I’m honored to be invited to moderate an insightful roundtable on 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲, hosted by The Ortus Club and MuleSoft — with an exceptional group of tech and data leaders across industries like banking, telco, healthcare, transport, finance, and travel.

We unpacked tough questions on: ✅ Balancing modernization with business priorities ✅ Overcoming cultural and structural inertia ✅ Unlocking innovation through integration, cloud, and AI

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:

• Enterprise’s ability to innovate fast in the age of AI is hinged on the modernization of foundational systems.
• By “system,” it doesn’t only mean IT infrastructure; it also includes culture, people, and processes.
• IT systems should be API (or MCP) ready for the age of AI.
• People, culture, and processes must be upgraded to adopt AI.

I’m impressed with the energy in the room. Some standout discussions:

• How some business leaders conduct training for all employees—not just the tech team—to learn to build AI agents and workflows, regardless of doubts about who can pick up the skills.
• Legacy systems are a real roadblock to AI adoption. Some enterprises still have on-prem systems running with old OS.
• How some business leaders challenge the rigidity of big enterprises by questioning “facts” that hold back AI adoption.
• An unfinished debate of whether LLMs should be more deterministic—a great topic for a future session.

A big thank you to the organizers for curating such a sharp and forward-thinking group of leaders.:

Eugene Junkins and the MuleSoft team for hosting us Christine Pulia and team for inviting me Benz Limsenkeng as the emcee of the roundtable Alyssa Constantino for the post-event follow-up and photo

Special thanks to the engaging discussions from:

Aditya Nemmaluri, VP of Engineering at Coda Payments Arjun Jaiswal, VP at UOB Ashish Sharma PMP®,PMI-ACP,AWS SAA,TOGAF,SAFe®,ITIL®,PSM I,CSPO® Sharma, Director at Singtel Balaji Uppili, Senior Director of Saas OTA and Digital Innovation at GE HealthCare Brijesh Pandya, Director at Keppel Harpreet Singh, Director of Data Office at KPMG Singapore JianLiang, Ian Low, Head at Prudential AI lab Imran Nazi, Head of Enterprise ICT at MyRepublic Kim-Vân H., Head of Data Sourcing at Eastspring Investments Lawrence Chan, Chief AI Officer at MyRepublic Matt Johnson, Managing Director of AI and Data at Temus Misha Naumov, Head of Data Analytics, Fund Management & Investment at Keppel Nilesh Sadarangani, VP of Technology Risk at DBS Bank Suyashi Shrivastava, Head of Data at Traveloka Swapnil Nirmal, First VP at UOB Yi Zhou, Head of Technology Partner Relations Institutions at SMRT Corporation Yong Liang Tan, Regional Director at Nxera

#AI #DigitalTransformation #LegacyModernization #Leadership #EnterpriseTech #OrtusClub #MuleSoft