The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Samee Zahid, Staff Software Engineer (ML & Data) at Chipper Cash in San Francisco. Founded in 2018, Chipper Cash is a venture-capital-backed Financial technology company that builds software to enable free and instant Peer-to-peer Cross-border payments in Africa and Europe; as well as solutions for businesses and merchants to process online and in-store payments. It is their mission is to provide the most trusted and accessible financial services for people living in Africa and beyond. Samee is a generalist engineer skilled at end-to-end Machine Learning such as data analysis, feature engineering, model training and deployment, data infrastructure, evaluation systems and A/B experimentation. He leads the Intelligence team at Chipper Cash to tackle machine learning and big data problems with an engineering mindset. Samee develops with a strong product focus and big picture instinct, and is excited about emerging tech's ability to transform lives in developing economies. In the episode, Samee will talk about: The work they do at Chipper Cash within FinTech, How they are using Data Science and Machine Learning, An insight into some projects the team are working on, Moving from a large company like Google into a startup, What the future holds for Chipper Cash & Exciting career opportunities with the company

Today's guest is Martin Miller, Director of AI/ML Product Operations at Levi Strauss & Co in San Francisco. Founded in 1853, Levi Strauss pioneered labor and environmental guidelines in manufacturing, and they work to build sustainability into everything they do. Their brands — Levi’s®, Dockers®, Denizen® and Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™ — stand for freedom and self-expression around the world. For more than 160 years, they have used the strength of their brands to lead with their values and make an outsized impact on the world. Martin's expertise lies in delivering solutions and improving user experience and service delivery. He bring process and building expertise in code-complete design and development, enterprise architecture, deployment, data security and compliance. He has a proven track record of success directing cross-functional and multi-site teams in agile scrum environments, combined with a talent for effective IT projects, capacity planning and implementation. In the episode, Martin will discuss: His role & how the use AI/ML at Levi Strauss & Co., What a typical project life cycle looks like, The current make up of the tech team, What’s in store for the near future and Why Levi Strauss & Co. is a great place to work

Today's guest is Guruduth Banavar, Founding CTO and Head of Discovery at Viome. Founded in 2016, Viome's mission is to make illness optional by predicting and preventing chronic diseases through a deeper understanding of an individual’s biology at a molecular level. In order to enhance their understanding of the origin and progression of diseases, they use a systems biology approach combined with mRNA analysis and their state-of-the-art AI platform. Their goal is to digitize, decode and decipher human biology to prevent, treat and cure chronic diseases and cancer. Guruduth is a leader in Artificial Intelligence known for his work on Host/Microbe Molecular Data Analysis, IBM Watson AI Systems, Smarter Cities, Services Innovation, Mobile Computing and Distributed Systems. As founding CTO at Viome Life Sciences, Guruduth leads AI and co-leads clinical research. His role encompasses clinical research, epidemiology, machine learning, computational biology, bioinformatics, as well as data and software architecture and development to deliver products in an agile way, in addition to executive management responsibilities. In the episode, Guruduth will discuss: His background and journey to Viome, Their mission and work they do within chronic diseases, The role of AI, ML and Biology in achieving their mission, The current team and plans for growth, and What excites him for the future at Viome

Today's guest is Christian Seiberl, CSM & FSM Lead at iTSM Group in Austria. The iTSM Group consists of iTSM Consulting GmbH, as the parent company, and several subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Headquartered in Bodenheim near Frankfurt am Main in Germany, the core business of iTSM Consulting GmbH relates to digital transformation in enterprise service management. All iTSM Group companies support their customers in mastering digital services holistically, from needs analysis to strategy and realization to ongoing operation. The group of companies currently employs more than 200 people and serves around 750 customers from business and public administration. For the Group, "iTSM" stands for "Inspiring & Tailored Service Mastery." In the episode, Christian will talk about: How he got involved in the world of ServiceNow, Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice, Projects he is working on within the iTSM Group, The differences between ITSM vs CSM/FSM, Advice on starting a career in iTSM, and Emerging trends in the ecosystem that excite him

Today's guest is Nicole Clark, CEO and Co-Founder at Trellis Research in Los Angeles. Founded in 2017, Trellis is a state trial court legal research and analytics platform with AI-based insights on judges, opposing counsel, motions, dockets and legal issues. They make state trial court data searchable and analyze it to give law firms insights into the way judges are ruling. Legal teams are able to "Google" search state trial court records and uncover key intelligence on opposing counsel, motions, rulings, dockets and other legal issues. Prior to founding Trellis, Nicole was a business litigation and labor and employment attorney who handled litigation in both state and federal courts. She regularly represented multinational corporations in claims ranging from high-profile trade secret disputes to complex class-action litigation. Frustrated by sending internal emails and collecting anecdotes on judges in order to make strategic case recommendations, she built Trellis to solve her own need for access to data, information and analytics at the state trial court level. In the episode, Nicole tells us about: The origins of Trellis Research, Early challenges of bringing the concept to life, Benefits that the platform currently brings to users, Interesting projects & day-to-day life of the engineering team, What the future looks like for Trellis Research and Why Trellis Research is a great place to work

