Alexander Stevens, PhD

Founding Director of AI Transformation driving trusted, human‑centric AI solutions that scale impact and measurable business value.

New York, New York, United States

About

The essence of AI is human. I thrive at the forefront of innovation, applying my expertise to align responsible AI with strategic value and operational impact. My governance frameworks (TrAAIT, FaSTER, OTAUM, VITAL ROI) embed empowered teams, outcome‑driven innovation, and continuous product discovery into real‑world business transformation. As an Advisory Board Member at Ingenii, I am pioneering the integration of quantum computing into healthcare applications—advancing treatment protocols and patient outcomes. My Five Core Talent Dimensions: • Strategic AI leadership and governance • Platform development and enterprise integration • Stakeholder engagement and change management • Team building and talent development • Technical fluency and vendor oversight Success requires trust — and trust starts and ends with people. Through AI Enablement, I empower organizations with trusted, impactful AI solutions, building high‑functioning teams that consistently deliver measurable results. Please, no promotional, marketing or sales inquiries.

Experience

  • Founding Director of AI Transformation at Qumis
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    Leading AI adoption and transformation for Qumis, an attorney‑trained, legal‑grade AI platform built for insurance professionals. What I do: • Drive enterprise adoption across brokers and risk teams • Lead structured implementations focused on renewal workflows • Build playbooks, dashboards, and health‑scoring systems that scale • Run executive QBRs and translate usage data into ROI and expansion • Diagnose adoption stalls and intervene quickly to realign workflows • Partner with Product to surface friction and shape roadmap priorities Impact areas: • Time saved • Accuracy gains • Deals won • Renewals secured • Scalable systems for long‑term customer success

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Full-time · 4 yrs 10 mos)
    • AI Enablement & Value
      Dec 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

      My role is essential to embedding AI ethically and safely into MSK’s culture and operations. I integrate change management, stakeholder engagement, and adoption strategies to enable successful, sustainable AI integration, mitigate risks and resistance, and maximize the value of AI investments. I ensure AI initiatives deliver measurable impact and long-term value. Key deliverables include: AI-Integrated Change Management Plan Tailored for each AI initiative, incorporating model transparency, clinical workflow integration, and regulatory compliance. This includes communication strategies, stakeholder alignment, and clinician engagement protocols. AI Readiness & Adoption Assessment Report Evaluates organizational and clinical readiness, identifying cultural, technical, and ethical barriers. Provides actionable recommendations to close gaps and align AI with oncology care priorities. AI Literacy & Enablement Programs Develops and delivers targeted training to build fluency across clinical, operational, and technical teams. Includes workshops on interpretability, ethics, and integration, plus ongoing support. Adoption Risk & Resistance Mitigation Strategy A proactively address resistance to AI adoption, including strategies for managing clinician and employee skepticism, ethical concerns, and accountability issues. This deliverable ensures alignment with MSKs mission, values, and patient care standards. Stakeholder Engagement & Trust-Building Framework Engages key stakeholders (oncologists, researchers, IT, leadership) via co-design sessions, feedback loops, and transparent communication to foster trust and long-term adoption. Sustainability & Value Realization Plan A roadmap for ensuring long-term success of AI initiatives, including performance monitoring, continuous improvement mechanisms, and metrics to track clinical impact, equity, and return on investment.

    • Product Manager, Digital Products & Informatics, Research Informatics Team
      Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr

      As an expert technologist, I co-create digital solutions that help improve the cancer research experience and processes. Additionally, for researchers that engage our platform's concierge services, I get the privilege of providing the human touch. My aim is to understand each researcher's unique data needs to create a secure, reusable, shareable project and high-quality database for their study. The aim is a delightful experience for researchers from initial project requests through data curation/analysis.

    • Product Manager, Digital Products & Informatics
      Feb 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Crafting digital solutions that bring patients, care teams, and health services together.

  • Advisory Board Member at Ingenii
    Nov 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Focused on extracting, maximizing, and communicating the value of quantum computing in real-world healthcare. Helping to develop the Quantum Business Roadmap to strategically identify early opportunities for quantum advantage, focusing on near-term applications with a clear path to scalability.

  • Digital Healthcare Informaticist & Project Manager at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
    Sep 2015 - Mar 2022 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    As a Digital Healthcare Informaticist, I collaborated with executive leadership, clinicians, and operational teams to envision, architect, and deliver digital solutions that automated workflows, simplified complexity, and elevated clinical experiences. My work advanced MSK’s digital transformation strategy, helping position the institution as a leader in cancer care for both current and future generations. Our software solutions were designed to delight—enhancing usability and impact for patients, clinicians, staff, and administrators alike. I brought a value proposition rooted in strategic leadership, cross-functional team orchestration, and creative problem-solving that maximized institutional value across clinical, research, and operational domains. By aligning people, processes, and technology through the A.P.P.T. framework and enterprise design thinking, I ensured sustained value delivery and adoption readiness across the organization. — Delivered informatics solutions spanning clinical, administrative, and research domains, driving enterprise-wide digital transformation. — Led deployment of location-aware clinical systems and contributed to machine learning prototypes for patient flow optimization. — Orchestrated cross-team coordination to ensure successful rollout and adoption of patient tracking technologies.

  • Digital Workflow Automation Architect at Versus Technology
    Nov 2011 - Aug 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    My work involved architecting workflow automation solutions for hospitals, operating rooms, critical access facilities, primary care clinics, and eye clinics. Moreover, I am skilled in modeling workflow automation solutions that simplify complex or redundant tasks to achieve user delight. I architected solutions for MSK; Stanford University’s South bay Cancer Center; Main General; Key Whitman and Cincinnati Eye Enters; Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL; and Nor Lea General Hospital, Lovington, NM. —Developed prototype location-aware ML-based inference engine