Ducker Carlisle Opens Lisbon Office for Data and AI Services

Detroit-area-based Ducker Carlisle, a 175-member consulting and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) firm, has opened a Lisbon, Portugal office for its new SparkWise Data and AI service.

Specifically, the company now offers the following, according to the press release

  • Identification of the best AI, genAI, data monetization and automation use cases and roadmap for each client, based on market-specific insights developed over decades of business consulting as well as expert analysis of feasibility, costs, implementation timelines and potential ROI
  • Data quality evaluation, cleansing and management to support AI deployments, including data mapping across disparate systems, centralization of diverse data types into data lakes or lake houses and establishment of data governance programs
  • AI solution, tool development and implementation by Ducker Carlisle’s dedicated data and AI team in the U.S., Europe and India
  • Building strong AI cultures through acculturation sessions, training, workshops, hackathons and conferences

The main members of the Data and AI team are:

  • Fabien Cros, Chief Data and AI Officer, who previously was Data & AI Country Lead for Manufacturing at Google
  • Guillaume Denis, Generative AI Director, previously Google’s Data, AI & Measurement Lead for Automotive, Luxury and Travel
  • Arthur Derennes, Data Engineering Director, was previously VP of Engineering at Artefact and was involved in various industries.

Ducker Carlisle focuses on the following industries: automotive, industrial goods, building and construction, healthcare and heavy equipment. To those industries, it offers predictive modeling, real-time analytics, and custom AI tools for anticipating market trends, streamlining operations and driving innovation.