Dr. Qi Wang has had a distinguished career across the Agriculture and Food and Beverage business sectors. As a trained biologist, he is a co-inventor of 14 US patents. He has led teams to adopt cutting-edge and fit-for purpose technologies to revolutionize the way of working throughout his career. At PepsiCo, Dr. Wang leads digital transformation across the global R&D organization, building smart capabilities to enable a Virtual First research and development pipeline that will deliver better products with positive impact for the planet and people.
Dr. Qi Wang will talk about a practical and value-driven approach to PepsiCo’s digital transformation journey across it’s global R&D organization, a Billion dollar food and beverage company aiming to drive a positive impact on the planet and people. Qi will share insights on:
- Leveraging the core strength of its business models while adopting fit-for-purpose technologies to achieve both scale and speed
- A hybrid organization and operating model with strong leadership commitment, cultivating a community of diverse talent with digital expertise
- Start with the business problems to solve and build interoperable capabilities for predictive analytics, AI and human intelligence
- Follow a roadmap to think big and move towards the future with a series of value driven investments, avoiding the pitfalls with thinking big where the grand vision makes it hard to land
- Collaborating with external partners including digital startups.
- AI, Internet of Things & Emerging Technologies
- Digital Innovation and Business Transformation
- Startup Collaboration, Ecosystems and Open Innovation
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