Sheraine Gilliam
Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer Stevens Institute of Technology
Seminars
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Discover: Turning Disruption Into 90% Efficiency Gains: How Stevens Institute of Technology Embedded AI as a Core HR Team Member
10:00 am
- Responding to a 40% revenue loss, two rounds of RIFs, and mounting regulatory volatility, HR at Stevens Institute of Technology is under pressure to maintain service levels, support campus needs, and protect employee experience with significantly reduced bandwidth
- Introducing lightweight AI tools to automate time-intensive content creation and daily communication, converting training materials into ready-to-deploy videos in under two minutes (vs. multi day production) and equipping the team to respond faster, write more effectively, and redirect time toward higher value strategic work
- Building a measurement framework to quantify efficiency gains, targeting a 90-95% reduction in training development hours, increased throughput on required learning, and clearer capacity benchmarks that define how HR can operate as a more agile, future-ready function amid ongoing disruption
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Develop: How Can Higher Education Institutions Embed AI to Increase Capacity While Preserving Human Judgment and Trust?
10:20 am
- How can HR leaders in higher education introduce AI in ways that reduce fear and skepticism among faculty and staff while strengthening confidence in decision‑making?
- Which HR and talent processes in universities are best suited for AI enablement first, and where should human judgment remain clearly in control?
- How is AI reshaping skill expectations for faculty, staff, and administrators, and what risks emerge if institutions adopt tools faster than they redesign roles and capabilities
- How can institutions measure AI impact in higher education beyond efficiency, including quality, consistency, service experience, and trust?
