Danilo McGarry: An Industry Veteran and Acknowledged Thought Leader in AI and Automation

Danilo is recognized internationally as a market leader executive in making companies more Tech-enabled through Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation programs. His programs have gotten attention from The Times, InfoMoney Bloomberg, Techco, Ai Magazine, Computer Weekly – he is ranked top 10 in the world by research and consultancy firms in various tech domains. He has the extensive technical knowledge and people skills that he gained from managing key technology programs, some of which are the world's largest Innovation and Ai programs in Blue-chip market-leading companies in various industries and countries.

Previously, he worked with Motorola, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Canada, UnitedHealth Group & CitiGroup. In several of these companies, he has broken records or set new ones, as well as win awards from respected institutions.

An Experienced Leader

Danilo has a stellar proven track record in delivering global business technology critical initiatives, managing budgets of USD$100 million, staff and 3rd party vendors as large as ~1000 people. Danilo is also a highly skilled negotiator and thoroughly enjoys building and harnessing strong relationships. Exceptional track record of setting up new tech and innovation divisions as well as restructuring companies as a result of successful game-changing initiatives delivered. Experience also in creating IP and commercializing it often in partnerships created with the private and public sector.

Danilo also has extensive board-level experience having sat on boards in Financial Services, Energy, Fintech, Startup, IT, and Education companies in various countries. He has also had vast board-level interaction at the companies he has worked forgiven the strategic importance of his programs, board-level interactions were frequent.

Danilo has qualifications and courses from Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, MIT, and Bath Universities. As an eternal student, he is constantly learning and takes avid participation in C level mentorships and round table discussion groups both as a participant and a mentor himself.

AI and Automation are Transforming Global Industries

Leading advisory and research firms predict that AI and automation are going to add roughly anything between US$9 to US$15.7 trillion in terms of economic growth by 2030. The World Economic Forum has coined "AI" to be the 4^th Industrial Revolution. Automation is and will ultimately impact every individual, organization, government, and industry. It is because of this that Danilo tries to disseminate as much good information, lessons learned, and tips on how to be part of and run programs in this space as much as possible. "Reskilling is also a huge component of this, everyone will need to make a shift in their skill sets to stay relevant in the marketplace of tomorrow," he adds.

Understanding the Human Element of Digital Transformation

Danilo has been working in tech-enabled digital transformation programs all his life, specializing in Ai, Innovation, and Automation for about 15 years. He worked in many different industries such as banking, oil and gas, healthcare, and owned a consultancy firm of his own as well for several years. So, he has been a client, a consultant, and an advisor to most of the largest tech companies today. This makes him capable of understanding the tech and innovation market well. "The most tricky part of digital transformation is the human element of it and not the technical difficulties," Danilo said.

Collaboration for the Growth of the Industry

For Danilo, it is vital to continue to collaborate and help others understand this industry better. "By sharing, collaborating, and helping one and another, we will be able to continue the great debates and discussions of how to do all this better and how to manage the transformational change this will all bring," he said.