Top 10 disruptive companies to watch in 2019

+Securing Future
Cyber Security:
Secure Your Network
with Intelligence
Digi Connection
Benefits of Blockchain
in the making of
Smarter Energy Grids
E-Mobility
E-Mobility: Pioneering
Transportation with
Smart Grid
ARIIXtm
Disruptive by Design
Top 10
Disruptive
Companies
to Watch
Dr. Fred Cooper
CEO & Founder
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he idea to intervene in the immense supply of knowledge, in an essence or intention of contribution,
Thelped many generations to oversee obstacles and achieve many great innovations that exists and are yet
to come. The information in the form of ideologies or methodologies, are meant to evolve as every set of
innovations itself consists of some voids. Those who addresses such voids and come up with a better upgradations
seems to stand tall in that specific category.
Whether be it a personnel or an organization, the ones who disrupts market by their cutting-edge technologies
leaves a mark in history. These leaders under the banner of various companies make tireless efforts in an attempt
to make a dent in the universe. Through a quote—"Great companies start because the founders want to change
the world… not make a fast buck", Guy Kawasaki, a marketing specialist and Silicon Valley venture capitalist
express his ideology on current ventures. Companies become great when they are driven by the thought of giving
back to community rather on filling their vaults.
The term 'disruption' is but not to be considered lightly as; it requires strong ambition and passion to pave the path
of success for oneself. This passion drives a person to be persistent enough to engage into such kind of practices.
In this special edition, "Top 10 Disruptive Companies to Watch in 2019," Insights Success admires the flagship
bearers in various industries and sectors, appreciating their impeccable contribution in evolution of their
respective industries.
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Here is the cover featuring Ariix. The company was founded eight years ago on the U.S. Independence Day for a
host of reasons — most notably was the fact that ARIIX represented independence from the direct selling
companies of yesterday. The company didn't grab a flashy product to launch with a sexy story paired with an
MLM blueprint of what's been done before. Instead, ARIIX sought to do things differently, to bring about true
change in an industry overburdened with negative press, but one that also holds unlimited potential for the
individual business owner.
Let's unveil such alike, inspiring interviews and stories of many such significant companies in this special edition
and spread a word about their contribution in making this world a better place. Also, do go through the CXO
standpoints presented by some of the leading industry experts to taste the glimpse of the described sector.
Have a good read!
Being disruptive, can be coined when an entity
decides to contribute for the betterment of the world.
“ “
Hitesh Dhamani

CONTENTS
CONTENTS
10COVER STORY
ARIIXDisruptive by Design™
ARICLES
Securing Future
Cyber Security:
Secure Your Network
with Intelligence
Digi Connection
Benets of Blockchain
in the making of
Smarter Energy Grids
E-Mobility
E-Mobility:
Pioneering Transportation
with Smart Grid
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54
Seceon
Eliminating Threats in
its Real-Time
Pivotal
Systems
A Key Player in the
Semiconductor
Industry
42
Prescient
Co. Inc
Revolutionizing the
Construction Industry
with Digital Technology
48
Prism Global
Marketing
Solutions
Enabling Business
Strategies to
Successfully Implement
the Inbound Marketing
Methodology
50
CXO’s
Fintech
The Next Big Thing
Leader’s Take
30
Beyond Automation:
AI powered Autonomous
Factories of the Future
Mentor’s Standpoint
52

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Business Development Executives
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COVER STORY
Dr. Fred Cooper
CEO & Founder
ARIIX

Disruptive by Design™
You can be conﬁdent knowing
that ARIIX provides you with not
only the best of what's out in
the industry today, but we are
also constantly striving to
provide you with industry-ﬁrst
resources to keep you on the
leading edge of network
marketing.
“
Top 10 Disruptive Companies to Watch

needs and interests. ARIIX's products
are based on viability, advocacy and
efficacy. People consume the products
based on the value of what the product
does for them — they don't just
stockpile products in their garage and
a empt to make money in their
business.
When the Target is to Create a Fair
PlayingField
Dr. Fred Cooper, CEO of ARIIX, already
knew that if the organiza on wanted to
be a truly disrup ve force in this
industry, it first needed to get rid of all
the "junk" in compensa on plans.
According to Fred, every network
marke ng company claims its
compensa on plan is the best plan that
pays the most. But the reality is there's
not much differen a on between
them. And they use decep ve
Reviive personal care products
cleanse away impurities without
introducing new ones.
ARIIX has been consistently ranked in
the DSN top 100 and has gone up every
year. Each year, DSN, the leading
publica on for the direct selling
industry, recognizes the top 100
revenue-genera ng direct selling
companies around the world to assist
entrepreneurs seeking opportuni es
withinthislucra veindustry.
Employing a "House of Brands"
Strategy
ARIIX isn't known as the "juice"
company or the "wellness" company.
Rather than being a branded house, it
employs a "House of Brands"
philosophy that allows the company to
provide a diversified product offering
with brands that stand on their own and
also work together, allowing its
Representa ves to build a business
based on products that align with their
COVER STORY
RIIX was founded eight years
Aago on the U.S. Independence
Day for a host of reasons —
most notably was the fact that ARIIX
represented independence from the
direct selling companies of yesterday.
The company didn't grab a flashy
product to launch with a sexy story
paired with an MLM blueprint of what's
been done before. Instead, ARIIX
sought to do things differently, to bring
about true change in an industry
overburdened with nega ve press, but
one that also holds unlimited poten al
fortheindividualbusinessowner.
ARIIX was launched both in the U.S. and
in Asia at the same me, and that was a
winning combina on. The company has
seen progressive growth of $15–40
millionUSDperyearoverthepastseven
years.Andithasn'thadadownyearyet!
The best part is ARIIX may not be the
fastest growing, but it is the most
consistent. What grows fast can burn
fast, but ARIIX is here for the long haul.
T h e c o m p a n y i s h e l p i n g i t s
Representa ves to create a legacy
business that they can pass down to
their heirs! That's unheard of in this
industry!
The ARIIX Seal of Approval is
THE standard you’ve been
looking for.

Jouvé is a revolutionary skin care
brand with a selection of high-performance
products that reveal true, youthful brilliance.
marke ng prac ces to assert that their
plan pays out a lot, when it really
doesn't. Compensa on plans can be so
tricky that it's hard to see when the
balance of power is unequal to the
individualbusinessowner.
Fred's goal is to create a playing ﬁeld
that is completely fair. As an example,
onecompanymayhaveacompensa on
plan that pays a million dollars to one
person and another may have a plan
that pays $1 to a million people.
Obviously the company that pays a
million to one is going to be screaming
about how much you can earn. They
never tell you that only one person
achieves that kind of success. The way
ARIIX's compensa on plan is built,
everyone has the same poten al to
makemoney.
ARIIX is also disrup ng the network
marke ng landscape by oﬀering a
compensa on plan that works the way
its Representa ve does. Whether a
Representa ve new to ARIIX was
previously forced to follow a unilevel,
binary or matrix compensa on plan

NuCerity skin care products enhance
beauty in intuitive and revolutionary ways.
At ARIIX, we're passionate about
human potential. We believe
everyone has inﬁnite potential
for greatness and our vision is to
h e l p y o u u n l e a s h y o u r s .
Maximizing your potential is how
we measure our success —
whenyouwin,wewin.
“

Nutrifii provides a collection of premium
supplements to give your body the nutritional support it
needs for optimum health.
with their former company, ARIIX
provides a mul -line structure that
allows the Representa ve to build their
business in ways they are most
comfortable with. Plus, the company
truthfully does offer the highest-paying
compensa on plan the industry has
ever seen. ARIIX's compensa on plan,
ACTIV8™, was voted the No. 1
compensa on plan in the industry by
BusinessForHome.org and is changing
the way entrepreneurs experience
success.
The Revolu onary and Disrup ve
ContractinAc on
When it comes to staying ahead of the
compe on, the company believes the
ARIIX Representa ve Bill of Rights is a
clear winner. No one else in the industry
offers this, and Representa ves
throughouttheindustryarele without
a choice when the company they work
for decides to implement change — it's
always mandatory compliance. But not
with ARIIX. The company works in
collabora on with its Representa ves,
notindictatorshipagainst.
Here's an example of this revolu onary
and disrup ve contract in ac on. If the
organiza on updates or changes a
p o l i c y, w h i c h i s p a r t o f i t s
R e p r e s e n t a v e p o l i c i e s a n d
procedures, new Representa ves to the
business must adhere to the new
p o l i c i e s . H o w e v e r, e x i s n g
Representa ves get to decide if the
updated policy works for them. If they
don't like the new changes, they can
keeptheirexis ngcontract.
The CEO adds, "We aren't dictators, we
are disruptors, and we believe in
empowering our hard-working
Representa ves with control of their
des ny."
Also, everyone must follow the same
r u l e s . A R I I X d o e s n ' t a l l o w
Representa ves to steal other
Each uniquely effective formula of Priime
brings you the best of ancient tradition and
modern scientific knowledge.
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Representa ves, regardless of how big
they are. If a top Representa ve that
consistently brings in a lot of money for
both themselves and the company
performs a terminable oﬀense, ARIIX
doesn't look the other way because
they are big money-makers. They are
held to the same standards as everyone
else.
Valuing Collabora on and Shaping the
Journey
When ARIIX opened its door for
business, the company had to
outsource a third-party data housing
system, which eventually meant zero
control over its data, as well as data
limita ons. However, currently the
organiza on has a fully func onal and
award-winningin-houseITdepartment.
This allows the company to respond to
issues in real- me and ensures data is
securelyheld.
ARIIX's con nued focus is on its
Representa ves.Theyworkhard for the
company, and the company works hard
for them. Both the Representa ves and
the company celebrate achievements
together, because ARIIX is a company
that values collabora on. Together,
ARIIX and its Representa ves have
garnered more than 38 growth,
innova on and visionary-related
awardssince2012.
®
As THE Opportunity Company , ARIIX is
helping families around the world
transform their ﬁnances, transform
their health, and live lives they never
thought possible. From a few extra
dollarstohelppaythebills,toincredible
lifestyles for the dedicated full- me
business builder,ARIIX is helpingpeople
achievetheirdreamseveryday!
So what happens when a company
forms with the disrup ve concept of
working for its Representa ves to
create a truly collabora ve and unique
business model? It works. ARIIX has
successfully disrupted a 100-year-old
industry, and it isn't the end. To stay
Slenderiiz provides a safe and long-term
weight loss solution with results superior
to those of diet and exercise alone.
A new take on
weight loss
"I have never met a company like ARIIX that
can't be compared in terms of products,
compensation plan and environment."
—Toshiya Waki, Japan
"We are here because we belong to a
company that allows us to transform our
lives in every possible way you can
imagine."
—Debbie and Ken Schneider, Canada
"If you are willing to work, then you can be
successful. You need to push yourself and
realize how lucky you are to have ARIIX in
your life. Being successful isn't luck, but
hard work and willingness. Everyone can
do it!"
—Julie Darbon, France
COVER STORY
Client's Feedback

