In this interview, we sit down with Russ Ruffino, world-renowned marketer, CEO, and Founder of Clients on Demand (COD). Russ and his team help entrepreneurs all over the world realize their true potential by teaching them the skills they need to find the perfect...
Whether we know it or not, like it or not, our lives have been taken over by algorithms. Slaves to the Algo – How to stay relevant in the age of AI, is a new podcast by Suresh Shankar, the founder and CEO of Crayon Data. In this podcast, Suresh attempts to demystify...
Over the past several years, the retail industry has undergone a tremendous transformation. With the rapid growth of eCommerce, spearheaded by tech giants like Amazon, retail has become as much as an online experience as a physical one. And it’s spreading like...
I interviewed Amir Orad, an entrepreneur, thought leader and CEO of Sisense, one of the leading business intelligence platforms that allows you to simplify complex data sets and make big data insights accessible for startups and small companies. In his career spanning...
Recently, I had an interview with Yamini Bhat, CEO of Vymo, an AI-enabled Personal Assistant for sales professionals. Vymo grabbed the eyeballs recently when it was selected from 128 applications across 28 countries to participate in Bangkok Bank's accelerator program...
Recently, I had an opportunity to interview Oren Eini, CEO and founder of Hibernating Rhinos which provides RavenDB, an open source document-oriented NoSQL designed especially for the .NET/Windows platform. Oren has more than 20 years of experience in the development...
I recently had an opportunity to interview Pete Lorenzen, IBM General Manager, Core Business Optimization, in connection with their partnership with Brazil's largest soccer club Corinthians to help them personalize fan experience journey with Artificial Intelligence....
I had an opportunity to interview Dr. Robin Lougee, Research Scientist, IBM and ask some questions around IBM's ongoing research collaboration with McCormick & Company in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in flavor and food product development. Robin is...
I had a chance to interview renowned risk and cybersecurity expert, technology visionary and business leader Sai Huda. He is the author of ground-breaking book "Next Level Cybersecurity: Detect The Signals, Stop The Hack". Huda shared his views on some of the pressing...
I interviewed Daniel McConaghy, President of FICO (Asia Pacific), a global leader in predictive analytics and decision management technology, with particular strengths in risk management and fraud management. Dan joined FICO in April 2010 as head of the Asia Pacific...
I interviewed Chris Priebe, CEO of Two Hat, which recently released an artificial intelligence model that moderates user-generated reports in real time on social media to prevent abuse, hate speech, and other NSFW content. Chris Priebe has over 20 years’ experience...
I recently interviewed Kenneth Shih, head of Sales at AQUMON, a Hong Kong-based robo advisor that delivers investing strategies to help investors obtain excess return and focus on long-term stable investment. Previous to his position at AQUMON, Kenneth was a Director...
I recently interviewed Dr. Jurgi Camblong, expert in data-driven medicine and CEO of SOPHiA GENETICS - a health tech company which has developed SOPHiA Artificial Intelligence (AI), the most advanced technology for clinical genomics, helping healthcare professionals...
We interviewed Ravi N. Raj, CEO and co-founder of Passage AI, which recently won the Global Annual Achievement Award for Artificial Intelligence in the "Best Use of AI in Education" category for improving the enrollment of a leading online education course provider...
Recently, I interviewed Dejan S. Milojicic, an established researcher, technologist, and former president of IEEE Computer Society, the world's premier organization of computing professionals. Milojicic is a distinguished technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo...
Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi (known as IVK) is the co-founder and CTO of Crayon Data, a big data & AI product company at Singapore with a development center in Chennai. He has been with ICT industry for the last 30 years and is one of the leading experts in innovation...
We interviewed Professor Mike Trenell, Chief Scientific Officer of Changing Health, which combines psychological tools with technology to help people with Type 2 diabetes (where the body becomes resistant to insulin) improve their lifestyle habits and better manage...
We had a chance to interview Philip Totaro, founder, and CEO of IntelStor, market research and strategic advisory company that recently launched a renewable energy data platform built for decision support of project diligence and product development. Philip has over...
We recently interviewed Evan Gappelberg, an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO of NexTech AR Solutions, which brings augmented reality (AR) to the masses by creating an AR ecosystem featuring eCommerce solutions for websites. We spoke a lot about augmented reality in...
I had a chance to interview Kazim Rizvi, a public policy entrepreneur and founder of an emerging policy think-think, The Dialogue. Kazim has delivered multiple research projects and public discourses around technology policy at The Dialogue. A prominent speaker at...
We recently interviewed Pankaj Rai, a well-known expert in analytics and banking and is currently the Senior Vice President Strategy at Wells Fargo. The former Analytics Director at Dell International Services, Pankaj shared his views on some of the hot topics in the...
Consumer behaviour cannot be so easily predicted from social media reactions like Facebook Likes and Twitter shares. There’s no real way to know. There’s a lot of noise out there. There’s a lot of data available, but it’s not powerful in prediction. “Let me give you...
We recently interviewed Nicole Nguyen, Head of APAC, Infinity Blockchain Ventures, who spearheads Infinity Blockchain Lab’s regional initiative in connecting major players and fostering an ever-growing blockchain ecosystem in Asia. She is a co-author of the first...
I recently interviewed Nitin Chugh, Country Head – Digital Banking at HDFC Bank Limited, and we discussed some hot topics in banking industry today: digital transformation, personalization, AI & machine learning, blockchain etc. HDFC Bank is an acknowledged...
