The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Vera Chien, Executive Director, Corporate Research, Data & Insights at Warner Bros. Discovery. Headquartered in New York, Warner Bros. Discovery are a premier global media and entertainment company that offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment, and sports businesses. Vera is an experienced insights & analytics leader with a strong track record of launching products, and driving business growth through innovation and inspiration. She is a thought leader specializing in metaverse, gaming, streaming and youth audiences. In her current role, Vera's responsibilities include directing insights & analytics across product and strategy teams, crafting thought leadership pieces on emerging video, social and gaming platforms, and to evangelize insights and opportunities across web3, the metaverse and NFTs. In the episode, Vera talks about: Her background and current work with Warner Bros Discovery, The impact of the Warner Media and Discovery merger, How they are utilizing data science and analytics across the business, The broader data organization and her team’s day-to-day activities, What’s in store for the near future, and What makes Warner Bros Discovery a great place to work

Today's guests are Jim Foote, CEO and Noah Berlow, CTO at First Ascent Biomedical. Founded in 2018, First Ascent is a biotech startup with a mission to transform medical oncology through highly individualized, prospective treatment planning technologies that improve survival and advance science. The company have developed a platform that helps patients today through providing individualized cancer treatment plans, accelerates new drugs into the clinic for patients tomorrow, and will reshape cancer treatment for the patients of the future. Jim is an experienced Fortune 250 CIO/CISO who lost his son Trey to bone cancer, which inspired him to set up First Ascent Biomedical. He is also the founder of the Trey Foote Foundation in honor of his son, dedicated to advancing new treatments and cures for osteosarcoma. CTO Noah is a designer/validator of the AI framework and lead author on all AI validation studies. He is also an assistant faculty member at the Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute. In the episode, Jim and Noah will discuss: The personal story behind the founding of First Ascent Biomedical, The journey of building the company from the ground up, How they are using AI in their platform, Day-to-day life of the team, Upcoming projects they will be working on, What excites them for the future at First Ascent Biomedical

Today's guests are Alexandra Otte and Marcel Hopp, Senior Consultants at agineo GmbH in Germany. Specialzing in solutions for Enterprise Service Management (ESM), agineo work together with their customers on innovative projects that help to increase the company's success. For more than 30 years, agineo have been designing their customers' business processes to be digital, agile and forward-looking. As a ServiceNow partner, the company rely on established platforms such as ServiceNow cloud technology for their service projects in order to streamline processes and simplify complex workflows. This is how projects succeed particularly quickly and efficiently. This is their proven way of working, with which agineo have established themselves as the largest ServiceNow Elite Partner in the German-speaking region. In this episode, Alexandra and Marcel will discuss: How they both got into the world of ServiceNow, agineo’s interesting work on the ServiceNow platform, Why ServiceNow and HRSD fit so well together, Integrating in ServiceNow to improve onboarding and offboarding processes, Their focus on internal development utilizing ServiceNow for HR, Advice for maximising your career in ServiceNow

Today's guest is Mike Salem, Associate Director of Data Science at Gilead Sciences. Founded in 1987, Gilead set bold ambitions to create a healthier world for all people. From their pioneering virology medicines to their growing impact in oncology, they are delivering innovations once thought impossible in medicine. Their focus goes beyond medicines as they also strive to remedy health inequities and break down barriers to care. Gilead empower their people to tackle these challenges and they are all united in their commitment to help millions of people live healthier lives. Mike is an experienced Data Scientist & Mathematician with over ten years of experience utilizing Artificial Intelligence to solve unique problems across multiple domains including robotics, sensors and IoT. He has a demonstrated ability working with large, unstructured and messy data sets, responsible for architecting, building and maintaining automated pipelines. Mike is also a strong technical lead that mentors co-workers by building skills with a demonstrated history of identifying, defining and solving hard, ambiguous problems. In the episode, Mike will discuss: Gilead’s work in medicine and drug discovery, His role and responsibilities at Gilead, Their approach to solving problems using AI and Data Science, Two key areas the Data Science team focus on, What excites him for the future, Why Gilead is a great place to work

Today's guest is Paul Powers, Founder and CEO at Physna in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 2015, Physna was launched on the principle that computers should be taught to accurately “think” in 3D – sorting and analyzing geometric objects like written code. The company dream of a future where people have the tools they need to design and analyze the parts and products that shape the world to create and drive innovation in product design, 3D printing, augmented and virtual reality, gaming, healthcare and beyond. In the episode, Paul will discuss: The motivation for founding Physna, Challenges he faced building the company from scratch, Benefits they bring to customers, The launch of Thangs, The current make-up of the team & plans for growth, What’s in store for the near future at Physna

