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Paul
Brownell
Chief Technology Officer
Growth Acceleration Partners
Paul Brownell is CTO at Growth Acceleration Partners, where he leads software and engineering strategy focused on scaling enterprise technology teams and modernizing software delivery. With deep experience across product strategy, Agile development, and large-scale engineering operations, Paul has built a reputation for driving cultural transformation within global software organizations. His expertise spans agentic engineering processes, software lifecycle management, enterprise systems, and aligning technical execution with business goals. Throughout his career, he has led worldwide teams, improved product quality and delivery performance, integrated acquisitions and OEM technologies, and helped organizations evolve from technology-led to market-driven operations.
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29 October 2026 11:30 - 12:00
Breakout roundtable | Escaping pilot purgatory: Turning AI ambition into prioritized production value
AI leaders face intense pressure to "do AI," often resulting in disconnected pilots that never reach production. While launching a proof-of-concept is fast, taking an application to full production, or knowing when to kill it, is where enterprise transformation stalls. Bridging the PoC-to-production gap requires escaping creative AI chaos and establishing a disciplined prioritization framework. In this executive roundtable, peers will share practical strategies to rank, gate, and scale high-impact AI. Key topics include evaluating technical difficulty against measurable impact, mapping data requirements early, and applying gate checks across compliance, data readiness, and team capacity without choking innovation velocity. Join us to discuss how top executives align stakeholders around shared success metrics to ensure AI delivers true bottom-line impact.