The AI Consulting Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Business Case for AI Beyond Efficiency and Automation - with Deborah Golden of Deloitte
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Deborah Golden, Chief Innovation Officer for Deloitte US operations. Deborah joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on ...
AI Assistants for Agents to Enhance Support and Satisfaction - with Venk Korla of HGS
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Venkatesh Korla, President and CEO of HGS Americas. Venkatesh joins Daniel Faggella, CEO and Head of Research at Emerj AI Research, t...
Insights from Deloitte's State of Gen AI Report - with Dan Helfrich of Deloitte
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dan Helfrich, Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Deloitte Consulting. In this conversation with Emerj CEO and Head of Research Dani...
Streamlining Enterprise Workflows with Large Language Models - with Babak Hodjat of Cognizant
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, the AI services giant. Babak joins us on today's podcast to discuss how large language models m...
Founder Story: Growing an AI Product Profitably - with Siva Pullabhotla of Docskiff
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we speak with a founder who profitably grew by finding product-market fit early in a profitable niche. Our guest is Siva Pullabhot...
Landing BIG Enterprise Clients as a Small AI Consultancy, Lessons Learned - with Rick Oppedisano of Delta Bravo AI
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Rick Oppedisano. Rick is a member of our Emerj Plus community and the Founder and CEO of Delta Bravo, an AI consulting firm based...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Profitable Consulting Business - with Michael Zipursky of Consulting Success
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Michael Zipursky, CEO and Founder at Consulting Success. Consulting Success is a firm dedicated to training consultants of vari...
How Independent Consultants and Thrive in a Data-Flooded World - with COMATCH Co-founder Christoph Hardt
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Christoph Hardt, Co-Founder and Managing Director of COMATCH. COMATCH is a platform matching consultants, mostly strategy consult...
Successful AI Deployment Means Executive AI Education - with Michael Segala of SLF Scientific
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Michael Segala, CEO at SFL Scientific. SFL Scientific is a fast-growing AI consultancy in the Boston area with about 40 team memb...
Starting a New Career in AI Consulting, Lessons Learned - with Christopher Pavlak of Deloitte
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Christopher Pavlak, a Specialist Master of AI Ethics at Deloitte. He is also a leader in AI ethics efforts with Deloitte at the J...
Pivoting from an AI Services Firm to an AI Platform Company - with Roey Mechrez of BeyondMinds
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Roey Mechrez, the CTO of BeyondMinds, an AI firm based in London. Today he speaks about the origins of BeyondMinds and how the co...
Why AI Governance is Relevant for Consultants and Business Leaders - with Christopher Pavlak of Deloitte
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Christopher Pavlak, currently serving as a Specialist Master for AI Ethics and Governance at Deloitte. Today, Chris speaks with...
How to Spin Products Out of Your AI Company - with Joseph Suquet of Fligoo
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Joseph Suquet, a Partner, Board Member, and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Fligoo. Fligoo is a...
How to Scale a Technology Services Firm Quickly - with Graham Holt of Daitan
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Graham Holt, GM at Daitan. Founded in 2004, Daitan was recently acquired for an undisclosed amount after being ranked as one of t...
Lessons Learned Starting an AI Services Firm - with Falkonry CEO Nikunj Mehta
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Nikola Mrkšić, CEO and Co-Founder of PolyAI. PolyAI is an AI voice company based in the United Kingdom. Nikola previously appeared ...
Demystifying the Technical Challenges of AI Adoption - with Roey Mechrez of BeyondMinds
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Roey Mecherez, CTO of BeyondMinds and Ph.D. from the Israeli Institute of Technology and Electrical Engineering. In this episode,...
Setting Expectations for Complex ML Solutions - with Vish Rajalingam of MulticoreWare
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Vish Rajalingam, AI Solutions Architect at MulticoreWare, a 250-person AI services firm focused primarily on smart cities and aut...
What's Unique About Selling AI Services to Mid-Sized Firms? - with Sam Daish of Qrious
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sam Daish, Head of AI and Data Science at Qrious, a technology services firm based in New Zealand. Sam didn't start his career in con...
Overcoming Client Misconceptions About AI Strategy - with Joseph Suquet of Fligoo
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Joseph Suquet, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, Partner, and Board Member at Fligoo, a 50-person AI Services firm that...
How to Pivot from AI Services to an AI Product Company - with Ash Fontana of Zetta Venture Partners
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Ash Fontana, Managing Director of Zetta Venture Partners, a firm based in San Francisco. Ash was also a previous guest on our AI in B...
Finding AI Projects to Match Your Clients' Real Goals - with Bhaskar Roy of Fractal
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Bhaskar Roy, Client Partner of the APAC region and AI Consultant at Fractal Analytics. Bhaskar has previous experience working on ana...
Using Referrals to Growing a Tech Services Firm to 500+ Team Members - with Graham Holt of Daitan
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Graham Holt, GM of Digital Solutions at Daitan, a technology and data science services firm founded initially in Brazil. With over 50...
Hard Lessons Learned in Launching an ML Consulting Company - with Cory Janssen of AltaML
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Cory Janssen, Co-founder & CEO of AltaML, a consulting firm based in Canada focusing on exciting machine learning projects across var...
