Today's guest is the great and brilliant Dr. Pavel Dmitriev, VP of Data Science at Outreach.io. This AI-driven sales engagement platform has raised over $250 million since founded in 2011. We spoke with Outreach's CEO, Manny Medina, several months ago on the podcast. In this episode, Dr. Dmitriev helps us break down how to drive tangible business value for customers, with AI. Topics include: strategic & technical feasibility considerations, matching capabilities to user needs, and business value drivers. Want access to Emerj's best insights, frameworks, and exclusive infographics? Get Emerj Plus: emerj.com/x1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Scot Alexander, Managing Director at Optimity Advisors. Scot is an industrial engineer with broad experience as an enterprise systems integration leader and a deep skillset in Healthcare Technology. Before Optimity, he directed teams at PwC, Accenture, and HP. Now, he's serving industry leaders to level up their capabilities with AI. In this episode, Scot helps us break down C-suite perspectives on: AI vs IT transformation projects, how the pandemic has altered technology priorities, and how AI will be integral for healthy enterprises. Emerj is uniting AI Catalysts like Scot to help enterprises worldwide understand and integrate the next wave of intelligent systems. To learn more or apply for Emerj's "AI Catalyst" accelerator program, visit emerj.com/cat1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Henri Nikula Kaleva, Director at RELEX Labs, a product innovation department of the Helsinki-based RELEX Solutions. RELEX is a leader in retail optimization software, and in today's episode, Henri helps us break down how AI is empowering the future of Retail. Want to discover more opportunities for AI in Retail? Get Emerj's free Executive Brief: emerj.com/ret1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Dr. Derek Wang, Founder and CEO of Stratifyd. Since 2015, Stratifyd has raised $50+ million for its AI-powered analytics platform, enabling enterprises to transform structured and unstructured human textual data. In this episode, Dr. Wang shares hard-won lessons about conveying the value of AI to potential clients. Getting started with AI in your organization? Discover three critical insights for beginning with AI: emerj.com/beg1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Brett Beranek, VP of Security & Biometrics at Nuance Communications [NASDAQ:NUAN]. Founded in 1992, Nuance pioneered conversational AI that understands, analyzes, and responds to human language. In this episode, Brett elucidates the opportunity landscape for AI-driven biometric security, focusing on financial services. Want to discover more opportunities for AI in Finance? Check out our other podcast: "AI in Financial Services." And get the AI in FS cheat sheet: emerj.com/fin1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Dr. Kristof Szalay, CTO and Founder of Turbine.AI. Turbine's AI-driven platform understands cancer's inner mechanisms, enabling the discovery of novel targets & precision medicinal therapies. Episode topics include: dynamics of pharmaceutical technologies, change management opportunities, cultural evolution to support AI initiatives. Want to discover more ways to meet the challenges of catalyzing AI adoption? Try Emerj Plus: emerj.com/p1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Lorena Pelegrín, Product Manager of InSight, Iron Mountain's AI-driven Content Services Platform. Iron Mountain serves more than 225,000 organizations for secure data & asset storage, spanning 90+ million sq. ft. of data centers and real estate. And Google recently celebrated InSight as its AI & ML Cloud Partner of the Year. Episode topics include: subsurface data, asset inspection workflows, and setting up "digital twins."

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Jim Benton, CEO of Chorus.ai. Chorus has raised over $100 million for its AI-driven platform, which helps sales teams transform conversations into data and insights. Episode topics include: how to build AI-driven products that effectively transform enterprise workflows, best practices for presenting the value of AI initiatives to various stakeholders, how to inspire adoption and ease intimidating factors, and risk management opportunities. Want to discover more best practices for presenting the ROI of AI? Check out Emerj Plus: emerj.com/p1

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Roman Vitkovitsky. Roman supports the Pentagon's Cyberspace operations. He formerly served as COO/CTO of the Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group and in stints serving DARPA, NATO, and in multiple adjunct professor roles, to name a few. In this episode, Roman shares how AI is leading the bleeding edge for Cyberspace Defense, enabling nimble actions in complex threat environments. Leaders at all levels may find these insights powerful and relevant. Want to discover AI trends in any sector? Get Emerj's PDF guide: emerj.com/t3

Today's guest is the great and brilliant Shri Santhanam, Global Head of Advanced Analytics & AI at Experian. The international credit reporting agency supports data-driven services in over 100 countries, with a database of over 1 billion individuals. In this episode, Shri breaks down the unique AI opportunities and challenges evolving for Experian. Episode topics include: the evolution of big data & analytics, data accessibility, and the AI skills landscape. Want to discover the best of Emerj's industry insights? Get Emerj Plus: emerj.com/p1