Puritii protects you from air and
water pollutants that directly impact
your health every day.
ahead in this industry, ARIIX has to be
extraordinary all day, every day. And the
company does this because it believes
in the transforma ve power this
industry provides. ARIIX doesn't mind
shaking things up and consistently
disrup ngthestatusquoonebit.
Disrup ng the Direct-Selling Industry
onaGlobalScale
Since its launch, ARIIX is now open in 21
markets across the globe. Japan and
Europe are the two fastest-growing
markets currently, and both of these
markets include a large millennial
demographic. Recently, both markets
experienced incredible growth, leading
the way for an ARIIX record-breaking
salesweekof$6millionUSD.
While ARIIX oﬀers a global opportunity,
the company isn't in a hurry to open
markets just for the sake of numbers.
ARIIX applies strategic direc on in all
open markets to ensure a solid and
sustainable opportunity for its
Representa ves. The company is slowly
disrup ng the direct-selling industry on
aglobalscale,onemarketata me.

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Cyber
Security
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At present, cyber security is
playing a vital role in the
digital world and it is also
known as a standard technology use
for the protection of cyber
environment of an individual or any
organization. It is mainly known for
security culture which includes user
network, drives, software process,
information storage, application
security and system support which is
directly or indirectly connected to the
network. The prime objective of
cyber security is to reduce
continuously growing cyber risks and
cyber threats.
Cyber security technology consists of
a collection of tools, policies,
security concepts, risk management,
actions, and training. The technology
tracks protected networks, data
security from data attack, along with
cyber security and physical security.
The core functionality of cyber-
security is based on techniques
involved protecting information and
system from cyber threats.
How Cyber Security came into
Existence?
As with the history, cyber security
has huge network background with
its own findings and technology
aspects. In the early 1990s, a
research on information security and
policy was been introduced where
information was in the form of
accuracy and based on system
awareness. Under 2016 survey, 70%
of the organizations in the US were
adopted by US Security survey
which is comprised of NIFT
(National Institute of Standards
and Technology)
Cyber-security framework.
Origins of Cyber Security Platform
Cyber security is defined as a
package of safety solutions which
provides major security processes.
There are many sectors which are
consuming cyber security platform as
its major functionality for web
service network. The fundamentals
of cyber security process are,
Ÿ Application Security
Ÿ Information Security
Ÿ Network Security
Ÿ Operational Security
Ÿ Application security is covered
with technology that measures the
feasibility of the application by
finding, fixing and preventing
security exposers. There are
different techniques which are
being used as security platform to
emphasize safety at different
stages of the application cycle.
Application cycle includes
different segments such as design,
development, deployment,
upgrade, and maintenance. The
standard of security process is
consequently changing and
application cycle has also a
different process with different
standardization.
Techniques used in application
security are mainly focused on
its exposer of the application
security. Whitebox security is
used for reviewing the source
code and noticing security flaws
of the application through
manual functionality. Blackbox
security audit is used for testing
security functions where source
code is not needed.
Design review is used as an
application of threat model, and
works before the code is written.
And Tooling is the technique
which includes automated tools
that test security flaws with
higher positive rate.
Ÿ Information security is a core
source of information which is
confidential, integrated and easily
available. The primary focus of
this security process is to the
stable data protection while
maintaining a focus on efficient
policy application. Risk
management process is achieved
by identifying assets, threat
sources, and vulnerabilities and is
also followed by the effectiveness
of the risk management plan.
Information security mainly
works on confidential information
which is highly entitled to the
process.
Ÿ Network security sets a variety
of computer networks, used in
both public and private sector. It
also includes conducting
transactions and build
communications among
businesses, government agencies,
and individuals. All networks are
divided into two sections, private
network and public network.
Private networking is used
within the company and public
network access relates to the
open source network. This
security culture is highly
involved in most of the
companies, enterprises, and other
types of institutions. It is mainly
used for protecting and
overseeing the operations. The
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network resource is relatively protected by assigning
a unique name and a corresponding password. The
process is concerned with authentication of
username and password which implements its
security concept.
Ÿ Operational security is a process that identifies
information which is critical and easy to determine by
competitor intelligence. It protects individual piece of
data that could be grouped together to give a proper
set of information. It includes critical information
essential for military commanders, senior leaders, and
higher management. The whole process also includes
technical and non-technical measures such as, use of
email encryption software, taking precautions against
spying data and securing confidential information not
to be shared on social media platform.
Operational security is a five-step process which
assists any organization to specify required
information,
Ÿ Identification of critical information
Ÿ Analysis of threats
Ÿ Analysis of Vulnerabilities
Ÿ Assessment of Risk.
Securing Organization Processes
Cyber security process plays a crucial role to impact
information security of the organization. It also explores
the “Relationship between Organization Culture and
Information Security Culture” and contributes into the
organization’s protection as well as maintains all kind of
information. Security process is a never-ending process
in which information is used as a resource tool to
manage statistics security culture.
The security process served five-step processes including
pre-evaluation, strategic planning, operative planning,
and implementation. The pre-evaluation process
identifies the awareness of information security within
employees in the organization. Strategic Planning offers
healthier awareness program where target gets sets
according to the grouping of people. Operative Planning
provides good security process which can be established
based on internal communication, security awareness,
and a training program. Implementation is four stage
process used as security process to implement
information. The process is used for management,
communication with organizational members, and
current employees.
Enhancing Future with Cyber Security
Cyber security is aggressively contributing to the IT field
concerned with reducing organization’s risk and data
break. According to research in 2016, 46% of
organizations carry "problematic shortage" of cyber
security, and is increased by 28% compared to 2015.
Also, government, commercial and non-governmental
organizations use cyber security for better and secure
platform.
The demand for cyber security is increasing rapidly as
professional security worker in all industries are
managing the volume of consumer data of finance,
healthcare, and retail. However, the use of the term
“cyber security” is more popular in all industrial areas
that will help organizations with security process culture.
Conclusion
Cyber security is equally important for local, state, and
central government as these organizations maintains a
huge amount of confidential data and records concerning
the country and its citizens. Yet there are many
government and commercial organizations that face
difficulties in protecting the confidential data due to lack
of inadequate secured infrastructure, and lack of security
awareness.
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he number of people with
Tdiabetes has risen from 108
million in 1980 to 422 million
in 2014. Diabetes is the decease
present in every age group, and not
having a cure is growing significantly .
With the celestial vision to deliver a
tool to dietetics that prevents
borderline diabetes from getting the
disease, Alertgy was established in
February 2016. Most of the founders
have a personal experience with
diabetes and witnessed the challenges
of managing the disease. Pertaining to
these experiences the team of experts
envisioned a future where diabetics can
have a truly noninvasive continuous
monitor and alert system that is
inexpensive and easy to use. A system
that automatically alerts about the
blood glucose levels getting high or
low. They created a worry free
solution, giving doctors and patients
the best data to help in managing the
disease. Alertgy provides the world’s
first truly noninvasive continuous
glucose monitor (NICGM) and alert
system. The solution is powered with
the application of advanced dielectric
materials, sensor design, signal
generation/ extraction/ processing
technology.
There are No Coincidences
CEO, Marc Rippen is leading the
Alertgy team in the successful
commercialization of their unique and
proprietary technology. He is an
effective, passionate and truly
visionary leader who routinely thinks
out of the box to solve difficult
problems. He has a proven track record
in efficiently program managing
complex applied research and
development multidisciplinary teams
on multimillion dollar contracts to
develop, fabricate, test, optimize and
deliver working prototype solutions to
clients.
Alergy came in existence when he
discovered his wife a brittle type 2
diabetic and had chances of going into
a coma. Desperate to find a solution he
developed a noninvasive wearable
device that works with a phone app to
alert diabetics and their loved ones
when the blood sugar levels are
dangerously low or high. The app
provides continuous data on present
blood sugar levels and trends, so
diabetics can make the best choices to
manage their condition.
While describing about the experience
of innovating a unique solution Marc
mentions, "When I made it my mission
to develop a truly noninvasive
continuous blood glucose system, my
first step was to study what was has
been done in the past, what is being
done in the present, and what was
being developed for the future." While
researching Marc discovered that many
universities attempted the same
methods that he was studying. He also
found a well-documented technology
that has been demonstrated by multiple
universities to be capable of truly
noninvasive continuous blood glucose
monitoring, Dielectric Spectroscopy.
However, the universities were not able
to come up with a practical means to
reduce the system into a wearable
device.
Before the ideation of Alertgy, Marc
was the director of engineering of the
Marine and Space Technology Group
of the Stanford Research Institute. He
worked for SOCOM in developing
marine submerged electromagnetic
sensor networks which co-incidentally
held the key to developing a wearable
device. The advanced dielectric
materials, sensor, and electromagnetic
signal generation, extraction and
processing he had developed along
with his team for military applications
was then used to solve the biggest
challenge in the diabetes industry to
develop an accurate truly noninvasive
continuous glucose monitor. After
couple of months the first prototype of
the solution was fabricated and
demonstrated to be funtional.
Demonstration and documentation of
Real Time Blood Sugar Level Alerts for Diabetics
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companies from seed to public in variety of high
technology industries, developing prototypes,
manufacturing, healthcare, human factors, biomedical
engineering, implementation, clinical trials, and C-suite
experience in Fortune 100 companies.
Marc believes Alertgy can become a billion dollar company
in less than 5 years. This is validated by the fact DEXCOM,
whose only product is a very invasive and expensive
continuous blood glucose monitoring system has a
valuation of over 10 billion dollars, with just a type 1
diabetic market (Which is less than 3 percent of the total
diabetic market).
The NICGM Alertgy product gives type 2 diabetics a means
to track their blood glucose totally, non-invasively, and
continuously without chemical reactions on their skin or
expensive needle sensors implanted under their skin that
must constantly be replaced. The type 2 market is the other
97 percent of the obvious diabetic market. Then there is the
borderline diabetic market which is one-third of the world’s
population. In addition, the unique Alertgy solutions have a
promising future where their technology can be used to
monitor for many other diseases and be used to diagnose
them and better manage them.
the innovation was crucial in moving forwardt. Most of the
staff of Alertgy was healthy and had no symptoms of
diabetes or high blood glucose levels. Thus, Marc
volunteered himself for the device test. His father had died
from complications from diabetes thus he thought he can be
probably be on the borderline. He drank a 44 oz coke slurpy
and feasted on 2 Boston crème donuts and gave the test.
The team used three different glucometers to compensate
for the fact that the results vary by up to 20% in the
readings they give, and the device uses the average to
calibrate the system. After pricking Marc, two glucometers
diagnosed HIGH and one read 587. Marc was over range.
While discovering the solution he discovered he himself
was in diabetic. He started this to help his wife and all the
other diabetics in the world and saved his own life.
Set to Make the Mark
Alertgy harnesses the application of advanced technology
efficiently by truly using out of the box thinking. By using a
highly multi-disciplined approach with a can do attitude
Alertgy can take an idea and reduce it to practice from a
concept drawing on a napkin to functional prototype in
literally a few days. The company constantly strives to
improve its solutions and listens to strategic partners and
potential customers to see what it need to change or how it
need to approach.
With its commitment, Alertgy brings the needed expertise
and experience for success that span innovation, taking
“Alertgy uses innovation to
improve the health and
quality of life of people.
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Marc Rippen
CEO
AUGUST 2019

