Podcasts about roadbotics

Bloomfield Robotics: https://bloomfield.ai/Kubota North America Corporation Acquires US-based AgTech StartupFOA 228: Solving the Rural Connectivity Problem with Dr. Sara Spangelo of SwarmQuick note: I am still looking for a couple of brands to partner with in 2025. If your company might be interested in positioning yourself as an innovator in the ag industry, I would love to talk with you about my quarterly presenting sponsorship package. This is an exclusive, I only work with a maximum of four companies per year, and I'm hoping to have all of them locked in by the end of the first quarter of 2025. So if your company is doing innovative work and you'd like to share that with thousands of leaders in the ag industry, please reach out to me at tim@aggrad.com or via LinkedIn or Twitter. I'm happy to share details. Ok, now back to today's conversation with Mark DeSantis. As I mentioned, Mark was first on the show about four years ago on episode 228 in October of 2020. Since that time, Mark and team grew Bloomfield AI, a company that helps specialty crop growers improve the health and performance of their crop on a per-plant basis using computer vision and artificial intelligence. Then this past September, it was announced that Kubota had acquired the company. I wanted to invite Mark back on the show to talk about the experience and his views on where autonomy, robotics and digital ag go from here. Mark led Bloomfield through the acquisition and is now a consultant to Kubota. Prior to joining Bloomfield in 2019, he was previously cofounder and CEO of RoadBotics (acquired by Michelin), a company that assessed roadway infrastructure using AI. So he's been in this space of robotics for real world applications for a long time. He is also an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University.

After focusing on scalability and profitability Ben Schmidt's Pittsburg-based Roadbotics, which provides image analysis of road infrastructure, was acquired by Michelin in 2022.

Get this right and your top performers and customers won't leave. The easiest way to establish loyalty with employees and customers it also the most overlooked. Gone are the days of the "all-business leader" and who leaves all personal aspects at the door. Leaders make a much bigger impact when they humanize themselves with their teams and put their people first. This drives a culture of mutual respect and strong buy in which inevitably leads to better business outcomes. I host Erik Dietz, COO of Michelin Mobility Intelligence and Roadbotics by Michelin, where he shares his story on how he chooses to lead with a people first approach and where his inspiration comes from. Erik is a small business entrepreneur turned corporate intrapreneur. He is passionate about leveraging Tech for Good, Safer and Equitable mobility and enjoys building international teams with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to leverage collective intelligence. He has a Bachelor's degree from University of California in Los Angeles and an MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-dietz/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-dietz/) Company Link: https://www.michelinman.com/ (https://www.michelinman.com/) What You'll Discover in this Episode: How leaders can use mentoring to set the team up for success. What Erik does to build trust and respect with this team. Why Michelin is growing into “mobility intelligence”. How mobility intelligence is addressing roadway equity and safety. The worst leadership advice he's heard. The inspiring vision he uses to motivate his team. His biggest sources of inspiration and how it impacts his leadership. A time he “swung for the fences” and it paid off and a time it didn't. The personal finance app he uses every day. Resources: https://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2019/09/how_to_humanize_leadership.html (https://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2019/09/how_to_humanize_leadership.html) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-foundations-humanizing-leadership-hugh-macleod-1c (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-foundations-humanizing-leadership-hugh-macleod-1c) https://www.dukece.com/insights/leadership-isnt-just-strategy-its-being-human/ (https://www.dukece.com/insights/leadership-isnt-just-strategy-its-being-human/) ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning https://www.benfanning.com/speaker/ (Speaking and Training inquires) https://followbenonyoutube.com (Subscribe to my Youtube channel) https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/BenFanning1 (Twitter)

