Pittsburgh TechFest 2026

Legacy systems don't just slow analytics—they limit what an organization can ask of its data. This session examines an end-to-end digital transformation journey at a century-old industrial distributor, involving the retirement of aging, siloed technologies and the transition to a modern data platform designed for scale.
But the harder challenge was not the technology—it was the people. Every migration meant replacing tools and processes that teams had relied on for years. Success depended as much on change management as on architecture: identifying and sequencing the rollout, managing resistance, communicating a vision people could embrace, and building trust before the new platform had proven itself.
With the foundation in place, the transformation opens a new opportunity: combining AI with analytics to move beyond static dashboards toward more adaptive, predictive, and actionable insights.
Attendees will hear what can break during a transformation of this scale—both technically and organizationally—and leave with a practical framework for leading change through a major technology shift: not simply managing the project plan but managing the people who must adopt and sustain the change.