Using technology to achieve business outcomes.
I write short, practical pieces on AI, data and healthcare, and on what it actually takes to turn technology into results. Lately that includes building Jarvis, the AI assistant that helps run my family’s home.
PwCDirector, AWS Alliance
US Healthcare
Latest writing
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Hype or Reality: AI uses in Healthcare?
Whenever technology is hyped up, I’m a little skeptical about whether it’s producing the outcomes to justify the hype. So let’s explore whether AI is making real, tangible differences in healthcare.
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Why I Chose Cloudera
Companies that produce insights from above the waterline, and the few that can reach what’s below it.
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Lessons in Machine Learning from My Newborn Baby
Watching my newborn son learn about his new world, I realized I was watching supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning in real life.
Featured series
In progress
Building Jarvis
Notes from building an AI assistant for my own family, the one that keeps our calendar, groceries, budget and smart home running. What works, what breaks, and the lessons that carry straight into enterprise AI.
First essay coming soon
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What it actually does
Real jobs on real systems. Less chatbot, more operator.
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What breaks
The failures are the curriculum. Each one becomes a rule the system keeps.
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What carries to work
Memory, guardrails and trust are the same problems every enterprise AI program faces.
About
Chris Gwaltney
I’m passionate about using technology to solve business problems and produce business outcomes.
Today I’m Director, AWS Alliance, US Healthcare at PwC. Before that I was Global Account Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Salesforce, and earlier I spent time at Cloudera and IBM, helping enterprise organizations around the world adopt technology that changed the way they do business.
Before rejoining corporate America in late 2016, I was an entrepreneur. I helped found and lead startups that pioneered remote monitoring for people with chronic diseases, population health management, pre-hospital communication for first responders and remote sleep apnea diagnosis.
- PwCDirector, AWS Alliance, US Healthcare
- SalesforceGlobal Account Director, HLS
- ClouderaData & AI platform
- IBMEnterprise technology
- Healthcare startupsFounder & leader
- Medical devicesDirector of Sales