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DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword—it’s r
 eshaping healthcare\, biotech\, and data-driven industries. In this Beaker
 ’s Speakers session\, we’ll spotlight three KGI alumni at the forefron
 t of AI implementation across genomics\, digital health\, and advanced ana
 lytics\n\nJessica Bugarin\, MSGDA ’22 – Senior Curation Scientist at G
 enomenon\, Inc and Adjunct Professor at KGI. She leads evidence-based vari
 ant interpretation using ACMG/AMP and VCEP guidelines\, contributes to Mas
 termind workflows\, and develops Python tooling to improve curation effici
 ency and transparency. An engaged educator and mentor\, Jessica bridges re
 search and clinical practice\, helping teams translate genomic data into c
 onfident\, patient-centered decisions. \n\nArun Ravi\, MBS ’07 – Senio
 r Director of Health AI at Microsoft. Arun leads strategy and product deve
 lopment across clinical documentation\, ambient intelligence\, and AI-driv
 en healthcare and life science services. He has helped launch and scale so
 lutions like Dragon Copilot and the Dragon Admin Center\, now widely adopt
 ed by health systems to reduce clinician burnout and improve operational e
 fficiency. Prior to Microsoft\, Arun led healthcare initiatives at AWS suc
 h as Amazon Comprehend Medical and AWS Healthlake. Prior to Amazon he co-f
 ounded a venture-backed digital health startup Mevoked that was acquired b
 y Wellbrain in 2017. His experience spans product\, engineering\, and go-t
 o-market leadership\, and he brings a practical\, patient-centered lens to
  AI Innovation. Arun also advises startups and mentors merging leaders in 
 the health tech ecosystem. \n\nRyan Peeler\, MBS ’07 – VP of Business 
 Insights at BlackDoctor. BlackDoctor is the world's largest and most compr
 ehensive online health resource specifically targeted to African Americans
 . He previously worked in Data and AI roles at Clinical Education Alliance
 \, Riger Sciences\, Within3\, and Voxx Analytics. \n\nPeeler's peer-review
 ed articles have appeared in scientific\, technical\, and medical (STM) jo
 urnals on genetics\, evolution\, climate change\, natural language process
 ing\, and network analysis. He has contributed to textbooks on biomedical 
 semantics\, evolution through hybridization\, and business communications 
 - and he holds two patents in network analytics. \n\nAs an undergraduate a
 t the University of Georgia\, Peeler double-majored in biology and genetic
 s. He received his MBS from KGI\, where he focused on strategy\, leadershi
 p\, management\, entrepreneurship\, and innovation. \n\nAn amateur magicia
 n and stand-up comic\, Peeler quips that he was TimeMagazine Person of the
  Year in 2006 (the year of "You"). He was featured in OC Register's "Forty
  under 40" issue in 2013 and enjoys brewing beer\, woodworking\, 3D printi
 ng\, watchmaking\, and speakding time with family. \n \n\nTogether\, they 
 will share how they’re harnessing AI to solve real-world challenges—fr
 om accelerating genomic insights to easing clinician burnout to driving in
 novation in healthcare data.
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SUMMARY:Alumni Implementing AI for Impact
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