In this episode, David Espindola - You, and Artificial Intelligence, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by David Espindola. This podcast episode of "Redefining AI" delves into the theme of "You, and Artificial Intelligence" with guest David Espindola, an entrepreneur, futurist, advisor, and author. The discussion covers his journey, experiences in technology strategies, and insights into leveraging AI to transform organizations. Topics include the human aspect of AI, technological trends, strategies for staying ahead in the exponential era, collaboration between industry and academia, real-world examples of AI implementations, and ethical considerations in AI adoption. The episode appeals to a broad audience interested in the intersection of AI and various industries. Entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, business leaders, and individuals curious about the impact of AI on society and businesses would find value in the exploration of AI's future, challenges, and potential solutions. Who is David Espindola? David Espindola is an entrepreneur, futurist, and advisor to business and academia.  He is the founder of Brainyus, an education, technology, and consulting company that is currently focused on applying AI knowledge and capabilities to transform organizations.  As a CIO and consultant to world-renowned organizations, David has developed a deep understanding of technological trends and their impact on business and society. At Flexera SoHware, David implemented global technology strategies to drive the company's growth. He was also part of the leadership team that implemented a business transformation program at Zebra Technologies, resulting in more than $5 billion in revenues.  Previously, as a consulting executive at Oracle, David managed technology implementations for strategic clients.  David has also held leadership positions in two fast-growing technology startups in Silicon Valley, one of which grew 5X during his tenure and reached over $400 million in revenues, resulting in an IPO. David is the author of "Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence" published in May of 2023, and "The Exponential Era: Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve in an Era of Chaotic Changes and Disruptive Forces", published by IEEE Press / Wiley in 2021! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

Season Three - Spotlight Five Our fifth spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode:⁠ David Espindola - You, and Artificial Intelligence This podcast episode of "Redefining AI" delves into the theme of "You, in the Future of Artificial Intelligence" with guest David Espindola, an entrepreneur, futurist, advisor, and author. The discussion covers his journey, experiences in technology strategies, and insights into leveraging AI to transform organizations. Topics include the human aspect of AI, technological trends, strategies for staying ahead in the exponential era, collaboration between industry and academia, real-world examples of AI implementations, and ethical considerations in AI adoption. This episode would appeal to a broad audience interested in the intersection of AI and various industries. Entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, business leaders, and individuals curious about the impact of AI on society and businesses would find value in the exploration of AI's future, challenges, and potential solutions. Who is David Espindola? David Espindola is an entrepreneur, futurist, and advisor to business and academia. He is the founder of Brainyus, an education, technology, and consulting company that is currently focused on applying AI knowledge and capabilities to transform organizations. As a CIO and consultant to world-renowned organizations, David has developed a deep understanding of technological trends and their impact on business and society. At Flexera SoHware, David implemented global technology strategies to drive the company's growth. He was also part of the leadership team that implemented a business transformation program at Zebra Technologies, resulting in more than $5 billion in revenues. Previously, as a consulting executive at Oracle, David managed technology implementations for strategic clients. David has also held leadership positions in two fast-growing technology startups in Silicon Valley, one of which grew 5X during his tenure and reached over $400 million in revenues, resulting in an IPO. David is the author of "Soulful: You in the Future of Artificial Intelligence" published in May of 2023, and "The Exponential Era: Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve in an Era of Chaotic Changes and Disruptive Forces", published by IEEE Press / Wiley in 2021. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

