The Irish Tech News Podcast

COVID-19 has made sure that remote working is here to stay but how many businesses and workers will embrace it? Ronan talks to Vanessa Tierney the Co-founder of Abodoo. Vanessa talks about what Abodoo does, the day free trial they are offering, and how COVID-19 has affected her and also Abodoo. Vanessa also talks about their talent heat map service used by government bodies and why remote working will become a permanent fixture in our working lives.

Adam Weatherly the Learning & Development Manager with ISME by Infused Media

Living in COVID-19 world, we have to take care of our mental health and fitness, but how can we do this safely?. Ronan talks to Antoinette McDonnell a yoga teacher, a Certified Reiki Master and certified Magnified Healer and a Light Healing practitioner who gives 1-to-1 healing treatments. Antoinette has pivoted to offering all of her services online because of COVID-19. Antionette talks about her background, why shows initially reluctant to go online, how COVID-19 changed what she now does and the challenges she faced going online. Antoinette also talks about tailor-making her classes for an online world, why she will continue offering online classes when things get back to normal, her new app that is launching next month and where people can go to see her classes and book them.

How has COVID-19 effected Irish businesses and forced them to reconfigure work-sites and increase remote working? Ronan talks to Garrett Cronin a partner in PwC. Garrett talks about his background, the latest PwC CFO Pulse survey, the surveys key findings and why over a third of Irish respondents to the survey are planning to scale back digital transformation. Garrett also talks about how the technology available to us today has made remote working a permanent part of our daily working lives, how COVID-19 has become a wakeup call to businesses who have not adopted the latest hardware and software technologies, and how COVID-19 has changed how he works.

How is COVID-19 affecting the eCommerce industry? Ronan talks to Rory O’Connor the CEO and founder of Scurri. Rory talks about Scurri been recently named among the top 50 retail tech start-ups operating globally by RWRC, how COVID-19 has changed how Scurri does business, and if remote working will become the norm for Scurri in the future when things get back to normal. Rory also talks about how COVID-19 has caused a boom in eCommerce and what trends he has noticed because of COVID-19.

How is COVID-19 affecting the chemical and pharma industries? Ronan talks to Kevin Walsh the CEO and founder of Chemishield. Kevin talks about what Chemishield does, the blog posts that he and his CTO have written about managing diverse teams in times of uncertainty and what technologies Chemishield have started to adopt during the COVID-19 crisis. Kevin also talks about how the chemical waste industry adapted to the current COVID-19 world, why Chemishield is a digital PPE and how COVID-19 has changed the working practices of Chemishield and its customers.

Ronan talks to Simon Haigh about his recent article for Irish Tech News. which focused on collaboration and the collaborative balance in the COVID-19 world we live in. Simon talks about the challenges and opportunities facing organisations, resilient leadership, and strategic serendipity. Simon also talks about how salespeople are adapting and pivoting in this COVID-19 world and how technology will help us.

Ronan talks to CEO and Founder of ClearStory International James McCann. James talks about ClearStory International’s COVID-19 Tech Trend Report, some of its key findings, which video conferencing software is being used the most, the future of remote working and all things COVID-19.

Ronan talks to Dr Rich Ferrie the Director of UCC Innovation. Rich talks about GatewayUCC, IGNITE and GatewayUCC now being open for expressions of interest, how COVID-19 affecting what he is doing if remote working will become a part up of start-up life in the future and startups can do as they try and work through the current COVID-19 crisis.

Ronan talks to Jack Fitzsimons from Oblivious AI. Jack talks about his background, what Oblivious AI’s software does, and how they adapted it to help with COVID-19 contact tracing. Jack also talks about how they got AWS and Oracle on board, GDPR compliance, the issues he sees with the apps used in Singapore and South Korea, and the work Oblivious AI has done in India.