Spotlight Nine: Real Life AI Deployment

Spotlight Nine: Real Life AI Deployment

Season Three - Spotlight Nine

Our ninth spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode:⁠ Sol Rashidi - Real Life AI Deployment - Your AI Survival Guide!

Join host Lauren Hawker Zafer as she engages in a unique discussion with Sol Rashidi.

This conversation demystifies the AI deployment process for business leaders. Sol provides practical strategies for overcoming common obstacles, assembling the right team, and aligning AI initiatives with broader business objectives.

Highlights of this episode include:

  • The inspiration behind "Your AI Survival Guide" and the key lessons it offers
  • Why 70% of AI deployment success has little to do with technology
  • The importance of a "crawl, walk, run" approach for organizations new to AI
  • Assembling the ideal team and crafting an effective AI strategy
  • Innovative use cases across 10 different industries
  • Ethical considerations and the future of AI in business

Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your AI journey, this episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of AI deployment and unlock its transformative potential. Tune in to gain invaluable insights from Sol Rashidi's wealth of experience and expertise.


Who is Sol Rashidi?

Rashidi is a leader in the AI, Data and Technology space. Starting in 2011, Rashidi worked at IBM as part of the team that launched Watson, one of the earliest world applications of Artificial Intelligence. Since, she has led more than 36 large scale AI implementations and has been at the forefront of ideation, conceptualization, design and development of Data & AI applications. Rashidi holds 8 patents in DATA Space and Enterprise Data Management (EDM).


Sol has served as a C-Suite member across several Fortune 100 & Fortune 500 companies including:

  • Chief Analytics Officer - Estee Lauder

  • Chief Data & Analytics Officer - Merck Pharmaceuticals

  • EVP, Chief Data Officer - Sony Music

  • Chief Data & AI Officer - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

  • Sr. Partner leading the Digital & Innovation Practice- Ernst & Young

Ms. Rashidi is now an advisor, consultant, fractional Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) and Chief AI Officer (CAIO) helping companies advance their business objectives. She is a global keynote speaker, and currently authoring a book about Artificial Intelligence for business leaders who don't have a technology background - Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployment, (Wiley, 4/30/24).


Rashidi is an expert at coupling her technical acumen with story-telling abilities to articulate business value with startups, scale-ups, business owners, private equity firms, and Fortune 500's who are leaning into data, AI, and technology as a competitive advantage, while wanting to preserve the legacy in which they were founded upon. Her hallmark is to make the complicated uncomplicated, and helping business leaders realize not everything needs to be cutting edge, sometimes innovation comes from cutting through the noise.


Sol Rashidi’s awards in technology and AI include:

2020, 2021 & 2022 Global Data Power Women by CDO Magazine (for her work at Estee Lauder)

2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference -- Top 50 Leaders in Entertainment (for her work at Royal Caribbean & Sony Music)

2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference – Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech (for her work at Merch Commercial)

2021 Chief Analytics officer of the Year by the CDO Club (for her work at Estee Lauder)

2023 Starburst (the analytics anywhere company) 2023 analytics leader of the year (for her work at Estee Lauder)

Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network!

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Neil Leiser - AI Stories Revealed

Neil Leiser - AI Stories Revealed

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Spotlight Eight: AI Stories Revealed - Out Soon!

Spotlight Eight: AI Stories Revealed - Out Soon!

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Spotlight Seven: Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play - Out Soon!

Spotlight Seven: Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play - Out Soon!

Spotlight Seven is a snippet from our upcoming episode: David Foster - Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play . Listen to the full episode, as soon as it comes out by subscribing to Redefining AI. Who is David Foster?David Foster is the co-founder of Applied Data Science Partners, a data science consultancy delivering bespoke solutions for clients. He holds an MA in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK and an MSc in Operational Research from the University of Warwick. He is a faculty member of the Machine Learning Institute and has won several international machine learning competitions. He is the author of Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines To Paint, Write, Compose and Play (O'Reilly), an acclaimed technical textbook focused on novel applications of deep learning to generative modelling.   Why this Episode?Generative modeling is one of the hottest topics in AI at present, seeing as it is now possible to teach a machine to excel at human endeavors such as: painting, writing, and composing music. This episode helps you understand how we got to this point, and how the use of generative deep learning impacts our understanding of authorship and creativity in the arts, such as music and literature. David and Lauren also discuss the huge impacts that Generative AI will have on children who are growing up with AI.

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Joti Balani - The Explosive Chatbot Trend

Joti Balani - The Explosive Chatbot Trend

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Spotlight Six: The Explosive Chatbot Trend - Out Soon!

Spotlight Six: The Explosive Chatbot Trend - Out Soon!

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Ayisha Piotti - AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward?

Ayisha Piotti - AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward?

In this episode: Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Ayisha Piotti Who Can Benefit From This Conversation?Overall, when thinking about the regulation of AI technologies or the use of AI, we should be aiming to strike a balance between fostering innovation and ensuring that the technology is used in a way that aligns with ethical principles and societal values. This episode is therefore a key listen that invites us to think about how AI technology has the potential to significantly impact society. It provides an opportunity for us to think about the considerations that need to be made from a regulatory perspective - to ensure that ethical questions are addressed, and we can start to confirm that AI is used in a fair and transparent way. Who is Ayisha Piotti?Ayisha Piotti is the Managing Partner at the Swiss-based firm RegHorizon. She is also the Director of AI Policy at the Center for Law and Economics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - the ETH Zurich. Ayisha and her colleagues at the Center for Law & Economics at the ETH  Zurich are the visionaries behind the largest Global AI Policy Summit in Switzerland. In 2022, the summit was attended by 82 countries spanning 6 continents and is a multi-stakeholder event where representatives from academia, businesses, NGOs, citizens and policy makers from all over the world come together to discuss the implications of AI on society and policy, and build AI Policy together, for a better world. Visit the RegHorizon website to find out more about the AI Policy Summit and connect with the team via email through connect@reghorizon.com REDEFINING AI is powered by The Squirro Academy - learn.squirro.com. Try our free courses on AI, ML, NLP and Cognitive Search at the Squirro Academy and find out more about Squirro here.

4 Apr 202335min

Spotlight Five: AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward? Out Soon!

Spotlight Five: AI Policy - How to Move The Needle Forward? Out Soon!

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