NNIT reinforces AI focus and investments by anchoring regional business units in new global structure led by Director Sam Laermans

A new global structure dedicated to AI and led by Director Sam Laermans has been created to ensure unity, best practice, and maximum utilization of expertise and resources across our four regional AI business units.

The new, global structure will be responsible for NNIT’s overall AI strategy, partnerships, and models as well as building and aligning AI solutions and services offered and tailored to our markets: Private & Public in Region Denmark, and Life Sciences in USA, Europe, and Asia.

By the end of 2024, the global structure will comprise of at least 15 dedicated employees across our AI units in Denmark, USA, Europe, and Asia.

“AI is neither a new technology or new to NNIT, but with the increased interest and appetite for using this technology to aid and support human resources in achieving further optimizations and efficiencies, we wish to reinforce our efforts and investments in a global structure to ensure best practice and the creation of a veritable AI powerhouse. This will position us well to address specific opportunities in our markets and add further value to our customers,” says CEO Pär Fors.

During the coming months, the global structure will come into its own with NNIT’s overall AI strategy and regional business plans ready for implementation in June. The regional AI unit leads are Maria Baun Marcker for Denmark, Dane Stout and Nagesh Sarma for USA, Sam Laermans for Europe (doubling as global lead), and John Yin Zhao for Asia.

“After an explorative 2023, we are seeing a new level of seriousness around the AI technology with high impact use cases in advanced data management, analytics, and AI powered automations. This opportunity is matched with new regulatory requirements such as the EU AI Act and new validation strategies, which challenges the IT and business boundaries further than ever before. With a strong global structure in place, I look forward to guiding our customers through these challenges into a new era of AI and digital transformation,” says Director Sam Laermans.