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June 29, 2024

AI-Based Salesforce Automation with Spring Global's Conor Keane & Andre Souza

AI-Based Salesforce Automation with Spring Global's Conor Keane & Andre Souza
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The CPG Guys

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Conor Keane CEO and Andre Souza Head of Data Science at Spring Global,  a company renowned for its engineering excellence in CPG salesforce automation software.

This episode is sponsored by Spring Global.

Follow Conor on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conor-keane-1aaa6/
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Conor & Andre answer these questions:

  1. The world today is largely using AI as a buzzword. Lots of AI mandates. Lots of confusion and skepticism. Why is this still largely stuck in this paradigm?
  2. For any AI based solution being built, what is the best way to ensure the data input is solid and the resultant outcomes are too? 
  3. Is there any privacy concern? Can anyone use publicly available data and build solid AI engines and feed generative AI like Chat GPT?
  4. CPG field processes such as retail execution are theoretically a good use case for applying AI: lots of data, repeatable processes, labor intensive. Believe you guys are looking into scaling solutions here? Tell us more.
  5. Is AI really going to take away jobs? If so, what should those who are impacted be learning to stay relevant and connected to new workstreams that emerge?
  6. How can your solutions provide gamification with AI to engage sales employees and therefore attract and retain Gen Z?
  7. Take us through the command center, Edge AI and Coach AI. Why is this relevant for sales folks?
  8. Since supply chain has been one of the first adopters of AI, will retailers force brands to adapt AI? Where will they go first? 
  9. what trends are you following in AI that our audience should know?


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Conor Keane

Conor Keane is CEO of Spring Mobile Solutions Inc. Keane, who previously served as Chief Sales Officer, brings more than 28 years of corporate leadership and relevant industry experience to his role.

“Spring Mobile Solutions is at the forefront of cloud-based enterprise mobile application development and is built on over 12 years of experience as a provider of the most solid enterprise mobile application development platforms in the industry,” said Keane. “Enterprises need applications to support their mobile field forces, and do not have years to wait for implementation of these solutions. Spring provides companies the ability to deploy powerful, easy-to-use mobile applications to the field in less than ten weeks. I am excited to be leading Spring as we continue to move forward with our strategy of building the most innovative and game-changing enterprise mobile applications on the market today.”

Prior to Spring Mobile Solutions, Keane served as Senior Vice President of Professional and Technical Services at Global 360. He also served as Senior Vice President of Global Services for webMethods, and prior to that was a partner at KPMG Consulting.

“Mr. Keane has been a key asset to the leadership at Spring Mobile Solutions and we are very excited to have him succeed David Mitchell as CEO,” said Patrick Kerins, chairman of the Board of Directors of Spring and general partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).