Ai In Action

Today's guest is Ryan Schonfeld, Founder and CEO & Jordan Hill, Head of Product at HiveWatch in Los Angeles. HiveWatch was built on the idea that physical security needs an overhaul. Constantly hearing "because that's the way it's always been done", inefficiencies stemming from disparate systems and antiquated practices plague the security industry. Honing the frustration of security leaders everywhere, they recognized the need for a platform to make physical security more proactive and more informed. HiveWatch 's Security Fusion Platform™ allows security teams to bring together data from their existing disparate security systems and provides them with an intelligent, holistic and actionable view, enabling them to respond to prioritized, “de-noised” risks. It is HiveWatch's mission is to empower organizations to protect their people through intelligent orchestration of their physical security programs. With better communication, more insights and less noise, they move security teams from chasing threats t

Today's guest is Max Dawson, Managing Director at BlueLabs. Founded in 2013, BlueLabs revolutionizes how organizations approach complex challenges and activate their audiences. Whether the goal is selling a product, signing up individuals for healthcare, turning out the vote, or mobilizing activists and donors, they help their clients change behavior and drive results. BlueLabs digs deep into the data to understand your audience and their journey. BlueLabs tests everything to find winning strategies, tailor outreach to each person and bring these processes to scale through analytics technology and machine learning. They have run more than 1,500 randomized experiments, built hundreds of models, generated 10 billion touchpoints, reached virtually every contactable person in the United States, and driven significant gains in some of the highest-profile private sector, advocacy and government programs. In the episode, Max will discuss: His background and journey to BlueLabs, The fascinating work they are doing at

Today's guest is Noam Fine, Head of AI at Vonage. Founded in 2001, Vonage are making communications more flexible, intelligent and personal to help enterprises the world over stay ahead. Headquartered in New Jersey with offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia , Vonage provide unified communications, contact centers and programmable communications APIs built on the world's most flexible cloud communications platform. Vonage's communications Platform is fully programmable and allows for the integration of Video, Voice, Chat, Messaging and Verification into existing products, workflows and systems. Their fully programmable unified communications and contact center applications are built from the Vonage platform. This enables companies to transform how they communicate and operate from the office or remotely, providing enormous flexibility and ensuring business continuity. In the episode, Noam will discuss: The interesting work they do at Vonage, How they are applying AI in their core products, Bene

Today's guest is Sivan Bercovici, Chief Technology Officer at Karius in California. Founded in 2014, Karius sees a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health. With the Karius Test™, they deliver unprecedented diagnostic insights to enable physicians to make rapid treatment decisions. By using genomics and AI to map a patient’s microbial landscape from a single blood draw, Karius moves closer to a vision of a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health. Sivan is an innovator in Artificial Intelligence, pioneering the development of complex computational and data platforms, as well as novel machine-learning models designed to address critical challenges in human disease. Prior to Karius, Sivan was a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Lifecode, where he led the development of the analytical platform and validation of several clinical assays across oncology and rare hereditary diseases. In the episode, Sivan will discuss: His journey to joinin

Today's guest is Ben Kirshner, Director of Data Solutions at Civis Analytics in Chicago. Founded in 2013, Civis Analytics helps organizations use data to gain a competitive advantage in how they identify, attract and engage their audiences. With a powerful combination of best-in-class data, cutting-edge software solutions, and an interdisciplinary team of data scientists, developers and survey science experts, Civis works with leading public and private sector organizations to make data-driven decision-making essential to how they do business. This week, they announced the launch of its cloud-based Digital Equity Intelligence Center, a comprehensive suite of data and interactive tools enabling a precise understanding of broadband affordability, access and adoption issues across communities. The Digital Equity Intelligence Center leverages Civis Analytic's ability to create a single source of data truth and scales the expertise of their best-in-class data analytics consulting practice, encapsulating

Today's guest is Andrei Duchko, Head of Marketing Intelligence at trivago in Dusseldorf. trivago is a global accommodation meta-search that empowers millions of travelers every month in their search for the ideal hotel. Their team of creative and focused minds from all corners of the globe, wake up every day to build a product, that makes your search of accommodation straight forward, simple-to-use and unbiased. Andrei is the Head of Marketing Intelligence where he leads the data-driven optimisation of trivago's marketing spend towards incremental value by providing data, insights, performance measurement, setting up experimentation and building automated bidding solutions. He works with skilled Data Scientists, Analysts, Statisticians and Engineers to drive marketing performance at trivago. In the show, Andrei will discuss: How trivago are improving the Travel experience, How they are leveraging data in their platform, Challenges of applying AI in Digital Marketing, The future of AI in the Marketing and Adve

Today's guest is Carlos Anchia, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Plainsight. Founded in 2007, Plainsight streamlines vision AI for enterprises with new ways to analyze, share and benefit from valuable visual information. Plainsight helps the world’s most innovative customers realize the potential of their data through smart, easy to use, effective solutions. Their intuitive, low-code platform gives every team across organizations the ability to build, manage and operationalize solutions. With actionable insights and unblinking accuracy, Plainsight powers enterprise-ready applications to automate processes, mitigate risk, enhance product portfolios and increase revenue opportunities. In the episode, Ariel tells us about: The interesting work he does with Plainsight, How they are using Computer Vision in their product, Building the platform from concept into production, An insight into the team bringing the platform together, Their success so far and further plans for growth and What excites him for th

