The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Ashley Kramer, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Sisense. Headquartered in New York, Sisense gives you the easiest way to get real business insights from complex data with radically innovative business analytics. Sisense empowers everyday business users to independently manage, analyze, and visualize complex data quickly and cost-effectively. It is their mission is to transform complex data into insights everywhere, enabling access to business intelligence across the entire organization. Sisense's leading innovation is used by companies seeking to gain insights to their own business, and also embedded by technology and service companies that aim to provide additional insights and value for their customers. In the episode, Ashley will tell you about: Her journey to joining Sisense, Her day-to-day role in leading Product and Marketing, How they are applying Data Analytics and Data Engineering, Providing their customers with a way to embed analytics in their business, How she helped build a successful team at Sisense, & What excites her for the future of Sisense

Today's guest is Mamta Parakh, VP of Data Science at Quartet Health in New York. Founded in 2014, Quartet Health is a platform that makes it easier for people to get the best mental health care for them. Quartet's technology and services reach people who need care, connect them to the right care, track the quality of their care, and support their care journeys. Backed by $160.5m in venture funding from top investors, Quartet partners with health insurance plans and health systems in 32 states across the U.S. to help people get the care they need. In the episode, Mamta will tell you about: Quartet Health’s impact in the healthcare industry, How they are applying AI and Data Science to improve Mental Health care, What she loves about her job, Using Data Science to add business value, Building a successful Data Science team, Advice to Data Scientists starting their career, and What excites her for the future of AI in Healthcare

Today's guest is Jakob Muus, Founder and CEO at Tracks in Berlin. Founded in 2018, Tracks are pioneering the way the road freight industry adopts Artificial Intelligence to make informed, data-driven decisions. Their flagship product is designed to provide truck fleet operators with a holistic and comparative view on the fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of their fleet whilst providing suggestions, recommendations and alarms to improve their bottom line. In the episode, Jakob will discuss: What motivated him to set up Tracks, The impact they are making in the Trucking industry, Benefits their products bring to customers, Applying AI to improve the decision-making process, The impact of COVID-19 within the organisation, and Their goal to improve fuel efficiency & reduce CO2 emissions

Today's guest is Anthony Capone, President and former CTO at Ambulnz in New York. Ambulnz is a new class of ambulance service provider, one that's transforming patient transportation through applied innovation, better compensation for EMTs and a unique business model that inspires the highest level of care. They are working to care harder and change expectations of the ambulance service business among EMTs, healthcare professionals and others they serve. In the show, Anthony will tell you about: The problems they are solving with Ambulnz, The role of Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the company, Challenges he had to overcome to achieve success, New services they offer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, How AI and new technology will evolve the future of healthcare, & What’s in store for the future at Ambulnz

Today's guest is Anne Bauer, Director of Data Science and Anna Coenen, Lead Data Scientist at the New York Times. Established in 1851, The New York Times is dedicated to helping people understand the world through on-the-ground, expert and deeply reported independent journalism. Their mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. This mission is rooted in their belief that great journalism has the power to make each reader’s life richer and more fulfilling, and all of society stronger. At The Times, this mission and values guide the work they do every day. By acting in their spirit, they serve readers and society, ensure the continued strength of their journalism and business, and foster a healthy and vibrant Times culture. In the show, Anne and Anna will discuss: How they got involved in Data Science, Using personalisation and recommendations to improve the reader experience, The role of data governance in increasing effective marketing and advertising, Interesting projects the Data Science team are working on, How Data Science and Machine Learning has evolved within the company, Exciting opportunities within New York Times, & What they love about their job

Today's guest is Serghei Glinca, co-founder & CEO at CrystalsFirst. CrystalsFirst unifies biotech and tech to significantly accelerate drug design for challenging targets. CrystalsFirst’s unlocks the access to chemical matter using the combination of its proprietary SmartSoak-based high-performance soaking systems and scaling computational methods. Since launching the company in 2018, CrystalsFirst has closed deals and produced successful results with with big pharma and ambitious biotech companies. In the show, Serghei will tell you about: The problem they are solving within Drug Discovery, Their work within Structured Biology, How they combine technology and data to impact healthcare, Obstacles they need to overcome, & How AI and Data will continue to shape the industry

Today's guest is C.K. Sample III, Chief Delivery Officer and former CTO at Hypergiant Space Age Solutions. Founded in 2018, Hypergiant's mission is to create emerging AI-driven technologies and develop world-changing commercial products and solutions that save lives, improve critical infrastructure, efficiently harness energy, further space travel and advance humanity’s position in the universe. In the show, C.K. will discuss: The great work they are doing at Hypergiant, Problems they are solving in the Space Age Solutions division, Fascinating work within Galactic Systems & Sensory Sciences, Creating a great working environment and culture, Building a successful team at Hypergiant, What he loves about his job,  and How AI will continue to evolve in the next few years

Today's guest is Tom Chittenden, Chief Data Science Officer at Genuity Science in Boston. Genuity Science is a contract genomics and data-sourcing, analytics and insights organization who partners with global biopharma companies to offer deep end-to-end discovery services aimed at catalyzing precision health and improving the quality of life for patients around the world. Services include population-scale, disease-specific data sourcing, high-quality sequencing, robust statistical analysis, software tools for analyzing large datasets and AI. With over 25 years of experimental and theoretical research experience, Tom is the Global Head of AI and Statistical Machine Learning R&D at Genuity Science where he provides scientific and technical leadership for Genuity's global Data Science Initiatives.  He is also the Founding Director of their Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory where their mission is to better understand human disease initiation and progression, as well as share the knowledge that will aid in the development of new translational applications and enhanced medical care. In the show, Tom will discuss: His journey working within Data Science and AI, Genuity Science’s impact in the Healthcare sector, The benefits of applying AI and Machine Learning within Genomics, How AI and Deep Learning will continue to improve treating illnesses, and What excites him for the future of AI in Healthcare

Today's guest is Carsten Ullrich, Director of AI at Centogene in Berlin. Centogene are one of the worldwide leaders in the field of early genetic diagnostics for rare hereditary diseases. A data repository of genetic data from over 115 countries gives them unique access to epidemiological, clinical and genetic information on hereditary disorders, including oncogenetic indications. They focus exclusively on providing the highest quality, patient-centred service and outstanding short turn-around times for analysis. In the show, Carsten will discuss: His 20 years of experience working in AI, How Centogene are applying AI in rare diseases, Challenges they need to overcome, such as data quality, Improving diagnostics and leveraging this for new discoveries, What makes Centogene a great place to work, Their work with COVID-19 Testing, and The possibility of AI with Superhuman capabilities

Today's guest is Michael Martin, CEO at RapidSOS in New York. RapidSOS has created the world’s first emergency response data platform that securely links life-saving data from over 350 million connected devices directly to 911 and first responders in an emergency. Through the platform, they are providing intelligent data that supports over 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers, protecting 90%+ of people in the US, across 250 million emergencies annually. Partnering with innovative companies certified as RapidSOS Ready, they are striving to reach everyone. Together, RapidSOS are empowering a faster and smarter response by sending first responders critical data like your exact location, real-time health information, and crash data. They are united in their commitment to a safer, stronger future where technology and people work seamlessly together to save lives. In the show, Michael will chat about: The motivation for setting up RapidSOS, Using data & new technology to improve public safety agencies, Understanding the key problems they are looking to solve, Adding real business value with Data Science and Analytics, What the ideal Data Science team looks like, Challenges they have overcome to achieve success, & Why he loves his job