Weekly Reads, 9/23/2022
This week I was working with our software studio where they are developing a web application using Kendo React UI. Our discussion went into Material Design, a design language developed by Google in 2014. There is something new called Material You where the article on...
Weekly Blogs, 9/14/2022
This week, I am sharing a few blogs that I wrote during the week. This first one, “Model drift can cost you. Just ask Zillow”, includes lessons learned from AI in the real-world case that I mentioned a few weeks ago in “Weekly Reads, 8/17/2022”. For those who know me...
Test your AI for the real world
It was just Labor Day weekend, and I wanted to post my latest SphereOI blog, Test your AI for the real world now the work week has started. My blog goes over what we do to field qualify an AI system, including special testing. These practices are essential to...
Weekly Reads, 8/17/2022
This first article “The Dangers of AI model drift: lessons to be learned from the case of Zillow Offers”, begins with the question “How much faith should companies place in AI making business decisions?” If companies were already holding off on AI, then Zillow’s...
Weekly Reads, 8/4/2022
An article from protocol on “Why AI and machine learning are drifting away from the cloud” caught my eye this week. We always advise companies to use on-prem equipment for training AI models because it can be incredibly expensive to do it in the cloud. It...
Weekly Reads, 7/25/2022
Everybody loves a good story on life saving applications of AI. The WSJ article on “How Hospitals Are Using AI to Save Lives” is an example. If hospitals can identify patients that are at a higher risk of a Code Blue emergency before it happens, then lives could be...
Friday Weekly Reads, 7/15/2022
The weekend is almost here! My weekly look at the Ethereum upgrade to the Merge (including the impact to Ethereum mining) and where AI still falls short - that includes autonomous vehicles and other time critical safety functions. The Fast Company article...
Hourly rate or total cost
Be sure to check out my latest SphereOI blog, Hourly rate or total cost, on what I found completely missing in online advice for IT outsourcing. I can’t help but wonder if the content out there is simply repeating what C-suite executives want to hear. Companies...
Weekly Reads, 06/29/2022
Return on investment (ROI) is often the cornerstone of C-level decision making. But even as businesses embrace AI and spending is on the rise, a high ROI is not guaranteed. Making the business case for AI is challenging where the VentureBeat article titled “The...
Origins of Product Owner vs. Product Manager nonsense
I have worked with dozens of customers who insist on adding a Product Manager to the team even though they already have a Product Owner. I have never seen this work well. Let’s start by explaining the difference between the Product Owner and Product...
Theresa Smith
Theresa Smith is a Senior Partner and Technology Delivery Lead for SphereOI who works with commercial and federal government clients to define and deliver enterprise technology that drives successful change for digital experience, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, cloud, customer experience, digital transformation, and blockchain. Theresa has extensive practical experience with enterprise projects and operational issues, where she consults, advises, and shapes the delivery of services for her clients. Theresa is particularly well known for skills in client engagement, satisfaction, and retention where she combines that with a solid software engineering background to deliver what is most valuable to the client.