Informed, Factual or Bias of

the US Virgin Islands?

• Black Enterprise, the top business magazine for black business people, named her one of the "40 Next Emerging Business Leaders Who Are Shaping Our Future.”

• BS, MS, PhD, Chemical Engineering

• Senior Research Engineer, Exxon Mobil

• Entrepreneur Real EstateConstruction Management

Chisa Brookes, PhD

• Award Winning Film & TV Director

• Hit Productions• BET Awards • Soul Train Awards • American Soul, The Don Cornelius Story• Married at First Sight • Sunday Best• Selma 50th Anniversary • Super Bowl 50 • “BeWokeVote” For Revolt • Machel Montano Documentary

John Wheatley

Mark Meyers, Jr.

• BS, Civil Engineering – Temple University

• Specialties• Structural Engineering Design• Construction Management • Building Inspection

• Returned Home to the Virgin Islands post Hurricane Irma/Maria to work for VI Housing Authority…..”leveraging his skills to give back and build knowledge of the local infrastructure “

BIAS is REAL

Technology can help but it requires

• Diverse talent

• Diverse perspectives

• Diverse data sets

• Representation of the real world

Enterprises have declared data and AI top priorities

Operational BI and DataWarehousing

Self-ServiceAnalytics

TRANSFORMATIONMODERNIZATIONCOST REDUCTION INSIGHT-DRIVEN

64%are here

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90% plan greater investments in data

85% view AI as a strategic priority

AI

New Business Models

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Turning AI aspirations into outcomes

DATA TALENT TRUSTThe lifeblood of AI, but

complexity slows progress

60%Are challenged in managing data quality

AI skills are rareand in high demand

62%Are challenged to acquire talent [and build skills]

Skepticism of AI systems & processes

62%Need an approach to AI production readiness

find operationalizing, sustainingand scaling AI challenging

Stuck in Experimentation 51%

Based on 2019 Forrester “Challenges That Hold Firms Back From Achieving AI Aspirations”

Predict and shape future outcomes

Empower people to do higher value work

Reimagine new business models

AI is shaping the future of work

Automate decisions, processes, experiences

How AI pioneers see value

28%

72%

Cost Savings

Revenue Increase

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IBM and P-TECH

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“This new education model was co-developed by IBM working together with educators, policymakers and elected officials. P-TECH is designed to be both widely replicable and sustainable, as part of a national effort to reform career and technical education.”

A little bit more about P-TECH

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Key take-aways

Bias is real…but you don’t have to be

The US Virgin Islands can be critical to your success…skills, talent, opportunity

Technology is changing and it requires diverse talent and perspectives