It was back in 2014, while preparing for a meeting of the Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) leadership group at the World Bank headquarters. I let some people in my network know that I [...]
Α prestigious UK publication recently asked me to contribute an expert opinion. The New Business Magazine provides small and medium businesses with advice, reports and reviews on key areas of business. There, I highlight the vital role that digital technology [...]
I was really looking forward to talk to the person that made this statement about big data: "I like the idea that you can use some kind of tool to interrogate information to give you the real time picture of [...]
I was recently invited by John Keogh from Shantalla Inc., to share my perspective on the challenges and opportunities of the food industry, as part of his 2020 Future of Food - 10X10 CEO Interview Series. This was an amazing [...]
My dear readers, let me introduce you to the Reynauds: the wonderful couple behind BriteScan LLC, a hardware-enabled SaaS company based near San Francisco that develops cutting-edge, affordable material verification solutions to enhance the [...]
The time to solve digital interoperability problems and help ensure a more transparent, interoperable and safe food system has come. Within the next few years, the vision described in the FDA's New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint can become [...]
This has been one of the most interesting discussions that I have watched in months. Frank Yiannas, the U.S. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, giving an interview to Bob Carpenter of GS1 US at the GS1 US Connect 2020 [...]
I think that Cronan McNamara is the first person that I saw using the term "food safety intelligence" back in 2012. Apart from that, being the CEO of Creme Global he leads a team [...]
You will agree with me that predictive analytics for food safety needs plenty of science. I believe that it also needs an artistic touch as well. Not everyone will try to crack a food safety analytics problem in the same way. Building [...]
We have just opened a new digital marketing position and I have been asked to write a few things that would attract new candidates. Not the typical description of the job position which includes information like the role and accountabilities, [...]
We technology people often think that we have solutions about everything. Especially in relation to food safety and integrity challenges, I often hear colleagues bragging about how technology can help solve most problems so much better and faster. There always [...]
In an opinion piece at the ITProPortal, I discuss why it makes sense to complement the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the expert view of a human. In my view, such a hybrid approach can help better interpret (and [...]