In this episode of Factory Fireside, I sit down with Dr. Sanjay Mazumdar — a pioneer who was building neural networks in the early 1990s before the internet even existed, and who has since shaped Australia's approach to AI, data, and national security.

Sanjay's journey spans developing the world's first mobile wallet at Motorola (in 1999!), leading the Data to Decisions CRC that spawned companies like Fivecast, serving as Chief Data Officer at KPMG, and now running the Defence Trailblazer — a $240 million initiative connecting universities, startups, and defence.

We go deep on:

→ Why most organisations get AI adoption completely backwards — and what to do instead

→ The real role of a Chief Data Officer (hint: it's not data governance)

→ Information warfare, deepfakes, and why guardrails alone won't protect us