Spotlight Nine: Real Life AI Deployment

In this episode, Marketing in the AI Era: Transforming Business Strategies for Humanised and Personalised Customer Connections⁠⁠⁠,⁠ Lauren Hawker Zafer⁠ is joined by ⁠Bob Hutchins This conversation is a must listen, especially for those interested in how AI is currently being used in marketing, particularly in humanizing and personalizing customer connections. It is also for those interested in learning how businesses can strike a balance between leveraging AI for efficiency while maintaining a human touch in their marketing strategies.  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Bob Hutchins? Bob Hutchins is an accomplished marketing executive, specializing in brand strategy, with over two decades of success in designing and implementing high-impact digital marketing campaigns.  He is presently a Doctoral Student at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, where he is studying the effects of AI and generative language models on society and culture from a media archaeological perspective. He also has a Masters Degree, from London Met University is Behavioral and Organizational Psychology. His expertise spans brand development, market analysis, strategic planning, and product development across various industries, including healthcare and finance. He couples strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of business trends, consumer behavior, machine learning, and the competitive landscape, all underpinned by an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to optimize resources and create maximum impact.  One of Bob's major achievements is the establishment of Buzzplant, a boutique digital agency that provided digital marketing solutions to industry giants such as General Motors, Disney, Sony Pictures, Harper Collins, and Time Life for over 17 years.  He has also led successful digital and word-of-mouth campaigns for highly successful films such as The Passion of The Christ (highest grossing rated R movies of all time) and  Disney’s The Lion, Witch, and The Wardrobe. 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! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

14 Feb 202427min

Season Three - Spotlight Three Our third spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Bob Hutchins - Marketing in the AI Era: Transforming Business Strategies for Humanised and Personalised Customer Connections. This conversation is a must listen to all interested in how AI is currently being used in marketing, particularly in humanizing and personalizing customer connections. It is also for those interested in learning how businesses can strike a balance between leveraging AI for efficiency while maintaining a human touch in their marketing strategies. #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Bob Hutchins? Bob Hutchins is an accomplished marketing executive, specializing in brand strategy, with over two decades of success in designing and implementing high-impact digital marketing campaigns. He is presently a Doctoral Student at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, where he is studying the effects of AI and generative language models on society and culture from a media archaeological perspective. He also has a Masters Degree, from London Met University is Behavioral and Organizational Psychology. His expertise spans brand development, market analysis, strategic planning, and product development across various industries, including healthcare and finance. He couples strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of business trends, consumer behavior, machine learning, and the competitive landscape, all underpinned by an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to optimize resources and create maximum impact.One of Bob's major achievements is the establishment of Buzzplant, a boutique digital agency that provided digital marketing solutions to industry giants such as General Motors, Disney, Sony Pictures, Harper Collins, and Time Life for over 17 years. He has also led successful digital and word-of-mouth campaigns for highly successful films such as The Passion of The Christ (highest grossing rated R movies of all time) and  Disney’s The Lion, Witch, and The Wardrobe. 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! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

12 Feb 20242min

In this episode, ⁠Laurence Liew - The AI Readiness Index - Singapore, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Laurence Liew This conversation is a gateway into the vitals on AI literacy and how it has become increasingly recognized as a vital skillset worldwide, especially in Singapore. Find out what the mind driving the adoption of Al in the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative, has to say!  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Laurence Liew? Laurence Liew is the Director for Al Innovation at Al Singapore.  He is driving the adoption of Al by the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative. A visionary and serial technopreneur, Laurence: was appointed the first RED HAT partner and authorised training centre in the Asia Pacific in 1999 built A-STAR's IHPC first High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in 2001 (initial HPC clusters in NUS, NTU, and SMU were mostly built by Laurence and his team) built and operated Singapore's first Grid (pre-cloud) platform for IDA's National Grid Pilot Platform in 2003 architected the Cloud business and technology for then Singapore Computer Systems' Alatum Cloud (now owned by Singtel/NCS) in 2007 led Platform Computing Inc business in South Asia and R&D team in Singapore; IBM acquired Platform Computing in 2009 led Revolution Analytics Inc business in Asia and R&D team in Singapore. Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics in 2015 joined Al Singapore in June 2017 as the first employee The Singapore government has appointed Laurence to represent Singapore at the Global Partnership in Al (GPAl), an OECD initiative.  He is the current Co-Chair of the Innovations and Commercialisation working group and Co-Chair of the "Broad Adoption of Al by SME" committee. #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

1 Feb 202428min

Season Three - Spotlight Two Our second spotlight of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Laurence Liew - The AI Readiness Index - Singapore. This conversation is a gateway into the vitals on AI literacy and how it has become increasingly recognized as a vital skillset worldwide, especially in Singapore. Find out what the mind driving the adoption of Al in the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative, has to say! #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who is Laurence Liew? Laurence Liew is the Director for Al Innovation at Al Singapore. He is driving the adoption of Al by the Singapore ecosystem through the 100 Experiments, Al Apprenticeship Programmes and the Generational Al Talent Development initiative. A visionary and serial technopreneur, Laurence: was appointed the first RED HAT partner and authorised training centre in the Asia Pacific in 1999 built A-STAR's IHPC first High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in 2001 (initial HPC clusters in NUS, NTU, and SMU were mostly built by Laurence and his team) built and operated Singapore's first Grid (pre-cloud) platform for IDA's National Grid Pilot Platform in 2003 architected the Cloud business and technology for then Singapore Computer Systems' Alatum Cloud (now owned by Singtel/NCS) in 2007 led Platform Computing Inc business in South Asia and R&D team in Singapore; IBM acquired Platform Computing in 2009 led Revolution Analytics Inc business in Asia and R&D team in Singapore. Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics in 2015 joined Al Singapore in June 2017 as the first employee The Singapore government has appointed Laurence to represent Singapore at the Global Partnership in Al (GPAl), an OECD initiative. He is the current Co-Chair of the Innovations and Commercialisation working group and Co-Chair of the "Broad Adoption of Al by SME" committee. 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! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

