The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talks to Kieran Desmond the Founder And CEO Of Referral Works. Kieran tells Ronan how Referral Works started, what they do and the areas they are finding it easiest and hardest to recruit in. Kieran also talks about the I.T. sector in Cork, how vibrant it is and the Teamworks Catalyst tech hub where they are based. Kieran mentions their Beta launch which is happening on the 7th of September in Cork talks about the Microsoft Bizspark program they are on, and gives some tips to companies looking to hire staff and job seekers.

On this episode of the Irish Tech News Podcast Ronan talks to Kieron Branagan CEO OpenJaw Technologies. Kieran tells Ronan how Open Jaw started, what they do, and how they got bought by a company owned by the Chinese government. Open Jaw is also looking to recruit more employees and Kieran explains what areas theses jobs are in. Kieran also talks about Open Jaws plans for the next five years, how travel tech will change over the next few years, how IBM’s Watson is becoming a great tool to use, and why mobile devices are becoming more prevalent.

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Ronan talks to Julian Douglas from Home Care Direct and Brian Kenny from MiniCorp. Julian talks about How Home Care Direct got started, what it does, how it works, how his experience of online business consultancy, corporate management strategy, technology, online development and digital marketing has helped him with Home Care Direct. Brian explains how MiniCorp got involved as the developer of the Home Care Direct platform, and Julian talks about why MiniCorp is the perfect match for Home Care Direct. Brian talks about the Home Care Direct apps and how they work. Brain and Julian talk about the future plan’s and innovations for the Home Care Direct apps, how Irish Tech Companies Intercom, and Stripe are very important to them, and including going to markets overseas.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast Ronan talks to Frank Reeves the CEO of Avvio and Samira Raj Avvio’s AI expert. Frank tells Ronan about the background of Avvio and how it started. Samira talks about AI and Allora, Avvio’s new AI platform which is launching later this. Frank also talks about how Online Travel Agents are costing hotels money and how Allora can save hotels money and give them more power.

Jamie Foale the Co-founder of MyLocalPitch by Infused Media

Ronan talks to Tony Corrigan the founder of TenderScout. Tony talks about how TendersSout started, what mistakes businesses make when they tender, risk mitigation strategies, tips when applying for tenders, 90% of SME's and startups don't compete for tenders worth 9 billion euro in Ireland and 3.1 trillion dollars globally. Tony also mentions why 80% of tenders are won by smaller companies, Irish companies win more tenders abroad than their European counterparts, and why machine learning will be a very important to the next Tenderscout update.

Ronan recently spoke to George Szlosarek the CEO at Epsilon after the Imagine Group Joined Epsilon’s SIP Trunk Federation to connect Its European customers around the World. George talks about how Epsilon started, what they do, and what their SIP Trunk Federation is. George also mentions the benefits for enterprises, why they chose Imagine as their Irish Partners, Epsilons plans for the next five years, why the cloud is so important and is the new foundation of digital, and he talks about his time spent in Ireland.

Ronan talks to Claire McBride one of the speakers at Product Camp 2017 which takes places later this week on June 15th. Claire talks about her background in product management, lecturing in DIT, what product management is, and what Product Camp is.

Janice Valentine the founder of Great Life Distillery, and Startup Salon, and the Hack Access Dublin hackathon, talks to Ronan about Hack Access Dublin, how it came about, Hack Access Dublin 2017, how Google Startup Weekend helped her and how David Scanlon and Gene Murphy encouraged her. Janice also talks about what she hopes Hack Access Dublin can achieve, the potential of smart cities, what innovation actually is, opportunity and threats, the great life distillery and her upcoming meeting with the minister state for disabilities.