Pandya prioritizes customer-first AI
AI strategyOn their agenda
Pandya prioritizes customer-first AI
AI strategyScalable data architectures
Data platformsAnd model-agnostic system design to enable rapid technology adoption. Operational priorities center on combining agentic workflows with responsible AI governance
AI strategyReducing data technical debt
Fostering self-service ML platforms
Data platformsIn the room
CT · Panel
Every senior leader is under pressure to show that AI spend translates to business value, but the path from investment to measurable outcomes is rarely linear. This panel brings together executives to share unfiltered perspectives on how they are defining, measuring, and communicating success for AI at the enterprise level, holding their organizations accountable to results, and making the tough call on when to double down, pivot, or walk away. From navigating board expectations and financial scrutiny to recalibrating strategy when pilots don't deliver, panelists will discuss what it genuinely takes to turn AI ambition into sustained competitive advantage. This is not a conversation about technology. It is about leadership, accountability, and the strategic choices that separate AI leaders from AI laggards.
Shared the stage with
Vishal PandyaHead of Marketing Analytics, Clio
Dessa GypaloHead Data, Analytics, and Automation, Save the Children US
Rockwell ScottSVP of IT & Chief Digital Transformation Officer, NORC at the University of Chicago
Akansha SaxenaSr Director, Business Aligned Data Science, Global Commercial Analytics, PfizerWorking on now
As VP of AI & Software Engineering at Zoro
About
<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Addhyan Pandey is Vice President, AI & Software Engineering of Zoro.com. He leads the AI org, comprising AI Products, Applied ML, Enterprise AI, Product Engineering, Product Analytics and Data Platform, Governance & Engineering, and owns the end-to-end architecture of the Zoro.com storefront. Since joining in 2024, he has scaled the data and AI function into a product-led platform and authored the company’s AI Blueprint, driving its AI-first transformation and broad GenAI adoption.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Addhyan holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIIT Hyderabad, where he received the Dean’s Research Award.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Previously, he spent six years at Cars Commerce, most recently as Senior Director, ML & CDP, where he led applied machine learning (platform, engineering and sciences), the data platform teams. He helped lead the $128M acquisition of Accu-Trade. Earlier, he was a Staff Data Scientist at Groupon. An active inventor, Addhyan holds eight granted patents in artificial intelligence with 150+ of citations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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