Top Women in Retail Technology 2026

Rivas setting AI direction at Bigwise Corp

November 3, 2026 by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

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Company: Bigwise Corp

Adriana Rivas, COO and AI strategist at Bigwise Corp, founded a hardware brand within the company called Biwitech which designs and deploys self-service kiosks, POS terminals, electronic shelf labels and digital signage.

Rivas also led the commercial launch in 2025 of an AI-native retail operating system called SLIVE.AI and works directly with retail operators on adoption, staff readiness and change management.

As COO, she owns execution after the sale and as the AI strategist, she sets the direction for moving AI from pilot to production inside real store operations. She wrote a book, "How to Implement Self-Service Without Failing," that won the Silver Nonfiction Book Award in 2025.

These are just a few reasons we chose Adriana Rivas as one of Connect Media's Top Women in Retail Technology Award winners. Connect Media's Top Women in Retail Technology Awards recognize women driving retail technology innovations.

About Judy Mottl

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Judy Mottl is the editor of RetailCustomerExperience.com and DigitalSignageToday.com at Connect Media. She is an award-winning editor, reporter and blogger who has worked for top media for nearly four decades,  including AOL, InformationWeek and Internet News, as well as for leading technology providers including HP. She’s written everything from breaking news to in-depth industry trends and reported on technology long before the internet arrived, including the debut of the first smartphone. When she's not sharing insights on digital signage deployments and trends in retail customer experience she's on the beach or watching the latest live murder trial.

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