Frontier Podcast by Gun.io

Jason Hintersteiner is the CTO at Imperial Network Solutions and is an expert on all things WiFi and joins the podcast talk about this technology that we use everyday and how to think about security holistically when it comes to Wifi networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Ledge sits down with Andrew Plato, CEO, President, and Founder of Initian to chat about accidentally discovering the SQL attack, and through that experience gaining an appreciation for security which led him start his own security firm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Ledge sits down with Michael Weissman, 10-time entrepreneur, career high tech executive, and consultant to such tech allstars as Apple, Amazon, Adobe, and more.Michael’s current adventure is Synchy, an advanced adtech product that delivers product advertising right alongside the product purchase experience, following on the success of Amazon’s ad network, and building a next generation enhancement to the concept.Michael asks the compelling question, “Why is the best advertising OFF of the retailer’s website?” And furthermore, “Why is the worst advertising ON baked into the retail experience?”When it comes to culture, Michael doesn’t hold back. He and his team have a strict code of constructive disagreement they use not in order to be right, but in order to get better. It’s made them a strong, effective unit for more than 6 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Technology co-founder Matthew McDonald is no stranger to rapid change. He joined a Startup Weekend event, met some contractors there with an idea to change construction equipment rental industry, and built a prototype -- booking their first validation client the same weekend.When a friend suggested they apply to Ycom, Matthew admits he blew off the idea at first. After deciding to go through with it, his co-founders and he were shocked to be accepted, and moved together to California after having only known each other for 6 weeks.Fast forward to present day and EquipmentShare is 300+ employees strong, having built a powerful online and offline business. Matthew’s personal story is compelling -- he had the personal awareness and fortitude to work with a mentor after having grown the team to 11 as the founding CTO, and admitting he just didn’t like the leadership seat. He stepped down and continues to make critical contributions as Principal Engineer. The story of that process is inspiring on many levels, and will be instructive to any engineer who questions the standard leadership path. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Electrical engineer, Fabrizio Filippini, has always had a strong passion for web, IoT, and sports. That got him into wearables, which led him to join as a co-founder of FitBark. Wearables for animals? No one thinks innately about health monitors for pets like they do for humans, with our Apples Watches, FitBits, and more. It turns out this is an important area of development because pets don’t communicate their conditions through their behaviors the same way humans do. Dogs especially communicate happiness when they see their owners, even when they might be struggling with a serious health issue.Fabrizio and Ledge talk UX, data, IoT, and more in this novel look at the wearables you might never have thought about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Tienes, CTO of Corporate Cost Control, has unique perspectives on cybersecurity, particularly having taken a personal interest in the well-known Equifax breach, having spent time working at the company for 9 years after an acquisition. With a deep insight into the Equifax corporate culture, born of his time at the company, Dan has thoughtful perspectives on both failures of technology and failures of process, that likely led to the famous breach.It’s a complicated story with no clear answers. What we can learn is complexity of the modern systems upon which we all rely is SO great that it’s inevitable that challenges will arise. The key is in our preparedness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Anderson is the Vice President of Technical Operations of Kasasa, a community financial institution fintech company. Kasasa offers a suite of checking account products for which Tim runs the implementation and support team -- making sure customer data is onboarded properly.When you serve a conservative customer base, the day to day isn’t necessarily a cutting edge revolution in technology -- it’s not about the fintech disruptive hype cycle in an industry that’s by nature conservative. What’s more, disruption doesn’t have to feel like something different. It has to feel like something familiar.Consumers compare mobile app experiences to Uber and Lyft. More staid industries need to be ‘cutting edge,’ but relative to something the customer already uses and understands. Consumers want friendly, personalized service, across channels, that’s convenient, personalized, and consistent. Modern technology helps us get there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Video connections are critical in a remote business environment. If we’re going to embrace remote work, we need video calls. That’s what Ledge talks about with Bobby Beckman, CTO of Lifesize, a formidable competitor in the video calling sector.The major challenges of video call handling cover a range of technical challenges. Furthermore, the user experience challenges like making videos easier to join, require a huge rethinking of telecommunication norms and habits.How do we make connecting by video easier than a phone call? How do we solve video call connection and discovery? It’s useful if we look back to the challenges we’ve already solved with phone number and email address discovery.Returning from the meta-topics, Ledge and Bobby discuss paying off our technical debt - and how Lifesize replaced every line of code and every server -- in 2 years.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three-time CTO, Rich Brown, put in his Fortune 500 time across the enterprise sector at Bank of American, SAP, and others. Ledge and Rich discuss the trade-offs of native and hybrid, cloud and local, and the true experience end users are looking for.We talk about the evolution of Microsoft and the company’s re-evolution in the developer ethos with the acceptance of .Net Core. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Damian Schenkelman is the Director of Engineering at Auth0. Ledge reached him at his remote office in Brazil. Auth0 provides SDKs and APIs for identification and login. Auth0 is the Stripe of logging into websites and apps.As an engineering director, Damian’s number one objective is scaling engineering teams: making sure the right people are in the right seats with the right training and support to do their job. In this wide ranging interview he discusses remote culture, distributed teams, team building, trust, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.