LIFT Episode 7:
In our seventh episode, Allison discusses sleepless AI with Jari Salomaa, CEO and Co-Founder of Valo, a San Francisco-based tech start-up that builds discovery, observability and remediation for Salesforce customers with its AI service. As thought leaders in the application of AI in their respective industries, Jari and Allison look at how and if AI can improve job satisfaction. The innovation continues as they brainstorm business networking ideas, product development approaches, cybersecurity solutions, and even leadership wellness tips like meeting in saunas and plunging into the very cold waters of the San Francisco Bay. To learn more about how Valo is pioneering AI-led Salesforce management and the challenges and rewards of leading a startup, be sure to tune in!
Today’s guest, Jari Salomaa, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Valo.ai, a company that builds discovery, observability and remediation for Salesforce customers with its automated AI Admin service. Jari combines 20 years of product development experience with his passion for enterprise cloud services, trust, and security in his new start-up based in San Francisco with its R&D based in Finland.
Jari has led and built several successful products from the idea to general availability, mainly in the enterprise domain, including Nokia E-series mobile devices for business, FireEye threat detection solutions, Salesforce Shield, Salesforce Security Health Check, Event Monitoring, Transaction Security, Field Audit Trail, Big Objects as well as built and launched several ServiceNow platform features and capabilities such as Platform Encryption, Data Classification and Data Privacy, Instance Security Center, Adaptive Authentication and ServiceNow Vault.
“Ultimately, what really drives me is my passion for solving customer problems. And if we can find a way to help customers grow their business, save time, give time back, save cost, bring more effectiveness, boost their productivity, I feel that we’re on the right track.” — Jari Salomaa
“Not only do product managers have to build, they have to sell their innovation, as we mention in my upcoming book. You could be having these customer dialogues and part of your brain is definitely thinking, ‘Can I build that? Can I work it into the product?’ But the other part of your brain has to be thinking, ‘Will somebody pay for that? Will it really monetize itself? Is it worth the investment?’” — Allison J. Taylor
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