31 min
A Virtual Workforce Model for COVID-19 and Beyond with Ashwin Rao of Collabera HumAIn Podcast - Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Developer Tools, and Technical Education
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Aswin Rao leads Target’s global Artificial Intelligence team responsible for products involving Demand Forecasting, Inventory Planning & Control, Price Optimization, Personalized Recommendations, Search, and Marketing Science. He’s also an Adjunct Professor in Applied Mathematics (ICME) at Stanford University where along with research and teaching in Reinforcement Learning, He directs the Mathematical and Computational Finance program.
His career has been to create or boost business profitability through advanced Mathematics & Engineering by recruiting and mentoring rare talents, foster a vibrant team culture, focus on the right business problems to solve, and meet challenging goals through diligent prioritization. His educational background is in Algorithms Theory and Abstract Algebra. His teaching experience spans topics across Pure as well as Applied Mathematics, Programming, Finance, Supply-Chain, Entrepreneurship. His current research and teaching focus is A.I. for Sequential Optimal Decisioning under Uncertainty (particularly Reinforcement Learning algorithms).
James Jeude’s as an executive carries a record of growth and success, bringing Cognizant a 10x growth in data & analytics services revenue in the decade. He was on the management team, leading distinct P&L practices, and driving thought leadership and public perception. Creating all-country all-industry best practices for his clients gives him a perspective any company can use in an era where consumer experiences in one industry carry over into expectations for an unrelated industry.
Episode Links:
Ashwin Rao’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwin2rao/
James Jeude’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jeude/
Ashwin Rao’s Twitter: @Ashwinraoarni
James Jeude’s Twitter: @JamesJeude
Ashwin Rao’s Website: https://www.collabera.com/
James Jeude’s Website:https://www.cognizant.com/
Podcast Details:
Podcast website: https://www.humainpodcast.com
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humain-podcast-artificial-intelligence-data-science/id1452117009
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YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag
YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag/videos
Support and Social Media:
– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast
– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humain/creators
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– HumAIn Website Articles: https://www.humainpodcast.com/blog/
Outline:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode:
(00:00) – Introduction
(01:35) – Ashwin Rao is the Executive Vice President at Collabera, a $750 million IT services and staffing company. We are a high growth, innovative ID services and solutions provider, headquartered in Basking Ridge, about 16,000 people globally and 60 offices around the world. Tech 2025 focuses on experiential events and discussions to try to start conversations inside of companies. In that group, Jeude manages the consulting and strategy work that follows. He’s also an adjunct professor at New York University, an engineer by training, and a speaker and author on workforce topics.
(02:39) – Our entire business is dedicated to helping clients meet their needs for everything from precision staffing of individuals to bulk staffing and solving business function problems. So we had two challenges. One, we had to rethink how Collabera operates in a work-from-home model. And two, we had to redesign our offerings
[Audio]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS
Aswin Rao leads Target’s global Artificial Intelligence team responsible for products involving Demand Forecasting, Inventory Planning & Control, Price Optimization, Personalized Recommendations, Search, and Marketing Science. He’s also an Adjunct Professor in Applied Mathematics (ICME) at Stanford University where along with research and teaching in Reinforcement Learning, He directs the Mathematical and Computational Finance program.
His career has been to create or boost business profitability through advanced Mathematics & Engineering by recruiting and mentoring rare talents, foster a vibrant team culture, focus on the right business problems to solve, and meet challenging goals through diligent prioritization. His educational background is in Algorithms Theory and Abstract Algebra. His teaching experience spans topics across Pure as well as Applied Mathematics, Programming, Finance, Supply-Chain, Entrepreneurship. His current research and teaching focus is A.I. for Sequential Optimal Decisioning under Uncertainty (particularly Reinforcement Learning algorithms).
James Jeude’s as an executive carries a record of growth and success, bringing Cognizant a 10x growth in data & analytics services revenue in the decade. He was on the management team, leading distinct P&L practices, and driving thought leadership and public perception. Creating all-country all-industry best practices for his clients gives him a perspective any company can use in an era where consumer experiences in one industry carry over into expectations for an unrelated industry.
Episode Links:
Ashwin Rao’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwin2rao/
James Jeude’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-jeude/
Ashwin Rao’s Twitter: @Ashwinraoarni
James Jeude’s Twitter: @JamesJeude
Ashwin Rao’s Website: https://www.collabera.com/
James Jeude’s Website:https://www.cognizant.com/
Podcast Details:
Podcast website: https://www.humainpodcast.com
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humain-podcast-artificial-intelligence-data-science/id1452117009
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6tXysq5TzHXvttWtJhmRpS
RSS: https://feeds.redcircle.com/99113f24-2bd1-4332-8cd0-32e0556c8bc9
YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag
YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag/videos
Support and Social Media:
– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast
– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humain/creators
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/dyakobovitch
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humainpodcast/
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidyakobovitch/
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumainPodcast/
– HumAIn Website Articles: https://www.humainpodcast.com/blog/
Outline:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode:
(00:00) – Introduction
(01:35) – Ashwin Rao is the Executive Vice President at Collabera, a $750 million IT services and staffing company. We are a high growth, innovative ID services and solutions provider, headquartered in Basking Ridge, about 16,000 people globally and 60 offices around the world. Tech 2025 focuses on experiential events and discussions to try to start conversations inside of companies. In that group, Jeude manages the consulting and strategy work that follows. He’s also an adjunct professor at New York University, an engineer by training, and a speaker and author on workforce topics.
(02:39) – Our entire business is dedicated to helping clients meet their needs for everything from precision staffing of individuals to bulk staffing and solving business function problems. So we had two challenges. One, we had to rethink how Collabera operates in a work-from-home model. And two, we had to redesign our offerings
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