DiscoPosse Podcast

Ron Rock and his team at Microshare knew they had the capability, and responsibility to use their technology in ways that could help change how the world dealt with COVID, although that wasn't where they began. We have an all-encompassing conversation about the Microshare enterprise scale IoT integration which is now being used for real-time: Infection Control Predictive Cleaning Occupancy and Ass...

Jo Bhakdi is the founder and CEO of Quantgene, creators of the Griffin Deep Genomics Platform, which combines Deep Genomic sequencing and AI to detect disease down to a single molecule.   Our conversation delves deep into how emerging and innovative work in genomics and cancer detection can profoundly change the face of healthcare, and what it takes to bring a truly disruptive idea and method to t...

Jen Snyder is the Chief Evangelist at GovQA , the leader in enterprise workflow automation for government requests, mainly focused on Public Records (FOIA).  We have a very extensive conversation that covers how the pandemic and protests have changed the way “Smart Government” agencies across the country communicate via public records – and caused many to see that the time to act and modernize wit...

Vince De Benedetto, MBA is the Founder and CEO of the marketing automation firm - Automated Dreams - in Portland, OR. He helps transformational leaders and businesses scale their positive impact in the world through automation, conversational marketing, and mentors leaders to work smarter not harder. Vince shares powerful lessons learned in leading the charge with pragmatic automation for marketin...

Jennifer Bonine is the CEO of AI AppStore, and the first female Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Platform tech CEO.  She founded her first company at 5 and started an AI company in 2019 and exited in 2020. We explore the impact (both positive and potential risk) of AI, how to change the future of work through already accessible platforms and tools, and how to automate what should be automated so hum...

Sam Ovett is the co-founder of Mobile Pocket Office and is leading the way in helping new and established businesses augment their human and technological resources to leverage growth and streamline productivity. Sam has a storied background including being a Professional Athlete for WaveSport Kayaks & AT Paddles and Master Educator for Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.   We discuss the po...

Paul Clayson joined AgilePQ in 2017, bringing extensive experience in launching and growing early stage companies. Paul has launched four disruptive technology companies, and served as CEO to five early stage companies in nanotechnology, automotive, graphene, carbon nanotube, PCB, microprocessor and other advanced technologies. Our conversation spans the challenges of IoT security, the need to wor...

Brian Leroux is the co-founder of Begin.com and someone who has been doing fantastic and positive things in the development community for many years before and during his time as a founder.   As an AWS Servless Hero ( https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/brian-leroux/ ) and much more, Brian has been someone who personally inspires me to think about how we can do things better both in...

Marth Weidmann is CEO and co-founder of NINE dot ARTS which uses the power of original art to transform spaces into one-of-a-kind experiences. The NINE dot ARTS team curates inspiring collections that not only present a visual narrative, but connect people to places and client brands. They have purchased and placed more than $30 million of art for projects in 35 states. Martha shares her lessons i...

Gaetan Castelein is the head of marketing at Tecton.ai, which is the first enterprise-ready data platform for machine learning.  Built by the creators of Uber Michelangelo, Tecton extends the concept of the feature store to manage the complete feature lifecycle. Gaetan and I explore the challenges of data and training models for rapid, ethical advancement of Machine Learning.  The advantages and c...

Rachael is the founder of Tribal app, which just launched in May 2020.  With a storied background both in life and career, from a humble and challenging start in life to becoming a graduate of the United States Military Academy, a former Army Captain and Apache helicopter pilot. Rachael holds a degree in Engineering Physics with a minor in Nuclear Engineering, but found her passion in entrepreneur...

Jacob is a dynamic technical leader with a career defined by more than 20 years of operational excellence and technical leadership. As the Founder and Managing Director of M Genio Inc. This dynamic discussion explores the challenges of being a founder, how to bring together people and dev skills for greater success in teams and consulting, and many startup lessons on what can go wrong and how Jaco...

