Stories in AI by Ganesh Padmanabhan

Problem-Solving with AI and Impact driven work to Shape Our Future | Vilas Dhar | Stories in AI

This conversation with Vilas Dhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, was extremely thought-provoking and exciting. We talked about all the ways AI and technology are making a positive impact on the world, the role governments have in this transformation, and much more. I hope you guys enjoy it. Vilas was just honored as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2022. Big congrats!
Vilas' bio: Vilas Dhar is President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, 21st-century philanthropy advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. Under his leadership, the Foundation bridges technological innovation and social impact with a commitment to justice and equity. These core values sustain his deep optimism that technological advances can ensure a more prosperous and sustainable future for all.
Vilas is an entrepreneur, technologist, and human rights advocate with a lifelong commitment to creating more robust social institutions that foster shared opportunities. Vilas has served as an independent Trustee of the Foundation since its inception in 2017 and has served as chair of both the Audit and Investment committees. Fusing his experience as a lawyer, an investor, and a philanthropist, he has dedicated his professional pursuits to exploring solutions for some of the world’s largest challenges like child labor, refugee crises, and data privacy and sovereignty.
Vilas holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law, a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois. He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Birmingham, where his research drives novel approaches to economic and policy infrastructure for a data-enabled society to support and empower vulnerable populations.
 
Learn more at:
https://www.mcgovern.org/about-president-vilas-s-dhar/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vilasdhar/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vilasdhar
 
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The Systematic Principles of AI & New Age Product Management | Dr. Andy Terrel | Stories in AI

In this Stories in AI podcast, Dr. Andy Terrel, VP of Data and Algorithms at Xometry, gave me valuable perspectives on how corporations, product managers, and data scientists should view artificial intelligence. If you are looking to advance your career as a data scientist or just in AI, this is a must listen episode.
Andy's Bio: Dr. Andy R. Terrel is the VP, Data, and Algorithms of Xometry, Inc. where he is bringing his experience building smart scalable data systems to the manufacturing industry. You will also find him leading the infrastructure committee of the NumFOCUS foundation. As a passionate advocate for open source scientific codes Andy has been involved in the wider scientific Python community since 2006, contributing to numerous projects in the scientific stack. Dr. Andy R. Terrel was previously a Research Associate Scientist for the Computational Hydraulics Group at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Science which is at the University of Texas at Austin and High-Performance Computing researcher at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.
Andy's research included utilizing supercomputers with Python and studying methods for speeding up computational fluid dynamics. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2010 and has been programming in Python for the last decade. Andy has contributed to numerous open-source projects notably the FEniCS Project and Sympy.
Reach Andy at: 
http://andy.terrel.us
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aterrel/
https://twitter.com/aterrel
A note about our sponsors:
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. We empower our clients to manage their data with confidence and build trusted relationships with consumers, using advanced analytics, decisioning technology and fraud prevention tools. We help businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lend more responsibly, and prevent fraud and financial crime. As the world’s leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world. Learn more at https://Experian.com.

Industrial Automation, ESG, & The Future of Sports and Technology | Usman Shuja | Stories in AI

Listen as I sit down with my good friend Usman Shuja, VP & GM at Honeywell. Usman was able to provide a unique perspective on the current AI industry and just how corporations are using it to their advantage. We also talked about AI & ESG, industrial automation, and the future use cases of technology in the area of sports.
 
Usman's Bio:
As Vice President/General Manager of Connected Buildings, Usman Shuja leads Honeywell's largest and fastest-growing software business. Usman has a chief executive and global P&L responsibility for all functions including product and sales. As the founding executive and CCO at SparkCognition – a Cognitive Analytics startup that is applying artificial intelligence to solve cyber-physical security challenges - he was responsible for developing new markets for Cognitive and AI technologies. Usman has worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and in product development, sales, and BD roles at IBM and Dell.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a leadership certificate from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also is a retired professional cricket player who represented Team USA.
Find him at:
Website: http://www.usmanshuja.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/usmanshuja/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kshuja
A note about our sponsors: Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. We empower our clients to manage their data with confidence and build trusted relationships with consumers, using advanced analytics, decisioning technology and fraud prevention tools. We help businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lend more responsibly, and prevent fraud and financial crime. As the world’s leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world. Learn more at https://Experian.com.

