area22
Steve Plunkett is an experienced technology executive currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer at area22, a Conversational AI startup focused on enhancing organizational customer interactions through AI agents. Previously, Steve held the position of Chief Product Officer at Supponor, leading product and R&D in the intersection of sports tech, ad tech, and augmented reality. With a background that includes consulting roles and executive positions at Ericsson and Red Bee Media, Steve has extensive expertise in technology strategy, digital transformation, and innovative product development. Steve's academic credentials include a Master of Science in Advanced Networking from The Open University and various courses from institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and deeplearning.ai.
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area22
area22 are an AI start-up company making digital voice engagement more effortless and "human-like". Our mission is to provide a "Voice first" conversational engagement channel for brands. As the explosion of Personal Voice assistants, and voice recognition technology, start to penetrate the consumer market, customers will want to do more than just interact with their homes or the internet with simple commands. They will want to interact directly and more deeply with all aspects of their favourite brands through these devices. Today, in order to support a deeper frictionless brand experience using digital voice, a much richer voice engagement capability is required. The area22 platform can deliver through a more natural speech experience by adding: a common access point for all personal assistants a personality to engender trust contextual awareness for a more human like behaviour back-end integration & training to brand data, inventory and services The platform will allow customers to build trust in and have worthwhile conversations with their brands, using their standard virtual personal assistants. area22 will make brands more "Voice aware". Contact us and lets start a conversation!