The Irish Tech News Podcast

Techstars is a a globally-renowned seed accelerator that helps to catalyse founders, early-stage companies and support organisations to create a more dynamic and vibrant startup community. Part of what Techstars do is community building but how is this implemented? Part two of Ronan's chat with Clark Dever, Senior Product Manager at Techstars. Clark talks about mentor madness, mentor whiplash, breakout startups, Covid and VC’s, the world is remote first. Clark also talks about what he has noticed about the Irish startup scene, having a global perspective, making relationships with VC’s, unicorns’s, post exit founder syndrome, why community is so important, product market fit. More about Clark Dever: He is a data driven, process-oriented, and customer-focused senior IT and operations management executive with 15+ years of technical experience and unique understanding of business management building high performance teams utilising process orientation for repeatable success. As a strategic systems thinker and resourceful problem solver, He possess an innate ability to drive process design / implementation, full stack Web development, and personnel management and development.

Years from now, when we look back at this pandemic, what data will have been the most critical? While we normally talk about data in the context of financial services, and the importance of data and technologies like artificial intelligence to assist our ability to deliver a more inclusive future, the data we will remember from this moment of time is health data related to COVID-19 and the lives impacted by each number this data represents.  In this episode of our #OneVision podcast, Theodora and Bradley talk to Susan Joseph, CEO and Co-Founder of HealthTrends.AI. With an experienced background across financial services and the law, with efforts focused around financial data, identity, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies, Susan helps us navigate through the past year from the story of the data behind this virus. You’ll learn why open source and public data were the real heroes in battling this disease, and what we should all look at as the lessons and opportunities for future health of humanity.

Fascinating conversation as we catch up with Dr Eoin McCarthy, who is a Scientific Consultant in the KPMG R&D Incentives Practice. Prior to joining KPMG, Eoin spent six years working as a Research Fellow in the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, part of the AMBER centre, Trinity College Dublin. He now leverages his technical expertise to advise companies on how to maximise their opportunities around R&D incentives. Eoin has 10 years’ experience in the R&D lab, published close to 30 academic papers and articles, holds a PhD in Chemistry, and a BA mod in ‘Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials’ from Trinity College Dublin. Eoin McCarthy PhD | Scientific Consultant | Tax | R&D Incentives Practice | KPMG Ireland Email: eoin.mccarthy@kpmg.ie | Web: www.kpmg.ie/tax More about  KPMG Ireland's Tax & Legal Services Our dedicated teams provide tax services and legal advice to businesses and individuals operating in Ireland and internationally. Tax Services KPMG's tax practice provides comprehensive tax advice to clients established on the island of Ireland (North and South). We offer business tax and personal tax services to a wide range of clients, from multinational organisations and SMEs, to private individuals and family businesses. Whether you need advisory or compliance services, our tax advisers will work with you, offering cost-effective support and minimising your tax risk for what’s next. Legal Services Our legal services practice is comprised of lawyers and company secretarial professionals who provide legal advice and counsel to a wide variety of clients, both domestic and international. Our team can assist you in complying with local and international regulations, and managing and mitigating the risks of corporate non-compliance.

Ria talks with Steven Roberts about his recently published book ‘Data Protection for Marketers: A Practical Guide’, and how data protection is constantly changing. He also speaks about GPDR and the difficulties that can be faced by marketers and market teams when implementing GDPR principles. Steve elaborates on his work and how keeping up to date with data protection regulations will create transparency within and out of the work environment. Steven Roberts is head of marketing at Griffith College. He is a certified data protection officer and vice-chair of the ACOI’s data protection and information security working group. His new book Data Protection for Marketers: A Practical Guide, published by Orpen Press, is available now at all good bookstores. Ria McGuire is a DCU journalism studying for her final year of college and recently began a two-month internship with Irish Tech News in May. Ria has written for TheJournal.ie, The Leinster Leader, DCU’s The College View, and HerCampus Online Magazine. She also has experience in audio Journalism as she hosted two DCUFm shows called ‘Awkward Encounters’ and ‘The Commuters’ over the course of her first and second year. Ria has also participated and appeared on First Dates Ireland. She is excited to be a part of the Irish Tech News Podcast and have the opportunity to talk to a variety of different people.