With the aim to arm
businesses and consumers
with the most current and
accurate property data needed to make
better business decisions ATTOM
Data Solutions came into foray. The
organization provides premium
property data to power products that
improve transparency, innovation,
efficiency and disruption in a
datadriven economy. ATTOM
multisources property tax, deed,
mortgage, foreclosure, environmental
risk, natural hazard, and neighborhood
data for more than 155 million U.S.
residential and commercial properties
covering 99 percent of the nation’s
population. A rigorous data
management process involving more
than 20 steps validates, standardizes
and enhances the data collected by
ATTOM, assigning each property
record with a persistent, unique ID —
the ATTOM ID. The 9TB ATTOM
Data Warehouse fuels innovation in
many industries including mortgage,
real estate, insurance, marketing,
government and more through flexible
data delivery solutions.
Solutions that Make Life Easier
ATTOM Data just became the first
property data provider to offer Data-
asa- Service (DaaS), a cloud-based
property data platform that streamlines
data management. The organization
also offers;
Ÿ Bulk data licensing
Ÿ Property Data API’s
Ÿ Match and Append
Ÿ Market Trends
Ÿ Marketing Lists
The company is slowly transforming
the future of property data by offering
a robust and comprehensive list of
premium property data that fuel
various industries.
Who Leads the Pack
Rob Barber is the CEO of ATTOM
Data Solutions. Under his leadership
over the past year, the organization has
completed multiple strategic initiatives
including the addition of best-in-class
neighborhood data through the
acquisition of Onboard Informatics and
launching multiple new products and
solutions to bring more comprehensive
real estate data to the marketplace.
ATTOM List; a new marketing list
creation tool, the introduction of a new
lender-grade but cost-effective
automated valuation model (AVM), as
well as a new streamlined API that
allowed it to consolidate its premium
property neighborhood and boundary
data into one self-service platform.
Most recently however, under Barber’s
leadership was the acquisition of
ATTOM Data Solutions by Lovell
Minnick Partners, a private equity firm
specializing in financial and related
business service companies. Since this
acquisition ATTOM has unlocked the
power of DaaS and continues to disrupt
the marketplace with various datasets
and solutions.
Barber has also been named a 2018
HousingWire Vanguard for his
outstanding executive leadership
contributions in the housing finance
industry. He was also a recipient of the
2019 RISMedia Real Estate
Newsmaker and named a Futurist, for
his ongoing curation of the nation’s
premier real estate database and
product innovation that leverages
ATTOM’s data, data licensing and
customer service. As well as being
named a winner of a Gold Stevie
award in the Tech Innovator of the
Year category for the 17th Annual
American Business Awards.
Bringing Innovation to the Table
Employees of ATTOM Data Solutions
are encouraged to broaden their minds
with company paid courses and/or
seminars to strengthen their skillset or
Helping to Make Better Business Decisions
ATTOM Data Solutions
AUGUST 2019

forward. with Most Helping to Make Better Business
Decisions We strive to arm businesses and consumers with
the most current and accurate property data needed to make
wise decisions.
Client Feedback
“The entire sales process was a pleasure since we were
treated like partners versus prospects.”-Arup Banarjee,
CEO, Windfall Data
“With the ATTOM implementation, DIMONT has gone from
1.75 ood reviews per hour per employee to 5-plus per
hour per employee…allowing us to save our customers time
and money.” -Denis Brosnan, CEO, DIMONT
“The data is updated every day, and always arrives on time.
Predictably good. ATTOM has done a good job of
standardizing the data.” -Bryan Copley, CEO, CityBldr
ATTOM Table of Elements
learn new ones. ATTOM believes that you still must invest
in your employees, because in order to grow as a company,
you must start from within. ATTOM Data strives to make
sure its employees take time away from work to recharge
and relax.
A strong work-life balance has also been established
through unlimited PTO, flexible schedules, various
company sponsored events, team building activities, a
casual work environment and comprehensive health
benefits. Innovation is fueled through the collaborative
environment that has been created with open work spaces,
cross-departmental work flow and open conversations
among the executive teams.
Tackling 21st Century Problems
According to ATTOM Data Solutions, the volume of data
companies need to deal with is huge, so working with a
company like ATTOM to provide clean, consolidated, and
integrated data eliminates the need to go to multiple
sources. ATTOM believes, matching disparate data is
complex and needs constant attention. Therefore, the
organization has built algorithms to automate much of this
and they are continually applying new thinking to this area.
The company also believes that adoption of new
technology, such as APIs and Data-as-a-Service is always
challenging, and ATTOM is leading the market in these
areas in many ways, continuing to push the industry
“We strive to arm businesses and
consumers with the most current and
accurate property data needed to
make wise decisions.
Rob Barber
CEO
AUGUST 2019

The Next Big Thing
FintechThe Next Big Thing
Fintech
e are at a time in which technology advances at an incredible pace, unlike other generations, today’s society is
Waccompanying technology, allowing it to develop without fear of looking back. Unfortunately, regulation and
laws cannot advance at the same speed, and that is creating dangerous gaps that can destabilize the economy as
we know it today.
The crisis we have experienced during the last decade has shown the shame of the economic system, and its fragility in some
aspects, such as its banking dependence. The latter has allowed alternative investment to hatch, and with it many ﬁntech
tools, blockchain systems, tools based on peer to peer, etc.
Francisco Mariscal
Co-founder & CEO
insightssuccess.com30 AUGUST 2019