In this episode, Digital Humans - Creepy or Cool? Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by⁠ René Schulte. Digital humans represent a cutting-edge intersection of artificial intelligence, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. This conversation is a must listen to for all interested in exploring how digital humans are being applied across different industries, such as entertainment, customer service, healthcare, and education.  Understanding these applications can provide a broader perspective on the potential benefits and challenges of this technology. Who is René Schulte? René Schulte is Head of 3D and Quantum Communities of Practices at Reply working with teams across the globe on emerging technologies. Being a trusted advisor for his clients and an internationally recognized expert. He is a creative developer, thought leader and digital content creator with a passion for UX and 20 years of deep technical knowledge in fields like Spatial Computing, Real-Time 3D, VR/AR, XR, VPS AR Cloud Real-World Metaverse, Reality Capture, Digital Humans, Quantum Computing, Generative AI, Deep Learning and more. He was featured on Forbes and is invited as expert to global TV stations and a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at conferences like //build, Ignite, Global XR, Univ. Heidelberg, Unite, Vision VR/AR Summit, VRDC (GDC), AWE, ESA, RTC, VRARA, MR Dev Days and more. Writes articles and is the creator of the video podcasts QuBites and Meta Minutes. He also created open-source libraries like WriteableBitmapEx. He was honored 14 years in a row for his dev community work with a double Microsoft MVP award in Mixed Reality and Quantum Computing, recognized as Microsoft Regional Director and Advisory Board member for the VR/AR Association and XR Bootcamp. He lives in Germany with his wife and their 5 children. Subscribe to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

Season Three - Spotlight Four Our fourth spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: René Schulte - Digital Humans - Creepy or Cool? Digital humans represent a cutting-edge intersection of artificial intelligence, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. This conversation is a must listen to for all interested in exploring how digital humans are being applied across different industries, such as entertainment, customer service, healthcare, and education. Understanding these applications can provide a broader perspective on the potential benefits and challenges of this technology. Who is René Schulte? René Schulte is Head of 3D and Quantum Communities of Practices at Reply working with teams across the globe on emerging technologies. Being a trusted advisor for his clients and an internationally recognized expert. He is a creative developer, thought leader and digital content creator with a passion for UX and 20 years of deep technical knowledge in fields like Spatial Computing, Real-Time 3D, VR/AR, XR, VPS AR Cloud Real-World Metaverse, Reality Capture, Digital Humans, Quantum Computing, Generative AI, Deep Learning and more. He was featured on Forbes and is invited as expert to global TV stations and a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at conferences like //build, Ignite, Global XR, Univ. Heidelberg, Unite, Vision VR/AR Summit, VRDC (GDC), AWE, ESA, RTC, VRARA, MR Dev Days and more. Writes articles and is the creator of the video podcasts QuBites and Meta Minutes. He also created open-source libraries like WriteableBitmapEx. He was honored 14 years in a row for his dev community work with a double Microsoft MVP award in Mixed Reality and Quantum Computing, recognized as Microsoft Regional Director and Advisory Board member for the VR/AR Association and XR Bootcamp.He lives in Germany with his wife and their 5 children. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

In this episode, Marketing in the AI Era: Transforming Business Strategies for Humanised and Personalised Customer Connections⁠⁠⁠,⁠ Lauren Hawker Zafer⁠ is joined by ⁠Bob Hutchins This conversation is a must listen, especially for those interested in how AI is currently being used in marketing, particularly in humanizing and personalizing customer connections. It is also for those interested in learning how businesses can strike a balance between leveraging AI for efficiency while maintaining a human touch in their marketing strategies.  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Bob Hutchins? Bob Hutchins is an accomplished marketing executive, specializing in brand strategy, with over two decades of success in designing and implementing high-impact digital marketing campaigns.  He is presently a Doctoral Student at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, where he is studying the effects of AI and generative language models on society and culture from a media archaeological perspective. He also has a Masters Degree, from London Met University is Behavioral and Organizational Psychology. His expertise spans brand development, market analysis, strategic planning, and product development across various industries, including healthcare and finance. He couples strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of business trends, consumer behavior, machine learning, and the competitive landscape, all underpinned by an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to optimize resources and create maximum impact.  One of Bob's major achievements is the establishment of Buzzplant, a boutique digital agency that provided digital marketing solutions to industry giants such as General Motors, Disney, Sony Pictures, Harper Collins, and Time Life for over 17 years.  He has also led successful digital and word-of-mouth campaigns for highly successful films such as The Passion of The Christ (highest grossing rated R movies of all time) and  Disney’s The Lion, Witch, and The Wardrobe. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

