Reed Smith Hires Richard Robbins as First Director of Applied AI
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- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Reed Smith is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Reed Smith hired Richard Robbins, formerly managing director of applied AI at Epiq, as its first Director of Applied AI, leading GenAI, predictive AI, and data science across the firm's Innovation Lab and Gravity Stack units, reporting to CINO David Cunningham.
- Significance
- Medium
- Source type
- Firm Press Release
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