The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Jon Gustafson, Director of Artificial Intelligence at Woolpert. Founded in 1911, Woolpert are committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting firm, and one of the best companies in the world.  Woolpert’s in-house fusion of AEG services creates innovative and robust solutions for their clients’ complex challenges. Woolpert collaborate with industry giants and local firms to enhance their expertise and create the best team for every project—no matter the size or complexity.  Jon primarily leads a center of excellence dedicated to scaling and enabling industrial-grade AI systems across business sectors and geographies. These efforts strive to enrich Woolpert's industry leadership, culture of innovation and high-performing ethos. He is also a strategic technology advisor to Woolpert's Infrastructure Sector, helping their civil engineers, inspectors, geospatial professionals and technologists capitalize on opportunities for growth, improve their operational efficiency, and reduce costs by implementing new and emerging technologies. In the episode, Jon will talk about: The interesting work they do at Woolpert, His role and responsibilities as Director of AI, Interesting projects his team work on in the geospatial space, Project roadmap for the next 12-18 months, How AI will continue to evolve at the company, and Team culture & plans for growing the team

Today's guests are Vinidhra Mani, Head of Platform and Erica Weinstein, Head of Research at ProFound Therapeutics. Founded in 2020, ProFound Therapeutics is pioneering the discovery of a vastly expanded human proteome and using its newfound insights to unlock a universe of potential new medicines. The company’s ProFoundry Platform uses state-of-the-art protein detection technologies to systematically identify and validate proteins and dissect their therapeutic potential. The result is an ever-expanding database of tens of thousands of novel proteins, including their connectivity, functionality, and roles in health and disease. In the episode, Vinidhra and Erica will talk about: An overview of their work at Flagship Pioneering, Origins of ProFound Therapeutics, The potential impact of their research in drug discovery & clinical trials, How they are applying AI and Data Science in their day-to-day work, What the near future holds for ProFound Therapeutics

Today's guest is Ivy Ryerson, Principal Strategist - U.S. Federal Inspire Value at ServiceNow. Ivy has over 15 years of experience working with federal and commercial organizations to develop and execute digital transformation and business strategy initiatives that are aligned with policy, business priorities, and risk management programs. In her current role, Ivy is responsible to engage with executives to define and manage bespoke industry-aligned digital transformation advisory engagements at select key customers. Ivy leads discovery workshops with customer leadership and their teams to understand key business objectives, challenges, desired outcomes, and future state of service delivery modernization. She also communicates strategic alignment, presents multi-year roadmaps, and documents the full business case to justify action and investment. Ivy also provides full lifecycle business outcomes and offers value realization advisory to senior leadership. In this episode, Ivy will discuss: Her background and journey into the world of ServiceNow, Helping federal agencies improve services and efficiency through Digital Transformation, Understanding the problems they’re solving for customers, Case study of simplifying tools and processes for call center agents, Providing a single platform for seamless access to information, and Utilizing ServiceNow to positively impact people’s lives

Today's guest is Jens Strandbygaard, Senior Director of Product Management at ServiceNow. Based in Denmark, Jens has more than 25 years international experience as senior executive or founder helping enterprises digitally transform by leveraging cutting edge technologies. He has built and maintained a global network of business partners ranging from software vendors to systems integrators and consulting companies to cloud providers, mainly solving for SAP technology challenges for his partners and customers. In 2021, Jens managed the sale of Gekkobrain to ServiceNow and he is part of the Creator Workflow Business Unit, helping SAP customers modernize and optimize their SAP environments by utilizing ServiceNow's digital workflow platform to build low-code apps. On the personal side, Jens is passionate about technology and people, and thrives in a multinational and multi-cultural environment, meeting and dealing with different nationalities and cultures to mutually solve customers problems and make their IT systems run more efficiently. In this episode, Jens talks about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow,  The scale and complexity of working with SAP,   Examples of the problems they are solving for customers,  How ServiceNow can help modernize SAP systems, Where he sees the platform evolving in the near future

Today's guest is Kevin Brodie, Director of Machine Learning at Orbital Sidekick. Founded in 2016, Orbital Sidekick is the premier persistent monitoring service helping commercial and government organizations meet their sustainable operations, ESG and security goals. The company's satellite constellation supplies fast, efficient hyperspectral intelligence from anywhere on the planet. They imagine a world where the planet's most pressing operational, environmental and safety problems are solvable. In his role as Director of Machine Learning, Kevin manages a team of Machine Learning scientists to develop technical roadmaps, build models, design ML infrastructure, analyze systems for hardware and software requirements development, and plan ML experimentation. Kevin's goal is to use math, physics, and code to develop new technologies that benefit the world. He enjoys solving problems in natural sciences, remote sensing, biological signal processing and climate change. In the episode, Kevin will talk about: The mission they are working on at Orbital Sidekick, How they are using Data Science and ML, The day-to-day life within the team, Overcoming challenges of bringing the models into production, The roadmap and upcoming projects, Why Orbital Sidekick is a great place to work.

