The AI in Business Podcast
840 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★ - 101 ratingsThe AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI.
Each week, Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research CEO Daniel Faggella interviews top AI executives from Fortune 500 firms and unicorn startups - to uncover trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption.
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Large Language Models and the Future of Cognitive Work - with Asif Hasan of Quantiphi
June 21, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBToday’s guest is Asif Hasan, Co-founder of Quantiphi. Quantiphi is an AI-First digital engineering company that designs AI-driven services and platforms for broad applications across industries. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Asif explores the potential of large language models with pragmatic explanations of how the technology works. Throughout, he underscores that the costs of cognitive work is about to plummet thanks to the impact of this technology. L...
Leveling Up AI Capabilities in Public-Private Projects - with Dr. Raghav Vadhera of Raytheon Technologies
June 20, 2023 20:43 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBToday’s guest is Dr. Raghav Vadhera, Lead Technical Architect for AI/ML Platform & Services at Raytheon. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella recorded live at The AI Accelerator Summit in Boston in October 2022, they cover leveling up AI public-private projects through changing leadership mindsets with more and young talent that helps older enterprises unlearning old lessons from the IT-dominant world. In the process, Raghav offers lessons learned in earning ex...
The Three Gaps in DoD Capabilities that AI Can Fill - with Mark Brunner of Primer
June 19, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBToday’s guest is Mark Brunner, President of Primer Federal. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Mark examines the three major gaps between the Department of Defense’s current AI capabilities and the race for dominance with China – especially in areas where what he calls the defense industrial network can fill with emerging AI superiorities emerging from the Ukrainian battlefront. Later, they talk about what sets the race apart in the history of armed conflict and the importanc...
Overcoming Obstacles in Reaching ROI for AI Projects - with Fallon Gorman of NLP Logix
June 16, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBToday’s guest is NLPLogix CFO and COO Fallon Gorman. NLP Logix is a fast-growing AI services firm based in Florida that serves both the public and private sectors. Fallon joins us on today’s program to discuss the best strategies for organizations to attain ROI from AI projects. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Fallon talks about how “pain points” are symptomatic of larger problems and how easily business leadership can misjudge the complexity of a project based on a...
Beyond Algorithms: What AI Adoption Projects Need to Succeed - with Gero Gunkel of Zurich Insurance
June 13, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBToday’s guest is Gero Gunkel, Chief Operating Officer and Data Science Leader for Zurich Insurance. Gero returns to the program to explain to Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello how much successful AI adoptions rely on planning that has nothing to do with coding, data, or algorithms. In listing considerations from design to keeping subject matter experts engaged, Gero cites specific insurance-related examples where non-technical decisions can make or break an early in-house AI initiative. Do...
LLMs for Personalization at Scale and More Use Cases in Retail and eCommerce - with Dan Padnos of AI21 Labs
June 08, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBToday’s guest is VP Platform for AI21 Labs, Dan Padnos. AI21 Labs is a Tel Aviv-based software company specializing in natural language processing-based systems. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Dan looks at retail and eCommerce challenges in ensuring accurate product descriptions and personalization at scale, and how advanced large language models like GPT4 are providing solutions. This episode is sponsored by AI21Labs. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Medi...
Taking a Hard Look at the State of AI - with Carlo Giovine of McKinsey
June 06, 2023 07:17 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBToday’s guest is Carlo Giovine, a partner with McKinsey and lead for QuantumBlack Labs. He joins us to share findings from McKinsey’s “State of AI” in 2022 report – and why the nuances of the study run counter to a lot of cliches we find in the current hype cycles of AI-associated technologies like large language models and conversational AI. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know wha...
Retail Fraud & Loss Prevention in Data, Brick-and-Mortar and Beyond - with Chris Nelson of Gap Inc.
