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Today’s guest is Sambit Dutta, Vice President of Digital Strategy for Nestlé’s US operations. Sambit joins us on the program to discuss how digital transformation is reshaping the procurement and supply chain functions, especially within the food and beverage industry. From navigating challenges in supply chain resilience to building AI-driven efficiencies, Sambit provides insights into the dynamic factors shaping the future of these critical functions. This episode is part of a special series on AI in procurement workflows sponsored by Arkestro. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Meghna Mittal, Director of AI and Innovation at Anthem. Meghna joins us on today’s program to tackle the complexities of digital transformation in healthcare. From privacy regulations to cultural resistance, she sheds light on the challenges unique to this highly regulated industry. With a deep dive into how AI and automation are shaping administrative efficiency, Meghna explains how non-patient-facing technology can create a more effective and streamlined patient experience. This episode is sponsored by Hyperscience. Sign up for the automation webinar with Hyperscience CTO Brian Weiss at https://bit.ly/webinar-embracing-hyperautomation. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Shrimanth Adla, Senior Director of Credit Risk at Comcast. Shrimanth’s views expressed on today’s show are his own and do not speak for Comcast as an organization. He joins us in a special Riskified-sponsored episode to talk about the challenges in credit risk across retail and telecom spaces. Throughout the episode, Shrimanth shares his insights into the evolving risks and strategies needed to address them effectively. He breaks down the nuanced differences between credit and fraud risk, explaining how intent shapes both challenges and responses. From assessing customer creditworthiness to anticipating fraud tactics, Shrimanth illustrates how businesses can strike a balance between prevention and maintaining strong customer relationships. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Scott Gutterman, Senior Vice President of Digital and Broadcast Technologies at the PGA Tour. Scott joins us on today’s show to discuss the challenges in live sports announcing that make golf a unique customer experience. As the discussion progresses, Scott outlines how the technologies PGA is driving in partnership with AWS and NLP Logix stand to revolutionize how fans of every sport will absorb information across entire leagues and simultaneous tournaments. 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!
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Today’s guest is Nick Bostrom, a prominent philosopher and the Director of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford University. He also leads the Governance of AI Program (GovAI) within the FHI. Renowned globally, his expertise spans existential risk, the anthropic principle, ethics surrounding human enhancement, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. In this special episode of the “AI Futures” series on the AI in Business podcast, we offer an exclusive sample from the Trajectory podcast, hosted by Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella. This excerpt features a fascinating conversation with Nick centering on the concept of a “worthy successor”—post-human intelligences that could expand beyond human capabilities while preserving essential human values. Drawing from his latest book, Deep Utopia, Bostrom explores the potential for AI to “go right,” offering a rare glimpse of optimism for the future of artificial intelligence and its alignment with moral progress. If you’re interested in getting more perspectives on AI’s longer term impact on business and society, be sure to tune into the Trajectory podcast. You can find the YouTube and podcast links here: emerj.com/tj2
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Today’s guest is Chloë Domergue, Principal in the Human Capital Practice at Deloitte. Chloë joins us on today’s program to explore the evolving impact of AI and agentic systems within the life sciences sector. She shares her unique perspective on how technological advancements, particularly generative and agentic AI, are reshaping not just operations but the fundamental nature of the workforce. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Chloë dives into the pressing challenges life sciences organizations face, such as hiring and upskilling talent for a future where AI-driven agents work alongside humans. This episode is sponsored by Deloitte. Find out more about sponsored content and how to engage with the Emerj audience at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Mark McLaughlin, Director of Insurance for the Global Industries Unit at IBM. Mark joins us on today’s podcast to explore how AI is transforming the insurance industry. With over three decades of experience, Mark dives into the biggest hurdles in today’s insurance workflows and highlights why AI solutions are more crucial than ever. Later in the episode, he and Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello unpack the role of AI in addressing evolving consumer demands, such as personalized and proactive risk management, and how insurance companies can better support customers when disasters loom. 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!