Today's guest is Ariel Utnik, GM and Chief Revenue Officer at Verbit in New York. Verbit is the leading voice AI platform, providing accurate, word-for-word transcripts and captions to diverse customers in the education, legal, media, government and corporate sectors. The combination of Verbit’s in-house Automated Speech Recognition technology with its professional transcribers provides a competitive advantage and quick turnaround times. Users are provided with specialized teams and technology, 24/7 support and a tailor-made solution for their unique needs. Ariel is responsible for all revenue generation functions and processes at Verbit. He ensures alignment between all revenue-related channels, including marketing, sales, customer success, partnerships and operations leading a global team of professionals. He has 25+ years of executive-level experience in technology and customer-facing positions at leading technology companies, as well as extensive experience in enterprise software and SaaS, bringing much-n

Today's guest is Krishna Narayanaswamy, Founder & CTO and Mike Anderson, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Netskope. Founded in 2012, Netskope is a SASE leader that safely and quickly connects users directly to the internet, any application and their infrastructure from any device, on or off the network. Netskope is fast everywhere, data-centric and cloud-smart, all while enabling good digital citizenship and providing a lower total-cost-of-ownership. With CASB, SWG, and ZTNA built natively in a single platform, the Netskope Security Cloud provides the most granular context, via patented technology, to enable conditional access and user awareness while enforcing zero trust principles across data protection and threat prevention everywhere. Unlike others who force tradeoffs between security and networking, Netskope’s global security private cloud provides full compute capabilities at the edge. In the episode, Krishna and Mike discuss: Their background and the origins of Netskope How Netskope are a

Today's guest is Evan Vafidis, Head of License Management at Uniper in Germany. From gas fields and power stations to international energy markets, Uniper helps keep energy reliable. Uniper ranks among large generation and trading companies in Europe and combines a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. These assets and capabilities enable them to deliver bespoke, competitively priced energy products and services with agility, precision and speed. Evan is an experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry with skilled in Leadership, Engagement Management and a solid IT background. He is responsible for the team that manages the entire IT Software License for all of Uniper IT and implemented Software Asset Management (SAM) on the ServiceNow Platform for all Uniper IT SAM Processes. Together, Uniper are guiding the direction of energy generation and gas supply at the beginning of a

Today's guest is Dave Jacobs, Co-Founder and Co-CEO & Anika Heavener, VP of Data Strategy and Operations at HomeThrive in Illinois. Founded in 2018, Homethrive is a technology-enabled healthcare service company that reduces work, worry and stress for unpaid family caregivers, their loved ones and their employers. Dari, Homethrive's family caregiving platform uniquely integrates their digital assistant for coaching, navigation and resources with expert personal interaction and service coordination. This helps ease the difficult and stressful responsibility of supporting loved ones who are aging or who have special needs. In the episode, Dave and Anika tells us about: Their background and the origins of Homethrive, Challenges they are solving in the Healthcare sector, The role of AI and Data Analytics in achieving their mission, The benefits of their Dari platform and how it all came together, The journey at Homethrive over the past three years, What the future project roadmap looks like, and What exci

Today's guest is Madhav Khurana, Head of Data Science at rebuy in Berlin. rebuy’s mission is to provide a conscious, low-cost alternative to new products, without compromising in looks or functionality. They have developed a unique refurbishing process that upgrades pre-owned products and increases their value. Since their founding by university students back in 2004, rebuy has grown into a 10.000 m² warehouse and logistic center with more than 550 employees and over five million customers, making rebuy the lead player in Europe. In the show, Madhav will discuss: His career to date and interesting roles over the years, The interesting work he does with rebuy, How they are leveraging data science & machine learning, Transitioning from academia into industry, Importance of communication and continuous learning, Common challenges to overcome and His top interviewing tips

Today's guest is Joe Bradley, Chief Scientist, SVP Data Science & ML at LivePerson. Founded in 1995, LivePerson is a leading Conversational AI company who are creating digital experiences that are Curiously Human. Every person is unique and their technology makes it possible for companies to treat their audiences that way at scale. Liverperson's customers, including leading brands like HSBC, Orange, GM Financial, can now meet consumers where they are across social media, messaging, email, voice and more. Nearly a billion conversational interactions are powered by their Conversational Cloud each month. Out of that comes a uniquely rich data set for AI for brands to build connections that are anything but artificial. In the episode, Joe tells us about: The interesting work he does with LivePerson An insight into their B2B platform for managing customer conversations The role of data science and machine learning in their product Benefits they bring to customers within Conversational AI The importance of AI-N

