Michael Burkhardt, Founding Partner, Omdena
Founding member of Omdena, a collaborative platform in +100 countries where AI experts, data scientists, and domain experts from diverse backgrounds form teams to build AI-based solutions to real-world problems.
Podcast
Overview
With technology speeding its way through the 21st century, we are moving into a more digitized world. AI and robotics are taking over and easing our lives in one or the other form. AI is believed to be the future and we are all gearing up for it! AI can be used progressively building the future in terms of not just technology but also real world problems.
About Michael:
Today, on TBCY we have with us a leader who is making constructive use of Artificial Intelligence to address global issues. He has created a community of like minded people and is finding AI backed solutions for major global problems like poverty, hunger, environment preservation etc.
We are pleased to welcome Michael Burkhardt on the podcast.
Michael is one of the Founding Members of Omdena which is a very big global community of over 4000 AI Specialists and Engineers. He is a true global citizen and a digital nomad who has been working and living all over the world in countries Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Colombia, US, Japan, Mexico and more.
Background:
After finishing up his bachelor’s in Germany, Micahel opened himself up to a lot of different opportunities. He participated in exchange programs, learnt about different cultures and diversities etc. He completed his masters in the Netherlands and learnt a great deal on the subjects of innovation and technology. Coding, Python and AI took his special interest and he continued to increase his knowledge in the same domain.
Having witnessed a major impact program on energy management in India, Michael was determined to do something similar and impactful. He was a part of the program where 40-50 engineers and data scientists in India were working on renewable energy.
This venture and his engagement with Indian Business leader Rudra Mitra, gave Michael a lot of motivation to start an impactful project of his own.
About Omdena:
Omdena is a venture that focuses on bringing about positive impact in the world by finding solutions to global problems which are often connected to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The local communities are a major part of Omdena and they help and volunteer to work on the many issues that the program deals with. It is one of the biggest AI communities of the world trying to solve real world problems. Ithas engineers from over 100 countries and has local chapters in 60 locations across 35+ countries.
More:
Michael takes us on his journey of setting up Omdena and how his venture is making constant effort to bring about change in the world. He highlights how he built an AI model from a technical standpoint. Something that was created to give the right solutions. His model was recognised and appreciated by many big corporate companies. From an organisational point of view, he shares how the involvement and volunteering of communities has helped him understand the issues better.
“Omdena was always about making an impact. Making an impact means both for the AI Engineers and for Organizations because you need both. You need to have the people solving the problems and you need to have the organizations providing the problems. And at Omdena we are working a lot with startups, impact driven startups. We are also working a lot with NGOs, smaller NGOs but also some of the very large NGOs like ‘Save the Children’, ‘The World Food Program’ and many other organizations. It was always about finding problems where you know people are intrinsically motivated to address them.”
His venture is a step towards making the world a better place. Michael through his venture Omdena is indeed walking the talk!
Tune in to know more about his journey.
Profile
Fixing how AI solutions are being built!
Founding member of Omdena, a collaborative platform in +100 countries where AI experts, data scientists, and domain experts from diverse backgrounds form teams to build AI-based solutions to real-world problems.
On the Omdena platform, more than 1,800 collaborators have been developing innovative and ethical solutions to real-world problems with various leading organizations, including the UN, impact-driven startups (from YC, Techstars, Google, Microsoft AI for Good, and many more), and social enterprises from around the world.
How can we connect?
1. If you want to build ethical AI and data science solutions to real-world problems, I can help
2. If you are interested in how to fix the current state of AI development through multi-disciplinary and culturally aware teams, we can chat
