Zachary Thorman’s Post

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AI/ML Customer Engineer | Google Public Sector

Ever wonder what happens when your ENTIRE demo booth gets shipped to the wrong state? When I arrived at #NYCGenAILiveLabs this past week, I discovered my diligently planned setup was somewhere else entirely (which totally caught me off guard 🤯 )! 📌 My options: 1. Panic 2. Cancel 3. Get creative -> 🫡 ⏰ Within hours, I: - Convinced an Uber driver to take me to Jersey City to buy a 75" TV (barely fit in the UberXL) 🚕 - Commandeered tables, apple boxes, and equipment around the venue to build a premier booth. 🛠️ - Recruited my amazing colleague Nicole DeSantis to facilitate attendees' registration. But how did it go? We had over 150 attendees dive into the demo experience, with many returning for multiple sessions! The hardest part? Finding someone to buy a TV bigger than me afterward! 🤣 #Gemini #GenAI #GoogleCloud #GCP #LLM #NYC #NYCGenAILiveLabs

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Isaac Attuah

AI/ML Customer Engineer, Startups @ Google | Strategically empowering emerging industries through AI innovation

1mo

Glad you were able to get the demo to work Zachary Thorman! This story is definitely one for the books!

Joy Elias, CSM

Customer Engineer @ Google | Ex-Microsoft | Ex-Apple

4w

Love the quick thinking! Great job Zach!

Yasamin Houshmand

Cloud Architect and Customer Engineer, Google Public Sector

1mo

Amazing job!! Love the solution 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Charles Elliott

Driving Mission Success through Innovation @ Google | Advisor | Educator | Researcher | Board Member

1mo

Love this Zach! Such an awesome demo and you always do a great job of showcasing the tech and inspiring attendees to think differently. 🚀

Nicole DeSantis

Bringing the power of Gen AI to public sector & spreading joy through music

1mo

It was a joy to work the demo with you, Zach! Your positive attitude kept the energy high all day

Tim Dodd ☁

I help executives drive revenue & profit with AI & FinOps using cloud automation and API management | Expert in Digital Transformation, AI, FinOps, CI/CD and New Revenue

3w

We did the TV thing for TN. Ended up returning it after the show. Well done

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Charles Hotchkin

Strategic Partnerships Development Manager- Public Sector & Texas ambassador at Google

1mo

Zach, should have told me. I have all of the back up equipment for your demo. But knowing you it was awesome without all of the extra stuff

Tricia Farris

Driving Education Data Innovation to Improve Student Outcomes | P20W System Modernization | PMP

4w

That is amazing, way to pivot and be flexible!!!

Elizabeth Moon

Managing Director, Customer Engineering at Google Public Sector

1mo

And you crushed it!! Love this.

Wow, that’s an incredible story Zach. I had no idea, you pulled it off like an ace!

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