Enabling Data-driven Decision-making

Event Type
Thought Leader Interview
Location
Online
Date/Time

Digital Innovation, Leading Innovation Organizations

Digitalization and AI Thought Leader Interview with Thomas Thurston, Chief Technologist, Ducera Partners and Greg Hannon, former CTO, W.L. Gore

Join us as Thomas Thurston, chief technologist at Ducera Partners, and Greg Hannon, former chief technology officer at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., delve into the development of a tool that brings increased clarity to innovation portfolio decisions. They will cover industry applications, the process of creating such a tool, and the transformative role of AI in shaping the future of innovation. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable perspectives on leveraging data for informed decision-making in your organization.

Thomas Thurston

Chief Technologist

Ducera Partners

Data scientist specialized in using AI to disrupt traditional venture capital, M&A, corporate strategy and innovation. He’s Chief Technologist at Ducera Partners, a startup investment bank launched in 2016 with over $750 billion in transactions to date. He’s also Chief Technology Officer at WR Hambrecht & Co, a venture capital and investment firm. Formerly, he used data science to help guide innovation at Intel and led research at Harvard with Professor Clayton Christensen to develop predictive models for disruptive innovation. At Intel he also helped found a high performance computing business that was acquired. Thomas holds a BA, MBA, Juris Doctor and was a Fellow at the Harvard Business School.

Greg Hannon

Former Chief Technology Officer

W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc.

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