Venturi's Voice: Technology | Leadership | Staffing | Career | Innovation

Richard Somerfield is Chief Technology Officer at Summize. Summize enables legal teams to review their contracts quickly and efficiently. It is an intuitive and interactive software that summarises contractual points instantly and allows the management of key terms. During this Podcast episode, Ben sits down with Richard to discuss his career history and background in development, his decision to move from Silicon Valley to join a start-up in the UK, some of the key learnings Richard has taken from Silicon Valley and his thoughts on the future of the increase of tech adoption in the legal space. Check out our new Venturi's Voice Podcast YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QPc0YqhTZE7wcL1srro6g

Check out the video podcast on our new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/qd40xCjH2X0 Ben Towers is the Co-Founder of Tahora, and is one of ‘the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet’ whilst still only being 23 years old. Ben started in business aged 11 and has since successfully exited his marketing agency, invested in disruptive start-ups and inspired millions. Ben is now on a mission to change the health outcomes of his generation. Tahora is the culture and wellbeing platform creating inclusive hybrid workplaces with better connected and happier employees. During this podcast Ben sits down with Ben to discuss the most common issues that keep arising in terms of mental wellbeing in the workplace and how the Tahora platform can help, how and why Ben decided to create Tahora, and how businesses can introduce a mental wellbeing program for their workforce.

Michael Wolman is Director of Analytics and Data at Win Technologies, a proud member of the Betway Group. Michael started his career with BP on their commercial graduate scheme, with a short stint on a L'Oréal marketing internship. He then had a bit of a career speed bump with Virgin Media, and finally landed at Win Technologies (part of the Betway Group) as their Director of Analytics and Data. Betway Group, owned by Super Group, is a leading global provider of first-class entertainment across sports betting and casino. Since 2006, they have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, utilising the very latest technologies to provide innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe, secure and responsible environment. During this podcast episode, Michael sits down with Ben to discuss his career journey to date and how Michael got started in his career, how he has developed his own leadership style, and some of the challenges motivating and engaging teams, particularly through times of unforeseen change like Covid. This podcast is available on all streaming platforms, and why not check out our new YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QPc0YqhTZE7wcL1srro6g

Louis Chery-Roberts is Head of Quality Assurance at Win Technologies, a proud member of the Betway Group. Louis's role involves working in an Agile environment whilst perform testing procedures on the Web /Mobile Application Software to ensure all errors are identified and corrected before release to stakeholders. Betway Group, owned by Super Group, is a leading global provider of first-class entertainment across sports betting and casino. Since 2006, they have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, utilising the very latest technologies to provide innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe, secure and responsible environment. During this podcast episode, Ben sits down with Louis to discuss how Louis has navigated his career to get to Head of QA, how changes in technology have impacted Quality Assurance, and what we can expect for the future of Quality Assurance. They also discuss Louis's thoughts on leadership, and some of the challenges Louis faced when moving from a non-technical to a very technical Quality Assurance team. This podcast is available on all streaming platforms, and why not check out our new YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QPc0YqhTZE7wcL1srro6g

Michael Gillett is currently Head of Development at Win Technologies, a proud member of the Betway Group. Michael studied Computer Science, specialising in User Interfaces and Web Site development, achieving an MSc with Distinction. Previous to that he studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specialising in Digital Systems and Computer Engineering, achieving a First-Class BEng with Honours. Betway Group, owned by Super Group, is a leading global provider of first-class entertainment across sports betting and casino. Since 2006, they have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, utilising the very latest technologies to provide innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe, secure and responsible environment. During this podcast episode, Ben sits down with Michael to discuss how to identify and work with new technologies, what makes a great leader in the technology space and how Michael has developed his own leadership style.

Sally Goble is a highly motivated and self starting senior leader with over 10 years of industry experience and a track record of building and managing mixed discipline, distributed, teams of software engineers, SREs and QAs. Experience of both scale up and established tech teams.  Sally has an extensive career in tech, previously working at The Guardian Newspaper as Head of Quality - responsible for quality across all of the Guardian's digital products. Then moving to Deliveroo as Senior Engineering Manager, and now joins Attest as Engineering Manager.  Attest is a consumer research platform that provides confidence for every decision, with the right insight, at the right time.  During this Podcast episode, Ben sits down with Sally to discuss how to create seamless communication at scale, some of the pitfalls to be aware of and the benefits a business can expect when streamlining their communication strategy.

