Executive Director Principal Data Science (Applied AI), Wells Fargo

Award-winning AI and data science executive with 25+ years leading large-scale digital transformations, enterprise AI adoption, and product innovation across global financial institutions. Recognized for delivering $250M+ in combined revenue growth and cost savings through applied AI/ML, operational optimization, and C-suite advisory. AI TRANSFORMATION LEADER | $224M+ IMPACT | FORTUNE 100 FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Led a $300M enterprise AI transformation at Wells Fargo, building NLP/LLM frameworks that unlocked $91M in self-service migration value and solved previously intractable operational challenges. Applied Ph.D.-level research to enterprise-scale problems.
  • Delivered $224M+ in business impact and $32M in annualized revenue + cost savings across Fortune 100 financial institutions through AI transformation, data monetization, and digital strategy.
  • Built first-of-their-kind agentic AI and data frameworks, converting multi-year R&D into commercialized products with measurable outcomes. Guided AI roadmaps for major banks and financial platforms.
  • Established enterprise AI product functions and led cross-functional teams of 25+ to deploy scalable LLM, NLP, and ML systems across cloud and legacy environments.
  • Designed enterprise AI measurement, governance, and model-risk frameworks to accelerate adoption, reduce technical debt, and ensure compliance.
  • Co-author, AI Transformation Strategy for Executives (Anthem, 2026); active board advisor shaping global AI governance and commercialization practices.
  • Recognition: Best Use of AI (Morgan Stanley), Innovation of the Year (Pitney Bowes), Management Excellence Leadership Award (Wells Fargo).

Skills include:

AI Strategy, Implementation & Adoption | AI Analytics | AI Monetization | AI Delivery | AI Ops | AI Governance & Value Delivery | Product Management | Cloud & Digital Transformation | Customer Intelligence | NLP/LLM Applications | Data Science Leadership | Executive Alignment | Agentic AI | Applied AI | Journey Mapping | Cross-Channel Personalization | KPI/ROI Valuation | Innovation & R&D Leadership | Agile/Six Sigma | LLMs: ChatGPT 5.1 | Google Gemini 3 | Microsoft Copilot/GitHub | Perplexity | Claude Sonnet | ML/Data Mining: Python | SQL | SAS | SPSS | NVivo | TensorFlow | Keras | Scikit | Dataiku | H2O.ai | Hugging Face | AWS SageMaker | DataRobot | Google Vertex | Oracle | DB2 | Teradata | Snowflake | Adobe Cloud | Salesforce | Azure | Databricks | Tableau | Looker | Jira | Asana | Productboard | Agentic AI Design | LLM Prompt Design | Model Explainability | Model Risk Management

My Sessions

Striking the Balance: U.S. AI Innovation, Governance and State-vs-Federal Regulation

Thursday 11th December 2025, 5:15pm - 6:00pm