Author: Michael Eydman

I am passionate about reimagining the future of our society. With a background in technology, product, and business, I am dedicated to driving a positive change in the face of impending climate change. My experience includes launching companies and advising clients in areas like enterprise architecture, product design, and program management. When not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, most of it outdoors while engaged in active sports like skiing, mountain biking, kiteboarding, and sailing – activities that deepen my connection to the nature we strive to protect.
Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Marketing

Can AI Improve Marketing Outcomes?

AI in Marketing

Marketing industry has been one of the first areas where digitization and automation have taken place. As internet usage exploded and the number of digital advertising channels has grown to large proportions, it became obvious that marketers needed complex and effective tools to help them manage things like media buying, user analytics, consumer journeys and …

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation

Smart Chatbots and Virtual Assistants are Coming!

Smart Chatbots and Virtual Assistants are Coming

Recent advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence have created an environment ripe for inventors and entrepreneurs seeking to create automated chat engines which can almost mimic human behavior. Since Microsoft first released Clippy, their Office Assistant, professionals everywhere have been realizing the beneficial potential of a virtual assistant. Nowadays, most prominent websites feature some kind …

Artificial Intelligence

Will AI Make Your Company Better?

Myths about artificial intelligence (AI) have made many professionals fearful about how their roles may be impacted. However, this is not an entirely new phenomenon. Major shifts in productivity have occurred in the past, usually coinciding with industrial revolutions, and indeed these shifts did transform entire professions. Eventually, AI may affect almost every occupation, but …

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation

Next Steps in Digital Transformation

Next Steps in Digital Transformation

Although most ridesharing and hotel booking companies didn’t exist until a decade ago, the concept of Digital Transformation has been around for quite some time. As computer technologies and programming skills have evolved, paving ways for better systems and more intuitive user interfaces, companies from all industries have begun improving their manual processes with automation …

Digital Transformation

Innovation Driven Retail

Innovation Driven Retail

It has been over twenty years since retailers and manufacturers started selling their products online. We have gone through the periods of explosive growth and rapid declines, aka dot com bust. Regardless of the times and business models, technologies which drive consumer purchasing behavior continue to develop. As the technology and platforms continue to evolve …

Management

Site Launch Process for Consumer Brands

Launching a new web presence for well known consumer brand is easy, right? It could be, if you design the process which works. The key to a successful site launch process lies in following an established methodology or SDLC. That should be no brainer with so many approaches, both Agile and not. The reality is …

Business Intelligence

2016 Roundup of Marketing Intelligence Platforms

E-Commerce industry grew substantially over the last decade. Ever since marketers and merchandisers started tracking user behavior through tracking pixels and cookies, they have been struggling with making sense of the data which was collected. Then came Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning and finally AI in an effort to provide ever more increasing intelligent insights …