CTO Arnold Liwanag describes how he and TealBook tackled the problem of bad supplier data to help procurement leaders make better decisions
TEALBOOK
CTO Arnold Liwanag describes how he and TealBook tackled the problem of bad supplier data to help procurement leaders make better decisions
TealBook is a specialist in the procurement space as a subset of the supply chain ; a deeply complex network of relationships , and multiple data sets , where workforces depend on longstanding relationships and frequently enter information manually .
With his deep understanding of the supply chain and the core business challenges around that , Chief Technology Officer Arnold Liwanag saw a great opportunity to apply this sector knowledge with his artificial intelligence ( AI ) background , when he joined the Toronto-based startup in August of 2021 .
Previously a student of the works of Geoffrey Hinton , a renowned British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist most noted for his work on artificial neural networks , Liwanag was one of a lucky few in the world to be studying such a nascent topic in the early 2000s , which led to an early career of cleaning data , integrating it , and ensuring it was of good enough quality to input into the early AI systems that were in development at the time . He has led AI strategy at PwC and overseen many largescale technology implementations .
His mandate at TealBook is to drive the engineering and implementation of the product and ensure the business is constantly innovating , relative to the technologies that are available in the market and inserting that into the TealBook platform .
158 April 2022