The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Nicolas Sauvage, President at TDK Ventures. Founded in 2018, TDK Ventures is a Corporate VC firm investing globally in early-stage hard-tech projects - serving entrepreneurs, the ultimate Impact Scalers, who are creating a new era of sustainability and social value. From enabling sustainable energy solutions to accelerating advanced materials breakthroughs to ensuring wider availability of sophisticated healthcare technologies, TDK Ventures is actively searching for solutions for difficult problems. The TDK VC firm believes in a sustainable world where digital, energy, and environmental transformation will improve billions of lives. It's their mission is to help accelerate learning, bring meaningful contributions to society, and invest in startups with similar ideals. They deliver meaningful financial results with their co-investors and bringing new, powerful, transformational business opportunities to TDK. By focusing on Scaling Impact, they ensure a sense of purpose and a sense of urgency, with both patience and speed in their investment decision-making. In this episode, Nicolas talks about: His journey from software engineer to TDK Ventures, Why Product management is pivotal to aid success, His personal concept: "Sheila first, scaling impact scalers, patience and impatience," Striving for financial success, societal impact and entrepreneurial support, Utilizing material science for clean tech breakthroughs strategically, Examples of their backed startups in green technology innovation, How GenAI drives investments in low-cost inference technology, Integrating startups for strategic synergies and collaborations

Today's guest is Jariullah Safi, Director of AI and Computer Vision at Simbe Robotics. Founded in 2014, Simbe is the global leader in Store Intelligence™ solutions that provide unprecedented visibility and real-time insights to increase retailer performance. Simbe combines cutting-edge AI and robotics to power business-critical intelligence that improves inventory management and streamlines operations, while empowering retailers to better support store associates and elevate shoppers’ experience. Simbe’s comprehensive platform includes the world’s first autonomous, item-scanning robot, Tally, which leverages best-in-class computer vision to identify exact product location, out-of-stocks, pricing and promotion information with 99% accuracy. By partnering with major worldwide brands across the US, Europe and Asia, Simbe delivers market-leading product availability and price integrity, so they can improve store performance and labor efficiency. In this episode, Jariullah talks about: His experience to date from engineering to robotics and computer vision, Overseeing retail data processing for actionable insights using computer vision, Leading image processing, model development and client interactions, Case Study: Enhancing shelf management, inventory tracking and customer navigation, The importance of tag accuracy and recovering lost sales, How the team covers computer vision, data quality, web backend and autonomy, Scaling operations, enhancing products and providing an integrated mobile app, Embracing a culture of inclusivity, empowerment and mentorship

Today's guest is Kshitij Sheth, Global Practice Head, ServiceNow COI at Orion Innovation. Founded in 1993, Orion Innovation is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. For over 30 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for clients. Their transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design and engineering, empowering their clients to operate with agility at scale.​ It is the company's mission to be a trusted partner who inspires and accelerates digital innovation. As the Head of ServiceNow COI and Global Practice Leader at Orion Innovation, Kshitij leads the sales and solutions, offerings and delivery of ServiceNow services globally. With over 17 years of IT experience, Kshitij has executed complex programs and provided end-to-end solutions for over 100 customers using ServiceNow and other platforms. It is his mission is to bring digital strategy, experience design and domain expertise to the business, as well as to demonstrate the business outcomes and ROI of the ServiceNow platform. In this episode, Kshitij talks about: His journey to becoming a ServiceNow innovation leader at Orion, Innovating in digital transformation and product development globally, How Orion advances Gen AI solutions and partners with ServiceNow, Why clients are seeking advanced, tailored ServiceNow solutions, Developing a niche-focused ServiceNow practice, Leveraging his ServiceNow expertise to mentor and guide the community, Offering empowerment and direct growth opportunities in leadership

