Ai In Action

Today's guest is Sergey Sukhanov, Co-Founder at AI Superior in Darmstadt. Founded in 2019, AI Superior is a service provider on Data Science, Machine Learning and AI that helps your business applying analytics to unlock the potential of your data. They provide actionable insights for your products and services as well as deploy machine learning models to transform your business. AI Superior provides rapid prototypes and end-to-end products to solve your complex business challenges. They are a results-driven team with strong expertise and experience in various industrial domains which allows them to transform your business challenge into a technical problem with the ability to solve it in a short time frame. In the episode, Sergey will discuss: How he got interested in AI and Machine Learning, AI Superior’s work with People Analytics, The role of People Analytics within HR and employee management, Challenges of working with People Data, such as Data Privacy & Ethics, Successful case studies of the ben

Today's guest is Ashley Kramer, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Sisense. Headquartered in New York, Sisense gives you the easiest way to get real business insights from complex data with radically innovative business analytics. Sisense empowers everyday business users to independently manage, analyze, and visualize complex data quickly and cost-effectively. It is their mission is to transform complex data into insights everywhere, enabling access to business intelligence across the entire organization. Sisense's leading innovation is used by companies seeking to gain insights to their own business, and also embedded by technology and service companies that aim to provide additional insights and value for their customers. In the episode, Ashley will tell you about: Her journey to joining Sisense, Her day-to-day role in leading Product and Marketing, How they are applying Data Analytics and Data Engineering, Providing their customers with a way to embed analytics in their business, How she hel

Today's guest is Mamta Parakh, VP of Data Science at Quartet Health in New York. Founded in 2014, Quartet Health is a platform that makes it easier for people to get the best mental health care for them. Quartet's technology and services reach people who need care, connect them to the right care, track the quality of their care, and support their care journeys. Backed by $160.5m in venture funding from top investors, Quartet partners with health insurance plans and health systems in 32 states across the U.S. to help people get the care they need. In the episode, Mamta will tell you about: Quartet Health’s impact in the healthcare industry, How they are applying AI and Data Science to improve Mental Health care, What she loves about her job, Using Data Science to add business value, Building a successful Data Science team, Advice to Data Scientists starting their career, and What excites her for the future of AI in Healthcare

Today's guest is Jakob Muus, Founder and CEO at Tracks in Berlin. Founded in 2018, Tracks are pioneering the way the road freight industry adopts Artificial Intelligence to make informed, data-driven decisions. Their flagship product is designed to provide truck fleet operators with a holistic and comparative view on the fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of their fleet whilst providing suggestions, recommendations and alarms to improve their bottom line. In the episode, Jakob will discuss: What motivated him to set up Tracks, The impact they are making in the Trucking industry, Benefits their products bring to customers, Applying AI to improve the decision-making process, The impact of COVID-19 within the organisation, and Their goal to improve fuel efficiency & reduce CO2 emissions

Today's guest is Anthony Capone, President and former CTO at Ambulnz in New York. Ambulnz is a new class of ambulance service provider, one that's transforming patient transportation through applied innovation, better compensation for EMTs and a unique business model that inspires the highest level of care. They are working to care harder and change expectations of the ambulance service business among EMTs, healthcare professionals and others they serve. In the show, Anthony will tell you about: The problems they are solving with Ambulnz, The role of Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the company, Challenges he had to overcome to achieve success, New services they offer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, How AI and new technology will evolve the future of healthcare, & What’s in store for the future at Ambulnz

Today's guest is Anne Bauer, Director of Data Science and Anna Coenen, Lead Data Scientist at the New York Times. Established in 1851, The New York Times is dedicated to helping people understand the world through on-the-ground, expert and deeply reported independent journalism. Their mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. This mission is rooted in their belief that great journalism has the power to make each reader’s life richer and more fulfilling, and all of society stronger. At The Times, this mission and values guide the work they do every day. By acting in their spirit, they serve readers and society, ensure the continued strength of their journalism and business, and foster a healthy and vibrant Times culture. In the show, Anne and Anna will discuss: How they got involved in Data Science, Using personalisation and recommendations to improve the reader experience, The role of data governance in increasing effective marketing and advertising, Interesting project

Today's guest is Serghei Glinca, co-founder & CEO at CrystalsFirst. CrystalsFirst unifies biotech and tech to significantly accelerate drug design for challenging targets. CrystalsFirst’s unlocks the access to chemical matter using the combination of its proprietary SmartSoak-based high-performance soaking systems and scaling computational methods. Since launching the company in 2018, CrystalsFirst has closed deals and produced successful results with with big pharma and ambitious biotech companies. In the show, Serghei will tell you about: The problem they are solving within Drug Discovery, Their work within Structured Biology, How they combine technology and data to impact healthcare, Obstacles they need to overcome, & How AI and Data will continue to shape the industry

