The Irish Tech News Podcast

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.

Tony Moreno, Julien Garrigues And Deirdre O’Connor From Black Pug Studios by Infused Media

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.

Ronan talks to Tom Parsons the head of Tenable in Ireland. Tom talks about the vulnerabilities found in Arlo home cameras, how they can be fixed, and what Tenable do when they discover vulnerabilities, the Zoom vulnerability that Tenable discovered, and why cloud based services can be harder to reverse engineer. Tom also talks about legacy systems, why they won’t push customers a certain way, how Tenable use machine learning and A.I., the various scanning methods that Tenable use, the pro’s and cons of the cloud., and the jobs Tenable are looking to fill.

Ronan talks to Kevin Bambury the co-founder of ONCOassist. Kevin talks about his background, how ONCOassist started, what ONCOassist does, and what cancers it works with. Kevin also talks about how many countries use ONCOassist, why doctors should use ONCOassist, what devices their app works on, and where ONCOassist will go in the next 5 years.

Ronan talks to Mark Swaine and Dr Shirley Coyle. Mark and Dr Coyle talk about their backgrounds, the tech shortages we are facing, how we can fix this. and they talk about their bootcamps in Talent Garden.