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Jim Olsen

Chief Technology Officer, ModelOp

Jim leads the technical innovation and design of the ModelOp Center platform. He is also integral to advising ModelOp customer CIOs and CTOs on requirements to better support their IT operations as they execute on digital business strategies that often strain technology infrastructure.

Jim Olsen

Posts by Jim Olsen

Understanding the Specialized Power of SLMs and Model Distillation

Agentic AI enables autonomous decision-making through goal-driven agents, but traditional Large Language Models (LLMs) present cost and privacy challenges. Small Language Models (SLMs) and model distillation offer a more efficient, specialized, and secure alternative, especially for regulated sectors like healthcare and finance.

Jim Olsen Featured in PYMNTS Article on the Future of AI Engineering Agents

ModelOp’s CTO, Jim Olsen, shares insights in PYMNTS on the evolving role of AI engineering agents and why human expertise in IT remains essential.

AI Bias: What It Is and How to Prevent It

ModelOp CTO Jim Olsen was recently featured in a Built In article discussing AI bias and how to prevent it.

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Off Grid CTO: Thankful the Projects Are Done!

Welcome to the next post in the series about living life off the grid in the mountains of Colorado while working as the CTO of ModelOp.

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Off Grid CTO: Starlink in Action

Exciting news up here at the off grid cabin location, we now have actual real high speed internet! With Starlink service we have a true high speed connection, and it even uses less power than the Viasat installation did.

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