Sol Rashidi - Real Life AI Deployment - Your AI Survival Guide!

Sol Rashidi - Real Life AI Deployment - Your AI Survival Guide!

In this episode ⁠Sol Rashidi⁠ - Real Life AI Deployment - Your AI Survival Guide! ⁠Lauren Hawker Zafer⁠ engages in a unique discussion with Sol Rashidi.

This conversation demystifies the AI deployment process for business leaders. Sol provides practical strategies for overcoming common obstacles, assembling the right team, and aligning AI initiatives with broader business objectives.

Highlights of this episode include:

  • The inspiration behind "Your AI Survival Guide" and the key lessons it offers
  • Why 70% of AI deployment success has little to do with technology
  • The importance of a "crawl, walk, run" approach for organizations new to AI
  • Assembling the ideal team and crafting an effective AI strategy
  • Innovative use cases across 10 different industries
  • Ethical considerations and the future of AI in business

Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your AI journey, this episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of AI deployment and unlock its transformative potential. Tune in to gain invaluable insights from Sol Rashidi's wealth of experience and expertise.


Who is Sol Rashidi?

Rashidi is a leader in the AI, Data and Technology space. Starting in 2011, Rashidi worked at IBM as part of the team that launched Watson, one of the earliest world applications of Artificial Intelligence. Since, she has led more than 36 large scale AI implementations and has been at the forefront of ideation, conceptualization, design and development of Data & AI applications. Rashidi holds 8 patents in DATA Space and Enterprise Data Management (EDM).


Sol has served as a C-Suite member across several Fortune 100 & Fortune 500 companies including:

  • Chief Analytics Officer - Estee Lauder

  • Chief Data & Analytics Officer - Merck Pharmaceuticals

  • EVP, Chief Data Officer - Sony Music

  • Chief Data & AI Officer - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

  • Sr. Partner leading the Digital & Innovation Practice- Ernst & Young

Ms. Rashidi is now an advisor, consultant, fractional Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) and Chief AI Officer (CAIO) helping companies advance their business objectives. She is a global keynote speaker, and currently authoring a book about Artificial Intelligence for business leaders who don't have a technology background - Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployment, (Wiley, 4/30/24).


Rashidi is an expert at coupling her technical acumen with story-telling abilities to articulate business value with startups, scale-ups, business owners, private equity firms, and Fortune 500's who are leaning into data, AI, and technology as a competitive advantage, while wanting to preserve the legacy in which they were founded upon. Her hallmark is to make the complicated uncomplicated, and helping business leaders realize not everything needs to be cutting edge, sometimes innovation comes from cutting through the noise.


Sol Rashidi’s awards in technology and AI include:

2020, 2021 & 2022 Global Data Power Women by CDO Magazine (for her work at Estee Lauder)

2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference -- Top 50 Leaders in Entertainment (for her work at Royal Caribbean & Sony Music)

2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference – Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech (for her work at Merch Commercial)

2021 Chief Analytics officer of the Year by the CDO Club (for her work at Estee Lauder)

2023 Starburst (the analytics anywhere company) 2023 analytics leader of the year (for her work at Estee Lauder)

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