Randy P. Sparkman
Exploring the generative AI last mile.
I help organizations navigate the generative AI last mile. That's the gap between what the technology can do and what people actually do with it.
That work draws on forty years in enterprise technology, most of it as a senior IT leader at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and on years of public education leadership.
I chair the Education Committee of the Huntsville, Alabama Mayor's regional AI Task Force. I work with schools, workforce leaders, and enterprises on AI strategy and policy.
And, I built WorkPath, a personal workplace AI readiness assessment grounded in the real work people do. That is emerging as a useful tool for AI literacy practitioners in education and enterprise settings.
There's opportunity in these systems. But it does not arrive automatically. It has to be understood, shaped, governed, and put to work.
That's the last mile.
Writing
Book
A non-technical primer on generative AI as a thought partner — written for readers who want to understand what the technology actually does, what it doesn't, and how to think about its place in their work.
Speaking
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AI Workshop with the Morgan County Bar Association
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Industry Panel on AI and Workforce Readiness (Moderator)
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Alabama Higher Education AI Exchange: Classroom to Career
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Alabama Legislature Commission on AI and Child Safety
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Alabama Summit on Talent Retention and Workforce Learning
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Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS) Law Conference
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Alabama STEM Foundation Summit for STEM Education and Workforce
Interviews
WorkPath
A workplace AI readiness assessment that reveals orientation, integration, and judgment across a fifteen-scenario adaptive format. For individuals, organizations, and workforce developers.
wkpath.com