Today's guest is Azeem Ahmed, Vice President, Head of Engineering at Veho. Founded in 2016, Veho's mission is to power the future of commerce by making shipping, shopping and returns work seamlessly for everyone. Veho unlocks the potential of everyday consumers and e-commerce brands to fully participate in the global economy by removing limitations caused by outdated logistics providers and archaic technology. By building an entirely new end-to-end logistics infrastructure powered by technology designed to meet the needs of brands and humans in the age of e-commerce, Veho is reinventing the post-purchase experience. Veho is reinventing parcel delivery and returns through industry-leading OTD and proactive consumer communication, all at a simple and competitive cost. Companies partner with Veho to measure the full impact that the delivery experience creates for their business. In this episode, Azeem talks about: His experience from networks to data lakes, blockchain and ML., Leading Veho's engineering to innovate shipping experience surpassing Amazon, Focus on logistics optimization, driver experience, ML route optimization & generative AI, Merging engineering and data science, and prioritizing shared goals, Mission to disrupt logistics by prioritizing impactful teamwork and innovation

Today's guest is Doug Rezabek, Director of Strategic Initiatives and ServiceNow Practice at SOFtact Solutions. Founded in 2017, SOFtact Solutions solves problems through design, procurement, integration, execution and program management of subject matter expert,s and the hardware/software necessary to implement solutions. They provide solutions for Government Agencies at the federal, state and local levels, as well as industry partners, non-profit organizations and commercial customers. Doug has been in IT business for 31 years in a variety of business, marketing and technical roles. He has spent the last eight years working in the ServiceNow ecosystem as an engagement manager, business process specialist and technical architect. Among other current project and corporate responsibilities, Doug is the lead architect for the US Special Operations Forces implementation of ServiceNow, including the core ITSM processes, IT Business Management and Field Service Management. In this episode, Doug talks about: His journey as a Veteran IT professional with expertise in ITSM and implementations, SOFTtact’s military focus with a strong veteran involvement, His role to build the ServiceNow practice, growing the team from 1 to 35, Building and sustaining custom solutions for clients evolving needs, Focus on hiring veterans and integrating military expertise in client engagements, Navigating military acronyms for effective public sector communication, ServiceNow's expert programs for long-term career success, Expanding in government contracting and solving complex challenges effectively, Adapting rapidly in DOD, expanding into diverse solution sets & expanding the team

Today's guest is Brandon Allgood, Chief Data Officer at FogPharma. Founded in 2016, FogPharma is a clinical-stage company pioneering a new class of drugs to address the limitations of today’s precision medicines and achieve universal druggability. FogPharma’s discovery engine integrates cutting-edge technologies that dramatically accelerate the speed and scalability of drug discovery to advance novel Helicon therapeutics against important, previously intractable targets across virtually all disease areas. With 23 years of experience in developing AI based platforms in healthcare, Brandon is a serial entrepreneur focused on applying machine learning and large scale computational methods to improve human health. Brandon previously helped build three companies, Valo Health, Numerate and Pharmix, at the forefront of applying modern ML and computational methods to drug discovery and development in diverse subfields, including chemistry, biology, clinical trials and real-world health data.  In this episode, Brandon talks about: His journey from cosmology to drug discovery at FogPharma, An overview of Fog Pharma's focus on peptides, How AI optimizes drug design, biology understanding & patient response prediction, Taking a data-driven approach to their drug discovery platform

Today's guest is Holger Brink, Technical Director and Chief ServiceNow Architect at NetImpact Strategies. Founded in 2009, NetImpact is a leading provider of digital transformation support to the US federal government, renowned for its innovative solutions and comprehensive expertise. With a proven track record of driving technological advancements and modernization initiatives, NetImpact plays a pivotal role in reshaping the digital landscape of government agencies. Their vision is to be a NextGen Digital Transformation Leader that disrupts how technology is applied to deliver mission value. As mission needs change, new priorities emerge, technologies advance and methodologies evolve; NetImpact stands out as a leader ready to solve the challenges of today while looking for the opportunities of tomorrow. They deliver high-performance secure digital services products to transform client operations and accelerate mission outcomes. In this episode, Holger will discuss: His career journey from finance into ServiceNow, How NetImpact innovates ServiceNow apps for public sector efficiency, His day-to-day role including agency support, product development and bidding, Transition from city to federal contracts, focusing on ServiceNow's versatility, NetImpact’s focus on collaboration, certifications and multi-platform products, Taking a platform-first approach & exploring Gen AI augmentation, Offering growth, employee focus, personal development and certifications

