The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Su Huang, Head of Data Strategy 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, Su will discuss: The work she does with Datavant, Exciting developments over the past two years, Plans for growth & career opportunities with Datavant, Upcoming projects that the team will be working on and What it’s like to work with Datavant

Today's guest is Aashish Atrey, ServiceNow Developer MVP & Technical Specialist at HCLTech. HCLTech is a global technology company, home to 222,000+ people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. They work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Public Services and more. Aashish is a passionate ServiceNow Professional with over six years of experience in the implementation of all phases of the application lifecycle and best practices, including Requirement Gathering, Design, Development, Testing, UAT, and Deployment. He is responsible to develop ITSM/ITIL process and tools solutions which include customized responses to RFPs/RFIs for ITIL-based process consulting, process operations, and ITSM tools implementations. Aashish was a ServiceNow Developer MVP for 2021 and 2022. In the episode, Aashish will discuss: How he adds value to the community, The Tokyo release and new features that excite him, Benefits that ServiceNow are bringing to customers, What the future holds for ServiceNow, Why he loves his role and Advice on mentoring within the ServiceNow community

Today's guest is Jon Petersen, Vice President of Data Science at Archer. Founded in 2018 with headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area, Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150mph while producing minimal noise. In his role, Jon is responsible to utilize optimization and data science to plan for, and eventually operate, this fleet of vehicles which will enable urban mobility in the not-too-distant future. In the episode, Jon will chat about: How Archer are revolutionizing urban air mobility, The day-to-day life of the data science team, Challenges they need to overcome, The journey of publicizing their product, and What excites him for the future at Archer

Today's guest is Hauke Feddersen, VP of Operations at PreciTaste in New York. Founded in 2012, PrecitTaste are on a mission to help the Restaurant industry to maximize operational efficiency and reduce food wastage to benefit the environment. They are building the technology to augment and complement the business capabilities to achieve the desired results with predictions, smart virtual assistance, advanced IoT, tracking sensors and more. PreciTaste has grown their technology to a adaptable set of AI Agents that can identify, track and assess processes and products in every food operation. Together with the powerful IoT and guidance platform TasteOS, that can connect or integrate into most restaurant environments, PreciTaste's AI Agents based on proprietary offline first AIOS technology have proven to make crews and processes more efficient around the globe. In the episode, Hauke will chat about: His background in AI & the Food Service industry, The work they are doing at PreciTaste, Behind-the-scenes and how it all comes together, More potential use cases for the platform, and What’s in store for the near future at PreciTaste

Today's guest is Joe Aranzullo, Director of Service Delivery at Beyond20. Founded in 2006 with offices in Washington D.C., Tempe, Arizona and San Diego, Beyond20 is a transformation accelerator that combines IT professional development and software development with expert consulting to help government and commercial clients attain their most ambitious evolutionary goals. Beyond20's mission is to Change Work Life. Some of the ways that make Beyond20 unique is that they have a have deep subject matter expertise in ITIL, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Cyber, Privacy, and Data Science. They are ServiceNow Premier Partner with Certified Master Architects on staff, while several Senior Advisors have co-authored the official ITIL 4 publication on “Digital and IT Strategy.” In the episode, Joe will discuss: His background and current work with Beyond20, How Beyond20 helps customers succeed, Getting the process right and challenges to overcome, Staying up to date with the latest trends, and The future of his role and the ServiceNow platform

Today's guest is René Morkos, Founder and CEO at ALICE Technologies in California. Founded in 2015 based on research from Stanford University, ALICE is the world's first construction optioneering platform that helps GCs to easily create, explore and update construction schedules that reduce risk while cutting construction costs and build time. With offices in California, India and Czech Republic, it is their vision is to reduce the cost of construction by 25% globally. René is a second generation civil engineer with over 15 years of construction industry experience that is divided between industry and academia. His professional experience includes working as a project manager in Afghanistan, underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350 million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, ERP system implementations, and various Virtual Design and Construction projects. In the episode, René will discuss: Creating a generative construction simulator, Problems they are solving within the construction industry, The role of AI and day-to-day life behind the scenes, An insight into the AI and Tech team, What the near future holds for ALICE Technologies and Why ALICE Technologies is a great place to work

