Abundant Intelligence at the Midwest AI Summit Part 2
In this live episode recorded at the Midwest AI Summit, three technology leaders share practical insights on operationalizing AI. Don Barger discusses creating an ethical AI charter at the International Mission Board, Mark Lay of Noblis breaks down governance, delegation, and technical debt frameworks for enterprise AI, and Darren Taillie of Aerocore Technologies explains how text-to-SQL agents and vision models streamlined global jet engine maintenance operations.
- Don Barger deployed FaithBot to 2.5 million users across 50 languages at the International Mission Board. Read →
- Aerocore Technologies runs engine wash shifts from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM across airport tarmacs, where solo technicians enter work data directly into mobile phones under poor conditions. Read →
- Darren Taillie eliminated a 40-hour weekly queue of manual data requests at Aerocore Technologies by connecting an LLM to database MCP servers inside Microsoft Teams. Read →
- Software agents can complete operational tasks, but ultimate accountability always requires a named person on the organizational chart. Read →