Speakers
Richard Skinner, CEO at PhasedAI
This session outlines a pragmatic path for scaling AI without drama. We start by mapping real pain points and prioritizing them by value, risk, and readiness. Then we design lean experiments with clear hypotheses, testing approaches, and success metrics tied to business outcomes. The heart of the framework is Evals—building an evaluation system that checks relevance, accuracy, safety, and cost before any AI change ships. We'll cover promotion criteria, versioning, CI/CD integration, and monitoring that enables confident rollouts and quick rollbacks when needed. Governance runs throughout, aligning controls with regulations like the AI Act while matching your risk appetite. Attendees leave with a first-100-days checklist and a repeatable methodology to move from pilot to production platform.
Richard Skinner is a seasoned technology leader with over 16 years of experience in IT, specialising in AI operations and MLOps. As CEO of PhasedAI (also CEO of Phased) and former CTO of Marshmallow Pensions, he has built and scaled secure, machine learning-powered systems that drive value in enterprise settings.
Richard is known for helping organisations turn big data and ML into operational strength — creating scalable, secure solutions and enabling businesses to deploy AI in ways that are reliable and impactful.