The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Roman Sandler, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at iCardio.ai. Founded in 2019, iCardio.ai develops AI for the interpretation of Ultrasound imaging, with a focus on echocardiograms. Leveraging a proprietary dataset of over 200 million annotated Ultrasound images, comprising possibly the largest privately-owned Ultrasound database in the world, the company's mission ushers in the most cutting-edge innovation in the realm of deep medicine. iCardio.ai serves several leading Ultrasound software and hardware companies in the research and development of AI algorithms. Their establishment coincides with the recent explosive use of hand-held portable Ultrasound across all areas of healthcare to provide real-time interpretation of images either on-device or through the cloud. By setting the standard for deep learning within medical imaging and expanding its potential applications, iCardio.ai is bringing AI to Ultrasound. In today's episode, Roman talks about: His background and journey to now, iCardio’s mission to improve heart disease diagnosis and treatment, How they are applying AI and Deep Learning day-to-day, Undergoing the FDA approval process, Conducting clinical trials and the response from doctors, What the near future looks like for iCardio, Career opportunities and why work with iCardio

Today's guest is Holly Snyder, Director of Consulting at The Anti. Founded in 2017, The Anti realized traditional HR technology consulting desperately needed an overhaul. The company grew a team with expertise in real world HR process design and technology implementation, they aggregated and refined the best practices they had already proven elsewhere, they rejected traditional friction points and they changed consulting culture for the better.  Born from a genuine desire to do better, The Anti deliver measurable value for talent leaders in less time. As the only elite ServiceNow Partner committed to the employee experience workflow products, The Anti enable the current goals and transformational talent visions for many of the world’s most attractive brands. Their unique expertise in the HR Technology industry helps their customers mitigate risk, speed delivery, save valuable resources and anticipate what employees want next as they design employee experiences using ServiceNow. In this episode, Holly talks about: How she got into the world of ServiceNow, Her day-to-day work within HRSD at The Anti, Helping customers maximise their ServiceNow functionalities, Overcoming challenges in the onboarding experience, Helping customers in employee document management, The benefits of working with a ServiceNow partner

Today's guest is Derrick Stuckey, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Precedent. Founded in 2022, Precedent uses technology and data solutions to streamline attorney-handled claims. Transparency, standardization and automation is significantly lacking in the current process and Precedent's goal is to reduce administrative tasks, eliminate endless back and forth, and minimize stalemates. This saves insurance carriers and law firms money while reducing errors and helps both parties work more efficiently, ensuring fair and reasonable settlement outcomes. Derrick is an experienced data scientist with over 10 years of technical experience in a variety of development and information processing environments. He has a rigorous academic background in statistics, machine learning and optimization techniques, as well as communications skills honed in multiple roles providing analytical support to senior decision makers. Derrick is passionate about using data to drive better decisions. In today's episode, Derrick will discuss: His background and current work with Precedent, Applying NLP to solve problems within the legal sector, Day-to-day life of the engineering team, The success they have enjoyed so far, What the near future looks like for Precedent, Career opportunities with Precedent, What makes Precent a great place to work

Today's guests are Theonie Anastassiadis, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer & Stephen Eichhorn, Principal Scientist at Alltrna. Founded in 2018, Alltrna is the world’s first tRNA platform company to decipher tRNA biology and pioneer tRNA therapeutics to treat thousands of diseases. The company has an unprecedented opportunity to advance a single tRNA medicine to restore disrupted protein production, regardless of target, for thousands of diseases with the same underlying genetic mutation. Alltrna have successfully applied machine learning to reveal the unique language of tRNA biology. This language is larger than the number of atoms in the universe and turns powerful biology into programmable medicines. Their first-in-field platform integrates learnings across tRNA biology and the modality space to unlock tRNA’s full therapeutic potential and design tRNA oligos with desired therapeutic properties. In today's episode, Theonie and Stephen talk about: Their background and journey to now, An overview of Flagship Pioneering, How Alltrna are harnessing tRNA biology for therapeutic medicines, Examples of how their work will improve treatment for patients, The role of AI and Data Science in their platform, What the near future holds for Alltrna, An insight into the team and working culture, What makes Alltrna a great place to work

Today's guest is Derek Nohr, Director of ServiceNow at Avalara. Founded in 2004, Avalara aspire to be part of every transaction in the world. With their tax compliance software solutions, your business can automate manual processes and reduce errors, while increasing compliance and saving time and money. Businesses of all sizes use Avalara to help with tasks throughout the tax compliance process, including registration and licensing, calculation, document management, reporting and e-invoicing. In this episode, Derek will discuss: His role & how he got into the world of ServiceNow, Prioritizing automation, employee experience and ServiceNow updates, Using the platform for workflow solutions and advanced AI adoption at Avalara, How ServiceNow enhanced their processes, efficiency and automation, His advice to focus on maintenance and smart customization in ServiceNow, Building a winning ServiceNow team on a foundation of trust, The potential of AI on the ServiceNow platform, His advice to work hard with talent and prioritize company culture

