The Irish Tech News Podcast

The best place to learn how good a company is to work for is to talk to one of their employees. Ronan talks to Nicole Petersen about her job in Forcepoint, what she has gained from Forcepoint, and why Forcepoint is a great company to work for.

Ronan talks to Dave Hodgson the director and Co-Founder of NEM Ventures. Dave talks about his background, what NEM Ventures does and explains what the NEM blockchain Ecosystem is. Dave also mentions why blockchain is important technology, what NEM look for when they invest in projects, what interesting projects they have invested in, and cryptocurrencies.

Ronan talks to Helen Hartnett VP Finance and Operations with SVG Partners. Helen talks about her background, what the ITLG Silicon Valley internship does and how it was conceived. Helen also talks about the week hosting the ITLG young innovators from Gort community school in Co Galway went, what SVG Partners do, and how SVG Partners decide what startups to invest in.

Ronan talks to Dr Horacio González-Vélez the head of the cloud competency centre in NCI. Dr González-Vélez talks about how the cloud competency centre has changed since he joined NCI 7 years ago, their partners, their advisory board, and the MSC in FinTech that they offer. Dr González-Vélez also talks about GDPR, supercomputing, the cloud, and the new courses that they will be offering.

Ronan talks to Scott Eddy. Scott talks about his background, how he keeps his personal brand relevant, his favourite social media platform, what advice he would give other entrepreneurs, and his favourite place to visit. Scott also does digital consulting, brand ambassadorship, corporate training and public speaking, and talks about which one he loves doing the most and what he is doing next.

Ronan talks to Will Conaghan and Lizzy Hayashida, the co-founders of Change Donations. Will and Liz talk about their backgrounds, how Change Donations started and what Change Donations do. They also talk about being in Hothouse, happy memories of DogPatch Labs, their plans for the next 5 years, future partnerships, and transparency.

Ronan talks to Aine Denn the Co-founder of Altify and Nigel Cullington the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Altify. Aine and Nigel talk about their backgrounds, what Altify does, and the Salesforce platform that they are built on. They also talk about how Customer Revenue Optimisation which is also known as CRO works, the recent report by Aragon Research that mentions Altify, and what’s next for Altify.

The Future Creators 2019 graduation took place last night and Ronan interviewed Niall the Future Creators Coordinator, and Fiach Mac Conghail the CEO of the Digital Hub.

Ronan talked to Claire Carroll from Accenture’s The Dock. Claire talks about her background, the report Putting the human first in the home and some of it’s findings, and why she thinks people over 65 are more trusting of smart technology. Claire also talks about we can do to reassure younger people about smart technology, and where she sees the future of smart technology in the home.

Ronan talks to Fergal O’Sullivan, the Country Manager & Regional Director Ireland & Scotland Territories, for Nutanix. Fergal talks about his background, what his role in Nutanix entails, and the jobs that Nutanix are hiring for. Fergal also talks about how Nutanix are positive on Brexit, how Hyper-converged infrastructure usage has increased,