Jeffrey Clarke

Chief Operating Officer & Vice Chairman, Dell Technologies

Search every verified Jeffrey Clarke interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At Dell Technologies World 2026, Jeff Clarke discussed the company's three-year effort to simplify, standardize, and automate its operations, which he described as "the hard work" of modernization. He stated that companies must become "AI native" and implement an operating model that applies intelligence everywhere. Clarke described an inversion of work "from headcount to tokens" and said organizations need to build the AI infrastructure to support that shift. He cited an example in which two AI engineers replicated 30% of a system's functionality in roughly a week, work that he said previously required 50 engineers over a year. Clarke also commented on the pace of technological change, saying "the worst it is today. It's better tomorrow, next week, next month, next quarter, next year." He argued that the gap between "super users" and average employees represents the difference between a company's future and its present state.