Hershey’s Jens Taylor To Talk Proving AI ROI at Analytics Unite
The Event
Connect with retail and consumer goods executives and global leaders in analytics to gain cutting-edge insights from industry experts.
- When: April 28-30
- Where: The Westin Chicago River North
While AI brings significant transformation potential, it’s not without its challenges.
Jens Taylor, senior director of software engineering and strategy at The Hershey Company, joins the “Maximizing AI Success: Proving ROI and Securing Buy-In for High-Stakes Investments” panel discussion at Analytics Unite this April to explore how AI projects can reach success and scalability if IT leaders can prove the value of their analytics investments, even in complex environments.
Join us on April 29 to hear tips on obtaining stakeholder buy-in at all levels to secure continued and sustainable support. Get additional insights from Bill Akins of Chick-fil-A and Carlos Pineda from Diageo.
More About Taylor
As a strategy and transformation leader at Hershey, Taylor is responsible for driving the company’s digital transformation strategy and developing the people, processes, tools, and systems necessary to deliver business value through advanced technology capabilities. In addition to his strategy role, he is responsible for establishing an internal software engineering function at Hershey to build advantaged capabilities that help drive the company’s competitive advantage. With over 15 years of experience at the intersection of product leadership, engineering, and science, Taylor brings deep expertise in building intuitive products that solve complex problems.
Prior to joining Hershey, Taylor spent two years at logistics startup Convoy as senior director of marketplace, where he overhauled the company’s core marketplace to use AI and automate 98% of auction decisions. Before that, he spent nearly seven years at Amazon where he led inventory optimization in Amazon’s global fulfillment network, delivering over $700 million in annual cost savings.
