Ai In Action

Today's guest is Felix Faber, Founder and CEO at MindPeak GmbH in Hamburg. Founded in 2018, MindPeak's mission is to make microscopical analysis accessible for everyone in the world. They automate visual processes in the clinical laboratory with Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. The demand for medical image analysis is growing rapidly but the number of cancer experts remains the same - this results in growing workloads per specialist. MindPeak help cancer experts meet this challenge. They build automation tools for visual diagnosis using state-of-the-art AI and deep learning. Their tools assist cancer experts in providing reliable and reproducible diagnoses. This frees specialists from tedious, repetitive tasks such as quantification of cells or biomarkers and allows them to focus on tasks where their human expertise is indispensable. In the episode, Felix will discuss: The exciting work he is doing with Mindpeak, Applying AI within pathology, How AI and automation is making people’s lives easier in

Today's guest is Robert Parviainen, Senior VP of Data Science at Seriously Digital Entertainment in Los Angeles. Founded in 2013, Seriously combines a world-class creative team with a mobile-first experience to develop brands that can make a difference. Seriously build global entertainment franchises that come to life first as best-in-class mobile games and they are passionate about great storytelling and epic world-building, desperate conflict and hilarious comedy, unique characters and unlikely heroes. Seriously build brands that not only succeed commercially but also can give back to the world. They are driven to make great games, to tell great stories and to build the next generation of entertainment experiences. They want to make games that keep you playing in the blue glow of your phone until the small hours or to fire up quickly for just one more round during your lunch break. They create experiences that can inspire you and maybe, just maybe, make the world a better place. In the episode, Robert will

Today's guest is Victor Hanson-Smith, Head of Computational Biology at Verge Genomics in San Francisco. Founded in 2015, Verge Genomics is a next-generation biopharmaceutical start-up using systems biology to accelerate the development of life-saving treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Verge's approach offers a breakthrough opportunity to identify drugs that dramatically improve patient outcomes and fundamentally lower the cost curve of pharmaceutical development. Victor leads a world-class team to discover new drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. His team develops algorithms and software that integrates multiple types of genomic, transcriptomic and phenotypic data in order to reveal molecular mechanisms that cause disease pathology. They computationally predict small molecules and gene perturbations that can therapeutically reverse these mechanisms and test their predictions in living models, including human cell cultures and rodent models. In the episode, Victor will tell you about: What makes a goo

Today's guest is Dan Hedstrom, VP and Chief Information Officer at Cubic Corporation in San Diego. Listed on America's Best Midsize Employers, by Forbes in 2018, Cubic Corporation is the parent company of major businesses: Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions (CMPS). CTS is a leading integrator of payment and information technology, and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide. CMPS is a leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking, and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the US and allied nations. CMPS also provides Networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defence, intelligence, security and commercial missions. In the episode, Dan will tell you about: The interesting work he does at Cubic, How he got into the world of ServiceNow, Why ServiceNow is key to Cubic, Advice to C-Suite execs emb

Today's guest is Oleg Stavitsky, CEO and Co-founder at Endel in Berlin. Founded in 2018, Endel is a technology that creates personalized sound environments to reduce stress, improve sleep and boost productivity, all of which are backed by neuroscience and the science of circadian rhythms. Endel's technology is presented as an ecosystem of products and is designed to be integrated into various hardware and platforms in mobility, hospitality and workspaces. The soundscapes are algorithm-powered and designed to gently rise and fall in line with immediate internal and external conditions like location, time zone, weather and heart rate. In the episode, Oleg will discuss: Endel’s impact in improving your sleep and productivity, How they went about developing their product, How Machine Learning will help enhance the user experience, The importance of personalisation, Upcoming projects for 2021 and The goals they want to achieve at Endel

Today's guest is Narine Hall, Founder and CEO at Inspace Proximity. Founded in 2020, InSpace is a lightweight virtual communication platform with a smart proximity-based audio interface that allows participants to mingle around the space and participate in multiple conversations at the same time, just like in physical spaces. Visual cues indicate where people are and how engaged they are in each conversation. InSpace empowers people to be in charge of their virtual meeting experience. Participants can work in different parts of the space and exchange information by moving near and far from each other. In the episode, Narine will tell you about: The motivation for setting up InSpace, Their interesting work within virtual education, What makes them stand out from the competition, Challenges they needed to overcome to achieve success, How the platform will continue to evolve in the near future &  Exciting opportunities on a possible career with InSpace

