Beyond the Pilot: From Models to Meaningful Impact

Anna Gardarsdottir
Advisory

Abstract

Digital tools, models, and data-driven methods are becoming increasingly powerful in biopharma, but technical success alone does not guarantee business impact. Many teams are now able to build promising pilots and proof-of-concepts; the greater challenge is turning those efforts into decisions, workflows, and value at scale.

This talk explores what needs to happen beyond the pilot: the strategic clarity, leadership sponsorship, data foundations, operating model choices, and execution discipline required to move from experimentation to meaningful impact.

Anna

Anna Gardarsdottir

AI & Digital Transformation Advisor

Anna Gardarsdottir is an AI and digital transformation advisor helping organizations shape digital strategy and build the organizational capability to execute it. Her background combines mathematical modelling, advanced analytics, digital transformation leadership, and executive-level delivery within a fast-scaling biopharma company.

Her work is grounded in the view that the hardest part of digital transformation is rarely the technology itself. The greater challenge is building the organizational conditions that allow digital tools to move beyond experimentation and create meaningful impact.

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