The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Jason King, Senior Director of Data Science at XSOLIS in Nashville, Tennesse. Founded in 2013, XSOLIS is a healthcare technology firm focused on improving healthcare operations. By aligning cognitive computing with clinical expertise, they are creating a new framework for decision-making. XSOLIS leverages insights gleaned from proprietary machine learning and AI to transform the utilization management process for both providers and payers. They combine Utilization Review Technology, Denials Management services and Physician Advisor services in a comprehensive suite of solutions that converts clinical information into insight and action to transform the way you approach operational challenges and inefficiencies. XSOLIS' mission is to find truth in data, to reduce noise through artificial intelligence and to build strong partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem In the episode, Jason will tell you about: The interesting roles he enjoyed over the years, The impact XSOLIS are making in the Healthcare sector, The different services and benefits they bring to the industry, Interesting projects the data science team are working on, Plans for further growth at XSOLIS & Advice to Data Scientists looking to get into the Healthcare sector

Today's guest is Sachin Khankhoje, SVP of Digital Technology at Tech Mahindra in Texas. Sachin is an experienced strategic technology leader who builds and scales enterprise-grade products and platforms that drive digital adoption in Fortune 1000 companies. He helps innovate, optimize and grow business by applying technology to achieve business results. Sachin has over 14 years of leadership experience at Tech Mahindra. In his current role, he turbocharged digital transformation for global Fortune 1000 companies through a bold, synergistic approach towards new platform development, process automation and successful adoption of new methodologies through almost every level of the organization. In the episode, Sachin will tell you about: The interesting work he does with Tech Mahindra, Key highlights and milestones in his career thus far, Digital Transformation macro-trends in the industry, Use cases of his interesting projects throughout the years, The value that ServiceNow adds to their customers, How AI Ops can bring key value to your organization and His top tips for implementation best practices

Today's guest is Tiankai Feng, Director of Digital Analytics - Social, PR & Voice of the Consumer at Adidas in Bavaria, Germany. With over eight years of experience, Tiankai loves to combine his analytical mindset with creative thinking and apply that to all things digital. He is currently the lead in Social, PR and Voice of Consumer Analytics at Adidas to integrate Consumer Insights from Social Media, PR, Search Behavior, Product Reviews and Experience NPS feedback into any decision-making in brand strategy, campaign planning and in-activation optimization. In today's episode, Tiankai will tell you about: His work with consumer feedback and data analytics, The message of his Data Analytics rap anthem, Interesting projects he is working on, Deciding what projects to invest in, Their interesting work within sustainability, How they stay on top of driving ROI and The future of the sports & fashion industry

Today's guest is Kenny Hosey. Kenny is a servant leader and continual learning advocate offering diverse management experience leading information technology departments, platform implementations and department transformations. At the time of recording, Kenny was Director of Service Management at AdventHealth but he has now joined Corsica Technologies as their Vice President of IT Service Management. Kenny delivers innovative, reliable, cost-saving solutions and strategies that streamline processes and drive business growth in a dynamic environment. He is committed, analytical and hands-on with a proven track record reflecting proactive leadership experience that inspires and motivates teams. Kenny is well known for work ethic, problem-solving, excellent communication skills and people-focused leadership philosophy. In the episode, Kenny will tell you about: Learns and challenges during his career to date, Digital Transformation trends in the Healthcare sector, Use cases of the value that ServiceNow has added to AdventHealth, Key learns on implementing ServiceNow, Advice to C-Suite execs on embracing Digital Transformation, What makes a great IT Service Management Director, Advice for building a winning team and What the future holds for ServiceNow

Today's guest is Rahul Kalippurayil Moozhipurath, CEO and Co-Founder at Forecasty.AI in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 2019, Forecasty.AI enables B2B firms to take smarter and more profitable business decisions by making forecasting easy, accurate and explainable. This month, they launched the beta version of Business Desk, a no-code self-service forecasting platform that enables users from various business functions to generate forecasts quickly and easily. With the advanced AI technology and simple drag-and-drop interface, the Business Desk aims to create a user-friendly forecasting experience for people without coding skills, extracting valuable insights from data to assist the business decision-making process. Beta users will have the opportunity to explore the platform and get exclusive benefits from the business desk for a trial period of 30 days. Create an account here to be a pioneer in AI-powered forecasting. In the episode, Rahul will tell you about: Problems they are solving at Forecasty.ai, Benefits they are bringing to data scientists in the enterprise, Use cases of their impact in the market, The impact of Covid-19 within the business, The Future of the commodity market & business forecasting & The importance of AI-driven decision-making