Today's guest is Harold Li, Director of Data Science at VTS in New York. Founded in 2012, VTS is commercial real estate’s leading leasing and asset management platform, bringing together landlords, brokers and tenants to make deals happen. VTS software enables office, retail, and industrial landlords and brokers to transform their leasing process and convert leads to leases 41% more efficiently. MarketView, the industry’s first market benchmarking product, gives landlords real-time information to inform deal negotiations and leasing strategies. Completing the VTS platform offering is the VTS Market & Marketplace - the industry’s first, integrated online marketing platform and marketplace - which is designed to drive tenant demand for landlords and remove friction from the leasing process for tenants and tenant rep brokers. In the episode, Harold will discuss: Key Learns building data science teams at Lyft and Blue Apron, The current work he does with VTS, What attracted him to the real estate sector, Inte

Today's guest is David Arbour, Service Delivery Manager and Senior ServiceNow Architect at GlideFast Consulting in Louisiana. Founded in 2015, GlideFast is a consulting firm that is dedicated exclusively to ServiceNow. As an Elite ServiceNow Partner, they are committed to the success of our clients and employees. In everything they do, their top priorities are exceeding client expectations and delivering exceptional service and solutions to business challenges. GlideFast's expert team of developers and architects have worked both on the customer side and the consulting side. This gives them unique perspectives and skillsets when it comes to implementing, integrating and managing the ServiceNow platform for clients. At GlideFast Consulting, they believe that business outcomes, processes and technical architecture are the core to successful projects. They believe that solutions are a service and provide top results in every engagement. In the episode, David will discuss: His day-to-day role at GlideFast, H

Today's guest is Martin Miller, former Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Blackhawk Network. Martin works with business owners and executives to deliver productized solutions and improve user experience and service delivery. He brings process and building expertise in software design and development, enterprise architecture, deployment, data security and compliance. He has a proven track record of success directing cross-functional and multi-site teams in agile scrum environments, combined with a talent for effective IT projects, capacity planning and implementation. In the episode, Martin will tell you about: The great work he did with BlackHawk, How ServiceNow is adding value to their business, Interesting projects they are working on, Key advice when starting  your implementation journey & Advice he would offer to his younger self

Today's guest is Núria Bertomeu Castelló, Director of Natural Language Processing at YUKKA Lab in Berlin. Founded in 2016, YUKKA Lab provides fact-based actionable insights to the financial markets. With YUKKA Labs Augmented Language Intelligence,  it generates a systematic and efficient overview of topics and trends observed in the financial news. YUKKA's self-developed algorithms are leading-edge, containing Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Their solutions enable users from fields of asset management, market research, financial advisory, risk management and sales to handle the rapidly increasing amount of various financial data in real-time. In the episode, Núria will tell you about: The work they are doing at YUKKA Lab, The knowledge we can obtain from text mining financial news, Challenges of working within text understanding, Recent trends that have taken NLP to the next level, Insights from text mining that they have introduced into their product and Benefits that th

Today's guest is Siddarth Ranganathan, Director of Data Science, BI & Analytics at Nintex, who are the global standard for process management and automation. Founded in 2006, more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. In the episode, Siddarth will tell you about: What he has learned on his journey so far, Nintex’s impact in process management and automation, His role leading the BI, Data Science and Analytics function, Building the foundations for success, How to structure a successful data science team and Advice on how to make the most of your data science career

Today's guest is Daniel Feller, Director of Data Science at Rightway Healthcare in New York. Founded in 2017, Rightway Healthcare is a technology and services company radically simplifying the healthcare experience for clients and members. Rightway provides members with the support, advocacy and technology, helping navigate them to the highest quality, most cost-efficient doctors and facilities for their care. This optimization and guidance helps simplify healthcare for members and reduce healthcare costs for organizations. In the episode,  Daniel will tell you about: Rightway’s impact in the Healthcare sector, Interesting projects the Data Science team are working on, Transitioning from academia into industry, Building an AI expert system for doctors, Exciting opportunities & Plans for further growth, Why Rightway is a Great place to work

Today's guest is Alexander Vershinskiy, Global OSS Architect & Implementation Team Manager at Syntax in North Carolina. Since 1972, Syntax has been providing comprehensive technology solutions to businesses of all sizes with thousands of customers trusting Syntax with their IT services and ERP needs. Today, Syntax is a leading Managed Cloud Provider for Mission-Critical Enterprise Applications. Alexander is responsible for Syntax's global OSS Platform based on ServiceNow. He is a high performing, self-motivated ServiceNow Consultant, Architect & Business Analyst with over ten years of extensive experience in IT, with a dedicated focus on ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, HR and CSM. He possesses a unique set of skills providing seamless integration of policies, processes and procedures, which are executed by organizations to achieve the highest quality of IT services. In the episode, Alexander will tell you about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow, Key learns from his career to date, Advice on moving into a car