The problem we are experiencing is
that, with the mentality of breaking the
rules so as to write them again
(something that in principle should be
positive for society), we are forgetting
the basic rules on which our society is
based; data protection, right to privacy,
capital controls, or protection of
retailers, are basic rules that should not
be forgotten, because if we do so, we
are going back in time despite being in
the most advanced technological cycle
in history. And this can lead to a spiral
as much or more dangerous than the
crises we have experienced in recent
decades.
Do not mistake the passion necessary
to advance in a disruptive business,
with moving forward at any price, the
next decade will be marked by major
changes in many sectors: Fintech,
Insurtech, Foodtech, Legaltech, etc. As
we can see in their names, they all rely
on technology, in which in most of the
cases there is no regulation or
jurisprudence, so we must be cautious
with the rules on which we write,
because if we do it in the wrong way
we will be wasting the opportunity that
is being given to us.
A clear example of the above is that the
majority of cryptocurrencies, which as
we all know are written under
Blockchain technology. The
blockchain technology is very reliable,
but it is not infallible, and
unfortunately the states are not
prepared for its supervision and
control, so even though its survival and
development is clear, here the market
is not ready to hatch, and unfortunately
we are seeing how it advances at a
speed of madness, and possibly we will
see scary situations, because the vested
interests are very high, and possibly
some are not entirely licit.
Another example, are the famous
ICOs, in 2017 we have seen how the
volume under management with this
type of product has multiplied by 5 in
direct investment on the same type of
asset, I do not say that that is bad in
itself. But when we see that companies
that have not been able to finance
themselves by normal alternative
investments, manage not only to do it
by this method, but also obtain three
times the capital they needed, it looks
like we are facing a bubble, and that if
it is not controlled can only bring
problems to the system, and possibly
the ones that will pay for this will be
the usual ones, the retail investors. All
this will bring fear into the tools that
are being born now, and could end up
becoming a mere frustrated attempt,
instead of a complement of the future.
Both examples described above are
allowing us to generate inflation in
value and price, something which we
all know what it will bring us. It is
clear that crises, like wars, generate
poverty, although in the long term
these allow the pillars upon which the
economies are built to be more solid,
and with that comes certain economic
evolution and improvement, at least to
date. Therefore, my insistence on
control, at least in what affects citizens,
the companies can take risks, but
without transferring them to people.
In general, the fintech sector has a huge
market for its development potential,
disintermediation and the creation of
value for the user will mark the next
decade. The new generations want
products that provide value and that do
not generate captivity of anything or
anyone. And this is my reflection, to
generate value to the user, it is
something more than just to provide a
friendly and easy to use tool, we must
protect the users and explain the risks
to be assumed. We are seeing how
many investment platforms sell high-
risk products to their users through
marketing tools. It is clear that we
could not live on a banking product
eternally. But what can not be allowed
is that the rules of protection for retail
investors are violated, because in doing
so we will be destroying a complement
of value to the traditional banking
product.
As a conclusion of all the above,
almost all the Fintech tools have a long
life ahead, the regulation is tracking
behind, but if we want it to last over
time, we must not forget the basic rules
of user protection in all its aspects.
Although there are no rules in most
cases we must use common sense,
which in many cases we are
demonstrating that it is the least
common of all the senses. Users are
our loudspeaker to change things, and
if we mistreat them, all they will say is
that we are another failed attempt at
evolution.
Francisco Mariscal
is a Founding Partner
of Fellow Funders.
Telecommunications
and industrial
organization engineer
from Universidad
Europa, he has a
master’s degree in
Quantitative Finance
from AFI and an
Executive MBA from
EAE Business School.
About the Author
Leader’s Take

oday, Artificial Intelligence is
Tan evolving technology,
playing a very important role
in shaping the future of almost every
aspect of every industry. Business
Development is no exception. Founded
in 2017, BDR.ai provides automated
business development and always on
prospecting™, powered by artificial
intelligence. ScaleX.ai = Scale to the
power of artificial intelligence.
Introducing AI for Sales
ScaleX.ai was launched in 2017 at an
average selling price of $40,000 for
30,000 sales activities (3 years of
outbound delivered in 3 months, at a
75% lower cost and 5X faster pace
than in-house resources). ScaleX.ai
signed nearly 50 clients in less than 12
months. The executive team at
ScaleX.ai discovered that many of the
buyers could not justify a $40,000
investment, and they would have
invested up to $6,000/month (the cost
of a typical SDR/BDR) if ScaleX.ai
offered such a service. This is how
BDR.ai was born – out of the desire to
serve more clients at a lower price
point, and to disrupt the SDR/BDR
role by providing Always On
Prospecting™.
5X the Digital Reach
BDR.ai provides virtual BDRs to
execute the digital selling motions
including: researching data, sending
personalized email, social outreach,
and providing agent-assisted dials for
quota carrying sales professionals.
These are activities that most quota
carrying sales professionals should do,
but quite oftent don’t have the time to
do. BDR.ai envisions replacing onsite
BDRs who average less than 50 sales
activities perday with virtual BDRs,
who average more than 250 sales
activities per day, at a cost up to 2/3
lower than hiring full-time employees.
Powered by Artificial intelligence,
BDR.ai’s virtual BDRs drive up to 5X
the digital outreach including through
multiple channels including phone,
email, and social.
Personalized Email Execution
Having an extensive experience in
managing inside sales teams of 50 –
100 people for the past decade, CEO
of ScaleX.ai, Chad Burmeister was
not happy to see the low-level work
that had done by the SDR and BDR
teams researching prospects to reach
out to, researching information about
them, and then customizing each
digital outreach by persona.
Committed to create a substantial
solution he developed BDR.ai along
with the team of experts.
BDR.ai eradicates the issue of SDRs
and BDRs of spending more than four
productive working hours of the day on
unnecessary researching and writing 10
- 15 emails. BDR.ai aligns a virtual
BDR to a salesperson to deliver up to
100 personalized emails per day sent
from the salesperson to prospects that
meet their ideal customer profile.
BDR.ai is a solution of ScaleX.ai. The
difference between ScaleX.ai and
BDR.ai is easy to explain. ScaleX.ai
delivers a full service BDR to deliver
phone, email, and social sales activities
on behalf of its clients delivering
calendared meetings for the sales team.
A typical company invests ~$32,500 in
a 90 day pilot for 30,000 guaranteed
sales activities, which typically results
in 50 – 150 meetings booked for our
client. BDR.ai delivers data (leads),
~100 personalized emails/day and then
executes up to 100 (or more) social
sales activities/day, on behalf of its
clients.
Transmitting Excellence
Chad Burmeister, CEO of ScaleX-
BDR.ai, has been voted a Top 25
Inside Sales Professional by the
American Association of Inside Sales
Professionals (www.aa-isp.org) 9 of
the past 10 years. He has written 3
books on sales including SalesHack 1
Automating Business Development with Artificial Intelligence
BDR.ai
(a ScaleX.ai solution)
AUGUST 2019

me, to our best prospects. For those who say that AI won’t
replace Sales Development Representatives, you are
wrong.” - Patrick Donlin, President and CEO
“AI for sales is one of the most exciting things happening
now and in fact is going to give professional salespeople
higher value work to do”- Lori Richardson, CEO, Score
More Sales
“ScaleX.ai delivered nearly 200 meetings for us in 2018.
We were so impressed with ScaleX.ai that we brought in
BDR.ai to power up our quota carrying sales professionals
with AI for Sales.” – Frank Swain, CRO, Instana
& 2, and ScaleX – Multi-Channel Sales Acceleration,
Powered by Artificial Intelligence. Chad is a regular
speaker at sales conferences and events around the world
including SalesForce Dreamforce, Frost & Sullivan, the
AA-ISP, Enterprise Sales Forum, and more.
Disrupting BDR Role
BDR.ai is disrupting the BDR role by delivering 5-10X
more sales activities, at a higher quality using AI for
personalization. Most recently, BDR.ai launched e-
Commerce on the website so that new customers can sign
up for services directly on the site, without the need to
speak with a BDR.
Expansion Opportunities
BDR.ai will continue to innovate to bring efficient ways for
its clients to penetrate new customers and build pipeline. It
envision utilizing additional expansion opportunities to
provide a way to record videos and send them to prospects,
a deeper integration with Agent-Assisted Dialing
technology (we call One-Click Conversations), and an
integrated physical mailer channel.
Client Admirations
“BDR.ai has eliminated the need for us to hire entry level
SDRs and BDRs who take a lot of time and energy to ramp
up, and then turnover in a matter of months. We hired two
virtual BDRs, powered by artificial intelligence, from
BDR.ai to execute 200 personalized emails/day, sent from
“BDR.ai sends up to 100
personalized emails/day on your
behalf, so that you can focus on
higher value work!
Chad Burmeister
CEO
AUGUST 2019

