From Legacy to Leapfrog: AI Innovation at Avnet with SVP & CIO Max Chan

Episode notes

On the 54th episode of Enterprise AI Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser ( Abnormal AI ) and Saam Motamedi ( Greylock Partners ) talk with Max Chan , Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Avnet . Avnet is a $20 billion global technology distribution company that plays a critical role in the electronics supply chain, supporting the design, production, and delivery of devices worldwide. In this episode , Max shares how Avnet is utilizing generative AI to transform the way work is done across product design, quoting, customer service, and IT. He outlines their strategic maturity model for AI adoption and why CIOs must lead with experimentation. Quick hits from Max: On evolving IT’s role: "[We] moved away from the monolithic type of solutions into a more cloud-first, digital-centric composable architecture. That change truly helped with driving any and every innovation that we are talking about today.” On framing enterprise AI: "We bucket [AI use] into three types.

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