As a member of the leadership team at First Analytics, Rob helps companies cultivate and strengthen their analytics capabilities. He brings experience to bear stemming from more than thirty years as an analytics professional.
Since 2011, Rob has applied predictive analytics and AI to worker and public safety through the implementation of safety analytics systems. His work has helped companies reduce reportable injuries, near misses, lost time incidents, first aid cases, and process safety events.
Rob is the author of Predictive Safety Analytics: Reducing Risk through Modeling and Machine Learning (2023).
Define the Technology: Distinguish Agentic AI from traditional analytical models and static dashboards.
Identify Use Cases: Pinpoint specific safety management areas where agent-based systems provide proactive guidance.
Evaluate Value: Provide a scheme to assess AI opportunities and separate practical operational utility from industry hype
Agentic AI is gaining attention as a new class of systems that move beyond analysis to actively observe, interpret, and support safety operational decisions. This session begins with an overview of what agentic AI is, and what it is not, before turning to where it can be applied today.
In safety, agentic systems can sit on top of existing safety data and management systems, continuously monitoring signals and delivering plain-language guidance to frontline teams. Rather than static dashboards, these systems combine data, models, and agent-based interaction to help identify emerging risk and shift organizations from reactive reporting to forward-looking prevention.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of where agentic AI is delivering value now, and how to evaluate opportunities without getting caught up in the hype.
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