🎙️ EP337: Speed, Scale & Zero Layoffs — How Cambridge Integrated AI Without Losing a Single Job
What if AI didn’t replace people—but empowered them?
In this special Digital Kaizen Series episode of Money Matters, host Christopher Hensley speaks with Valarie Vest, Chief Experience Officer, and Sean Van Moorleghem, Chief Technology Officer at @CambridgeInvestmentResearchInc . Together, they reveal how their team implemented Agent AI to streamline operations, reduce account opening from 20 minutes to seconds, and do it all without laying off a single employee.
🔥 Whether you’re in financial services, tech leadership, or just curious about AI’s real-world impact, this episode delivers actionable insights on ethical automation, team trust, and building capacity without disruption.
🧠 What You’ll Learn:
How to start small with AI and scale smart
Why they kept human workflows intact (and won trust)
The role of digital “associates” in financial services
How Cambridge uses cloud infrastructure to scale with demand
Lessons for companies hesitant to embrace automation
👥 GUESTS:
💡 Valarie Vest — Chief Experience Officer at Cambridge
"No one got into this business to do paperwork."
💡 Sean Van Moorleghem — Chief Technology Officer at Cambridge
"We didn’t change their world. We just added capacity."
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS :
00:00 – Cold open: What if AI made us more human?
01:15 – How the Agent AI project began
03:50 – Day one for Sean: Jumping into AI leadership
07:00 – Why trust came from solving the right problem
10:30 – Scaling AI without changing workflows
13:45 – Training digital associates like humans
17:00 – Preventing mass errors with proactive AI
20:00 – How roles are evolving, not disappearing
25:00 – Advice for firms hesitant to start
28:30 – Where AI should not replace humans (yet)
🔗 LINKS:
📘 Learn more about Digital Kaizen
🎧 Listen to more episodes: moneymatterspodcast.com
💼 Connect with Cambridge: joincambridge.com
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