The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Jelane Johnson, Vice President of Transformation at UnitedHealthcare in Phoenix, AZ. UnitedHealthcare are dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience, addressing consumer health and social issues, delivering access to high-quality care and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. Today, advanced data and technologies, breakthrough treatments and consumer choice are redefining what can be achieved. Jelane is a management, organizational and IT professional with over 20 years of experience in consulting, system implementation, operations, process development and client delivery. She has a proven ability to mobilize and lead diverse, matrixed, global teams to deliver on demanding requirements and timelines. Jelane is also an experienced solution architect, implementation and operations lead with business process and system design experience across Health, Commercial, State and Federal programs. In the episode, Jelane will discuss: How she got into the world of ServiceNow, Some of the interesting work she does with UnitedHealthcare, The importance of transparency and communication, Using internal tools to improve collaboration, and The vision for implementing ServiceNow in a large enterprise

Today's guest is Jesse Johnson, Head of Data Science and Data Engineering at Dewpoint Therapeutics in Boston, MA. Founded in 2018, Dewpoint Therapeutics is the first company to apply the emerging understanding of biomolecular condensates to drug discovery. Dewpoint believes that a vast range of conditions have pathways that are regulated by condensates or arise from the dysfunction of condensates, including cancer, neurodegeneration, infectious disease and metabolic disease. Dewpoint scientists work in Boston, Dresden and Frankfurt to translate condensate biology into treatments for the toughest diseases. In the episode, Jesse will discuss: The interesting work they are doing in Biotechnology, The main objectives and goals of their work within Drug Discovery, Combining his life sciences skills with technical skills, An insight into the data science & engineering team, What’s in store for the near future at Dewpoint, & His advice to those considering a career in life sciences

In today's show, we're delighted to welcome back Charles Fisher, CEO at unlearn.ai in San Francisco. Founded in 2017, Unlearn helps biopharma companies develop drugs more ethically and efficiently by leveraging generative machine learning models to reduce the number of patients required for placebo controls in clinical trials. They enable clinical trial sponsors to run RCTs that are up to twice as fast, require fewer participants, produce better evidence about therapeutic efficacy, and in which fewer participants need to be given placebos. Charles is a scientist with interests at the intersection of physics, machine learning and computational biology. Previously, Charles worked as a machine learning engineer at Leap Motion and was a computational biologist at Pfizer. He was a Philippe Meyer Fellow in theoretical physics at École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France and a postdoctoral scientist in biophysics at Boston University. Charles holds a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University and a B.S. in biophysics from the University of Michigan. In the episode, Charles will talk about: The work they do in medical research, Their success over the past 12 months, Goals they are working towards in the next year, Plans for growing the team, How they attract top talent to the company and The vision for the future at unlearn.ai

Today's guest is Nicholas Freund, Founder and CEO at Workstream in New York. Founded in 2020 by Nick and his co-founder Chris Ibarra, Workstream are passionate about the future of analytics and its potential to transform companies. They have seen firsthand the transformative nature of the modern data stack, but found the way that teams empower their organization to be data-driven is still broken. By building around the tools that data analysts already use, Workstream knew that technology could remove some of this burden and let teams get back to what they are good at: interpreting ambiguous data sets to identify areas of opportunity to grow the business. As the first solution purpose-built to unify the data analyst workflow, their SaaS application natively integrates with your existing tools. In the episode, Nick will talk about: His background and origins of Workstream, Problems they are solving for customers in BI and Analytics, An insight into the team driving their success, What’s in store for Workstream in the near future, and Why Workstream is a great place to work

Today's guest is Gil Allouche, Chief Executive Officer at Metadata.io. Founded in 2015 with headquarters in Colorado, Metadata eliminates technical, mundane and repetitive tasks through AI and automation. Their patented technology combines predictive scoring and programmatic advertising to deliver a predictable pipeline of opt-in lead qualified leads for B2B enterprises. A software engineer turned data-driven growth marketer, Gil founded Metadata.io to make demand generation easy for non-technical marketers. In the episode, Gil will talk about: How Metadata.io all came about, The role of AI and Data within their platform, Why Metadata is a great place to work, What excites him for the future of the company, & Upcoming opportunities to join the team