Today's guest is C.K. Sample III, Chief Delivery Officer and former CTO at Hypergiant Space Age Solutions. Founded in 2018, Hypergiant's mission is to create emerging AI-driven technologies and develop world-changing commercial products and solutions that save lives, improve critical infrastructure, efficiently harness energy, further space travel and advance humanity’s position in the universe. In the show, C.K. will discuss: The great work they are doing at Hypergiant, Problems they are solving in the Space Age Solutions division, Fascinating work within Galactic Systems & Sensory Sciences, Creating a great working environment and culture, Building a successful team at Hypergiant, What he loves about his job,  and How AI will continue to evolve in the next few years

Today's guest is Tom Chittenden, Chief Data Science Officer at Genuity Science in Boston. Genuity Science is a contract genomics and data-sourcing, analytics and insights organization who partners with global biopharma companies to offer deep end-to-end discovery services aimed at catalyzing precision health and improving the quality of life for patients around the world. Services include population-scale, disease-specific data sourcing, high-quality sequencing, robust statistical analysis, software tools for analyzing large datasets and AI. With over 25 years of experimental and theoretical research experience, Tom is the Global Head of AI and Statistical Machine Learning R&D at Genuity Science where he provides scientific and technical leadership for Genuity's global Data Science Initiatives.  He is also the Founding Director of their Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory where their mission is to better understand human disease initiation and progression, as well as share

Today's guest is Carsten Ullrich, Director of AI at Centogene in Berlin. Centogene are one of the worldwide leaders in the field of early genetic diagnostics for rare hereditary diseases. A data repository of genetic data from over 115 countries gives them unique access to epidemiological, clinical and genetic information on hereditary disorders, including oncogenetic indications. They focus exclusively on providing the highest quality, patient-centred service and outstanding short turn-around times for analysis. In the show, Carsten will discuss: His 20 years of experience working in AI, How Centogene are applying AI in rare diseases, Challenges they need to overcome, such as data quality, Improving diagnostics and leveraging this for new discoveries, What makes Centogene a great place to work, Their work with COVID-19 Testing, and The possibility of AI with Superhuman capabilities

Today's guest is Michael Martin, CEO at RapidSOS in New York. RapidSOS has created the world’s first emergency response data platform that securely links life-saving data from over 350 million connected devices directly to 911 and first responders in an emergency. Through the platform, they are providing intelligent data that supports over 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers, protecting 90%+ of people in the US, across 250 million emergencies annually. Partnering with innovative companies certified as RapidSOS Ready, they are striving to reach everyone. Together, RapidSOS are empowering a faster and smarter response by sending first responders critical data like your exact location, real-time health information, and crash data. They are united in their commitment to a safer, stronger future where technology and people work seamlessly together to save lives. In the show, Michael will chat about: The motivation for setting up RapidSOS, Using data & new technology to improve publi

Today's guest is Jason Kim, Associate Director of Biomedical Informatics and Jenny Zhang, Director of Genomic Data Science at Immuneering. Immuneering leverages more than a decade of leadership in bioinformatics to develop new medicines unlikely to be found by traditional drug discovery methods. Its current pipeline of drug candidates is focused on treating aspects of disease that have eluded conventional approaches, including cancer cachexia and metastasis. Utilizing its proprietary Disease Cancelling Technology, the company engineers medicines that reverse a disease signal across many relevant genes. Immuneering’s technologies have proven exceptionally rapid and capital-efficient in creating its pipeline. Concurrent with its internal programs, they provide unparalleled computational biology services to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In the show, Jenny and Jason will chat about: Transitioning from academia into industry, How Immuneering are applying AI to improve drug discovery

Today's guest is Martin Akerman, CTO and Co-Founder at Envisagenics in New York. Founded in 2014, it is their mission is to reduce the complexity of biomedical data to accelerate the development of innovative therapeutic solutions through RNA splicing analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Over 30 million people in the US suffer from genetic diseases or cancer that could be caused by mutations affecting RNA splicing. 370 human diseases are known to be caused by splicing errors, and more remain to be discovered. Their breakthrough technology SpliceCore is a cloud-based platform that is experimentally validated to predict drug targets and biomarkers through splicing discovery from RNA-seq data using AI. This is used to identify splicing errors causative of diseases, identify the right drug-targets and develop RNA therapeutics through partnerships and collaborations with Biopharma. Their in-silico RNA therapeutics discovery platform replaces expensive drug-target selection and lead design with efficien

Today's guest is Suman Giri, Director of Data Science & Consulting at CitiusTech in New York. CitiusTech is a specialist provider of healthcare technology services and solutions to healthcare technology companies, providers, payers and life sciences organizations. CitiusTech enables healthcare organizations to drive clinical value chain excellence, across integration & interoperability, data management, performance management, predictive analytics & data science, and digital engagement. With over 4,000 professionals worldwide, CitiusTech helps customers accelerate innovation in healthcare through specialized solutions, healthcare technology platforms, proficiencies and accelerators. Armed with cutting-edge technology & expertise, world-class service quality and a global resource base, CitiusTech consistently delivers best-in-class solutions along with an unmatched cost advantage to healthcare organizations worldwide. In the show, Suman will chat about: CitiusTech’s work in the HealthTech