RoadBotics CEO and Co-Founder Ben Schmidt steps up to the TEQ Magazine One Mic Stand to talk about his new book: MISSION CONTROL: The Roadmap to Long-Term, Data-Driven Public Infrastructure. Ben shares how you can join the data-driven revolution and lead the way in adopting new processes and technologies to save money, achieve better outcomes, and make a tangible difference in your civil infrastructure management. A pioneer in public infrastructure technology, Benjamin explains how to overcome the common obstacles and wrong turns that stop innovators in their tracks, demonstrating how obtaining the right data works as a foundation for informed decision-making. Sometimes a good idea just needs a push in the right direction. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls, gain momentum, and take actionable steps with a proven framework for inspiring progress and disrupting the status quo. Passionate about the impact of advanced technology in the real world, Ben began his career in biotech before moving into renewable energy, then infrastructure, recognizing how lives are transformed by technology. His startup mindset has bridged the gap between problem and solution for governments throughout the world, revolutionizing how issues are identified at the government level with a nimble, collaborative approach. 

No matter where you are in the world, repairing infrastructure, especially roads, is a constant battle. If only there was a way to use technology to repair infrastructure in a more efficient way. Well, that day is finally here thanks to RoadBotics, a Pittsburgh-based startup that works with governments all over the world to make digital maps of their infrastructure so that they can use tax dollars more effectively when it's time to repair roads and other forms of infrastructure. RoadBotics co-founder and CEO Ben Schmidt joined the Midstage Startup Momentum Podcast with Roland Siebelink this week. He shared all of the details of RoadBotics, including its product, its journey, and key lessons learned along the way. How RoadBotics spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. The unique challenges of working exclusively with governments. The surprising benefits of being a company that sells exclusively to governments. Why GovTech is a viable option for startups despite its bad reputation. The key to finding early adopters in the GovTech space. How a small company like RoadBotics was able to expand internationally.

RoadBotics won five awards at the 2018 ASCE Innovation Contest. Since then, the company has only grown. In episode 103 of the ASCE Plot Points podcast, RoadBotics CEO Ben Schmidt talks about his company and how he's navigated the pandemic and continued innovating through a changing industry.

Please check out http://AutomatingSuccessShow.com where you can watch each episode's BEST Business Automation and Growth strategies, and download a FREE copy of Joe's “12 Keys to Maximizing Your Business Potential!” This episode's guest is Mark DeSantis (https://bloomfield.ai/). Mark is a serial tech entrepreneur and is CEO of Bloomfield Robotics, which uses AI to assess the health and performance of plants in the US elsewhere. He was previously cofounder and CEO of RoadBotics, an AI platform for assessing roads and roadways infrastructure. He's here to talk about how his company, Bloomfield Robotics, utilizes precision AI to assist in large scale agricultural businesses when it comes to crop monitoring, health assessment, and the like. He's here to encourage everyone that when it comes to being an entrepreneur, realizing your ‘whys' can help you conquer any ‘hows'. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-desantis-21480/ https://bloomfield.ai/ Please follow us on TikTok and Instagram @AutomatingSuccess for more helpful Automating Business tips, tricks, and silly memes on maximizing growth and productivity. If you felt any benefit from this show please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Our goal is to inspire every listener to incorporate automation into their business. Thank you! Connect with Joe Langton and Automating Success: Visit the AS Website: http://AutomatingSuccessShow.com Follow AS on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@AutomatingSuccess Follow AS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AutomatingSuccess Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I9BDnKqInYs8tJ66uzrwQ Like AS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/automatingsuccessshow Follow AS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/automatings

Are our roads and transportation systems ready for the mass return to office? Peggy answers, citing recent research from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and RoadBotics. She also discusses: Two big challenges and new opportunities with our infrastructure. Technologies that can help repair our infrastructure at a fraction of the cost. The importance of funding and creating awareness during an infrastructure crisis. peggysmedleyshow.com (08.10.21 - #732) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast

Are our roads and transportation systems ready for the mass return to office? Peggy answers, citing recent research from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and RoadBotics. She also discusses: Two big challenges and new opportunities with our infrastructure. Technologies that can help repair our infrastructure at a fraction of the cost. The importance of funding and creating awareness during an infrastructure crisis. peggysmedleyshow.com (08.10.21 - #732) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast

