Don't Replace Workers with AI: Modernize Software | Dima Simensky & Hugo Jimenez

AI is moving fast, but most businesses are still stuck running yesterday’s software and making tomorrow’s staffing decisions on hype. From the floor of the Q2 Board of Advisors Convention in Dallas, we talk with Dima Semensky, founder of DevCom, about what long-term software success actually looks like when you build custom enterprise systems, keep talent for decades, and treat client trust as the product.Dima shares his path from Ukraine to building a U.S.-based software development agency with delivery teams in Ukraine, plus the rare kind of retention most companies only talk about: clients that have stayed 25 to 26 years. We unpack how DevCom grew through referrals for years without even having a website, why customer IP ownership matters, and what it takes to support industries like construction services, direct sales, and healthcare fintech with practical systems like quoting, job management, payments, and operational software.Then we get tactical on AI and legacy systems modernization. Dima argues AI is best used as a force multiplier: automate routine work, raise your team’s output, and scale value instead of rushing to replace people. He also outlines his push toward an AI-assisted “software factory” approach that turns hard-won processes into faster, cheaper delivery without sacrificing clarity for non-technical owners.Subscribe for more founder-level lessons, share this with a business owner who’s wrestling with AI decisions, and leave a review with the biggest legacy system problem you want to solve next.About Board of AdvisorsBoard of Advisors is an invite-only community of entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors, and executives dedicated to helping one another grow personally and professionally. Through quarterly events, strategic introductions, peer-to-peer mentoring, and a culture built on giving first, BA creates an environment where leaders can solve problems faster, build meaningful relationships, and unlock new opportunities. When you're in the right room, anything is possible.Subscribe for more conversations with members of the Board of Advisors community as we continue releasing exclusive interviews recorded live from our Q2 Dallas event.#BAPodcast #BoardOfAdvisors #BACommunity #Entrepreneurship