Today's guest is Nikolaus Obholzer, Director of Computational Biology at Kronos Bio. Founded in 2017, Kronos Bio are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of therapeutics that target the dysregulated transcription that causes cancer and other serious diseases. Their team finds meaning in making purposeful connections as the company seeks to bring forward groundbreaking therapies for patients who need them. Nikolaus is an experienced technical manager, thought leader and problem solver who likes to put scientific data to work and communicates the results to drive decisions. He is also a Computational Biologist with more than 15 years of drug discovery and biomedical research experience in vitro, in vivo and in silico. Nikolaus' experience spans across academia, consulting, biotech and pharma. In the episode, Nikolaus will talk about: The interesting work Kronos Bio are doing in the Biotech space, How they are utilizing Machine Learning, His responsibilities and how the team has evolved, What the near future looks like for Kronos Bio, Why Kronos Bio is a great place to work

Today's guest is Ben Person, CEO and Co-Founder at Tenon in Indianapolis, IN. Founded in 2022, Tenon are driven by a singular objective: to transform how enterprise marketers work. The company's dedicated mission is to elevate marketing across the organization, giving them the tools to collaborate across departments to drive visibility, support, and be able to execute and prove the value of their services. Crafted by marketers for marketers, Tenon approach solving this problem with creative energy and empathy that matches a marketer’s passion for creativity and results. Built on ServiceNow, their solution leverages the built-in security, compliance and trust expected at the enterprise level, and provides a unified solution allowing marketing teams to plan, execute and measure the performance of campaigns like never before. In this episode, Ben will discuss: The origins and scaling of Tenon, His approach as an entrepreneur to building Tenon, What makes Tenon stand out and milestones so far, Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, Current projects the team are working on, Tenon’s goals and making an impact on the world

Today's guest is Raghu Dhara, Director of Data Science at Motive in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2013, Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The company serve more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including construction, field service, agriculture, trucking and logistics, delivery, and more. Motive are committed to building a company that creates products customers love and fostering a culture that enables people to do their best work. Raghu joined Motive in 2019 and is currently the Director of the Data Science team, which launched the company's first wave of data-driven products including a driver safety score, a rewards card for fleet expenses, a fuel efficiency score, and a freight load board. In the episode, Raghu will talk about: The work Motive are doing in trucking and logistics, Day-to-day life of the data science team, What they look for when hiring into the team, Why they focus heavily on data infrastructure

Today's guest is David Sutton, Director of Innovation at Featurespace. Founded in 2008, Featurespace is dedicated to making the world a safer place for their clients and their customers. With the support of their customers, Freaturespace have developed market-leading solutions to fight enterprise fraud and financial crime using real-time Machine Learning. They invented Adaptive Behavioral Analytics, Automated Deep Behavioral Networks and ARIC Risk Hub, the most powerful and open technology to combat fraud and financial crime. Featurespace's technology and results are recognized as the best worldwide for fighting enterprise fraud and financial crime. Their achievements are due to their collaborative approach and ability to attract and retain the best customers, talent and investors.  It’s a rare achievement to bring a new technology to market, to achieve financial success and most importantly of all, to make customers proud to be using technology developed to outsmart the perpetrators of real-time enterprise fraud and financial crime. In the episode, David will discuss: Featurespace’s work in combating financial crime, How his role has evolved over the past eight years, An insight into their work in deep behavioral networks, Their focus in working on privacy enhancing technologies, Upcoming projects in Generative AI and data portability, What makes Featurespace a great place to work

Today's guest is Kali Alexander, ServiceNow Customer Advocate at GlideFast Consulting. Founded in 2015, GlideFast Consulting is an Elite ServiceNow Partner that specializes in delivering exceptional solutions on the ServiceNow platform. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company pride themselves on offering industry-leading services, unparalleled expertise and a track record of positive customer reviews. Kali is a Certified ServiceNow System Administrator aimed at helping enterprises and organizations leverage IT automated processes to run at peak performance in order to stimulate growth, while saving time and resources. A curious autodidact keen on creating a technical solution-based flow state, she thrives in situations that challenge her to be a resourceful problem solver and collaborator. In this episode, Kali will discuss: How she got into the world of ServiceNow, Her experience at Knowledge 2023, The possibilities of Generative AI with ServiceNow, What she learned from meeting people at Knowledge, The optimism and sharing experiences working with ServiceNow, Where she sees the future of ServiceNow evolving