Unsupervised AI Is a Toddler Out Looking for a Job with Keith Zubchevich of Conviva

Keith Zubchevich is President and CEO of Conviva, a global leader in real-time experience analytics and one of the sharpest voices on AI in the enterprise. Keith joined the company in 2008 as its fifth employee and took over as CEO in 2021.Before Conviva, Keith helped take Riverbed public and launched a storage networking line at Cisco that did $244 million in two years. For nearly two decades he has built alongside four PhD founders, including Databricks founder Ion Stoica, in a culture grounded in self-awareness and zero ego.We explore why AI agents need to be measured from the consumer's side rather than the system's, why AI is the first technology revolution that replaces people instead of upgrading them, and the high-slope hiring philosophy Keith applies to every role at Conviva.KEY TAKEAWAYS00:00 Introduction.02:41 The efficiency freak who turned laziness into a 35-year tech career.05:46 Why every business on the internet should be measured from the endpoint.09:38 Life as the fifth Beatle alongside four PhD founders.15:43 The same thing that kills marriages kills business relationships.18:34 Models versus agents, and why Conviva retooled everything in under a year.23:49 The first technology revolution that replaces people instead of making them better.28:04 Why a relationship can never be accelerated through AI.36:17 High slope: the two traits Keith hires for in every role.45:31 The pace car standard that ends subjectivity in performance conversations.Thank you for listening to “Hire Learning with Oz Rashid.” Don’t forget to leave us a review and subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.  To learn more about MSH, visit https://www.talentmsh.com. RESOURCES MENTIONEDConviva: https://www.conviva.ai"The Obstacle Is the Way" by Ryan Holiday: https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way"Ego Is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday: https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Enemy"Discipline Is Destiny" by Ryan Holiday: https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Destiny"Good to Great" by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Good-to-Great"Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts: https://www.amazon.com/ShantaramConviva x The Matrix:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jjNFxIkjJ8#TalentAcquisition #HiringStrategy #EnterpriseHiring