Share

BRAVO Symposium 2025: Artificial Intelligence—A Once-in-a-Generation Economic Opportunity

Technology is only the enabler, said Jaime Vallés of AWS. Culture, talent, and an innovation mindset will allow for AI to be fully leveraged. 

Speaker:

  • Jaime Vallés, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

“True transformation is not only about technology. Technology is only the enabler,” said Jaime Vallés of AWS in a BRAVO Talk about the once-in-a-generation economic opportunity presented by AI. He delivered remarks during the 2025 Council of the Americas Symposium.

“The age of AI is a profound cultural transformation accelerated by technology,” explained Vallés. How can companies harness this moment? By cultivating the right team. Vallés explained that leaders need to create a culture of fearless innovation that allows their employees to consider and leverage artificial intelligence. Traits Vallés sees an indispensable include: "Learning agility, resiliency, boldness to innovate and experiment, frustration management, [and] extremely strong values systems."

"There’s a lot of opportunities and ideas in Latin America," he concluded.

Related