The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Ramesh Durvasula, SVP R&D IT at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly was founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that met real needs in an era of unreliable elixirs peddled by questionable characters. His charge to the generations of employees who have followed was this: "Take what you find here and make it better and better." More than 145 years later, the company remains committed to this vision through every aspect of its business and the people they serve starting with those who take its medicines and extending to healthcare professionals, employees and the communities in which they live. Eli Lilly pursues pharmaceutical innovation, provides high-quality products and strives to deliver superior business results. In the episode, Ramesh will talk about: His role and an overview of the R&D function at Eli Lilly, An insight into how they work with data, tech and analytics,  Their focus on computational science and data modelling, The make-up of the team and how they attract talent, Upcoming project in model-driven drug discovery , and What makes Eli Lilly a great place to work 

Today's guest is Jason Crites, Founder, CEO and Chief Data Officer at Assurance Health Data in Chicago, IL. Founded in 2019, The Assurance Health Data (AHD) platform is a trusted clinical data ecosystem, enabling data sharing at scale amongst researchers, healthcare providers, patients, & diagnostic and life sciences companies to solve the biggest data problems in healthcare together. They are the industry's go-to partner for high quality, difficult-to-find and source Real-World Data. Jason has 20 years’ experience in data analytics and virtualization. He is a commercialization and data visualization expert with competencies in engineering, management and acquisition integration. As an ex-IBM sales executive, he generated a billion in revenue and led the development of the Federated Data Model and the Global Storage Solution. Jason is a citizen scientist, public speaker, and an early advocate of models for large-scale data sharing and analytics. In the episode, Jason will discuss: The motivation for founding Assurance Health Data, The journey of building the company from the ground up, How they use data within the platform, Use cases of the impact they bring to the industry, What the future holds for the healthcare data sector, and Career opportunities with Assurance Health Data

Today's guest is Steven Borgman, Director of Application Strategy and Development, Retail at Brookfield Properties. Founded in 1924, Brookfield Properties develops and operates real estate investments on behalf of Brookfield Asset Management, one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world. From office to retail, logistics to multifamily, and hospitality to development, they work across sectors to bring high-quality, sustainable real estate to life around the globe every day. Steven is an accomplished, results oriented leader with several years of experience in providing technology and business solutions. He has a successful track record of designing, implementing, automating, improving and supporting enterprise software applications, as well as experience with Data Center/Project Management, and System Design & Architecture. Making life easier by streamlining processes is what he strives to do as it frees people up to do more important, meaningful work. In the episode, Steven discusses: His role and current work with Brookfield Properties, Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice, Examples of the value ServiceNow is bringing to the company, Advice to C-Suite execs embarking on their Digital Transformation journey, Building a winning team, The opportunity to step into the development world, and Advice he would offer to his younger self

Today's guest is Ivan Galea, VP, Head of Data Science at Atlassian. Founded in 2002, Atlassian build tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative and aligned. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian's products help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. With a team of 7000+ Atlassians supporting an international group of 250,000+ customers, it is their mission is to help unleash the potential of every team. Ivan is passionate about the power of data to create innovations, change lives and drive business forward. He has over 15 years of leadership experience working with engineering and business applications of new technologies, including at a startup technology firm. Ivan has a proven track record of building and mentoring high-performance teams, and has strong business development experience gained in the technology and financial services industries. In the episode, Ivan will discuss: Their mission at Atlassian, The day-to-day life of the Data Science team, Impact that their technology brings to customers, What excites him for the near future at Atlassian and Why Atlassian is a great place to work

Today's guest is Teresa Purdy, Vice President, Technology Global Practice Leader at NewRocket. Founded in 2016, NewRocket delivers meaningful experiences and extraordinary results with ServiceNow. They bring innovative and creative solutions to over 1000 customers around the globe to Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Insurance, and Technology companies. NewRocket has delivered over 4000 successful projects through world-class implementations and integrated solutions across the entire ServiceNow platform. Teresa is a transformational leader with over 20 years' experience successfully delivering large projects and managing products related to IT Service Management, Human Resources, CSM, GRC, & ERP Technology. She has vast hands-on experience in all aspects of technical design, application installation, system migrations, & security concepts/controls, as well as proficiency in large scale environments implementation, operations support, & life-cycle management within a range of industries including the sports, government, retail and manufacturing sectors. In the episode, Teresa will talk about: Her day-to-day role at NewRocket, The importance of community and leading with empathy, How they are making an impact for their customers, Engage, Engineering, Excellence, Focusing on their core values, Challenges they overcame to achieve success and Trends in automation that excite her for the future

