The Irish Tech News Podcast

Adam Majmudar - TKS Alum - Founding Team Member of ThirdWeb  I am an 18-year-old learner and builder at heart with a wide variety of interests. I'm a constant truth-seeker and love exploring and learning about philosophy and epistemology. I also like to take time to prioritize diving deep into specific interests and building technical competence in a variety of fields. Recently, I cofounded Thirdweb  (incubated in Founders Inc.), which makes it easy to add popular web3 features to projects like NFTs, marketplaces, and currencies. Currently, I'm focused on building Thirdweb and turning it into the Stripe for web3. I'm also a freshman studying CS and Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I'm most interested in: Psychedelics, Neuroscience, Consciousness, Meditation Philosophy, Psychology, & Epistemology (Existentialism, Vedanta, Nondualism, etc.) Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Blockchain (and their potential future implications Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Jon Allen is a GP at Magnus Ventures. He served in the military for 5 years as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, earning several medals including a Purple Heart. His passion for blockchain started in 2013 as an active Bitcoin trader and physical crypto (Casascius) collector. He then transferred to UC Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in ISF for Economics, Business, & Computer Science. Allen co-founded Blockchain at Berkeley, San Francisco Blockchain Week, and Dekrypt Capital. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Joseph Chong is lead of Marketing and Strategy partnerships at League of Ancients. League of Ancients is a MOBA-NFT game inspired by DOTA2 and League of Legends. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Paddy Power is a veteran of the gaming industry.  As a fourth generation ‘bookie’ he has helped create, develop and ultimately personify one of the wagering world’s most famous brands, ‘Paddy Power’.Paddy Power (the brand!) is a cornerstone of the Flutter Group, which has grown to become the world’s leading gaming and wagering company, with brands including Fanduel under its umbrella.Paddy’s expertise throughout his career has been mainly focussed on the fearless pursuit of creating an iconic, relevant and relatable brand.   Paddy Power has consistently been the most famous betting brand in the UK & Ireland and has won countless awards for various campaigns over the past two decades, both within and outside it’s sector.Paddy’s successful campaigns are as varied as setting up a ‘bookie stall’ in St. Peter’s Square to shout odds on the next Pope during the 2005 Papal Election (the Vatican Guard were none too pleased!), to launching a ‘Rainbow Laces’ campaign, persuading Premier League footballers to wear Rainbow Laces to raise awareness of homophobia in Football.‘What would nobody else dare do?’ Is a question Paddy and his team often asked, and the answer invariably led to an unexpected and successful campaign.  Like persuading Prof. Stephen Hawking to become a Paddy Power brand Ambassador for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014 - his job was to mathematically calculate how to take the perfect penalty to help England get over their awful record in penalty shootouts….as it turned out England were so bad they didn’t make it far enough in the tournament to even have a penalty shoot out! In more recent times Paddy has hosted a 26 show series of The Green Room, a weekly sports & entertainment show on Irish national TV, and has made various sports and culture documentaries on behalf of Paddy Power (the brand) as they spread their reach away from the traditional core territories.This type of uninhibited, creative thinking and action (along with a vastly superior social following to its peers) has consistently been the difference which has created an unrivalled brand affinity among Paddy Power advocates.As a founder and President of ASX, Paddy's ambition is to facilitate a new era of engagement among sports fans where they can be entertained on their own terms rather than the more traditional terms of those gone before. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

By now, you have probably heard of influencer marketing. But what exactly does that entail in the B2B context? And what are the success factors and pitfalls that brands need to be aware of?  In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Bradley chat with Tim Williams, CEO of Onalytica, on how different organizations are engaging with influential experts and employee advocates from content creation and social engagement to events and sales conversion. In a world where social media is part of our daily lives and everyone is influential, how do we best leverage the tools that we have to create the maximum impact?

In this podcast Melanie Boylan talks to Steven Lewis and Dr Rebecca Weintraub, PhD about a book they collaborated on about personal communication. The lean was on building credibility with tools to help you build yourself up. The book offers real world solutions and with their specific backgrounds and experience they were able to bring a plethora of knowledge that would leave the reader with a clear framework to work from.   Steven Lewis Steven Lewis is a Communication Strategist with an extensive background in training creative corporate leaders on their presentation skills. He is an elite personal presentation trainer who has worked with senior executives at NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Verve Mobile, Hulu, Paramount, Fox and Stitch Fix. He is an Emmy Award winning television executive and entrepreneur, with a keen understanding of how to bring out the best in talent. He has worked with various directors and actors for their promotional tours, including Tom Cruise, Zac Efron and Jennifer Lawrence. Twitter Dr Rebecca Weintraub Dr Rebecca Weintraub, PhD is an expert in strategic communication, leadership and organizational communication. She is an Emerita Clinical Professor of Communication at USC in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Over the course of her career she has worked as a communication consultant and a corporate communication executive. Her clients have included senior executives from an array of industries including infrastructure, publishing, aerospace, automotive and military. Twitter InCredible Communication: Uncover the Invaluable Art of Selling Yourself by Steven Lewis & Rebecca Weintraub PhD (Bloomsbury Business) is published on 17th February 2022 in hardback, audiobook and ebook. Twitter

