Earley AI Podcast

Thomas Blumer is a renowned expert in AI-driven transformation with extensive experience in implementing groundbreaking artificial intelligence and knowledge strategies within complex business environments. Echoing a profound understanding of metrics-driven governance of AI systems, Thomas has made significant strides in aligning AI applications with overarching business goals. As a strategic advi...

Trent Fitz holds over 20 years of experience in the tech industry. Currently a C-level Product Strategy and Technical Marketing Leader at Zenoss. He is an expert in global marketing, product strategy, business development in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and AI. Repeatedly proving his effectiveness in the industry by leading solutions to projects in innovative company’s such as IBM, Sailpoint, T...

Ian Hook is an exemplary professional whose journey spanned from an early career as a blacksmith and preschool teacher to becoming a seasoned expert in knowledge management and artificial intelligence (AI) at Nevartis. His unorthodox path and hands-on experience have endowed him with a deep understanding of the intricacies of knowledge management and its pivotal role in leveraging generative AI to...

Mark Pickren currently serves as the President of Next Net Media. With over 25 years of experience as a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader, he possesses expertise in marketing-focused technology companies. Mark has demonstrated a consistent track record of building and managing successful ventures, with leadership experience spanning various industries, including Fintech, SaaS, and Digital...

Our guest this episode is Kristina Francis, a Executive Director at JFFLabs. Jobs for the Future (JFF) is a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to reshaping U.S. education and workforce systems for inclusive economic progress. Kristina is a experienced professional with a rich background spanning management consulting, software development, engineering, and cybersecurity. She began in database administ...

Our guest this episode is Alexander Schober, a data & AI project owner at Motius. He manages a diverse team of tech experts, focusing on Machine Learning, Knowledge Graphs, and Data Analysis. Alexander previously worked at Siemens Technology which involved pioneering research in Federated Learning and Self-Supervised Methods for anomaly detection. He used algorithms like Federated Averaging an...

Today’s guest is Rachad Najjar, working the forefront of innovation in the fields of organizational learning and knowledge management for nearly a decade. Prior to this, he served as a knowledge management advisor for the Dubai Land Department, where he played a pivotal role in achieving the EFQM Excellence Award. Notably, he's also a co-author of a recent book on knowledge management and res...

Today’s guest is Amar Goel, founder of Bito. Amar joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to the discuss the increase in new A.I. tools, LLMs and the journey behind forming Bito! The A.I. assisted software developing tool.  Takeaways: Converting AI prototypes into reliable, production-ready products is a non-trivial task, often requiring significant effort and expertise. AI has the potential to a...

Today’s guest is Sanjay Mehta, Head of Industry Commerce for LucidWorks. Sanjay joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to the discuss the rapidly evolving hype of generative AI and how it can be applied to your industry. Takeaways: Sanjay points out that emerging AI is "not turn key". Maybe from a consumer side but when it comes to B2B there are many hoops to jump through before it&apo...

Today’s guest is Doug Kimball, Chief Marketing Officer for Ontotext .  Doug joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to the discuss the rapidly evolving world of knowledge graphs and AI. Takeaways: Doug Kimball's statement about knowledge graphs being an "add to" and an "enhancement of" data is spot on. In the world of modern data management and analytics, knowledge graphs...

Today’s guest is Ben Clinch, Head of Information Architecture for BT Group .  Ben joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to the discuss the rapidly evolving world of data science in organization.  Takeaways: An intriguing aspect is the common practice of Large Language Models (LLMs) utilizing generic data models Ben and Seth discuss more effective ways to harness the power of LLMs through specia...

Today’s guest is Glenn Gow, CEO of Coaching at The Peak Performance CEO Coach. Glenn joins Seth Earley and shares how people should start leaning into what technology is advancing today. Glenn expresses the importance of learning these new materials to create opportunities for you and your company. Be sure to listen in on Glenn giving his advice on how larger companies should incorporate AI into t...

Today’s guest is Kirk Marple, Technical Founder and CEO at Unstruk Data. Kirk joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to  discuss organizing historical data and long-term memory. Kirk emphasizes the importance of organizing data in a manner that allows for seamless integration with novel models and shares valuable advice on understanding data.  Takeaways: The semantic web serves as a powerful too...

