Podcast | Unlocking AI Potential: Navigating Boardroom Blind Spots with Constantine Boyadjiev and Todd Pleune

Episode 7

Our Blind Spots in the Boardroom series is focused on critical business issues that can significantly impact an organization's strategy and operations, particularly those that the board and/or C-suite are not focused on at all or enough.

In this episode, Protiviti Managing Directors Constantine Boyadjiev and Todd Pleune delve into the various use cases of AI and its future possibilities. They discuss strategies for leaders to cultivate a culture of curiosity that encourages teams to embrace AI effectively. Tune in to discover high-level machine learning opportunities and large language models that can enhance your daily business operations and automation.

Constantine Boyadjiev is the Managing Director at Protiviti, leading the Global Regulatory and Compliance Analytics data science practice. He has extensive experience across industries and has held executive roles in Financial Services and Advisory ventures, building robust risk, fraud management, and analytic enterprise capabilities. Constantine is responsible for designing and delivering Protiviti’s Risk, Fraud, and Compliance Analytics offerings globally. He holds an MBA in Finance from NYU's Stern School of Business and a BS in Applied Math and Statistics, Economics from the University of Stony Brook, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a 3-time IP patent holder in AI & ML.

Todd Pleune is a Managing Director at Protiviti, where he leads projects in the Risk and Compliance Analytics solution, specializing in risk modeling and model validation for Credit Risk, Conduct/Compliance, and Market Risk, including classical and machine learning models. He has developed model governance and risk quantification processes for some of the world's largest financial institutions and serves as a subject matter expert for internal audits of model risk management functions. Todd developed Artificial Neural Network models for his Ph.D. work in corrosion modeling at MIT, where he also minored in Finance and Nuclear Physics, and has extensive experience in validating machine learning credit risk models. Additionally, he is a Financial Risk Manager certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

For further information on this and other relevant topics for the boardroom, visit our Board and C-Suite Leadership insights collection on Protiviti’s website.

For information about Constantine and to contact him, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantineboyadjiev/

For more information about Todd and to contact him, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-pleune-9961305/