The Iferia Techcast

Dianna Deeney is a product development expert with over 25 years of experience spanning the manufacturing floor to leading design teams. She specializes in the "fuzzy front end" of creation, helping engineering teams transform early-stage ideas into clear, user-focused designs. Dianna is the founder of Quality During Design, the author of "Pierce the Design Fog," and the creato...

Headline: Can we make hearing accessibleto everyone, especially seniors and those leftbehind by high-cost medical devices? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Michael Leung, CEO and founder of the Flow Group, who has developed affordable, open-ear bone conduction hearing devices that work rightout of the box. Summary: Michael shares his incrediblejourney of resilience, navigating PTSD,...

Areyou struggling to focus in a world of constant notifications and remote workisolation? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Alicia Navarro, aserial tech entrepreneur who grew her first company, Skimlinks, into a $50million global business before stepping down to solve a uniquely modernproblem: the erosion of human focus. Summary: Aliciashares how reading Cal Newport's Deep Work du...

Headline: How does a 22-year-old becomea principal at a $23M VC firm, publish in The Lancet, Nature, and the New York Times, advise on national policy, and study medicine simultaneously? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down withCameron Sabet to deconstruct the system that allows him to operate across somany high-stakes domains without burning out. Summary: Cameron shares his"high-agency" oper...

Is your company facing a technical inflection point, accrual of high technical debt, or struggling to integrate security into your product? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Kevin Carlson, a seasoned tech executive who has served as CEO, CTO, and CISO. Summary: Kevin now works as a fractional lead with Tech CXO, solving critical technical and security challenges for various companies....

Why do we go to space? Is it just for billionaires and government agencies, or is there a deeper human purpose? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Rick Tumlinson, known as the "Godfather of Commercial Space" and co-founder of the XPRIZE, to discuss his 35-year battle to open the space frontier to the public. Summary: Rick shares the reality of building the commercial space in...

Is your organization running on "compliance theater"—documentation that looks good but doesn’t actually prove your controls are working? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with John Mason, CRO at Zequal and a veteran sales leader, to discuss how federated data infrastructure is challenging the traditional single source of truth approach to compliance and operational intelligence....

Are your employees really the "weakest link" in your cybersecurity, or is your traditional training design setting them up for failure? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Lee Anderson, a cybersecurity expert with over 16 years of experience in social engineering and human risk behavior, to deconstruct how stress, distraction, and blame are undermining our digital defenses. Su...

Are supplements snake oil, or a very real solution to heart disease? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Dr. Bilal Ahmed, an interventional and structural cardiologist who catheters into people's hearts and is also the co-founder of Lila Health, a gut microbiome company. He’s bringing doctor's integrity and real science to the unregulated supplement space with a strict mantra: &...

Simon Copsey is a delivery and transformation consultant who helps senior leaders unwind complex organizational obstacles in weeks, not years. Starting his career as a full-stack developer in the tech trenches, Simon shifted his focus from the code on the screen to the human systems behind it. Today, he uses modern management theory and the scientific method to help teams deliver better software t...

Can you debug your brain like you debug software? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Donald Pelles, a former mathematician and software developer turned hypnotherapist, to explore the systematic architecture of the human unconscious mind. Donald shares his fascinating career shift from mathematics professor to software developer to hypnotherapist, a move sparked by a single hypnosis se...

What happens when a 13-year-old is told he’s "stone cold crazy" for wanting a $200 bottle of cologne? He builds an artificial intelligence company to disrupt the entire industry. In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Gabe Fiascone, the teenage co-founder of Essence By You. Summary: Gabe shares the fascinating origin story of Essence By You, launched by four 13-year-olds in Chica...

Dr. Zoa Conner is a PhD physicist turned Wellbeing Lifestyle Alchemist who got tired of watching brilliant women feel terrible for no apparent reason. By applying the same analytical rigor she once used on complex physical systems to the human body and nervous system, she developed a systematic approach to diagnosing burnout, designing precision retreats, and treating wellness as a solvable proble...

