Enterprise AI strategy · Executive sensemaking
I help leaders understand where AI creates value, what it touches, and what must be true for it to earn trust.
Christina AdamesAI Strategy Lead · CDW IBM Practice
The work
“The question is no longer whether AI can do something. It is whether the enterprise is prepared for what happens when it does.”
Selected impact
I work where executive ambition, enterprise architecture, partner ecosystems, and human judgment collide.
Across more than 100 enterprise engagements, I have helped leaders move from broad ambition to a shared decision: what to build, why it matters, and what must be true next.
A strategic pilot transformed an abstract security conversation into evidence executives could evaluate.
Story-driven framing aligned education stakeholders and technical teams around a coherent future.
Centered · The publication
Enterprise AI
The consequential work begins after procurement, when leaders must decide where AI acts, what it touches, and who remains accountable.
Read the essay ↗Agentic Development
The SDLC is not disappearing. Its center of gravity is moving—from producing code to directing systems of judgment, agents, data, and infrastructure.
Read the essay ↗Innovation Leadership
A promising prototype cannot compensate for unclear ownership, weak executive alignment, or a problem no one has agreed to solve.
Read the essay ↗At CDW, I serve as AI strategy lead for the IBM practice—helping shape how we understand the market, position watsonx and agentic AI, bridge software and infrastructure strategy, and translate customer interest into credible opportunities.
I bring 15+ years across enterprise technology, innovation design, product strategy, facilitation, content strategy, and AI advisory. Before CDW, I led more than 100 enterprise engagements in IBM Client Engineering.
Speaking · Media · Educational work
I welcome thoughtful public conversations about enterprise AI, agentic development, partner ecosystems, and the decisions technology alone cannot make.
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