Aurora Insights is the expert partner that helps leaders integrate AI strategically, holistically, and responsibly.
Having spent the last 20 years developing advanced data strategies for companies like Kroger and Fidelity Investments—and yielding multi-billion dollar returns—Founder Todd James knows the strategies that work and the pitfalls to avoid. Todd has a long and proven record of scaling solutions to create real value for customers, as well as economic value for companies.
As Chief Data & Technology Officer for 84.51° (Kroger Subsidiary), he scaled AI investments and transformed how Kroger uses AI to better serve customers. As a Kroger executive, he also led the artificial intelligence and enterprise data agenda for the $140 billion Fortune 25 company.
Todd spent 15 years at Fidelity Investments where he held a variety of key strategic leadership roles. An innovative leader, he built the global data and analytics organization for Fidelity’s Workplace Investing and Health Care business units. He also led efforts to modernize servicing and operations through applied artificial intelligence, automation and directed Fidelity’s Cross-Enterprise AI Center of Excellence (COE). Prior to Fidelity, Todd led a strategy consulting practice at Deloitte and led a technology services business.
Prior to his business career, Todd was an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard where he held leadership roles in IT, information security, and shipboard operations.
Todd has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an MBA from the College of William & Mary, and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois.
Todd is also a sought-after public speaker at established conferences on the topics of artificial intelligence, data, and their application to business. He has also been cited in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Data Science Review, CIO Magazine, and CDO Magazine.
Discover what others have said about their experience with Todd James and Aurora Insights. From deploying AI resources responsibly to helping companies of all sizes adopt AI and create a stronger future.
From large scale AI strategy to operationalizing and scaling, Todd’s capability and leadership demonstrated throughout has been second to none. Through his cross-industry experience, he has been able to simplify our journey while managing risk. In retail, speed to value creation matters most, we have seen a demonstrable acceleration of solutions and adoption. Not many companies can deliver from ideation to implementation with such clarity and rhythm.
I have had the pleasure of working with Todd for over three years - he was pivotal in driving a step change in our capabilities, in particular his emphasis on Generative AI led to us to be ahead of the crowd in not only leveraging AI but actually deploying it in and realizing measurable value. His approach has been to drive change from doing, not from talking; in his time with us he was able to navigate complex organizations, spark a movement from top to bottom to embrace different ways of operating, adopting new techniques and processes – driving both functional, technology change, but also winning hearts.
Aurora Insights is a principles-based company.
We seek to deploy AI resources responsibly, helping companies to adopt AI and create a stronger future.
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