Why Amgen Hired An AI Head From Nike
When Dr. David Reese, Amgen’s first chief technology officer, set about hiring a head of artificial intelligence last year, he looked at people who’d worked in consumer products, finance and other areas. He ended up finding one in shoes. Last August, he brought on Sean Bruich, who’d spent the past 11 years of his career working at Nike, as senior vice president for AI and data, a move that might seem almost laughably incongruous.
“When I was in discussions with him, we were having dinner one evening, and he said, ‘I’m not a molecular biologist or a chemist or anything like that,’” Reese told Forbes. “I said, ‘We’ve got those, they are really good, among the best in the world, and we need what you can bring to the table.”