Today’s guest is Alex Babin, Co-Founder and CEO at ZERO Systems. Alex joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to share two of the biggest misconceptions of AI and a  new AI metric data tool. Using AI to track data improves performance.  Takeaways: The biggest misconceptions about AI are: AI can work out of the box. ChatGPT shows people what it can do but that doesn't mean that AI can do ever...

Today’s guest is Maxim Serebryakov, Co-Founder and CEO at Sanas. Max joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone and shares what influenced him to start his company. Max discusses what it was like to study artificial intelligence at Stanford and how it created a broad perspective on how things work. Max believes if you go above and beyond you can help anyone.  Takeaways: Max was born in New York, mov...

Today’s guest is Michael Todasco write extensively about Generative AI. Mike joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to discuss all things generative AI and why people should embrace AI.  He also shares valuable advice on how to build a better connection with your customers. Takeaways: While he was at PayPal, Mike was responsible for innovation and improving employee performance.  Embrace AI. Wor...

Today’s guest is Gordon Hart, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Kolena. Gordon joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone and shares how ​​machine learning algorithms are a challenge from different perspectives. Gordon also discusses the core problem in his company before they turned it around. Be sure to listen to Gordon's advice on how to validate models in order to have a successful product!...

Today’s guest is Daniel Faggella, Head of Research and CEO at Emerj Technology Research. Dan joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone and shares how martial arts influenced him to get into artificial intelligence. Dan also discusses what his experience was like with surveillance technology creation technology. Dan had a machine that could generate the next 10 slides of your desired moving picture....

Today’s guest is Michelle Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO at Juji, Inc. Michelle joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone and dives into what proprietary data is and how it can be used correctly. Michelle also discusses the one lesson she has learned is that you have to build a product that can help people. You want to achieve your customers' outcomes, not your outcomes. Be sure to listen in on Mich...

Today’s guest is Juan Sequeda, Principal Scientist at data.world and Co-Host of the Catalog & Cocktails Podcast. Juan joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone and shares how to understand the problem that you are trying to solve. Juan also discusses how your company's success should be defined differently. Don’t focus on just on saving money to make money. Focus on solving a problem.  Jua...

In this episode, our guest is Andy Fitzgerald and Information Architecture & Content Strategy Consultant. Highlights: 1:40 - Getting from Ph. D. in English and Literature in information architecture and knowledge graphs 9:23 - Schema.org 14:30 - How can we get search to be like "Google"? 19:00 - The trouble with self-organizing information 20:40 - The KFC debacle in Germany and case...

In this episode, Seth and Chris talk with Peter Voss,  Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at AGI Innovations & Aigo.ai. Highlights: 2:58 "Software is quite dumb" 3:51 "What is reality?" 5:00 Coining the phrase "Artificial General Intelligence" - what it means 9:00 On understanding cognition in the deepest terms 11:10 What is consciousness? 15:20 Difference between...

In this episode, Seth and Chris talk with Dan Turchin, CEO & Founder of PeopleReign. Highlights: 4:30 What drives Dan's mission to impact a billion lives at work? 11:15 Disruption and the future of work 17:50 What will happen when people can have a day a week back from automation? 20:00 Work will change more in the next 30 years than in the previous 300 24:30 AI is really still in its inf...

In this episode, Seth and Chris talk with Dr. Mark Maybury, former CTO with Stanley, Black & Decker. Highlights: 3:30 Mark's early influences 9:10 What he does with his "spare" time - it is planned 16:30 His experience at Stanley, Black & Decker - making the elephant dance 22:50 Transitioning from analog to mixed reality (physical and digital) 31:00 AI - doing the early foun...

In this episode, Seth and Chris talk with Steve Stesney, Senior Product and Data Practice Lead at Predictive UX. Highlights: 3:30 What is predictive user experience and how did Steve get there? 5:30 Grasping disambiguation and the move to graph data 18:00 Building trust in the data 19:26 Explaining taxonomy, ontology and knowledge graph to executives 21:30 Connecting UX and knowledge graphs 28:00...