The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Joshua Shubert, Director of Engineering at Avenda Health in California. Founded in 2017, Avenda Health is creating a more personalized future of prostate cancer care. The company have built a platform that uses deep learning to map a patient's cancer in 3D, giving physicians never before available 3D visualization and precise information enabling more confident care plan decisions. Avenda Health aims to improve outcomes, preserve quality of life and create a new standard of cancer care. Joshua joined Avenda Health as their first Software Engineer in 2018 and is currently managing a team of skilled software engineers and scientists to bring their breakthrough cancer treatment to market. Joshua holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and has gained industry experience in cloud-based medical software, as well as developing a strong background in deep learning, medical imaging and robotics. In the episode, Joshua will discuss: The interesting work they do at Avenda Health,  Applying AI to solve problems in prostate cancer treatment,  Results they have seen so far for users of their platform,  The journey of the AI & Engineering team bringing the product to production, Goals for the near future including further adoption of the platform,  Plans for growth & why Avenda Health is a great place to work

Today's guest is Tommy LaMonte, Principal Consultant at Thirdera. Founded in 2021, Thirdera helps organizations adopt better patterns of work and get more from ServiceNow. Thirdera is a new type of ServiceNow partner – one that blends the scale and depth of experience that massive multi-national consultancies offer with the responsiveness, agility, and relationship focus of boutique providers. The Thirdera team unlocks enterprise potential to elevate experiences across the world of work. As a Principal Consultant in the Security and Risk practice at Thirdera, Tommy acts as both a presales solutions consultant and implementation Solution Architect. He works with customers to guide them through the process of implementing ServiceNow applications from acting pre-sales through go-live, ensuring customers achieve maximum value and efficiency from their implementations. Tommy has an in-depth experience in many areas of the ServiceNow platform running both the process and technical sides of projects. In this episode, Tommy discusses: His role and responsibilities at Thirdera, How to build a robust value-added roadmap, Challenges/security issues that they help customers overcome, Use cases of the benefits that they have brought to customers, The future of the ServiceNow platform

Today's guest is Gissele Gajate Garrido, Director of Data Science at EY in Virginia. Gissele has a PhD in Economics and over 18 years of experience designing, leading and implementing creative analytic solutions. She has focused her work on applied behavioral analysis that ranges from impact evaluation in developing countries, consumer behavior in the CPG Industry and People Analytics. Gissele believes using behavioral economics to inform Machine Learning models is key to successful analytics in the future.  Currently, Gissele leads the Advanced Analytics and Forecasting Lab at EY, which provides a diverse set of analytic tools to leadership in order to facilitate strategic decision making. She has a passion to deliver high-impact actionable results and advance strategic decisions that drive profitable growth by producing insight-based recommendations. She is also a dedicated mentor that displays an empathetic and energetic leadership style by promoting collaboration and creating an environment of trust that allows a diverse team to feel comfortable, valued and supported. In the episode, Gissele tells us about: Moving from economics into data science, What attracted her to join EY , Her role and responsibilities in the Advanced Analytics & Forecasting Lab,  The day-to-day work of the team, Her passion for mentoring and leadership,  What the near future looks like, and Working culture & opportunities to join the team

Today's guest is Laurens Kruidenier, Chief Scientific Officer at Cellarity, a Flagship Pioneering company. Launched in 2019, Cellarity are fundamentally redesigning the way drugs are created. Unlike conventional drug discovery, which attempts to reduce disease to single causal targets, Cellarity’s approach leverages a deep understanding of disease biology. The company's approach is a more robust path for drug creation because they target the whole cell—the complex, networked living system that is the ultimate integrator of human biology. The Cellarity platform provides critical insights into cellular dysfunction and reveals new biology that they can use to treat disease. This vantage point opens treatment avenues in countless diseases, including many that have been overlooked or have been too complex to resolve with traditional approaches. With programs in hematology, immuno-oncology and metabolism, Cellarity are pioneering a new generation of medicines. In the episode, Laurens will talk about: Interesting roles he’s held over the years, The mission they are working on at Cellarity,  How they use AI and computational methods in drug discovery,  How the team is structured for success,  What excites him for the near future, and Why to consider a career with Cellarity

Today's guest is Ryan Smith, Global Director ServiceNow and Strategic Partnerships & Gene Eun, Director of Product Marketing at OwnBackup. Founded in 2015, OwnBackup is a leading SaaS data protection platform for some of the largest SaaS ecosystems in the world, including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and ServiceNow. Through capabilities like data security, backup and recovery, archiving, and sandbox seeding, they empower organizations worldwide to manage and protect the mission-critical data that drives their business. Ryan is experienced in building relationships and evangelizing emerging brands and technologies. Respected for his vision, integrity and excellence, he has been successful in starting, marketing, and building diverse businesses and Go-to-market plans. Gene is a dynamic product strategist with almost 20 years in enterprise software product management and marketing. He is a great leader, storyteller, communicator, writer and team player with a proven track record of successfully developing, launching, and marketing enterprise software solutions. In this episode, Ryan and Gene discuss: How they came to join OwnBackup, OwnBackup’s Shared Responsibility model, Examples of the problems they are solving for customers, Industries that benefit most from their data back-up and recovery solution, The importance of company culture, Ryan’s advice for following your passion 