In today's Podcast Melanie Boylan speaks with Dr Aaron Naeger who is a Research Scientist at the University of Alabama, in Huntsville. He also works very closely with NASA using satellites that measure air quality around parts of the Earth. Listen in to the podcast to hear about upcoming NASA missions that are coming up that are supporting the research being launched in the upcoming months and years. Also find out about the challenge that has been set up to find more ways to improve air quality data. Can you and your team bring something new to the table? Would you like to know more about the challenge and the team involved in organising it?  Check out the links below to learn more: https://www.herox.com/airathon https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/91/competition-air-quality-no2/ https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/88/competition-air-quality-pm/

Since the pandemic started nearly two years ago, remote working has become part of our everyday lives, but everyone does it differently. Avaya knows no two businesses remote work the same, and offers cloud communications and workstream collaboration solutions to help with this. Ronan talks to Steve Joyner Avaya VP UK & Ireland about this and more. Steve talks about this his background, what Avaya does, remote working through the pandemic, why the focus on the employee experience drives the customer experience and the positive business outcomes, and why businesses must move from a product-oriented approach to an agile, customer-centric focus that is able to compete in today’s experience economy. More about Steve: Steve began at Avaya following the acquisition of Nortel in 2009 and has held multiple engineering, sales and channel roles in the UK and the Middle East over his successful, 30-year career. Prior to his current role Steve was the company’s European channel lead. In this role, he led a team of regional channel managers to drive significant growth through an extensive, diversified network of business partners and resellers across Europe. He played a critical role in improving the company’s various channel programs globally and expanding its channel business.

Shane is joined by Paul McCormack, Innovation Manager at Belfast Metropolitan College to discuss the importance of Green Hydrogen in Ireland's transition to net-zero. Paul also discusses his work with Hydrogen Ireland and the GENCOMM Project. This project aims to technically and financially validate the renewable H2 value chain and adapt it to a DST that leads NWE communities into sustainable, local and autonomous energy matrixes. Paul also speaks on the obstacles in the way of Green Hydrogen deployment in Ireland and how they can be overcome. Paul previously wrote an article for Irish Tech News with an in-depth look at these obstacles and how they can be overcome which can be found here. About Paul Paul McCormack is an entrepreneurial innovator, technology ambitious and intellectually curious. As Project Coordinator on international projects he engages with many companies across different industries, positioning them truly are at the forefront of innovation. He is an engineer and MBA graduate with over 30 years of experience within global manufacturing, engineering, software, renewable energy, packaging and environmental industries. He also has a robust record of achievement in all levels of management roles including founder/CEO of multi-award-winning start-up SMEs, securing several international awards for innovation and patents. More information about the GENCOMM Project Paul is currently working on can be found at: https://www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/gencomm-generating-energy-secure-communities/ About Shane Shane is currently interning with Irish Tech News. He is in his third year of studying Journalism at NUI Galway where he also studies IT and has an interest in programming and web development.

The Power that Improvements on Supply Chains using Blockchain has on Global Social Impact, with Samantha Ouyang and TKS This is part 2 of a 4 part continuing series on the Knowledge Society Samantha Ouyang, TKS Activator Samantha is a 17 y/o TKS Activator who has been working in blockchain research and development for the past 18 months, taking special interest in the social impact of blockchain. She first started off by researching cryptography, the technical workings behind blockchain, and current limitations, publishing her own articles and videos explaining technical components and reviewing interesting applications. She then moved into blockchain development after teaching herself Solidity, building her own decentralized applications (dApps) and other blockchain-related projects to tackle global issues. This included dApps and frameworks to secure property rights in developing countries, prevent cyberattacks on nuclear power plants, render the pet industry more transparent, combat bias in AI, and reduce blood donation expiry, winning hackathons and other competitions that allowed her to present her ideas to companies such as S&P Global. Her efforts compounded and she was soon presented with a job offer.  For 5 months, she worked as a smart contract developer at ViewFin, a global fintech company based in Toronto and Shanghai. As the youngest employee, she integrated a decentralized indexing protocol into the company's token exchange platform and spearheaded her own project there to prevent child labour in the chocolate supply chain. Over the summer, she got to conduct research on smart contract evolution under the guidance of a professor at the University of Waterloo as well. As she grew her network in the blockchain enterprise solutions community, she has also gotten the chance to moderate fireside chats with leaders in the blockchain industry and spark insightful conversations on the potential of blockchain in ESG. She hopes to take her work in blockchain further by delving into IoT, bridging the gap between hardware and software so that she can innovate with the synergized power of both. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over ninety podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.