On the show, I speak with Ben Schmidt, the Co-founder and CEO of a company called Road-botics. They partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to look at the condition of the roads in 20 major US Cities. The interesting part of this study, more than just the data is the new way they collected the data. They used smartphone cameras mounted to the windshields of vehicles and then they used Artificial Inelegance to analyze it. A quick followup on the space talk from a few episodes back, plus, one of the good guys in the traffic world is calling it quits. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7Traffic or www.facebook.com/JaysonLuberTrafficGuy    Interview with Big Al from Tucson: https://drivingyoucrazy.podbean.com/e/e158-talking-traffic-with-big-al/ America's Roads Might Not Be Ready for A Return to the Office, New Study Shows: https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/sites/default/files/media-uploads/AI%20for%20Infrastructure%20Report-FINAL_0.pdf   Roadbotics: https://www.roadbotics.com/  Benjamin Schmidt Blog: https://www.roadbotics.com/author/benjamin-schmidt/    Production Notes: Open music: jazzyfrenchy by Bensound Close music: Latché Swing by Hungaria   iTunes:https://apple.co/2fgLX8u iHeart: https://ihr.fm/2LVBvoc Podbean: https://bit.ly/2JbBiec

The road to recovery.This episode of Preview of Tomorrow features founder and CEO of RoadBotics, Ben Schmidt. RoadBotics is a company that is automating the road assessment process, significantly reducing the cost of maintenance. Their AI and machine learning platform pairs smart phone video and imagery data with a community's preexisting data to create interactive digital maps. These maps allow clients to identify issues within their road network, such as potholes and cracks, so they can begin implementing a preventive maintenance plan. RoadBotics provides governments and communities a fast, affordable and accurate approach to road maintenance. Support the show

The latest episode of The Engineers Collective looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) could transform how highway maintenance work is planned and prioritised. Joining NCE editor Claire Smith and features editor Nadine Buddoo special guests FM Conway consultancy director John Holliday and Roadbotics senior partner for success lead Stew Frick talk about the introduction of AI-led highway maintenance planning to the UK and discuss the challenges speed bumps and hot rolled asphalt initially presented to the task. John was instrumental in bringing RoadBotics to the UK and to date his team has surveyed more than 3,000km of road network on behalf of seven highway authorities including Highways England, Transport for London and the City of Westminster. Stew talks about the AI technology behind the system and the potential for it to be used on footpaths and feed into wider management systems in the future. The AI discussion follows on from a news update from Claire, head of content and engagement Rob Horgan and reporter Catherine Kennedy about futuristic and aspirational engineering projects that have been inspiring NCE's readers in the last few weeks. The Engineers Collective is powered by Bentley Systems. Around the world, engineers and architects, constructors and owner-operators are using Bentley's software solutions to accelerate project delivery and improve asset performance for transportation infrastructure that sustains our economy and our environment. Together, we are advancing infrastructure. Find out more at www.bentley.com

Using data and technology to monitor streets. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Savannah, Georgia is using new technology to understand the condition of their road infrastructure and more efficiently maintain their roads. Heath Lloyd is the Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer for the City of Savannah, Joe Shearhouse is the Assistant to the City Manager for the City of Savannah, and Stuart Frick is a Partner Success Lead for RoadBotics. They talked about how Savannah adopted RoadBotics to measure road condition more effectively and use data to better invest road maintenance funding. Host: Alyssa Dinberg

RoadBotics Co-Founder and President Dr. Ben Schmidt will joined us on Business as Usual to discuss the company's ground-breaking technology that empowers communities to make objective, data-driven decisions about their roads and infrastructure. RoadBotics automates inspections and generates actionable data about road networks, including identification of individual distresses like potholes and alligator cracking. Ben will detail how the company provides detailed maps, unbiased ratings and practical tools to save time and taxpayer dollars for hundreds of communities across the country and around the world. Ben has extensive experience in bringing machine learning technologies out of the research lab and successfully into the market. Join the webcast today to learn more about Ben and one of Pittsburgh's most exciting and promising tech companies.

