The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Noam Fine, Head of AI at Vonage. Founded in 2001, Vonage are making communications more flexible, intelligent and personal to help enterprises the world over stay ahead. Headquartered in New Jersey with offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia , Vonage provide unified communications, contact centers and programmable communications APIs built on the world's most flexible cloud communications platform. Vonage's communications Platform is fully programmable and allows for the integration of Video, Voice, Chat, Messaging and Verification into existing products, workflows and systems. Their fully programmable unified communications and contact center applications are built from the Vonage platform. This enables companies to transform how they communicate and operate from the office or remotely, providing enormous flexibility and ensuring business continuity. In the episode, Noam will discuss: The interesting work they do at Vonage, How they are applying AI in their core products, Benefits that their products offer to customers, The current make up of the team & plans for growth, and What excites him for the future at Vonage

Today's guest is Sivan Bercovici, Chief Technology Officer at Karius in California. Founded in 2014, Karius sees a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health. With the Karius Test™, they deliver unprecedented diagnostic insights to enable physicians to make rapid treatment decisions. By using genomics and AI to map a patient’s microbial landscape from a single blood draw, Karius moves closer to a vision of a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health. Sivan is an innovator in Artificial Intelligence, pioneering the development of complex computational and data platforms, as well as novel machine-learning models designed to address critical challenges in human disease. Prior to Karius, Sivan was a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Lifecode, where he led the development of the analytical platform and validation of several clinical assays across oncology and rare hereditary diseases. In the episode, Sivan will discuss: His journey to joining Karius, How they use AI and Machine Learning to identify disease-causing pathogens, The impact that they bring to customers, What excites him for the future at Karius, The potential of AI in the diagnosis of infectious diseases and beyond, and Future opportunities to work with Karius

Today's guest is Ben Kirshner, Director of Data Solutions at Civis Analytics in Chicago. Founded in 2013, Civis Analytics helps organizations use data to gain a competitive advantage in how they identify, attract and engage their audiences. With a powerful combination of best-in-class data, cutting-edge software solutions, and an interdisciplinary team of data scientists, developers and survey science experts, Civis works with leading public and private sector organizations to make data-driven decision-making essential to how they do business. This week, they announced the launch of its cloud-based Digital Equity Intelligence Center, a comprehensive suite of data and interactive tools enabling a precise understanding of broadband affordability, access and adoption issues across communities. The Digital Equity Intelligence Center leverages Civis Analytic's ability to create a single source of data truth and scales the expertise of their best-in-class data analytics consulting practice, encapsulating its models in a user-friendly application which allows teams to create specific audiences for campaign activation. In the episode, Ben tells us about: The work they do at Civis Analytics How he transitioned into a leadership role What a typical project life-cycle looks like Plans for growth in 2022 Why Civis Analytics is a great place to work

Today's guest is Andrei Duchko, Head of Marketing Intelligence at trivago in Dusseldorf. trivago is a global accommodation meta-search that empowers millions of travelers every month in their search for the ideal hotel. Their team of creative and focused minds from all corners of the globe, wake up every day to build a product, that makes your search of accommodation straight forward, simple-to-use and unbiased. Andrei is the Head of Marketing Intelligence where he leads the data-driven optimisation of trivago's marketing spend towards incremental value by providing data, insights, performance measurement, setting up experimentation and building automated bidding solutions. He works with skilled Data Scientists, Analysts, Statisticians and Engineers to drive marketing performance at trivago. In the show, Andrei will discuss: How trivago are improving the Travel experience, How they are leveraging data in their platform, Challenges of applying AI in Digital Marketing, The future of AI in the Marketing and Advertising sector, and  Advice on how to be successful within data science

Today's guest is Carlos Anchia, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Plainsight. Founded in 2007, Plainsight streamlines vision AI for enterprises with new ways to analyze, share and benefit from valuable visual information. Plainsight helps the world’s most innovative customers realize the potential of their data through smart, easy to use, effective solutions. Their intuitive, low-code platform gives every team across organizations the ability to build, manage and operationalize solutions. With actionable insights and unblinking accuracy, Plainsight powers enterprise-ready applications to automate processes, mitigate risk, enhance product portfolios and increase revenue opportunities. In the episode, Ariel tells us about: The interesting work he does with Plainsight, How they are using Computer Vision in their product, Building the platform from concept into production, An insight into the team bringing the platform together, Their success so far and further plans for growth and What excites him for the future of Computer Vision