June 01, 2023 07:51 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBToday’s guest is Chris Nelson, Senior Vice President of Asset Protection at Gap Inc. Chris joins us to share his experience in loss prevention going from the military to on-site security and on to the world of data. He describes the challenges in each realm, where they are interrelated, and what the difference looks like in data signals. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Winning Executive Buy-In: Balancing AI Innovation with Project Urgency - with Amaresh Tripathy of Genpact
May 31, 2023 12:16 - 18 minutes - 17 MBToday’s guest is Amaresh Tripathy, Senior Vice President and Global Business Leader at Genpact. Genpact is an American professional services firm that employs over 100,000 people in over 30 countries. He leads a team of 15,000 analytics experts covering data engineering, data insights, AI, and machine learning. Today’s program is the first in a multi-episode series focusing on winning executive buy-in for AI projects. Amaresh joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Fagella to talk about ...
Consumer Technology in the Age of AI - with Connie Chan of a16z
May 30, 2023 18:01 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBToday’s guest is Connie Chan, General Partner at a16z. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Connie discusses the challenges consumer companies are facing from distribution to mobile technology. Later, she addresses how AI use cases in personalization and the consolidation of social media as marketing distribution channels will shape the future of consumer technology. A note from a16z on today’s episode: The content here is for informational purposes only and sho...
An Introduction to Centers of Excellence and Enterprise AI Adoption - with Ryan Rascop of Insight
May 29, 2023 20:33 - 17 minutes - 20.5 MBToday’s guest is Ryan Rascop, Senior Business Development Manager at Insight, a leading IT solutions provider specializing in streamlining enterprise data infrastructure. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Ryan discusses what sets Centers of Excellence (CoE) apart as an organization-wide approach to adopting AI. Throughout their conversation, he spells out what organizations should pursue CoEs, what signals can tell business leaders that a CoE is the ultimate remedy fo...
The Value of Topic Search in Detecting Signals with ROI - with Ben Webster of NLP Logix
May 26, 2023 13:36 - 17 minutes - 16 MBToday’s guest is NLPLogix Modeling and Analytics Lead and Data Scientist Ben Webster. NLP Logix is a fast-growing AI services firm based in Florida that serves both the public and private sectors. Ben joins us on the program to discuss topic search as a business capability and the value of detecting meaningful signals originating both inside and outside the organization. Together with Emerj Senior Matthew DeMello, Ben addresses the challenges in this emerging discipline and how to connect re...
The Future of Healthcare in Large Language Models - with Ylan Kazi of Blue Cross Blue Shield
May 23, 2023 11:43 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBToday’s guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. Ylan returns to the program in conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello to discuss how AI is changing the intimacy and accuracy of diagnostics in ways that revolutionize how healthcare leaders look at the patient experience. In comparing relevant use cases from large language models and the potential of new platforms like ChatGPT, Ylan focuses on where emerging healthcare AI capabilities ar...
From Homework to Real Work: What Generative AI Means for Every Business - with Ori Goshen of AI21 Labs
May 16, 2023 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBToday’s guest is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AI21 Labs, Ori Goshen. AI21 Labs is a Tel Aviv-based software company specializing in natural language processing-based systems. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Ori expounds on generative AI use cases that carry true ROI potential for every business and where the technology is expected to take us over the next decade. Together, they offer analyses of genAI’s capacity as an “autocomplete”-style technology and where...
What Artificial Intelligence Means for Retail - with Asha Sharma of Instacart
May 11, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBToday’s guest is Instacart Chief Operations Officer Asha Sharma. She joins us on the program to discuss the biggest challenges facing retail leaders in the post-COVID world and how data is playing a major role in their solutions. Throughout, she pulls from her experience in the grocery space to underscore how AI use cases in fraud, personalization, and customer “inspiration” represent converging vectors in a new, transformative, and digitally-driven approach to eCommerce. This episode is spo...
AI and the Future of Propaganda - with Nell Watson of Apple
May 09, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBToday’s guest is Nell Watson, Executive Consultant Philosopher at Apple and AI Ethics Maestro at the IEEE Standards Association. Nell also leads a host of initiatives in teaching machines prosocial behavior and resolving cultural conflicts. She joins the AI in Business podcast to talk about the potential of AI to promote propaganda efforts through the lens of ‘zersetzung’ – a psychological espionage strategy developed during the Cold War where operatives wage warfare with a target’s sanity....