Host Derek Roessler sits down with Tim Miller, P.E., a pavement management specialist at Kimley-Horn, and Benjamin Schmidt, Ph.D., the Co-Founder and President of RoadBotics, to discuss the topic of resiliency and how it relates to pavement/asset management. On this episode, Tim and Benjamin discuss how Kimley-Horn and RoadBotics have been teaming up to help public agencies manage their pavement programs in a resilient manner, what trends they’re seeing in the industry related to COVID-19, and what they think the future holds. Would you like to test out a RoadBotics product for yourself? RoadBotics is currently offering free introductory accounts of AgileMapper. With AgileMapper, your team can create custom image inventory using your smartphone that is then plotted on a custom, GIS-based map! Track right of way assets, signs, trails, sidewalks, and more. Create your free account: https://bit.ly/3gWIJ71

As co-founder and president of RoadBotics, Benjamin Schmidt, PhD leads a dynamic team in the rapidly growing “GovTech” space. RoadBotics offers artificial intelligence-based road infrastructure assessments for governments around the world. By leveraging standard smartphone camera and app technology, which is paired with cloud access, they are able to deliver their product in an accessible and easy-to-use format. Most governments struggle to maintain their road networks because the process is too cumbersome, time consuming, and subjective. The robust imagery, reporting tools, and data generated by RoadBotics allows for objective decision-making and planning by those responsible for infrastructure maintenance and management.Dr. Ben began his career in bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Realizing he had a drive and passion for startups, he worked as a data scientist and chief technology officer for a venture-backed company that focused on energy market forecasting and analytics. He then joined the founding team that launched RoadBotics, which was started at, and later spun out of, Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. In our conversation, Dr. Ben discusses the evolution of the company, the challenges of selling to and servicing the government market, and the importance of quickly testing a concept with a minimally viable product.If you have any questions or if you’d like to chat, you can reach me at my contact info below. The purpose of this podcast is to share ideas, inspire action, and build a stronger small business community here in Pittsburgh. So please say hello, tell me what you think, and let me know how I’m doing. It means a ton!YOU CAN REACH ME AT:Podcast: https://www.proprietorsofpittsburgh.comWebsite: https://www.thestartupshoppe.net/podcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/proprietorsofpittsburghpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/proprietorsofpittsburghpodcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darinvilanoPhone: 412-336-8247YOU CAN REACH DR. BENJAMIN SCHMIDT AT:Website: https://www.roadbotics.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidtbtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/roadboticsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/roadboticsTwitter: https://twitter.com/IamBenSchmidt

In this episode, Jessica Lombardo, editor of Asphalt Contractor magazine, talks to Ben Schmidt, president of Roadbotics, Inc. Schmidt discusses how cities and municipalities can best measure and manage their roadways using technology which will help them extend the life of these expensive assets.

In this episode, I have a brilliant conversation with Courtney Ehrlichman, the CEO at The Ehrlichman Group & Co-founder of RoadBotics. We recorded this interview in early June 2020. Courtney tells us about her background in urban studies, planning and transport and her passions for community, mobility and solving problems across industries. We talk about the concept of Universal Basic Mobility, and what a Smart Community means to Courtney, and why it's so important that technology is used as a tool to decrease divides and serve human needs. Courtney and I discuss how data can build wealthier communities and why efficiency is so important both from a local government economic development perspective, and from a citizen user perspective. We have a great chat about autonomous vehicle shuttles, and some of the moral, ethical and labour issues associated with them, as well as the other complex pieces of the mobility conversation, such as urban density, land use, housing affordability, employment options and lower-tech mobility solutions like active transport. Courtney tells us how she sees America embracing Smart Community concepts, the pothole detecting tech startup she co-founded, RoadBotics, and how she works with people. We finish our conversation discussing the emerging trends people aren't talking about of the food supply chain, and educating citizens on their privacy rights, as well as some of Courtney's favourite Smart Community resources. As always, we hope you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.communityConnect with Courtney via her website, LinkedIn or on TwitterConnect with me via email: hello@mysmart.communityConnect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTubeThe Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital.

