The Irish Tech News Podcast

Jonathan Marriott is the Marketing Manager at Electroneum - one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency projects born out of the United Kingdom. Since their inception in 2017, the company has welcomed more than 4.2 million users onto their platform, which aims to simplify cryptocurrency payments for the masses. In late 2019, Electroneum launched AnyTask.com – a freelance marketplace aimed at overcoming the overwhelming issue of high sales fees and the need for bank accounts. Recently, AnyTask.com launched their new NFT category where buyers can source the skills of talented freelancers for far less than you would think! In this episode, we discuss everything NFTs, including what is an NFT, how Jonathan became involved with NFTs, and what his vision is for the space. The host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author  Her latest book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

We catch up with Mark Mitchell, CWSI to learn more about remote & mobile working trends, and the threats and opportunities associated with them An experienced Infrastructure Architect and Design Authority responsible for delivering multi million pound projects, who also has experience as a Support Manager and Engineer. A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with experience in Active Directory design and Exchange deployment. Has diverse sector experience, including call centre environments. Experience of many aspects of IT, including all levels of support, solution design and managing resources. Is able to work equally well as part of a cohesive team or alone as the role demands. More about CWSI We’ve been helping clients adapt to the increasing presence of mobile technologies in business since the very first smartphones became available. Today our expert team, combines unrivalled knowledge and technical expertise with solutions from industry-leading software partners to help our clients leverage the power of mobile technologies. Our solutions increase productivity, enhance collaboration, improve employee engagement, enhance service delivery, increase customer loyalty, lower costs and gain competitive edge. From our offices in Dublin and London, we provide consulting, managed services, professional services and training to many of Ireland and the UK’s most respected organisations across a wide range of sectors.

Gender inequality sadly still exists and IT search have highlighted this in their 2021 Diversity & Inclusion, Salary & Market Sentiment report. Ronan talks to Ebony Lawless-McCrea from IT search about this and more. Ebony talks about her background, the technology recruitment market, the Zoom effect, and the 2021 Diversity & Inclusion, Salary & Market Sentiment report. Ebony also talks about the areas in tech that offer the best salary, cybersecurity, rapid digital transformation, women in tech, blind CV formatting, unconscious bias, and the most positive thing Ebony noticed in 2021 Diversity & Inclusion, Salary & Market Sentiment report. More about Ebony: Ebony has over 6 years of Technology Recruitment experience within Ireland and the US. She has covered most technical verticals working on both Permanent and Contract positions. Ebony holds the role of Client Services Manager for IT search, working with their existing client base to ensure they are continuing to provide the best service in the market, as well as working with new and prospective clients on developing exceptional ongoing relationships.

In todays podcast Melanie Boylan meets Katie Kilroy, a third year Mechanical Engineering student at Trinity College Dublin. She's the Head of Marketing of Formula Trinity; a chassis engineer for the internal combustion team as well as researcher for the control engineering department for the autonomous team. She's always up for new challenges and the chance to learn something new and it’s probably why She's on three departments. In her spare time Katie is developing android apps for people with dementia and volunteering tutoring secondary school students as a Committee member of Volunteer Tuition Program in Trinity. Katie joined the team three years ago, as a chassis engineer. The chassis is like the skeleton of the car and she was in charge of designing the tabs which are used to attach all the components to the chassis. This involved communicating and collaborating with multiple departments and teams which has helped her get where she is in Formula Trinity. This year, she's heavily involved with the CAD (Computer Aided Design) and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) of the chassis structure and she is in charge of testing the front impact attenuator. She was asked to join the Business and Operations team to help out with social media. Five months later she is now the Head of Marketing having run a successful “Femuary” campaign to promote women in motorsports alongside two of our other members; Katherine Hardgrave and Sabrina Steinberga. With another upcoming social media campaign “Ai-pril” headed by Katherine, with a talk on Women in Ai on April 7th.  About Formula Trinity:  http://formulatrinity.com/ Formula Trinity is a student lead team made up of current Trinity College students, competing in the UK competition of Formula SAE. The Team Captain Arnie Sasnauskas founded the team in 2017 after his 1st year of engineering here at Trinity, with the help of the Head of Engineering David Simonian and Deputy Head of Engineering William Dunne. The aim of the competition is to design and build a car throughout the academic year, you then race it at the Formula Student UK competition at Silverstone in July. The team gives Trinity students the platform to put the theory they learn in lectures to practice and gain real life experience as a member of an engineering, business, or autonomous team. The team motto is “Building careers, one race car at a time”. Being on the team is voluntary, they all put hours of work in during spare time to ensure they complete the car and rely on generosity from sponsors to fund the construction of the car. Since 2017, they have grown to over 80 members and have become the top performing team in Ireland, achieving 2nd place in the 2019 Class 2 in the Formula Student UK competition. They have accomplished this through bringing together talented students from first years to masters and multiple disciplines such as engineering, computer science, business, law and many others. They are a team of equal opportunity constantly promoting gender equality and women in STEM. The team made up of three main sections: Internal Combustion, Autonomous and Business & Operations, with each having broken down into departments. The internal combustion section has 7 departments ranging from aerodynamics and powertrain to suspension and electronics. The Autonomous section has 4 departments which include control engineering, path-planning, perception, state- estimation and reinforcement learning.

