🎙️ Episode 114 – Brent Lightsey | AI Strategy, Data Leadership & Career Journey | 🎙️

Brent Lightsey is the Founder and CEO of FirstLight Data and AI, bringing more than 20 years of experience across AI, data, analytics, software engineering, and business strategy.In this episode, Brent shares his journey from hands-on programmer to entrepreneur, the experiences that shaped his career, and the lessons he has learned helping organizations succeed with data and AI.We cover:How he got into his fieldThe jobs that shaped himFailures and lessons learnedCareer adviceInfluential people in his journeyLeadership and growthBrent started his career as a programmer at Chesapeake Energy and after earning his MBA in 2016 spent the past decade building and scaling data and AI focused companies. FirstLight has partnered with more than 40 organizations to deliver end-to-end analytics and AI foundations across nearly every major technology stack. Brent also leads Argus, a full-tenant audit, governance, and monitoring platform for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI environments.Connect with Brent Lightsey:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentlightsey/