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Hosts: Cathy Nguyen and Murhaf AbdalqaderWe are very pleased to welcome David Horn, Senior Manager in Artificial Intelligence & Data Consulting at  Deloitte.To start David, can you tell us a little more about your journey starting as an Analyst at Deloitte?·       What are services does Deloitte Consulting provides? ·       What makes public sector consulting special? ·       How do public sector multi-vendor teams work? ·       What are the qualities that consultants should embody?·       Can you talk about the practical challenges you have faced in client organisations?·       How do you approach designing and redesigning client systems? ·       Can you say a little about the application of standards to these systems? Any questions from the audience?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.Notes:AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Simon Paul and Soumya RajashekarWe are very pleased to welcome Dean Murphy. Dean is Principal Solution Consultant at ABP, a process automation consultancy and services company. He has been involved in consultancy, business automation, technology, and services delivery for many years.To start, could you give us short sketch of your career to date.·       Can you tell us about ABP’s mission and where does the School of Automation fit within that vision?·       Can you share your thoughts on “the technologist as a salesperson”.·       On trap of thinking it’s all about the technology; How do I force myself to be focused on the customer?·       Talk about the differences and challenges that public sector brings vs private sector.·       The impact of automation is often cast as a negative, jobs lost, that kind of thing, how valid are the fears and criticisms, how do you deal with introducing automation and AI solutions into client sites?·       You’ve talked about Storytelling as a key skill for consultants, for analysts, technologists, do you have an example? [Rubik’s Cube]<extra questions from class>Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.Notes:ABP - https://www.abpconsultancy.comSelf-Sufficiency Model for Consulting (ABP approach)ABP School of Automation - https://www.schoolofautomation.tech/partnersAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Leo (Wong Tsz Lung) and Luca Spigai. We are very pleased to welcome Kevin Dardis. Kevin is a consultant at Deloitte, starting out as an Analyst working on ERP implementations in the pharmaceutical industry before specialising in technology programme management and project management. He is also an active member of the Irish Chapter of the PMI.So, Kevin, how did you go from being a masters student to working in Deloitte? ·       Is outsourcing one of the fundamental business strategies?·       Should shift the language away from outsourcing and towards 'partnering'?·       What does a working week look like in technology consulting?·       Does working with a client when multiple consultancies are involved raise special challenges?·       A consulting firm has access to a vast store or skills and knowledge. How do you tap into them when needed?·       What trends in technology are particularly hot now?·       Are there any questions from the audience?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us and sharing your thoughts with us today.NOTES:https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en.htmlhttps://pmi-ireland.orgAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Manali Dixit and Kushagra Mathur We are very pleased to welcome Mark O’Connor. Mark is Head of Public Sector at ABP and has been involved in technology centred transformation initiatives across his career.·       To start, could you give us short sketch of your career to date.·       Can you tell us about ABP’s mission?·       Where does process automation fit within the technology consulting ecosystem?·       What values and mindset do you rely on in your role as a consultant?·       Things to keep in mind when working with clients?·       The impact of automation is often cast as a negative, jobs lost, that kind of thing, how valid are the fears and criticisms, how do you deal with it as a service provider?·       Talk about the differences and challenges that public sector brings vs private sector.·       <extra questions from class>Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us today.Notes:ABP Consultancy - https://www.abpconsultancy.com ABP School of Automation - https://www.schoolofautomation.tech/partnersSelf-Sufficiency Model for Consulting (ABP approach)https://www.uipath.com (automation tools provider)AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are very pleased to have Ziv Baida, business consultant, coach and educator with a long career in technology-centred innovation initiatives.First, Ziv, begin by telling us a little more about yourself and your career interests...Can you give us an overview of data ecosystems?So how can we create value with unused data?What is the impact on the traditional transactional styles of company-to-company action?Are data ecosystems just for big companies, can small firms benefit too?Is the data, the tools, and the technology available for anyone to benefit?And is there a design angle here? Where do you see design taking place? Or, what is design in the context of data?Talk about the consultancy mindset? Can it work from the inside of a company?How do you approach and manage your engagement with clients?What do I need to be data literate. Do I need to learn to program, to learn statistics?And any last comments?