Managing Model Development - with Katie Bakewell of NLP Logix
May 05, 2023 06:00 - 19 minutes - 22.4 MBToday’s guest is NLP Logix Modeling and Analytics Lead and Data Scientist Katie Bakewell. NLP Logix is a fast-growing AI services firm based in Florida that serves both the public and private sectors. Katie joins us on the program to discuss the data science lifecycle and what business leaders can do to avoid challenges in model development. Together with Emerj Senior Matthew DeMello, Katie offers best practices for detecting where models are misreading the reality of the results on the grou...
The Impact of AI on Labor Challenges in Fulfilment - with Samay Kohli of GreyOrange
May 02, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBToday's guest is the Co-Founder of GreyOrange, Samay Kohli. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Samay discusses the labor shortages facing warehouses and where 'real, tangible' AI is making a difference in helping fulfillment agents optimize their workflows. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of ...
AI for End-to-End Supply Chain Maintenance - with Geoffrey Smalling of Flexport
April 25, 2023 09:55 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBToday's guest on the 'AI in Business' podcast is Geoffrey Smalling, VP of Engineering at Flexport, a global logistics company with a multi-billion dollar valuation. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Geoffrey explains how different global supply chain problems look end-to-end than any specific "link" in the chain, even as the world economy puts COVID in the rearview mirror. Later, they pull apart use cases in global brands and wholesale distribution and pull apart the ...
Fighting Fraud in Retail and eCommerce - with Eyal Raab of Riskified
April 20, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBToday’s guest is Eyal Raab, Vice President of Business Development and Sales for Riskified, a publicly traded Saas company that specializes in fraud and chargeback prevention. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matt DeMello, Eyal talks about the impact of AI in preventing forms of eCommerce fraud, including using merchant goodwill policies against them, such as empty box fraud. Because of the multiple layers and players in eCommerce, many of these applications bear a striking resemblan...
AI for Customer Experience-Focused Marketing - with David Greenberg of Conversica
April 18, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBToday’s guest is Conversica Chief Marketing Officer David Greenberg. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, David explores the biggest challenges for sales and marketing teams trying to turn leads into opportunities. Later, they examine where data is making a difference in solving those challenges in helping enterprises grow their outbound in a manageable way that insulates themselves from the friction of high SDR turnover. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights...
What AI Means for the Conflict in Ukraine - with John Bohannon of Primer
April 17, 2023 12:03 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBToday’s guest is John Bohannon, Senior Director of Data Science and Director of Science at Primer.ai. Primer is a security AI platform serving Fortune 500 companies and multiple defense agencies in the US federal government. Together with Emerj CEO and Head of Research, Daniel Faggella, John pulls apart what makes the Ukraine war truly unique in the scope of both history and technology – and how AI is playing an integral role in the conflict for both sides. This episode is sponsored by Prime...
What Large Language Models Mean for Insurance - with Gero Gunkel of Zurich Insurance
April 11, 2023 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBToday’s guest is Gero Gunkel, Chief Operating Officer and Data Science Leader for Zurich Insurance. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Gero expounds on the increasing impact of large language models on the insurance space driven by the growing size of these models, allowing them to tackle more complex problems for more complex sectors. Later, they touch on the impact of ChatGPT and best practices for insurance firms just starting to use large language models. To access...
Intelligent Document Processing for Real-Time Risk Analysis in Financial Services - with Lewis Liu of Eigen Technologies
April 06, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 28.1 MBToday’s guest is Eigen Technologies CEO Lewis Liu. Eigen is an intelligent document processing platform specializing in helping organizations transform documents into any form of data. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Lewis talks about the challenges of legacy systems in financial services and intelligent document processing as a means of unlocking the information inside. Throughout the conversation, they differentiate the technologies involved from existing hype aro...
AI and Responsibility in Financial Services - with Scott Zoldi of FICO
April 04, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBToday's guest is Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer of FICO. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Scott helps dissect somewhat troublesome findings from FICO's recent survey on responsible AI in financial services. Later, they discuss ways that business leaders can close the gap in AI understanding and education often felt between organizations and their boards. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at ...
