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What makes a company choose to prioritize security as a strategic play? In this episode, Jon Prial talks with Gerry Smith, the CEO of Densify (an analytics company) and Jay Haynes, the CEO of eSentire (a cyber security business). They discuss the relationship between these two companies, and why an analytics business would be thinking so much about, and become a customer of, a cyber security business. Find out why cyber security is so important for every business, how security has changed over the years, and how these two very different companies both think about it.

Episode 66: When Does Security Become a Strategic Play?

In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast about the importance of purpose within a company, we talk to James Novak. The former CEO of Fiix Software — now a Rockwell Automation Company — explains the company’s journey of discovering its maintenance management solution could go beyond its utility and tackle real problems like climate change. Through that journey, they explained how a purpose was important for employee attrition, attracting consumers and so much more.&nbsp;&nbsp;

 
James Novak is the former CEO of Fiix Software, a company that creates modern maintenance software. Prior to that, James worked for BlackBerry and was a member of the Council of Canadian Innovators. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management. 


James Novak

Former CEO, Fiix

In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast about the importance of purpose within a company, we talk to James Novak. The former CEO of Fiix Software — now a Rockwell Automation Company — explains the company’s journey of discovering its maintenance management solution could go beyond its utility and tackle real problems like climate change.


How purpose is a business differentiator: the Fiix story

In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast, we talk to James Novak about the importance of purpose within a company, 


In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast, we talk to Tiffany Xingyu Wang, OpenWeb’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer.&nbsp; With a mission to “save online conversations,” OpenWeb wants to improve the quality of conversations online while enabling conversation-based advertising, which allows brands to connect with their most active audiences. Through connecting with audiences, publishers can garner first-party data for ad targeting — a valuable tool as publishers prepare for the disappearance of third-party cookies.&nbsp;

Tiffany Xingyu Wang is OpenWeb’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. She co-founded the Oasis Consortium, a non-profit organization creating a new digital sustainability model. Tiffany developed two USPTO patents in machine learning and applications within marketing. She was named to the Forbes Most Entrepreneurial CMO 2022 list and won the 2021 CMO Club Most Innovative Award.
 


Tiffany Xingyu Wang

Chief Marketing Officer, OpenWeb


In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast, we talk to Tiffany Xingyu Wang, OpenWeb’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. 

With a mission to “save online conversations,” OpenWeb wants to improve the quality of conversations online while enabling conversation-based advertising, which allows brands to connect with their most active audiences. Through connecting with audiences, publishers can garner first-party data for ad targeting — a valuable tool as publishers prepare for the disappearance of third-party cookies.  



OpenWeb’s Tiffany Xingyu Wang on making publishers sustainable with first-party data


In this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast, we talk to Tiffany Xingyu Wang, OpenWeb’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. 

With a mission to “save online conversations,” OpenWeb wants to improve the quality of conversations online while enabling conversation-based advertising, which allows brands to connect with their most active audiences. Through connecting with audiences, publishers can garner first-party data for ad targeting — a valuable tool as publishers prepare for the disappearance of third-party cookies.  


In our first-ever episode of Bridging Web3, we’re talking about interoperability with Jon Kol from Hyperlane.&nbsp; Hyperlane allows developers to connect their apps across blockchains and are dedicated to interchain singularity. Our goal is to understand the building blocks to make Web3 more usable and drive adoption, and to understand the real-world opportunities in the long term&nbsp;

Jon Kol is the co-founder of Hyperlane, previously of Morgan Stanley, Passport Capital and Galaxy Digital. Jon earned his bachelor’s in Economics from UC Berkeley, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.


Jon Kol

Co-Founder, Hyperlane

In our first-ever episode of Bridging Web3, we’re talking about interoperability with Jon Kol from Hyperlane. Hyperlane allows developers to connect their apps across blockchains and are dedicated to interchain singularity. Our goal is to understand the building blocks to make Web3 more usable and drive adoption, and to understand the real-world opportunities in the long term


How to make blockchain interoperability more secure with Hyperlane's Jon Kol

How To Make Blockchain Interoperability More Secure With Hyperlane's Jon Kol

In our first-ever episode of Bridging Web3, we’re talking about interoperability with Jon Kol from Hyperlane. 


In this episode of the Georgian Impact podcast, we’re talking to Francois Chaubard, CEO of Focal Systems. Focal Systems leverages AI and cameras to automate many steps in the retail delivery supply chain.&nbsp;

Francois Chaubard is the CEO of Focal Systems. Before that, he was a Missile Guidance Algorithm Engineer at Lockheed Martin. Francois has Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University. He researched Deep Learning and Computer Vision under Fei Fei Li in the Computer Vision and Geometry Lab.

Francois Chaubard

CEO, Focal Systems

Discover how Focal uses AI and cameras to automate various steps in the retail delivery supply chain.


How AI is Making Grocery Shopping Better

In this episode on commercializing AI, we speak with Cameron Schuler, a key contributor to AI's game-changing prominence. Cameron is the Chief Commercialization Officer at the Vector Institute and is dedicated to advancing the transformative field of AI.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Cameron Schuler is the Chief Commercialization Officer & Vice President, Industry Innovation at the Vector Institute. He is the former Executive Director of Amii, where he led one of the top-ranked Machine Learning and AI groups in the world. Cameron attained an MBA from Queen’s University.


Cameron Schuler

Chief Commercialization Officer & VP Industry Innovation at Vector Institute

In this episode on commercializing AI, we speak with Cameron Schuler, a key contributor to AI's game-changing prominence. Cameron is the Chief Commercialization Officer at the Vector Institute and dedicated to advancing the transformative field of AI.  


Commercializing AI with Vector Institute’s Cameron Schuler

Commercializing AI By Vector Institute’s Cameron Schuler

In this episode of Commercializing AI, we speak with Cameron Schuler, a key contributor to AI's game-changing prominence. Cameron is the Chief Commercialization Officer at the Vector Institute and is dedicated to advancing the transformative field of AI.  


In this episode of the Georgian Impact podcast, we’ll be talking about one pillar of responsible AI: explainable AI. Explainability provides insight into what's training your data and how it's performing, so if something goes wrong you know exactly where to start looking for a solution. Fiddler.AI founder and CEO Krishna Gade breaks down how explainability provides insights into training data and performance, and why visibility on how this works enables trust.

Krishna Gade is the founder and CEO of Fiddler, the first Explainable Monitoring solution for production AI systems. He is an entrepreneur and engineering leader with a strong technical background who loves building teams that create scalable platforms and delightful consumer products.


Fiddler.AI founder and CEO Krishna Gade breaks down how explainability provides insights into training data and performance, and why visibility on how this works enables trust. 


Krishna Gade

Founder and CEO, Fiddler.AI

In this episode of the Georgian Impact podcast, we’ll be talking about one pillar of responsible AI: explainable AI. Explainability provides insight into what's training your data and how it's performing, so if something goes wrong you know exactly where to start looking for a solution. Fiddler.AI founder and CEO Krishna Gade breaks down how explainability provides insights into training data and performance, and why visibility on how this works enables trust.


How Explainable AI enables trust with Fiddler.AI’s Krishna Gade

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On Georgian's Impact Podcast, we get into the latest tech trends and how they impact growth-stage software companies. Jon talks with folks from around the tech ecosystem at the intersection of business and technology.

Episode 66: When Does Security Become a Strategic Play?

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