology. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor and Board Advisor at Jacksonville University, mentoring graduate students in AI, cybersecurity, and technical project management. Evan traces his technology origin from early-1980s bulletin board systems to founding a company that built graphic multiplayer BBS games and a scripted graphics language, that he says predated HTML, reaching 33 titles across a global BBS market before the internet rapidly displaced it around 1995. He then shifted from internet gaming into business software, automating insurance workflows and later working in commodity and “reverse logistics” industries including forestry, natural gas, and waste/recycling at AMCS, citing route optimization across 770,000 trucks that saves 17–20 gallons of diesel per truck. He discusses why ERP adoption is hard, advocating game-design-style gradual introduction, putting people first, and having product teams do end-user jobs. He emphasizes vendor relationships over feature requests, AI governance and risk frameworks, a “person + AI” stewardship model, and…

People in this episode

Guest: Evan J. Schwartz

Topics covered

sustainable technology
AI
business software
gaming
logistics
education

Keywords

cloud technology
ERP adoption
route optimization
game design
AI governance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AMCS Group North America, Jacksonville University

Places: North America