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Transcript Mariya Zorotovich talks with Vince Menzione about emerging and disruptive technologies in retail with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Mariya shares about her role as a translator between retail and consumer goods customer needs and Microsoft’s technology agenda related to Azure and AI technology. Further, organizations are using intelligent technologies to drive business in retail and consumer goods. Mariya recommends practical approaches to helping more traditional organizations truly transform in order to compete as this industry evolves. Show Links Explore AI for retail Read Reasons why retail and consumer goods brands should address Artificial Intelligence today Mariya Zorotovich Mariya Zorotovich, WW Industry Leader, Retail and Consumer Goods. Mariya Zorotovich has more than 20 years of experience in retail leading strategies and initiatives across sales, operations, human resources, public relations, technology and product management. Before joining Microsoft in 2016, she led strategy and delivery of digital capabilities and new services to market at Nordstrom across physical and digital channels. Mariya joined Microsoft as the US Retail CG Industry Solutions Executive focused on digital transformation at top Fortune 500 brands. Mariya is active in the Retail and CG community, currently serving on the Retail Tomorrow Board. Read Mariya's recent blog posts on how to address common retail and consumer goods use cases using Azure. Follow Mariya through LinkedIn or Twitter.

Transcript Howard Bush explains the current industry climate and technology disruptions occurring in financial services. With so many technology options and services available to financial service companies, Howard explains the slow adoption of older organizations and the success of new FinTechs disrupting old ways of doing business. Howard covers blockchain, AI adoption, fraud detection and prevention and covers why many financial institutions are starting their journey to "intelligent banking" with Microsoft using a hybrid approach to Azure. Show Notes Read Howard's recent blog Lessons from big box retail about how banks can leverage modern retail experiences to provide their customers with new choices, speed, and tailored recommendations Explore common banking use cases that can be addressed with Azure. Howard Bush Howard Bush is a Principle Industry Lead for Azure for Banking and Capital Markets at Microsoft. He advocates for Microsoft Azure within the banking and capital markets industry. Howard works with customers to help them understand how cloud computing addresses the unique and changing needs of the industry. Howard describes himself as “a banker wrapped in IT clothing.”  Read Howard's recent blog posts on how to address common banking use cases using Azure. Follow Howard on LinkedIn or Twitter as @HowardBush2.

Transcript David Houlding and Gururaj Pandurangi take us on a journey through the technical advances AI (Artificial Intelligence) is bringing to Healthcare. This episode dispells common myths of AI and more importantly covers the promise of AI in healthcare's present and future. AI holds major potential for healthcare, from predicting patient length of stay to diagnostic imaging, anti-fraud, and many more use cases. Learn how you can close the gap to your AI in healthcare solution by accelerating your initiative using free Microsoft Azure blueprints, including example code, test data, security, and compliance support that gets you 50-90% to your solution. This session is intended for healthcare provider, payer, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences organizations. Key roles include senior technical decision makers including CIO’s, CTO’s through IT Managers and Cloud Architects Show Links Links to items discussed in this episode. Download the Azure blueprint for AI in healthcare Clone, fork, or download the blueprint on GitHub Explore common healthcare use cases that can be addressed with Azure. Visit Avyan Consulting Corp Gururaj Pandurangi As a CEO and Founder of Avyan Consulting Corp (a Cloud Consulting Services) and Cloudneeti (ISV Cloud Workload Assurance ISV), Gururaj guides clients towards a business-focused and holistic approach to cloud adoption. The teams he leads specializes in Digital Transformation through cloud-scale application design, DevOps & CI/CD, Analytics, Cybersecurity & Compliance, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Follow Gururaj on LinkedIn or Twitter. David Houlding David is a Principal Healthcare Program Manager at Microsoft. He has 24+ years of experience in healthcare, cloud, privacy, security, compliance, blockchain, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Responsibilities include cloud, privacy, security, compliance, blockchain, AI/ML thought leadership in the healthcare industry globally. David supports the healthcare industry by embracing the power of the cloud to provide better care for patients. From hospitals and insurers to pharmaceuticals and researchers, David links the industry to Microsoft technology to empower the healthcare industry and anticipate the healthcare needs of the future. Read David Houlding’s recent blog posts on how to address common healthcare use cases using Azure. Follow David on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Transcript Paul Maher discusses the Industry Experiences team, why it was created, and how it can help your organization. In this episode, Paul introduces the team and explains why Microsoft is investing in industry vertical markets. He shares the industry-first vision and the disruptive and transformative technologies that are hot topics in industry today. Show Links Explore using Azure to address common use cases in banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Paul Maher Paul is a proven leader in the technology field, having extensive industry experience acquired across a variety of roles, with a passion for technology. He is a strategic thinker, who can look at the big picture, or complex problems and distill into actionable output. Started career behind the code as a Software Engineer, through to most recently as General Manager at Microsoft. Skilled at leading, building and growing teams. You can follow Paul on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Transcript Podcast host David Starr sets the stage for the podcast series. In this brief episode, David explains what the show is about and what types of content and guests to expect on future podcasts. Show Links Explore using Azure to address common use cases in banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. David Starr David is a Principal Solutions Architect on the Industry Experiences team at Microsoft. He is a professional software craftsman committed to improving agility, collaboration, and technical excellence in software development teams. His is focused on Azure system architectures, founder of ElegantCode.com, served in numerous leadership roles, and been an early and consistent advocate for agile development. Read David Starr’s recent blog posts on using Azure to build solutions for industry use cases. You can follow David on LinkedIn or Twitter (@elegantcoder). Transcript Welcome to the Microsoft industry experiences team podcast in this series. You'll hear from leaders across various industries discussing the impact of digital disruption and innovation sharing how they've used Azure to transform their business. I'm your host David Starr and I'm excited about the content we'll be bringing to you. The Azure industry experiences show focuses on real stories from those who have solved real and complex problems using Microsoft Azure will host of a variety of guests with our main focus being to answer the question how are you succeeding with Azure in your industry. The industries we'll cover include banking and financial services, manufacturing, and retail healthcare life sciences and insurance. Although we may expand that list over time we'll be speaking with thought leaders technical decision makers system architects and others who've solved industry problems using Azure. We look forward to conversations we'll bring you to help inform your technology decisions.