Today's guest is Christian Ferreira, Founder and CEO at PSci.AI. Founded in 2022, Procurement Sciences AI (PSci.AI) is a trusted partner for GovCon, aerospace, defense, education and other government-oriented businesses, offering a transformative platform powered by breakthrough advancements in Generative AI. Their platform and tools provide invaluable insights that help you secure government contracts and propel your business towards new heights of success. PSci.AI's Bidding Intelligence System is the first of its kind: an AI-powered, end-to-end automation system for capture, proposal and business development. Originally designed specifically for government contractors, they have since broadened their expertise to support commercial contractors, academic institutions, non-profits and a diverse range of other businesses. It is their goal to harness the continuous breakthroughs in AI, enabling teams to work more intelligently. In this episode, Christian talks about: His journey to launching Procurement Sciences, How AI automates labor-intensive government contract proposal processes, Applying Generative AI to boost revenue and operational efficiency, Constant iteration within the evolving Gen AI landscape, Why Gen AI is pivotal in reshaping industries like government contracting, Rebuilding their platform to align with future AI trends, How innovation drives PSci.AI to pioneer Gen AI solutions

Today's guest is Greg Wheeler, Public Sector Vertical Lead at CDW ServiceNow Solutions. As a ServiceNow Elite Partner, CDW helps you optimize the value of your ServiceNow investment and streamline IT operations across your organization. With customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to some of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations and higher education institutions, their team have the experience to help you succeed with your ServiceNow initiatives. Greg is responsible for defining a catalog of solutions based on industry best practice frameworks and optimizing the ServiceNow platform for government clients at CDW. Part of this role is identifying consistent, reliable, repeatable processes for marketing, scoping and delivering the identified services. Delivery includes both the technical delivery (e.g. configuration of the ServiceNow platform) as well as appropriate Organizational Change Management methods to ensure their clients' success. In this episode, Greg talks about: His career journey & overview of their work at CDW How the Public sector mirrors private sector but with distinct challenges, ServiceNow’s possibilities beyond IT to enhance the citizen experience, Utilizing ServiceNow to aid school districts in asset management and interaction, Establishing a CoE to merge ServiceNow expertise with practitioner insight, How the Government blends strategic planning with agile implementation, How CDW blends large-scale capability with agile innovation

Today's guest is Drew Linsley, Co-Founder and CEO at Operant Biopharma. Operant Biopharma's AI-powered robotic microscope learns to design drugs by watching and controlling diseases over time.  Their platform autonomously designs biological experiments, discovering and optimizing disease treatments. The company focuses on high-need areas like neurodegenerative and kidney diseases, aiming to horizontally address multiple indications and out-license discoveries, blending AI and biology for innovative therapeutic development. Drew is also an Assistant Professor (Research) in Computational Neuroscience and AI at Brown University. He studies biological and artificial intelligence, and believes we need artificial vision to create intelligent machines capable of reasoning about the world. However, existing artificial vision systems struggle with many visual challenges that we routinely solve in our daily lives. He looks to biological vision to inspire new solutions to these challenges in artificial vision. In this episode, Drew talks about: Applying AI to analyze disease data and guide therapeutics autonomously, How Robotic microscopy tracks dynamic biology to aid disease treatment advancements, How AI optimizes drug discovery pipeline & manipulates cellular states for treatment, Applying AI to drive horizontal drug development for diverse indications, Their unique staffing needs within AI, biology and neuroscience