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About
Uttam Kumar, a distinguished retail technology leader, excels at delivering transformative Point-of-Sale (POS) solutions across global markets. He seamlessly blends innovative technology with practical business outcomes, driving revenue growth and elevating customer experiences for top-tier retailers. With a clear vision, Uttam guides high-performing, cross-functional teams through agile sprints, crafting robust and scalable solutions that simplify complex challenges. His passion for data-driven innovation and process optimization ensures consistent project success. Uttam possesses deep expertise in retail operations, including POS systems, order management, inventory, and customer relationship management, alongside proficiency with leading platforms such as Oracle Retail, JumpMind, cloud computing, integrations, and APIs. He fosters strong partnerships with product, marketing, and operations teams to align technology solutions with business goals, delivering measurable impact. By mentoring skilled engineering teams and championing operational excellence, Uttam creates value that resonates worldwide. His experience spans leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, collaborating with stakeholders to define and prioritize technology needs, implementing solutions that boost efficiency, enhance customer experience, and drive revenue, as well as leveraging data analysis and process optimization for continuous improvement. Uttam has served prominent retailers, including American Eagle Outfitters (US), Ascena Retail (US), Charming Shoppes (US), FedEx (US), Retailcorp (Dubai), Al-Tayer (Dubai), United Electronics Company (Saudi Arabia), and Sunrider (Hong Kong).
Uttam Kumar
Published content
expert panel
In the race to feed AI’s insatiable appetite for training data, model builders are increasingly butting heads with the platforms that host the content they depend on. The latest flashpoint is Reddit’s lawsuit against Perplexity AI, which accuses the company of “industrial-scale” evasion of anti-scraping protections and the indirect harvesting of Reddit posts through search engine caches. The case raises a knotty question: When is public web content a legitimate training resource, and when is it legally and/or ethically off-limits? Responses are arriving from both the marketplace and governments, with emerging startups helping content creators monetize AI-harvested data and Europe advancing the Artificial Intelligence Act, which would require firms to disclose or summarize copyrighted training data. The members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank bring a practical and experienced perspective to the discussion of what responsible data acquisition should look like. Here, they break down where ethical and legal lines should be drawn and what responsible access must entail for AI developers, and they share insightful tips to help platforms rethink their data-licensing and access-control strategies.
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As artificial intelligence continues its rapid advance—from foundational models to enterprise-scale deployments—questions about sustainability are taking on new urgency. While much of the discourse has centered on the carbon footprint of data centers and model training, sustainable AI must also address long-term economic, labor and societal impacts: How will value from AI be shared? Who bears the downstream risks? Well-designed systems matter not only for performance, but also for fairness, trust and longevity. The Senior Executive AI Think Tank brings together seasoned experts in machine learning, generative AI and enterprise AI applications who offer deep insight into these challenges and opportunities. Below, they explore what truly sustainable AI looks like—beyond energy metrics—and who should be accountable.
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American Eagle Outfitters
Company bio
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) is a portfolio of unique, loved and enduring brands: American Eagle, Aerie, OFFL/NE by Aerie, Todd Snyder and Unsubscribed. We provide a welcoming and engaging customer and associate experience, and we embrace all. Merchandise assortments consist of high-quality, on-trend apparel, intimates, activewear, accessories, and personal care products for women and men. We are a true omni-channel retailer with a global reach. Our brands are connected under the core tenet of REAL, which is optimistic, empowering and celebrates individual self-expression. That power and authenticity drives us to create a positive impact across every facet of our business, brands, and products. We are a company led by purpose. Over ten years ago, we introduced AEO Better World – an initiative grounded in social responsibility and giving back to our communities. Across our brands, we support a number of important causes that are meaningful to our customers and associates. We operate with integrity and a strong set of values, which is ingrained across our business and in how we treat our associates, business partners and customers.