Another great episode this time featuring the CEO of Think Big Leaders and innovation enthusiast, Amir Elion. Amir has worked with clients of all sizes, from all industries, on many different sides of business. His bread and butter is helping teams hone strategy, transform processes, and expand perspectives to find success in the ever-changing technological landscape. Now, at Think Big Leaders, Amir is using his expertise to help companies successfully adopt and innovate with #GeneratvieAI....

Debbie Reynolds joins Zach on the podcast today. Debbie has been involved in #DigitalTransformation for decades across a variety of industries. She found her niche in #DataPrivacy, working on the bleeding edge with corporations as large as McDonald's, helping them prepare for the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Eventually, she started her own consulting firm, focused on counseling companies around data privacy compliance and strategy. Debbie's views on #GenerativeAI are, of...

Zach hosts tech leader, CTO, MIT professor, and author - Mark Herschberg. Mark's resume is impressive and storied; highlights include helping HBS develop market theory training software and parachuting into Fortune 500 companies to foster start-up-like innovation. He has also worked extensively with #BigData and #MachineLearning AI since the 90s, developing a number of data-driven projects, some of which use AI. Currently, Mark is doing a lot of work with #GenerativeAI; he holds patents that...

Zach welcomes old friend and CTO of Trualta, Shahzad Zafar on the pod today. Shahzad has always been interested in solving hard problems, which is what drew him to computer programming in the first place, and his family's background in medicine gave him a particular fascination with healthcare. He kicked off his career at Cerner and has been working within the intersection of healthcare and technology ever since. Today, Zach and Shahzad delve specifically into how #GenAI is transforming how...

Matthias Pulpo joins Zach on GenAI in the Enterprise this week. Matthias got into technology the curious way, starting when he was 8, reverse engineering how everything worked. He started his own web development and design firm right out of high school and has continued in that entrepreneurial, growth-oriented vein throughout his career. GenAI has completely disrupted the language technology sector and is, therefore, integral to what Matthias and his team do now. Zach dives deeper into what...

Today, Zach interviews LinkedIn Top Voice and Digital Transformation Strategist, Jeff Winter. From the beginning, Jeff's career has centered around manufacturing, with his latest focus being on Industry 4.0. You may have heard the buzz words, but do you know what Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation really are? Zach and Jeff dive head first into these concepts, explaining their unique meanings and implications on the business world. The fourth industrial revolution is here. Let's embrace...

Zach hosts Strategic Futurist, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Digital Speaker, Dr. Mark van Rijmenam. Dr. van Rijemenam is a prolific, highly awarded author and speaker who lives and breathes cutting-edge techs like Gen AI. He considers himself an optimistic dystopian (a bit of an oxymoron); he believes it's critical to understand the bad and the ugly in order to end up in the good.  Dr. van Rijemenan is a true expert on Generative AI. In fact, ChatGPT is listed as a co-author on one of...

Doug Thompson, Chief Education Architect at Tanium, joins Zach on the pod today. As a self-titled nerd, Doug has always been curious about technology, and he loves teaching almost as much as he loves tech. He combined these passions early in his career at Microsoft, where part of his job as a pre-sales engineer was educating clients about Generative AI (really just Machine Learning at the time). Now at Tanium, Doug has a unique platform to evangelize Gen AI and educate users about the...

We have a doctor on the pod today! Zach interviews Chief Architect and CIO, Christopher Peacock, Ph.D. (or Dr. P for short). They'll explore the dynamic landscape of #GenerativeAI, uncovering both the promise and peril and shedding light on its transformative potential and inherent risks. Key takeaways include... ~Potential and Risk: #GenAI offers groundbreaking capabilities, from innovative solutions to streamlined processes, but it also presents security vulnerabilities, such as...

Today's episode features Raj Shah, a Machine Learning Engineer at Snowflake. Raj built his career talking to various companies and their data teams, showing them how #GenAI (and which tools) could help them reach their goals. Now at Snowflake, he gets to share Snowflake's suite of #GenerativeAI tools, teaching them how to use them to take their business to the next level. Zach and Raj dive even deeper into Snowflake, how it works, and why companies may want to take advantage. Like,...

On this episode of Gen AI in the Enterprise, Zach sits down (virtually) with Chuck Schneider, founder, CEO, and Chief Automation Officer of Redpoint Summit. They discuss Chuck's mission to make healthcare more efficient by leveraging technology like generative AI to reduce the burden on healthcare providers.  Chuck shares insights on addressing clinician burnout, improving documentation processes, and enhancing radiology diagnostics using AI. Chuck really emphasizes the importance of AI...

On today's episode, Zach hosts John Travis, principal at JFT PRG LLC. John shares his extensive background in healthcare and regulatory compliance and how Gen AI has fit in. They discuss the importance of transparency and fairness in AI applications, particularly in the healthcare decision-making processes.  John highlights the regulatory considerations for companies venturing into generative AI, emphasizing the need for understanding FDA and ONC guidelines. They touch on the complexities of...

