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We have a very interesting guest this week with Paul McBride.  Paul  is a co-founder and MD of Peroptyx and an also an expert on localising Machine Learning to different markets. This is an important area of AI and Machine Learning that I certainly wasn’t aware of previously.  You can see why software that is sold Globally needs to be the language of the country that it is being sold into.  But, w...

The Innovative or Creative process can take many forms and this week we are talking with someone who is at the centre of a number of Artistic worlds. We have a fascinating guest with Richard Scobie.  I don’t think that I have met such a multi-talented man previously, if Richard doesn’t mind me saying so.  Richard, in his career, has been a successful Musician, Composer, Screen Writer, Director, Vo...

We’re delighted to have Bill Dudley, evangelist at Sinch, on the Podcast this week.  Bill is a pioneer and evangelist of the SMS Industry in North America and he talks about his Mobile career back to his early experiments with Mobile Data. Bill and I have both lived in two great US States that we share a fondness for. Bill was instrumental in pushing for SMS Interconnect in North America in the ea...

This week we have a slight change of pace and we’re looking a major environmental issue, that is, the quality of water in Dublin Bay. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gerry Jones for many years and he’s well known as a successful Investor, Chairman and Director, over a wide range of Technology businesses. But Gerry, through his personal interest and that of his family, and with a group of other co...

We’re delighted to have a legend in the Telecoms industry on the Podcast this week, with Joe Cunningham as our guest.  Joe, along with Larry Quinn and Gilbert Little, co-founded a succession of successful Telecoms companies and sold them on. The companies include, Aldiscon. Apion. Aepona, Accuris, and only sold last week, Ammeon. The experience that people build when working in these companies led...

We’re delighted to have Rui Nóbrega on the podcast this week, Rui is VP Digital Transformation for Etisalat International.  Rui has worked in many different countries and cultures and he makes a very interesting guest by sharing his experiences of managing large IT projects all over the world. Rui’s insights are something that all managers with International Teams will be interested in How to moti...

Our guest this week is Paul Ruppert – who among many other things, is a C Level Executive in the Cloud  Communications Industry or CPaaS. Paul is a pioneer in the Mobile Industry in North America and also the International market.  He tells us how the big CPaaS companies of today, such as MessageBird, Twilio, Sinch, Infobip all owe their origins to to the humble SMS message which is still a key pa...

We’ve a great and engaging guest this week with Frank Mattes, who is the author of a new book, “Lean Scaleup”. Frank has worked with many established companies through the years and helped them to innovate.  He’s worked with companies such as Philips, BP, Bosch and Telefonica. When working closely with these companies Frank has developed a Lean Scaleup Framework to help them innovate.  This is the...

In this podcast we hear from Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix. We talk about Lars’ personal journey in Sales and his Swedish background. Lars is International Sales Director covering EMEA, India and APAC, and he talks about how CloudFabrix uses AI and Machine Learning to analyse problems on Enterprise IT Operations.  This results in better outcomes for IT Directors at much lower costs and includes the...

This week we have on the Podcast,  Kristín Einarsdóttir.  Kristín was born in Iceland and has lived in Ireland and Denmark.  She is a Public Health Advocate and Entrepreneur and particularly she is now focused on Mental Health and Adolescents She has founded a number of Social Enterprises and an International Humanitarian Charity, as she will explain  In Kristín’s own words:- “An entrepreneur at h...

  This week we meet Helga Vigfusdottir,  Helga is a Social Entrepreneur based in Iceland, having been previously a Politician and Social Advocate there. Helga talks about Women in Leadership and why Iceland leads the world in this area.  She talks about the Services, Legal Framework and Culture change that has made Iceland Number One in this area. Previously, having been elected to the Reykjavik C...

Lochlann Scott is an innovative Social Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of HelpLink, a mental health charity. Lochlann has a background in helping people with mental health problems and he founded HelpLink, mainly out of his own experiences in the West of Ireland. One  of the groups where he is helping people to address their own mental health problems is in the Irish Diaspora or Irish emigrants....

We talk to Allen Raines and he tells us about his experiences of Selling B2B Products during COVID. Allen is an Entrepreneurial Sales Person and National Account Manager  based in Atlanta. He tells us about when he founded and grew a Cash based Sports Ticketing Business and his experiences with the Masters and the Ryder Cup buying and selling tickets. Today he is a National Account Manager with Ca...

For International Women’s Day 2021 #IWD2021 we have a great guest in Fiona Flynn. Fiona is Co-President of the Professional Women’s Network (PWN) and has a surprise story in honour of #IWD2021 Fiona runs Montauk Consulting and works mentoring Business Leaders to develop a thriving Leadership Climate and deliver sustainable business results. She is also an Emotional Intelligence Coach and works at...

(Recorded and released Dec 2020 but due to demand we're re-releasing as a one hour special) Welcome to our 5G and IoT  Special – I’m  delighted to present an hour of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from  two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing.  Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate abo...

On the Podcast this week is a genuine Renaissance Man, Denis Goodbody.  Denis has been in marketing and advertising for all of his career but even that doesn’t define him. He has a great deal of skill in working with businesses to ensure that the right message is delivered to their customers in an interesting  or creative way.  It isn’t necessarily just for Businesses, it could be a charity or a p...

The Middle East and North Africa have a population of 578 Million people and some of the youngest populations on the planet. How can your company sell into the region? It has different business and regional cultures. Today we meet Declan O’Mahony who has been helping companies do this for ten years.  Declan is the Founder of The O Mahoney Group based in Dubai. It’s a fascinating insight into how h...

Our guest this week is Natalia Gomez Diaz, who is a Leader in Entrepreneurship at Bell Canada   Natalia talks about Working as a Political Intern in Parliament with its emphasis on communications Managing a Start-up Accelerator How she learned business working in an Ice Cream Shop How she started the Bell Hackathon program as a side hustle and how its changing the culture in Bell And, if that wasn...

Our guest this week is Matthew McAllister, who is Founder of https://mortgagepropeller.com, an online platform that links people seeking mortgages with Mortgage Brokers. Matthew is a very interesting guest and tells us about his early career as a Trader which he wanted to become after seeing the film Trading Places. Matthew talks about resilience, especially working in the Trading industry where y...

Our guest this week is Michael O’Brien, who is Marketing Director for Motivation.ie, a Weight Loss Services company based in Dublin. While Weight Loss is a topic that is timely at the beginning of the year, we will talk about that, but  we will be mainly talking about how a Services company adjusts to the impact of Covid on business.   Mike talks about how Motivation Weight Loss works and its move...

Our guest this week is Sarah Cullen, who is an Expert in Energy Systems. Sarah discusses the components that supply the Electric Power Grid and their various strengths and weaknesses. In Ireland, we have a very high reliance on Wind Energy (which is generally a good thing) but it also needs to be backed up with, currently, fossil fuel generated electricity.  This adds to our Carbon emissions. Sara...

Part 3 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from  two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing. Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering compani...

Part 2 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from  two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing. Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering compani...

Part 1 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from  two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing. Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering compani...

Our guest this week is Ignacio Marco, who lives in Madrid. Ignacio was a Senior Executive in the Plastics industry for his whole Career and worked for the likes of Exxon and Repsol. He worked on large Plastic Production plants from Spain to Mexico and even worked on building a plant in China. Towards the end of his career, he joined the Plastics Europe, there he has begun to work on Plastics and S...