27 Jan 20242min

In this episode, Lauren Hawker Zafer is joined by Arti Raman and Neil Cohen. The whole of this unique conversation revolves around a fascinating survey: “the state of generative AI" that was conducted by Portal26, in partnership with CensusWide. Portal 26 polled 400+ C-suite and IT professionals about the state of Generative AI.  Its results depict an environment in which companies are optimistic about the potential of Generative AI, yet struggle to gain visibility into the operations of their AI programs, creating significant risks around governance, data security and more.  Who are Arti Raman and Neil Cohen? Arti Raman is the founder and CEO of Portal26, formerly Titaniam. She specializes in responsible use frameworks for enterprise consumption of Generative AI. She is also an expert in advanced data protection techniques, including high-performance encryption-in-use.  Before Portal26, she was a senior product leader and head of UX and competitive intelligence for Symantec’s enterprise business. Arti holds a number of patents. She was the youngest and the first female recipient of the Rosenthal Award for outstanding contribution to the field of investment and finance for her work with the late Dr. Ed Lazear, former US Chief Economist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Spence. Arti holds degrees in Business, Economics, and Mathematics. Neil Cohen Neil Cohen has more than 40 years of experience creating, building and managing brands from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including SEGA, Hilton, Arby’s, McDonalds and Miyoko’s Creamery. He currently consults with companies on marketing, storytelling, business and innovation strategies, serves as advisor to 11 successful start-ups, and is an active mentor to a number of select global startup accelerators including San Francisco/NYC IndieBio Life Sciences accelerator, LA/Paris Starburst Aero Aerospace accelerator, SVG/Thrive AgTech accelerator, Startup Mexico, Puerto Rico’s Parallel18 and Santiago’s Startup Chile.  Don't forget to subscribe to Redefining AI and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

20 Jan 202428min

Welcome to Season Three! Our first spotlight episode of this season is a snippet from our upcoming episode: Arti Raman & Neil Cohen - The State of Generative AI - A Journey of Fear vs. Hope! The whole conversation revolves around a fascinating survey: “the state of generative AI" that was conducted by Portal26, in partnership with CensusWide. Portal 26 polled 400+ C-suite and IT professionals about the state of Generative AI.  Its results depict an environment in which companies are optimistic about the potential of Generative AI, yet struggle to gain visibility into the operations of their AI programs, creating significant risks around governance, data security and more.  #Subscribe now to Redefining AI to catch up with each and every episode coming your way! Who are Arti Raman & Neil Cohen? Arti Raman is the founder and CEO of Portal26, formerly Titaniam. She specializes in responsible use frameworks for enterprise consumption of Generative AI. She is also an expert in advanced data protection techniques, including high-performance encryption-in-use. Before Portal26, she was a senior product leader and head of UX and competitive intelligence for Symantec’s enterprise business. Arti holds a number of patents. She was the youngest and the first female recipient of the Rosenthal Award for outstanding contribution to the field of investment and finance for her work with the late Dr. Ed Lazear, former US Chief Economist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Spence. Arti holds degrees in Business, Economics, and Mathematics. Neil Cohen Neil Cohen has more than 40 years of experience creating, building and managing brands from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including SEGA, Hilton, Arby’s, McDonalds and Miyoko’s Creamery. He currently consults with companies on marketing, storytelling, business and innovation strategies, serves as advisor to 11 successful start-ups, and is an active mentor to a number of select global startup accelerators including San Francisco/NYC IndieBio Life Sciences accelerator, LA/Paris Starburst Aero Aerospace accelerator, SVG/Thrive AgTech accelerator, Startup Mexico, Puerto Rico’s Parallel18 and Santiago’s Startup Chile. 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! #ai #data #redefiningai #techpodcast #generativeai

13 Jan 20241min

Redefining AI - Artificial Intelligence with Squirro - Show Teaser

3 Jan 20241min

In this Episode, Babak Pahlavan - Personalization - Personal AI Assistants ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lauren Hawker Zafer⁠⁠⁠⁠ is joined by ⁠⁠Babak Pahlavan Who is Babak Pahlavan? Babak Pahlavan (⁠LinkedIn⁠) has been working on AI since 2008, when he was the Founder and CEO of his first AI startup named CleverSense.  CleverSense was ⁠acquired⁠ by Google in 2011, where it became an important personalization layer in Google Maps.  Babak went on to spend 11 years at Google as a Senior Director of Product Management, where he led and scaled several large products and teams including Google Analytics, Enterprise Measurement Suite and others.  He left Google in October of 2022 to found NinjaTech AI in partnership with ⁠SRI⁠, which is the team's original home of ⁠Siri⁠. NinjaTech AI's mission is to democratize access to AI-powered executive assistants, to give administrative time back to every professional and take the drudgery out of work.  Why this episode? Whether you're a tech enthusiast, an AI aficionado, or simply curious about the future of personal technology, this episode promises to broaden your perspective and provide you with a deeper understanding of the dynamic world of personal AI assistants. Listen to the episode and please do share your excitement about the episode with your own network! #ai #data #personalassistants #techpodcast

12 Des 202323min