The Irish Tech News Podcast

Co-founders of Salsa, Helena and Grace met at a conference before deciding the work together - and talk to the host Jillian Godsil about the challenges and benefits of working as female founders - and raising funds

With all eyes on supply chain at the moment, due to the war in Ukraine, Brexit and the remnants of the pandemic, technology has become very important in logistics. One company that is heavily involved in this is Overhaul, founded in Ireland in 2016. It’s European HQ is in Dundalk, Co. Louth and US headquarters is in Austin, Texas. Ronan talks to David Broe the COO and co-founder of Overhaul. David talks about his background, what Overhaul does, supply chain resilience, digitisation, Amazon and more. More about David Broe: David Broe is the COO and co-founder of Overhaul, the only device and data-agnostic supply chain visibility and security solution, and the global leader in in-transit risk management. David has operated in supply chain tech industry for the last 18 years with experience across general management, finance, and M&A roles for market leaders, including FreightWatch and Sensitech. Prior to his years in supply chain technology, David worked for Bank of Scotland as a commercial lender. David holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College Dublin and master’s degree from University College Dublin.

In today's podcast Melanie Boylan speaks with Ronan Newman about this brand new promotional incentive to bring greater awareness to our skies.  Ronan is the man behind the vision and has single handedly brought about this special week of awareness, using all the astronomy groups in Ireland and also by bringing in the libraries throughout the country too. Learn more about the work involved and save the date for your family and friends and let's educate the next generation. Learn more about the 100 events on their website: https://www.irishastronomyweek.ie/

DESCRIPTION: Co-hosts Brett King and Rob Tercek speak with medical futurist Dr Daniel Kraft on the topic of exponential health care. Kraft reports that we’ve entered a decade-long era of rapid innovation that began with the pandemic. Covid-19 accelerated progress in health care from incremental to exponential, including: vaccines derived from messenger RNA, consumerized health care and home diagnostic kits, loosening of regulation to allow telemedicine, and innovation in payments. What’s next: hybrid care, AI medical chatbots, the “mediverse”, advanced sensors, DNA sequencing, the Big Data shift from quantified self to quantified health, advances in wearables, “predictalytics", the advantages of crowdsourcing actionable data, democratization and equity in global health care, medical tricorders, 3D printed medications and foods, “humanized” pigs. Daniel extends an invitation to listeners to visit his event www.NextMed.Health and to access the free resources at www.Digital.Health Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year. Robert Tercek is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, and educator focused on the process of dematerialization and innovation. In his professional capacity, Mr. Tercek is a seasoned business executive with deep expertise in digital media and internet services. He is a prolific creator of interactive programs and products. He has designed and launched successful consumer experiences on every digital platform, including digital television, game consoles, broadband Internet, and mobile networks. In 2021, Mr. Tercek was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Media Excellence Awards for his leadership in designing and launching COVID SMART™, an interactive training program designed to keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic.

Tammy Khan, co CEO and co Founder of FYEO charts her progress from a strategic communications and philosophy degree, via a family business selling antiques on ebay to co-leading a cyber security firm working with layer one blockchains. She ‘face planted’ into tech she says and loves it. In conversation with Jillian Godsil

Change is not an abstraction. We have the tech at our disposal; what we do need is to make a choice. Do we have the intention to change and do what is needed? And are we doing enough? In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Dr Leda Glyptis, Chief Client Officer at 10x Banking, and author of “Bankers Like Us”, on culture and transformation. Much like Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring, you are not alone. As Gandalf the Grey said in the Fellowship of the Ring: “All We Have To Decide Is What To Do With The Time That Is Given To Us.” The book is a call to action: the ball is now in your court.

Sinead Marsh and Carole Gilkes of Service Express talk on the new facility in Dublin and women leadership. Ireland has a thriving technology sector and is regarded as one of Europe’s key tech hubs, with many world-leading names such as IBM, Intel and Oracle having a presence in the country. Establishing the new site leads to increased service coverage for customers and partners of Service Express.

The Covid-19 pandemic hastened digital transformation forcing businesses to usher in remote working, hybrid working whilst facing digital transformation challenges. The Innovation Exchange, a marketplace for innovation aims to help multinational corporate businesses facing digital transformation challenges by connecting them with innovative early-stage tech solution providers with the talent to help them achieve their ambitions. Ronan talks to Conor Carmody, Programme Director of The Innovation Exchange, Conor talks about his background, his future plans, what the Innovation Exchange does, Covid and more. More about the Innovation Exchange: The Innovation Exchange is a multi-year programme that facilitates collaboration between Irish SME’s and large multinationals to boost innovation. It will support over 1,000 companies between 2022-2025. The programme is managed by Furthr (formerly Dublin BIC) in partnership with Skillnet Ireland. The initiative was developed to address the barriers that exist for SMEs engaging with corporates and government. The Innovation Exchange is designed to offer a complete framework that will enable both SMEs and large corporates to develop a full understanding of the innovation process from ideation through to procurement and will allow for a structured and managed process to connect both parties that will lead to increased business opportunities.

We catch up with Christos Makridis to talk about music, blockchain, Nashville, and how he sees Living Opera as a positive way to help artists and musicians in particular.  Bio: Christos A. Makridis is a research affiliate at Columbia Business School, Stanford University and the University of Nicosia. He is COO of Living Opera, and CEO/founder of Dainamic, a startup that aims to democratize access to AI for mid and small sized banks. Christos serves as a Research Professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business and Research Affiliate at the Global Security Initiative (both in Arizona State University), an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at the Chazen Institute in Columbia Business School, a Digital Fellow at the Digital Economy Lab in Stanford University, a Non-resident Fellow at the Institute for Religious Studies at Baylor University, an Adjunct Scholar at the Manhattan Institute, a Senior Adviser at Gallup, a policy adviser, and an entrepreneur. He is the CEO/co-founder of Dainamic, a technology startup working to democratize the use and application of data science and AI techniques for small and mid sized organizations, and CTO/co-founder of Living Opera, a web3 startup working to bridge classical music and blockchain technologies. Christos previously served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers managing the cybersecurity, technology, and space activities, as a Non-resident Fellow at the Cyber Security Project in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, as a Digital Fellow at the Initiative at the Digital Economy in the MIT Sloan School of Management, a a Non-resident Research Scientist at Datacamp, and as a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Christos’ primary academic research focuses on labor economics, the digital economy, and personal finance and well-being. He also writes frequently for syndicated outlets in the press and serves on the Council of Advisers for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Christos earned a Bachelor’s in Economics and Minor in Mathematics at Arizona State University, as well a dual Masters and PhDs in Economics and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. About Living Opera Founded by two opera singers and an economist, Living Opera is a multimedia art-technology company that unites the classical music and blockchain communities to produce transformative content. Living Opera takes a holistic approach to life, work, and education: “living” means “full of life and vigor,” and “opera” means (in Latin) “labor, effort, attention, or work.” Living Opera NFT collections, such as Magic Mozart, are designed to bring the art and tech worlds together by expanding the audience of people who traditionally engage with classical music and fine art.

Jillian Godsil interviews the co founders of EZ 24 Ramen - a new unmanned 24 hour ramen outlet targeted for Oxford, UK, where the principles of Web3 met Korean food experiences. A pop up shop in London this week had queues around the block with people wanting to come and sample the food. Worth Listening to!