Ai In Action

Today's guest is Anand Ranganathan, Chief AI Officer at Unscrambl. Unscrambl is an Augmented Intelligence company that unlocks data and insights using Machine Learning techniques so that businesses can make better and faster decisions. Their aim is to build AI-driven solutions for enterprises to augment human capabilities in the space of conversational analytics. Their core product "qbo" enables business users to have a two-way conversation with their data in natural English language. Unscrambl's vision is to democratise data discovery and insights consumption to accelerate the way businesses make decisions, and enable secure collaboration within the team to enable users to jointly perform data analysis and insights. In the show, Michael will tell you about: The interesting work happening at Unscrambl, Use cases of their augmented intelligence solution “qbo,” Bottlenecks they had to overcome to achieve success, What he loves about his job, Key skills he looks for when building a successful team, Wha

Today's guest is Michal Sofka, Deep Learning Team Lead at Hyperfine in New York. Michal's passion is to innovate and transform ideas into product solutions. He is a Technical leader on research and development projects; product development in medical image analysis, computer vision and machine learning. He has worked in top R&D labs, building cutting edge technology in leading startups in New York City. Hyperfine began from our personal experiences with expensive, inaccessible and complex MRI systems with 4.7 billion people around the world today having no access to medical imaging.  Hyperfine is on a mission to make MRI accessible to every patient regardless of income or resources, anywhere, anytime. As a result, Hyperfine built a portable MRI that can be move directly to the bedside with no need for a shielded room - MRI at the Point of Care. In the show, Michal will tell you about: Hyperfine’s mission to make MRIs more accessible, The role of Deep Learning in delivering their innovative

Today's guest is Niamh Vianney Muldoon. Niamh is an experienced self-starter with extensive Information Security risk management experience. She is currently the Senior Director of Trust & Security, EMEA at OneLogin, who the leader in Unified Access Management, Enabling Organizations to Access the World. They make it simpler and safer for organizations to access the apps and data they need anytime, everywhere. In the show, Niamh will tell you about: How she got into Cybersecurity, The exciting roles she has enjoyed over the years, The importance of mentoring, Success stories of moving into the world of IT, Access control management to Data Breaches, and The exciting work at OneLogin.

Today's guest is Julie Orlando, Chief Product Officer at Nanotronics. Nanotronics is a science technology company that has redefined factory control through the invention of a platform that combines AI, automation and sophisticated imagining to assist human ingenuity in detecting flaws and anomalies in manufacturing, an industry that has been stagnant since the 1950’s. Deployed across eight countries and industry agnostic, they work with leading-edge companies - from aerospace, to electronics, to healthcare - to drive up yield, reduce footprint and waste, lower costs and speed up design iteration. Nanotronics is a key player in helping to solidify New York’s role as a global center of the innovation economy. In the show, Julie will tell you about: Applying AI to transform the manufacturing process, How the company has evolved from startup to today, Projects within image processing and intelligent factory control, Uses of their applications evolving across multiple industries, How their tech tea

Today's guest is David Lucia, VP of Engineering at SimpleBet. Founded in New York in 2018, it is SimpleBet's mission is to power the future of fan engagement. Simplebet is a B2B product development company using machine learning and automation to make every moment of every sporting event a betting opportunity. They are also reimagining the sports betting user experience – enabling sports fans to interact with products that are simple, intuitive and entertaining. In the show, David will tell you about: How Simplebet are empowering the future of sports betting, The role of Machine Learning & Data to provide their next-gen platform, Why he loves his job & exciting projects, What is in store for the future at Simplebet, Future opportunities in Data Engineering, Machine Learning & more, and Why he is excited about the potential of Elixir

Today's guest is Jay Cuthrell, Servant Leader at Dell Technologies in Austin, Texas. Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. Jay is a proud team member of a business that grew from zero to multi-billion dollar run rates by enabling digital transformation via IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS multicloud platforms. It is his mission to delight customers, deliver sustainable sales growth, and provide innovative servant leadership. In the show, Jay will discuss: His day-to-day work at Dell Technologies, Investing in attracting the best Engineering talent, Gaining a competitive edge within AI & Machine Learning, How he helps Directors and Leaders scale their teams, Balancing technical and soft skills when hiring talent, and Exciting innovations at Dell Technologies to keep an eye on.

Today's guest is John McSweeney, Director of Active Defense at McKesson Europe. John is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of excellence in multiple sectors. He is skilled in Digital Strategy, Analytical Skills, Computer Forensics, Cyber Intelligence and Incident Response Management. John is a strong communicator, professional and ethical leader with superb negotiation skills and above-average business acumen with natural client focus. In the show, John will tell you about: His background working in the Cybersecurity industry, Why he is passionate about working in this sector, Transitioning from a technical role into leadership, Vulnerabilities around Mergers and Acquisitions, New trends he is seeing emerging in the field, and his Advice to those looking for a career in Cybersecurity.