Rachel Haley is the co-founder and CEO of Clarus Designs, a consulting firm specializing in corporate growth through efficient scaling to maximize potential.  Not only is Rachel very kind to share a lot of insights into the business lessons she's captured along the way while building and growing Clarus and previous companies, but she also shares candid personal lessons about leadership, productivi...

As Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for Product Strategy, Danny Allan is responsible for Veeam’s global product roadmap and strategy group, and for spearheading the company’s technology vision as the #1 provider for Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management.  Danny shares a ton of great insights into personal growth, team development, and how building products using a p...

JJ Asghar is a Developer Advocate and someone whom I've had a massive respect for in how he approaches community building in tech.  JJ is much more than just what his title would indicate, and this was a wide ranging conversation which explores building and nurturing tech communities, mentoring, product building, and how to be a positive influence both in and out of the tech environment.  Follow J...

Rajoshi Ghosh and Tanmai Gopal are the co-founders of Hasura.  Their aim is to instantly make your data accessible over GraphQL and are doing so with a very interesting platform, and approach.   We explore how to build and nurture a strong open source community, the power of "we" in technology, and how to both create commercial value and open communities successfully.   What will really make this...

Ryan Frederick is a Founder and product person at heart. Ryan has had the privilege of being part of starting and growing several software and service companies. He has helped companies grow from inception, to viability, through to sustainability.   This wide-ranged conversation covers everything from how to build great products, avoid feature-chasing challenges, measuring value, building teams, a...

Adam Gilbert is the founder of MyBodyTutor.com Helping people transform their body, mind, and ultimately life — is his passion. That’s why if you call, text or email, you’ll hear directly from Adam. Your success is what Adam and his coaching team lives for, and it’s why MBT will be the last program you ever do.   Adam's dream is to do much more than succeed now, instead, he's focused on building a...

Matthew Korban is a coach, mentor, and a true inspiration.  Matthew gained international success professionally, and was awarded multiple times by multinational companies for his achievements until he was told terrifying medical news.. Refusing to surrender, Matthew decided to take his fate and his outcomes into his own hands.  Not only that, but also Matthew started coaching top executives on ach...

Don W Long is a best selling author, speaker, and peak performance consultant.  Don's storied background in business came to a head at a fateful time which brought a renewed focus and led to his new focus on motivation and helping others create opportunity, wealth, and better themselves.  We explore Don's approach to business, personal growth, and the story of the most difficult time he experience...

Chris Dickey is the founder and CEO of Visably, the world’s first platform to manage brand visibility in search.  Chris and I explore the challenges of SEO, SEV, how PR and advertising are fundamentally trapped without the right tools and processes, and much more.  This is a great episode that really opens up how Chris and the team are approaching the problem of better visibility for any business...

Curtis Ray is the founder of SunCor Financial, LLC and serves as the President and CEO since 2014 when was introduced to the world of financial planning & insurance. You'll hear about how Curtis started his first business in the granite countertop industry which led to the most significant setback that launched the next phase in his career and life. Our dynamic conversation touches on many subject...

Sherri McGurnaghan is a DevOps leader and business analyst who brings years of experience to this dynamic conversation.  We explore how to empower people, how to be a successful mentor, how to build and motivate a team, and much more.  Sherri proves the power of community and has had a direct and indirect impact on many people.  A must-listen episode for everyone in tech or in business.  Find Sher...

Rakhi is product design lead at lumosity.com and long-time meditator.  You'll inevitably know Lumosity which is designed to improve memory, increase focus, and feel sharper and is known as the leading brain training app, personalized for you.  Rakhi uses her proven experience in human-centered design to do some amazing things to help people through a digital experience.  Our conversation tackles a...

Tenry Fu is the co-founder of Spectro Cloud and Tina Nolte leads out development as VP of product. Together, with a strong foundation in creating business value using open technologies, Tenry and Tina share the story of Spectro Cloud and much more.   We explore the story of Spectro Cloud, the challenges of Day 0, 1, and 2, with operating Kubernetes, and also how the lessons from their previous com...