The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Gregg Aldana, Global Area VP, Creator Workflows Specialist Solution Consulting at ServiceNow. With 20 years of Innovation and Digital Transformation Experience, Gregg is a passionate and seasoned technology solution consulting leader, GTM strategy innovator and business leader. He possesses a rare blend of in-depth technical knowledge with exceptional communication skills, entrepreneurial spirit, contagious energy and visionary thought leadership. Gregg leads ServiceNow's Global Low-Code Creator Workflows App Engine pre-sales solution consulting business. He is responsible for leading Executive Customer Interactions and Briefings Partners with Sales, Business Units Inbound/Outbound and Marketing on Product Strategy and Pricing/Packaging Input. Gregg supports effective growth and GTM strategies for cross-workflow and cross-product/industry plays and leads collaborations driving ServiceNow's Low Code App Engine Development Platform business. In this episode, Gregg will discuss: Leading pre-sale solutions for ServiceNow's Creator Workflows, Engaging leaders, sharing insights and guiding strategic decisions, How Hyperautomation is driving digital transformation in various industries, Digitizing workflows, automating tasks and optimizing routine processes, Offering consumer-like enterprise experiences to simplify complex workflows, Maximizing efficiency, productivity and task automation impact with ServiceNow, How AI evolves job roles and ServiceNow ensures ethical data use

Today's guest is Richard Motteram, Head of Delivery Northern Europe – ServiceNow practice at Eviden. Eviden designs the scope composed of Atos’ digital, cloud, big data and security business lines. As a next generation digital business with worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced computing and security, they bring deep expertise for all industries in more than 53 countries. Eviden expands the possibilities of technologies for enterprises and public authorities, helping them to build their digital future. Based in London, Richard is a fully certified professional with over 14 years of experience in ITSM and over 12 years of experience working in ServiceNow. He has been involved in every kind of ServiceNow implementation from small companies to multi-national enterprises, including leading financial, healthcare, insurance, public sector and pharmaceutical institutions. He previously worked as an Associate Developer at ServiceNow where he was involved in troubleshooting, codebase development, customer support and implementation of the platform. In this episode, Richard talks about: His background and overview of Eviden, Eviden’s diverse industry implementation, ElevateNow, the SAP-ServiceNow collaboration for ERP modernization and innovation, How GenAI will help address challenges on the ServiceNow platform, What makes Eviden stand out in the marketplace, How ServiceNow will continue to transform enterprise workflows

Today's guest is Eddie Qureshi, Founder and CEO at Valorant Health. Founded in 2018, Valorant Health developed a next-generation virtual care platform to improve quality of care and access for veterans, service members, rural communities and their families. Over 67 Million Americans are in underserved areas across the country and Valorant Health intends to bring next-generation virtual care to all of them. The team continues to build virtual care tools and expand services to all people who are looking to more easily and affordably access healthcare. Eddie has over six years of experience in business development and operations in healthcare, synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology. He is passionate about bringing new and innovative technologies to the market that can impact and change the world. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree for 2023 in social impact, Eddie works with a strong and dedicated team at Valorant Health to democratize healthcare and improve health outcomes. In today's episode, Eddie will discuss: His background and journey to founding Valorant Health, The journey of building the company from the ground-up, Examples of the benefits they have brought to the Healthcare sector, An insight into the AI & Data team, What’s in store for Valorant Health in the near future, What he looks for when hiring into the team

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.