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April 24 - Bryan Goodman, Executive Director, Artificial Intelligence

When
24-Apr-2026
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
Dearborn Country Club

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Bryan has been at Ford over 26 years. As Ford’s AI Director, Bryan is responsible for:

Creating and executing Ford's AI strategy.
Creating and implementing Ford's AI ethics policy and chairing the AI Ethics Council.
Leading a team of AI experts to develop and deliver advanced AI solutions with business value.
Building and fostering a strong AI community across Ford.
Building, assembling, and maintaining Ford's AI and machine learning. platform, Mach1ML.
Providing generative AI capabilities across the company including large language models, retrieval-augmented generation solutions, translation and transcription, and audio, image, video, and 3D-model generation.
Ensure Ford has the right tools and infrastructure for AI, including cloud and GPU/high-performance computing.

Bryan took on this role in November 2023. He started his Ford career in 1999 as a Research Scientist in various projects involving machine learning, analytics and optimization. He then worked his way through various AI related positions until reaching his Executive Director position.

Bryan holds a BS degree from Hope College and a PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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