The Alldus Podcast - AI in Action

Today's guest is Dan Hedstrom, VP and Chief Information Officer at Cubic Corporation in San Diego. Listed on America's Best Midsize Employers, by Forbes in 2018, Cubic Corporation is the parent company of major businesses: Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions (CMPS). CTS is a leading integrator of payment and information technology, and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide. CMPS is a leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking, and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the US and allied nations. CMPS also provides Networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defence, intelligence, security and commercial missions. In the episode, Dan will tell you about: The interesting work he does at Cubic, How he got into the world of ServiceNow, Why ServiceNow is key to Cubic, Advice to C-Suite execs embarking on a Digital Transformation, What he’s learned during his career so far and Where he sees the future of ServiceNow

Today's guest is Oleg Stavitsky, CEO and Co-founder at Endel in Berlin. Founded in 2018, Endel is a technology that creates personalized sound environments to reduce stress, improve sleep and boost productivity, all of which are backed by neuroscience and the science of circadian rhythms. Endel's technology is presented as an ecosystem of products and is designed to be integrated into various hardware and platforms in mobility, hospitality and workspaces. The soundscapes are algorithm-powered and designed to gently rise and fall in line with immediate internal and external conditions like location, time zone, weather and heart rate. In the episode, Oleg will discuss: Endel’s impact in improving your sleep and productivity, How they went about developing their product, How Machine Learning will help enhance the user experience, The importance of personalisation, Upcoming projects for 2021 and The goals they want to achieve at Endel

Today's guest is Narine Hall, Founder and CEO at Inspace Proximity. Founded in 2020, InSpace is a lightweight virtual communication platform with a smart proximity-based audio interface that allows participants to mingle around the space and participate in multiple conversations at the same time, just like in physical spaces. Visual cues indicate where people are and how engaged they are in each conversation. InSpace empowers people to be in charge of their virtual meeting experience. Participants can work in different parts of the space and exchange information by moving near and far from each other. In the episode, Narine will tell you about: The motivation for setting up InSpace, Their interesting work within virtual education, What makes them stand out from the competition, Challenges they needed to overcome to achieve success, How the platform will continue to evolve in the near future &  Exciting opportunities on a possible career with InSpace

Today's guest is Harold Li, Director of Data Science at VTS in New York. Founded in 2012, VTS is commercial real estate’s leading leasing and asset management platform, bringing together landlords, brokers and tenants to make deals happen. VTS software enables office, retail, and industrial landlords and brokers to transform their leasing process and convert leads to leases 41% more efficiently. MarketView, the industry’s first market benchmarking product, gives landlords real-time information to inform deal negotiations and leasing strategies. Completing the VTS platform offering is the VTS Market & Marketplace - the industry’s first, integrated online marketing platform and marketplace - which is designed to drive tenant demand for landlords and remove friction from the leasing process for tenants and tenant rep brokers. In the episode, Harold will discuss: Key Learns building data science teams at Lyft and Blue Apron, The current work he does with VTS, What attracted him to the real estate sector, Interesting projects the Data Science team are working on, What he looks for when hiring into the team, What the future holds for VTS and How new technology will continue to evolve the Real Estate industry

Today's guest is David Arbour, Service Delivery Manager and Senior ServiceNow Architect at GlideFast Consulting in Louisiana. Founded in 2015, GlideFast is a consulting firm that is dedicated exclusively to ServiceNow. As an Elite ServiceNow Partner, they are committed to the success of our clients and employees. In everything they do, their top priorities are exceeding client expectations and delivering exceptional service and solutions to business challenges. GlideFast's expert team of developers and architects have worked both on the customer side and the consulting side. This gives them unique perspectives and skillsets when it comes to implementing, integrating and managing the ServiceNow platform for clients. At GlideFast Consulting, they believe that business outcomes, processes and technical architecture are the core to successful projects. They believe that solutions are a service and provide top results in every engagement. In the episode, David will discuss: His day-to-day role at GlideFast, How he got into the world of ServiceNow, What makes Glidefast a great place to work, Why ServiceNow is now a key player within the market, Use cases and the benefits that Glidefast brings to customers, Advice for project work and implementations with ServiceNow & Key learns from working within leadership in the field

Today's guest is Martin Miller, former Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Blackhawk Network. Martin works with business owners and executives to deliver productized solutions and improve user experience and service delivery. He brings process and building expertise in software design and development, enterprise architecture, deployment, data security and compliance. He has a proven track record of success directing cross-functional and multi-site teams in agile scrum environments, combined with a talent for effective IT projects, capacity planning and implementation. In the episode, Martin will tell you about: The great work he did with BlackHawk, How ServiceNow is adding value to their business, Interesting projects they are working on, Key advice when starting  your implementation journey & Advice he would offer to his younger self

Today's guest is Núria Bertomeu Castelló, Director of Natural Language Processing at YUKKA Lab in Berlin. Founded in 2016, YUKKA Lab provides fact-based actionable insights to the financial markets. With YUKKA Labs Augmented Language Intelligence,  it generates a systematic and efficient overview of topics and trends observed in the financial news. YUKKA's self-developed algorithms are leading-edge, containing Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Their solutions enable users from fields of asset management, market research, financial advisory, risk management and sales to handle the rapidly increasing amount of various financial data in real-time. In the episode, Núria will tell you about: The work they are doing at YUKKA Lab, The knowledge we can obtain from text mining financial news, Challenges of working within text understanding, Recent trends that have taken NLP to the next level, Insights from text mining that they have introduced into their product and Benefits that these new features bring to clients

Today's guest is Siddarth Ranganathan, Director of Data Science, BI & Analytics at Nintex, who are the global standard for process management and automation. Founded in 2006, more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. In the episode, Siddarth will tell you about: What he has learned on his journey so far, Nintex’s impact in process management and automation, His role leading the BI, Data Science and Analytics function, Building the foundations for success, How to structure a successful data science team and Advice on how to make the most of your data science career

Today's guest is Daniel Feller, Director of Data Science at Rightway Healthcare in New York. Founded in 2017, Rightway Healthcare is a technology and services company radically simplifying the healthcare experience for clients and members. Rightway provides members with the support, advocacy and technology, helping navigate them to the highest quality, most cost-efficient doctors and facilities for their care. This optimization and guidance helps simplify healthcare for members and reduce healthcare costs for organizations. In the episode,  Daniel will tell you about: Rightway’s impact in the Healthcare sector, Interesting projects the Data Science team are working on, Transitioning from academia into industry, Building an AI expert system for doctors, Exciting opportunities & Plans for further growth, Why Rightway is a Great place to work

Today's guest is Alexander Vershinskiy, Global OSS Architect & Implementation Team Manager at Syntax in North Carolina. Since 1972, Syntax has been providing comprehensive technology solutions to businesses of all sizes with thousands of customers trusting Syntax with their IT services and ERP needs. Today, Syntax is a leading Managed Cloud Provider for Mission-Critical Enterprise Applications. Alexander is responsible for Syntax's global OSS Platform based on ServiceNow. He is a high performing, self-motivated ServiceNow Consultant, Architect & Business Analyst with over ten years of extensive experience in IT, with a dedicated focus on ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, HR and CSM. He possesses a unique set of skills providing seamless integration of policies, processes and procedures, which are executed by organizations to achieve the highest quality of IT services. In the episode, Alexander will tell you about: How he got into the world of ServiceNow, Key learns from his career to date, Advice on moving into a career in the ServiceNow field, The interesting work they do at Syntax, How ServiceNow became so valuable to the organization &  Top tips on introducing ServiceNow into your business