The Irish Tech News Podcast

We catch up with Jasper Hamill to get his unique and slightly dystopian insights into what the future might hold for us. We cover the following topics: Remote working Cybersecurity The Internet of Things (particularly its security/ privacy aspects) Online freedom of speech vs social media censorship Cryptocurrencies Jasper Hamill's writing has been seen in: Forbes, Daily Mirror, Fox News, Sunday Mirror, The Sun, Metro (UK), New York Post, News.com.au, Cynon Valley Leader, The Daily Telegraph (Australia) and more Journalist and communicator. Ex-tabloid. Father of 4. Writer, reader and fencesitter. Interested in crypto, freedom, cybersecurity and the future. Decentralised. Follow him on Twitter here.

Today cloud is transforming global business and many companies who were reluctant to move found themselves rapidly migrating overnight to support remote working and continued operations during the pandemic. As this migration to the cloud takes place what strategies should be adopted?  Ronan talks to Mark Brown Global Managing Director of Consulting Services at BSI, about how cloud adoption has changed since the pandemic started, the cybersecurity risks businesses should be looking out for as they adopt the cloud, networking, technological advancements and planning the return to work.   More about Mark Brown: Mark has more than 20 years of expertise in cybersecurity, data privacy, and business resilience consultancy. Before he joined the BSI, he held roles at Wipro Ltd., and Ernst & Young (EY), amongst others. Mark is very knowledgeable about IoT and the expanding cybersecurity marketplace.

Jamil chats with  Walid Abou Zaki to learn more about Open Governments, Security Tokens, Energy Tokenization and Regulatory Lessons from the Middle East Walid started his career as a banker before moving to Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Co. in 2002, with a focus to exporting Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal conferences and event business on international level. Walid moved to Dubai on 2006 where he played a major role in growing the company presence in the GCC and in the UAE in specific. He managed to lead teams as well in Turkey, Switzerland. Always interested in technology, he created a specialized cybersecurity platform, and organized more than 20 events on the topic together with regulators in the region. On 2014, he created a team to follow all the updates in the blockchain and Crypto space, this lead him to establish Unlock Blockchain on 2018. Unlock Blockchain is considered the one and only specialized Blockchain and crypto media platform in the MENA region, and serves as a content creation and PR agency as well. Walid Abou Zaki Founder & CEO The Unlock Company DMCC https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidabouzaki/ https://twitter.com/WalidABZ walid@unlock-bc.com www.unlock-bc.com https://twitter.com/unlockbc https://www.linkedin.com/company/unlock-blockchain https://t.me/unlockblockchain Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

We caught up with Oscar Michel to learn more about his film making, his thoughts on the media, creativity, and his entrepreneurial experiences since interning with Irish Tech News five years ago. Oscar Michel  studied film in Paris and then went on to Dublin to study journalism, where he did an internship with Irish Tech News. He then moved to Prague to work in Havas Worldwide, a large advertising company. After gaining some corporate experience, he co-founded his own media company, Dancing Donkey Studios. Dancing Donkey Studios is a media company in Prague and Geneva that can help you with your branding, marketing, and any creative projects. From creating your logo, to affordable videos, or even taking care of your social media, you can dance with us! The Colours of Love (trailer): https://youtu.be/pW9iUWaVA6I Our website: www.dancingdonkeystudios.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dancingdonkeystudios/ Asante Africa (Art project): https://www.asante-africa.com

We've all had enough of staring at screens and Cynthia Watson of Virtira decided to find out what impact this was having on the workforce.  We recently shared an press release on the data that has been acquired from Virtira and wanted to glean further information and insight so we invited to speak on this podcast.  Listen in on the conversation that Melanie Boylan and Cynthia Watson had. Cynthia Watson was never cut out to work in an office. She grew up in a small town on Vancouver Island in Canada, and while her business school classmates were finding jobs in downtown cubicles, she happily worked her way through university in the BC Parks Branch and on fishing boats. She wrote her master’s thesis on telecommuting while working with global tech companies. Upon the completion of her MBA in 1993, she vowed never to work in an office again –– and has kept that promise ever since. Having worked remotely for so many years, Cynthia knows how being in remote locations can affect virtual workers. And with 25 years of experience leading complex projects with countless virtual teams around the world, she found behaviors, habits, and communication patterns that hold teams back from achieving peak performance. Taking those patterns and behaviors into account Cynthia worked with leading project managers to develop proprietary online methodologies and put them into action. In 2011 she took over as the CEO of Virtira – a virtual company focused on helping virtual teams work more efficiently. Her consultants and team members are located globally, and while many of them work from very remote, rural areas, they are connecting and leading teams around the world. Living a somewhat nomadic and “bi-coastal” lifestyle, she, her husband, and their two small dogs commute between Canada’s west and east coasts. Her most enduring passion has been providing opportunities for rural residents to have meaningful careers without leaving their communities, as well as helping clients achieve less stress via the ever-elusive work-life balance.

