IBM Taps Experienced Leader to Drive AI-Powered Software Engineering
IBM has appointed James Hunter as Field CTO for Application Development, DevSecOps and AI Software Engineering. The appointment comes at a time when companies are grappling with the impact of artificial intelligence on software design and development.
Hunter's new role will involve helping clients assess where technologies like AI coding assistants can have the most impact. This includes modernizing established applications, improving engineering productivity, and strengthening governance.
AI is no longer just a tool that assists software engineers, but is becoming a participant in software delivery, according to Hunter. He believes the real opportunity lies not in isolated productivity gains from generating code faster, but in applying AI across planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operations.