The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

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

Today's guest is Joe Bradley, Chief Scientist, SVP Data Science & ML at LivePerson. Founded in 1995, LivePerson is a leading Conversational AI company who are creating digital experiences that are Curiously Human. Every person is unique and their technology makes it possible for companies to treat their audiences that way at scale. Liverperson's customers, including leading brands like HSBC, Orange, GM Financial, can now meet consumers where they are across social media, messaging, email, voice and more. Nearly a billion conversational interactions are powered by their Conversational Cloud each month. Out of that comes a uniquely rich data set for AI for brands to build connections that are anything but artificial. In the episode, Joe tells us about: The interesting work he does with LivePerson An insight into their B2B platform for managing customer conversations The role of data science and machine learning in their product Benefits they bring to customers within Conversational AI The importance of AI-Native Why LivePerson is a great place to work

Today's guest is Michael Ferrari, Chief Science Officer & Chief Data Scientist at Engine No. 1 in New York.  Engine No. 1 are an impact investment group purpose-built to create long-term value by harnessing the power of capitalism. They believe a company’s performance is greatly enhanced by the investments it makes in its employees, customers, communities and the environment. Founded in 2020, Engine No.1 believe that over time the interests of Main Street and Wall Street will align, and they can engage as active owners through - the votes they cast, campaigns they run, and investors they bring with them - to create value by focusing on this alignment. In the episode, Michael will talk about: The current work he does at Engine No.1, Challenges they are solving for customers in the investment space, How they are using data science to solve these problems, Why Engine No.1 are a great place to work, What the future holds for the company and What excites him for future innovation in AI

Today's guest is Bryan Smith, Co-Founder and CTO at Myia Health. Myia is the only virtual care platform that optimizes patient outcomes, clinical operations and the economics of delivering care in the home. Designed to be adaptable across the acuity curve, Myia helps health systems and providers deliver individualized virtual care in patients’ homes through deviceless engagement and monitoring, connected medical devices, and easy-to-use software that can work for everyone, regardless of internet access or other barriers to care. With a proprietary approach to connecting clinical actions to outcomes, Myia utilizes advanced analytics and machine learning to help transform innovative healthcare organizations as they transition to value and scale continuous and preventative models of care. Founded in 2017 with headquarters in San Francisco, Myia powers the nation’s leading virtual hospital, mercy virtual and is backed by clinical partners such as the American College of Cardiology. In the episode, Bryan will talk about: Myia Health’s care optimization platform, What it’s like to be part of the engineering team, How they are applying Machine Learning to improve virtual care, Benefits they bring to their customers, and  What excites him for the future of AI in Healthcare

Today's guest is Susan Hura, Director of Conversation Design Services at Interactions. Founded in 2004, Interactions provides Intelligent Virtual Assistants that seamlessly combine AI and human understanding to enable businesses and consumers to engage in productive conversations. With flexible products and solutions designed to meet the growing demand for unified and multichannel customer care, Interactions is delivering significant cost savings and unprecedented customer experience for some of the largest brands in the world. Susan is a conversational user experience designer and strategist with deep experience in linguistics, user-centered design and speech technologies. As the Director of Conversation Design Services at Interactions, Susan leads a team who creates transformational conversational experiences for customers. Previously, Susan was Program Chair of the SpeechTEK Conference (2007-2016) and founding president of the Association for Conversational Interaction Design. In the episode, Susan will talk about: How she became passionate for Conversational AI, The interesting work they do at Interactions, The role of automation and data science behind the scenes, How the team is set up for success, The evolution of speech technology, What excites her for the future of Conversational AI and Exciting opportunities at Interactions