Richard Bennett
Director, AI Strategy & Innovation
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Bennett is a Director of AI Strategy & Innovation with 11 years of experience translating digital and product design into measurable business outcomes. Based in Winnipeg, he has led digital innovation at Pollard Banknote and steered product design and multidisciplinary teams through roles at Black Digital Agency and Canadian Tire. He blends a hands-on web development background with strengths in UX, mobile and IT strategy to build ethical, practical AI-enabled products and processes. Richard is skilled at converting behavioral science and design thinking into MVPs and roadmaps that scale across digital and physical experiences. Notable for moving from front-end development to strategic leadership, he retains a maker’s sensibility while shaping enterprise AI adoption. His career shows a consistent thread of pairing creative design with rigorous product management to deliver customer-centered innovation.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Web Development, Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster, Diploma in Web Development, Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster at The University of Winnipeg
English, FrenchGithub contributions (5)
CTi-Winnipeg/cti-winnipeg.github.io
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:229 commits, 3 PRs, 227 pushes in 10 months
CanTireInnovations/CT-Lifestyle-Toolkit-app
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
lifestyledockerphonegap
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