781: Ensuring Successful Enterprise AI Deployments, with Sol Rashidi

Sol Rashidi, a distinguished data executive who has served in C-suite roles at Fortune 100 companies, joins Jon Krohn to delve into successful enterprise AI strategies and the reasons behind the high turnover among Chief Data Officers. This episode provides an in-depth look at selecting AI projects that succeed and understanding the strategic value of patents in various industries. Benefit from Sol’s extensive experience and practical advice on navigating complex corporate challenges. This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia (https://go.aws/3zWS0au) and AWS Trainium (https://go.aws/3ycV6K0). Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • How CDOs and related roles have such high turnover because [09:40] • The importance of building relationships in AI projects [17:01] • How Sol's book "The AI Survival Guide" came about [20:44] • How high-criticality, low-complexity AI projects are the ones with the highest probability of success [27:11] • How Enterprise data security issues can be resolved with technologies like Protopia’s stained-glass data-masking solution [36:10] • Why having great data engineers is essential [47:57] • The value of patents [51:45] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/781

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The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact. Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy. We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.