The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talks to Pallavi Kumar the Founder & CEO of Alingenious and one of the speakers at the Comtrade Digital Services’ Quest for Quality conference. Pallavi talks about her background, what Alingenious does and why she believes in the power of Ai. Pallavi also explains how AI has helped her in the various fields she has worked in, and what she will be talking about Comtrade Digital Services’ Quest for Quality conference.

Ronan talks to Andres Latas Martinez, Data Engineer, Comtrade Digital Services and one of the speakers at the Comtrade Digital Services’ Quest for Quality conference. Andres talk about his background, what he does at Comtrade, and the benefits of AI. Andres also talks about what he will be talking about Comtrade Digital Services’ Quest for Quality conference.

Ronan talks to Pat Moran a partner with PwC Ireland. Pat talks about his background, the recent PwC Digital Trust Insights survey and its findings. Pat also talks about cybersecurity fines, security fire drills, and how businesses build digital trust.

Ronan talks to Paul Sweeney EVP Product at Webio and one of the speakers at the ConverCon tech conference taking place in Dublin later this month which Webio organise. Paul talks about his background, voice interactive services, moving to digital systems, how people feel about their smartphones, and conversational tech. Paul also talks about webchat, what is conversational technology, and ConverCon.

Ronan talks to Mike Cullen the Co-Founder of SaaStock. Mile talks about how SaaStock has grown since it started in 2016, what makes SaaStock different to other tech conferences, the speakers at SaaStock, and consolidation in the SaaS industry. Mike also talks about why SaaStock chose Dublin to host their conference, why good coffee and Wi-Fi is important, why the RDS is a great venue, the talks you should watch in SaaStock, and the trends Mike is seeing in Ireland and worldwide.

Ronan talks to Eoin Hayes the founder of Cantillon Labs. Eoin talks about his background, working for Peter Thiel, why he started Cantillon Labs and what they do. Eoin also talks about what he has noticed over the years, the difference in mindsets in Dublin, London, and Silicon Valley, and gives some great advice for startups.

Ronan spoke to Feargal O'Rourke managing partner at PwC Ireland about their recent Gender Pay Gap report. Feargal talks about the data used the prepare the report, the report's findings, if he thinks the Gender Pay Gap still exists, and what we can do to stop the Gender Pay Gap.

Ronan talks to Jason Blick the CEO of EQIBank. Jason talks about what EQIBank does, the current state of play with digital banks and challenger banks, where most of EQIBank’s clients come from and why digital banking is so hot at the moment. Jason also talks about how he sees the future of digital assets with regards to banking the traditional finance world and crypto, and who banks offshore and what challenges they are facing.

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Ronan talks to Jamie Bartlett the Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos who is speaking at the DataSolutions Secure Computing Forum taking place later this week. Jamie talks about his background, what has changed since his excellent BBC2 documentary series The Secrets of Silicon Valley aired 2 years ago, if another Cambridge Analytica story could happen, and if we can do anything to ensure that social media is not used for nefarious means. Jamie also talks about where surveillance technologies will go over the next 5 years, and what he will be taking about at this weeks DataSolutions Secure Computing Forum.