There are many reasons why
people start using legal or illicit
drugs like opioids. Oftentimes,
the reason is to deal with life stressors
or to address physical pain. According
to available data, as much as 20.6
million people are abusing drugs in the
U.S alone. Although the initial decision
to consume drugs may be voluntary or
due to legitimate prescriptions, its
continuous use can lead to addiction
for many. There is a serious opioid
epidemic facing the US and other
countries, and one company is trying to
make a difference.
BioCorRx Inc. is an addiction
treatment solutions company offering a
unique approach to the treatment of
substance use disorders. The
®
BioCorRx Recovery Program is a
medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
program which consists of two main
components. The first component of
the program consists of an outpatient
implant procedure performed by a
licensed physician. The implant
delivers the non-addictive medicine,
naltrexone, an opioid antagonist that
can significantly reduce physical
cravings for alcohol and opioids, and
can prevent opioid overdose following
relapse. The second component of the
program developed by BioCorRx Inc.
is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(CBT) program tailored specifically for
the treatment of alcoholism and other
substance use disorders for those
receiving long-term naltrexone
treatment. The Company also conducts
R&D under its controlled subsidiary,
BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals.
A Competent Leader
The CEO of the company, Brady
Granier, has an academic background
in Nursing and his career includes
various managerial and directorial
roles in media corporations where he
dealt with many popular brands. Prior
to joining BioCorRx in June of 2013,
Brady Granier had been involved in
sales management, media sales, and
business development. He was
employed at Clear Channel Media &
Entertainment ("CCME)" which is now
iHeart Media, where he had served in
several positions starting from Account
Executive to Director of Business
Development and Local Sales
Manager. He has also served as the
Healthcare Category Manager for the
Los Angeles division of CCME, the
largest media company in the
United States.
Integrated Treatment Therapy
The company started out only treating
alcoholism, but the emergence of the
opioid epidemic directed its focus to
combatting this problem as well. The
opioid crisis began in the United States
in late 1990s. Opioids are a class of
drugs which includes prescribed
painkillers, as well as illegal heroin.
The potency of such drugs has made
them highly popular for both medicinal
and recreational uses, and their
addictive nature has fueled the
epidemic. Deaths due to drug overdose
rose to more than 50,000 in 2015, and
almost half of those were from
prescription drugs. Such high numbers
are more than sufficient for the
problem to be categorized as an
epidemic by several governmental
agencies. The epidemic has cost the
United States economy over $500
billion in 2015 alone.
In an attempt to curb this continuing
threat, BioCorRx offers naltrexone in
the form of a biodegradable implant
that dissolves over months, thereby
releasing naltrexone into the
bloodstream in a sustained manner.
The opioid antagonist medication can
reduce cravings for alcohol and opioids
and can also block many of the effects
of such substances. With the
widespread problem of addiction due
in part to prescription drugs, this
treatment has the potential to make a
real difference to society. The implant
can work well to remove cravings and
protect from relapse while the implant
is releasing therapeutic levels of
naltrexone, but once the cravings are
reduced or eliminated, the underlying
reasons for the addiction should be
addressed. This can be challenging, as
Improving life with Extensive Addiction Recovery Service
BioCorRx,Inc.
AUGUST 2019

Ÿ Recovery Program is distributed by partner clinics
across the US and fees are paid to BioCorRx per
program sold by independent treatment providers. At
present, there are approximately a dozen partner clinics
available.
Notable Feats BioCorRx expects to get FDA approval for
its lead candidate BICX102, which is a naltrexone implant
similar to the one used in the BioCorRx Recovery Program.
The company secured a grant from the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA) for nearly $5.7 million dollars in Q1
2019 for that product. The company also recently
announced the upcoming launch of a new weight loss
program called UnCraveRx as well as a $6 million funding
related to this new program.
Clients Beating Addiction with BioCorRx
Former child actor Jeremy Miller said "I finally found
something that worked for me". Jeremy's mom found the
naltrexone implant procedure by BioCorRx on the internet.
Jeremy went ahead and had the naltrexone implant
procedure done and the medication assisted treatment
blocked his cravings for alcohol. "I have to tell you it
worked amazingly. It absolutely saved my marriage and my
wife thanks God for it each and every day." Jeremy now
helps other patients that enter the BioCorRx Recovery
Program.
each situation is different. To address this, BioCorRx
developed a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and peer
recovery support program around the naltrexone implant to
aid in addressing the psycho-social aspects of the addiction
and provide ongoing recovery support. The combination of
this medication withCBT and peer support is called the
BioCorRx Recovery Program.
Cutting Edge Offerings
BioCorRx offers a medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
recovery program which is used to treat both alcohol and
opioid use disorders. The following are the unique offerings
of the company
Ÿ Proprietary Naltrexone Implant is used per patient
prescription under state and federal compounding rules.
The process of treatment is a simple outpatient
procedure performed by a licensed medical professional.
During the procedure, the doctor inserts the implant in
the patient's fatty tissue usually in the abdominal area.
The entire procedure usually takes only 20-30 minutes
and patients typically report that within hours they
notice as reduction in cravings.
Ÿ Proprietary Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Program/Peer Support/Tracking in which patients
have access to 35 treatment modules designed to be
completed in 16 private sessions, in under 90 days. The
modules are now available to patient via mobile app or
in workbook form. The peer support is done via mobile
app that tracks engagement and patient progress.
“BioCorRx,Inc. uses innovation
to improve the health and
quality of life of people.
Brady Granier
CEO
AUGUST 2019

E-Mobility:
Pioneering Transportation with
Smart Grid
The electric automobile is associated with the
integration of transportation, which is resulted
according to the customer needs. Customer
demands are initiated towards renewable energies in terms
of a zero-emission and sustainable mobility. The “Smart
Grid” could be a hypothetic methodology with electrically
collected from vehicles that run on renewable resources.
However, E-mobility consequently specializing in customer
demands and build an effective source of energy through
mobility.
Electro mobility or E-mobility suggests clean and
environment-friendly transport through electric vehicles. It
conjointly delivers climate-friendly technology with
massive growth potential. In the automotive industry,
electricity suppliers and government influencers are also
pushing e-mobility within the field of standardization. For
sequencing to the perfection, utilities and network operators
are heavily investing under development of ‘intelligent’
electricity distribution systems.
Smart Grid Communication for economical E-Mobility
In smart grid, smart energy network depends upon
comprehensive communication with integrated charging
stations. The communication with the smart grid is
incessantly measured and controlled through an IP-based
connection. It additionally permits load compensation with
the assistance of interconnecting charging stations.
Additionally, vehicle-to-grid communication makes it
potential to integrate special charge models and supply new
services. Moreover, in future the vehicles connected to the
smart grid unit expected to perform batteries for storing
extra energy as needed.
Rendering ahead with Smart Grid
The move towards a low-carbon society would require
progress in renewable energy production and in e-mobility.
The success of e-mobility is connected to smart grid
development that helps intelligent charging infrastructure
for big scale acceptance of electric vehicles. The
dependency works both ways in which comparable to
massive scale acceptance of e-mobility helps massive scale
infrastructure investments to be profitable.
Functionalities of E-Mobility
There are two different kinds of plug-in electric vehicles,
such as plug-in hybrid vehicle and pure electric vehicle.
Were plug-in hybrid vehicles are equipped with a
combustion engine and pure electric vehicle encompass
pure electric connectivity. The proper electricity-production
drastically reduces CO2 emissions compared to traditional
combustion engine cars. From the perspective of the
electrical grid, people’s habits and daily schedules can
probably cause peak demand at certain times of day, which
may cause electricity network congestion or voltages below
normal.
Revolutionary Trends of Electrical Grid
In an electrical grid, the energy system becomes
progressively relied on renewable energy sources. The
wants to the electrical grid are ever-changing with latest
trends. The alternative energy is generally non-controllable,
suburbanized and unsteady. E-mobility brings purposeful
technology which reinforces the transportation medium and
efficient method.

Flexible property of E-Mobility
E-mobility may be a versatile electrical transportation
medium immensely capturing client demands. The
flexibility of e-mobility helps to reduce costs of network
investments and electricity bills with grid operators. The
network has the flexibility to deal with worst case situation.
It additionally reduces energy and absorbs excessive energy
generation, and additionally things and voltage issues.
Nissan Integrates E-Mobility with Smart Grid
The well-known automobile brand, Nissan is introducing its
own electronic vehicle or e-mobility vehicle with smart grid
technology. Nissan additionally proposes to introduce
technology and business ties between electric driving and
smart grid. Moreover, Nissan is on the point of introducing
energy storage for a vehicle for domestic usage supported
second-life batteries. Nissan’s is aiming to provide
concerning one hundred electric vehicle charging stations
for each non-public and business purpose. The automotive
users are ready to offer the battery capacity to vehicles and
to create energy for grid. Hence, Nissan drives its
e-mobility vehicles effectively with unified consumer
experience.
Confronting Future with E-Mobility
The future of electric vehicles is remodeling within the field
of energy and quality happening in the fields of energy and
quality. E-mobility is influenced by market factors and
forthcoming trends that are nearly unbeatable. The
conjunction of e-mobility and smart grid is a chance for
many automobile industries. Through automobile,
businesses have many possibilities to head in the market.
Henceforth, e-mobility delivers significant solutions to
automobile industry comprises with a smart grid. It’s a
revolutionary step towards automobile segmentation
comprises with electric transport mobility solutions.
E-Mobility

