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STAR OF THE WEEK
Mark D. Demers THE LEADING LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY
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CONTENTS POWERHOUSE GLOBAL STAR (PGS) STAR OF THE WEEK MARK D. DEMERS
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P U B L I SH ER'S NOT E Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw Powerhouse Global Brand Propagator
“The destination ahead should excite you otherwise, don’t bother continuing on the journey.” - Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw It’s with great delight that we present to the world our newest edition of Powerhouse Global Stars publication. This weekly publication is focused on showcasing the brilliance on leaders and aspiring leaders from around the world.
This edition we are privileged to shine light on one of the world leading leaders in technology (Mark D. Demers). We want to encourage more leaders and aspiring leaders to come forward by contacting for possible partnership on global projects. We thank you for being part of our global mission.
We shine light in individuals who are difference makers in various fields of endeavours, and we create global visibility opportunities for those we serve.
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STAR O F TH E WE E K MARK D. DEMERS It’s a great honour to interview
vision and product direction,
PGS: Mark, welcome to today’s
one of the great leaders of our
marketing and sales support
interview with Lady Anita.
time. A man who supports others
for SAS products and solutions
to become world changers
into strategic industries. Mark
MD: Thank you for this
in their fields of purpose. A
and his team work closely with
opportunity to speak with
true supporter of women
SAS’ customers, marketing,
empowerment and a great
sales, R&D, and technical staff
catalyst of change in the world
around the world, as well as
of technology. His name is Mark
partners, to position, market
D. Demers.
and sell SAS solutions for
Mark is the Sr. Director at SAS,
Government, Banking, Insurance,
the world’s leading analytics
Manufacturing, Retail, Health
and artificial intelligence
Care & Life Sciences, Energy,
software company. He leads
Communications, Agriculture
globally a team of industry
and Education sectors using
practice directors, industry
advanced analytics and machine
marketing, market strategists
learning/artificial intelligence.
and consultants and thought
Mark is an great asset in the
leaders that drive industry
world of technology.
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you about one of the hottest topics in business today – digital transformation and how leveraging data and analytics can unlock better decisions and create new value. PGS: You have been a great supporter of our global mission, and it’s always an honour to have opportunity to rob minds with you in order to discover new ways of adding value to those we serve.
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MD: I believe we have
but data itself doesn’t drive an
shared visions. To inspire
organization. Decisions do.
and create curiosity in all people to empower them
From big strategic decisions to
with the knowledge to drive
thousands of small transactional
change in the way businesses,
decisions, every good or bad
governments and the world
decision is consequential –
works.
quickly compounded by the proliferation of automation.
PGS: With the ever-increasing
change in the world of
Three disruptive technologies
technology and how humans
are coming together right now
interact with one another, what is your prediction for the next 5 years? MD: We are at a unique moment in time. Data creation has reached epic proportions
– cloud computing, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
I believe we have shared visions. To inspire and create curiosity in all people to empower them with the knowledge to drive change in the way businesses, governments and the world works.
When harnessed, they help organizations overcome forces preventing them from leveraging data to make the right decisions at the moment
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for every moment, connecting
disruption but to thrive. But AI
charted Data Ethics Practice
and scaling decisions through
must be fair and ethical. We
(DEP).
powerful and trusted AI-
have to be transparent and
enabled analytics and
responsible for how AI and
Today, every industry, business,
automation.
Machine Learning algorithms
and organization wants to make
and models are designed and
use of data, AI, and analytics to
PGS: As an expert in the
work. SAS is committed to the
enable innovation and better
technological industry, please
development, implementation,
outcomes – but bringing all
share more light on Artificial
and promotion of responsible
the latest (Technology, Data,
AI solutions that ensure
Analytics, People) together
affects our lives as humans.
sustainable improvements for
into a working and agile system
our customers, the economy,
that creates innovation and
MD: First, please let me
and society. SAS promotes
measurable value from data
responsible innovation
faster is one of the biggest
through our engagement with
challenges organizations face
policymakers and regulators
today.
Intelligence (Ai) and how it
say that AI does not replace humans; it augments how and what we do. Businesses need more Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to not only survive today’s chaos and
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worldwide, corporate policy forums such as the Business
Our experience and the vision
Roundtable, and our recently
of our customers and partners
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shape our technology and
MD: It’s not enough anymore
solutions to deliver time-to-
for organizations to say “we’ll
innovation and value faster
make a better decision next
than any other analytics. By
time” because “next time”
striving for harmony, scale, and
means we weren’t where we
uncompromising empowerment
needed to be this time. And
we are enabling a new powerful
with the velocity of decisions
agile ecosystem of faster and
being made each day and the
better decisions for everyone
increasing dependency on
and everywhere. We believe
data and analytics to help us
we are creating the future of
make the right choices, our
our interactions with data,
expectations have changed.
analytics, and AI – delivering
Decisions founded in data and
a new innovation system for a
analytics are superior to those
more intelligent, responsible,
that aren’t. It’s that simple.
and safer world.
