We are presently living in an age of “artificial intelligence” — but not how the companies selling “AI” would have you believe.
Over the last two years a series of unexpected events has scrambled global supply chains. Coronavirus, war in Ukraine, Brexit and a container ship wedged in the Suez Canal have combined to delay deliveries of everything from bicycles to pet food. In response, a growing group of startups and established logistics firms has created a multi-billion dollar industry applying the latest technology to help businesses minimize the disruption.
Forethought is a leading AI company providing solutions that transform the customer experience. As a high-growth startup with 2x annual growth in their engineering team, they faced increasingly complex processes and found that what had worked in the past wasn’t going to cut it anymore.
Dr. Christopher Field is Co-Founder, President, and Principal Investigator at Theia Scientific. With formal education in analytical chemistry and instrumentation, Chris has expertise in scientific hardware and software design, deploying embedded Linux devices for Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor fusion applications, and developing computer vision and image processing pipelines for cell analysis.