The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Yohann Smadja, VP of Data Science at Cedar in New York. Founded in 2016, Cedar provides a smarter way for hospitals, health systems and medical groups to manage the patient payment ecosystem. Their platform delivers modern intelligence to alleviate collections challenges, dramatically improve billing operations and ensure a personalized billing experience for patients. Together with the leading medical groups and hospitals across the country, Cedar is elevating the patient payment experience. With 12 years of experience in the field, Yohann leads the Data Science team who is in charge of making sense of the vast amount of data they have available to help achieve the company’s vision. They build analytics for healthcare providers and their teams to inform the product development process. They tell stories about all aspects of the patient journey and analyze patient behavior, as well as build ML models to drive better decision-making at scale on the platform. In today's episode, Yohann discusses: How they are impacting the patient experience, Interesting projects the data science team are working on, Milestones on his journey with Cedar to date, Challenges the team needs to overcome to achieve success, What excites him for the future & What he looks for when hiring into the team

Today's guest is Arijit Saha, SVP & Head of Engineering at Noodle.ai in San Francisco. Founded in 2016, Noodle.ai is your source for Enterprise AI business applications. They are on a mission to create a world without waste in Manufacturing & Supply Chain with their Vulcan & Athena product suites bringing radical efficiency and extraordinary good. They are building a new category of software products in the Enterprise stack that helps solve the complex challenges associated with Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations. They define this fog within the operations as Operational Entropy and use the advancement in AI/ML & data processing workflows to build state-of-the-art software products to get rid of this entropy. In today's episode, Arijit discusses: The interesting work he does at Noodle.ai, Problems they are solving within reducing waste in supply chain & manufacturing, Use cases of how they are applying AI and Machine Learning, How the Data & tech team is structured for success,and What excites him for the future at Noodle.ai

Today's guest is Mark Goudzwaard, Director & Global Enterprise Platform Architect at National Grid in Massachusetts. National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, efficiently, reliably and responsibly. They play a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to many millions of people across Great Britain and Northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner. They are committed to safeguarding our global environment for future generations and providing all our customers with the highest standards of service. In the episode, Mark will tell you about: The interesting work he does at National Grid, Trends he is seeing within ServiceNow in retail and utilities sector, Skills needed to become a great architect, Stakeholder Engagement Best Practices and Advice he would offer to his younger self

Today's guest is Korbinian Spann, Managing Director and Head of Data at Insaas in Munich. Founded in 2019, Insaas is a SaaS solution to predict customer preference in near time for your brand and offering. Their software enables marketing excellence based on data - enriching and transforming large-scale human-generated data into actionable insights. They support brands to take data-driven decisions based on AI and Natural Language Processing. Korbinian is an experienced manager in digital marketing and eCommerce for both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer sectors. His focus lies on industries like fashion, lifestyle, IT and industrial products for local and global corporations and agencies. As a consultant, Korbinian created concepts, strategies and supported his clients as a project manager to successfully implement digital projects. In the episode, Korbinian will discuss: His background and motivation for founding Insaas, Key problems they are solving at Insaas, Challenges they need to overcome to achieve success, The potential of AI with textual data, and The importance of research

Today's guest is Scott Lichtenstein, CEO and Co-Founder at Buyersight in New York. Founded in 2019, BuyerSight powers B2B sales managers with AI-driven recommendations about their reps and customers. BuyerSight's proprietary Natural Language Processing categorizes and analyzes sales interactions at scale, giving managers actionable guidance about where to spend their time for the most impact. Scott is an experienced entrepreneur and startup executive with a proven background in scaling sales, marketing and sales operations for B2B & SaaS technology companies. He has strong expertise in enterprise sales, account-based marketing, sales development, demand generation, digital marketing and data analysis. Scott is also involved in educational nonprofit organizations spreading access to high-quality instruction and learning opportunities. In today's episode, Scott discusses: The motivation for setting up Buyersight, How they are applying AI to simplify sales manager’s lives, Use cases of the benefits they bring to customers, How the Data team is structured for success, What the future holds for Buyersight, and Skills he looks for when hiring into the team

Today's guest is Brandon Nutting, Director of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at MVPindex in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2012, MVPindex's software helps brands, properties and agencies accurately quantify the value of partnerships, sponsorships and activations with an integrated and cohesive omnichannel view that includes broadcast, streaming, social, digital, audio, in-venue, and on location. They are a unique software platform designed to integrate with existing people processes or systems to help automate a service-heavy industry and start driving more efficient and impactful solutions. In his role, Brandon oversees the MVPindex test labs for the implementation of machine learning and data initiatives including current and future-facing innovation, research, development and deployment across the organization. In today's episode, Brandon discusses: The great work they are doing at MVPindex, How new innovation is disrupting the marketing and advertising sector, Use cases of the benefits they bring to customers, Interesting projects within the Data Science team, Transitioning from academia into industry, What’s in store for the future at MVPindex & Building and scaling the Data Science team

Today's guest is Lord Ryan Gillespie, Consulting Manager & Platform Solutions Consultant at Acorio. Acorio is the largest, premier 100% ServiceNow exclusive consultancy in the world and the Partner of choice for business transformation leaders. Part of a global top 10 IT solutions provider, Acorio are ServiceNow’s number one North American Partner for Industry Solutions as well as a top 10 global partner for ServiceNow certifications, Elite Partner, and the ecosystem’s employer of choice. Acorio's commitment is to their clients, to inspire and guide them for long-term success. They choose Acorio for our unparalleled industry knowledge and 600+ successful projects, and hail from Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 organizations in multiple industries ranging from Healthcare, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Government, Retail and more. They have dedicated practices in HR, CSM, ITBM, Asset, ITOM and ITSM, plus a unique focus in user-centric design, KPI’s and metrics, and Platform and Business Apps. In the episode, Ryan will discuss: His interesting work with Acorio, Unique selling points of IT Asset Management, The role of ServiceNow within Asset Management, The importance of partnerships and collaboration, Advice to clients starting their implementation journey, Pre & post-Covid themes in the industry,  Key learns during his career & advice to his younger self

Today's guest is Nicolas Kritter, Chief Technology Officer at Vizyon. AI is changing the way caregivers practice medicine and allows them to dream of a whole planet that can benefit from the progress of radiology. Deep Learning now allows us to produce efficient radiological image recognition algorithms and hundreds of AI radiological applications have appeared. Vizyon's founders believe that it is now time to build a teleradiology marketplace, offering the best of worldwide radiological diagnostic expertise from both AI applications as well as human experts. Vizyon is leveraging the potential of blockchain technology to build decentralized, easy to use and secure processes around this marketplace. In the episode, Nicolas will discuss: The interesting work they do within Healthcare, How they are applying AI to positively impact the sector, Use cases of the benefits they bring to users, Challenges they are solving using image recognition, Key learns and what’s in store for the future

Today's guest is John Brusk, Vice President of Data Science at Emburse. Founded in 2020, Emburse humanizes work by empowering business travelers, finance professionals and CFOs to eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks so they can focus on what matters most. Emburse brings together some of the world’s most powerful and trusted expense and AP automation solutions. Emburse's innovative offerings are trusted by more than 4.5 million users in more than 120 countries. Over 14,000 customers, from startups to global enterprises, rely on Emburse to make faster and smarter decisions. They empower business travelers to recapture lost nights and weekends spent doing tedious expense management, and help make users’ lives and their businesses better. His background and what attracted him to Emburse, How Emburse are modernizing expense management, The role of Data Science and Machine Learning at Emburse, Use cases of the problems they are solving in the field, Recent success & the benefits they bring to customers,  and Plans for hiring into the data team

Today's guest is Budi Tanzi, VP of Product at Tapad in New York. Tapad is the award-winning marketing technology company reinventing personalization for the modern marketer through its identity-driven solutions. The company's signature Tapad Graph connects millions of consumers across billions of devices. The world's largest brands and most effective marketers entrust Tapad to provide an accurate, privacy-conscious and unified approach to connecting with consumers across screens. Brands and marketers are faced with the challenge of needing to deliver personalized, relevant messages to vast audiences of consumers who all behave differently, use different devices and who increasingly expect personalized communications as standard. With privacy at the forefront, The Tapad Graph combines the company’s proprietary Device Graph with behavioral signals so marketers can finally see their customers as unique individuals and ultimately, deliver personalization at scale. In the episode, Budi will tell you about: The interesting work they do at Tapad, What he loves most about his role, Data challenges they are solving within advertising and marketing, Using Machine Learning to improve the consumer experience, How startups can use data insights to improve their customer experience & Applying Machine Learning within Tapad’s products