As organizations digitally
First, please let me say that AI does not replace humans; it augments how and what we do. Businesses need more Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to not only survive today’s chaos and disruption but to thrive.
transform, analytically driven PGS: What is your message for
decision-making is becoming a
world leaders?
critical differentiator. Whether
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impact the world.
you’re driving thousands of
These mounting expectations
decisions a second without
are ambitious, but we want
human intervention, or
to help you discover insights
MD: We are tapping into a
augmenting human-led ones
in your data and build trust
spirit of curiosity – meaning we
with insights, SAS’ industry-
in your ability to make better
are relentless in our pursuit of
leading technologies make
decisions – to meet whatever
better. We are relentless about
it easy to scale and drive
challenges lie ahead.
overcoming challenges to solve
decisions consistently. SAS
problems, not by simply asking
helps organizations to make
And this type of advanced
more questions but ask the
transparent and explainable
preparation is what will get us
questions that spark innovation,
decisions – whether automated
to the state of resilience we’re
deliver value and get the work
or augmented – to build trust
all chasing. At work. At home.
done efficiently.
for the long term.
Personally. Professionally. We
We expect analytics to
want to be better now, so we
Every new technology is
don’t have to say “next time.”
meant to create positive
improve society, drive
change. But the explosion
innovation, improve decisioning
PGS: Please tell us more about
of new technologies and
and increase agility within
SAS and how your services
capabilities also creates
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agility. Better Together is about
no end in sight to how fast
world.
bringing harmony, scale, and
and far artificial intelligence,
uncompromising empowerment
machine learning, and advanced
Imagine a world where every
to an entire ecosystem of
analytics can help change the
child is data literate.
commercial and open-source
world. We’re all feeling this
solutions. It’s not about either/
sense of urgency to become
Or, a world where analytics
or, but the value of And. That
more resilient. That’s why
helps reduce poverty rates in
is how ideas and innovation
there’s so much momentum
the most poverty-stricken parts
thrive.
around AI in the analytics space
of the world.
and it’s why 76% of enterprises The world’s opportunities
are prioritizing AI and machine
Or where lending biases at
locked in data can’t be realized
learning in their budgets
banks could be prevented.
by an elite few but only by the
(Forbes).
We believe this is all possible
collective intelligence of the
with the support of analytics.
many. The future of analytics
Additionally, as data literacy
encourages participation of
cements itself as an essential
PGS: Thank you so much for
everyone, bringing together
skill in today’s data-rich world,
your time and we wish you
creators and consumers and
I’d encourage more leaders to
giving access to data and
get involved in helping curious
success on your endeavours.
insights with technology that
minds – from elementary
adapts to people – making it
classrooms to university
consumable however you work. campuses and beyond – Wherever there is data, there
learn the importance of data.
is potential value to improve,
Whether in service to our
innovate, disrupt, and save
community, interpreting the
lives, to be more equitable.
news, or championing the UN’s
Whether your data are in a data
Global Goals, it is obvious that
center, in the cloud, or coming
when people understand data,
off edge devices and sensors in
an entirely new world opens to
industry and society.
them.
PGS: If you knew what you
PGS: Finally, what would you
know now, what would you do
say to your younger self?
MD: Thank you so much for this opportunity today. Please keep up your amazing work at Pgmag. PGS: Please share your website/links with us. MD: linkedin.com/in/ markddemers www.SAS.com
differently? MD: I would tell me and any MD: Honestly, I would have
of my younger-self friends to
gotten into data science and
get involved in STEM. Through
analytics even earlier than I
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POWERFUL GLOBAL WOMEN FOUNDATION SUPPORTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN GLOBALLY (03RD APRIL 2021) Powerful Global Women Foundation in collaboration Royalty Kids Montessori School present A one day easter retreat for children and teenagers. Theme of the program was: The Total Child. The program includes reason for the season, cinema, POP quiz, music, baking and losts more. Mrs. Josephine, Phillip Itsuokor (Proprietress, Royalty Kids) was present as host. Over 100 children were in attendance during the program.
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POWERFUL GLOBAL WOMEN FOUNDATION CHILDREN RETREAT EVENT (12TH SEPTEMBER 2020) We had various workshops for them during the gathering. We also gave facemasks each child that was in attendance. Over one hundred children attended the event. They were all fed as part of our tradition to do. A massive thank you to Ross Swan for supporting our mission. This project was led by our amazing Vice-president (Mrs Josephine Itsuokor).
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POWERFUL GLOBAL WOMEN FOUNDATION COVID-19 PROJECTS As part of PGWF mission to support more families during this challenged time, we have been able to hold two projects (one in April and the other on 13th July 2020). We distributed food supplies to several families and orphanage homes. Our team lead by Mrs Josephine Itsuokor (Vice-president of PGWF) made these projects a success. We will continue to reach out to more families through the support of our global partners.
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Powerful Global Women Foundation (Powerhouse Charity) was founded in 20l6 in Nigeria, West Africa, by Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw. The core objective of this organization is to transform the lives of women and children, through various projects centred around the need of the service group. In 20l6 Lady Anita single handedly fed over 400 children as part of “project feed l000 children globally”, and held an empowerment conference for the women. Through this project, so many women have gone to do great things with the knowledge they gained from the event. She recently held a life transforming event for women in Lagos, Nigeria as part of International women’s month celebration 20l8. The turnout was very encouraging. She is working towards supporting more families to keep their children and wards in school through” project back-to-school” starting in September 20l8. We are seeking for global support from individuals and organisations who would love to be a part of this service to humanity. To support us, please visit: www.powerhouseglobalwomen.com or email womanthepowerhouse@gmail.com or powerhouseglobalmag@gmail.com
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CHARITY PROJECT: As part of our Global Annual commitment, we were able to successfully complete project feed the children 2019 mission. Over 150 children were fed at this year’s event. Powerful Women Global Foundation (PGWF ) is a charity set up by Lady Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw in 2016. The service users are women and children. To support PGWF, please email womanthepowerhouse@gmail.com
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