BRANDON SPEWEIK
BRANDON SPEWEIK
TITLE: HEAD OF INDUSTRY STRATEGY COMPANY: GFT INDUSTRY: TECHNOLOGY
Brandon Speweik is Head of Industry Strategy at GFT, where he leads industrial digital transformation initiatives. His role centers on helping manufacturers unlock superior results through AI and the cloud.
alongside newer digital technologies, resulting in data that exists in incompatible formats and isolated repositories.
“ Factories rely on a mix of old and new systems that produce data in different formats, preventing a clear view of operations. This leads to inefficiencies and hampers productivity,” says Fabien Duboeuf, Industry Manager at Google Cloud, who is focused on cloud, AI and data analytics initiatives in manufacturing.
Fabien, who began his career as a research scientist before spending 15 years driving digital transformation at organisations including Autodesk, Elsevier and Siemens, acknowledges that manufacturing has lagged behind sectors such as financial services in AI adoption.
“ AI can improve safety, enhance employee and customer experiences, develop new business models and unlock efficiency and growth,” he adds, noting that financial services – for example – has utilised AI for fraud detection for over a decade.
Brandon, who helps manufacturers transform operations through technology at GFT, believes manufacturing stands to gain more from AI implementation
232 May 2025