The Return on AI, Going All in on AI, Leading in the Age of AI | Tom Davenport | Stories in AI

It was a pleasure to have Tom Davenport, AI Author & Independent Senior Advisor for Deloitte Analytics, on the Stories in AI podcast. It was unbelievably fascinating to talk to him about how businesses are implementing AI into their systems, how to lead AI-driven transformations, and the best way to get returns on your AI investments.
Tom's Bio:
Tom Davenport is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and an independent senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics.
An author and co-author of 20 books and more than 200 articles, he helps organizations to transform their management practices in digital business domains such as artificial intelligence, analytics, information and knowledge management, process management, and enterprise systems.
Find more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davenporttom/ and at https://www.tomdavenport.com
A note about our sponsors: Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. We empower our clients to manage their data with confidence and build trusted relationships with consumers, using advanced analytics, decisioning technology and fraud prevention tools. We help businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lend more responsibly, and prevent fraud and financial crime.
As the world’s leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world.
Learn more at https://Experian.com.

Future of Wealth, The Digital Investor, AI-assisted investor | Akshaya Bhargava | Stories in AI

Listen to this fascinating conversation with Akshay Bhargava, founder of Bridgeweave, and ex-CEO Barclays Wealth where we explored the changing investment and asset management landscape, the new data driven retail investor, the evolution of the wealth industry to be more enablement focussed, the role of AI, the future of Fintech and much more. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I do.
Shownotes:
Investor Education Resources: https://investorai.co.uk/join-our-webinar Download the InvestorAi App from Apple App Store and Google Play Store: https://investorai.co.uk/ Reach out to Akshaya.Bhargava@Bridgeweave.com if you want to connect with Akshaya, refer my name and this show! :)
 
Akshaya's Bio:
Akshaya Bhargava is the founder of Bridgeweave, a Fintech firm that uses AI models to provide institutional quality research signals and investment ideas to investors, advisors and asset managers. Bridgeweave's flagship product is InvestorAi, available on a mobile for end investors in equity markets.
From 2014-2017, Akshaya was the global CEO of Wealth and Investment Management, Barclays plc. Prior to that, he founded InfraHedge, a hedge fund managed account platform, which was acquired by State Street Corporation in 2013 He has been CEO of Butterfield Fulcrum Group (acquired by MUFJ Group) and the founding CEO of Progeon (acquired by Infosys and renamed Infosys BPO in 2006). He started his career at Citibank where he spent 22 years in a variety of senior roles including as Country Manager, Citibank Czech Republic and many other senior roles. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaya-bhargava-15549714/

Trustworthy AI, Diversity, Trust, Ethics, Humans in AI | Beena Ammanath | Stories in AI

Listen to the amazing Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Deloitte AI Institute and head of Trustworthy AI and Ethics, where we discuss the state of Enterprise AI, how organizations successfully scale their data and AI efforts, the need for diversity in AI, Ethics and trustworthy AI and much more.
Beena Ammanath is Executive Director of Deloitte AI Institute and leads Trustworthy AI. Beena is an award-winning senior executive with extensive global experience in AI and digital transformation, spanning across e-commerce, finance, marketing, telecom, retail, software products, services and industrial domains with companies such as HPE, GE, Thomson Reuters, British Telecom, Bank of America, e*trade and a number of Silicon Valley startups. She is also the Founder of non-profit, Humans For AI.
A well-recognized thought leader in the industry, she also serves on the Advisory Board at Cal Poly College of Engineering and has been a Board Member and Advisor to several startups. Beena thrives on envisioning and architecting how data, artificial intelligence and technology in general, can make our world a better, easier place to live for all humans.
Beena is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bammanath/
Check out Been's latest book "Trustworthy AI" here: https://beenammanath.com/

Leading AI Transformation, Ethics, & Dark Data | Sanjay Srivastava | Stories in AI

Had an amazing conversation with Sanjay Srivastava, SVP & CDO of Genpact. Sanjay gave me his expert insight on the current state of the AI market and all the ways leaders in the industry are creating massive transformations. Amazing customers stories included as well. We also dived deep into ethical AI and dark data.
 
