Brian Ray is the Head of Data and AI for North America at Atos, where he leads one of the region's largest enterprise AI consulting organizations. He works with Fortune 500 executives to move AI beyond pilots into production, helping organizations scale agentic AI, modernize data platforms, and build governance models that enable innovation without sacrificing trust. Over the past several years, Brian has led AI transformations across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail, and the public sector, with a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes rather than technology demonstrations. He is a frequent speaker on enterprise AI, AI governance, and agentic systems, and serves as a lecturer on Generative AI. His sessions are known for practical insights, candid perspectives on what actually works, and real world lessons from deploying AI at scale.