Laying the Groundwork for AI Transformation through Infrastructure - with Carm Taglienti of Insight
March 30, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes - 26.8 MBToday’s guest is Carm Taglienti, Distinguished Engineer and Product Portfolio Director for Insight, a leading IT solutions provider specializing in streamlining enterprise data infrastructure. He joins us on the podcast today to talk about some of the challenges organizations face both in laying the groundwork for AI transformation from scratch and developing existing systems in a way that avoids technical debt. This episode is sponsored by Insight. Learn more about sponsored content and how...
The Foundational Phase of CX Transformation - with Aamar Hussain of Microsoft
March 28, 2023 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBToday’s guest is Aamar Hussain, Director of Data & AI Customer Solution Architecture for Azure at Microsoft. Aamar also has experience at Google and helping transform businesses through customer experience. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello today in fielding questions about what do – particularly financial services organizations – wish they had known at the initial, or “foundational” phase of a customer experience transformation through data. Later, they discuss potential criteria...
Maximizing the Patient Experience with AI - with Ylan Kazi of Blue Cross Blue Shield
March 21, 2023 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBToday’s guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield. He joins us in the first of two episodes to discuss AI’s strides in diagnostics over the years, primarily driven by visual data in radiology and elsewhere. But this is not to discount where we find compelling use cases in text and language data – especially with how the healthcare space has reacted to the emergence of Chat-GPT and large language models. To discover critical AI applications and trends, download our whit...
The Difference Intelligent Automation Makes in Compliance and Financial Crime - with Paul Tepper and Tina Chace of WorkFusion
March 14, 2023 07:11 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBToday's guests are WorkFusion VP, Head of AI Paul Tepper, and VP of Product Management Tina Chace. WorkFusion is a software company with over $340 million in funding that blends RPA and AI – a process often called intelligent automation – to help businesses digitize their operations. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Paul, and Tina differentiates intelligent automation from RPA and explain why compliance and financial crime are particularly well suited for intelligent...
Palantir’s Shannon Clark on Overcoming Cultural (and Emotional) Challenges of AI Adoption
March 07, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBToday’s guest is Senior Vice President, Federal, R+D at Palantir, Shannon Clark. Shannon has spent nearly twenty years immersed in the defense sector, both for private contractors and the federal government. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Shannon explains the core cultural and technical barriers that make AI readiness challenging in defense – and the best places in the Department of Defense to begin preparing legacy defense systems for AI enhancement. Later, they discuss the...
The Impact of AI on Compliance and Market Surveillance in Financial Services - with Dr. Lori Cenci of HSBC
February 28, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBToday's guest is Dr. Lori Cenci, US Head of Unauthorized Trade Surveillance at HSBC. She has over two decades of experience in risk, compliance, conduct, capital markets, quantitative research, product development, client advisory, consulting, writing, and teaching with such austere financial services brands as HSBC. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, they dissect the impact of AI on insider risk detection and compliance in the financial services space and what a day in the life...
Generative AI and the Future of Work Itself - with Tom Davenport [AI Futures / Human Reward Systems - Episode 5 of 5]
February 23, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBToday’s guest for the final episode in our five-part ‘AI Futures’ series on the ‘AI in Business’ podcast is Tom Davenport, an American academic, business leader, and world-renowned voice in matters of artificial intelligence. He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss the forces that are making new developments in generative AI mandatory across the global economy. Later they examine how business leaders can make the most of these technologies without incurring undue l...
Going from AI Services to Product - with Piotr Niedzwiedz of neptune.ai
February 21, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBToday’s guest is Piotr Niedzwiedz, Founder & CEO at neptune.ai. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, they discuss how business leaders can best help their organizations navigate the transition from an AI services model to an AI product model. From challenges in venture capital to judging whether or not your AI product can even be a viable service, to begin with, Piotr pulls directly from his experience at neptune.ai and beyond to offer the audience direct insight. To discover more...
Baking Human Values into a Radically Changing Future - with IBM's Dr. Francesca Rossi [AI Futures / Human Reward Systems - Episode 4 of 5]
February 16, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBToday's guest for part four in our five-part 'AI Futures' series on the 'AI in Business' podcast is Dr. Francesca Rossi, Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader at IBM and President of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. She joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss challenges and solutions for humanity posed by the evolution of generative AI, virtual reality, and computer-brain interface. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this epi...
