NorthWestify Podcast

It was a pleasure to have Alister in the (virtual) studio. Even though he said he's not a techie, he provided a lot of tech insights on what Lokulus does and how they help small and big companies. Lokulus uses AI which made for a very interesting topic to talk about since we haven't touched on the subject before.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and 360i...

Our conversation with Louis Georgiou was both insightful and fun. Louis founded Code Computerlove in 1999 so he has seen Manchester grow and the digital space change numerous times.  You can also find Louis in the Guinness World Records 2020 Edition. Curious why? He tells us in this episode.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and 360Insights

We've invited Howard Simms & Marcus Hadfield from Apadmi to talk about the digital scene, future digital careers, what Manchester needs in the future, how can we present digital careers in a more exciting way to kids, and more. Apadmi is the "UK's leading mobile-first digital agency, with over 200 experts based at their HQ in Salford. Their mission is simple – to use mobile technology to make thin...

In this episode, we talk about the tech behind the scene of one of the most famous fashion businesses in the North West (and not only), PrettyLittleThing.com, with none other than the company's Head of Innovation and Technology, Adeel Ejaz . Adeel is a tech polyglot by choice with an impressive career who started working for PLT when not many had heard of it and we're very excited to have him as a...

Jac Hughes joined us to talk about agile and everything around it. He's an agile coach, founder of Everyday Agile and a former leading seaman. As he puts it "my coaching and mentoring skills enable the teams I work within to focus and develop themselves in order to ensure optimum flexibility, creativity and delivery of value." Enjoy! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma R...

Nick Wroe accepted our invitation and we're so glad he did. We talked about how playing rugby influenced his business approach, about networking, about Nick as an individual and Nick as a business owner, and a lot more. Platform81  is a creative Digital and Design Agency, with offices in Stockport and Bromsgrove, and as they put it, their "mission is to support you throughout your journey, becomin...

Symeon Breen joined us in our virtual studio and he told us how from starting studying Mechanical Engineering he ended up working as a CTO for a tech business. We also talked about id verification, the market, and what he's looking for when hiring - a worth listening conversation all in all.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and 360Insights

This episode's guest is Sam Gooch , one of the co-founders of Absurd . We talked about how he got into tech and how from tech he became a co-founder (we also found out how they came up with the name), how the market changed and how it will change. Interesting conversation altogether.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and 360Insights

This episode is a bit personal, a bit business, a bit of everything! We talked about the pandemic, the decisions we made, about selling a business during the lockdown, about adapting and being more understanding. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and Createk.io

Jaik Dean is the CTO of  Airtime Rewards  and in this podcast we talk about the responsibilities of a CTO, about start-up life, what Airtime Rewards do, and more.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and 360Insights

This episode's guest is Dan Sodergren , a man of many metaphorical hats. We had great fun talking about The Future of Work, what's next in tech, about CES2020 and about what exciting tech he saw at Huawei's conference. "...the diversity and inclusive nature of Manchester and Liverpool has actually been the biggest and strongest point..."     Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by...

It was fantastic having Adam Crofts in the studio and learning new things about AI, wearable tech, and all the great things they do at Prevayl. "Prevayl is essentially human insights provider so we've created a platform first and foremost that takes a mass amount of biometric data from the body, applied a lot of clever AI and gives incredible insights into health and performance..."     Music: htt...

It was great having a conversation with Amanda and Heather about women in tech and all the opportunities this sector has to offer them. We touched on other subjects so make sure you have a listen.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and Createk.io

We talked with Chris Marsh about networking, what does a tech ambassador do and how is tech perceived by the young generation.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and Createk.io

In this episode, we talked with Christian Hill (Founder at Project Simply) and Martin Keelagher (Non-Executive Director, on the board of several businesses & Chair of Kidscan Children's Cancer Research)  about why they chose to launch their businesses in Manchester and about the development of the city and the benefits it offers to companies.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered...

We were excited to have in the studio three senior software developers with whom we talked about all things tech, from how it was when they first got into development to programming languages and what the future holds. Thank you for accepting our invitation: David Wilcock - "I have been writing code in some form, for the last 30 years. Back in the days of rubber keys and azimuth screw is where I l...

A conversation with our three guests ( Ermiya Eskandary ,  Hamad Ali and  Mati Kos ) about what it means and what it's like getting into coding. All the good, the bad, and the unexpected were debated in this episode.   About the guests: Ermiya eats code for lunch (his words) and he's been a professional software developer for around a year now. Hamad turned 19 (on the day when we recorded; Happy B...

I probably got my first computer when I was 5 and by the age of 5 and a half, I realized that if you put a magnet on the screen it, well, messes up the pixels. - James McDougall An interesting conversation with James about the tech sector in Manchester, what it's like to work for a fast-growing business, about skill shortages and more. Have a listen to find out why did he say "I think serverless i...

Convince the customers you're not a crazy person and get them on board - Patrick Byrnes A great conversation with Patrick about what it was like to launch a business in 2003, and how Manchester has developed since then. Packnet is a telecommunications company based in Manchester specialising in hosted voip solutions for the B2B market.   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chro...

We, Zack Georgiou, Co-Founder at Chroma Recruitment, and John Cleary, Co-Founder at Createk.io, decided to host a podcast. This is the Pilot Episode and it's basically our conversation when we decided to start this podcast. Enjoy!   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Podcast powered by Chroma Recruitment and Createk.io