Ai In Action

Today's guest is Chris Keune, VP of Data Product & Insights at Kargo in New York. Kargo provides brands, agencies and advertisers with a transparent, brand-safe mobile environment. This unique ecosystem is a hand-picked editorial alliance of 70 of the most highly-respected publishers in the industry, reaching 100% of US smartphone users with captivating advertising that's proven to work. In the episode, Chris will tell you about: How they are applying Data Science & Analytics at Kargo, Use cases of the impact they are making in the AdTech sector, Challenges they needed to overcome, How the Data Science team is set up for success, Plans for further growth & what the future looks like for Kargo & His 3 top tips when applying to Data Science opportunities

Today's guest is Charles Fisher, Founder & CEO at Unlearn.AI in San Francisco. Founded in 2017, Unlearn.AI helps biopharma companies develop drugs more ethically and efficiently by leveraging generative machine learning models to reduce the number of patients required for placebo controls in clinical trials. They enable clinical trials that are twice as fast, require fewer patients, produce better evidence about therapeutic efficacy, and in which fewer patients need to be given placebos. In the episode, Charles will tell you about: The motivation for setting up Unlearn.AI, How they have evolved and the interesting work they do within healthcare, How the Data Science team is structured for success, Challenges they need to overcome, Plans for growth and what the future looks like and Advice to Data Scientists transitioning from academia into industry

Today's guests are TJ Gryziec, Chief Product Officer & Jarod Mundt VP of Engineering at Clear Skye in San Francisco. Founded in 2015, Clear Skye delivers a complete Identity and Access Governance (IAG) solution built on the ServiceNow platform. It provides employee lifecycle automation, access requests, access certifications and business intelligence. Clear Skye allows for complete integration of governance and business processes, which supports the explosion of applications and complex workflow needs. Additionally, it automatically works with other key applications on the ServiceNow platform, providing deeper insight and a more effective bridge between the business and IT. In the episode, TJ and Jarod will tell you about: The interesting work they do with Clear Skye, Tipping points and key learned during their career to date, The problems they are solving at Clear Skye, Macro-trends they are seeing in the industry, Advice to senior leaders when looking to bring in ServiceNow, Why Clear Skye is a gre

Today's guest is Diyva Bokaria, Head of Data & Analytics at Zattoo in Berlin, who are designing the future of both live and on-demand television. Since its start in 2006, Zattoo brings a huge selection of sports events, movies and TV series across various devices and platforms. In addition, their B2B team delivers TV and VOD solutions to cable operators, internet service providers and many others, thus positioning Zattoo as a top-notch technology partner. Zattoo's vision is to create a new TV experience independent of location, time and device. Divya has over 10 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Analytics, Strategy and IT Product. She is enthusiastic about leading data and analytics teams as well as infusing a culture of data-driven decision-making within organizations and their products through self-service analytics, advanced analytical algorithms and Machine Learning. She is also passionate about gender diversity in the workplace and believes data can help a lot in the journey for women emp

Today's guest is Don Wright, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at Clarigent Health in Ohio. Founded in 2018, Clarigent Health's patented AI identifies vocal biomarkers that signal potential suicidal risk, supporting clinical decisions and workflow efficiency. Clairgent's software unites vocal biomarkers with self-assessment scales and clinical judgment to generate individual progress trends risk alerts and population insights to mental healthcare providers. Prior to Clarigent, Don spent the previous decade growing Assurex Health from technology invented at Mayo Clinic and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to a company of nearly 500 employees serving almost two million people with mental health conditions. Don is also President at The Suicide Prevention Initiative and Depression Research Foundation, which provides research funding and opportunities, educates, fights causes and changes minds about mental health and suicide prevention. In the episode, Don will tell you about: What motiva

