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The AI in Business Podcast

Daniel Faggella

The 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 research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups - uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of Fortune 2000 AI adopters: https://emerj.com/advertise

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16:46

[AI Team Success] Cultivating an Innovation Culture...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/12/13

Today’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 experiment in

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19:39

[AI Team Success] Getting Culture and Talent Right -...

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2022/12/06

Today'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 difference both

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27:32

Using Data to Untangle the Sticky Problems of...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/29

Today'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. This

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34:00

Leveling Up Commercial Operations in Pharma - with...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/24

Today's guest is Aktana Chairman and CEO David Ehrlich. Aktana is an AI vendor that helps life science commercial teams go to market with their products. On the AI in Business podcast, David talks about the challenges that marketing and product teams face in getting pharmaceuticals in the marketplace and where these challenges overlap with broader industry applications in banking and retail. Later, he and Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella discuss where AI adds value to the process in unique use cases and

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23:16

Making "AI Ethics" Productive - with Beena Ammanath...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/22

Today's guest is Executive Director, Global Deloitte AI Institute & AI Ethics/Tech Ethics Leader, Beena Ammanath. Beena is the author of the book Trustworthy AI and previously served in tech leadership roles at Hewlett Packard, Bank of America, and General Electric before arriving at Deloitte in 2019. In her conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Beena pulls apart putting AI ethics in action at medium and large enterprises in ways that genuinely serve to solve business goals and customer

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27:28

Applying Computer Vision and Computer Listening in...

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2022/11/17

Today's guest is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Maya HTT, Remi Duquette. In today's episode, Remi talks about computer vision or what people imagine when they think about computer vision through a distinctly human lens. With Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Remi especially pulls apart how machines can look at things in ways that humans can't, as it turns out. They also discuss tools in job vision, listening, and how to go beyond the human senses to be able to drive manufacturing results in

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29:36

Follow These Steps Before Deploying Enterprise AI -...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/15

Today's guest is Symphony AI CEO Sanjay Dhawan. Sanjay took the helm of Symphony last year after leading the automotive AI firm Cerence since 2019. On the AI in Business podcast, Sanjay discusses insights on using highly defined business outcomes to frame up how fast to scale enterprise data strategies, citing examples in banking and CPG. Together with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Sanjay also dissects the different ways the workflows therein can change for startups and legacy enterprises so that each

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20:25

Achieving Autonomy for AI in Heavy Industry - with...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/08

Today's guest is the Head of Research at Bloc Ventures, David Pollington. Previously, David spent nine years leading web services and developing collaborative platforms for GSMA before joining Bloc Ventures, a VC firm based in London that invests in many early technologies based on AI. On the AI in Business podcast, David discusses the possibility of 'complete autonomy' in machinery across several heavy industries — construction, mining, and manufacturing among them. That means machinery in need of

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29:42

Use-Cases That Emerge from AI + 5G - with Marisa...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/11/01

Today's guest is VP of Strategy and Offerings at IBM, Marisa Viveros. 5G is a widely misunderstood technology that most might associate with mobile connectivity and telecoms spaces. Still, it stands to make a tremendous impact on a broad spectrum of industrial sectors underneath the surface of its reputation. Marisa joins us to separate fact from fiction and tell business leaders precisely what they need to understand about 5G, what it means in simple terms, and what it allows for new capabilities

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25:28

Using AI to Onboard Product Data in eCommerce - with...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/10/25

Today’s guest is Divyabh Mishra, Founder & CEO at CrowdANALYTIX. In conversation with Emerj’s CEO Daniel Faggella, Divyabh talks about the business challenges in the eCommerce space when it comes to collecting and ensuring the accuracy of product data in high-volume product databases. Among these problems is that retail itself remains plagued with arcane technology, and Divyabh discusses the many potential applications of AI in making these legacy systems more intelligent — in particular: more

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31:23

Changing to a Paradigm of Trust Automation in...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/10/20

Today’s guest is Christian van Leeuwen, CSO and Co-Founder of FRISS. His company accrued over $88 million to fund a workforce of 200 employees focused on claims underwriting, investigation, and working with the biggest names in the insurance space. In today’s episode, Christian talks about insurance leaders’ trends in underwriting and claims over the last few years since COVID: what is changing, what they see more of, and what new challenges they are facing. Then later, he and Emerj CEO Dan Faggella

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34:41

DALL-E-2, the Future of Creative Work "Creative...