Watch the Video Podcast on our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QPc0YqhTZE7wcL1srro6g Matthew Sinclair is the Vice President of Engineering for BCG Digital Ventures (DV). BCG Digital Ventures is Boston Consulting Group’s corporate investment and incubation firm. Matthew joined BCG DV in January 2016. He oversees technology and engineering across all ventures at DV London, and as the current speaker for DV's Engineering Executive Committee, he takes an active role in coordinating the engineering cohort across DV's centers around the world. Since joining BCG, Matthew has been involved in a wide variety of ventures, taking CTO, director, advisory, and other senior leadership roles across a broad range of industries, including industrial goods, finance and insurance tech, mobility, resources, e-commerce, and private equity. He has been involved in the ideation, incubation, and launch of more than 30 internal or publicly launched client ventures. Matthew serves as a non-Fellow Board Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub and acts as a mentor for the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub Alumni Program. Prior to joining DV, Matthew delivered complex systems to telecommunications, financial services, and payments companies. Working with startups, product teams, and consulting organizations from Australia, Asia, and Europe, Matthew has helped build network analyzers, flight simulators, high-performance mission-critical EFT payment transaction switches, online and mobile banking and shared mobility platforms, and more. He was involved in a number of startups in Australia, including Distra (payments), TouchPass (security), Tillless (payments), and SaveMail (document storage). He also was a consultant to banks and financial institutions at Carpadium Consulting. Matthew holds numerous patents related to mobile wireless and other technologies. BCG Digital Ventures is the corporate innovation and digital business-building arm of Boston Consulting Group. Our mission is to invent, build, and scale industry-disrupting businesses with the world’s most influential companies.

Check out the Video Podcast Here: https://youtu.be/Ugk8vD8auPw Mark Pybus is Data Practice Director at Contino. Mark works across enterprise organisations to deliver transformation through the creation and application of data systems at scale. Widely experienced in data and analytics, Mark delivers key engineering and organisational capabilities to ensure that the best data strategy delivers the best results. Contino is a leading transformation consultancy that helps large, heavily-regulated enterprises to become fast, agile and competitive. During the podcast episode, Ben sits down with Mark to discuss the evolution of a data professional, where we are now with data, and what we can expect from the future of data; looking at and drawing parallels between the history of software engineering and data. They also discussed data Mesh, defining it, and how to design and approach it.

Yoaquim Cintrón is Engineering Management & DevSecOps at Attune. Attune is an admitted small commercial market built to get business off your desk and on the books hassle free. Yoaquim has been labelled by co-workers at Attune as 'The Culture Guardian' for his work and efforts supporting a collaborative and 'people over everything' culture within the business. During this podcast episode, Ben sits down with Yoaquim to discuss the most important aspects and qualities of a leader, how Yoaquim has led his team through times of unforeseen change, and the considerations and pitfalls to be aware of when building an engineering team from scratch. It was an honour to have Yoaquim on the show to share his insights and knowledge with the tech community.

Dan Fiehn is Group Chief Operating Officer at Markerstudy Insurance, a leader and strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan Fiehn joined Markerstudy, the UK’s fifth largest motor insurance provider, in 2011 to head up the Group IT and Product Management divisions and led the rebrand of the division to ‘M-Powered’, building a culture of innovation, developing a scalable infrastructure to fast track mergers and acquisitions and underpinning rapid growth. Responsible for the IT digital strategy and IT and business cross functional teams, Dan created an award-winning team achieving recognition at the CIO Top 100, Gartner Eye on Innovation and Celent Model Insurer Awards. Dan is at the forefront of innovation which is transforming insurance, having successfully overseen the delivery of the market leading insurer-hosted rating hub and the acquisition of Co-op Insurance. I was fortunate enough to sit down with Dan to discuss his prolific career history, what people can do to better their chances of success in the industry and what makes a great leader.