Today's guest is Rachel Liberatore, President & Chief Scientific Officer at RenBio in New York. RenBio was founded in 1996 on the principle that the remarkable medical benefits of antibody therapeutics should be available to everyone. RenBio's goal is to deliver antiviral antibodies to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and improve the dosing regimen and effectiveness of therapeutic proteins. Using RenBio’s Make Your Own (MYO) Technology, therapeutic-encoding “bioblueprints” are delivered via modified intramuscular injection, which are then decoded by the muscle cells to produce disease-fighting therapeutics in the patient’s own body. Their vision is to modernize and transform the antibody and therapeutic protein fields to significantly reduce the impact of diseases worldwide. In the episode, Rachel will discuss: The work Renbio are doing in the BioTech space, The role of data and new technology at RenBio, An insight into the team behind the scences, How the device works and insights they can gain, Their work with DARPA’s Pandemic Prevention Platform, and Upcoming projects and What’s next for RenBio

Today's guest is Laszlo Balla, Senior ServiceNow Solution Architect at DXC Technology in Berlin. DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness and customer experience across their IT estates. With over 15 years of experience working in IT, Laszlo joined DXC in June 2022. He has a proven track record in designing and implementing digital solutions for true business challenges on a wide scale. Laszlo is highly skilled in maximizing ServiceNow utilization by automating enterprise workflows and rationalizing platform architecture, as well as successfully turning business requirements into scalable deliverables. In the episode, Laszlo will discuss: His work as a Solution Architect at DXC, Staying up to date with latest trends in ServiceNow, The democratization of ServiceNow, The user experience and consumerization of corporate IT processes, The role of ServiceNow in today’s modern enterprise and How the Solution Architect role will evolve in years to come

Today's guest is Kevin Porsolt, Director of Data Operations at Seamless.AI. Founded in 2018, Seamless.AI helps professionals in the world create new relationships, opportunities and revenue, faster than ever before. Seamless.AI’s search engine helps you connect directly with your ideal customers so you can build pipeline, shorten your sales cycle and close more deals at scale. Over 30,000 companies leverage their real-time people search engine to build a massive list of decision-makers and grow their business. Kevin has over ten years of success working with cross-functional teams leveraging technology to solve problems and achieve results. He has experience in FinTech, AdTech and Sales Intelligence industries building and managing PaaS, SaaS and API/Data License solutions. Kevin is also fluent in data engineering, technical operations, UI/UX, data integrations/partnerships, machine learning, and security & compliance for hybrid and cloud-based infrastructures. In the episode, Kevin will chat about: The interesting work he does with Seamless.ai, Challenges of working with data to gain valuable insights, The role of AI and Machine Learning in their product, Plans for growing the team, Benefits that seamless.ai is bringing to users and Why seamless.ai is a great place to work

Today's guest is Damien Thioulouse, Head of Machine Learning & AI at Simplr. Founded in 2017, Simplr offers companies a human-first, machine-enabled customer experience solution that meets the demands of the NOW Customer across all digital channels. Offering a combination of a uniquely talented, flexible & scalable staffing pool, AI-based technology, and actionable intelligence, Simplr allows companies to immediately expand their customer service capacity and engage customers with speed, empathy, and precision. Damien leads the AI and Machine Learning across all domains at Simplr. They are developing highly scalable solutions at the forefront of NLP and building highly specialized proprietary models tailored to customer service. He is responsible for growing a top notch team by identifying, sourcing and recruiting talents, creating strong ties with leading universities in the San Francisco Bay area, as well as mentoring new teammates and students. In the episode, Damien will chat about: How Simplr is impacting the customer experience, His role and responsibilities at Simplr, The impact that Simplr brings to their partners, An insight into the AI & ML team, Future growth and what’s next for the company and Why Simplr is a great place to work