With over 30 years of software development experience, Jim Walsh brings diverse technology management capabilities to GlobalLogic. As Chief Technology Officer, Jim is responsible for leading GlobalLogic’s horizontal technology practices, technical advisory services, and solution accelerator initiatives.

Jim joined GlobalLogic from Chordiant (now PegaSystems), where he served as Vice President and General Manager of Offshore Operations. At Chordiant, Jim established and grew development centers in Bangalore, India, and Eastern Europe, and led the adoption of Agile processes worldwide. Previously, he was responsible for Apple’s OS X network and web software development via the company’s acquisition of NeXT Software. During his career, Jim has led architecture and re-architecture initiatives for scores of verticals (e.g., agriculture, health care, retail and warehouse logistics, etc.), as well as more technically-oriented platforms such as web application servers, real-time decision analysis platforms, security frameworks, and IoT.

Jim earned his B.A. in Physics and Math from Harvard College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from Duke University. He is also a frequent speaker and blogger on technical subjects and distributed software development best practices. In his free time, Jim enjoys reading political thrillers and science fiction, following current events, and spending time with his family.

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Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 19 August 2024

GenAI and my family reunion

At business meetings over the last year or so, I have a little bet with myself about how long it ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 6 June 2024

GenAI and the Meeting of the Minds

At a recent Hitachi Energy conference, I saw a very interesting presentation by Hitachi partner ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 30 April 2024

Generations and GenAI

This is probably a well-known fact in sociology or some other such discipline, but it struck me the ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 25 April 2024

We’re getting the chance to live in the future

Early 20th Century motivational speaker and author Dale Carnegie once wrote “Today is the ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 23 April 2024

Intelligence is Intelligence, even if it’s Artificial

I had a stimulating conversation with the head of our GenAI practice, Suhail Khaki, a few weeks ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 22 April 2024

Retail as a Conspiracy

I was one of the early buyers of the first release of Apple Vision Pro AR headset early this year. ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 19 April 2024

The “hype cycle” is about the hype—not the technology

The hype cycle has little to do with the merits of a particular technology. It simply has to do ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 18 April 2024

Give yourself a promotion using GenAI

I think we’d all agree that getting promoted is desirable. Higher wages, better job title, greater ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 21 March 2024

GenAI and the Midas Touch

GenAI & the Midas Touch: Overcoming the Ambiguity of Natural Language   With all of its ...

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Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 10 November 2023

What, How, and When in Software Development

While any software development initiative has unique features, some situations recur so often that ...

Embedded Software, Hardware and Silicon Solutions
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Dr. Jim Walsh 13 April 2023

In Software Engineering, How Good is Good Enough?

A recurring challenge in software — especially for newly developed systems or major upgrades — is ...

Embedded Software, Hardware and Silicon Solutions
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Dr. Jim Walsh 30 March 2023

Shakespeare & Creative AIs: ChatGPT Reinvents a Classic

I was talking with my daughter, a creative and a commercial writer, about ChatGPT recently. At a ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 17 March 2023

How ChatGPT & Other Creative AIs Will Impact Our Lives

I have the feeling that sooner than later, we're all going to learn what it's like to have creative ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 23 February 2023

Tips for Staying Relevant in the Age of Creative AIs Like ChatGPT

What I would call “creative AIs” are causing a lot of concern about the future of the human role in ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 11 February 2023

AI’s Impact on Software Development: Where We Are & What Comes Next

The explosive popularity of Open AI’s ChatGPT and impending launch of Bard, Google’s long-awaited ...

GenAI
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Dr. Jim Walsh 9 February 2023

Software, the Last Handmade Thing

This blog post on software development and AI was originally published in 2009. “Collector” is ...

AI Governance MLOps
Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 27 January 2023

ChatGPT and what makes us human

Since the AI-driven chatbot “ChatGPT” was introduced to the public in November 2022, it has been a ...

AI Governance MLOps
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Dr. Jim Walsh 28 November 2022

Fintech in the Metaverse: Exploring the Possibilities 

Metaverse: It’s a term that has earned a great deal of attention in the past year. In 2021, the ...

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Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 15 March 2022

Tesla Platform vs Purpose Built Car — 3 Years Later

A little over three years ago, I posted a blog about my then-new Tesla and my wife’s then-new ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 27 November 2019

Innovators and Laggards: The Technology Landscape of 2019

In the 1960s, sociologist Everett Rogers produced a roadmap showing how innovations are adopted ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 16 September 2019

What Makes A Software Architect?

Many roles in software development tend to be mislabeled as “architects.” Although these roles are ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 9 November 2017

What’s an “A” Player?

When I was at NeXT Software in the mid-1990s, Steve Jobs used to say, to the point we all got sick ...

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Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 18 July 2017

How to Hire a Software Architect

What is an Architect? For a software company, or a traditional enterprise going through digital ...

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Dr. Jim Walsh 22 September 2015

Fast Fashion and Fast Software (Part II)

In my previous blog, I introduced the topics of Fast Fashion and Fast Software and explored both ...

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Blog
Dr. Jim Walsh 18 September 2015

Fast Fashion and Fast Software (Part I)

Software and fashion may seem like two unrelated industries, but they share a common trait – the ...

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