Spotlight: The Host
Saurabh Vijayvergia
US Retail AI Lead and Partner at Deloitte Consulting. In this role, he has delivered several large-scale digital transformation and AI strategy and engineering engagements across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.
Current role
US Retail AI Lead and Partner at Deloitte Consulting
Experience
19+ years in global consulting (Consumer industry)
Focus areas
- Retail AI strategy
- Engineering
- Governance
Podcast reach
- 8500+ active listeners
- 50+ countries
Host Profile
What to expect
Pragmatic perspectives on how retailers can build and scale AI responsibly — grounded in real constraints, real operating models, and real outcomes.
Publications, Interviews, and Media Converage
A curated set of appearances, interviews, and writing.
Publications
- 5 Trends Leading the Charge for GenAI adoption in Retail2026
- Agentic Commerce2025
- AI-sourcing: Digital workers usher in new era for retailers2025
- Data Readiness for GenAI2025
- Generative AI at Scale2025
- Luxury Brands Tap AI to Unlock Growth2025
- From Concept to Consumer2024
- Scaling Generative AI2024
- The AI Dossier (Cross-industry)2024
- Unlocking value with generative AI in retail2024
- Automation with Intelligence2022
- Human with Machines2020
Media & Speaking
- From experiments to enterprise: what's behind the quest to operationalize AI in consumer goods2025
- Retail Reinvented - Powering Change with AI2025
- Titan Award Winner2025
- Get Data in Good Shape for AI Success2024
- Snowflake Keynote Speaker - Accelerate Manufactuing2024