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Today’s guest is Yigal Edery, Special Vice President of Product and Strategy at Sisense. Sisense is an API-first analytics platform that modernizes businesses by seamlessly integrating in-context analytics within applications, leading to action-oriented insights that enhance decision intelligence. Yigal joins us today to explore the challenges and solutions in building efficient analytics for software applications. He highlights the obstacles faced by startups and software developers, particularly in extracting meaningful insights from data and embedding those insights seamlessly into their products. This episode is sponsored by Pieces. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach the Emerj audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Ahmed Azam, Head of Infrastructure and Cloud Services at Northwestern Mutual. Ahmed joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello to explore the organization’s transformative journey in adopting cloud technology. With roots tracing back to 1857, Northwestern Mutual has continuously evolved, leveraging technological advancements to maintain a competitive edge. Ahmed shares insightful stories about the company’s pioneering history, including its early adoption of mainframe computing and the more recent integration of cloud-based solutions. This episode is sponsored by MinIO. Find out more about sponsored content and how to engage with the Emerj audience at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Vickram Srivastava, Head of North American Supply Chain at SUN Pharma. SUN Pharma is a global pharmaceutical corporation based in Mumbai, India. The company produces and distributes pharmaceutical formulations and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to over 100 countries worldwide. Vickram joins us on today’s program to share his expertise on the critical challenges facing the sector, particularly in the wake of global disruptions and increasing regulatory demands. This episode is sponsored by Arkestro. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Venkatesh Palani, Senior Director and Head of Engineering for Risk and Trust at eBay. Venkatesh joins us on today’s show to discuss the evolving challenges and solutions within the fraud and risk space in eCommerce. As AI and digital tools have democratized, fraudsters have leveraged these technologies, making prevention and mitigation efforts more complex. Venkatesh offers insight into how retail leaders can tackle these issues, from identity verification complications arising from deepfake technologies to the rising sophistication of phishing attacks. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach the Emerj audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences at NVIDIA. Kimberly joins us to discuss how AI is reshaping the healthcare landscape. As generative AI adoption accelerates, Kimberly shares her insights on the major challenges the healthcare industry faces, particularly in terms of technology infrastructure. Together, we explore the critical need for hybrid strategies that blend on-premise and cloud computing, enabling real-time data processing for medical imaging, clinical operations, and more. Kimberly emphasizes the importance of developing infrastructure capable of supporting these advanced AI applications to improve patient care and operational efficiency. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
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Today’s guest is Dean Carignan, Partner Program Manager in the Office of the Chief Scientist at Microsoft. Dean shares insights from his upcoming book with Microsoft, The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft, highlighting the company’s Responsible AI (RAI) journey and principles that guide its deployments. Throughout the episode, Dean discusses the importance of RAI principles—Fairness, Reliability & Safety, Privacy & Security, Inclusiveness, Transparency, and Accountability—and the rationale behind adopting these pillars alongside a sort of enterprise AI Constitution. This episode is sponsored by OneTrust. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Eric Wilson, Director of Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive of Gulfport Energy. Gulfport Energy is a natural gas-focused exploration and production company operating independently. It specializes in exploring, acquiring, and producing natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) within the United States, with key activities centered in the Appalachia and Anadarko basins. With his extensive experience in the energy and retail sectors, Eric shares his insights on the critical challenges auditors face today, especially as they navigate the complexities of emerging AI capabilities. We explore how the oil and gas industry, among others, is integrating AI and advanced technologies. This episode is sponsored by MindBridge. Find out more about sponsored content and how to engage with the Emerj audience at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Jennifer Sieber, Global Head of Procurement for Systems and Insights at Gilead Sciences. Jennifer joins today’s podcast to share her perspectives on overcoming the operational complexities global procurement faces, especially when aiming to optimize data and maintain agility in a competitive 2024 landscape. Jennifer begins highlighting the ongoing transformation at Gilead, emphasizing that efficient procurement begins with data integrity and a unified process architecture. Later, she shares how her team is addressing these through data cleansing, integration into a data lake, and using AI to support data mapping and visualization, which are essential steps toward creating a more proactive, data-driven procurement strategy. This episode is sponsored by Arkestro. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach the Emerj audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Saurin Patel, Digital Transformation & Analytics Lead at Symrise AG. Symrise AG is a German chemicals company specializing in flavors and fragrances, with sales reaching 4.6 billion euros in 2022. Saurin joins us in the program to give listeners a deep dive into the complex journey of digital transformation within procurement and supply chain functions, particularly in the food and beverage (F&B) sector. The conversation addresses critical challenges that arise from operating in multiple countries and managing a vast network of suppliers and acquisitions. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
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Today’s guest is Mark Surman, President of the Mozilla Foundation. In conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella from 2023, Mark speaks at length about the shifting paradigms of privacy, security, and data governance in the age of generative AI. Throughout the episode, Mark explains how privacy concerns have evolved from simple data protections in the early days of the internet to complex issues involving data provenance, consumer trust, and ethical AI governance. As businesses increasingly rely on AI-powered services, leaders must address not only compliance but also new expectations around customer respect and transparency. Their conversation highlights the importance of building privacy and governance expertise into leadership teams, encouraging proactive engagement with evolving regulations and emerging technologies. 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!
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Today’s guest is Patrick Simonnet, Chief Audit Executive for Bank of China’s US operations. Patrick joins us on today’s show to explore the evolving landscape of financial risk management. As technology reshapes the financial sector, Patrick shares practical use cases of generative AI in audit workflows and cybersecurity, touching on how these technologies assist financial institutions in staying ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. His conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello also covers the long-term future of audit, emphasizing the importance of merging data science skills with traditional audit practices. This episode is sponsored by MindBridge. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Joe Gelman, Platform Marketing Manager at Riskified. Riskified is a publicly traded SaaS company that specializes in fraud and chargeback prevention. Joe joins us to talk about the evolving landscape of fraud prevention for retail and eCommerce. As the holiday season approaches, with forecasts projecting $240 billion in U.S. online shopping, merchants face increasing challenges balancing customer-friendly policies with the risk of policy abuse and sophisticated fraud schemes. Joe explains how the pandemic reshaped consumer behavior, normalizing liberal return policies but also creating opportunities for fraud. He highlights how policy abuse—such as repeat returns or fake claims—differs from more organized fraud operations manipulating shipping systems or repackaging defective products. This episode is sponsored by Riskified. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
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Today’s guest is Juan Ferres, Corporate Vice President and Chief Data Scientist at Microsoft. Juan returns to the program to explore how to win buy-in for sustainable AI projects. As a leader in the AI4G Lab and author of the new book AI for Good, Juan shares insights on navigating complex digital transformations, particularly when it comes to initiatives where the return on investment is philosophical rather than immediately measurable. Throughout the episode, Juan and Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello discuss the challenges of managing up and driving forward AI innovations that aim to benefit society as a whole. If you’re interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and specific resources for AI leaders, visit emerj.com/p1.
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