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The Model Is Rarely The Bottleneck In AI Production Failures
Bharat Saxena, Lead AI Architect at NTT DATA, on why most enterprise AI failures originate in weak retrieval, brittle orchestration, and undefined ownership rather than model performance.
University Of Montana CIO Turned Vibe Coding Sessions Into An Institutional AI Adoption Engine
Zach Rossmiller, AVP and CIO at the University of Montana, on how structured change management and pillar-based execution transformed IT from a campus utility into a driver of enrollment growth.
How Brownsville’s CIO Built A Smart City By Refusing To Stay In His Lane
Jorge Cardenas, CIO for the City of Brownsville, Texas, on why CIOs who master only one corner of the technology stack lose the ability to lead the whole.
Beyond The Bottleneck: How CIOs Orchestrate Outcomes To Turn AI Investment Into P&L Impact
ALM's CTO and CIO Jimi Li on why capturing AI value requires orchestrating outcomes across the full workflow, rather than optimizing tasks in isolation.









