Cevo appoints Jeff Voigt as its new head of AI adoption

The AWS partner has hired the ex-Macquarie Group AI leader into its newly created position.

AWS consulting partner Cevo has appointed Jeff Voigt to its newly created position of head of AI adoption.

In this new role, Voigt will lead the company’s AI adoption capability, working with Australian organisations to translate AI ambition into real-world outcomes.

He will also play a key role in shaping Cevo’s AI go-to-market strategy, supporting presales activities, building reusable IP and accelerators, and growing Cevo’s AI capability and team.

Jeff joins Cevo with more than 25 years of experience delivering large-scale technology and transformation programs across global banking and financial services. Most recently, he was head of AI and emerging technology within commodities and global markets at Macquarie Group, where he founded and scaled the CGM AI Accelerator and led the delivery of multiple production-grade generative AI solutions.

Speaking to CRN Australia, Voigt said his plan for the year is to establish Cevo as a “clear leader” in safe, scalable AI adoption, delivering multiple production-grade AI solutions that create measurable customer value.

“This includes building strong reusable AI accelerators, deepening our partnership as an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, and helping customers move beyond pilots to AI that is trusted, governed and embedded in day-to-day operations,” he explained.

Voigt noted that the company’s AI go-to-market strategy is about adoption at scale, not experimentation.

“As an AWS premier consulting partner with a strong track record in cloud migration and data transformation, Cevo is in a strong position to accelerate our customer's AI journey to safe, secure and production-ready AI,” he said.

Voigt said he is excited to build out Cevo's AI capabilities and see our clients achieve real value from AI.

“I've never seen any new technology move as fast as AI in my 20+ years in IT. Early adopters who can harness the value of AI in a secure and scalable way will have a distinct advantage over the 'wait and see' adopters,” he added.

Outlook on AI

Customers are no longer interested in AI pilots, according to Voigt.

“They want secure, governed AI solutions running in production that scale and deliver real, measurable ROI,” he said.

“For the channel industry, this shifts the focus from deploying tools to owning outcomes. Partners who can combine cloud, data, security and AI delivery at scale will be the ones that succeed.”

He said the AI maturity amongst his customers varies, but a common theme is that many organisations struggle to get real, high value AI solutions into production safely.

“My focus is helping customers build the foundations, accelerators, governance and delivery muscle required to scale AI with confidence,” he ended.