Season Three - Spotlight Three Our third spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Bob Hutchins - Marketing in the AI Era: Transforming Business Strategies for Humanised and Personalised Customer Connections. This conversation is a must listen to all interested in how AI is currently being used in marketing, particularly in humanizing and personalizing customer connections. It is also for those interested in learning how businesses can strike a balance between leveraging AI for efficiency while maintaining a human touch in their marketing strategies. #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Bob Hutchins? Bob Hutchins is an accomplished marketing executive, specializing in brand strategy, with over two decades of success in designing and implementing high-impact digital marketing campaigns. He is presently a Doctoral Student at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, where he is studying the effects of AI and generative language models on society and culture from a media archaeological perspective. He also has a Masters Degree, from London Met University is Behavioral and Organizational Psychology. His expertise spans brand development, market analysis, strategic planning, and product development across various industries, including healthcare and finance. He couples strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of business trends, consumer behavior, machine learning, and the competitive landscape, all underpinned by an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to optimize resources and create maximum impact.One of Bob's major achievements is the establishment of Buzzplant, a boutique digital agency that provided digital marketing solutions to industry giants such as General Motors, Disney, Sony Pictures, Harper Collins, and Time Life for over 17 years. He has also led successful digital and word-of-mouth campaigns for highly successful films such as The Passion of The Christ (highest grossing rated R movies of all time) and  Disney’s The Lion, Witch, and The Wardrobe. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

In this episode, ⁠Laurence Liew - The AI Readiness Index - Singapore, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Laurence Liew This conversation is a gateway into the vitals on AI literacy and how it has become increasingly recognized as a vital skillset worldwide, especially in Singapore. Find out what the mind driving the adoption of Al in the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative, has to say!  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Laurence Liew? Laurence Liew is the Director for Al Innovation at Al Singapore.  He is driving the adoption of Al by the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative. A visionary and serial technopreneur, Laurence: was appointed the first RED HAT partner and authorised training centre in the Asia Pacific in 1999 built A-STAR's IHPC first High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in 2001 (initial HPC clusters in NUS, NTU, and SMU were mostly built by Laurence and his team) built and operated Singapore's first Grid (pre-cloud) platform for IDA's National Grid Pilot Platform in 2003 architected the Cloud business and technology for then Singapore Computer Systems' Alatum Cloud (now owned by Singtel/NCS) in 2007 led Platform Computing Inc business in South Asia and R&D team in Singapore; IBM acquired Platform Computing in 2009 led Revolution Analytics Inc business in Asia and R&D team in Singapore. Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics in 2015 joined Al Singapore in June 2017 as the first employee The Singapore government has appointed Laurence to represent Singapore at the Global Partnership in Al (GPAl), an OECD initiative.  He is the current Co-Chair of the Innovations and Commercialisation working group and Co-Chair of the "Broad Adoption of Al by SME" committee. #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

Season Three - Spotlight Two Our second spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Laurence Liew - The AI Readiness Index - Singapore. This conversation is a gateway into the vitals on AI literacy and how it has become increasingly recognized as a vital skillset worldwide, especially in Singapore. Find out what the mind driving the adoption of Al in the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative, has to say! #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Laurence Liew? Laurence Liew is the Director for Al Innovation at Al Singapore. He is driving the adoption of Al by the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative. A visionary and serial technopreneur, Laurence: was appointed the first RED HAT partner and authorised training centre in the Asia Pacific in 1999 built A-STAR's IHPC first High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in 2001 (initial HPC clusters in NUS, NTU, and SMU were mostly built by Laurence and his team) built and operated Singapore's first Grid (pre-cloud) platform for IDA's National Grid Pilot Platform in 2003 architected the Cloud business and technology for then Singapore Computer Systems' Alatum Cloud (now owned by Singtel/NCS) in 2007 led Platform Computing Inc business in South Asia and R&D team in Singapore; IBM acquired Platform Computing in 2009 led Revolution Analytics Inc business in Asia and R&D team in Singapore. Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics in 2015 joined Al Singapore in June 2017 as the first employee The Singapore government has appointed Laurence to represent Singapore at the Global Partnership in Al (GPAl), an OECD initiative. He is the current Co-Chair of the Innovations and Commercialisation working group and Co-Chair of the "Broad Adoption of Al by SME" committee. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

