Dr. Jim Walsh
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Dr. Jim Walsh
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With over 30 years of Silicon Valley software development experience, Dr. Jim Walsh brings diverse technology management capabilities to GlobalLogic. As Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Walsh focuses on making digital transformation successful for GlobalLogic's clients. These clients have included members of the Fortune 20, startups, and literal "Mom & Pop" operations.
During his career, Jim has led architecture, re-architecture and digital transformation initiatives in scores of verticals (e.g., agriculture, health care, retail and warehouse logistics, and many others.). Dr. Walsh has also delivered more technically-oriented platforms such as web application servers, real-time decision analysis platforms, security frameworks, and IoT platforms.
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.
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Generations and GenAI
This is probably a well-known fact in sociology or some other such discipline, but it struck me the other day that only the generation that knows how to do something can be the one to make that thing obsolete. Take driving a car, for example. My generation and the ones preceding me in the U.S. … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 30, 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 tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” I believe that Mr. Carnegie’s point was that unless today is the literally the worst day of your life (and my sincere sympathies if it is), then the energy you spent worrying about it yesterday was largely wasted. I haven’t read much … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 25, 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 ago. Suhail made the remark that the more he works with GenAI, the more it strikes him that it’s less like conventional computer software, and more like a person in the way it interacts. He made the remark: … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 23, 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. I got up at 5am my time to place an order on-line at the first moment when the device became available for pre-order. I then made an appointment at my local brick-and-mortar Apple Store to … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 22, 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 with the amount of publicity the technology has received. In particular, if the publicity jumps ahead of what the technology can immediately deliver, then the technology quickly gets labeled as “over hyped”. This is not the … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 19, 2024
Give yourself a promotion using GenAI
I think we’d all agree that getting promoted is desirable. Higher wages, better job title, greater impact, and perhaps more prestige. But it’s not without its problems. Like many engineers, I started out writing code. I was good at it, and customer demand increased for my services. I then started hiring other engineers and promoted … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: April 18, 2024
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 creative activities, including but far from limited to software development. These creative AIs include ChatGPT and similar systems in the pipeline from Microsoft, Google and certainly many others. I’ve gotten questions about the impact on … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: February 23, 2023
Software, the Last Handmade Thing
This blog post on software development and AI was originally published in 2009. “Collector” is probably too strong a word, but I am definitely an aficionado of handcrafted items. While true hand craftsmanship has become rare and generally prohibitively expensive in the West, I’m fortunate to travel to places where handmade items are still relatively … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: February 9, 2023
ChatGPT and what makes us human
The ability of AI-based technology to perform characteristically ‘human’ tasks such as tell stories, write code, author poetry, tell jokes and compose essays on virtually any topic has shocked and astonished many. These activities are among those that we think of as particularly human. If a software package can do these very human tasks, then what does it mean to be human?
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Published on: January 27, 2023
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 hype cycle surrounding the Metaverse concept accelerated as two corporate events upended the space. First, Facebook emerged as a key early adopter, pivoting entirely to the Metaverse and rebranding their company as Meta. Second, the successful … Continue reading Dr. Jim Walsh →
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Published on: November 28, 2022
Science Fiction Moments in Life and Technology
We as humans have a tendency to adjust rapidly to our environment and to begin to consider it “normal” in a very short time. This has probably been key to the survival of our species: we can’t afford, biologically, to be constantly triggered by recurring events. Instead, we set a new baseline and then are “aroused” only by changes to that baseline.
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Published on: February 1, 2020
Innovators and Laggards: The Technology Landscape of 2019
In the 1960s, sociologist Everett Rogers produced a roadmap showing how innovations are adopted and, eventually, become obsolete. Later, author Geoffrey Moore wrote a book called “Crossing the Chasm” that detailed how companies and technologies succeed or fail to progress from “early adopter” to “early majority” status. Moore’s work further popularized Roger’s categories, and words like “innovator” and “early adopter” have become a firm fixture of the Silicon Valley and world-wide technology vocabulary.
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Published on: November 27, 2019
12 Secrets of Digital Transformation: Part 11
Secret #11: There is more time than you think to finish — but less time than you think to start. We often begin a transformation project in response to a perceived crisis, but really we are just witnessing the end of an illusion.
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Published on: April 9, 2018
What’s an “A” Player?
Steve Jobs used to say, "A players attract A players. B players attract C players.” Our own CTO, Dr. Jim Walsh, says "Companies are better off hiring A players who can learn, than B or C players who already know." But what exactly makes an “A” player — and how can you spot one?
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Published on: November 9, 2017
The Internet of Things: Part I
A term like “Internet of Things” (IoT) can become so over-used that it loses all meaning
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Published on: October 22, 2014