Regional guide: Behrend research supports an Erie AI consultancy
A Behrend feature profiles Bond-Rand Technologies and its focus on AI adoption with employee retraining.
Penn State Behrend profiles Bond-Rand Technologies, a consulting business founded by Andrew Jack Bond and Cadence Rand after research at the Economic Research Institute of Erie. The institute is an outreach center of Behrend’s Black School of Business.
The feature describes Bond’s background in business economics and computer science and Rand’s studies in finance and business economics. Their research examined how artificial intelligence could change work. The resulting consultancy analyzes client operations on site to identify uses for AI while considering disruption to employees.
In the university’s account, the firm’s first client was a bank. Its work included deploying tools and identifying retraining opportunities for employees whose work could change. The founders also presented their research at an artificial intelligence symposium in Dubai and at Notre Dame.
The feature emphasizes planned adoption, technical skills, communication and retraining. This is a regional company guide based on an undated university page, rather than a claim that the business launched today.
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