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us and sharing your thoughts today.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Sterne interview with Damian Scattergood on his career in software localisation (with occasional interjections from Allen Higgins who also worked at Symantec).In part 2 of the interview John Sterne talks with Damian about his move into software localisation at Symantec’s Irish subsidiary in Ballycoolin Business Park, Blanchardstown and ultimately, co-founding STAR Translation with Paul Quigley in 2002. Notes:STAR Translation Services - https://www.star-ts.com/L10n and i18n = Localisation and internationalisation.Symantec Corporation (now dissolved) underwent continuous transformation over its lifetime. Organised as a portfolio company Symantec grew continuously through numerous merger/demerger/acquisitions over its lifetime, culminating the 2000s with its own acquisition/split by Broadcom in 2019. Part of the previous entity is currently styled as Gen Digital Inc.Peter Norton Computing was acquired by Symantec in 1990. Symantec had its own product branding for its dev tools (THINK C, THINK Pascal) and productivity software (Q&A, ACT, PC Anywhere). Symantec continued to use “Norton” and Peter Norton’s image as a brand identity for its trusted utility product lines. These included products acquired through the Peter Norton acquisition: Norton Commander, Norton Utilities, and Norton Backup, but they also employed the Norton brand to AntiVirus and utility/security products that were developed internally or added through licensing, mergers, and acquisitions in later years. The Norton brand also lives on as Norton 360, a privacy and security product and services business. https://ie.norton.comListen to this background article on the history of Symantec on “The History of Computing” Podcast by Charles Edge. https://thehistoryofcomputing.net/the-history-of-symantec#AcknowledgementsThis episode was recorded in conjunction with the Techarchives.Irish project led by John Sterne. The TechArchives project collects and preserves accounts of the social history of technology in Ireland.https://techarchives.irishThe goal is to create a public record of actions and events that might otherwise be forgotten.We want to convey what it was like to work with the technologies of the past – as a computer user, a software developer or a project participant, sharing our memories and recollections of relevant people and organisations, products and services, successes and failures.Music Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first half of a two-part interview with Damian Scattergood, programmer and co-founder of STAR Translation Dublin, Ireland.Damian recalls how he got into programming as a teenager and his early experiences developing video games before moving into software translation and localisation. Damian has programmed a wide range of computers, starting with the Z80 chip in the ZX80, the TRS-80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, onwards to the North Star Dimension, Amstrad, Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Amiga, and others.Notes:https://www.star-ts.com/ https://scattergoodstudios.itch.io/AcknowledgementsThis episode was recorded in conjunction with the Techarchives.Irish project led by John Sterne. The TechArchives project collects and preserves accounts of the social history of technology in Ireland.https://techarchives.irishThe goal is to create a public record of actions and events that might otherwise be forgotten.We want to convey what it was like to work with the technologies of the past – as a computer user, a software developer or a project participant, sharing our memories and recollections of relevant people and organisations, products and services, successes and failures.Music Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host: Allen Higgins. We are delighted to have Fergal O’Reilly with us today. Fergal is an Adjunct professor and a Research Physics & Innovation Officer in the UCD School of Physics, with a career that spans, experimental physics, innovation, entrepreneurship and new venture formation.Could you tell us a little about yourself and your background to begin?1.     SiriusXT offers a great example of the process of bringing scientific discoveries through to market, from primary research and development to commercial offerings, can you share a story of going from a handful of founders to a new enterprise?2.     Is the process repeatable? What part do you think is the most difficult?3.     Do you think it’s necessary for a science-driven venture to have a singular design concept, even though it is probably complex, complicated and multi-disciplinary?4.     Do scientist founders with deep specialised knowledge really need to invest in building their competences in other specialisms? I suppose ‘business expertise’ is the most cited example.5.     How relevant is institutional support for these endeavors, from the University, from national agencies, and the EU?6.     What kind of supports and surrounding environment do you think research scientists need to make the leap of faith to initiate or join an entrepreneurial venture? 7.     What words of advice would you give research team thinking of taking that step, from university laboratory to commercial realities?8.     