Jamil catches up with Malcolm Wright for this interesting and topical conversation. Malcolm Wright is Chief Compliance Officer at 100x Group. He was previously Chief Compliance Officer for Diginex in Hong Kong, and prior to that Revolut in London. In his earlier career, Malcolm held senior several leadership roles within Thomson Reuters’ (now Refinitiv) anti-financial crime business, including overseeing the delivery of World-Check One, a leading risk intelligence platform to mitigate financial crime and sanctions risk. He also sat on the leadership team that brought the world’s first KYC Managed Service to market. Malcolm speaks internationally on a variety of topics in particular the FATF Recommendations for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). He also sits on international committees including chairing the Advisory Council and AML Working Group at Global Digital Finance (www.gdf.io), an industry-led initiative in setting codes of conduct and best practices for the virtual asset industry . In this respect, Malcolm has led industry and regulator conversations regarding FATF Recommendations for VASPs as well as developing an industry AML Code of Conduct. Most recently, Malcolm co-founded and co-led the Joint Working Group for interVASP Messaging Standards (intervasp.org) that developed the widely-adopted IVMS101 message data standard for FATF 'travel rule' compliance. Malcolm is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute’s Centre for Financial Crime Studies in London (rusi.org). Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

We chat with Adedapo Adeshina, a third year Business student at MTU (Munster Technical University) who recently completed an internship with Irish Tech News. We discuss his experience, the importance of having a digital profile, and challenges and opportunities of interning remotely during a global pandemic and more. More about Adedapo Adeshina I am a Business development manager for Irish Tech News and a 3rd year business information systems student at C.I.T. Business and Technology are two things I have a key interest in and BIS is a course that combines these two things, Technology is a thing that is ever changing as each day goes by and I am very fascinated and interested in how far it grows. See more and contact him via his LinkedIn profile here  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adedapo-adeshina/

Jamil catches up with J.D. Salbego, Founder, CEO, and Art Director of AnRKey X to learn more about a variety of projects he is working on. J.D. Salbego, Founder, CEO, and Art Director of AnRKey X, a cutting edge DeFi based gaming and NFT platform protocol, is a global leader in DeFi and crypto, market influencer, speaker, published author, and internationally-recognized subject matter expert. J.D. is a featured contributor on Cointelegraph.com, frequently gives media interviews, has been quoted by leading blockchain and crypto news sites, and regularly speaks at leading conferences around the world like World Economic Forum, and many more.. His work has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance etc., including being linked to boosting Japan’s economy with blockchain. His links: https://twitter.com/JDSalbego https://www.jdsalbego.com/ For more AnRKey X updates, please follow us on our Twitter, Telegram Community, Telegram News, Medium, Discord, and LinkedIn. Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Interesting conversation with Michael Mann who has been Special Envoy for Arctic matters since April 1, 2020. Prior to that, he spent two and a half years as the EU’s Ambassador to Iceland. Between 2011 and 2017, he was head of Strategic Communications at the European External Action Service, doubling up as Chief Spokesperson to High Representative/Vice President Catherine Ashton from 2011 to 2014. Mr Mann worked as a European Commission Spokesperson between 2002 and 2011, covering a wide range of portfolios. He began his career in Brussels as a journalist, working for the Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg News, among other media. Michael Mann has been very active in public outreach via webinars and press interviews during the lockdown. A recent, major interview with him can be found here: https://geopolitique.eu/en/2021/01/18/exclusive-interview-with-michael-mann-eus-ambassador-at-large-for-the-arctic-special-envoy-for-arctic-matters/ Regarding the EU Arctic policy as per March 2021: The EU Arctic Policy is primarily expressed in the Joint Communication on An Integrated European Union for the Arctic (published in April 2016 by the High Representative and the Commission): https://eeas.europa.eu/archives/docs/arctic_region/docs/160427_joint-communication-an-integrated-european-union-policy-for-the-arctic_en.pdf A summary of the recent public consultation on the EU Arctic Policy can be found here: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/497bfd35-5f8a-11eb-b487-01aa75ed71a1 HRVP Borrell addressed the Arctic Frontiers conference on 2 February 2021. Important messages for general understanding of our current thinking. https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/92475/arctic-speech-high-representativevice-president-josep-borrell-arctic-frontiers-conference_en

Jamil speaks with Lindsey Mallon to learn more about the initiatives she is aiming to roll out Empowering Women, Consciousness in Luxury, and Creation of Fair Labor to Help Create Mass Crypto Adoption Along the Fashion Supply Chain, with Lindsey Mallon Lindsey Mallon is a RISD graduate with over a decade of experience in retail, from brand conception through supply chain and sales. Her career is focused on sustainable commerce with an emphasis on labor standards and humanizing the business landscape. She launched Nadjarina, a conscious luxury brand focused on setting better labor standards in the apparel industry. From there, she helped formally launch Splyt, a brand that crosses bridges between existing infrastructures and progressive practices and mindsets to push commerce forward into the future. Lindsey brings a thorough understanding of the solutions Splyt resolves and how to carry the vision forward as the next era of e-commerce. Utilizing her network in luxury, Maison Du will be the first marketplace to build on top of the Splyt protocol, focused on streamlining the luxury market and universalizing the eNFT in what is the most influential marketplace. Lindsey is a woman to watch in the blockchain and crypto space, building bridges between the community and global e-commerce marketplace to revolutionize the future of business. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseymallon/ https://twitter.com/lindsey__mallon https://www.instagram.com/_lindseymallon/ Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.