Today's guest is Severin Messenbrink, Technical Lead at everphone in Berlin. Founded in 2016, everphone is a clever way to equip your workforce with smartphones and tablets. everphone reduces your costs while making employees happier and more productive. everphone sources, configures and deploys rental smart­phones and tablets in your com­pany. They also pro­tect your data and organize re­pairs and returns. Don’t waste your valuable time handling smart devices. Take control with a few clicks using their device manage­ment portal and everphone will do the heavy lift­ing. They coordinate every­thing directly with your employee so if there’s a problem with the device, everphone will solve it within 24 hours. In the episode, Severin will tell you about: The interesting work they do at everphone, The process of building their Phone-as-a-Service, Benefits the platform brings to customers, How to build trust in data, Leveraging Machine Learning to enhance their services & New projects including collaborations wi

Today's guest is Alessio Fanelli, Vice President at 645 Ventures in New York. Founded in 2013, 645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders who are building iconic companies. They invest at the Seed and Series A stages and leverage their Voyager software platform to enable their Success team and Connected Network to help founders scale to the growth stage. 645 Ventures invest in four main areas: SaaS for the Second Wave, Citizen Professionals, The Engineering Value Chain Revolution and Personalized Consumer Applications. 645 Ventures has $200m+ in AUM and is growing fast with backing from leading institutional investors, including university endowments, funds of funds and pension funds.They have over 35 active companies in their portfolio in the areas of enterprise SaaS, infrastructure software and consumer technology. In the episode, Alessio will tell you about: Deciding what data & tech companies to back, What makes companies successful in Data Science, Big

Today's guest is Lou Zhang, Director of Data Science at MachineMetrics. Founded in 2014, MachineMetrics is manufacturing’s first Industrial IoT Platform for Machines. They transform analytics into action through universal machine connectivity, cloud data Infrastructure and communication workflows that optimize machine operation. Extensible both in the cloud and at the edge, the platform is powering vertically-focused use cases for manufacturers to digitize legacy manufacturing processes and drive more profitability with their machines. Lou is responsible for driving data science strategy, technical leadership and revenue from predictive machining products. They develop patented and novel approaches to solving open-ended problems in manufacturing using machine learning, data mining and statistical modeling, specifically in regards to predictive technology involving embedded sensors. It is their mission to conceptualize and bring-to-market predictive machining solutions for Industry 4.0. In the episode, Lou wil

Today's guest is Saurabh Dubey, Director of Digital Lighthouse at KPMG in Denver, Colorado. Saurabh has over 17 years of experience in the Consulting and Professional Services business, and have been playing a span of roles in advisory, sales, delivery, operations and managed services.  He has worked across several industries, with a primary focus in Technology, Media and Telecommunication, with a primary focus on expanding the Technology sector business. Saurabh is currently part of KPMG's Digital Enablement practice and is one of the leaders of their Denver Ignition Center. His responsibilities include business development, practice building and innovation, and engagement leadership and management for some of KPMG's largest clients. He is also the Director responsible for defining their TMT industry strategy across the practice and establishing their go-to-market approach for the industry accounts. In the episode, Saurabh will tell you about: His career to date and his current role with KPMG New trends

Today's guest is Konstantin Kugler, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Laya Technologies in Munich. Laya are running the most advanced and flexible smart packaging platform to power the leading travel retail brands of tomorrow. They have developed an advanced Machine Learning-based technology to dynamically package personalised trips in realtime while integrating all product categories for which it has won multiple awards such as Deloitte Technology Fast50 and Forbes AI30. Laya creates a massive, new commodity segment called Dynamic Packages. Their technology allows B2B clients to generate and book any trip from single-stop packages to complex multi-stop tours via a single, powerful API and make them directly bookable online for consumers. Laya runs on a highly scalable, lightweight transactional business model, made for a Post-Covid travel industry. In the episode, Konstantin will discuss: How Laya are impacting the customer experience in the travel industry, Building the right foundations to achieve success,

Today's guest is Kevin Johnson, Head of Data Science at Favor Delivery in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2013, Favor is the easiest way to get anything you want in your city delivered to your door in under an hour. Whether it’s lunch at the office, groceries for home or those errands you just don’t have time for, your personal assistant (we call them Runners) can deliver it in just a few taps. Favor currently operates in over 100 cities across Texas. In the episode, Kevin will discuss: The great work they do at Favor Delivery, How the Data Science team is set up for success, Problems they are solving in the delivery sector, Upcoming technology and trends in the industry, Plans for growth and exciting opportunities at Favor Delivery and  What excites him for the future

Today's guest is Mark Scott, Senior Platform Architect at ServiceNow in Phoenix, Arizona. Servicenow make the world of work, work better for people. They deliver digital workflows that create great experiences and unlock productivity. With 6,200+ customers, they serve around 80% of the Fortune 500 and were listed on the 2020 list of Fortune World’s Admired Companies. In the episode, Mark will tell you about: His journey working in the ServiceNow ecosystem, Key advice when starting to implement ServiceNow in your business, His passion for Integrations & why they’re key in ServiceNow, Interesting integrations he worked on in his career, The benefits of Flow Design, How AI will continue to enhance the platform, & What to expect on his new podcast series, Between Two Functions