Tell us a little about yourself, outside of the information that is publicly available and online. Ah, that’s a tricky one. Well, it may be interesting to note that before I started my career in finance, I had explored the option of doing an advanced degree at ISI...
I recently interviewed Ron Shevlin, Director of Research at Cornerstone advisors, for Big data made simple, Crayon’s big data information portal. We talked about a wide range of subjects, from how banks need to use the data they have at hand, to their business models,...
Manu: Rick, can you tell us a bit about yourself? I saw in your TED talk that you used to be a photo journalist, so how did you get started on this journey? Rick Smolan: Yes, I was always very curious as a person so it's interesting that I'd end up in a job where I...
Manu: Rick, can you tell us a bit about yourself? I saw in your TED talk that you used to be a photo journalist, so how did you get started on this journey? Rick Smolan: Yes, I was always very curious as a person so it's interesting that I'd end up in a job where I...
I recently sat down with Bob Rogers. Bob is Intel’s Chief Data Scientist for Analytics and AI. I sought out answers to the some of the most popular questions related to artificial and augmented intelligence. The entire interview was illuminating, and shed some light...
We had a chance to interview Jim Callan, one of the masterminds behind The Conversation Hub™, the world's first intelligent conversation platform. Recognized as an entrepreneur and innovator in retail banking and banking technology, Jim is the founder and CEO of...
Andrew has been working in Analytics/Data Science for 7 years in various roles across many different industries. He is a Data Scientist at Penske Media Corporation focusing on both data engineering infrastructure as well as applied business analytics. Prior to this...
Tell us a little bit about yourself, and how you got into the banking industry. During my school days, I was a student of commerce & finance stream, while studying for ICWAI course. I heard about computers in the early 90s and felt this is something that might...
Tony Jebara is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and Director of Machine Learning Research at Netflix. His research intersects computer science and statistics to develop new frameworks for learning from data with applications in social networks,...
Manu: Tell us a little about yourself, outside of the information that is publicly available online? Tim: I am from California. I got started in business 25 years ago. I studied Bachelor of Science, environmental design at art center college of design, at Pasadena. I...
I recently interviewed Arvind Sankaran, Global business leader. We talked about FinTech startups, innovation in the banking industry, big data analytics, and wealth management. He also shared about his experience working with banks like CITI, HSBC, and Barclays. Read...
Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve been with MasterCard since 2001, and I am currently heading MasterCard Advisors, the professional services arm of the company, in the Asia Pacific region. The most exciting aspect of my job is to witness and be a part of the...
Can you tell us a little bit about your career path, and what lead you to become a marketing technologist? Honestly, serendipity. I started my career as a software engineer, programming multi-player games. After that, for a number of years, I was the head of...
Can you introduce yourself? My name is Sean McClure and I am a data scientist working in San Francisco. As a Data Scientist, I assist organizations looking to compete analytically by applying advanced statistical and mathematical modeling, database technology, and...
Miriam Redi is a Research Scientist at Yahoo Labs, London. Her research focuses on content-based social multimedia analysis. In particular, she explores ways to automatically assess image semantics, visual aesthetics, and multimedia creativity. Miriam developed a...
For decades, banks have only competed with one another, on the same terms. As an industry not very used to change, the banking sector is currently undergoing a radical transformation. JP Nicols, a veteran from the banking sector, has spent twenty years in the space....
Adrian Rosebrock is an entrepreneur, computer vision expert and Ph.D, who launched two successful image search engines: ID My Pill - an iPhone app and API that identifies prescription pills in the snap of a smartphone’s camera, and Chic Engine - a fashion search...
Dr. Pulak Ghosh, Professor of Quantitative Methods at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), is a member of the UN Secretary-General's Big Data Privacy Advisory Group. He recently won the National Biennial award 2015 for his outstanding contribution to...
Internet has revolutionized how we share information, the Internet of Life will transform our healthcare systems, globally. In response to the growing threat of emerging infections and drug-resistant ‘Super Bugs’, QuantuMDx is digitizing biology to share pathogen data...
Matthew Zeiler is the founder and CEO of deep-learning startup Clarifai, which uses machine learning and deep neural networks to develop the world’s advanced image recognition system. He received a Ph.D. in machine learning and image recognition, and his research...
Nancy Kopp-Hensley is the director of technical marketing for IBM Analytics. Nancy has more than 20 years’ experience working in the data business in many capacities, from development and product management to sales and marketing. You have been in data warehousing...
1) Tell me a little about yourself and how you got involved in digital analytics industry? When I first tripped over the Internet in 1993, nobody could tell me what made a website good, better or best. I spoke with everyone I could find that had something to do with...
Can you tell us a little about yourself and what you do? I am the Director of The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London and Professor of Digital Urban Systems. CASA is a unique lab - it is almost an entire University in a...
Give us a short introduction about you. I am the CEO of Crimson Marketing, an author, a speaker, and an advisory board member. I am also the podcast host for money ball for marketing. I have been a marketing professional for over 25 years and have helped companies...
Navin Manaswi, a data scientist and a big data specialist with General Mills --a U.S.-based food company, shares insights on how they leverage data science to forecast demands of products. Give me an overview of how big data and analytics are being leveraged by Indian...
We’d like to hear your story of how you got into data science. What motivated you to work in data science? As a professional research astronomer, I have always worked with data. For nearly 20 years, I worked with a lot of data in my day jobs: I worked on large...