Today's guest is Jeff Schmitz, Chief Human Resources & Marketing Manager at Zebra Technologies in Chicago, IL. Founded in 1969, Zebra empowers the front line of business in retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, public sector and other industries to achieve a performance edge. With more than 10,000 partners across 100 countries, they provide better visibility through industry-tailored, end-to-end solutions that intelligently connect people, assets and data to help their customers make business-critical decisions. Jeff is a senior executive with demonstrated ability to lead teams to new levels of success in highly competitive environments. He has 25+ years of hands-on global experience in Executive Management, General Management, Product Management, Product Marketing, Research and Development, Operations, Business Development, Marketing and Sales. In his current role, Jeff is responsible to lead Zebra’s Human Resources team to create, sustain and nurture a dynamic community of builders, doers and problem solvers. In the episode, Jeff will talk about: The great work they are doing to Zebra Technologies, Their focus within retail software, robotics and machine vision, Acquisitions that have played a vital role in their success, &  Why Zebra Technologies is a great place to work

Today's guest is Eilon Baer, Data Science Team Lead at Explorium. Explorium provides the first External Data Platform that automatically discovers thousands of relevant data signals to improve analytics and machine learning. They are on a mission to reshape the way organizations access external data to build their unique competitive advantage. Explorium's External Data Platform empowers data scientists and business analysts to acquire and integrate third party data efficiently, cost-effectively and in compliance with regulations. With faster, better insights from their models, organizations across fintech, insurance, consumer goods, retail and e-commerce can increase revenue, streamline operations and reduce risks. In the episode, Eilon will talk about: His background and current role with Explorium, Building their external data cloud, Benefits that the platform brings to customers, An insight into the day-to-day life of the data team, Plans for growth and career opportunities at Explorium, and What it’s like to work as a customer-facing data scientist

Artem Kroupenev, VP of Strategy at Augury, discusses how AI helps prevent machine failures, boost efficiency in industrial applications. Augury's mission to make machines reliable and efficient for customers. Exciting insights into team innovations and future vision for industrial transformation.

Today's guest is Troy Astorino, Co-Founder and CTO at PicnicHealth in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 2014, PicnicHealth are building deep real-world datasets fueling cutting edge research while giving patients control of their own medical record data. These complete, clinically-rich datasets produce unique insights - across dozens of diseases - to ultimately get the right treatments into patients’ hands faster. PicnicHealth do this by working directly with patients and leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning and human curation to transform messy medical records into structured, research-ready datasets. By partnering with some of the largest life sciences companies, they have helped tens of thousands of patients securely access their records and proactively contribute to advancing research in diseases that impacts their lives. In the episode, Troy will discuss: Problems they are solving within patient medical data, The role of AI, Data Science & Analytics in their platform, How the team is set up for success, Typical projects they work on, such as ML & NLP, What the future looks like for PicnicHealth, and Why PicnicHealth is a great place to work

Today's guest is Jan Pennel, ServiceNow Practice Lead at D2M Services, a division of DISYS. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in  McLean, Virginia with more than 45 offices worldwide, D2M (Data & Digital Managed Services) is an outcome-driven service and solutions partner that serves enterprises across their IT operations. D2M's digital transformation and cognitive automation services help clients in accelerating their digital transformation journeys and meet their business goals. By leveraging automation in every aspect of their infrastructure support services, D2M guarantees hyper-stability, increased efficiency and the highest level of user satisfaction. D2M enables businesses to go through digital transformation by powering their services through the cloud, providing data and analytics and modernizing their legacy systems. With this multi-pronged approach to modernizing business systems, D2M helps businesses improve their systems and establish a meaningful digital presence. In the episode, Jan will discuss: How she got into the world of ServiceNow, The interesting work they are doing at D2M Services, Figuring out the most effective problems to solve for customers, Use cases of a successful implementation journey, The importance of people and communication skills, and What the future holds for the ServiceNow platform