The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Martin Zych, CEO and Co-Founder at Jirav. Founded in 2015, Jirav is an all-in-one financial planning and analysis (FP&A) solution that delivers smarter financials and faster insights, helping you understand where your business has been and more accurately predict where you’re going. The system connects financial and operational data to easily explore historicals, and accurately forecast bookings, revenues, workforce, expenses and cash flows. As a career finance and accounting professional, Martin specializes in high-growth tech companies. Before co-founding Jirav, Martin was the Finance Director at Limeade and Zephyr Health, and a Controller at Atlas Accelerator CFO firm. Throughout his career, he set up dozens of finance functions and has helped raise over $200 million in funding. Martin founded Jirav to build the tool he wished he had available during his entire career as a finance leader at high-growth companies. In today's episode, Martin will talk about: His background and journey to now, Jirav’s application for simplifying financial planning, How the company evolved from CFO consulting to serving thousands today, The day-to-day life and culture of the Jirav team, The role of AI in shaping the future of Jirav’s platform, How recent funding will help them fulfil goals and milestones, Career opportunities with Jirav

Today's guest is Sven Richter, Senior Consultant ServiceNow, Product Line Lead SecOps & IRM at agineo GmbH in Germany. Specializing in Enterprise Service Management (ESM) solutions, agineo collaborates with clients on innovative projects aimed at enhancing the company's success. With over 30 years of experience, agineo has been digitally transforming and optimizing clients' business processes to be agile and forward-thinking. As a distinguished ServiceNow partner, agineo relies on established platforms like ServiceNow cloud technology to streamline processes and simplify intricate workflows for their service projects. This approach ensures the swift and efficient success of projects. It is through this proven methodology that agineo has solidified its position as the largest ServiceNow Elite Partner in the German-speaking region. In this episode, Sven discusses: An overview of his six years working with ServiceNow, His role as Product line lead for security operations and IRM, Why cybersecurity is important for business, Offering an integrated system with CMDB & third-party tools, Examples of the impact their SecOps offerings bring to customers, His key advice for your ServiceNow career

Today's guest is Rohan Doctor, Founder and CEO at Louisa.ai in New York. Louisa is a cutting-edge collective intelligence platform that was born out of Goldman Sachs in 2023. This innovative platform connects to a company's various data sources and auto-creates a comprehensive map of who and what everyone in the company knows. By providing employees with a centralized platform to access the collective intelligence of the company, Louisa is the one-stop-shop for all your knowledge and expertise needs. With Louisa, everyone in your company can ask the powerful question, "Who at my company can help with any product, sector or client?" and get the answer in seconds. This opens up new sales opportunities and enables employees to cross-sell, win the next deal and serve clients better than the competition. With over 25,000 monthly and 3,000 daily active users, Louisa’s smart news alerts, expertise search and dynamic network graph have helped connect the right subject matter experts at the right time, spurring cross-selling and collaboration. In today's episode, Rohan will talk about: His background and the origins of Louisa AI, Louisa AI’s expertise in CRM-driven revenue growth, How the Louisa platform has evolved since launch, Their emphasis on mapping human expertise for accurate enterprise solutions, Focusing on an Enterprise GPT readiness report for personalized AI implementation, Aligning with universities and supporting entrepreneurship for growth, Valuing deep client connections and aiming for global talent expansion

Today's guest is Tej Hemantharaj, Director – Technical Lead at Fujitsu North America. Fujitsu is a global leader in technology and business solutions that transform organizations and the world around us. They have a long heritage of bringing innovation and expertise, continuously working to contribute to the growth of society and their customers. It is the company's purpose to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the Director, Technical Practice Lead for Fujitsu North America, Tej is responsible for the technical vision and direction of the ServiceNow practice. With over 12 years of experience working within ServiceNow, Tej leads a team of SMEs and oversees the design & architectural aspects of ServiceNow implementations. He is also responsible for  setting and ensuring good practices, and being an advocate for innovation. As a ServiceNow Certified Master Architect, Tej also provides technical advisory and guidance to help customers succeed in their ServiceNow journey. In this episode, Tej talks about: His background and current role leading Fujitsu's ServiceNow practice, Fujitsu’s investment in R&D including supercomputers and AI, Assisting customers in ITSM, ITOM and broader enterprise transformations, How the ServiceNow platform has evolved, His advice for leveraging ServiceNow within your business, Guidance for ServiceNow Consultants in their career journeys

Today's guest is Brian Hart, Chief Technology Officer at Covera Health. Founded in 2017, Covera Health is leading the way in the emerging science of quality, deploying AI-powered quality insights to aid healthcare providers and payers in a shared quest to better define, measure and deliver the highest standard of care to patients everywhere. From helping people access the most effective care to providing doctors with powerful tools and insights, they are working to improve outcomes and care quality for all. Brian brings over 20 years of experience leading digital transformation at health technology organizations. Prior to Covera Health, he worked with IBM Watson Health where he oversaw and delivered on strategic imperatives, early innovation, incubation projects and the open source. He also led the AI portfolio focused on high impact disease and cancer detection, quality tools and contextual summarization. Brian has a broad range of experience directly responsible for point of care solutions, radiology information system and revenue cycle management. In today's episode, Brian discusses: His background in HealthTech and journey to Covera Health, His role as the CTO at Covera Health, Addressing radiology inconsistencies with AI for quality improvements, An insight into the day-to-day life of the team, Plans for Platform investment, AI 2.0 transition & LLMs, Career opportunities with Covera Health, What makes Covera Health a great place to work