In this podcast today, Melanie Boylan speaks with Frederique Murphy about her very soon to be released book and how this will beneficial for industry leaders to teens by rewiring their brain. We delve through the wires (chapters) and understand the circuits (processes) involved and she helps outline a framework that you can use to understand and strategise with.  This may sound complicated but it really isn't! Listen in today and to pre-order your book, visit the book website. Frederique Murphy is a leadership mindset strategist, who inspires and equips leaders to move through extraordinary change. With her Mountain Moving Mindset platform, as an international keynote speaker and award- winning consultant, she works with global organizations, tapping into the power of their leaders’ minds to rewire their brains for success. In Lead Beyond The Edge, Frederique Murphy provides you with the mind strategies you need to rewire your brain for success. You will know how to overcome any challenges to accomplish anything, anytime, anywhere. Discover scientific strategies to lead transformations from within. Learn by doing more than just reading  to enhance your cognitive functions. Access a powerful 12-step framework to fire up your brain on command. You can lead beyond the edge but only if you know what to do when your brain    resists. Thanks to Frederique’s actionable strategies, memorable science and personal stories, experience self-directed neuroplasticity by building this bold path and make your extraordinary happen! Find Frederiques links below: https://twitter.com/IrishSmiley https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederiquemurphy/ https://www.facebook.com/FrederiqueMurphyM3/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFNhOzsXnf6SHNFE9izcJA https://www.instagram.com/frederiquemurphy/

Jamil finds out more about this interesting and positive initiative Fran Strajnar is an entrepreneur and technologist in the blockchain and fintech industries. He is the Founder and CEO of Techemy, a holding company for an industry-wide blockchain enterprise ecosystem. Techemy includes Techemy Capital, an investment firm, and Techemy Advisory, which offers end-to-end deal structuring and strategy services. Fran is also the Founder and Chairman of Brave New Coin, a digital asset data company. In 2020, Fran launched BNC Pro, a low-cost, feature-rich digital wealth management platform for cryptocurrency investors. He holds an MBA from the University of Otago and is based in Auckland, New Zealand. About Jamil Hasan 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 catch up with Andy Brennan, whose book Uncultivated, Wild Apples, Real Cider, and the Complicated Art of Making a Living, we recently reviewed. More about Aaron Burr Cider “The Cidery”, which produces Aaron Burr Cider in Wurtsboro, New York, is a small homestead farm dating back to the early 1800s. Our tenure (and you can read more more about us here) on this land began in 2006 with the planting of a cider-orchard. Cider-apples are different from eating-apples in the same way wine-grapes are different from table-grapes. You wouldn’t want to make wine from big, tasty fresh-eating grapes, and the same applies with cider. We use our apples and other locally grown and foraged apples for one mission: to re-create “true cider”, the rightful table wine of our land. This focus is founded on the belief that early Americans drank history’s best cider. Reestablishing this involves a lost holism -from farming to art, from the market to policies –cider is an identity. There is much from our recent past which must be undone but luckily the descendants of early cider apples do still exist in the wild. We believe their ability to survive the 20th century provides American cider, cider-orchards, and cider businesses the much-needed paragon for the future. About Andy Brennan Andy Brennan owns Aaron Burr Cider in New York’s Catskills region. His career started as a freelance artist, working in the fields of photography, design, and architecture. Since its founding in 2011, Aaron Burr Cider has become well known among cider enthusiasts for its natural approach to cider making, using wild apples and yeasts. As a prominent figure in the growing US cider movement, Andy has been featured in print media and on television, radio, and podcasts. He regularly speaks about natural apple growing and cider production at museums, trade events, festivals, restaurants, and anywhere local food enthusiasts are found. You can buy the book Uncultivated here