Today's guest is Jason Park, CEO at Empress Therapeutics. Founded by Flagship Pioneering in 2020, Empress makes the discovery of effective, easy-to-take, value-driven medicines more productive with a platform that finds starting points for drugs inside the human body. The company built a proprietary product platform called Chemilogics to canvass the untapped universe within the human body of chemistry encoded in DNA and pioneer a new paradigm in small molecule drug discovery with tremendous potential value to patients and society. Empress ask big questions in pursuit of novel solutions. They operate at the intersection of the latest advances in genomics, synthetic biology and AI/ML with the expectation that these disciplines, harnessed by their ingenuity, hold the answers to finding effective medicines at a fraction of time and cost. The implications of the team's work will be profound and the journey to get there will be exhilarating. Together, Empress are using the chemistry inside each of their employees to make medicines for all of us. In today's episode, Jason talks about: His background and overview of Empress Therapeutics An insight into Flasgship Pioneering, The impact of small molecule research in future therapeutics, How AI decodes DNA for compound predictions, How the platform created 15 drug leads in 12 months, Key team members behind their success, Their focus on swift drug lead generation from genetic data, Why to consider a career with Empress Therapeutics

Today's guest is Victor Chen, Principal Product Manager – Conversational and Generative AI at ServiceNow. Based in San Francisco, Victor is experienced in product, customer success and technical marketing in cloud enterprise software, chatbot and mobile platforms. He has shipped highly adopted features, released and managed mobile apps, and created technical content and videos used by thousands of developers, partners and customers. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, running and playing the piano. In this episode, Victor will discuss: An overview of his current work with ServiceNow, ServiceNow’s AI history, acquisitions and customer focus, How Customer needs drove AI solutions for productivity, His Generative AI solution in the Vancouver release, Implementing "text to report" for simplified custom report generation, Integrating AI into existing products for enhanced problem-solving, Customer trust, transparency and feedback-driven improvement focus, Code assist and Generative AI enhancing the developer experience.

Today's guest is Russ Sacks, Co-Founder & EVP of Data Science and Special Projects at Kythera Labs. Founded in 2019, Kythera Labs' data scientists, engineers, statisticians and domain experts are dedicated to building solutions that efficiently collect, organize, standardize, improve and transform data. The company are empowering the Healthcare and Life Sciences industries to uncover insights that lead to better patient outcomes. Russ leads the Data Science and Operations Research team at Kythera Labs. He has over 20 years of experience in operations research, process excellence, data science, and software development. He has implemented data science models and predictive analytics to manage diseases, utilization and revenue cycles at numerous healthcare organizations. Russ is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. In today's episode, Russ talks about: An overview of Kythera Labs, Challenges in working with Healthcare data, Problems the Data Science team are solving in this space, What the near future looks like for Kythera Labs, Why Kythera Labs is a great place to work

Today's guest is Aaron Rzepka, Senior Director of IT Service Delivery at the NFL. The National Football League is America's most popular sports league, comprised of 32 franchises that compete to win the Super Bowl, the world's biggest annual sporting event. Founded in 1920, the NFL developed the model for the successful modern sports league, including national and international distribution, extensive revenue sharing, competitive excellence and strong franchises across the board. Celebrating 10 years with the NFL this month, Aaron is a hard-working management professional with outstanding experience within the field of Information Technology, skilled at offering workable solutions to challenging problems, creating the possibility for successful projects and leading by example. He holds a unique combination of strong technical, interpersonal and management skills; as well as expertise in building teams and managing projects. In this episode, Aaron will discuss: The role of ServiceNow in the NFL,  An overview of his day-to-day role,  The planning and preparation in using ServiceNow for the Super Bowl, Examples of how they are automating previous manual tasks,  The goal of cost-savings, saving time and becoming more efficient, Why he’s excited for future ServiceNow mobile capabilities 

Today's guest is Tom Watson, President and CEO, Founder at AMI in Seattle, WA. Founded in 2003, AMI is a team of curious, brave, honest, hardworking people who make rock star ninja warrior heroes of asset managers. AssetTrack has led the industry as the most innovative hardware asset management product since they started the company nearly 20 years ago. What started as a simple scanning solution has grown into a management system that addresses every aspect of hardware asset management. An experienced ITAM expert, Tom's aim was to help companies accurately track their IT hardware in real-time, all the time. Tom and his team developed AssetTrack software and made sure it worked better than anything else available. It was his goal was to create software that’s easy to use in the field, adaptable to the needs of a global enterprise and delivers accurate data that can be trusted. Expert consulting delivered with care is why companies like United Airlines, Nike, Lockheed Martin, Kaiser Permanente trust AMI as their asset management partner. In this episode, Tom talks about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow, Balancing complex asset tracking with technician efficiency, Executive focus in Hardware assets, transactions and data trust, How they re-platformed into ServiceNow for better integration & data security, The future of Hardware asset management