Today's guest is Michael Cunningham, CTO and Co-Founder at Zelta AI in New York. Founded in 2022, Zelta AI helps product teams in B2B SaaS companies prioritize their roadmap with confidence and maximize the value of each decision. They use generative AI to communicate insights on top customer pain points found in companies’ most valuable asset - qualitative sources of customer feedback such as sales call transcripts, support tickets and user surveys. In the episode, Michael will discuss: The origins of Zelta AI, How they help companies prioritize their roadmap more effectively, Examples of the benefits they bring to customers, The role of AI and Data Analytics in the product, Why Zelta AI is a great place to work, What excites him for the future at Zelta AI

Today's guest is Mark Shoun, Chief Data Scientist at Ledger Investing in New York. Founded in 2016, Ledger Investing are a tech-enabled marketplace for connecting insurance risk to capital. The company deploys proprietary software and data analytics covering many types of insurance risk portfolios. This technology enables insurers to securitize risk more efficiently while providing investors, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, family offices, and other institutions an opportunity to invest in a new and growing asset class. Mark is a experienced data science professional who's passionate about providing data-driven answers to complex real-world questions. He leads a team at Ledger Investing that focuses on building sophisticated analytics for casualty insurance portfolios, in particular modeling casualty insurance for pricing insurance-linked securities. They are fluent in actuarial practice and in modern statistical techniques, and they seek to combine the best of both worlds to provide robust, unbiased and precise forecasts to their clients. In the episode, Mark will discuss: The mission they are working on at Ledger Investing, How they are applying AI & Data Science in the insurance sector, Building the Data Science team from scratch, Day-to-day life and culture of the current team, and What the near future looks like for Ledger Investing

Today's guest is Annette Muldowney, Vice President - ServiceNow Lead at Lakeland Bank. Founded in 1969, Lakeland Bank continues to build on its infrastructure of financial strength, profitability, efficiency and quality service as it moves into the future. It is their mission to inspire and enable the communities that they serve to achieve financial stability and success. With a passion for excellence, Lakeland Bank strive to exceed the expectations of their customers, associates and shareholders. Annette has over 20 years Technical Management and Support experience primarily in the telecommunications and service industries, as well as local government.  She is currently responsible for the creation of the ServiceNow roadmap and project development efforts for Lakeland Bank. Her duties include resetting the existing customized version of ServiceNow, the redeployment of ServiceNow as a platform technology solution in the areas of ITSM, ITBM, ITOM, as well as managing the internal ServiceNow development team and third-party vendor management. In the episode, Annette will talk about: Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice, Considering customizations and maintenance, Case studies on how they utilize ServiceNow at Lakeland Bank, Benefits that the platform brought to the organization and Advice to her younger self

Today's guest is Shay Neufeld, Director of Data Products and Analytics at Inscopix, a Bruker company. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Inscopix is empowering researchers in academia and industry with a pioneering neural circuit approach, to improve their understanding of the brain and accelerate therapeutic development for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Their Miniscope platform is the integration and miniaturization of the benchtop fluorescence microscope into a 2-gram device that can be mounted onto the head of a freely behaving animal to observe its brain activity. With over 1000 installations worldwide, these miniscopes are empowering advances in neuroscience research and preclinical research for the development of transformational therapeutics. In the episode, Shay will talk about: The interesting work they do at Inscopix An insight into the life of the data insights team What excites him for the future within neuroscience Their recent acquisition by Bruker and what it means for Inscopix Career opportunities and growth plans

Today's guest is Chase Spurlock, Co-Founder and CEO at Decode Health in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2019, Decode Health is a Healthcare AI company that powers an ecosystem of industry-leading diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies to unlock discoveries with data. Current projects the team are working on include genomic data creation, RNA diagnostics and population health analytics. Over the course of a decade, the team leading Decode has built a framework leveraging a variety of advanced machine learning approaches. The company’s flexible, scalable approach layers clinical data with SDoH and non-clinical data to fuel innovation and advance precision medicine. Decode’s data assets, products and services improve patient outcomes, lower costs and promote health equity. In the episode, Chase will discuss: The interesting work he does with Decode Health, An insight into the day-to-day life of the data team, Examples of the benefits that they bring to customers, What the future holds for Decode Health, Why the team is critical to the success of the company & Why to consider a career with Decode Health