The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Philip Swann, Managing Consultant at Wrangu. Founded in 2016 with offices in Amsterdam and London, Wrangu's mission is to enable their clients to maximise the value from their ServiceNow investment through world class implementation and services. They are also creating intelligent apps which help to solve localisation needs and address the industry specific challenges that their clients have in their business. Philip is an experienced IT Principal Technical Consultant with strong delivery focused skills. He has an extensive background in application management across global customer service and retail industries. With a strong focus on Customer centricity throughout all stages of the system life cycle, Philip has the ability to deliver multi-million dollar initiatives and improve operational efficiency through innovative solutions that align customer expectations with business needs. In the episode, Philip chats about: The interesting work he does with Wrangu, Trends he is seeing such as regulation & risk management, Benefits that ServiceNow brings to organizations, The impact of ServiceNow in workspaces, The importance of empathy & people management, Building and maintaining a winning team, and What the future holds for ServiceNow

Today's guest is Peyton Greenside, Founder and CSO at BigHat Biosciences in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2019, BigHat Biosciences is designing safer, more effective antibody therapies for patients using machine learning and synthetic biology. BigHat integrates a wet lab for high-speed characterization with machine learning technologies to guide the search for better antibodies. They are applying these design capabilities to develop new generations of safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from today’s most challenging diseases. A pioneer of deep learning applied to life science problems, Peyton has developed computational, statistical, and AI/ML techniques to model, understand, and optimize biological sequences in academia and industry. Peyton was an inaugural Schmidt Science Fellow, a computational biologist at the Broad Institute and a scientific founder of Valis. She also holds a PhD from Stanford University (Accel Innovation Scholar), an MPhil in Computational Biology from Cambridge University (Herchel Smith Scholar), and a BA in Applied Math from Harvard. In the episode, Peyton will discuss: The motivation for founding BigHat Biosciences, Their success over the past 12 months, Challenges they need to overcome in data management and automation, What the future holds for the organization, Why BigHat Biosciences is a great place to work

Today's guest is Rui Aguiar, Co-Founder and CTO at Expedock in Silicon Valley, CA. Founded in 2019, Expedock is the AI-powered automation service behind some of the leading players in the global supply chain. Thousands of freight containers are now being moved internationally via Expedock every week through their technology that eliminates inefficiencies by automating the manual processes, and connects all physical and digital data sources into one platform. Expedock are eliminating the time and complexity to connect and reconcile disparate data sources by building the single source of truth to unlock supply chain visibility like never before. Their mission is to digitize the global supply chain with best-in-class technology for thought leadership and innovative solutions. Their international team of tech and logistics executives are committed to transforming the future of supply chain and logistics, one business at a time. In the episode, Rui will talk about: The interesting work they do at Expedock, Behind the scenes on how they’re applying AI and Data Science, Plans for growing the team, Why to consider a career in supply chain, AI trends within the sector that excite him and What the near future holds for Expedock

Today's guest is Anne Granet,  Presales manager & Employee Workflow Champion EMEA at Devoteam in Paris, France. Devoteam is a leading consulting firm focused on digital strategy, tech platforms, data and cybersecurity. By combining creativity, tech and data insights, they empower customers to transform their business and unlock the future. With 25 years’ experience and more than 10,000 employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Devoteam promotes responsible tech for people and works to create better change. With a career spent both in business and in consulting, Anne has built up experience in the operational vision of support and business processes in various industries. She advises companies in the transformation of their customers, employee workflows, digitalization of their support services, and the human and digital shift to sustain their vision. As a ServiceNow platform aficionada, she helps companies to make their vision a reality with Customer Service Management, HR Service Delivery and Onboarding using the ServiceNow platform. In the episode, Anne will talk about: The interesting work they do at Devoteam, Projects they work on in HR and employee workflows, Problems they are solving within HR services, The impact of the pandemic in HR practices and What the future looks like at Devoteam

Today's guest is Michael Goedde, VP of Global Data Operations at ICON plc in Maryland, USA. Founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, ICON offer a full range of consulting, clinical development and commercialization services from a global network of offices in 46 countries.  It is their mission has been to help their clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. ICON are a global provider of consulting, outsourced development and commercialization services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, government and public health organizations. They focus their innovation on the factors that are critical to their clients such as reducing time to market, reducing cost and increasing quality, and their global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas. In the episode, Michael will discuss: An insight into the data operations team at ICON, Projects they work on within clinical data and analytics, Their approach to solving Data Science problems, Why culture is number one priority in the company, What excites him for the future at ICON,  Growing the team & why work with ICON

