Ai Mentors

Today's guest is Kenneth Schwartz, VP of Innovation and Analytics at HealthFirst. Healthfirst is a provider-sponsored health insurance company that serves more than 1.4 million members in downstate New York. Healthfirst offers top-quality Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Child Health Plus, and Managed Long Term Care plans for their customers. Kenneth is responsible for Healthfirst's Analytics Delivery, Data Science and Advanced Analytics teams delivering insights that improve the health of New Yorkers. Building capabilities in machine learning, text analytics and graph analysis that combined within a great user experience become first-class Data Products that empower business users throughout the company. In the show, Kenneth will discuss: How he transitioned into a career in tech and data science The interesting work he does at Healthfirst Challenges of working with legacy data The benefits they are making to people’s lives How to make the most out of AI and Data Science in your business