Strata Clean Energy has devised a multi-year transformation roadmap hinging on implementing AI-powered solutions across every aspect of their business operations. In this session, Shyam will unpack the company’s roadmap for embedding AI at scale, balancing innovation, operational value, and organizational alignment.

• Build vs. Buy: evaluating the trade-offs between building proprietary AI solutions vs leveraging off-the-shelf platforms with a spotlight on prioritizing initiatives that deliver a competitive advantage in the marketplace through intellectual property ownership
• Establishing high-impact AI PoCs, including generative AI pipelines, performance analytics, predictive maintenance, drone-based infrared inspections, and risk forecasting
• Building a GenAI ecosystem, integrating natural language processing to address domain-specific challenges through in-house innovation
• Establishing an integrated AI taskforce, bridging IT, data science, and business users, to drive adoption, foster buy-in and scale prototypes through internal showcases and town halls
• AI deployment that leverages data-driven evaluations of PoC outcomes while avoiding long-term vendor lock-in to maintain flexibility and ROI focus