CEO and founder Firdosh Sheikh has created a new NextGen ride hailing platform or Taxi 3.0 as she calls it for short where the drivers are enabled and commissions removed. Launching in India, Brazil and France there are already 10,000 drivers clamouring to get on board. Decentralization as it should be. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

Techstars is a a globally-renowned seed accelerator that helps to catalyse founders, early-stage companies and support organisations to create a more dynamic and vibrant startup community. Part of what Techstars do is community building but how is this implemented? Ronan talks to Clark Dever, Senior Product Manager at Techstars about this and more. Clark talks about his background, the startup community in Buffalo, blockchain, ecosystem development, the pandemic, give first, the Bridge app, and his goal of introducing 1000 people in a year. More about Clark Dever: He is a data driven, process-oriented, and customer-focused senior IT and operations management executive with 15+ years of technical experience and unique understanding of business management building high performance teams utilising process orientation for repeatable success. As a strategic systems thinker and resourceful problem solver, He possess an innate ability to drive process design / implementation, full stack Web development, and personnel management and development.  

What else would you do with your Space-mad-preteen but send them to a Job Camp and let them hear from SpaceX's Inspiration 4 Astronaut DR SIAN PROCTOR, NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut NICOLE STOTT and also Future Mars Walker Alyssa Carson? This Job Camp has been unveiled on our podcast as fully sponsored and paid by the generosity of Shetland Space Centre at Saxa Vord, Unst, Scotland, and Wildland.   We also talked about Why Space? How to Participate in Space Sports?  Mike also mentioned Humunnaires.org which provides a wonderful and supportive way to reassure and support children who have to quarantine, a novel idea! About Mike Mike Mongo is an astronaut teacher and author of the children's book The Astronaut Instruction Manual. He is also vice-president of interstellar space science maker group & non-profit Icarus Interstellar, and strategic director for biennial interstellar space science summit, Starship Congress. What's more, he also serves as an At-Large Board Member and active student member of Students for Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). Interestingly he is also one of the co-founders of Yuri's Night Space Coast at Kennedy Space Center. He lives in Sherman Oaks, CA, where he works on a television series for the first kids in space with Alcon Entertainment (The Expanse). You can often find him at a local coffee shop in front of a laptop. Astronaut Job Camp Tomorrow’s jobs are in Space! Learning this, gives today's kids  critical competitive advantage for tomorrow’s space jobs. Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Job Camp opens the door to tomorrow’s jobs in space by giving today’s students permission to imagine themselves living, working, and playing in Space.

Ori Levi is CEO of NFTrade. Ori has been a Bitcoiner and cryptocurrency enthusiast since 2012. Ori designs and builds projects from ideation to completion, and has been advising top blockchain projects for the better half of a decade. NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an aggregator of all NFT marketplaces and hosts the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market. www.NFTrade.com Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Evan Kirstel is a B2B thought leader and top technology influencer with an aggregate social media audience of 470,000 people (350K Twitter, 54K LinkedIn and 70K Instagram followers, 3K Clubhouse). Evan has built an organic reach in the tens of millions, in just 10 years and has been named the 4th Most Engaging Digital Marketer by Brand24. B2B tech brands like Intel, 3M, AT&T Business, Qualcomm, HPE, Telefonica, Samsung, Citrix and Ericsson have hired Evan to help them to achieve massive visibility and scale, leveraging the power of social media in a variety of market segments including: mobile, blockchain, cloud, 5G, HealthTech, IoT, AI, Digital Health, crypto, AR, VR, Big Data, Analytics and CyberSecurity. Evan has 30 years of enterprise sales, alliances & biz dev experience in the telecom and IT arena, He brings a unique perspective on opportunities in the Unified Communications & Collaboration space, including extensive practical knowledge of mobile, voice/video/web collaboration and cloud technology. Evan understands emerging cloud & mobile technology and market convergence dynamics, and has a strong track record in selling and marketing disruptive technology to enterprise and service providers. He is the Co-Founder of EvIRA Health, a close-knit network of fellow B2B thought leaders and digital social practitioners tirelessly serving the global health tech community. www.evirahealth.com www.evankirstel.com Twitter @evankirstel Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Amir Najib is a student journalist from London, currently studying in Coventry University. He initially got into journalism for the interest of speaking to people with interesting stories. Specifically in the fields of the entertainment industry and sports industry. He felt those people who had interesting stories deserved to have a spotlight put upon them. In the future he hopes to pursue a career within those specific industries making multimedia content on the things he is passionate about. To learn more about Amir see here -> https://amirnajib583072630.wordpress.com Twitter - @4mirN9 Instagram – amir_najib_journalism