Today's guest is Dilyan Kovachev, Director of Machine Learning and Analytics at Treasure Data. Founded in 2011, Treasure Data was built to radically simplify customer data management and help brands use all of their customer data to improve campaign performance, achieve operational efficiency, and drive business value with connected customer experiences. Treasure Data helps hundreds of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers - including some of the world’s most recognizable brands - generate new data opportunities. Customer Data Cloud, their award-winning suite of customer data platform solutions, integrates customer data, connects identities in unified customer profiles, applies privacy, and makes insights and predictions available for Marketing, Service, Sales and Operations to drive personalized engagement and improve customer acquisition, sales and retention. This flexible, scalable and secure platform has a comprehensive connector network that evolves with  existing technology stack to future-proof all customer data initiatives. In the episode, Dilyan will discuss: Treasure Data’s work within customer data, Use cases of their focus in marketing, sales & service, An insight into the ML and Data Science team, The journey of building his team from scratch, Plans for growth and the roadmap for the near future, and What makes Treasure Data a great place to work

Today's guest is Katharine Kennedy, Global Head and GM of the ServiceNow Business Unit at Microsoft. Katharine is an award-winning, enthusiastic and customer-centric business leader in the high-tech industry working with some of the biggest brands in the business. She brings a unique perspective to her customers and team, having worked for Silicon Valley software and hardware startups, upstarts and tech giants in Washington D.C., New York City, Canada and Florida. Katharine joined Microsoft in 2022 where she specializes in building data-driven marketing and sales GTM strategies, as well as growing and leading high performing teams. She is also responsible for cultivating strategic partnerships by working with business and technology leaders of global organizations in accelerating their digital transformation journey to drive significant business outcomes that both impress customers and empower employees. In the episode, Katharine will discuss: Her role & responsibilities at Microsoft, Latest trends and focus on sustainability, How Microsoft are utilizing the ServiceNow platform, Advice to C-Suite execs embarking on their transformation journey, Building a winning team and What’s next for ServiceNow at Microsoft

Today's guest is Patrick Chen, Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Growth and Accountable Care Enterprise at Scripps Health in San Diego, CA. Each day at Scripps, they put the vision of their founders — Ellen Browning Scripps and Mother Mary Michael Cummings — into action by dedicating themselves to quality, safe, cost-efficient and socially responsible health care for everyone that they serve. Scripps keeps that vision at the forefront as they care for patients, engage in clinical research and ultimately improve community health. Patrick is a senior leader for business intelligence and growth at Scripps Health, specializing in the development of innovative partnerships and leveraging advanced analytics for market intelligence, healthcare economics, and mergers & acquisitions. He is deeply committed to driving positive impact in underserved communities for both clinical outcomes and social determinants, with thoughtful execution of data-driven population health programs and technology enabled solutions. In the episode, Patrick will discuss: The mission they work towards at Scripps, Their work within population health & business intelligence, Challenges the Data Science team are solving in Healthcare, What the next 12-24 months has in store and Career opportunities with Scripps

Today's guest is Shiva Amiri, VP, Head of AI and Data Intelligence at Pivotal Life Sciences in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2017, Pivotal Life Sciences back the brightest minds in life sciences throughout the world. The Pivotal Life Sciences platform includes Pivotal bioVenture Partners US, Pivotal bioVenture Partners China and Pivotal Growth. Their teams make direct investments into high-quality life sciences companies that are developing and commercializing products that address well-defined, substantial medical and market needs. Working at the intersection of computing and biology, Shiva is experienced in large-scale, multi-stakeholder technology development in data science and biology with a focus on computational biology, bioinformatics, machine learning, and big data systems. She is a team builder and entrepreneur in cutting edge computational methods in biology, digital health and medical research with a proven track record in big data/data science and program execution and strategy. In the episode, Shiva will discuss: Her journey to now and current work at Pivotal Life Sciences, What her role and responsibilities involves, The benefits that her team are bringing to businesses, Plans for further growing the team, Why Pivotal Life Sciences is a great place to work and What excites her for the future of the company

Today's guest is Andrea Leigh Buma, Practice Director of Security & Risk at c1secure. Founded in 2012, c1secure is an independent security and compliance firm addressing the stringent demands of Domestic & International mandates and cyber security policy. c1secure provides a full suite of security and compliance solutions including, managed security services, professional services and product sets. They are pioneering intelligent security solutions for the extended digital enterprise with their CISO Sentinel™ Security & Compliance platform, a continuous monitoring platform hosted in the cloud and related offerings. As a Premier ServiceNow partner focused on the Integrated Risk Management and Security Operations modules, they offer implementation services, managed services and product development on the platform. In the episode, Andrea will discuss: Why ESG is a hot topic in the industry, The challenges of working with ESG products in supply chain, The role of ServiceNow supporting ESG programs, How ServiceNow can help customers launch ESG initiatives and What the future holds for companies within the ESG market