Nigel Vaz
CEO, Publicis Sapient
He says AI turned one client's 10-year migration of legacy COBOL code to Java into a three-year project.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- CEO, Publicis Sapient
- Studied
- No degree listed
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Before joining Sapient he was an entrepreneur, co-founding a public company in internet consulting and connectivity in the 1990s.
nigelvaz.com - Numbers
Has spent more than 25 years at the same firm, rising from director at Sapient in 2000 to global CEO of Publicis Sapient in 2019.
linkedin.com - Turning point
Soon after launching Sapient in the UK, he walked away from a client because they disagreed on how its culture needed to change.
adammendler.com - Numbers
Says one client's move off decades-old COBOL code to Java, planned to take 10 years, is now being done in three with AI.
tearsheet.co - Numbers
His firm's survey of 1,550 AI decision-makers found 73% use AI regularly at work, but only 10% say it is core to how their business runs.
adammendler.com - In their words
Says the big AI opportunity is not automating today's work but to "fundamentally reimagine the future of how work gets done."
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Career
- DigitasLBiGlobal President, North America2016–2017
- Publicis SapientCEOfrom 2000
- Internet SolutionsCo-founder and Managing Director1996–2000