[RoadBotics](https://www.roadbotics.com/) Co-Founder [Benjamin Schmidt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidtbt/) joined us to talk road infrastructure. How do governments make decisions about its management? How might data play a role in that? These questions and more will be answered throughout this episode. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [American Society of Civil Engineers](https://www.asce.org/) - [The Transportation Research Board](https://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/transportation-research-board) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

How can artificial intelligence help strengthen roads and infrastructure? On this episode of Disruptive CEO Nation, RoadBotics co-founder and President, Dr. Ben Schmidt shares his unlikely journey to revolutionize the way local governments assess and maintain their roads. RoadBotics was spun out of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute in 2016 and has raised $11.4M in venture capital investment to date. Ben shares insights into how the company developed including his theory about ‘brain trusts', raising capital, protecting intellectual property, and working with governments. He also shares how machine learning from companies like Roadbotics can help government make better data driven decisions. Ben studied bioengineering in college and received his PhD in that same field, but halfway through his PhD program, he realized that academia was not for him. He completed his dissertation, earned his title, but he wanted to do more. Instead, he took that knowledge decided to start a company. To learn more visit www.roadbotics.com or connect with Ben at https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidtbt/ or on Twitter @RoadBoticsNA.   #roads #AI #machinelearning #roadconstruction #CarnegieMellon #Founder #CEO #Startup #entrepreneur #govtech #publicworks #civictech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Pothole Day is Jan. 15. Its timing is no accident. All over the Northern hemisphere, potholes are at their suspension-wrecking, spine-shaking worst this month. Thanks to AI, one startup is working all year long to alleviate this menace. Benjamin Schmidt, president and co-founder of RoadBotics, is using the tech to pave the way to better roads.

We all want our roads in good conditions. Don’t we? But, the definition of a ‘good’ and a ‘bad’ road may vary a lot. This is the challenge that governments and companies run through in the process of road maintenance: assessment subjectivity. RoadBotics was born to solve this and other problems regarding road inspections. Through … Continue reading RoadBotics: The Early Days Of An American Startup That Provides Smart Road Assessments – with Mark DeSantis [Ep#17] The post RoadBotics: The Early Days Of An American Startup That Provides Smart Road Assessments – with Mark DeSantis [Ep#17] appeared first on The Traction Stage.

Metro21 Executive Director, Karen Lightman, sat down with Santiago Garces, Pittsburgh's Director of Innovation and Performance to discuss innovation within 21st century cities.    "I'm a big fan of the podcast! I was thrilled to hear Santi Garces talk about RoadBotics and the work we did together under his leadership." -Ryan Gayman, VP of Growth, RoadBotics

Mark DeSantis, PhD is the CEO of RoadBotics, a tech company that uses artificial intelligence and smartphones to help government and engineering firms make data-driven decisions regarding road and transportation assessments. Mark is a tech entrepreneur with a long history of work in the public sector and government affairs. He's worked for mayors, congressman, and a president, in addition to consulting and lobbying work. Mark sits down and shares some great advice for entrepreneurs and government affairs professionals alike. Mark was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Dayton with a BA in American Studies and an MBA, an MS in Technology Management from American University, and a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University. Mark worked in consulting for Booz-Allen Hamilton. He served in the White House under President George Bush in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Department of Commerce. He worked as the Director of Government Relations for Texas Instruments. Mark has served on the Executive teams for a plethora of startups and companies including, kWantera, Freemarkets inc, Think Through Learning and LogiNext. Mark serves as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University at the Heinz College.  “What Washington taught me is that there is no point in getting power for powers sake, it should be power to do something useful and meaningful.” “The advice I would give to young people considering politics, government or entrepreneurship? I would say to them - be about something before you go do it. Understand who you are as a person, what motivates you, what you care about, and focus on that first. Don't focus on the position, title, or status.” RoadBotics is based on an AI program developed at Carnegie Mellon: a user can download an app, face their phone's camera towards the windshield to passively record data, and the app will automatically identify problem areas on the road. RoadBotics serves the cities of Detroit and London. RoadBotics finds innovative and cost-effective ways to collect data, including partnering with street sweeping companies. Roadbotics reduces the cost and labor required using traditional methods of road surveying. RoadBotics can not only spot existing potholes, but can also identify precursors to other road issues. For more information, watch RoadBotics on PBS NewsHour. RoadBotics offers internships based in Pittsburgh, and Mark encourages you to reach out with resumes if interested. You do not have to be a Steelers fan to apply! “I think of my experience in Washington as a very positive one. It developed me as a person, helped me understand how the world works, how power works, and how to get things done. It was not a big transition into entrepreneurship!”  Help us grow! Leave us a rating and review - it's the best way to bring new listeners to the show.  Have a suggestion, or want to chat with Jim? Email him at: Jim@theLobbyingShow.com Follow The Lobbying Show on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for weekly updates about the show, our guests, and more.