ne of the world’s greatest
Obasketball legends, Michael
Jordan once quoted “Talent
wins games, but teamwork and
intelligence win championships.” A
committed team is the key to
transforming vision into reality.
Whether it’s on a basketball court or
the continually growing business
world, teamwork always pays off. If
you have an inimitable vision and a
team of professionals who take no time
to convert strategies into
implementations, success in anything
becomes predictable, especially in
business ventures. With the vision of
it’s Founder, Jon Hathaway, and the
execution of his highly skilled team –
HATech could be the Business
Transformation partner you've been
looking for.
HATech is a renowned full-service
DevOps consultation company
headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. It
provides a series of customer centric
business transformation solutions that
assure customers their desired success.
Within four years of its inception the
company has been able to gain
nationwide attention pertaining to its
remarkable collaborations with clients
from a range of industries. A recent
expansion into the city of Phoenix, AZ
has helped solidify the need for
HATech’s skills and expertise in
helping Enterprises become more
nimble and realizing the need to
transform.
A Relentless Drive
Prior to establishing HATech, Jon
Hathaway built several DevOps teams,
operating across Enterprise
organizations but performing with a
startup mindset within the larger
business. During this time, he
recognized the need of an all-inclusive
tailored solution that can enable a
business to drive their growth. While
answering the question, what inspired
you to create HATech? Jon wittily
reveals, ‘Bad Companies!’
His experience is that most often
DevOps solution providers introduce
tools to address customer concerns.
However, someone else downstream
has to deploy these new tools quickly
and effectively for the overall process
to be considered a success. All too
often, new tools require training &
additional investment from a team that
is already under a great deal of
pressure to provide business value.
HATech leads with people first,
processes, then tools. Inevitably,
automation will speed up good AND
bad processes. HATech keeps their
clients focused on improvement from
the inside out.
Contrary to the popular trend in the
consultation industry, HATech chooses
not to diversify its target audience. The
appeal of diversification is greater
market share and consequently,
increased revenue. For HATech, those
concerns are secondary. Hence, the
company focuses on offering piercing
insights that clients can leverage to
transform their work culture, maximize
the effectiveness of people and
processes, and ensure the glitch-free
performance of platforms and
products. A client can expect HATech
to work in sync with them at every
stage of their business cycle, from
product inception, design, and build to
deployment and getting it into
customers’ hands in the shortest
possible time. Being fully embedded
with a clients’ teams gives HATech the
insight to help mentor and coach those
teams of individuals, in to how to be
successful.
Considering the factors like agility and
distinctive customer needs, HATech
focuses on creating a roadmap and plan
iteratively, producing the most amount
of value for its customers instead of
architecting a solution for 3 years in
advance. This speed of HATech
became a major game changer for
many industries where instead of an 18
month endeavor to catalog
requirements, and architect a solution,
HATech delivered the most important
features and requirements within
months and in some cases, even a week
or less.
Employee Focused
In a rather competitive field, HATech
stands out with its emphasis on a
culture-first mentality driven by
concepts and an extraordinary focus on
Transforming Businesses with DevOps
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customer to be successful. Everyone appreciates the
importance of the projects as a unit and they all invest their
time voluntarily. The credit is due in large part to the
leadership team at HATech as well. They get their hands
dirty with the rest of the team and this sets a great example
for everyone else to follow.
Securing Future with Positive Integrations
DevOps solution providers around the world recognize
HATech for its innovation and futuristic approach. Jon
believes HATech’s focus on its core offering i.e. business
transformation solutions is the greatest strength of the
company. He asserts, “We are one of the few companies
that specialize in the DevOps cultural transformation facet
of business development. "We add new features and
capabilities and that helps us help other companies adopt
DevOps in a reliable and scalable way.” The company
envisions leading the way in DevOps, with positive
integrations and evolving partnerships in times ahead.
employees. HATech’s office infrastructure is an open-
concept. Engineers, business analysts, consultants, support
team, marketing team, customer success management, even
the CEO sits out on the floor. The company creates an
atmosphere were a complete DevOps team work together,
everyone including associates contributing in development
and engineering, operations, systems support, IT, product
assurance and product managers. This allows an easy flow
for communication, questions, opportunities to learn, and a
lot more fun. No more silos and no more finger pointing.
The whole team is responsible for building and adding
value to the business and their customers.
Leading By Example
HATech is one of the world's renowned DevOps solution
providers. It is distinctively recognized amongst the
industry leaders for its unique culture and employee driven
approach. It is evidently a reflection of their leader, Jon's
personality. There is no separate CEO's office and he is with
the team out on the office floor every day. Jon recalls, his
exceptional background has played a vital role in his
approach towards business. He is not a business school
graduate; in fact, he has never been to university.
Everything that he knows about the industry is the product
of personal experience, getting his hands dirty, and working
his way up.
The simplicity and honesty he brings to the table has
created its deserving impact over employees. As HATech
have never missed a deadline for a customer project, the
entire team are committed to doing whatever it takes for the
“We drive change, demonstrate
excellence, and deliver results.
Jon Hathaway
Founder & CEO
AUGUST 2019

emiconductor devices influence
Sour lives on a daily basis and are
all around us. They can be found
in just about every commercial product
we touch, from the family car to the
pocket calculator. They are contained
in television sets, portable radios,
stereo equipment, and much more.
Science and Industrial space also rely
heavily on semiconductor devices.
Research laboratories use these devices
in all sorts of electronic instruments to
perform tests, measurements, and
numerous other experimental tasks.
Industrial control systems (such as
those used to manufacture
automobiles) and automatic telephone
exchanges also use semiconductors.
Even today, heavy-duty versions of the
solid-state rectifier diode are used to
convert large amounts of power for
electric railroads. This creates a need
for handling, controlling, and
manufacturing semiconductor
applications. Pivotal Systems provides
the best-in-class gas flow monitoring
and control technology platform for the
global semiconductor industry. The
company’s proprietary hardware and
software utilizes advanced machine
learning to enable preventative
diagnostic capability resulting in an
order of magnitude increase in
productivity and capital efficiency for
existing and future technology nodes.
The platform includes Pivotal’s Gas
Flow Controller (GFC) product lines
that offer high-accuracy, real-time
monitoring and control of the most
critical parameters difficult to control
in wafer processing today: Gas Flow
and Chamber Condition.
Inception Story
The Executive Team at Pivotal
Systems has decades of experience in
the semiconductor industry working at
the leading process equipment
companies. John Hoffman, CEO of
the company, has over 30 years of
global high technology management
experience building growth
organizations in both semiconductor
and information technology markets.
Dr. Joe Monkowski was the President
of Lam Research and Officer at
Advanced Energy. Nori Kobayakawa
was an executive at KLA-Tencor, the
leading metrology and Inspection
Company in the world. All of them
came together understanding that the
singular goal of the largest global
semiconductor manufacturers and
largest global equipment companies
was to enable the manufacture of better
semiconductor devices per hour of
production. They all understood that
speed and repeatability of existing gas
flow control systems was a significant
limiter and it was a technology
segment that was ripe for innovation.
An All Encompassing CEO
Prior to joining Pivotal Systems, John
was a Senior VP with Spencer Trask
Ventures, a New York based venture
capital firm. While at Spencer Trask,
John was primarily involved in the
solar and integrated circuit efforts of
the firm. Prior to Spencer Trask, John
was the Chief Executive Officer of
RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, an
Inc. 500 fastest growing private
company. John reorganized the
company and enabled record growth in
revenue and profitability during his
tenure. John has also been an officer at
Applied Materials for 18 years and ran
several of their largest business groups
while there.
John was the President of the billion
dollar "Etch Product Business Group",
VP and GM of the Process Control and
Diagnostic Business Group and the
General Manager of the Customer
Service Division which grew by over
300% during his tenure. John has a
B.S. from the United States Military
Academy at West Point and an
Executive MBA (AEA) from Stanford
University. He currently serves on
several Boards of Directors and
Advisory Boards.
Overview on Innovative Products
Pivotal Systems is driven by
Innovation coupled with continuous
A Key Player in the Semiconductor Industry
AUGUST 2019

Pivotal Systems’ technology and innovation paves the way
for the future of gas flow control. The flow control
technology combines Pivotal’s patented, high accuracy
™
GFM system with patented control valve technology. As
such, it leapfrogs the current MFC technology by offering
an order of magnitude improvement on key flow
parameters, thereby enabling high efficiency advanced
wafer-manufacturing processes.
Future Trends and Sustaining Competency
Pivotal Systems’ future is just like every other company in
the world, it is what the employees and management make
it to be. The organization collectively needs to show up
every day and continuously support its customers by
bringing them continued value. If the company is able to
work in this manner, its future is bright.
Pivotal Systems future is driven by a shared vision of
excellence and innovation coupled with relentless pressure
to execute. New integrated circuit designs and new
materials are continually bring introduced to make the next
generation of devices. Pivotal’s engineering team is focused
on continuously optimizing and improving both the
hardware and the software platform in conjunction with
strategic customer requirements.
improvement. When the company was established, it
approached the gas flow control problem from an entirely
different direction. It used nanotechnology and machine
learning to effectively change the competition. The key
point to remember is that if a company uses something for
the first time in an Industry, every improvement it makes is
effectively continuous innovation. Pivotal’s Gas Flow
Controllers and Flow Ratio Controllers solve key
semiconductor manufacturing issues through a proprietary
hardware design, which is underpinned and driven by an
internally developed and proprietary software operating
system. This provides accurate and repeatable flow control
and real-time measurement no matter the dynamics of
semiconductor wafer processing. Ultimately, Pivotal’s
products enable there billion dollar customers the ability to
make more money while preserving resources.
Wide-reaching Pivotal Systems Applications
Much of the electronics and technology that is used by
corporates and consumers today contains either IC and/or
OSD devices. Pivotal’s current product portfolio controls
the flow of gas into process tools used in the production of
ICs. Pivotal’s devices are either sold to:
Ÿ Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs): to be used
in both deposition and etching process tools supplied to
Integrated Device Manufacturers for application in the
semiconductor manufacturing process.
Ÿ Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs): to retrofit
existing process tools installed in semiconductor
fabrication plants.
“Pivotal Systems will be the
leader in gas flow control in
the Semiconductor Industry.
John F. Hoffman
CEO
AUGUST 2019

