The AI in Business Podcast

Today's guest is Frédéric Rivain, CTO of Dashlane. Dashlane is a password manager and digital wallet app, available through subscription, designed for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android platforms. Frédéric joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on the program today to examine trends in how AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, presenting both significant risks and opportunities for enterpr...

Today's guest is Matthias Steinberg, Chief Financial Officer of MindBridge Analytics. MindBridge is a software company that has developed an AI-powered risk and anomaly detection platform at the cutting edge of accounting and financial service workflows, driving deep business insights in the process. Matthias joins us in today's program to talk about the trouble that financial professionals face a...

Today's guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data and AI Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota. Ylan returns to the program today to surmise the progress in new generative AI tools and LLMs over the past two years. We examine the new challenges they pose in the healthcare industry. With ChatGPT and similar tools gaining traction, what strategic shifts are needed for data management and utilization?...

Today's guest is Nate Bell, Corporate Functions Business Data Leader at Wells Fargo. Nate joins us on today's show to discuss the growing role of AI in the financial services sector, focusing on reconciling infrastructure investment with innovative use cases. With a unique vantage point from the data side, Nathaniel explores three main challenges in data management: the cost of good data managemen...

Today's guest is Stephanie McReynolds, Vice President of Product and Portfolio Marketing at OneTrust. OneTrust is a security and privacy platform provider with over 12,000 employees and a $5 billion valuation established to address the growing need for compliance with emerging internet privacy regulations and laws. Stephanie joins us on the program today to delve into the barriers businesses face...

  Today's guest is Aman Thind, Chief Architect at State Street. He joins us in the program today to talk about practical applications of AI across asset management workflows and what advanced generative technologies will mean for the sector in the long term. Throughout the program, Aman makes a finer point about the possibilities for content generation, administration, and data governance as these...

Today's guest is Urvashi Tyagi, Advisor and Former CTO at ResMed. Urvashi joins us on today's podcast with Emerj Senior Matthew DeMello to discuss the unique challenges healthcare leaders face in driving software development efficiencies for medical devices and customer-facing mobile applications. As the med tech industry strives to balance innovation with regulatory compliance, many companies fin...

Today's guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data and AI Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota. Ylan joins us on today's program to discuss the complexities faced by leaders in legacy industries, such as healthcare, as they navigate the balance between infrastructure investments in cloud technologies and end-point storage to meet business goals. Throughout the episode, Ylan shares insights on develo...

Today's guest is Steve Jones, Executive Vice President of Data Driven Business & GenAI at Capgemini. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Steve joins us on today's program to examine the evolving landscape of AI development and the critical need for trust and ethical guardrails in deploying AI systems across enterprises. Drawing on insights from a recent VentureBeat event focused on...

Today's guest is Brian Weiss, Chief Technology Officer at Hyperscience. Hyperscience is a software company that provides back-office services and helps automate document processes to turn unstructured content into structured, actionable data. Brian joins us on today's program to dive into the pressing challenges facing business leaders across financial services and insurance sectors as they grappl...

Today's guest is Bill Armstrong, Chief Innovation Officer at Moss Adams. Moss Adams is one of the 15 largest public accounting firms in the US, providing accounting, tax, and consulting services to public and private middle-market enterprises across industries. Bill joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's show to dive into the rapid mainstream adoption of AI tools in the accounting in...

Today's guest is Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank. DataBank is a technology company helping organizations drive AI edge capabilities through IT infrastructure and effective data storage solutions. Raul joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today's show to explore the evolving landscape of data centers, compute, hardware, and storage. As data centers become increasingly integral to...

Today's guest is Robert Wenier, Global Head of Cloud and Infrastructure at AstraZeneca. Robert joins us on the program to explore the complex decisions faced by leaders in legacy industries as they balance infrastructure investments between cloud technologies and end-point storage. How can they align these investments with their business goals while managing the competing forces of performance, ri...

Today's guest is Abhijeet Kumar, Lead Customer Acquisition and Engagement for Digital Business at Amazon. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's episode to offer advice to retail leaders striving to enhance the customer experience at their organizations. With AI driving significant changes in how customers interact with brands, what are the biggest challenges product managers face...

Today's guest is Andrew Rabinovich, Vice President of Machine Learning and AI at Upwork. Andrew joins us on today's podcast to discuss the evolving role of AI in transforming work marketplaces and expediting hiring workflows. With Upwork's recent launch of a suite of AI products, including Uma, an AI-powered assistant, the conversation focuses on how these innovations aim to streamline the platfor...

Today's guests are George Williams, Head of Small Business at Nationwide Insurance, and Heather Wilson, CEO at CLARA Analytics. Nationwide is an investor in CLARA Analytics, an AI-as-a-service (AIaaS) provider that improves casualty claims outcomes. The pair join Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's episode to explain the impact of generative AI workflows on Insurance spaces. Later in th...

Today's guest is Fabio Raffone, Vice President of Customer Service Operations for Americas at Tetra Pak. Tetra Pak is a Swedish multinational company specializing in food packaging and processing solutions. The company provides a range of offerings, including packaging materials, filling machines, and processing equipment for various products such as dairy, beverages, cheese, ice cream, and prepar...

Today's guest is Supriya Gupta, General Manager and Vice President of Product at Credit Karma. Credit Karma is a multinational personal finance brand under Intuit that makes products free to consumers and helps them find lenders. Supriya returns to the platform today to dive deep into the evolving landscape of financial services, highlighting the challenges and opportunities facing the industry to...

Today's guest is Shardul Vikram, CTO and Head of Data & AI for SAP Industries and Customer Experience. Shardul joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's program to explore the evolving landscape of cloud adoption and storage solutions within the life sciences and financial services industries. A decade has passed since cloud technology burst onto the scene with great promises, yet today...

Today's guest is Akash Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's episode to explore the critical challenges currently facing manufacturing and logistics leaders and why AI is becoming an inc...

Today's guests include two senior executives from Sanofi's manufacturing division, Head of Data & AI for Manufacturing & Supply Chain Kartik Pant and Head of AI & Data Products, Manufacturing & Supply Shreyas Becker, respectively. The pair join us on today's podcast to identify disconnects between marketing and supply chain workflows that commonly lead to issues such as stockouts and fulfillment d...

Today's guest is Dr. Raghav Vadhera, Lead Technical Architect for AI/ML Platform & Services at Raytheon Technologies. Dr. Vadhera returns to the program today to talk about a new initiative from the Biden administration in partnership with Raytheon to improve flood prediction capabilities using AI and cutting-edge technologies. Throughout our conversation, Dr. Vadhera explores the capabilities of...

Today's guest is Andrei Tadique, Director and Head of Manufacturing Science at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Andrei joins us on today's podcast to discuss the biggest challenges for Life Sciences leaders in driving logistics and supply chain workflows. In the course of his conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Tadique identifies and explores three key challenges: data integration, proce...

Today's guest is Akash Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of GreyOrange. GreyOrange is a warehouse robotics and software company that works in apparel, retail, consumer electronics, and home improvement, among other industries. In a special series focusing on software development challenges sponsored by Pieces, Akash joins us on today's program to talk about the challenges faced by AI startups in balancing...

Today's guest is Brenda Kahl, Senior Director of Service and Support at Illumina. Illumina is a San Diego-based biotechnology company founded in 1998 that develops and markets systems for genetic analysis, serving sequencing, genotyping, gene expression, and proteomics markets in over 155 countries. Brenda joins us on today's program to pull apart training challenges for field service operations i...