On this episode, we're lucky to have Mark DeSantis, CEO of RoadBotics, an exciting startup housed in Carnegie Mellon’s acclaimed AV lab, that promises to address our country’s road infrastructure problem, thereby paving the way for a future of economic bounty, mobility transformation and logistical nirvana. RoadBotics uses artificial intelligence and smartphones to help governments and engineering firms make data-driven decisions with objective road assessments. Tune in as we talk about: • The road maintenance industry as a business • The state of road infrastructure • The road maintenance model • Disruption associated with rebuilding roads • Artificial intelligence and automating assessments • Implications for the future of mobility • Advice for founders, entrepreneurs and investors ....and more!

Aaron Morris is a roboticist and computer vision expert working on his third startup.   After earning a PHD from Carnegie Mellon University, Aaron has spent his career in the world of autonomous robots, mapping, perception, computer vision, planning systems and machine learning. His career has placed him in companies at varying sizes and stages where he has launched products, raised venture investment, and built products.   His second startup, AllPoint Systems was acquired by Autodesk, which led to Aaron leading the Autodesk Reality Solutions product division.   Now, his company, Allvision, is arming companies and institutions with insights and intelligence through detailed 3D digital representations of the physical world. Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Aaron’s Challenge; Take a different mode of transit on a familiar route. Recognize how difference these experiences can be.   Connect with Aaron Linkedin Website   If you liked this interview, check out three previous interviews we’ve done in the mobility & transportation space with Roadbotics founder Mark Desantis, Rapid Flow Technologies CEO Griffin Schultz, and LaneSpotter founder Lynsie Campbell. Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

What are the trends in new mobility in 2019? How do you turn big data into useful information for decision-making? How do cities keep in mind issues like equity when implementing new technologies? And what is it actually like to ride in an autonomous vehicle? My friend Courtney Ehrlichman—a leader in intelligent and new mobility systems, founder of The Ehrlichman Group, and co-founder of RoadBotics—joined us at the 2019 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting this year to answer these questions (and more!) about emerging mobility and disruptive technology.  

