Suliman Gouda on turning industrial AI into measurable results
· Source: menatech.net
In short
In a Q&A with MENA TECH ahead of AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026, Suliman Gouda, Regional Vice President, AI – APJ MEA at IFS, explains how industrial AI is being deployed across asset-intensive industries in the MENA and APJ regions. He highlights the five main adoption areas — asset lifecycle, field service data capture, worker support, supply chain disruption and sustainability — and argues that successful deployments need an accountable owner, a named performance indicator and a budget line. He also discusses how AI agents are reshaping industrial workflows, citing Kodiak Gas Services and Kitron, while stressing the need to preserve diagnostic expertise as senior technicians retire.
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