Smarter
Energy Grids
Benets of
Blockchainin the making of

Human beings have always looked up to nature and
made efforts to learn from its basic principles.
Sonars were inspired by dolphins, light bulbs by
fireflies, suction cups by octopus and robots itself to
replicate human beings. One such instance that has been
enthused by microorganisms is distributed ledger
technology (DLT), widely known as blockchain.
“The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of
economic transactions that can be programmed to record
not just financial transactions but virtually everything of
value.”
-Don & Alex Tapscott.
It records transactions between two clients without any
third party authentication which is an efficient process when
it comes to stable data. Blockchain provides data
management without the threat of unauthorized access or
manipulations. It is proving to be a solution for frequent
problems in various fields. Blockchain technology has the
capability to disrupt approximately every industry ranging
from finance, to education to power.
Blockchain Technology in Smarter Grids
One of the areas in the energy industry where blockchain
technology can disrupt the market is smart grids. Lately,
blockchain has been well-thought-out as one of the
developing technologies that can be used for developing
decentralized grid topologies and revising the distributed
management of energy businesses. Blockchain database is
shared by all the nodes in the system. A node is an active
device which can be connected to internet and has an IP
address. Examples of devices include computers, tablets,
phones and even printers. The job of a node is to upkeep the
network by maintaining a copy of the blockchain and
process transactions.
Benefits of Blockchain in Smarter Grids
Blockchain can aid numerous utility industry requirements.
It can act as a foundation stone with the possibility of
disrupting the prevailing ecosystem. With the promotion for
e-vehicles and individuals shifting to electric cars, supply
and demand of energy needs to keep pace. Here blockchain
comes in the scenario with its peer-to-peer interconnectivity
and sharing. This balances the demand from several
foundations and makes the grid smarter by directing
sharing.
As there are small and compact smart grids, consumers with
the help of blockchain can simply trade energy with one
another thus saving time and earning a few dollars. In the
power industry, blockchain technology can ensure a 5D
Impact: decentralization, digitization, democratization,
distribution and deregulation.
Smart Meters
Smart meters are used to record electrical usage. These
meters enable us to monitor our electrical consumption
more precisely which will help consumers make better
energy choices. Through blockchain, clients can directly get
the amount spent which eradicates middleman thus saving
money. This creates a more resilient network for gadgets to
run on. Smart meters can also provide accurate data to the
provider without needing a direct link to the meter of
particular users.
With the help of blockchain, producers of smart grids do
not have to invest a humongous amount. Here the producers
get paid instantly, which leads to less capital expenditure.
Besides this, blockchain can play a serious role in adjusting
power flows through the amalgamation and optimization of
local grids measured by the public or consortium modes. It
can aid in the maintenance of permanent records by
servicers, giving a flawless view of a particular object or
part of infrastructure at any given time. This information
can be retrieved easily as the structure is built on a shared
platform, while retaining the authenticity of the record.
While the possible benefits of the Smart Grid are usually
discussed in terms of renewable energy goals, economics
and national security, it has the potential to help save
money by managing your electricity usage and choosing the
best times to purchase electricity. Consumers can save even
more by generating their power with the help of blockchain.
Lately, due to the speedy growth in the deployment of
DEPs the smart grid organization problems can no longer
be proficiently addressed using centralized approaches,
thus, the necessity for visionary decentralized
methodologies and architectures is widely recognized.
It is assessed that the blockchain technology will add
another $3.1 trillion by 2030. Lately, due to the speedy
growth in the deployment of DEPs the smart grid
organization problems can no longer be proficiently
addressed using centralized approaches, thus, the necessity
for visionary decentralized methodologies and architectures
is widely recognized.
Lastly, blockchain technology may eventually fast-track the
evolution to what the power industry calls a “distributed
world.” It is the sum of both small and large power-
generation structures for communities, businesses and
home. To prosper in capitalizing the potential of distributed
generation and supervising less foreseeable and more
capricious renewable power sources, the trade’s
infrastructure must first become more agile and less
centralized.
Digi Connection

The word ’home’ itself conjures
the feeling of coziness and
comfort. Now the concept of
home is changing, and so are the
construction trends. Today’s
homeowners have different priorities
than homeowners of the past. Meeting
those demands in an affordable way is
increasingly challenging. Advancement
in technology brings flexibility in
residential construction market where
costly time-consuming projects are
now completed more quickly and cost
effectively. Prescient Co Inc., a digital
design-build construction company is
transforming the shape of residential
construction through emerging
technologies with its vision of
attainable housing for all. In the
construction business, multifamily
construction is plagued by rising costs,
decreasing productivity, acrimonious
relationships between participants with
slim margins, all while the need for
attainable housing is increasing
globally. Prescient’s mission is to
revolutionize this environment.
Prescient is the only digital designbuild
company which harnesses proprietary
technology to link the discrete
disciplines of architectural design,
engineering, manufacturing and
construction. It creates an efficient,
transparent, coordinated and
collaborative process in the building of
up to 180-foot light gauge steel
structures in multi-unit housing and
hospitality. The company accomplishes
this through standardized design, data
sharing, precise off-site manufacturing,
just in time and accurate placement of
inventory on site, with a QR-coded
framing component system for rapid
assembly.
An Ideal Service
Prescient has a proprietary digital
thread technology that links the entire
design, planning, engineering,
manufacturing and assembly process of
multifamily construction. This
approach significantly reduces the
time; cost and risks associated with
typical development projects. The light
gauge steel building components are
manufactured at state of art facilities to
tolerances less than 1 mm. It’s a
combination of software and hardware
solutions that continue to evolve to
meet a greater set of customer and
industry needs. Prescient’s design and
engineering team will integrate with
the rest of the project design team
including providing the necessary
information for the design and
engineering of the foundation and/or
podium of the project. They will
produce the required stamped drawings
and calculations at all major design
milestones. Prescient’s automated
production of the building super
structure provides the ideal platform to
model other major building systems
economically and effectively. The
structural model can be produced very
early during the design phase, enabling
more accurate information to be
available when it is most needed. The
company also offers additional
modeling services that can lead to
significant cost savings by streamlining
project coordination, eliminating
conflicts on site, and providing more
accurate information for detailed
pricing exercises.
A High Flying Executive
Magued Eldaief spent 27 years as a
senior executive in GE before arriving
as Prescient’s CEO in 2017. He has
built a world class leadership team
from within the industry coupled with
executives from other industries with
deep functional experience. He has
been instrumental in improving project
and manufacturing execution and
defining a clear technology and
investment roadmap.
Striking Appearance
Since its inception, Prescient has
grown from a few employees with a
6,000 SF pilot plant in 2013 to 400
employees and two 120,000 SF plants
with 12M SF of annual production
capacity. It has completed 37 buildings
and over 5.9M SF of residential space
and discovered additional customer
Revolutionizing the Construction Industry with Digital Technology
Prescient Co. Inc
AUGUST 2019

seismic project to feature the company’s approach is the
1.4M SF UC Davis student housing project. It’s the largest
student housing project anywhere in the US. And now the
company is working to get accredited to build up to 12
stories in seismic regions. In that pursuit it has collected
over 500M data points for 842 different tests, spent over
$4M and used over 15,000 engineering consulting hours to
prove the integrity of company’s system.
Testimonials
“Generation Atlanta will be the first building in the city to
utilize the Prescient structural system. The technology will
reduce construction costs by 20 to 25 percent compared to
using concrete, enabling the development to comply with
the City of Atlanta’s initiative to provide more affordable
housing.”— Kaplan Residential “We have converted
multiple projects from other structural systems to Prescient
for the simple reason that we would not have been able to
finish the projects on time and on budget without Prescient
on the team. Our clients have been so impressed with
Prescient they frequently bring their peers and consultants
to the construction site.” — Chris Hirst Senior Vice
President for CBG Building Company 01
needs with every project. This has led the company to
launch many new products such as integrated stairways,
elevators, metal decking, balconies and now external
sheathing. Each of these new products has helped to reduce
the time and cost of completing projects.
Enticing Strategy
Prescient’s system touches and affects not only the
developer, architect and GC but also all the MEP trades
working on the building. In many of its early projects, it
was able to assemble the building at its accelerated pace (up
to 20k SF/week) but the other trades weren’t prepared to
keep up. Thus, the developer and GC really didn’t save
anything from the speed at which the company framed the
building. Now, the company holds pre-project summits
where the GC brings all the trades to one of its current sites
and describes how the project will work. The company
makes sure everyone knows what to expect and how to
organize their teams to operate at a pace consistent with it.
Comprehensive Future Offerings
In the opinion of Prescient, upcoming tech solutions will be
addressing more and more of the industry’s needs and
customer pain points. That’s why Prescient continues to
innovate to solve a greater proportion of customer and
industry challenges and will soon launch new digital portals
which will bring even greater power and ROI to developers.
The system has just recently been accredited to build
structures up to 65 feet/5 stories in seismic regions. The first
“Changing the process of
construction starts with
changing how buildings
are designed.
Magued Eldaief
CEO
AUGUST 2019

