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Irakli Beridze is the Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UNICRI, United Nations​. Beridze advises governments and international organizations on numerous issues related to international security, scientific and technological developments, emerging technologies, innovation and disruptive potential of new technologies, with a particular emphasis on the issue on crime prevention, criminal justice and security. 

Beridze and host Lisa Thee discuss the future of AI, the implications and impacts of AI on human rights, and the importance of ethical oversight and accountability to ensure the safety of children worldwide.

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On this episode of Davood For Thought,  VP and Head of Global Public Sector at Snowflake Jeff Frazier discusses his unique background and experience with host Davood Ghods, sharing about purpose in leadership to create impact, the role of data and public service, and his mission to improve the lives of others. 

Jeff is a respected leader with a rich and varied background in sales, digital transformation, government consulting, advising international business, emerging markets, public policy, and government affairs. Together with his teams at Snowflake, Jeff enables organizations to mobilize data with Snowflake's Data Cloud. Customers use the Data Cloud to unite siloed data, discover and securely share data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. 

Jeff Frazier is also a Non-Resident Senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Operating Partner at Digital Alpha. His prior roles include Managing Director at Cisco, General Manager and Corporate Partner at Microsoft, and Distinguished Public Service with Risk with the FBI. 

The Davood for Thought podcast is brought to you by Launch Consulting.
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On this episode of Davood For Thought, host Davood Ghods welcomes Kyle Katt, Chief Experience Officer at Launch Consulting. 

Kyle started his career as a data engineer, however, due to vision challenges related to a genetic eye condition, he began to spend more time in data analytics, architecture, and technology leadership roles, focusing on developing and empowering teams across the organization. Kyle brings 25 years of solution development and technology leadership to Launch, and drives a seamless connection of core capabilities, innovation and human impact across all launch engagements. 

Davood and Kyle discuss collaboration between people, data and technology disciplines in the digital transformation space, and the value of focus on customer experiences related to Launch's services, offerings, and solutions. 

The Davood for Thought podcast is brought to you by Launch Consulting.
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On this week's episode, Lisa Thee sits down with Sadie St. Lawrence, the founder and CEO of Women in Data. As a Coursera instructor, Sadie has trained over 300,000 people in data science, and she has led multiple analytic transformations in corporate America and beyond.

Listen as Lisa and Sadie St. Lawrence discuss Sadie's unique path to leadership in the field of data science, the future of AI, and the importance of building community.

Women in Data is an international nonprofit that is connecting the world of data scientists to each other, to expand the impact that we can all have.  www.womenindata.org


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At the crossroads of uncertainty & opportunity, how do you Navigate Forward? This podcast focuses on making smart choices in a rapidly changing world. We investigate the challenges of being at a crossroads (societal, business, & personal) and finding the opportunities that arise out of disruption. Listen in on future-forward conversations with the brightest luminaries, movers, and shakers. We dig into topics such as elevating the human experience, evolution of business, workforce of the future, and fascinating technologies powering the age of digital transformation. Let’s Navigate Forward together and create what’s next!

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