Sr. AI Developer and Advocate
Nvidia
Dan Connors, PhD is a Senior AI Developer and Advocate at NVIDIA, where he leads developer initiatives in computer vision for retail intelligence and supply chain automation. His work focuses on applying NVIDIA’s Visual Language Models, including Cosmos Reason and Llama Nemotron, to improve perception, reasoning, and decision-making across retail, warehouse, and logistics environments.
Dan’s current projects explore the integration of advanced perception systems with digital twins to create adaptive, data-driven operations that link real-world sensing with virtual modeling and simulation.
With over 20 years of experience in applied AI, software systems, and developer engagement, Dan bridges research, engineering, and partner collaboration to accelerate adoption of GPU-accelerated vision and multimodal AI. At NVIDIA, he works closely with retailers, logistics providers, and independent software vendors to enable intelligent stores and automated warehouse operations.
Dan holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has contributed to multiple industry and academic programs connecting advanced AI research with practical, scalable solutions across retail and supply chain sectors.
Monday Jan 12
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 1
Retail is at a tipping point. As retailers move beyond early AI experiments like chatbots and content creation, a new frontier of intelligent automation is emerging. The next wave is predictive, perceptive and inherently agentic. AI that doesn’t just respond, but senses, reasons, and acts. Imagine systems that anticipate demand before customers do, store operations that adapt in real time, or supply chains that self-correct.
This session will cut through the hype to explore how retailers are moving from science experiments to autonomous value creation. From reducing shrink, to accelerating decisions, and enhancing experiences that are predictive, perceptive, embedded, and actionable.
Join CDW, NVIDIA, and industry leaders for a provocative discussion on what it takes to design, deploy, and scale these new AI frontiers. Discover what it takes to move to value creation, unlocking the potential and differentiating your brand.