G
one are the days when
businesses used to rely on
traditional marketing tactics
to reach out to their potential
customers. After the evolution of
digitalization, businesses are moving
toward inbound marketing strategies
that attract the attention of qualified
prospects , convert those individuals
into leads, and convert them into happy
customers. Taking this into
consideration, an inbound marketing
agency, Prism Global Marketing
Solutions stepped into the market in
the year 2013 to help businesses
achieve marketing success through a
combination of inbound marketing and
sales best practices and tactics.
Prism Global Marketing Solutions is a
HubSpot Platinum Partner that
provides global organizations with
integrated and comprehensive inbound
solutions to drive website traffic, leads,
and customer growth. They work with
their clients to develop and implement
unique inbound marketing programs
that encompass all aspects of the
buyer’s journey including: Content
Development, Lead Generation, Lead
Engagement, Email Marketing,
Marketing Automation, Sales
Enablement, and Closed-Loop
Analytics. They use this approach to
focus on the goals of the organization
first to develop a plan that connects
marketing activities with sales
initiatives to drive business growth.
Through this, they intend to deliver
programs that will help their clients
reach their revenue targets by
connecting with the right person at the
right time with the right content.
Emphasizing the Buyer’s Journey
Prism Global Marketing Solutions
provides complete inbound marketing
strategy and support for organizations
around the globe. What makes them
different and unique is that while some
agencies focus exclusively on web
development, or paid advertising, etc.
Prism creates comprehensive plans that
take into account the entire buyer’s
journey for their clients. This includes
buyer persona development, the
decision-making journey, and content
that will walk buyers through their
purchasing and decision process in a
cohesive fashion. In addition, they
leverage a technology stack that
includes automation and machine
learning to ensure they are maximizing
technology which plays a major factor
in a comprehensive inbound marketing
and sales plan.
Driving Organizational Growth
The founder behind Prism Global
Marketing Solutions is its President
and Founder, Elyse Flynn Meyer.
From her background in technology
and healthcare marketing, her vision
was to create a more seamless way for
organizations to take their vast amount
of content and leverage it to engage
website visitors and prospects to drive
organizational growth. Through
partnering with organizations such as
HubSpot, Seventh Sense, Wistia,
Databox, SurveyMonkey, and many
more, Elyse’s vision was to create a
technology stack for her clients that
enable them to automate repetitive
processes, stay in touch with prospects
and customers at the right time, and
scale their businesses in a more
sustainable fashion.
Scaling to Continually Innovate
Throughout the journey of Prism’s
growth, the company has learned that
scaling efficiently is the most important
part of the process. Scaling enables
companies to build processes and
operations that can grow with the
organization to ensure the highest level
of customer satisfaction and continual
innovation at every stage. In addition,
Enabling Business Strategies to Successfully Implement
the Inbound Marketing Methodology
AUGUST 2019

Marketing Solutions comes in. They build a complete
strategy around automation and the appropriate technology
tools so that each part of the process is optimized.
Testimonials from Clients
“Prism Global Marketing Solutions has set an example for
how businesses everywhere should be transforming their
marketing with inbound. Their strategic approach to
attracting, engaging, and delighting customers has not only
built valuable relationships with their audience, but has
driven growth for their agency and the inbound movement.
Our team here at HubSpot is proud to call Prism Global
Marketing Solutions a Partner and recognize them with the
HubSpot Impact Award.” - David Mcneil, VP Global
Partner Program and Strategy, HubSpot, Inc.
“Finding Prism Global Marketing has been instrumental in
taking our marketing program to an entirely new level using
a range of digital inbound tools. The Prism team have been
excellent guides to our journey in utilizing Hubspot to its
full potential for our inbound programs and campaigns,
helping to connect with our customer community faster, at a
deeper level of engagement and with more effective
analytics that allow us to continually improve our program.
All that and the fact that the Prism team is easy and fun to
work with make for inbound marketing success. Like I said,
finding and working with Prism has made all of the
difference!” – Peter Ruzicka, VP of Marketing, Agrice
receiving awards such as various HubSpot Impact Awards,
one of the Top 10 HubSpot Providers of the Year, and many
more, has reinforced their focus on marketing technology as
a main driver in helping their clients to put together
comprehensive and sustainable marketing programs.
Creating Seamless Solutions
Oftentimes, the biggest barrier to providing unified tech
solutions is the initial hesitation of organizations to embrace
new technologies. This is understandable as technology has
an impact at each and every level of the organization, and is
critical to get right the first time. To tackle this challenge,
they only work with the most innovative technology
companies to deliver the technology part of their services.
Prism does not implement a technology that has not been
tested and proven by their team. This is critical because
technology roll-outs need to work the first time or else there
can be major issues and friction within an organization.
Forming a Comprehensive Strategy
Machine learning and AI are at the forefront of tech
solutions. While these are already in place through things
such as chat bots, conversational marketing, send time
optimization, dynamic content, and much more, the need is
only growing. But companies need to remember that there
needs to be a team behind those tools. While they are
automated, there needs to be a very comprehensive strategy
to ensure it is done right every time so the consumer
experience is not interrupted. That is where Prism Global
“As a HubSpot Platinum Partner, we work
with our clients to strategize and implement
holistic inbound marketing programs to
drive revenue.
Elyse Flynn Meyer
President & Founder
AUGUST 2019

BEYOND
AUTOMATION:
AI powered Autonomous
Factories of the Future
Rise of the industrial robots in 1980s led to a
major evolution of Henry Ford’s assembly line
concept. Routine tasks that were being handled
by factory workers started to be performed by robots with
greater accuracy and efficiency. With the spread of
device-to-device communication and IoT protocols,
robots started taking a serious amount of responsibility
from factory workers. This movement was initially led by
th
German high tech firms that branded this shift as the 4
industrial revolution. On the opposite side, there was
China, taking advantage of their access to low cost
human labour as an alternative to automation. Very
recently, a few years ago, China flipped their strategy 180
degrees, becoming the biggest advocate of automation by
starting to invest aggressively on buying robots and
developing their own robotics know-how led by
government initiatives. So the technology won. There is
no question about the need for automation anymore and
major manufacturing companies, including the ones in
China, Germany and rest of the world are racing to
automate their industrial processes to increase
productivity.
Everything that can be automated will be
automated, according to Zuboff’s law.
However, some things are more difficult
to be automated than other things.
Those are non-repetitive tasks which
require higher level of cognition and
ability to adapt into unknown
conditions. These tasks can be
defined as the last mile in factory
automation. Tesla, the electric car
manufacturer, was recently
criticized by analysts for
automating their assembly line
more than necessary. The
reason of the criticism was the
fact that the cost of
automation exceeded the cost
of a human led assembly
Daghan Cam
Co-founder & CEO
Ai Build

line. This may be a valid argument for
today but the solution should be found
in increasing the bar for commercially
viable automation and not by going
back to lower levels of automation.
So if we are moving towards full
automation and lights-out
manufacturing, how can the last mile
in factories be automated without
overspending and over engineering?
Autonomy seems to be the answer,
therefore Artificial Intelligence…
There is a slight but important
difference between Automation and
Autonomy. Autonomy is the state of
being able to make independent
decisions in situations that were not
experienced before. By definition,
autonomous systems are always
automated, but the other way around is
not always the case. A system may be
fully automated but not autonomous.
“Blind Automation” is the term we use
for this category.
Systems that are blindly automated are
based on hard coded rules, as in expert
systems, and they tend to be very
difficult to be reconfigured if the
conditions or requirements change over
time. Autonomous systems, in contrast,
generalize the rules for decision
making in different scenarios by
allowing a higher level of abstraction
in their programming.
For example, in the blind automation
scenario, a robot may be programmed
to go to coordinates x, y, z in order to
pick up an object. This will work
without problems as long as the object
is found precisely at coordinates x, y, z.
However, if for any reason the object is
positioned at a slightly different
location, the robot will still go to x, y,
z, fail to pick the object up and
continue executing the rest of its
commands without noticing this
problem. Eventually every step
subsequent to this failure will also fail.
A better strategy for performing the
same task, is using a robot with vision
sensors, and programming it to go to
the object’s position (as a variable) to
pick it up. Regardless of where the
object is positioned, robot will localize
it using its sensors and successfully
pick it up. This difference between the
two programming paradigms; “go to x,
y, z” and “go to an object’s position”
makes a big difference in making the
system less prone to making mistakes
in unexpected conditions which is
crucial for last mile factory
automation.
Robots making hundreds of decisions
every second and receiving hundreds
of measurements from the environment
and from other devices also require
massive computation and storage
capabilities. Despite the popularity of
cloud computing in most applications
today, a decentralized compute power
is necessary for most robotic
applications and for IoT devices in
general. The throughput between the
edge and the cloud through internet
connectivity is simply not enough to
process all data generated by sensors
and make sensible decisions in real-
time. So edge computing, or fog
computing - dedicated servers on
premise as a layer between individual
devices and the cloud - will likely be
the norm in autonomous factories of
the future unless we experience a
breakthrough in science that leads to
infinitely fast and reliable internet
connectivity. However unlike compute
power, storage of important data, that
is filtered on the edge, should be
centralized in order to achieve the best
decision making models at every
location.
As a summary, a few conclusions and
predictions about the future are:
Ÿ We are moving towards an
autonomous black-box factory
model where the factory robots are
operated by themselves without
human intervention.
Ÿ These factories will be powered by
the data that is generated by
themselves and their productivity
will increase over time exceeding
human performance in every
process involved in manufacturing.
Ÿ Factories will compute on-premise /
on-edge and they will push
important data to cloud for
benefiting from a shared pool of
data with other factories.
www.ai-build.com
In this scenario where robots make
autonomous decisions by using real-
time sensor data, a feedback loop is
established between physical and
digital environments. The constant
flow of information from physical to
digital and vice versa create immense
amounts of structured data which is the
fuel for AI powered autonomous
factories of the future. Such action-
measurement-action strategies allow
the systems to self-improve over time,
creating a data network effect in
manufacturing. The more one process
is executed, the more efficient it will
get. This allows super-human
performance in almost every domain
given enough data.
Daghan Cam is the Co-founder
and CEO of Ai Build, a London
based startup developing
Artificial Intelligence and
Robotics technologies for the
construction industry. He is also
a visiting lecturer at University
College London doing research
on robotic fabrication, large scale
3d printing and parallel
algorithms with GPU computing.
His work focuses on developing
intelligence for automating
complex tasks in design and
manufacturing by using
computer vision and machine
learning techniques.
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