Can faster technology fix a blocked mindset? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Asim Kumar, a world-class network architect (CCIE, CISSP, MBA) and author of "UNBLOCKED," to deconstruct the critical intersection of high-stakes engineering, financial market psychology, and the era of Artificial Intelligence. Asim shares his candid 32-year journey—celebrated tech consultant by d...

Melih Oztalay is a digital marketing pioneer, technology futurist, and the CEO of SmartFinds Marketing. With over 35 years of experience guiding businesses through digital transformation, he has advised Fortune 500 companies and emerging startups on how to anticipate and adapt to market shifts. In this episode, Melih shares insights from the frontlines of the internet's evolution since 1994, p...

Are you a brilliant founder who is drowning in the day-to-day chaos of your own success? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Damon Flowers, CEO of Modern Operators and systems strategist, to deconstruct the operational blueprint required to transition from a hands-on manager to a scalable, visionary leader. Damon shares his extensive experience in scaling companies—including taking one...

Benas Leonavicius is a freelance SEO specialist who has reverse-engineered the principles of agency growth to build a remarkably lean six-figure solo business. Rejecting traditional hustle culture, Benas has designed a system that pairs deep technical skill with a methodical client strategy, allowing him to work with just four to six long-term clients and achieve 80% profit margins. In this episod...

How is AI transforming a high-stakes, specialized field like architecture? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Kacper Staniul, co-founder of MyArchitect AI, to explore the engineering and psychology behind instant architectural visualization. **Summary:** Kacper shares the origin story of MyArchitect AI, a platform that uses highly optimized AI models to generate photorealistic renders...

Rob Broadhead is a veteran software architect, entrepreneur, and mentor with over 30 years of experience in the technology sector. He is the founder of RB Consulting, where he helps businesses align their tech stacks with their strategic goals, and the voice behind the Develpreneur podcast, a platform dedicated to helping developers grow their careers by thinking like entrepreneurs. In this episod...

How do you transition from writing code to leading engineering teams in the high-stakes world of Fintech? In this episode, Ezekiel Iferia sits down with Erioluwa Asiru, Engineering Manager at Circle Funds and mentor at Data Epic, to deconstruct the architecture of modern financial systems and tech leadership. Summary: Erioluwa shares her fascinating journey from general software engineering to bec...

Lisa Gibson is a communications leader with over 30 years of experience translating complex technology into compelling stories for global brands. As the former Chief of Staff and Head of Communications at Microsoft Canada, she now runs her own consulting firm, Ignite Communications, and is the best-selling author of "Shine the Spotlight on You!". Lisa specializes in helping professionals, especial...

Cesar Viana Teague is a change management and enablement consultant who helps tech leaders make AI and software adoption stick. As the founder of Next Level Consulting and the "Change is Good" practice, he blends authentic leadership coaching with go-to-market enablement to turn employee resistance into real, measurable business results. In this episode, Cesar breaks down the psychology...

Edwin Endlich is the Chief Marketing Officer of Wysh and the President of the National Alliance for Financial Literacy and Inclusion (NAFLI). He has spent his career at the intersection of marketing, FinTech, and AI, helping financial institutions tell more human stories in an increasingly digital world. In this episode, Edwin shares his incredible journey from starting out as a junior writer at *...

Rachel Vancelette is a contemporary art and fashion creator, entrepreneur, and the founder of Intro Expert, a technology platform designed to connect and empower artists and creative professionals. With over two decades of experience, she has been a contributor to Vogue Italia and produced global projects that blend creativity with technological advancement, focusing on the well-being benefits of...

Magic Barclay is a functional health practitioner and the lead practitioner at Wholistic Natural Health Australia. A survivor of cancer, Lyme disease, stroke, diabetes, and a heart attack, she specializes in finding the root cause of complex illness by treating the body as one interconnected system. She is an expert in PNEI (Psycho Neuro Endo Immunology), the study of how our psychology, neurology...