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Jan 2020
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SV022: The Global Competition to find En...

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On today’s show, we interview Geoff Seyon. Geoff is the Founder & Managing Partner of STUDIO IXORA, a venture studio focused on applying Explainable AI to industries such as Finance & Healthcare. Geoff is an Entrepreneurial Technology Leader with 27 years of experience, inclusive of 15 years in Globally Distributed Software Delivery, Digital Health and 10 years of hands-on experience with various Artificial Intelligence approaches & technologies. Prior to assembling STUDIO IXORA, Geoff spent 15 years assembling, advising and leading multiple teams that have created 7 Digital Health and 10 AI New Ventures. Before that he also had spent 5 years at Sapient where he grew an office in India to 700 people and received the 2002 Sapient Founders’ Award. 

Geoff holds Master and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering & Computer Science with a Concentration in Artificial Intelligence from MIT, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How do overseas engineer programs match up with the top ones in the United States?
  • Are there any skills that our engineers currently lack? 
  • How hard is it to learn how the hardware and software interact in a computer?  
  • What is the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?
  • What part of our mind is being replaced in the 4th industrial revolution?

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