AI Strategy for CFOs Is a Wild West Without Governance Turn AI Into a Portfolio System – Dave Trier

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The episode discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing AI at scale in enterprises, focusing on the CFO's role in governance and ROI measurement.

In this episode of Future Finance , Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with Dave Trier, CEO of ModelOp, to explore the challenges and opportunities of implementing AI at scale in enterprises. Dave shares how organizations can manage AI responsibly, measure ROI, and move from scattered pilots to a disciplined, industrialized approach. He also discusses the critical role of CFOs in AI oversight, change management, and creating measurable business value from AI initiatives Dave Trier is CEO of ModelOp, leading the company with a focus on customer value, product innovation, and enterprise execution. With over 20 years of experience across AI, data science, analytics, cloud, and enterprise software, Dave is a patent-holder and trusted partner to CIOs, CTOs, and AI leaders. Prior to becoming CEO, he shaped ModelOp’s product strategy and held senior roles at Think Big Analytics, Powered by Action, and Accenture Technology Labs. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. In this episode, you will discover: How to industrialize AI delivery across an enterprise Managing risk, governance, and compliance for AI implementations Measuring AI ROI using…

People in this episode

Hosts: Paul Barnhurst, Glenn Hopper

Guest: Dave Trier

Topics covered

• AI strategy
• CFO role
• enterprise AI
• governance
• change management
• ROI measurement

Keywords

• AI implementation
• CFO oversight
• enterprise software
• risk management
• AI ROI
• change management
• industrialized AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ModelOp, Think Big Analytics, Powered by Action, Accenture Technology Labs

Places: University of Notre Dame

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