Today's guest is Chad Webb, Chief Technology Officer at Rhaeos. Founded in 2018, Rhaeos is a clinical stage medical device company developing FlowSense, a patent protected platform technology and a noninvasive wireless, wearable skin patch that can assess and monitor fluid flow subdermally throughout the body. The company is initially targeting hydrocephalus, a life threatening condition caused by an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Implantable shunts, the gold standard treatment, often fail, leading to multiple trips to the emergency room and repeat surgeries. There is no technology available today that can easily assess CSF flow in shunts wirelessly, bedside, and without capital equipment until now. Chad began his technical career 16 years ago doing electronic test fixture design for a small tech start-up. Since then, he has held R&D positions in academia, government labs, startups, and Fortune100 companies. Most recently, he spent six years building global technology R&D programs in highly regulated industries at 3M, with roles in driving new technologies from lab concept to commercialization, new program development, trial execution, R&D strategy, intellectual property strategy and licensing, and acquisitions. He has >30 patents and patent applications, and 20 peer-reviewed papers, many of which form the foundation of wearable flow sensing technology. In the episode, Chad will talk about: The work Rhaeos are doing within Healthcare, The technology and data that brings the product to life, Day-to-day life of the tech team, What the near future holds for Rhaeos, Why Rhaeos is a great place to work

Today's guest is Jonah Leshin, Head of Privacy Research at Datavant. Founded in 2017, Datavant is the leader in helping organizations securely connect health data. They power the compliant exchange of both de-identified and identified health data, eliminating data silos, protecting patient privacy, and accelerating healthcare innovation, research and improved patient outcomes. From linking clinical trial data to real-world data to medical record retrieval for payers and disease registries, hundreds of organizations across the industry trust Datavant to solve their connectivity needs. Through their ecosystem of health data partners (the largest in the U.S.), organizations can find and connect their patient-level data to over 500 sources of real-world data. In the episode, Jonah will talk about: Datavant’s mission to connect the world’s healthcare data, The Privacy Hub and his role within the company, How the wider data team is structured for success, Upcoming trends & how Data Privacy will continue to evolve, What the future holds for Datavant & What makes Datavant a great place to work

Today's guest is John Barber, Founder at Streamliner Consulting. After working 12 years in large corporations such as Expedia and ServiceNow, John decided to use his skills and knowledge to help small to medium sized businesses. John recognized in 2016 that many small and medium sized businesses don't have the regular business analysis resources to regularly evaluate and improve their processes, procedures and supporting tools. Because of this, they often suffer from lost productivity and profit potential that they sometimes don't even realize. By adapting and expanding the IT Service Management best practices, known to help enterprise level  corporations be more efficient, effective and profitable at delivering their services, to the small to medium sized businesses, Streamliner Consulting is dedicated to maximizing their clients business potential, while balancing the cost of improvements. Their goal is to help small and medium sized businesses have enterprise level business process analysis and continual service improvement to maximize their success.  In this episode, John will discuss: His work as an architect and deciding to go out on his own, Deciding which clients are the best fit & the value he brings, The importance of building relationships, Understanding customer needs & managing their expectations, How effective a good dashboard is to drive through deliverables, and His advice for companies when deciding to implement ServiceNow

Today's guest is John Bourbeau, Vice President of IT Support Services at Beth Israel Lahey Health. Beth Israel Lahey Health is a healthcare system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, speciality and community hospitals, more than 4,800 physicians and 36,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. They are helping their patients and their families, their communities and healthcare as a whole be healthier. John is a proven thought leader with a focus on building customer-focused teams delivering world-class support and associate productivity. A specialist with organizational transformation and evolving teams, John also delivers impressive Corporate IT Support Operations Management process improvement as a highly innovative, multi-skilled and outstanding problem solver and relationship builder. He consistently directs successful Global Enterprise Client Support departments, program operations, and organizational transformations as a dedicated, compassionate and motivated contributor. In this episode, John will discuss: His background and current role with Beth Israel Lahey Health  Macro trends in the Healthcare sector such as AI and automation,  Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice in the healthcare industry,  Examples of how ServiceNow has impacted their business, His advice for finding the right ServiceNow partner,  Building and maintaining a winning team,  Where he sees the future of the platform, and Advice to younger people coming into the ServiceNow ecosystem 

Today's guest is Steve Labkoff, Global Head, Clinical and Healthcare Informatics at Quantori. Quantori develops cutting-edge technology systems, applications, and infrastructures for biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies that accelerate drug discovery and improve patient outcomes. Their innovative approach harnesses the power of data engineering and informatics, machine learning, emerging technologies and cloud expertise to advance research and development and ultimately bridge the gap between meaningful data and patient success. Steve is one of the leading clinician-informaticians in the US today with nearly 30 years of experience in the life sciences and healthcare sector. His current role with Quantori involves assisting life science clients to develop and implement innovative informatics solutions throughout the entire drug development lifecycle. In addition, he is working with foundations and not-for-profit groups in helping with data acquisition, management and analytics to assist these organizations meet their long-term goals. In the episode, Steve will discuss: Quantori’s focus in bioinformatics consulting, Examples of how they apply AI & ML across the organization, The current make-up of the team, Their work in registry science, What the near future looks like for Quantori, What he looks for when hiring into the team