When (if ever) should founders bring in the next generation of leadership?9.     <questions from the audience>Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your experience and learning with us today.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: David Heskin and Allen HigginsWe are very pleased to have John Sterne, a technology journalist, historian and digital archivist, long involved in recording the social history of technology in Ireland: writing books, articles, press and online on the website techarchives.irish.John, can we start by telling us a little about yourself and your vision for techarchives.irish?So, today’s conversation, hopefully the first of many, we want to look at multiplier effects and spill-over benefits of having subsidiaries of multinational firms in based in your country.To test these ideas, we are going back 30 years or so to when Digital came to Ireland. By Digital we mean the company, also known as DEC or Digital Equipment Corporation.·       Let’s start with the DEC story, who were the main actors at the time?·       Was DEC’s corporate culture different to its peers? (The distinctive culture inside a corporation run by 20th century engineers – not by investors or accountants)·       And DEC’s products, did they deserve their reputation for innovation? ·       How did Galway City, the West of Ireland, end up as the home for DEC’s European manufacturing operations centre? ·       How many sites did DEC end up having in Ireland and what kinds of work were the Irish sites involved in?·       How did DEC interact with the corporate and political scene in Ireland and Europe?·       Was there a tradition of entrepreneurial talent emerging from DEC during the good years?·       And then we arrive at 1993, DEC closes its Irish assembly plants after 22 years of operation. It must have been devastating…·       A lot has been written positing the resilience and value of “Industrial Clusters”. What lessons were learnt in the wake of DEC’s closure?·       And what did Digital itself think? What was the corporate view on reflection some years after the experience?·       <questions from the audience>Well, John, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for taking the time to talk and for sharing your knowledge. Let’s do this again and continue the conversation…Notes:https://techarchives.irish/AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collageArtist: Allen HigginsSource: vignette_version.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I’m Allen Higgins.And I’m Déaglán Connolly Bree. We are really excited to have Karl McCabe join us today, to talk about what he has learnt over the years developing web-scale software. Karl is a UCD Computer Science graduate with a career spanning start-ups and the tech giants, Amazon and Meta. I first met Karl in IONA Technologies, you may not have heard about but I’ll call one of Irelands first tech unicorns, before unicorns were a thing.[D] So Karl, tell us a little about that journey before we dive in?[A] We were going to title this talk “Team Patterns behind Web-Scale Software”…·       What are some common themes you have seen in how large companies like Amazon and Meta develop software?·       Do they change how they develop software over time, and if so how and why?·       Do they design their software with quality in mind from the outset?·       These companies run production systems used by billions of people, and any outages can be very public. Do outages influence how companies approach building, changing or testing software?·       What development methodologies are typically used?·       Do engineers have freedom to choose a programming language or platform to build their software? Or are they forced to follow the company standards?·       <questions from the audience>Well, Karl, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for taking the time to talk and for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Let’s do this again some time.Notes:Title: Software Quality in Large Scale-Software DevelopmentVenue: Science 2.16/2.17 (ALE)Date&Time: Friday, Feb 24 @ 16.00Abstract: Developing high quality “web scale” software presents a unique set of challenges. In this talk I will reflect on some patterns I have seen in how software is developed in companies such as Amazon and Meta. What are some of the forces that shape a company’s approach to how they develop software? Do they design for quality? How do large outages influence a company’s approach to building reliable software? What development methodologies are prevalent and why? Why do they use certain programming languages over others? How do they approach CI/CD, testing, code reviews etc. and why? Speaker: Karl McCabe is a UCD Computer Science graduate (1990) with extensive experience in the software industry. For the past 17 years he has occupied a number of senior engineering and management roles in Amazon and Meta.This seminar is organised by the School of Computer Science and the School of Business and will be conducted in host/interviewer style led by Allen Higgins of the School of Business.AcknowledgementsMusic Title: Voltaic FluctuationsArtist: Ben PruntySource:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben PruntyCover Art Title: Complex collage IIArtist:  nightcafe AI Art Generator (https://nightcafe.studio) & Allen Higgins (graphic design)Source: vignette_version-Karl.jpgSource: vignette_version-Karl.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.