Current Focus

I am working at the intersection of knowledge management and advanced analytics to provide insights and intelligence to executive leadership, unlock value in unstructured information, improve organizational intelligence, and drive digital transformation and innovation. I build and lead high performing agile teams of business experts, functional leaders, data scientists, technology professionals, developers, and change agents that solve challenging business problems.

I am passionate about both my work and advancing the field through industry speaking and writing. I recently co-authored Organizational Intelligence and Knowledge Analytics from Emerald Publishing (2022), and have begun work on another book in the Working Methods for Knowledge Management series due in early 2024. I also serve on the executive committees for key industry councils and speak at conferences and related events when possible.

Selected Events & Presentations

2024.02 — Contributor, AI for Knowledge Management, The Conference Board

2023.12 — Guest Speaker: Realtime Sensing for Executive Insights and Intelligence: A Case Study in Applied AI and Digital Product Management, Center for Analytics, US State Department

2023.12 — Guest Lecture: Emerging Success Factors in the Knowledge Economy: Learning to Build Intelligent Organizations in Complex Environments, Georgetown University

2023.11 — KM for Impact & Innovation: Enabling Global Operations with Realtime Sensing: A Case Study in Digital Product Management, KMWorld 2023

2023.10 — Generative AI for Executive Insights and Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Council, Goodyear, Akron, OH

2023.09 — Practical Applications of NLP and Generative AI in Biopharma, Panel Moderator and Track Chair, BioTechX USA, Santa Clara, CA (Link)

2023.08 — Enabling Global Operations with Realtime Sensing: A Case Study in Digital Product Management, Co-presenter, The 15th Annual Bioprocessing Summit, (Link)

2023.07 — Guest Speaker and Career Walk, Strategic Consulting for Knowledge-Based Organizations Course, Information and Knowledge Strategy (IKNS) Masters Program, Columbia University

2023.05 — OpenAI/ChatGPT Applications in Knowledge Management, Panelist, The Conference Board Knowledge & Collaboration Council

2023.04 — Exploring the Business Applications of Generative AI (PDF), Keynote, Inaugural Artificial Intelligence Council

2022.12 — Experimenting with AI Image Generation using Stable Diffusion

2022.12 — Experimenting with AI Text Generation using ChatGPT from OpenAI

2022.01 — McBreen, Silson and Bedford. Organizational Intelligence and Knowledge Analytics (Working Methods for Knowledge Management). Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.

2021.11 — Strategic Organizational Intelligence: Leveraging KM, Speaker/Panelist, KMWorld 2021, (Link)

2020.09 — Inaugural Career Walk, Knowledge Leaders Council (KLC)

2020.09 — Agile Development of Advanced Analytical Tools, Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Data Integrity Workshop, (Link)

2019.11 — Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Biopharmaceutical Quality and Knowledge Analytics, KMWorld 2019, Washington DC (Link)

2019.08 — Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Biopharmaceutical Operations, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff Experiential Learning Site Visit Program, West Greenwich, RI

2019.05 — Hosted: The Conference Board Knowledge & Collaboration Council, Thousand Oaks, CA

2019.02 — Applied AI Examples in Quality, Supply Chain and Knowledge Analytics, Knowledge Leaders Council (KLC), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA

2018.10 — Knowledge Management Workshop, Dubai, UAE

2018.08 — Xavier Health AI Summit, Cincinnati, OH (Press)

2018.03 — Knowledge Management Workshop 知識管理, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), Taipei, Taiwan (Press)

2018.02 — Hosted: Knowledge Leaders Council (KLC), Thousand Oaks, CA

2017.08 — Case Study, 4th Life Science Knowledge Management Summit, Boston, MA