Dustin Lucien is the Chief Operating Officer of Betterment and has been with the company since 2013. Prior to becoming COO, Dustin served as Betterment's Chief Technology Officer, as well as the VP of Engineering. Dustin received his Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, as well as his Master’s degree in Biomedical Imaging & Computing.
Dustin Lucien is the Chief Operating Officer of Betterment and has been with the company since 2013. Prior to becoming COO, Dustin served as Betterment's Chief Technology Officer, as well as the VP of Engineering. Dustin received his Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, as well as his Master’s degree in Biomedical Imaging & Computing.
Our exciting Startup Showcase series is kicking off its first 2018 event on the hot topic of speech technologies. The MITEF of NYC will feature four cutting edge companies that are in the vanguard of the “voice first revolution”.
The Wall Street Journal wrote that voice will help drive “the next billion mobile users“. Studies suggest that the speech and voice recognition market is expected to be worth $18.30 billion by 2023. We truly are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation disruptive revolution that will impact every aspect of our lives.
As such, this Startup Showcase couldn't be timelier. Come get inspired listening to voice experts who make money talk! Founders will pitch to a panel of leading influencers in the technology and VC space. Each presenting company has been carefully selected based on their proven ability to both innovate in, and capitalize on, the compelling market opportunities provided by speech technology.
As with previous Startup Showcase events, we provide our audience with a unique opportunity to engage with company founders, ask questions, and gain invaluable insights from the brightest minds in the business. Learn not only what the future holds for Siri, Alexa, and Google Home, but also find out about other emerging technologies that will make speech technology so transformative.
Daniel is a Conversation Design Lead for Google Assistant, creating engaging user experiences for Home, Pixel, Wear, and more. For the past 15 years, he has been leveraging language technologies to develop user-centered solutions for major brands like Allstate, Nike, Target, and Cisco. Just prior to Google, he led service design efforts as Director of Customer Service Experience at Walgreens, deploying proactive and personalized contact solutions for roughly 100 million customers at more than 8200 stores.
AISense uses Ambient Voice Intelligence to transform verbal communications into usable data. On average, people say around 16,500 words every day. Though people can search for emails sent years ago, there is no easy way to search their verbal conversations. AISense aims to make those words accessible and searchable in the same way texts and emails are now, and to provide digestible summaries of what was said and what was agreed by various participants.
VoiceBase provides access to spoken information through a cloud based API that allows companies to transcribe audio content, extract topics, keywords and analytics. An AI layer allows the discovery of complex information such as churn, hot leads or any other information contained in an audio conversation. VoiceBase is used by some of the largest companies in the US to automate, optimize processes as well as make better decisions.
Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid in more than 200 markets around the globe. Leading a team of Product Owners focused on Self-Service, Brent oversees the operational aspects of platforms including Web and Mobile Help, Speech IVRs, Chat, Community Forums, Social Media, and Messaging. Prior to joining PayPal, he worked in both the banking and brokerage industries, holding a variety of roles across business and technology in the Telecom, CRM, and IVR environments.
Sunny Parikh joined the Partnership Fund for NYC in 2016. He focuses on enterprise technology companies in digital health, fintech and insurtech sectors including investments in Kasisto, RevolutionCredit and T-REX. As part of his role, he leads the FinTech Innovation Lab, which works collaboratively with growth stage companies and 40+ financial institutions in New York. Prior to the Partnership Fund, Sunny was the Director of Strategy & Business Development at RedVision, a real estate data platform which was acquired by First American. Previously, Sunny was an Investment Associate at Updata Partners focusing on growth-equity technology investments. Prior to Updata Partners, Sunny worked in technology investment banking at ThinkEquity. He holds a dual BS/MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
With over 25 years' experience in both Law and Technology Nigel has a unique perspective as both a client and a user. Nigel is a regular presenter at numerous industry events including NVIDIA's GTC summits and most recently Jefferies' AI conference where he looked at what the future holds for Voice. Intelligent Voice, driven by Nigel's passion, is a pioneer for the future of Voice and AI. Most recently receiving an award through the European Commission to develop interactive conversational artificial intelligence. Known as the Empathic project, the interactive "health bot" will be built with the aim to help elderly people live independently within their home.
With a 25 years expertise in Speech technology, having worked namely at Thales and Nuance Communications, Ariane leads Bertin IT/Vecsys speech solutions, which rank first at IWSLT'2014 international competition, offer one of the largest speech-to-text SaaS for media monitoring in Europe, and now build on great successes at global Banks' trading floors. Holding a PhD in signal processing and computer science, Ariane is a regular speaker at industry events like recent "European Big Data Value Forum" or GFII annual forum on Artificial Intelligence. She also acts as an expert for European Commission and is a member of the board of directors of LT-Innovate, the language technology industry association.
Mary Liu is an investor at BDMI (Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments) focused on the intersection of media and technology. She established the fintech seed investing initiative, a new category for the fund. She is a Board Observer for two portfolio companies and actively works with others. Prior to BDMI, she was Director of Corporate Finance & Investments at EMI MP, directly supporting the CEO in M&A and digital strategy. Before EMI MP, she supported pricing initiatives and business development for NYSE Euronext U.S. Options. Mary is a Board member and trustee of Telluride Association and a mentor for BUILD. She earned her B.A. degree from Yale University and lives in New York City.
The MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City has for forty years supported entrepreneurs in their efforts to start and run technology-driven business ventures.
We do this by delivering world-class business learning events along with opportunities to build relationships with business people who share an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship related to technology, with focus on digital media, information technology, cleantech and bioscience/healthcare.
Topics for these events included monetizing digital offerings, raising capital, cleantech, success stories of founders whose companies now generate $100 million or more, biotech, web advertising, business plan writing and pitching, wireless broadband, intellectual property and hyperlocal news.