The ISDA Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News Podcast for Thursday, November 15, 2018 ====================== In Security News From NextGov Pentagon Researchers Test 'Worst-Case Scenario' Attack on U.S. Power Grid  Over 100 people gathered off the tip of Long Island this month to roleplay a cyber attack that takes out the U.S. electric grid for weeks on end. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency exercise, which took place from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7, was fictional, but it was designed to mimic all the hurdles and uncertainty of a real-world cyber attack that took out power across the nation for weeks on end–a scenario known as a “black start.” https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/11/pentagon-researchers-test-worst-case-scenario-attack-us-power-grid/152803/ ====================== In Technology News From GovTech Road Assessment App RoadBotics Raises $3.9M in Seed Funding RoadBotics, a company whose image-based app assesses road quality and damage, has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to continue expanding and improving, according to a news release Wednesday. RoadBotics uses a smartphone’s camera and deep learning-based image processing technology, the same system that moves autonomous vehicles, to collect and analyze roadway image data. When placed in a windshield with the app on and camera facing forward, a smartphone can collect image data and upload it to the RoadBotics platform, where deep-learning technology isolates the road from other parts of the image, assesses its condition and rates the surface. The rating is based on the presence, type and density of road surface features that pavement engineers would recognize during a visual inspection. The app then sends the results to an interactive online mapping platform called RoadWay. http://www.govtech.com/biz/Road-Assessment-App-RoadBotics-Raises-39M-in-Seed-Funding.html ====================== In Executive Protection News From Forbes The Challenge To Traditional Notions Of Leadership: Female Values The author of post, Katie Cooper, describes an incident that occurred on a Delta Airlines flight where a female doctor tried to assist a fellow passenger. Dr. Sanford was questioned by the flight attendants to prove that indeed she was a doctor. According to the author the Dr. didn’t seem to fit with the stereotype the flight attendants had on what a Dr. should look like. It made the author think of how many other professions are still predominantly white and male, and the recent criticism the BBC, in the UK, received for casting predominantly women in traditionally male roles, in its hugely successful drama ‘Bodyguard’. The author continues by saying that the traditional descriptors of the traits of a leader are those you might associate with a bodyguard: decisive, bold and courageous. However, this heroic, male-defined model is increasingly challenged and not necessarily what the close protection industry needs. Only 5.4% of bodyguards are female, and demand for their services outstrips supply - another example of outdated notions of occupational competence disrupting the supply chain? It was a female close protection officer who, with a certain quietude, led the Duchess of Sussex out of an overcrowded Fijian market earlier this month, on the British royal couple’s first official overseas tour, after the Duchess apparently expressed her discomfort at the unexpectedly large crowds. Meghan Markel’s female head of security has been praised for her calm, effective and distinctly unmacho response to the situation.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/katecooper/2018/11/14/the-challenge-to-traditional-notions-of-leadership-female-values/#44b735c27496 ====================== Links to all news stories mentioned in this podcast are available at the SecurityDriver.Com website. You can also listen to past podcast episodes and leave comments.   Thanks for listening to the ISDA Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News podcast.  ====================== This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association ISDA is a valuable resource for all practitioners working in the protection profession. We offer benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs. The ISDA Membership ISDA Members represent all facets and levels of the protective services profession. The membership can be defined as a group of practitioners from different disciplines within the profession and with years of experience coming together to assist ISDA Members. Read more about our members Here is a collection of Books, and Articles authored by ISDA Members. Learn More about the ISDA Advantage and Become a Member Today

RoadBotics CEO, Carnegie Mellon professor, and veteran entrepreneur Mark DeSantis is our guest this week, sharing educational and inspiring insights with Scot MacTaggart in an extended edition of the Pitchwerks podcast.  RoadBotics is an AI company, focusing on the “big and boring” problem of road inspection and analysis, saving municipal clients millions and millions of dollars. In just 20 months they have built a list of 80 clients and raised millions of dollars.  

Mark DeSantis is currently CEO of RoadBotics, an AI-based product that monitors and manages roadway infrastructure. Previously, he has co-founded an energy hedge fund, a GE Ventures-backed energy predictive analytics company, and a venture-backed online tutoring company.   Why build a company focused on road maintenance? There is a desperate need to efficiently and effectively monitor and maintain the world's civil infrastructure. His company, RoadBotics, uses smartphone sensors to inexpensively monitor streets, roads, highways, sidewalks and bridges and to lower maintenance costs.   We discuss training machine learning algorithms, the career arc of an entrepreneur, and what Mark has learned from his past startups.   Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Mark’s Challenge; Find the alternative viewpoint and empathetically consume it before arguing.   Mentioned Lincoln-Douglas Debates   Connect with Mark Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Website   Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram   If you liked this interview, check out two more interviews with Pittsburgh entrepreneurs. Episode 260 features a discussion with Anthony Vennare about the future of health and wellness, making a modern media company, and building a business in Pittsburgh. Episode 242 features a discussion with Darrin Grove about running a company for 20 years and constantly reinventing himself.   Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay