Silviu Niculiță

Effective Technology Executive, Microsoft AI MVP

Silviu is a passionate software professional focused on solving hard business problems with cutting-edge technology. For the past 2 decades, he has managed many teams in their process of building and operating high-performance enterprise software systems from hardware architecture to design, development, quality assurance, and support.  

Silviu’s areas of interest are around how small teams can be most effective at building real software: high-quality, secure systems at the highest limits of robustness, performance, and flexibility.  

Silviu has worked for groups like Microsoft, Siemens, and Total Specific Solutions. He has also been a Microsoft MVP around Artificial Intelligence for 5 years. 

Presentation : The AI Maturity Gap – Why Only 1% of Companies Are Getting It Right

AI is no longer a futuristic aspiration—it’s a business imperative. Yet despite 92% of companies increasing AI investments, only 1% have successfully scaled AI into their workflows. What’s holding the rest back? The answer isn’t technology—it’s leadership, execution, and strategy. 

 This session explores why AI adoption is stalling at most organizations and what sets the top 1% apart. We’ll uncover the biggest roadblocks—from leadership inertia to the “pilot purgatory” trap—and reveal the key strategies used by AI-mature companies to integrate AI at scale.