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2022/10/18

Today’s guest is Aditya Ramesh, Creator of DALL·E, Co-creator of DALL·E 2 at OpenAI. You might already be familiar with how the DALL·E platforms have taken the internet by storm in the past year with their ability to turn text into images in any style the user can imagine. Ramesh discusses how the technology works in layman’s terms and sets the stage for where individuals and organizations can take the platform into the future as a ‘creative co-pilot’ to their work. If you’re interested in unlocking

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36:02

Streamlining Automotive Purchasing with AI - with...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/10/13

Today’s guest is Edmund Zagorin, Founder of Arkestro. Edmund founded Arkestro in 2017, and the company now operates in several industries in addition to the automotive space. In this episode, Edmund discusses two main topics: First, what makes the automotive purchasing process so complex, from buying electronics to seat fabric, the chassis, the tires, and onward. Secondly, Edmund pulls apart the many AI applications in this process and the data needed to help business leaders make more intelligent

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33:21

Lessons Learned from Enterprise Applications of AI...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/10/11

Today’s guest is Chris Joynt, who served as AIoT Co-Innovation Leader in the Solutions Group at PTC at the time of our recording. In today’s episode, Chris walks the audience through some actual applications of artificial intelligence and IoT in the enterprise. In addition to explaining some of the most important lessons learned for leaders, including a frank discussion on how to think about getting started on these projects when so much can go wrong when it comes to sensors and data streams out in

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40:09

How the West Can Compete with China in the Global AI...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/10/05

Today’s guest is Sean Gourley, CEO of Primer, a company that has raised $170 million for pioneering large-scale data analysis. In today’s episode, Sean discusses how China’s autocratic regime has certain advantages in developing AI capabilities in the theaters of cyberwarfare and virtual reality. Throughout the conversation, Sean offers his expertise advising how the West can maintain its strategic advantage in these technologies and for how long. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the

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29:46

Smart Data Capture for Shelf Management in Retail -...

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2022/09/29

Today’s guest is Christian Floerkemeier, VP of Product, CTO, and Co-Founder of Scandit. Scandit is an AI firm focused on smart data capture and barcode scanning. Christian received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in Zurich and was the Associate Director for the AI ID Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this episode, Christian focuses on this retail workflow of checking inventory and prices. He speaks about where AI might not only help speed up that process but also potentially improve

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21:38

Computer Vision for Understanding Retail Customers -...

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2022/09/27

Today’s guest is Kelly Harlin, Director of Solutions Marketing and Commercialization at Sharp NEC. Sharp and NEC collectively have approximately 160 thousand employees as two of Japan’s largest electronics manufacturers. Kelly speaks specifically about their computer vision applications in retail in this episode. She opens up with some information retailers wish they knew about people who shop with them physically and in person. Secondly, Kelly discusses what AI can collect about a user, from the

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30:34

Delivery and Supply Chain Applications of Smart Data...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/09/22

Our guest today is Christian Floerkemeier, VP of Product, CTO, and Co-Founder of Scandit. Scandit has raised nearly $300 million to address smart data capture, they have hundreds of employees, and logistics and supply chain is one of the spaces in which they operate. In today’s episode, we’re focusing on two different use-cases that share the use of computer vision. First, we discuss ID verification applications in alcohol delivery services, followed by increasing efficiency in loading and unloading

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26:08

The Future of AI in Telco - with Mazin Gilbert of Google

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/09/20

Today’s guest is Mazin Gilbert, Director of Engineering, Telecommunications Orchestration, Analytics, and Automation at Google. Some five or six years ago, Mazin joined us to discuss artificial intelligence in telecommunications when he was with AT&T. Since this last episode, AI has become inevitable in the telco space with substantial AI deployments across the industry. In this episode, Mazin first speaks about what he’s observed in the telecommunications world that he considers some of the early

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16:31

Designing AI Solutions with Minimal Workflow Change...

The AI in Business Podcast ·

2022/09/13

Our guest on today’s episode of the AI in Business podcast is VP of Artificial Intelligence at Samsung SDS America Patrick Bangert. Patrick discusses the efficacy of making minimal workflow changes a goal from the start and how the AI capabilities pioneered at Samsung have made their way to widespread success for other enterprises. In particular, Patrick gives actionable insight into how minimizing change management friction benefits end users — and why the way people and systems work together

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