The Georgian Impact Podcast | AI, ML & More

In this episode, we have a wide-ranging discussion on privacy, competition and advertising with Vass Bednar. Vass is the Executive director of McMaster University's Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program and works at the intersection of public policy and technology in Canada.   You’ll Hear About:   ●   DuckDuckGo as an alternative option for consumers in a data-driven world. ●   Apple’...

Shouldn’t you own and control your identity? It is yours after all. That's the idea behind self-sovereign identity — the idea that you control your own data without intervening administrative authorities. Mathieu Glaude is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact podcast. Mathieu Glaude is the CEO of Northern Block and helps enable organizations to build digital trust platforms. He also ha...

Cybersecurity is a topic that is not to be taken lightly. We're working with Georgian's Head of Security and Privacy, Alex Manea, to bring you a series of content for your company's cybersecurity needs. In this episode, we approach the cybersecurity landscape metaphorically — we take you back to the middle ages where castles, kings, and knights existed. Think of your company as the castle you're p...

For most of us, backing up files has become a part of everyday life. Throughout the years, there have been many ways to back up one’s information. We’ve gone from paper, CDs, hard drives, flash drives, and the new king, the cloud. In this episode of the Georgian Podcast, we’ll be talking to Mike Potter, Co-Founder & CEO of Rewind, to understand how cloud-based storage systems work and what it...

You might think that selling consumer products has never been easier. Not so fast. Sure, e-commerce is everywhere and is becoming more user-friendly by the minute, but where do you start? Who do you market to? How and where should you advertise? Digital advertising offers myriad of options, but with options, come decisions. Big decisions. That’s where Zeze Peters and Beam.city DNA come in. In this...

With the right focus, history can inform us today; you find the parallels. Thinking back can help you know your market, know your customers and potential customers. Rob Rastovich is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the CTO of ThingLogix and focuses on driving digital transformation across many industries using IoT and AI.

Charles Radclyffe is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is a partner at EthicsGrade who specializes in evaluating companies' ESG credentials. In other words, he hunts for watermelons—companies that look green on the outside but are anything but in the middle. You’ll hear about digital ethics and how it fits with ESG, the need to engage with stakeholders and find out what...

In this new world of machine learning and AI, where data basically writes code and algorithms, MLOps has developed into something broad and very important. So much so that a huge community has developed around this space. David Aponte and Demetrios Brinkmann are our guests on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. David is a Software Engineer at Microsoft with a focus on MLOps. Demetrios is...

What do you think of when thinking about innovation, particularly around AI? Probably an interesting software startup, but why not big established companies? If you don’t think of them you might be missing an opportunity to understand innovation at scale, with complex technical and organizational issues as well.   Peter Poon and Yevgeniy Vahlis are our guests on this episode of the Georgian Impact...

Marketing has evolved from a shot in the dark to marketing automation solutions that enable incredibly detailed measurements. Now advertising is programmatic, tools abound in the marketing automation submarket to measure click throughs, dwell time and so much more. Paul Roetzer is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute and PR 2...

The evolution of natural language processing means that chatbots are finally learning how to, well, chat. In this episode, we talk with Jeff Orkin, head of Drift's AI Lab who is using AI to create positive, personalized customer interactions in real-time, at scale. You’ll Hear About: Jeff’s background in video game development and how it led to his startup Giant Otter. Why context is the key to co...

Tech jobs are in huge demand, so as the interviewer you need to understand what you are looking for. How does your company compare to other companies the candidate may be looking at? Are you focused only on the skills needed right now, or are you focused on what you will need as your company grows? Hiring the right technical candidate for your company couldn’t be more challenging than it is today....

When AI needs a personality, you need a team of creatives to work hand-in-with hand the technical folks. Deborah Harrison, our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast, is one of those creatives. She talks about how she and her team at Microsoft developed Cortana, Microsoft's conversational assistant.

It used to be you could trust what you saw. With the prevalence of deep fakes and other synthetic media, today it isn’t always so easy knowing what is real and what isn’t. Kathryn Harrison is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. She is the founder and CEO of the DeepTrust Alliance and FixFake, a company with the data and expertise to find fakes and fight fraud.

Imagine a future where our technology interacts with us the same way we do with one another through conversation, perception and empathy. Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast . She is the CEO and Co-founder of Affectiva, a pioneer in the field of Emotion AI and Human Perception AI and author of the book Girl Decoded. You’ll Hear About: ● Her journey to h...

Is there such a thing as a problem people wish they had? When it comes to challenges in scaling your business, the answer is yes. Allan Leinwand is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Slack, this is a person who knows all about scaling.

You might think that getting your customer base to adopt your AI product is a sales and marketing challenge. But it starts much earlier in the product lifecycle, with empathy for your customers’ problems, creating solutions that fit into their workflow and building trust that you’re treating their data with care. Three pillars of AI product management. Frank Emery, our guest on this episode of the...

With the growing pervasiveness of AI and machine learning, knowing how to effectively implement it in software development is key. But the idea of “just take X and add AI” isn’t a cure-all. So, when? How? Where? Daniel Faggella is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the CEO and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research, a research and advisory company w...

Leading on privacy means more than compliance and technical solutions. To excel, companies should also foster a privacy culture. Vivian Byrwa, our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast , discusses how cultural guardrails can reinforce policy and technical guardrails. Vivian is the privacy counsel at Spotify and has close to a decade of experience focusing on privacy and its implicat...

In real life we identify ourselves with a passport, driver’s license, or other government ID - and we use the same ID in multiple places. But digital identity isn’t so easy, and doing digital credentials badly can leave users and systems vulnerable. Drummond Reed is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the Chief Trust Officer at Evernym - a company at the forefront of a...

As an early or growth stage company, scaling is always top of mind. Skills are scarce and expensive, so machine learning and AI have to be the foundation you build on. And balancing this opportunity with the challenges it brings is key. On this special edition of the Georgian Impact Podcast we’ll be getting insights on this fascinating topic from Alistar Croll, Beckie Wood, Leslie Fein, Harper Ree...

When companies start leading with trust, they win. Jes Ellacott is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast . Jes manages the content marketing and creative services team at Fiix Software , which is upending the way companies track equipment maintenance. Fiix is on a mission to bring trust to the forefront of everything they do, and Jes is leveraging her background in journalism to...

A solid data strategy can prevent your company from running aground and turning a huge opportunity into a horrible mess. Dan Wu is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast . Dan is a superstar commentator in the privacy and data governance space. He’s leveraging his Ph. D. in Sociology and Social Policy and his law degree to help protect people and their data. Dan believes that the...

Deep Fakes are incredibly realistic impersonations that blur the line between truth and fiction. So what happens when the tech to make them is available to everyone? We’re about to find out. Kundan Kumar is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast . He is co-founder of Lyrebird AI, and now heads up research at Descript. Descript is making it vastly easier for anyone to manipulate a...

Working from home isn’t new, but today an unprecedented number of people are “telecommuting” for the first time – whether they want to or not. Our guest on this special edition of the Georgian Impact Podcast is Ben Wilde, our VP of Business Development & Marketing. Ben manages a team in Toronto from his home office in New Zealand. He’s been leading from afar for years, and shares his tips and...