In this episode, Zach delves into generative AI with guest Mark McKelvey, Co-Founder of Stacked Analytics. The two talk about the staying power of generative AI, with Mark providing insights into its various applications. From using large language models for data extraction and categorization to exploring novel ways of utilizing generative AI in decision-making systems, Mark shares how he incorporates these tools into his consulting work to drive efficiency and innovation for businesses. The...

Welcome back to GenAI in the Enterprise with Zach Gardner! Today, we host Principal Consultant, Michael Eaton. Michael got his first computer right out of high school, and the problem-solving of programming stuck. He's been working in the industry since 1995. At first, Michael was extremely skeptical of Generative AI and its place in programming and the world in general. However, using tools like Github Code Pilot began to change his mind. Now, he's a cautious user, utilizing GenAI as sort...

GenAI in the Enterprise is happy to welcome Legal AI Advisor Vern Eastley of Vern Eastley Advisors! Vern is a software engineer by trade who found himself swept up in the AI trend a few years ago. He quickly realized a need for AI in the legal space and jumped headfirst into the business intersection in August of 2023. He's been "drinking from the fire hose" ever since! Today, Zach and Vern talk about things devs and architects should know about AI, giving proper attribution to tools like...

Today, Zach talks to Barron Stone, the AI Product Lead at Defense Unicorns. Barron served in the Air Force for 12 years and is still currently serving as an active reservist. In the Air Force, Barron was an electrical engineer, which means the office was his battlefield. Now at Defense Unicorns, he has continued that trajectory. Defense Unicorns builds and delivers software capabilities for national security missions, and Barron has led the company in developing several AI-based security...

On this episode, Zach has the pleasure of talking with Doug Shannon, a Global Intelligent Automation Leader and a LinkedIn Top AI Voice. Together, they explore what's happening in Generative AI today. The companies behind the biggest platforms have yet to turn a profit, but they'll continue to invest and spend exponentially. Why is that? What strategies are these AI giants using to hook users and (eventually) make money? What's going on behind the scenes? Zach and Doug answer these questions...

Today we'll hear a perspective we haven't heard from on the pod yet, AI from the legal standpoint. Douglas Pestana, CTO & Chief Data Scientist at LegalMente AI, joins Zach to discuss his experience creating LegalMente AI, a legal AI startup, and the intersection between law and Generative AI. Douglas covers many topics including working with text data, pairing LLMs with legal domain knowledge, and data privacy and protection. Like, Subscribe, and Follow: ...

Senior Developer Evangelist, Roger Kibbe joins us on GenAI in the Enterprise. Roger is passionate about Generative AI and has spent a good portion of his career focused on the technology, from the retail space to a startup using Voice AI to now at Samsung. Currently, he's utilizing Conversational AI to enhance user experience with Samsung products from phones to washers and dryers. Zach and Roger dive further into the nuances of integrating GenAI for over 6 million different users. Like,...

This morning, Zach talks with Cameron Cannon, PhD. Cameron has a breadth of experience across the administrative and clinical data and tech spaces using his psychologist background to help businesses solve problems. Today, Zach and Cameron dive into how GenAI aids in both his personal and professional life with things like brainstorming, ideation, and beyond. Like, Subscribe, and Follow: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAIUNkXmnAPgLWnqUDpUGAQ...

Today, David Maples, CEO of Catapult, joins the pod. David makes no bones about it, Generative AI is changing every business from daycare to drycleaning to zookeeping. However, companies seem to be reluctant to make the jump. Only 17% of Fortune 500 companies plan to fully integrate GenAI this year, with most kicking the can to next year or even 2025. In David's words, a year is like a decade in GenAI years, and he urges business leaders to act fast. Zach and David talk more about how...

Today, Zach welcomes Dale Thomas, the Founder of ActionableOps. Maybe he picked it up back in his days working in Seattle's music scene, but Dale has always had sort of a punk rock mentality. He gets after it, teaches himself what he needs to know, puts in the hard work, and does whatever it takes to get his goals off the ground. That's exactly the approach Dale takes in his personal and professional life, including his work on ActionableOps, a data-driven company that provides businesses...

Welcome back to GenAI in the Enterprise! Today, Zach talks with Caleb George, the Director of Training and Curriculum at Centriq. As someone who works in education (specifically training devs), Caleb says that at first, GenAI tools like ChatGPT caused a lot of fear and concern in his community. However, further research quickly revealed that Generative AI is not a replacement for human programmers, it's just another tool in the tool belt. GenAI isn't going to replace programming roles, but...

GenAI in the Enterprise is back at it again! This time, Zach hosts Pete George, a certified expert in Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning. Pete’s perspective on Generative AI is filtered through a data science and manufacturing lens. So today, we’ll dive into how GenAI can be used to minimize defective variation while maximizing both output quality and efficiency AND maintaining respect, privacy, and the essence of humanity. Like, Subscribe, and Follow: ...