Today's guest is Florian Wallrodt, Senior Consultant and Product Line Lead ITSM at agineo GmbH in Germany. Specializing in Enterprise Service Management (ESM) solutions, agineo collaborates with clients on innovative projects aimed at enhancing the company's success. With over 30 years of experience, agineo has been digitally transforming and optimizing clients' business processes to be agile and forward-thinking. As an esteemed ServiceNow partner, agineo relies on established platforms like ServiceNow cloud technology to streamline processes and simplify intricate workflows for their service projects. This approach ensures the swift and efficient success of projects. It is through this proven methodology that agineo has solidified its position as the largest ServiceNow Elite Partner in the German-speaking region. In this episode, Florian talks about: agineo’s expertise in ServiceNow project management and ITSM, How ITSM standardizes processes & resolves past tool customizations for efficiency, Transitioning from legacy tools to ServiceNow efficiency, How ServiceNow improves ticket visibility and boosts efficiency, Unifying data, enhancing management insights & retaining future talent, The future of ITSM including optimization and Generative AI

Today's guest is Anthony Macaluso, Founder and CEO at The Verse in New York. Founded in 2023, The Verse is an immersive Web3 experience that enables users to connect, build communities and monetize on their own terms. Their purpose at The Verse is to enhance the social networking experience by using a community-based approach by interacting with other members or influencers. Members' experience will encompass digital, creative and commerce services on one collective platform served by web3 and blockchain technology. Using powerful generative and fundamental AI tools, you can amplify your brand by publishing existing Web2 content in your own secure, decentralized network to ignite your business. You can engage, interact and conduct business within your own Verse community where members and influencers personally invest in a shared growth. You can also protect your data by exploring and scaling your business across The Verse with peace of mind that your data remains secure on Ethereum blockchain using Z-SNARK and other cryptographic proofs. In today's episode, Anthony discusses: His journey to creating positive social networking experiences, How The Verse are creating authentic social networking for users, The role of positive relationships, an immersive platform and their authentic community, Community-driven direction, member comfort & networking hub consolidation, A customizable digital billboard that creates personalized landscapes, Building a strong AI team and plans for further growth

Today's guest is Gordon Hazzard, GRC Practice Lead at Wholepoint Systems. Founded in 2014, Wholepoint Systems, a ServiceNow premier partner, is new type of value added reseller to the tech industry.  They are passionate about assisting customers in identifying the best new technologies for their environments and sticking with their customers throughout the entire life cycle of their investments.  ​This means not just selling customers technology, but providing long term solutions to assist their customers in staying ahead of the rapidly changing tech landscape. Gordon brings nearly a decade of extensive experience in the consulting and implementation space, specializing in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions. With a track record of delivering tailored GRC solutions that not only meet but exceed client expectations, Gordon is forming an elite ServiceNow implementation team built on the dual pillars of domain expertise and technical mastery. It is their goal is to empower clients with scalable, sustainable and intuitive solutions that optimize business processes, increase transparency and reduce costs. In this episode, Gordon talks about: His journey from GRC consulting to ServiceNow Practice Lead, Wholepoint Systems’ diverse ServiceNow solutions, Guiding federal agencies in ServiceNow CAM, GRC and support, How ServiceNow centralizes processes, integrates CMDB & automates for efficiency, Investing in AI to enhance GRC automation for efficiency, Hiring and growing exciting talent, and the company culture, Being a premier ServiceNow partner with holistic, client-centric solutions

Today's guest is Mike Brooks, Director of Product Management at Gather AI. Founded in 2017, Gather AI are on a mission to bring the power of data analytics to the physical world. The company's autonomous drones employ state-of-the-art Machine Learning technology to help operations take flight. Cutting-edge warehouses use Gather AI’s drone-powered inventory monitoring to decrease the cost of inventory accuracy, improve productivity and boost revenue. Mike is a driven, talented and ambitious leader with a strong technical background and experience running product. He is a strong communicator who is comfortable working across multiple disciplines, along with possessing a deep technical understanding with years of hands-on experience as a software engineer. As a motivated, enthusiastic and fast-learning teammate, Mike is always looking to expand his responsibilities and take on new challenges to learn and make an impact. In today's episode, Mike chats about: His background and journey to now, How Gather AI are revolutionizing inventory management, His day-to-day role as Director of Product Management, An insight into the autonomy and ML engineering team, What the near future looks like for Gather AI, Career opportunities with Gather AI

Today's guest is Alex Beachy, Senior Director, ServiceNow platform at ICF in Reston, Virginia. Founded in 1969, ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider that combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change and shape the future. Through deep domain expertise and cutting-edge digital services, ICF are helping clients contribute to a healthier planet, create more resilient and equitable communities, support economic development and growth, and more. Alex has decades of professional leadership experience in a diverse realm of IT strategy, acquisitions, operations, contracts, maintenance, logistics and sales. He joined ICF in May 2023 where he is currently leading their ServiceNow practice of more than 500 ServiceNow practitioners. His responsibilities are to ensure that ICF’s ServiceNow delivery is of the highest quality, that customer value for their ServiceNow investments is maximized, and that the ICF-ServiceNow partnership is the one to be emulated. In this episode, Alex talks about: His journey from the marine to a leader in ServiceNow, A Mission-focused consultancy merging tech for impactful solutions, How success hinges on aligned partnerships with clients, partners and ServiceNow, Three pillars of the business: platform innovation, service delivery and governance, Plans for elevating talent, ServiceNow offerings and specialized content packs, What makes ICF a great place to work