Today's guest is Albert Loyola, Management Consultant in the field of AI for Human Resources at Accenture in Dallas, Texas. Albert is a Manager in Accenture’s Talent & Organization/Human Potential Consulting Practice where he leads the AI Startup Evaluation Hub & Market Ecosystem for Talent & HR. He also manages their Ecosystem Partnerships with Pymetrics, Gloat, Yva and other priority partners. Albert is an HR innovation market technology analyst and advisor to senior executives on the impact of intelligent technologies across the employee experience. For over ten years, he has been advising CHROS, SVP, VP HR with digital HR strategy, talent strategy and employee experience enabled by AI/intelligent digital solutions. Albert is also a regular HR technology keynote speaker and frequently featured in talent and business publications. In the episode, Albert will tell you about: His background and current role with Accenture, Applying AI to improve HR practices and the employee experience, Use cases of helping clients build an effective data strategy, How the pandemic has impacted the working culture and What he enjoys most about his work at Accenture

Today's guest is Gaurav Chakravorty, Founding Member at DevRev in California. Founded in 2020, DevRev is a business software company that brings developers and customers together in the era of product-led growth. The company is building an API-first dev-centric CRM that leverages data, design and machine intelligence to empower devs to build, support and grow their revenue. In times of anemic NPS and high customer churn, DevRev strives to create the world's most customer-centric companies led by happy developers. In the episode, Gaurav will tell you about: The interesting work and mission at DevRev, How they have attracted top talent while in stealth mode, His passion for graph neural networks, Exciting opportunities & what he looks for when hiring, Key Learns from his career that helped him build a startup and How the pandemic has impacted the working culture

Today's guest is Alex Sanginov, Enterprise AI/ML Product Manager at ServiceNow in San Francisco. ServiceNow makes the world of work, work better for people. They deliver digital workflows that create great experiences and unlock productivity. With over 6,000 customers, they serve ~80% of the Fortune 500 and were included on the 2020 list of FORTUNE World’s Admired Companies. Alex is an Entrepreneurial minded individual who is passionate about enabling Data-Driven decision-making capabilities across the entire edges of the organization while fostering data-driven culture and community. Alex also hosts his own Analytics at ServiceNow podcast where he takes an in-depth look into what makes the Analytics team at ServiceNow different. In the episode, Alex will tell you about: His background and his journey to ServiceNow, What his role involves as their enterprise AI/ML Product Manager, Use cases of the problems they are solving for customers, What the future holds for the ServiceNow platform, The importance of a growth mindset, and What to expect on his own Analytics at ServiceNow podcast

Today's guest is Ivan Bilan, Data Science and Engineering Manager at TrustYou in Munich. Founded in 2008, TrustYou help companies make better decisions, earn trust and ultimately win with feedback by giving them The Power to Listen.  They understand the potential of receiving feedback from the market, from customers and from employees. When companies listen to this feedback, they earn trust, make better decisions and ultimately, succeed. TrustYou are committed to pioneering a platform that makes listening to feedback easy, powerful and actionable. In the episode, Ivan will tell you about: His background and passion for NLP, The interesting work he does with TrustYou, Problems they are solving applying NLP, How the company adapted during the pandemic, His approach to NLP pipelines and  Contributions to the NLP community

Today's guest is  Henrik Gehrmann, VP of Engineering at Clear Labs in San Carlos, CA. Founded in 2014, Clear Labs harnesses the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to simplify complex diagnostics for clinical and applied markets. By creating the only fully automated platform that brings together DNA sequencing, robotics and cloud-based analytics, Clear Labs democratizes genomics applications to deliver increased clarity. Henrik is an enthusiastic, creative and highly organized Engineering Leader with a focus on Enterprise Cloud and SaaS Applications, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, as well as Media and UX. He has deep experience building and mentoring teams while implementing process-oriented, yet agile management methods. Henrik is passionate about technology and is a hands-on leader from developing scalable system architectures to designing innovative applications. In the episode, Henrik will tell you about: Clear Labs interesting work within Biotechnology, Use cases of the impact they are bringing to customers, Interesting projects they are working on including Covid-related work, Why he loves working at Clear Labs, Building their tech team and how it’s structured for success, Interesting opportunities within the team and What the future holds for Clear Labs