Today's guest is Lars Schwabe, Director of AI, Data Analytics & Blockchain at Lufthansa Industry Solutions in Hamburg. Lufthansa Industry Solutions is a service provider for IT consulting and system integration. This Lufthansa subsidiary helps its clients with the digital transformation of their companies. Its customer base includes companies both within and outside the Lufthansa Group, as well as more than 200 companies in various lines of business. In the show, Lars will tell you about: The work they do at Lufthansa Industry Solutions, How he got interested in AI and Data Science, Establishing an effective data platform at LIS, Fascinating case studies of the success they have brought to Lufthansa, Challenges to overcome working with AI and Data, His contributions to the AI community in Germany, and The importance of Data Privacy

Today's guest is Chris Fernandez, CEO and co-founder at EnsoData. Founded in 2015, EnsoData provides software-­as-­a-­service (SaaS) that enables the discovery, identification, and actionable reporting of critical to understand patterns and trends in health data. EnsoData’s technology unlocks the vast wealth of clinical expertise lying dormant in archived data. Leveraging their big data and analytics engine, EnsoData enables software to automatically perform complex and time-consuming data interpretation previously left to clinicians. Their first product, EnsoSleep, uses big data and advanced algorithms to aid clinicians in diagnosing sleep apnea by automating the analysis of home and in-clinic sleep studies In the show, Chris will chat about: The motivation for setting up EnsoData, Interesting projects they are doing in the Healthcare industry, Applying AI & Machine Learning to diagnose sleep disorders, How the company has evolved in the past few years, Applying previous research into production at&

Today's guest is Ariel Katz, CEO & Co-Founder at H1 in New York. H1 is the first company to arm healthcare and life science companies with on-demand, live insights from across the data universe to accelerate the discovery and development of therapies to fight diseases. Their mission is to create a healthier future and is doing so by delivering a platform that connects stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem for greater collaboration and discovery. H1 provides real-time data to support the end-to-end therapeutic development process from fundraising to product development to product launch, helping companies make smarter scientific decisions. Working with medical affairs and strategy teams who span all phases of the development lifecycle, they provide the complete picture of institutions, experts, scholarly content, markets, competitors and new opportunities through research grounded in actual data and clinical findings. In the show,  Ariel will chat about: His journey to co-founding H1, Challenge

Today's guest is Fred Ronnau, Chief Technology Officer at RubiconMD. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, RubiconMD is a web-based eConsult service that enables primary care providers to quickly and easily discuss their cases with top specialists. This way they can provide better care, while also improving the patient experience and reducing costs. Fred is an experienced Chief Operating Officer with a demonstrated history of growing healthcare organizations through services and technology management. He has extensive experience in healthcare technology integration, data analytics and business development, while also applying agile & lean techniques to drive strategy & innovation and business process improvement. In the show, Fred will discuss: His previous experience working in the Healthcare industry, The work he is doing with RubiconMD, How the team are making the most out of their data, The challenges of working with medical data, Balancing the workload as the CTO

Today's guest is Bharat Sharma, Executive Director of Engineering and Data Science at athenahealth in Boston. Bharat is responsible for leading Machine Learning, Data Platforms and Data Engineering organizations at athenahealth, who partners with hospitals and ambulatory customers to drive clinical and financial results. athenahealth offer medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination and population health services. They combine insights from their network of more than 160,000 providers and approximately 117 million patients with deep industry knowledge and perform administrative work at scale. In the show, Bharat will discuss: The benefits of applying AI and Machine Learning at athenahealth, Interesting projects they are working on, Using Data Science and Machine Learning to improve the user experience, Challenges he overcame when scaling the team, How to build a successful Data Science team, Advice to those looking to kickstart their Data S

Today's guest is Wim Remes. Wim Remes leverages his 15 years of security leadership experience to advise clients on reducing their risk posture by solving complex security problems and by building resiliency into their organization. Wim delivers expert guidance on reducing the high cost of IT security failures, both financially and in terms of brand reputation with his deep expertise in network security, identity management, policy design, risk assessment and penetration testing. Wim has also been engaged in various infosec community initiatives and has been a featured speaker at various international conferences. In this podcast, Wim walks us through his journey into Cybersecurity, to Chairman of the Board at ISC² and now a vCISO where he services businesses around the world. Wim is both technical and business orientated which gives him a unique perspective on the role of the vCISO. In the show, Wim will discuss: How he got into Cybersecurity, What he learned during his time with (ISC)², The i