Today's guest is Ariel Utnik, GM and Chief Revenue Officer at Verbit in New York. Verbit is the leading voice AI platform, providing accurate, word-for-word transcripts and captions to diverse customers in the education, legal, media, government and corporate sectors. The combination of Verbit’s in-house Automated Speech Recognition technology with its professional transcribers provides a competitive advantage and quick turnaround times. Users are provided with specialized teams and technology, 24/7 support and a tailor-made solution for their unique needs. Ariel is responsible for all revenue generation functions and processes at Verbit. He ensures alignment between all revenue-related channels, including marketing, sales, customer success, partnerships and operations leading a global team of professionals. He has 25+ years of executive-level experience in technology and customer-facing positions at leading technology companies, as well as extensive experience in enterprise software and SaaS, bringing much-needed technology and solutions to the education, court reporting, media, corporate and government sectors. In the episode, Ariel tells us about: The interesting work they do at Verbit, How the pandemic impacted audio/video interactions, How they are using AI and Data within the business, Use cases of some of the projects they provide for customers, Why he loves working with Verbit, Plans for growth and exciting opportunities with Verbit

Today's guest is Krishna Narayanaswamy, Founder & CTO and Mike Anderson, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Netskope. Founded in 2012, Netskope is a SASE leader that safely and quickly connects users directly to the internet, any application and their infrastructure from any device, on or off the network. Netskope is fast everywhere, data-centric and cloud-smart, all while enabling good digital citizenship and providing a lower total-cost-of-ownership. With CASB, SWG, and ZTNA built natively in a single platform, the Netskope Security Cloud provides the most granular context, via patented technology, to enable conditional access and user awareness while enforcing zero trust principles across data protection and threat prevention everywhere. Unlike others who force tradeoffs between security and networking, Netskope’s global security private cloud provides full compute capabilities at the edge. In the episode, Krishna and Mike discuss: Their background and the origins of Netskope How Netskope are addressing the risks associated with data The make-up of their data & tech team Interesting projects and challenges they need to overcome How they stay up to date with trends in the security field What makes their offerings unique to customers How they attract top talent to Netskope

Today's guest is Evan Vafidis, Head of License Management at Uniper in Germany. From gas fields and power stations to international energy markets, Uniper helps keep energy reliable. Uniper ranks among large generation and trading companies in Europe and combines a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. These assets and capabilities enable them to deliver bespoke, competitively priced energy products and services with agility, precision and speed. Evan is an experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry with skilled in Leadership, Engagement Management and a solid IT background. He is responsible for the team that manages the entire IT Software License for all of Uniper IT and implemented Software Asset Management (SAM) on the ServiceNow Platform for all Uniper IT SAM Processes. Together, Uniper are guiding the direction of energy generation and gas supply at the beginning of a new era for the industry. In the episode, Evan will talk about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow, The benefits that ServiceNow has brought to Uniper, Advice for implementing ServiceNow in your business, The importance of people management and Influencing decision makers to embrace digital change

Today's guest is Dave Jacobs, Co-Founder and Co-CEO & Anika Heavener, VP of Data Strategy and Operations at HomeThrive in Illinois. Founded in 2018, Homethrive is a technology-enabled healthcare service company that reduces work, worry and stress for unpaid family caregivers, their loved ones and their employers. Dari, Homethrive's family caregiving platform uniquely integrates their digital assistant for coaching, navigation and resources with expert personal interaction and service coordination. This helps ease the difficult and stressful responsibility of supporting loved ones who are aging or who have special needs. In the episode, Dave and Anika tells us about: Their background and the origins of Homethrive, Challenges they are solving in the Healthcare sector, The role of AI and Data Analytics in achieving their mission, The benefits of their Dari platform and how it all came together, The journey at Homethrive over the past three years, What the future project roadmap looks like, and What excites them for the future at HomeThrive

Today's guest is Madhav Khurana, Head of Data Science at rebuy in Berlin. rebuy’s mission is to provide a conscious, low-cost alternative to new products, without compromising in looks or functionality. They have developed a unique refurbishing process that upgrades pre-owned products and increases their value. Since their founding by university students back in 2004, rebuy has grown into a 10.000 m² warehouse and logistic center with more than 550 employees and over five million customers, making rebuy the lead player in Europe. In the show, Madhav will discuss: His career to date and interesting roles over the years, The interesting work he does with rebuy, How they are leveraging data science & machine learning, Transitioning from academia into industry, Importance of communication and continuous learning, Common challenges to overcome and His top interviewing tips