Today's guest is Chris Hutchins, VP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Northwell Health. Chris is a Senior health care analytics leader with a strong background in developing analytics teams and infrastructure. He has extensive experience delivering solutions focused on patient experience, outcomes, cost, population health, quality, regulatory and risk-based arrangements along with demonstrated success building data quality and governance programs. Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. The team care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from their communities. With over 72,000 employees, including 17,000-plus nurses, 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners, they are working together to change healthcare for the better. In the show. Chris will discuss: The interesting roles he held over the ye

Today's guest is Jeremy Baksht, SVP of Alternative Data at Ascential in New York. Jeremy is an experienced capital market professional with twenty years in the industry as an investment banker, business consultant, FinTech entrepreneur and angel investor. Jeremy is currently the global head of alternative data at Ascential, the leading specialist information public company covering the digital economy. Ascential works with the world’s best consumer brands and their ecosystems, connecting them with their customers throughout the purchase journey. Jeremy leads Ascential’s efforts to sell their offerings to financial services clients. Their team has expertise at pricing, sales and share, and consumer perception in sectors such as apparel, grocery and CPG. Ascential's data sets include several years of history and can be utilized to build robust financial models well beyond those typically available in current investment research. In the show. Jeremy will discuss: His background and his current work at

Welcome the very first episode in our very special Cybersecurity series of the AI in Action podcast.  Today's guest is Clodagh Durkin. Clodagh has over 23 years experience in Cybersecurity and the majority of this time has been spent in Senior and Leadership roles. Based in Germany for the last number of years, Clodagh has some great insights on the international cybersecurity market with specific emphasis on Digital Trust. This conversation touches upon local and corporate level precautions taken to maintain this trust. In the show, Clodagh will discuss: Her background working in the Telecoms sector, Ensuring digital trust among customers, How innovation has brought Cybersecurity to the mainstream, The impact of GDPR in the industry, How to prepare and react for data breaches, and her Advice to those looking for a career in Cybersecurity

Today's guest is Peter Hafez, Chief Data Scientist at RavenPack, who are the leading big data analytics provider for financial services. The company’s products allow clients to enhance returns, reduce risk or increase efficiency by incorporating the effects of public information in their models or workflows. RavenPack’s clients include the most successful hedge funds, banks and asset managers in the world. Peter is responsible for setting up and managing the company’s Data Science department, which is instrumental in the design and development of new products derived from RavenPack's Big Data Analytics platform. With backgrounds in image processing, mathematics, machine learning and econometrics; the team is responsible for researching and modelling big data applications for the financial markets. In the show, Peter will discuss: RavenPack’s impact in the Fintech industry, Benefits their products bring to customers, Interesting projects they are working on within data, Building a successful inf

Today's guest is Geetu Ambwani, Senior Director of Data Insights at Flatiron Health in New York. Their mission is to improve lives by learning from the experience of every cancer patient. What stands in the way is that much of the available, real-world clinical data is unstructured and stored across thousands of disconnected community clinics, medical centers and hospitals but this is a problem that Flatiron believe they can solve. Geetu is deeply interested in the art and science of applying machine learning and data science techniques to formulate and help solve hard problems in the healthcare space. Over the last 15 years, she has worked successfully at the intersection of data science and product development and is constantly driven to find new insights into text, semi-structured, and structured data. She also enjoys participating in conferences and panels organized by the NYC tech and data community. In the show, Geetu will discuss: Flatiron’s impact in the healthcare sector, The role of the Data Insight

Today's guest is André Cohen, Head of Data Science at Tilting Point in New York. Tilting Point is a new-generation games partner for top independent development studios, with a focus on the rapidly growing mobile and tablet markets. André brings 10 years of game industry experience with expertise in machine learning, dynamic pricing, game optimization and game development. Tilting Point empowers elite developers with expert resources, operational support and funding to give carefully selected games mainstream success. The company adheres to a core philosophy of putting development talent first, advancing industry-leading analytics and overcoming discoverability hurdles with aggressive, best-in-class marketing. In the show, André will discuss: Deciding to drop out of his PhD to pursue his passion for gaming, What he learned in his experience with White Shoe Media & Gondola, The exciting work he does with Tilting Point, The importance of Data Analytics within mobile gaming, Use cases of the succes

Today's guest is Melissa Landon, VP and Chief Strategist at Cyclica. Cyclica is a Toronto-Based globally recognized biotechnology company that leverages AI and computational biophysics to reshape the drug discovery process. Cyclica's proprietary structure-based and AI-augmented drug discovery platform includes Ligand Design for multi-targeted and multi-objective drug design, and Ligand Express for off-target profiling, systems biology linkages, and structural pharmacogenomic insights. Taken together, Ligand Design and Ligand Express design advanced lead-like molecules that minimize unwanted off-target effects, while providing a holistic understanding of a molecule's activity through integrated systems biology and structural pharmacogenomics. By doing more with Artificial Intelligence, Cyclica aims to revolutionize a system troubled with attrition and costly failures, accelerate the drug discovery process and develop medicines with greater precision. In the show, Melissa will tell you about: The fascinating wo

