Cincy AI Week Main Stage

From Pilot to Production – Ensuring AI Readiness in the Workplace

June 2025
Cincinnati, OH

A comprehensive session revealing proven roadmaps to production-grade AI agents on the Power Platform during Cincinnati's flagship AI Week.

Session Overview

Taking center stage at Cincinnati's premier AI Week, this comprehensive session addresses the critical gap between AI experimentation and production deployment. Learn from real-world implementations and avoid the common pitfalls that derail AI initiatives.

This session combines strategic frameworks with hands-on demonstrations, showing exactly how Fortune 1000 companies successfully transition from AI pilots to enterprise-scale deployments that deliver measurable business value.

Format

Main Stage Presentation + Live Demo

AI Readiness and Agent Deployment

Session Breakdown

A structured approach to AI readiness and successful agent deployment in enterprise environments.

1

Readiness Checklist

Culture, data, security: the three pillars that predict success.

2

Pitfalls to Avoid

Shadow AI & model drift horror stories and how to prevent them.

3

Success Framework

5-stage rollout model used by Fortune 1000 firms.

Live Demo

Deploying a customer-service AI agent on Power Platform in <30 minutes

Setup

Environment configuration and security setup

Build

Agent creation and conversation design

Deploy

Production deployment and monitoring

Featured Speaker

Learn from a leader in enterprise AI implementation and Power Platform solutions.

DeShon Clark

DeShon Clark

Chief AI Officer, Allventa

DeShon has over 2 decades of experience in Microsoft technologies, running a team of over 20 engineers and specializing in organizational frameworks and AI business applications.

The 5-Stage Rollout Model

The proven framework used by Fortune 1000 companies to successfully scale AI from pilot to production.

Foundation Stages

  • 1
    Culture assessment and change management
  • 2
    Data readiness and security framework
  • 3
    Pilot program design and execution

Scale & Optimize

  • 4
    Production deployment and monitoring
  • 5
    Continuous improvement and expansion

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