The Small Business AI Playbook: How to Put AI to Work This Week

• Workshop Room 4

AI works best solving real problems, not invented ones. This session is practical: automate weekly time wasters, get instant insights from existing data, and make faster, confident decisions—plus live demos and a clear framework to start now.

Presented by:

Kevin Carlson, speaker at The Small Business Expo
Kevin Carlson from AWS Headshot Photo at Small Business Expo

Kevin Carlson AWS

Based in Chicago, Kevin is a worldwide leader on the Amazon Quick team. In this role, he works with customers to launch and scale new features and offerings from Amazon's AI assistant. Previously, Kevin served as Global Head of Business Development for Amazon Rekognition, where he worked backward from our customers to develop go-to-market strategy, build industry-specific use cases, and communicate the value of Amazon's AI/ML and Computer Vision portfolio. Prior to his 5 years with Amazon, Kevin was the Global Digital Transformation Leader (CDO) at AECOM, a Fortune 200 infrastructure design and engineering firm. While at AECOM, Kevin applied AI/ML and Computer Vision as a mechanism to revolu
Based in Chicago, Kevin is a worldwide leader on the Amazon Quick team. In this role, he works with customers to launch and scale new features and offerings from Amazon's AI assistant. Previously, Kevin served as Global Head of Business Development for Amazon Rekognition, where he worked backward from our customers to develop go-to-market strategy, build industry-specific use cases, and communicate the value of Amazon's AI/ML and Computer Vision portfolio. Prior to his 5 years with Amazon, Kevin was the Global Digital Transformation Leader (CDO) at AECOM, a Fortune 200 infrastructure design and engineering firm. While at AECOM, Kevin applied AI/ML and Computer Vision as a mechanism to revolutionize AECOM's design engineering, asset management, and field inspection services.