Ensuring Enterprise Adoption Success - with Dan Diasio of EY Consulting
February 14, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBToday’s guest is Dan Diasio, Global Artificial Intelligence Leader at EY Consulting. Dan has spent the last two decades leading data and AI initiatives at the legacy financial services firm. He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to talk about the challenges unique to legacy institutions in starting AI projects and laying the groundwork for organization-wide transformations from effectively cultivating data. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, v...
Controlling Human Emotions with Immersive AI/VR Experiences - with Dr. Srini Pillay [AI Futures / Human Reward Systems - Episode 3 of 5]
February 09, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBToday’s guest on the ‘AI in Business’ podcast is Chief Medical Officer, Chief Learning Officer, and Co-Founder at Reulay Inc., Dr. Srini Pillay. He joins Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella on our special ‘AI Futures’ series to discuss the capacity for virtual and augmented reality technologies to alter emotional states in users. While they look far into upcoming possibilities, the truth is this technology is here in a plethora of use cases Dr. Pillay and Daniel discuss in depth. Later, Srini explains...
Three Metrics for Measuring Enterprise AI Success - with Supreet Kaur of Morgan Stanley
February 07, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBToday's guest is Supreet Kaur, Assistant Vice President at Morgan Stanley. She's spent the last five years working in data spaces across financial services and life sciences, along with essential advocacy work in mentoring a diverse next generation of data science leaders. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Supreet tells business leaders three metrics they need to measure their enterprise AI success. Later, they dissect common approaches to ROI from leadership and IT teams that ...
Future AI Products Might Be Habit-Forming, In a Good Way - with Nir Eyal [AI Futures / Human Reward Systems - Episode 2 of 5]
February 02, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBToday’s guest is Nir Eyal, Stanford professor and the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research, Nir digs deeper into the potential of VR and generative AI to reinforce good and bad habits from the products we use. Once we reach the point of immersion with these technologies, Nir points out on the podcast, their ability to influence our behavior will be enormous. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this ...
Detecting DeepFake Videos - with Ilke Demir of Intel
January 31, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBToday's guest is Ilke Demir, designer of FakeCatcher and Senior Staff Research Scientist at Intel. FakeCatcher is a new AI-powered deepfake video detection tool developed by Intel. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on the podcast, Ilke explains the science behind Intel's new deepfake detection technology and its many applications for both individual journalists and media enterprises. Later, she talks about how her research has illuminated even deeper mysteries behind t...
Generative AI is a Waypoint to Brain-Computer Interface - with Lambert Hogenhout of the United Nations [AI Futures / Human Reward Systems - Episode 1 of 5]
January 26, 2023 09:26 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBToday's guest is Lambert Hogenhout, Chief of Data, Analytics, and Emerging Technologies at the United Nations. Lambert is also a project lead with A Future in AI – a nonprofit focused on fostering a dialog between youth, tech leadership, and global policymakers on the nature and implications of AI. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Lambert explains the dangers of personalized virtual worlds and how best to think of the relationship between humanity and tech...
Lowering the Barriers to Entry in Data - with David Pollington of Bloc Ventures
January 24, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBToday's guest is the Head of Research at Bloc Ventures, David Pollington. Bloc Ventures is an investment firm known for its early-stage entrances and lucrative exits in deep tech. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, David talks about how the barriers to entry for serious data analytics use cases are lowering to startups. He cites a growing interest from industrial sectors in overcoming challenges in limited data as a driving force behind the trend. Later, they discuss the economi...
Leveraging Data for Consumer Lending and Risk Modeling - with Mark London of Abound
January 17, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBToday’s guest is Mark London, Chief Risk Officer for Abound, formerly known as Fintern – a startup specializing in data-driven approaches to small consumer loans. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Mark talks about the differences in small and large consumer loans from a data perspective and how lenders can decrease their risk without treating credit scores as the end-all-be-all. And later, they discuss new business opportunities coming from the democratizat...