Adapting a Services Firm to AI, Lessons from the Era of Big Data - with Xena Ugrinsky of Pilot Wave
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Xena Ugrinsky, the CTO and co-founder at Pilot Wave Holdings - a financial sponsor that helps businesses remain competitive in the te...
Finding Decision-Makers, Setting Expectations, and Delivering Value - with Dave Timm of Red Marble AI
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dave Timm, CEO of Red Marble AI, an AI consulting software development firm in Melbourne, Australia, with an overarching focus on how...
How Partner Programs Support the AI Services Ecosystem - with Pallab Deb, Head of Partner Solutions at Google Cloud
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Pallab Deb, head of partner solutions & AI partnerships at Google Cloud. Previously running AI at WePro, an industry giant when it co...
How to Assess the AI Readiness of Your Clients - with DJ Das of ThirdEyeData.io
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is DJ Das, Founder & CEO of Thirdeyedata.io. DJ speaks to us today about AI Readiness. How ready is your client to adopt AI technology?...
Pivoting a Tech Consultancy into a Machine Learning Services Firm - with David Ponevac
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is David Ponevac, former CTO of Duos Technologies, and not currently with them at the time this recording is released. David speaks to u...
How AI Services Firms can Scale and Differentiate with IP - with Anand Mahurkar of Findability Sciences
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Anand Mahurkar, CEO and Founder of Findability Sciences, a firm with around a hundred employees in Boston, India, and Tokyo, focusing...
How a Lawyer Started an AI Consulting Firm - with Karen Silverman of The Cantellus Group
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Karen Silverman, CEO and Founder of The Cantellus Group, a California firm offering workable solutions and support to business and po...
Breaking into AI Consulting without an AI Background - with Sam Daish of Qrious
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sam Daish, an Emerj Plus member and Head of AI and Data Science at Qrious. Qrious is a sizable tech services company based in New Zea...
From 0 to 250+ Employees in Computer Vision and ML Services - with AGK Karunakaran of MulticoreWare
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is AGK Karunakaran, president, and CEO at Multicoreware, a Sunnyvale firm with over 200 employees worldwide. AGK speaks to us today abou...
Making the Move from Big Data Services to AI Services - with DJ Das of ThirdEyeData.io
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is DJ Das, Founder & CEO of Thirdeyedata.io. DJ speaks to us today about how he got off the ground by starting meetups. He speaks about...
Going from Data Science Freelancing to an AI Services Business - with Stylianos Kampakis of The Tesseract Academy
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Stylianos Kampakis, CEO of The Tesseract Academy, a London-based firm whose mission is to help tech ventures and entrepreneurs improv...
How to Win Your Few First AI Consulting Clients - with Marius Kierski of Sigmoidal
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Marius Kierski, managing partner of Sigmoidal, a firm based in New York and Poland focused on AI and the development of AI projects. ...
Evolving a Market Research Company into an AI Services Firm - with Ric Edinberg of The Evolved Group
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Ric Edinberg, US President at The Evolved Group, which started as a market research firm, and they built an AI platform to support th...
Finding the Right AI Fit in the Enterprise - with Sanjiv Gossain of Cognizant
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Sanjiv Gossain, Global Head of AI for the Google Cloud business group of Cognizant, one of the world's largest IT firms. Sanjiv speak...
How to Discover AI Opportunities with Clients and Co-Create an AI Transformation Plan - with Arnab Chakraborty of Accenture
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Arnab Chakraborty, Global Managing Director and Applied Intelligence NA Lead for Accenture, the world's biggest IT services company, ...
Streamlining AI Adoption with Clients, a Professional Services Perspective - with David Ponevac of Duos Technologies
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is David Ponevac, CTO of Duos Technologies. Duos Technologies focuses on the transportation industry's automated systems, intelligent di...
Off the Shelf, or Custom Built? Finding the Best AI Fit for Clients - with ElectrifAI CTO Luming Wang
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Luming Wang, CTO of ElectrifAi, a company that offers pre-trained AI models. Luming has held many lofty technology roles for companie...
Bootstrapping an AI Firm with a Purpose - with Krunam CEO Chris Wexler
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Chris Wexler, CEO of Krunam, a firm that helps detect and prevent the spread of children's criminally distasteful images; this is a j...
Industry and Workflow Expertise in Starting an AI Consulting Business - with Falkonry CEO Nikunj Mehta
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Nikunj Mehta, CEO, and Founder of Falkonry, an AI platform firm in the industry space. Nikunj speaks to us in this episode about the ...
Turning a Cloud Services Firm into an AI Services Firm - with Techolution CEO Luv Tulsidas
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Luv Tulsidas, Founder, and CEO of Techolution, an Inc 500 firm, servicing rather large enterprise customers with cloud and AI service...
Starting an AI Consulting Company from Scratch - with Red Marble AI CEO Dave Timm
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dave Timm, CEO of Red Marble AI, an AI consulting software development firm in Melbourne, Australia, with an overarching focus on how...
The Importance of Educating Clients as Part of the AI Consulting Process - with Cognizant's Head of AI, Bret Greenstein
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of AI at Cognizant, one of the top 5 largest tech consulting companies globally, with 2019 reven...
Announcing the AI Consulting Podcast: Who it's For and What We'll Be Covering
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I'm excited to announce the launch of our AI Consulting Podcast! If you want to start or grow an AI consulting company, you're in the right place. In ...