Me, Myself, and AI
Episodes
AI and the COVID-19 Vaccine: Moderna’s Dave Johnson
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"We tend not to be a company of half measures,” notes Dave Johnson, chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Moderna, “so when we decide ...
Starting Now On Technology Ethics: Elizabeth Renieris
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Technology presents many opportunities, but it also comes with risks. Elizabeth Renieris is uniquely positioned to advise the public and private secto...
No Need for AI Unicorns: PepsiCo's Colin Lenaghan
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Lenaghan says he wakes up every Monday morning looking forward to the week ahead and what he’ll learn as he continues to lead digital transfor...
DIY With AI: The Home Depot's Huiming Qu
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Huiming Qu didn’t plan to work in data science, a nascent field at the time she was pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science, but one course in data min...
Prototypes, Pilots, and Polymers: Cooper Standard’s Chris Couch
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Couch has a unique role, serving as senior vice president and CTO of automotive supplier Cooper Standard as well as CEO of Liveline Technologies...
Designing a Better Future: Mastercard’s JoAnn Stonier
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
JoAnn Stonier can’t deny that her role as chief data officer at Mastercard isn’t easy. Advising the company on the mitigation of current and futur...
Learning, Engagement, and Empowerment: 1-800-Flowers’ Amit Shah
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
1-800-Flowers faces the same cold-start problem any consumer-facing business might face: It doesn’t know exactly what its customers need when they f...
Games, Teams, and Moonshots: Google Cloud’s Will Grannis
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will Grannis discovered his love for technology playing Tron and Oregon Trail as a child. After attending West Point and The Wharton School at the Uni...
Less Algorithm, More Application: Lyft’s Craig Martell
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Martell says he won the career lottery. After studying logic, philosophy, political science, and political theory, he completed a Ph.D. in compu...
Tech and Ethics: The World Economic Forum’s Kay Firth-Butterfield on Doing the Right Thing in AI
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kay Firth-Butterfield was teaching AI, ethics, law, and international relations when a chance meeting on an airplane landed her a job as chief AI ethi...
Fashion Forecasting: Arti Zeighami on Implementing AI at H&M Group
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Arti Zeighami’s interest in artificial intelligence started when he read science fiction as a teen. Yet as head of advanced analytics and AI for glo...
Better Together: Mattias Ulbrich on Combining Coffee, Business, and Technology at Porsche
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mattias Ulbrich has always been interested in new technology. As CIO of Porsche and CEO of Porsche Digital, he runs a subsidiary focused on the “new...
‘The First Day Is the Worst Day’: DHL’s Gina Chung on How AI Improves Over Time
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As vice president of innovation at logistics company DHL, Gina Chung oversees a 28,000-square-foot innovation facility in Chicago. Fascinated with sup...
Advancing Health Care with AI: Humana’s Slawek Kierner Talks Synthetic Data and Real Lives
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slawek Kierner, senior vice president of enterprise data and analytics at Humana, has been immersed in data for as long as he can remember. His fascin...
This Crazy Wave We’re Riding: Walmart’s Prakhar Mehrotra and the Ups and Downs of AI
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prakhar Mehrotra, vice president of machine learning at Walmart, shares his experience and how it prepared him to lead an AI team at a $500B retailer....
Season 1 Trailer
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why do only 10% of companies succeed with AI? In this series by MIT SMR and BCG, we talk to the leaders who've achieved big wins with AI in their comp...