Thousand Voices

Zehra Cataltepe is the CEO and co-founder of Tazi AI Systems which provides SaaS automated Machine Learning solutions for insurance, finance, retail and telecoms industries. She holds a PhD in Computer Science, has 18 patents and over 100 publications on theory of machine learning and its applications in finance, health, energy and transportation. Zehra has been recognized 3 times as the ‘Woman entrepreneur of the year” and was listed as the top 10 women in AI in 2020. This episode highlights the importance of teamwork and building the right team for your organization.

“Find your element, do not settle for anything else” - Abby Seneor. That’s all the motivation you would ever need to achieve the impossible. Abby Seneor is the CTO and co-founder of Optimi Health that uses AI to provide users with access to elite level physical therapy from anywhere in the world. Despite a car accident that put her in a wheelchair for almost two years with doctors saying she would never walk again, Abby competed in the ironman races and came 2nd in the olympics triathlon. This is a story of a warrior who is driven by her element to fight back and does not let any incapabilities define her.

Anna Nordell Westling is the CMO and co-founder of Sana Labs, a platform that provides personalized learning to millions of users with AI. She is also an advisor of the AI Sustainability Center and sits in the steering committee of Nordic AI and is a board member of the top five global B2B Incubators in Sweden. Learn about the unicorn factory - Stockholm and leveraging opportunities to raise funds amidst a pandemic.

Isabelle Mashola is a Senior executive with a strong track record leading the IT vision and strategy execution. She is also the CEO and co-founder of isahit an award winning startup providing a social impact platform for outsourcing digital tasks. Isabella talks to us about the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs, work life balance and also the queen bee phenomenon.

One of the common things that we see in all ceos and entrepreneurs is having a vision. And one of the main challenges that they can encounter is how to transform their vision into a company. It can take a long time and a lot of efforts to make it happen. And as a leader you need to be able to transfer that vision to your team and let them adopt and create their own vision. How do you do that?

Camille Morvan tells her story of her going from academia to entrepreneurship and building a multi million dollar company.

Despoina Ioannidou is the CTO and Cofounder of Trayvisor an AI powered payment software that uses computer vision and deep learning for food recognition and self-service checkout based out of France. She believes in using AI to help improve the lives of people every day. In order to eliminate small redundant tasks, she built Travisor to ensure that long lines that employees are subjected to during their lunch break are avoided. This is her story of perseverance.

Co-founder of Sonrai Analytics, Deva Senevirathne is a full-stack developer specialized in designing and developing software frameworks. Deva has received the best performance in the field of IT in 2013 for her previous work by Virtusa Corporation, Sri Lanka and bagged the 2nd prize for Women in AI Awards 2020, Europe. She shares her inspiring story of entrepreneurship journey.

Moojan Asghari is the Founder and CEO of Thousand Eyes On Me. Being inspired by life and having experienced the brutalities present in the business world towards women and minor communities, she decided to challenge the status quo. As a result, Thousand Eyes On Me was born to bridge the leadership gap. In this episode, she tells us why she became an advocate for gender diversity, what inspired her to walk this road and why this cause is so close to her heart.