On today's show, host JP Valentine chats with Dave Boerner, Director of Data Strategy at Particle Health in New York.  Founded in 2017, Particle Health is on a mission to solve the biggest problem facing the American healthcare system - data sharing. They believe patients have the right to control their data, but shouldn’t bear the responsibility of collecting, managing and transporting it. That’s where Particle Health comes in. By taking a unique approach, their venture-backed startup is positioned to lead patient-centric data sharing. Particle Health manages patient consent, giving investigators, underwriters and administers a single-point ‘clearinghouse’ for clinical health data, without the need for a 3rd party. With Particle Health, simply obtain a patient's permission to securely access their digital medical records. It's that easy. In the show, Dave will tell you about: The interesting projects going on at Particle Health, How they are improving data access within healthcare data, Using

In today's episode, host JP Valentine chats with Stuart Mason, Manager of Data Science at Anvyl in New York. Anvyl believes that a fully digital, perfectly transparent supply chain is as important to a brand’s success as the business model itself. Anvyl is a production hub where brands can manage suppliers, oversee production and track in-depth product data from procurement to delivery of inbound goods. They help brands supply their customers with what they want, when they want it and improve their bottom line at the same time. Stuart has a passion for statistical computing and using mathematics to describe and understand the real world. He likes drawing inferences from large datasets, creating simplified takeaways and producing information-rich visualizations. Stuart also likes to teach and share knowledge, which has led him to develop employees under his leadership into strong team contributors. In the show, Stuart will discuss: How Anvyl are impacting the supply chain, What he has learned during

In this episode, host JP Valentine sits down with Rohit Nambisan, President at Lokavant in New York. Lokavant is a technology company whose mission is to ensure that no clinical trial fails due to operational error. By integrating and analyzing the disparate data sources within clinical trials, Lokavant provides real-time visualizations and risk alerts to study sponsors and CROs to enable data-driven decisions. These insights expedite trial timelines and reduce the costs of development, allowing safe and efficacious treatments to get to patients. Lokavant centralizes trial data to power a machine learning model that anticipates trial risk, provides data-driven risk mitigation strategies and predicts the impact of mitigation strategy implementation. Lokavant's anticipatory monitoring capability is grounded in a compendium of data from over 1,000 clinical trials and will improve with each deployment. In the show, Rohit will share with you: How Lokavant aim to impact the Healthcare sector, Using d

Today's guest is Georgios Ouzounis, VP of Data Science at ElectrifAi. Georgios is a technology expert and thought leader with over 20 years of engineering, research and project management experience. He has great experience driving innovation and business growth in multiple sectors, through data-driven strategic insights, Data Science, Computer Vision, Machine Learning and AI at scale. Founded in 2004, ElectrifAi is a global leader in building innovative AI-based solutions and is on a mission to help organizations solve their most pressing and difficult problems through the power of AI and Machine Learning. It is ElectrifAi's mission to make AI more understandable, accessible and profitable for businesses all over the world. In the show, Georgios will share with you: The interesting products ElectrifAi are developing to the market, Exciting projects in medical imaging and COVID-19 solutions, His role within Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Building the ideal Data Scienc

Today's guest is John Thompson, Global Head of Advanced Analytics & AI at CSL Behring, who are the third largest biopharmaceutical company in the world. They derive lifesaving therapies from human plasma: specializing in treating rare diseases such as hemophilia. John manages the global advanced analytics & AI team, who are responsible for building, deploying and maintaining the analytics applications and models for the global organization. John is an accomplished operational executive who excels at building and managing innovative, growth-oriented data and technology organizations across multiple industries, with a recent focus on the healthcare and biopharmaceutical markets. John is also a keynote speaker and best selling author, with "Analytics - How to win with Intelligence?," remaining one of the best selling books in the analytics category on Amazon. In the show, John will tell you about: His interesting work at CSL Behring, Developing his business leadership skills, Sharing his insights as

Today's guest is Afsheen Afshar. Afsheen is a Senior Business Executive and Deep AI Expert who has extensive experience across a variety of industries and enterprises driving large scale technological transformation associated with hundreds of millions in value. He held the first executive-level data and analytics role in multiple industries and companies. Afsheen regularly advises start-ups, universities, investors, enterprises, and others across the globe on how best to leverage modern technology. He is active on multiple Advisory Boards in New York and Chicago by exploring multiple opportunities that can help catalyze large-scale technological transformation for traditional enterprises. In the show, Afsheen will discuss: The motivation for helping companies embrace AI, Bridging the culture gap between business and technology, Key steps on how to digitalise your business, How to be successful within the data world, The importance of effective communication skills, and What to look for when hiring Data Scien