Today's guest is Kunal Kapoor, Director of Global Partner Strategy and Sales at Microsoft in New York. Kunal is a strategic business executive with a track record of leading matrixed multi-year, technology software and services deals globally. He has worked across multiple industries including Financial, Retail, CPG, Hi-tech, Pharma/Life Sciences, Healthcare, Hospitality and Travel. In his current role, Kunal is responsible for formalizing partnerships in Regulated Industries business of Microsoft with ISVs and SIs, as well as sales and business development in the Microsoft Commercial Partner team. Kunal is also focused to grow Microsoft's AI, ML business with a specific focus towards Financial Services industry and the enterprise, SI and ISV customers/partners. In this episode, Kunal will talk about: His role and how he got into the world of ServiceNow, Why ServiceNow is the platform of choice for organizations, Examples of how Microsoft is adding value utilizing ServiceNow, How the Microsoft and ServiceNow partnership is benefitting their global system integrators, His advice for building a winning team, and What the future holds for the platform

Today's guest is Pierre Gautreau, Head of Machine Learning at Link Money. Headquartered in San Francisco, Link Money offers the first pay-by-bank solution focused exclusively on the United States. Powered by open banking, Link Money’s Pay by Bank Solution provides merchants with an alternate, low-cost payment solution and enables customers to pay with their bank accounts. Link Money's flagship product makes pay-by-bank as easy as using a credit or debit card while saving merchants up to 70% in payment processing fees. In addition, their proprietary machine-learning process allows them to guarantee funds and cut down on fraud. Therefore, using Link Money’s Pay by Bank Solution is a win-win for merchants and customers. In the episode, Pierre will discuss: The work Link Money are doing in the banking industry, How they’re using AI and the benefits they bring to customers, The day-to-day life of the team, What excites him for the future at Link Money, Why Machine Learning is driving success in the company, and What makes Link Money a great place to work

Today's guest is Joshua Shubert, Director of Engineering at Avenda Health in California. Founded in 2017, Avenda Health is creating a more personalized future of prostate cancer care. The company have built a platform that uses deep learning to map a patient's cancer in 3D, giving physicians never before available 3D visualization and precise information enabling more confident care plan decisions. Avenda Health aims to improve outcomes, preserve quality of life and create a new standard of cancer care. Joshua joined Avenda Health as their first Software Engineer in 2018 and is currently managing a team of skilled software engineers and scientists to bring their breakthrough cancer treatment to market. Joshua holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and has gained industry experience in cloud-based medical software, as well as developing a strong background in deep learning, medical imaging and robotics. In the episode, Joshua will discuss: The interesting work they do at Avenda Health,  Applying AI to solve problems in prostate cancer treatment,  Results they have seen so far for users of their platform,  The journey of the AI & Engineering team bringing the product to production, Goals for the near future including further adoption of the platform,  Plans for growth & why Avenda Health is a great place to work

Today's guest is Tommy LaMonte, Principal Consultant at Thirdera. Founded in 2021, Thirdera helps organizations adopt better patterns of work and get more from ServiceNow. Thirdera is a new type of ServiceNow partner – one that blends the scale and depth of experience that massive multi-national consultancies offer with the responsiveness, agility, and relationship focus of boutique providers. The Thirdera team unlocks enterprise potential to elevate experiences across the world of work. As a Principal Consultant in the Security and Risk practice at Thirdera, Tommy acts as both a presales solutions consultant and implementation Solution Architect. He works with customers to guide them through the process of implementing ServiceNow applications from acting pre-sales through go-live, ensuring customers achieve maximum value and efficiency from their implementations. Tommy has an in-depth experience in many areas of the ServiceNow platform running both the process and technical sides of projects. In this episode, Tommy discusses: His role and responsibilities at Thirdera, How to build a robust value-added roadmap, Challenges/security issues that they help customers overcome, Use cases of the benefits that they have brought to customers, The future of the ServiceNow platform

Today's guest is Gissele Gajate Garrido, Director of Data Science at EY in Virginia. Gissele has a PhD in Economics and over 18 years of experience designing, leading and implementing creative analytic solutions. She has focused her work on applied behavioral analysis that ranges from impact evaluation in developing countries, consumer behavior in the CPG Industry and People Analytics. Gissele believes using behavioral economics to inform Machine Learning models is key to successful analytics in the future.  Currently, Gissele leads the Advanced Analytics and Forecasting Lab at EY, which provides a diverse set of analytic tools to leadership in order to facilitate strategic decision making. She has a passion to deliver high-impact actionable results and advance strategic decisions that drive profitable growth by producing insight-based recommendations. She is also a dedicated mentor that displays an empathetic and energetic leadership style by promoting collaboration and creating an environment of trust that allows a diverse team to feel comfortable, valued and supported. In the episode, Gissele tells us about: Moving from economics into data science, What attracted her to join EY , Her role and responsibilities in the Advanced Analytics & Forecasting Lab,  The day-to-day work of the team, Her passion for mentoring and leadership,  What the near future looks like, and Working culture & opportunities to join the team