Sanjay's Bio: 
Sanjay Srivastava is senior vice president and chief digital officer at Genpact, a global digital transformation services provider. He runs the company’s Data, AI, Analytics, Automation Software, and Technology Services businesses and oversees Genpact’s AI-enabled digital business platform, Cora.
Sanjay is deeply rooted in the innovation ecosystem and is an advisor to Silicon Valley incubators and several startups, and a limited partner in digital-focused venture funds. Sanjay serves on the MMA CDO Board, is a member of the Digital 50, BCG’s Digital Transformation Network, and CNBC’s Technology Executive Council was named IDG “Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow”, and blogs frequently on LinkedIn.
Prior to Genpact, Sanjay was a serial entrepreneur, and built four startups - in edge networks, data center automation, predictive algorithms, and enterprise SaaS that were acquired by Akamai, BMC, SunGard (now FIS), and Genpact, respectively. He also held operating leadership roles at Hewlett Packard, Akamai, and SunGard, where he oversaw product management, global sales, and various product and services P&Ls. Sanjay earned an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and his undergraduate degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
He is based in Seattle, WA. Follow him on LinkedIn.
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As the world’s leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world.
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AI in Defense, National Security, Ethics and Secure AI | Dr. Amanda Muller | Stories in AI

I had a great conversation about AI in defense and national security applications with Dr. Amanda Muller. Amanda is a Technical Fellow leading Responsible AI at Northrop Grumman. We talked about national security use cases, the new age of war, the role of policy and governance and why the government is concerned about AI in everyday lives.
Show Notes/Resources: For Northrop Grumman's AI initiatives, visit https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/
Resource Alert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw is a Youtube channel explaining complex topics in simple terms AI within the DOD/Joint AI Center: https://www.AI.mil
Carnegie Mellon University's AI blog: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/our-work/artificial-intelligence-engineering/
Stories in AI: https://www.youtube.com/c/GaneshPadmanabhan/featured for practical insights on AI from the industry
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandacmuller/
Bio:
Dr. Amanda Muller is a Consulting (AI) Systems Engineer and Technical Fellow based in Northern Virgina. Dr. Muller currently serves as the Responsible AI Lead for Northrop Grumman. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating the strategy, policy, and governance efforts related to Artificial Intelligence ethics across the Northrop Grumman enterprise. As a Mission Systems Technical Fellow specializing in User Experience and Human-Systems Integration, she also serves as a subject matter expert on proposals, program reviews, and research efforts.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Muller worked for Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Redondo Beach, California, as a Systems Engineer. She led the User Experience teams for several restricted space programs, conducting user research in operational environments around the world. Previously, Dr. Muller served as a Systems Engineer on State Health and Human Services programs, as a Human Factors Engineer in Aurora, Colorado, and as the Human-Systems Integration lead for airborne platforms in Melbourne, Florida.
In addition to her program roles, Dr. Muller has been a mentor in the Mentoring the Technical Professional program for over seven years. Dr. Muller’s publications include a book chapter in Emerging Trends in Systems Engineering Leadership: Practical Research from Women Leaders (in press), and peer-reviewed articles in Information Fusion, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, and the Annals of Biomedial Engineering.
Dr. Muller holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. She also holds a graduate certificate in Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation from Stanford University. Dr. Muller is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (INCOSE), Professional Scrum Master (Scrum.org), and is certified in Professional Scrum with User Experience (Scrum.org).