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Episode 33: Vero AI’s Instrumental Role in Delivering AI-Augmented Compliance: Co-Founder and CEO Eric Sydell

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Eric Sydell is Co-founder and CEO of Vero AI, a firm dedicated to helping companies understand AI and other algorithmic solutions. Eric has a Ph.D in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and is an experienced Consultant, R&D Leader, and Entrepreneur in the staffing and recruiting industry. Topics we discuss include: 


  1. With several guitars visible in his office, we couldn’t resist spending the first five-plus minutes discussing Eric’s guitar-making hobby - the challenges of crafting playable instruments and his dedication to perfecting the process.  
  2. Eric’s career journey, from I/O to AI.   
  3. The gaps in the audit/compliance marketplace that led to the founding of Vero AI. 
  4. How Vero works as a compliance/governance risk compliance (GRC) tool to assist human auditors in processes like ISO 27001 and Sarbanes-Oxley. (Eric insists on the need to ensure human-centricity.)  
  5. The current state of AI regulation, the importance of scientific literacy in evaluating AI tools, and the opportunities/challenges of the rapid evolution of AI and large language models.
  6. Other planned applications of Vero’s technology beyond compliance. 
  7. Bag Check:  Eric shares his go-to AI tools.   
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