Today's guest is Michael Ferrari, Chief Science Officer & Chief Data Scientist at Engine No. 1 in New York.  Engine No. 1 are an impact investment group purpose-built to create long-term value by harnessing the power of capitalism. They believe a company’s performance is greatly enhanced by the investments it makes in its employees, customers, communities and the environment. Founded in 2020, Engine No.1 believe that over time the interests of Main Street and Wall Street will align, and they can engage as active owners through - the votes they cast, campaigns they run, and investors they bring with them - to create value by focusing on this alignment. In the episode, Michael will talk about: The current work he does at Engine No.1, Challenges they are solving for customers in the investment space, How they are using data science to solve these problems, Why Engine No.1 are a great place to work, What the future holds for the company and What excites him for future innovation in AI

Today's guest is Bryan Smith, Co-Founder and CTO at Myia Health. Myia is the only virtual care platform that optimizes patient outcomes, clinical operations and the economics of delivering care in the home. Designed to be adaptable across the acuity curve, Myia helps health systems and providers deliver individualized virtual care in patients’ homes through deviceless engagement and monitoring, connected medical devices, and easy-to-use software that can work for everyone, regardless of internet access or other barriers to care. With a proprietary approach to connecting clinical actions to outcomes, Myia utilizes advanced analytics and machine learning to help transform innovative healthcare organizations as they transition to value and scale continuous and preventative models of care. Founded in 2017 with headquarters in San Francisco, Myia powers the nation’s leading virtual hospital, mercy virtual and is backed by clinical partners such as the American College of Cardiology. In the episode, Bryan will talk

Today's guest is Susan Hura, Director of Conversation Design Services at Interactions. Founded in 2004, Interactions provides Intelligent Virtual Assistants that seamlessly combine AI and human understanding to enable businesses and consumers to engage in productive conversations. With flexible products and solutions designed to meet the growing demand for unified and multichannel customer care, Interactions is delivering significant cost savings and unprecedented customer experience for some of the largest brands in the world. Susan is a conversational user experience designer and strategist with deep experience in linguistics, user-centered design and speech technologies. As the Director of Conversation Design Services at Interactions, Susan leads a team who creates transformational conversational experiences for customers. Previously, Susan was Program Chair of the SpeechTEK Conference (2007-2016) and founding president of the Association for Conversational Interaction Design. In the episode, Susan will ta

Today's guest is Gaurav Kaushik, Founder, President and COO at ScienceIO in Boston, MA. Founded in 2019, ScienceIO have developed the industry-leading healthcare AI platform which gives organizations the keys they need to drive to solutions and results faster than ever before. Progress in medicine is driven by their ability to find and organize information. ScienceIO decodes the language of medicine and structures data to be searched, analyzed and mined for insights. ScienceIO helps capture millions of concepts with full context, understand what’s in your data, visualize trends and dissect patterns. Their language platform can understand many different domains of biomedical information, spanning biochemistry, genetics, personalized medicine, clinical care, commercial operations and more. ScienceIO's mission is to close the gap between the massive amounts of healthcare data and life changing solutions. In the episode, Gaurav will talk about: His background and journey to setting up ScienceIO, The interesting w

Today's guest is Amit Rai, Vice President, Head of Enterprise Product & Sales at Zoominfo, a global leader in go-to-market intelligence solutions. Zoominfo's platform empowers business-to-business sales, marketing and recruiting professionals to hit their numbers by pairing best-in-class technology with unrivaled data coverage, accuracy and a depth of contacts. The company’s large and diversified customer base consists of over 20,000 customers from global enterprises, mid-market companies and small businesses. In the episode, Amit will talk about: The interesting work they do at Zoominfo, His role as the head of enterprise product & sales, The role of AI and their interesting work within Business NLP, How the data team is set up for success, The successful growth of their data engineering function, Why Zoominfo is a great place to work, and What’s in store for the future at Zoominfo

Today's guest is Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer at FICO in San Diego. Founded in 1956, FICO is a leading analytics software company who help businesses in over 80 countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s groundbreaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries. FICO provides analytics software and tools used across multiple industries to manage risk, fight fraud, build more profitable customer relationships, optimize operations and meet strict government regulations. Many of their products reach industry-wide adoption such as the FICO Score, the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the United States. FICO solutions leverage open-source standards and cloud computing to maximize flexibility, speed deployment and reduce costs. The company also helps millions of people manage their personal credit health In the episode, Scott will discuss: The work FI

Today's guest is Chris Knepper, Vice President & Global Head ServiceNow Partnership at Wipro Technologies in San Francisco. Wipro are a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. They harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and other emerging technologies to help their clients adapt to and become successful in the digital world. Chris joined the company in September 2021 where he leads Wipro's partnership with ServiceNow. He previously worked with ServiceNow where he lead their global alliance with Microsoft in the alliances and channel ecosystem (ACE) organization. Prior to ServiceNow, he led the global alliance with Microsoft at DXC and CSC, establishing DXC as one of the top global system integrator partners with Microsoft globally. In the episode, Chris will talk about: The work he does with Wipro & how he got involved in ServiceNow Pivotal career moves that helped him to where he is today Macro-trend