The Importance of Real-Time Telemetric Data in Manufacturing - with Remi Duquette of Maya HTT
January 12, 2023 13:06 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBToday’s guest is Remi Duquette, Vice President of Innovation and Industrial AI at Maya HTT. Short for Maya Heat Transfer Technologies, Maya HTT is a leading software developer and engineering services provider with nearly 200 employees based in Chicago and specializing in heavy industry solutions. In conversation with Emerj Head of Research Daniel Faggella, Remi explains the growing importance of real-time telemetry data for preventing unplanned downtime in heavy manufacturing spaces. The re...
Predicting Freight Shipments with AI - with Dorothy Li, CTO of Convoy
January 10, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBToday’s guest is Dorothy Li, Chief Technology Officer of Convoy, a logistics and software company based in Seattle that has raised nearly a billion dollars in funding. Dorothy spent over a decade at Amazon, where she served as vice president of user experience, then of BI and analytic services at AWS. Together with Emerj Head of Research, Daniel Faggella, Dorothy explores a logistics use case for AI capabilities in predictive inventory and the impact it is having on manufacturing writ large....
The Future of External Search - with Emily Bremner of Signal AI
January 03, 2023 16:12 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBToday’s guest is Emily Bremner, Fractional Product Leader and Advisor. Emily was the SVP of Product at Signal AI, a software company specializing in external intelligence with over $100 million in funding at the time of this episode’s recording. In conversation with Emerj’s Head of Research, Daniel Faggella, Emily talks about how AI can not only help companies manage their internal data but also process data from their external environment to find insights into risks and opportunities. Later...
[AI Team Success] What Does "High Performing" Mean, and How to Hire for It - with Peter Day of Quantcast
December 27, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBToday's guest is Dr. Peter Day, Chief Technology Officer at Quantcast. Quantcast is a technology firm founded in 2006, working in AI-driven audience metrics and advertising from the industry's earliest days. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella on the AI in Business podcast, Peter offers a tour of his experience building successful AI teams. From recruitment and hiring to finding the proper dynamics with early adoption stakeholders – what does it take to get the right people in the...
[AI Team Success] Connecting Work to Meaning - with Dr. Scott Nowson of PwC
December 20, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBToday’s guest is Scott Nowson, Artificial Intelligence Leader at PwC Middle East. Scott has a Ph.D. in natural language processing and has worked for many years before PwC as a consultant for legacy enterprises looking to get started in AI. Not long ago, the AI in Business podcast featured episodes discussing how to hire and build AI teams, focusing on crucial insights most helpful for non-technical business leaders. In today’s episode, we explore the topic from the other side of the table, ...
[AI Team Success] Cultivating an Innovation Culture for AI - with Caroline Gorski of Rolls-Royce
December 13, 2022 07:00 - 16 minutes - 38.3 MBToday’s guest is Caroline Gorski, CEO of R² Factory – a data and tech-focused subsidiary of Rolls Royce. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, they discuss being a new kind of company underneath a century-old legacy luxury name brand in heavy industry and the benefits of creating a separate experimentation-first culture within a big enterprise. Is it possible to develop subcultures that can do that kind of nimble innovation? Where do people feel brave enough to innovate and experim...
[AI Team Success] Getting Culture and Talent Right - with Mazin Gilbert of Google
December 06, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBToday's guest is the Director of Engineering, Telecommunications Orchestration, Analytics, and Automation at Google, Mazin Gilbert. Mazin's career is one that has seen its fair share of enterprise teams facing the challenges of legacy data stacks as they enter the age of AI, including AT&T. In discussing his work at Google with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, he talks about what he sees on the 'other side of the fence' in a tech company environment. He also shares critical insight on the differen...
Using Data to Untangle the Sticky Problems of Manufacturing Procurement - with David Schultz of Westfall
November 29, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBToday's guest is VP and Chief Supply Chain Executive at Westfall, David Schultz. Westfall is a contract manufacturing firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada, working primarily in plastics and resins. First, David and Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella break down challenges specific to procurement and what makes the process so consequential to manufacturing processes. Later, they examine what the 'guessing games' of future manufacturing variables will look like when better informed by AI-derived insights. Th...