Roles and Responsibilities in an AI Project Team

Prof. Ben Ettlinger has nearly four decades of IT experience in publishing, insurance, re-insurance, and the utility industry. His extensive background includes project management, applications development, data design, architecture, systems analysis, and solving business problems with IT solutions. He has particularly focused on commercial operations, risk management, business services, internal auditing, and human resources in the utility sector. Ben is the founder and former president of the New York Erwin Data Modeling User Group (NYEMUG), the largest Erwin user group worldwide. In his recent roles, he successfully established and managed the Data Analytics practice at the New York Power Authority (NYPA), overseeing a data science community of practice aimed at spreading knowledge and usage of data analytics across the organization. Additionally, Ben tracked and investigated emerging technologies, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, AI, robotics, augmented and virtual reality, and natural language processing, to identify their potential applications in both commercial and utility operations at NYPA.