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5 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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McMillon credits Suresh Kumar and Walmart's technologists with modernizing the company's fragmented technology stack in recent years.
“Suresh Kumar and the team, the technologists have done a great job in recent years of modernizing that tech stack”
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Suresh Kumar earned a PhD at Princeton, worked at IBM, Amazon and Google, and has been Walmart's chief technology officer for about six years.
“From his PhD at Princeton and then IBM, Suresh went on to roles at Amazon and Google, and he's been the Chief Technology Officer at Walmart for about six years.”
Undated
Suresh Kumar did his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras before moving directly to the U.S. for a PhD.
“I went to Indian Institute of Technology Madras. And then after I graduated, I came directly to the U. S. to do my PhD.”
Undated
Suresh Kumar argues that spreadsheets led to more financial analysis rather than fewer analysts, and expects AI to expand work similarly.
“It's not that we had fewer analysts, financial analysts being done after spreadsheets started showing up in. In fact, we now have far more analysis being done.”
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Suresh Kumar took Walmart's leaders to visit companies and universities in the Bay Area as part of preparing for AI transformation.
“I took all of our leaders to go visit a number of companies in uh the Bay Area.”
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