Today's guest is Maxime Gariel, Chief Technology Officer at Xwing in San Francisco. Founded in 2016, Xwing is on a mission to build the world’s smartest and cleanest air mobility system. They are transforming the way airplanes fly to make regional mobility radically safer, more efficient, accessible and sustainable than ever. Their software integrates sensors and maps with onboard flight control systems to allow regional aircraft to navigate, take off and land safer than ever before. Xwing's work begins with converting today’s leading cargo aircraft into remotely-operated airplanes, so every regional route can be serviced reliably to give every person in every corner of the world improved access to all the goods and essentials they need. They featured on TIME Magazine’s 2021 Best Inventions List after completing the world’s first fully autonomous cargo flight and making aviation history. Beyond the cargo market, Xwing plan to expand their technology safely to other areas of commercial aviation. In the episode, Maxime tells us about: Xwing’s autonomous flight technology, Challenges of bringing their Proof-of-concept to production, How they are using AI in their product, The success they’ve enjoyed thus far & what’s to come, The current make-up and working culture of the team, and What excites him for the future at Xwing

Today's guest is Keshav Pingali, CEO and Co-Founder at Katana Graph in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2020, Katana Graph helps today’s forward-looking, data-driven organizations turn boundless data into a competitive advantage. Their flagship technology is an AI-powered graph intelligence platform that uses an unparalleled combination of novel graph algorithms, graph neural network architecture and the latest advances in hardware acceleration to power faster, more accurate insights at unmatched scale and performance. From comprehensive fraud detection in real time and 360-degree views of the customer to maximizing R&D time and cost efficiencies, Katana Graph empowers customers to perform and perfect business-critical tasks that help set them apart from the competition. They work closely with customers to identify new ways to make massive data work for them, by supporting decentralized workloads for graph query, analytics, mining and AI to fuel a new era of rich applications and insights never before possible. In the episode, Keshav will discuss: The origins of Katana Graph and journey to now, The interesting work they do in Graph Technology, Use cases within Healthcare and Fintech, Behind the scenes of their graph intelligence platform, The successful growth of the team, How they attract and retain talent at Katana Graph, and The importance of working culture

Today's guest is Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda. With more than 20 million users, Anaconda is the world’s most popular data science platform and the foundation of modern machine learning. Anaconda pioneered the use of Python for data science and continue to steward open-source projects that make tomorrow’s innovations possible.  Their enterprise-grade solutions enable corporate, research and academic institutions to harness the power of open source for competitive advantage, groundbreaking research and a better world. Kevin is an experienced leader in high-performing product, research and shared technology engineering organizations. His technical areas of expertise include service scalability, user experience, consumer product development, GPGPU, multi-core, connected architectures, signal processing, domain-specific languages and graphics. Kevin currently oversees innovation for Anaconda's current open-source and commercial offerings, and develops new solutions to bring data science practitioners together with innovators, vendors and thought leaders in the industry. In the episode, Kevin will discuss: The work he does with Anaconda, Benefits that the Anaconda Nucleus brings to users, Company culture and what it’s like to work at Anaconda, Interesting projects and plans for growing the team & Upcoming AI trends that excite him in the industry

Today's guest is Rachel Warren, Senior Data Scientist at Buzzer in New York. Founded in 2020, Buzzer allows sports fans to discover the live moments that matter the most to them and is the best way to experience “lightning in a bottle” moments live from anywhere. Buzzer work with some of the largest sports leagues in the world such as the NBA League Pass, NHL and PGA Tour. With their partnership deals, they will be identifying, notifying and providing their users access to short-form live content for the best moments in their respective sports. Buzzer is powered by their proprietary algorithm and partners with the most-watched sports leagues and media companies to bring fans thrilling real-time Buzzer Moments. Their team of developers, partner managers, designers, data scientists, product managers and more work diligently and thoughtfully to deliver sports fans these live moments they can't live without. This distributed team of over 50 people was formed in the midst of a global pandemic and they have also built their culture remotely. In the episode, Rachel will discuss: The fascinating work they do at Buzzer, What their mobile sports platform offers to users, Three trends they focus on the sports media industry, The role of Data Science and ML in the platform, What it’s like to be part of the team, and What excites her for the future at Buzzer

Today's guest is Bharti Sharma, Global Head of ITSM, Service Availability and Service Management Platform at Aon. Bharti is a high-impact professional with over two decades of rich multi-cultural experience in leading IT Strategy, Service Operations & Delivery. She is passionate about developing ideas and driving initiatives towards enterprise service management and digital transformation to enable business outcomes. Bharti is also a strong advocate of Diversity & Inclusion and develop culturally diverse, equitable and inclusive teams. In her current role, Bharti is accountable for designing, managing and reporting on core IT Service Management processes across the enterprise to drive service availability improvements at Aon. She is also responsible for the strategy, design, governance and implementation of ServiceNow as the Enterprise Service Management Platform to enable IT and business teams to deliver high quality, consistent outcomes by leveraging best practices towards driving transformation and innovative solutions. In the episode, Bharti will talk about: Her journey within ServiceNow & her current role at Aon, Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice, Macro trends she is seeing within Digital Transformation, The value that ServiceNow brings to organizations, Advice to C-Suite executives embarking on their transformation journey, 3 steps to building a winning team and Advice she would offer to her younger self