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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.
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Today's guest is Harsh Kar, an enterprise leader in data and AI at Genpact. Harsh joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today's show to deliver a sober yet very optimistic assessment of the challenges and opportunities surrounding new generative AI capabilities for organizations across industries. Throughout the episode, Harsh pulls apart how previously siloed enterprise functions – from data management, to hiring and marketing strategy – will soon work in concert, and with greater facility than ever before. Later, Harsh offers executives specific and actionable criteria for developing the data governance practices necessary for any enterprise to leverage generative AI use cases that will soon transform entire industrial sectors. For more relevant insights, business leaders should also explore Genpact's recent white paper titled 'Scaling Generative AI in the Enterprise. This episode is sponsored by Genpact. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Caitlin Hodges, Risk Manager at Amazon. Caitlin joins us on today's program to talk about the biggest challenges for eCommerce leaders when it comes to reducing policy fraud, and the unique forms their solutions can take from a data perspective. Throughout the episode, Caitlin pulls from her experience from the frontlines of developing new tools to fight competitor fraud, such as detecting AI-manufactured negative reviews for competing products. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Tomas Ohlson, Founding Engineer at Einride. Einride is a Swedish-based logistics and technology company best known for pioneering automated transportation solutions and leveraging data to drive cost efficiencies across supply chains. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Tomas explains how electric and autonomous vehicles are streamlining inefficiencies in logistics workflows, and providing cost reductions in everything from energy use to inventory prediction. Later, they explore how an automation-first approach is giving us a new perspective on the best places for human judgment in supervising supply chains. 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 what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Easwaran Krishnamurthy, VP & CIO of Building Solutions for North American and Global Field Operations at Johnson Controls. Johnson Controls is a major producer of fire, HVAC and security infrastructure for buildings. Easwaran, or "EK" for short, joins us on today's podcast to discuss the practicality of putting AI in the hands of field technicians across heavy industry and B2B customer-facing workflows. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, EK brings a practical perspective to these challenges - outlining precisely where leaders will need to level up their data infrastructure at their organizations to leverage a future of copilot-empowered technicians helping customers and machines in the field. Today's episode is sponsored by Aquant. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Aaron Chamberlain, Senior Medical Director of the Musculoskeletal Clinical Program at Intermountain Health. Intermountain is a US-based not-for-profit healthcare system with over 350 clinics and 30 hospitals in the Intermountain West, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Aaron joins us on the program today to talk about the biggest challenges facing healthcare leaders when it comes to driving patient access and improved outcomes. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Aaron addresses the problem of tech debt and the role that emerging generative AI capabilities can play in ensuring that doctors are spending more time interfacing with patients than in tedious administrative tasks. 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 what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Bikalpa Neupane, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing at Takeda. He joins us on today's program to discuss how siloed data and trust in data science processes are among the biggest challenges facing life sciences leaders and the promise of new use cases and generative AI tools in confronting those challenges. 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 what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Pablo Vargas, Risk and Compliance Manager at FanDuel. FanDuel is a fast-growing company in the gaming industry, with over 1,500 employees working with state regulators and other industry partners to bring high-quality entertainment, gambling and sports news experiences to their users. Pablo joins us on today's podcast to talk about managing fraud risk in the gaming space and the unique challenges gaming leaders face for both online and in-person sales domains. Throughout the episode, Pablo pulls from his larger experiences in financial services to frame how to think of customer journeys in the gaming industry as the sector begins to sense its longevity. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Fabrizio Burlando, Global Head of Advisors Consulting and Digital Labs at Mastercard. Previous to Mastercard, Fabrizio also served as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group and as a Senior Consultant for the United Nations. He joins us on today's program to talk about the current new wave of generative AI tools, their impact on the financial services sector and how SMBs stand to benefit from a blossoming market for microservices emerging in their wake. 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 what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is John LeBaron, Chief Revenue Officer at Pattern. Pattern is a tech company that builds an AI-driven platform for helping businesses grow faster and sell more on eCommerce marketplaces. John joins us on today's program to discuss the biggest challenges for brand and consumer product executives, given the current state of AI adoption in the eCommerce sector. Later, he and Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello dissect how new generative AI tools will impact advertising and content optimization. This episode is sponsored by Pattern. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Sean Moriarty, the new CEO of Primer. He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss how to build trust in the true capabilities of AI-enhanced systems that will be making all the difference in life and death situations going forward for the defense sector and beyond. Throughout his appearance, Sean emphasizes the primacy of getting end users to properly execute procedures by understanding problems in human terms, not the esoteric language of subject matter experts. This episode is sponsored by Primer. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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