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Joe Petro CTO and EVP of R&D at Nuance - Voicebot Podcast Ep 186
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Joe Petro CTO and EVP of R&D at Nuance - Voicebot Podcast Ep 186

The Voicebot Podcast

January 4, 20211h 17m

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Show Notes

Joe Petro is CTO and EVP of R&D for Nuance and has been with the company since 2009. Nuance is a voice giant doing $1.5 billion in annual revenue and has a valuation of over $12 billion today. For over a decade, Nuance essentially defined the voice industry holding many of its most significant patents and dominating several market sectors.

Joe oversees an annual R&D budget of over $200 million including new features such as Ambient AI and a COVID-19 bot. Prior to Nuance, Joe was SVP of research and development at Eclipsys, an early leader in electronic medical records. He began his career as a systems engineer at EDS, has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in Computer-Aided Engineering.