Today's guest is Kelvin Wursten, Senior Director of Data Science at PointClickCare. Founded in 2000, PointClickCare is the market leader driving the transformation of healthcare vulnerable and complex populations through a broad, connected care network powered by deep insights with a commitment to value, outcomes and innovation. They connect post-acute and acute care settings, people and systems like no other company. Their steadfast commitment to our culture and to providing growth opportunities to our employees is evidenced by the recent recognition of PointClickCare as one of Canada’s best-managed companies and most admired corporate cultures. In the episode, Kelvin will tell you about: The impact PointClickCare are making in the Healthcare sector, How they are using data to transform the patient experience, Overcoming the challenges of working with medical data, Advice to Data Scientists on moving into a role within Healthcare, Why he loves his job &  What’s in store for the future at PointClickC

Today's guest is Scott Zailer, Vice President of Product at Bravium Consulting. Established in 2010, Bravium have quickly expanded their footprint in the Private and Public sectors by providing exceptional consulting services to clients in the areas of IT Project Management, Technology Consulting, Systems Life Cycle Development, IT Operations, Business Process Improvement and Performance Management. They deliver their services using a hands-on, personalized approach and offer our clients unparalleled support and solutions to complex issues. Bravium believe in working closely with our clients to help them realize their business objectives by leveraging our management and technology expertise. The company is built on innovation, drive and passion, and they use these core values to inspire new and creative solutions for clients. In the episode, Scott will tell you about: The interesting work he does with Bravium, Highlights and key learns during his career to date, What attracted him to join Bravium & The be

Today's guest is Oliver Mickler, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Tillhub in Berlin. Founded in 2015, Tillhub is an all-in-one iPad Point-of-Sale system for service providers and retailers. The system enables employees and customers to be organized to analyze sales in real-time and to generate reports for the tax office. The scalable cloud solution combines the classic cash register function with digital accounting, intelligent merchandise management and an eCommerce connection. In the episode, Oliver will discuss: The interesting work they do at Tillhub The benefits that their product brings to customers Interesting projects they are working on Applying Machine Learning to transform the customer experience Why do Data Science projects fail Future trends to keep an eye on in the payments industry

Today's guest is Dmitriy Starson, CEO and Founder at Passio in California. Founded in 2017, Passio is a machine learning company specializing in on-the-edge machine learning and real-time user interaction & engagement. Their first products are designed to help companies to add a real-time food recognition system to their applications. This empowers their users with tools for seamless food tracking and nutrition insights. In the episode, Dmitriy will tell you about: The motivation for setting up Passio, Use cases of applying AI within nutrition and healthcare, Their goal to help more companies embrace AI, The success they have enjoyed to date & What the future looks like for Passio

Today's guest is Sanjay Manandhar, CTO and co-founder at Wicket. Formerly ISM Connect, Wicket is a software company specializing in integrating computer vision solutions to enable facial authentication for touchless, fast, secure access management and presence detection. The Wicket Platform is designed to work together for facial ticketing, facial payments, visitor and staff access management, enabling a touchless, speedy and more convenient experience for fans, customers, visitors and staff. Sanjay is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of professional experience and key leadership positions in engineering, management, technology finance, business development and sales. As an experienced entrepreneur, he has built from the ground up two successful businesses. He also mentors and has invested in multiple startups within the FinTech, Healthcare, Media and SaaS software industries. His personal objective is to build innovative, sustainable, long-term and value-adding companies. In the episode, Sanjay will tel

Today's guest is Nicholas Yancer, Chief Architect at Evergreen Systems in Virginia. An Elite ServiceNow partner, Evergreen Systems is an IT Service Management consulting firm focused on helping clients elevate the relevance of IT. Working in both the commercial and government markets, they bring innovative, elegant and practical solutions to our clients through a combination of market-leading technologies, industry best practices and value-driven services. In the episode, Nick will tell you about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow, What makes a great ServiceNow Architect, How ServiceNow adds value to customers, Where he sees the platform evolving in the future, Interesting use case of successful ServiceNow implementations &  Top tips from what he’s learned during his career to date

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