In this episode, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Arti Raman and Neil Cohen. The whole of this unique conversation revolves around a fascinating survey: “the state of generative AI" that was conducted by Portal26, in partnership with CensusWide. Portal 26 polled 400+ C-suite and IT professionals about the state of Generative AI.  Its results depict an environment in which companies are optimistic about the potential of Generative AI, yet struggle to gain visibility into the operations of their AI programs, creating significant risks around governance, data security and more.  Who are Arti Raman and Neil Cohen? Arti Raman is the founder and CEO of Portal26, formerly Titaniam. She specializes in responsible use frameworks for enterprise consumption of Generative AI. She is also an expert in advanced data protection techniques, including high-performance encryption-in-use.  Before Portal26, she was a senior product leader and head of UX and competitive intelligence for Symantec’s enterprise business. Arti holds a number of patents. She was the youngest and the first female recipient of the Rosenthal Award for outstanding contribution to the field of investment and finance for her work with the late Dr. Ed Lazear, former US Chief Economist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Spence. Arti holds degrees in Business, Economics, and Mathematics. Neil Cohen Neil Cohen has more than 40 years of experience creating, building and managing brands from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including SEGA, Hilton, Arby’s, McDonalds and Miyoko’s Creamery. He currently consults with companies on marketing, storytelling, business and innovation strategies, serves as advisor to 11 successful start-ups, and is an active mentor to a number of select global startup accelerators including San Francisco/NYC IndieBio Life Sciences accelerator, LA/Paris Starburst Aero Aerospace accelerator, SVG/Thrive AgTech accelerator, Startup Mexico, Puerto Rico’s Parallel18 and Santiago’s Startup Chile.  Don't forget to subscribe to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

Welcome to Season Three! Our first spotlight episode of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Arti Raman & Neil Cohen - The State of Generative AI - A Journey of Fear vs. Hope! The whole conversation revolves around a fascinating survey: “the state of generative AI" that was conducted by Portal26, in partnership with CensusWide. Portal 26 polled 400+ C-suite and IT professionals about the state of Generative AI.  Its results depict an environment in which companies are optimistic about the potential of Generative AI, yet struggle to gain visibility into the operations of their AI programs, creating significant risks around governance, data security and more.  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who are Arti Raman & Neil Cohen? Arti Raman is the founder and CEO of Portal26, formerly Titaniam. She specializes in responsible use frameworks for enterprise consumption of Generative AI. She is also an expert in advanced data protection techniques, including high-performance encryption-in-use. Before Portal26, she was a senior product leader and head of UX and competitive intelligence for Symantec’s enterprise business. Arti holds a number of patents. She was the youngest and the first female recipient of the Rosenthal Award for outstanding contribution to the field of investment and finance for her work with the late Dr. Ed Lazear, former US Chief Economist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Spence. Arti holds degrees in Business, Economics, and Mathematics. Neil Cohen Neil Cohen has more than 40 years of experience creating, building and managing brands from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including SEGA, Hilton, Arby’s, McDonalds and Miyoko’s Creamery. He currently consults with companies on marketing, storytelling, business and innovation strategies, serves as advisor to 11 successful start-ups, and is an active mentor to a number of select global startup accelerators including San Francisco/NYC IndieBio Life Sciences accelerator, LA/Paris Starburst Aero Aerospace accelerator, SVG/Thrive AgTech accelerator, Startup Mexico, Puerto Rico’s Parallel18 and Santiago’s Startup Chile. Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai