William J. Cuthrell (Jay) is an innovative technology executive and sought-after servant leader. He is a prolific influencer and writer who communicates with ease at C-suite and practitioner levels across traditional and emerging mediums on digital transformation strategy in holistic full-stack engagements. His passion is taking vision from design to reality to become growth engines. Jay’s expertise demonstrated through substantial growth and change cycles provides a unique perspective into the technology industry’s future.
Jay is the founding partner of Cuthrell Consulting, a consultancy providing pragmatic Generative AI (GenAI) infused advisory services to service providers, startups, and investment groups. Cuthrell Consulting helps clients navigate, reach, and exceed their goals.
Previously, Jay was a Partner at IBM where he focused on the integration of Hybrid Cloud Services acquisition companies, offerings development, and consulting practice dimensions. As part of the executive team, Jay applied GenAI, developer experience (DevX), and platform engineering services expertise to Client engagements from edge to core to cloud.
[NPR American Public Media’s Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2010/07/13/having-missed-mobile-boat-microsoft-name-losing-luster/) (2011) needed a blurb about Facebook and I provided the curmudgeonly old man shakes fist at cloud meme. When asked if Facebook fatigue was setting in... I, again, obliged.
> **Cuthrell:** Absolutely. I think I had 1,000 or more friends or more and I just couldn’t keep track of it. Pokes, and vampire bites or zombie bites or mob hits. But from my point of view, it’s noise.
[NPR American Public Media’s Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2011/06/13/facebook-fatigue-may-be-setting/) (2010) needed a tasty sound bite about the attempts by Microsoft to get their mobile strategy right. I obliged.
> **Cuthrell:** I think it is a lost cause. They are never going to find their way into my pocket.
The roundtable discussion at Qlik Connect 2024, moderated by Stephen Foskett, featured Tech Field Day delegates Keith Townsend, Denny Cherry, Joey D'Antoni, Gina Rosenthal, and Jay Cuthrell. They discussed the intersection of data pipelines and AI, emphasizing the importance of data quality, sustainability, and community engagement. Key takeaways included: 1. Sustainability and Business Context: The event highlighted NTT Data's use of climate modeling data to make better business decisions, showcasing Qlik's user-friendly approach to data-driven decisions. 2. AI Council and Data Protection: The Qlik AI Council was introduced at Qlik Connect, and the delegates praised Qlik's longstanding commitment to sustainability and community. 3. Realistic AI Approach: The panelists appreciated Qlik's nuanced approach to AI, balancing power consumption concerns with the potential benefits of AI in addressing climate change. 4. Data Quality Emphasis: Joey and Denny emphasized that the effectiveness of AI heavily depends on the quality of data, with Qlik...
Jay Cuthrell joins theCUBE hosts Dave Vellante and John Furrier for our continuing coverage of Supercloud 3
In the modern era, analytics are everywhere and provide organizations with mission-critical business, operations, and technology metrics providing directional guidance. To work its magic, analytics requires robust hardware and software underpinnings. On the hardware front, organizations need infrastructure that can enable analytics software without compromise and, on the software front, tools must be accessible to everyone from hardcore data scientists to citizen developers. The two sides, hardware and software, must work in tandem to maximize intelligence across the organization. In this EcoCast, you'll discover the technologies that enable their analytics dreams, including hardware the underpins the analytics infrastructure, and the software tools that turn data into insight! Analytics is a growing space and there is a critical need to IT pros and decision makers need to learn about the many new solutions available as quickly as possible, find out what makes them unique, and learn how they solve real business...