Jamil catches up with Eric Ma to learn more about this project A Deeper Dive: Building the Web 3.0 with Deeper Network's decentralized VPNs, with Eric Ma Previously a core member of CoinMarketCap, he took charge in building the groundwork of their community to what it has become today. Being front facing, Eric met with members of the community online and offline. He also played a key role in seeking strategic partnerships for CoinMarketCap helping the company to become a multimillion dollar company. Eric is an award winning public speaker and often takes to the stage to educate and share his experience with new blockchain products and ideas with the blockchain community. As the VP of Marketing at Deeper Network, Eric sees new products and innovation as key drivers to the blockchain industry. With the demand for technology growing non-stop, together with the talent at Deeper Network, Eric will help lead the company to new heights and achieve new milestones in the years ahead. About Jamil Hasan 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.

Understanding what experience to give to your customers is one thing, but there's valuable relationships we also have with our staff and suppliers as well.  In this podcast Melanie Boylan spoke to Victoria Taylor about her long background in this field and about her upcoming book and future projects.  Links t Victoria below: Who is Victoria Taylor? Victoria Taylor is an experience consultant and international speaker, who puts different in experience. Her purpose is to help brands become experience leaders . Victoria get brands to ‘Raise-the-Bar’ in experience by thinking different, creating different and doing different. She can consult on audience, employee, customer and brand experience, working with boutique businesses, fortune 100 brands and everything in between. She is a proven customer experience leader who brings together the digital and physical worlds, transforming experience at every moment and interaction someone has with a brand. She tells all her clients this: They need to Make People Matter. Make people matter and your brand will matter to them. "I'm far from finished yet and my mission to Raise-the-Bar in experience continues, one day at a time, one brand at a time, one experience at a time." Victoria Taylor. Book Bio: 'Points Of Entry: Unlocking People Experience' was written with one purpose in mind. To help brands to recognise that every person is important to them. I realised that a lot of the conversation around experience focused on customer experience or, when someone is already a customer of a brand. 'Points Of Entry : Unlocking People Experience' looks at the 'pre-experience' BEFORE someone becomes a customer and it uncovers the potential entry points that a person has into a business. I define a Point of Entry as a place where anyone can gain ‘entry’ to your business, gain insight, have a conversation, or experience your brand for the first time if they don't know you, or engage with and experience your business regularly if they do know you. The experience you create at each entry point will either be the beginning of a solid business relationship (for those who don’t know you), a great experience (for existing customers and those that do know you) or the end of the road on all counts! Entry points are everywhere and when I counted up my own, I had over 70 of them. It made me realise how many opportunities there were for brands to build great experiences with people who were not yet customers. Experiences at every moment and every interaction. But in order to create an experience, knowledge is crucial. This book helps readers to understand 1.) Why entry points are important for EVERY brand today. 2.) Why 'moments' are key to creating experiences. 3.) How you can apply Entry Point Theory to your business with examples. 4.) How you get started in actioning it. We are all in the experience business first and foremost, second to that comes the product or service we offer, but experience happens long before someone becomes a customer, I hope this book will become the guide to realising the potential of people experience When you Make People Matter, your brand will matter to them. Victoria Taylors Links: https://www.victoriatayl.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriatayluk/ https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaTaylUK https://www.instagram.com/victoriatayluk/ https://twitter.com/VictoriaTaylUK

Interesting and informative conversation with Cade Metz, who recently published Genius Makers, documenting the story of the evolution and development of Artificial Intelligence. Cade Metz is a reporter with The New York Times, covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Genius Makers is his first book. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology news sites. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of Duke University, Metz, 48, works in The New York Times’ San Francisco bureau and lives across the bay with his wife Taylor and two daughters. You can order the book here  https://cademetzauthor.com/order/