
The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action
The AI in Action series of The Alldus Podcast breaks down the hype and explores the impact that Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are making on our everyday lives.
Powered by Alldus International, the premium AI Workforce Solutions, our goal is to share with you the insights of technologists and data science enthusiasts to showcase the excellent work that is being done within AI across the world.
Latest episodes

Sep 6, 2023 • 15min
E474 Kevin Brodie, Director of Machine Learning at Orbital Sidekick
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.

Sep 6, 2023 • 19min
ServiceNow Series E120: Jens Strandbygaard, Senior Director of Product Management at ServiceNow
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

Sep 1, 2023 • 22min
E473 Nikolaus Obholzer, Director of Computational Biology at Kronos Bio
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

Aug 30, 2023 • 14min
ServiceNow Series E119: Ben Person, CEO and Co-Founder at Tenon
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

Aug 28, 2023 • 18min
E472 Raghu Dhara, Director of Data Science at Motive
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

Aug 25, 2023 • 19min
E471 David Sutton, Director of Innovation at Featurespace
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

Aug 23, 2023 • 18min
ServiceNow Series E118: Kali Alexander, ServiceNow Customer Advocate at GlideFast Consulting
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

Aug 21, 2023 • 20min
E470 Shawn Sullivan, Co-Founder and CTO at Phase Genomics
Today's guest is Shawn Sullivan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Phase Genomics in Seattle, Washington. Phase Genomics was founded in 2015 by a team of genome scientists, software engineers, and entrepreneurs with the mission of maximizing the impact of genomics on society. With the vast majority of biological information remaining un-explored, the company seek to empower researchers to make breakthrough discoveries using the power of advanced, next-generation genomic tools.
The cornerstone of their approach lies in a technology called proximity ligation, which enables unprecedented improvements in the depth and quality of information generated from DNA sequencing efforts. From the discovery of thousands of new bacteria from microbiome samples to platinum quality genome assemblies, their wet lab and computational tools add a new dimension to genomic information. By continuously developing new genomic methods, Phase Genomics seek to bring transformative change to research, industry and the clinic.
In the episode, Shawn will discuss:
The origins and mission at Phase Genomics,
How they are using ML and 3D Modelling within genomics,
Examples of their applications within the sector,
Company growth and the success of their products to date,
Upcoming projects and plans to further grow his team,
Why Phase Genomics is a great place to work

Aug 18, 2023 • 18min
E469 Jack Loss, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at Improvix Technologies
Today's guest is Jack Loss, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at Improvix Technologies. Founded in 2012, Improvix Technologies is an IT and Services company focused on developing, implementing, and managing innovative solutions that help our customers accomplish their missions. The company's stellar track record highlights their consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers’ expectations and enhance the government’s technology landscape.
Improvix Technologies pride themselves on providing fully-customized solutions based on industry best practices. Whether its rearchitecting a custom application before moving it to the cloud or developing a secure means of communication for overseas travel, Improvix’s elite team of consultants and engineers are eager to provide you with end-to-end executive-level service in pursuit of your organization's mission.
In the episode, Jack will discuss:
New developments they’ve been working on in the Government sector,
How they use Splunk and ServiceNow within data collection & analysis,
Recent problems they have been solving for customers,
Advice to those considering a data analytics career in the federal space,
What the near future holds for Improvix Technologies

Aug 16, 2023 • 16min
ServiceNow Series E117: John deWysocki, Enterprise Management and Automation Leader
Today's guest is John deWysocki, Enterprise Management and Automation Leader. Based in New York, John is an Enterprise Management and Automation expert with broad technical IT leadership experience from startups to multinational firms. He has expertise in supervising geographically disbursed teams, directing large initiatives, projects and people, resolving global issues, and progressing enterprise-wide environments.
John has extensive experience successfully overseeing full project lifecycles from development through production implementation, operation and governance. His areas of focus include ITSM, ITOM, ITAM and ITBM, Enterprise Monitoring and AIOps, CMDB Asset & Configuration Management, IT Workflow Automation, Orchestration, Robotic Process Automation, and Physical and Virtual Service Desk Operations.
In this episode, John will discuss:
His background and experience with ServiceNow,
Why ServiceNow is adding so much value to organizations,
Overcoming challenges during implementations,
Future trends he is seeing within ServiceNow,
How to succeed with a career in ServiceNow