Tech Leader Talk

Do you want to be a Remarkable Leader? That's what Kevin Eikenberry is discussing on this episode of the podcast.  Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and the Co-Founder of the Remote Leadership Institute.  He has spent 30 years helping organizations and leaders from over 40 countries become more effective.  Inc.com has twice named him as one of the top 100 Leadershi...

Are you considering migrating your business activities to the cloud?  This podcast episode can help. On this episode, I have a valuable discussion with Ankur Gupta. Ankur is the CEO of Bitwise, which provides technology consulting and data management solutions.  Ankur and his team are working to modernize data warehousing and business intelligence in the cloud. Ankur and I discuss current problems...

On this episode, I talk with Camela Thompson, who is the VP of Marketing at CaliberMind, which provides a B2B platform for revenue insights.  She is also a thought leader, an entrepreneur, a podcaster, and an author. Camela and I discuss B2B marketing.  In particular, Camela explains "The War Between Art & Science" – which includes issues related to digital marketing in today's world. We also talk...

On today's episode, I talk with Prabhjot Singh about his experience as a serial entrepreneur and his strong background in business and technology. In his current role at Pyze, he develops solutions for businesses to increase productivity using a low code, AI-powered process intelligence platform. He is passionate about operational excellence and process improvement.  During our interview, Prabhjot...

On today's episode, I am talking with Sagi Brody about cloud-based technology. Sagi is an expert in digital evolution, data recovery, and compliance.  He is the CTO at Opti9, which is a hybrid cloud solution provider. We discuss the importance of building solutions, not just technology.  We also talk about how Sagi and the team at Opti9 use innovation to build valuable solutions. As a patent attor...

On this episode, Taylor Murphy and I talk about analyzing data and his expertise in data engineering. During his career, Taylor has been leading and building data-informed teams.  He describes himself as a scientist, engineer, and data geek who loves pulling data from everywhere to discover meaningful insights hidden in the numbers. Taylor explains the different types of data analysis and the ques...

Roy Nallapeta is a Co-founder and CEO at Glance Inc.  Roy is an engineer, turned into a marketer, who loves creativity and creating copy for marketing.  Glance Inc. has created a no-code Artificial Intelligence marketing SaaS product (Software as a Service).  This product helps marketers increase their return on investment, decrease acquisition costs, and improve productivity.  He previously found...

On today's episode, I'm talking with Rob Whalen about his experience at several technology companies including the company he co-founded, PTO Exchange. As a serial entrepreneur, Rob discusses when he believes it's time to "switch" to a new opportunity.  He also talks about how his degree in accounting gives him an edge as an entrepreneur. I love hearing stories about how new business ideas come ab...

On today's episode, I'm talking with Rob Dickinson about APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Think of APIs as software tools that allow two applications to talk to each other. Rob has lots of experience working with APIs at several large technology companies. Even if you don't work with APIs, Rob will be discussing security issues that companies need to be aware of related to APIs. Rob will...

On today's episode, I talk with Girish Redekar about his experience launching two tech companies. Girish is an entrepreneur and he is passionate about programming. One of the companies he founded, Recruiter Box, grew to 2500 customers, and had a successful exit. He then founded his current company, Sprinto. Girish has an interesting perspective. He bootstrapped his first company and grew it to an...

Joe l Beasley is the host of the Modern CTO Podcast where he has interviewed more than 450 technology leaders. Joel is also a CTO himself – he's the current CTO of LeaderBits, which helps train people to be successful leaders. The LeaderBits company grew out of the Modern CTO podcast, by identifying the patterns and habits of successful leaders that got them to the top of their organization. The c...

Justin Beals is the Co-Founder and CEO of Strike Graph, which is a security compliance company. He's a serial entrepreneur with expertise in Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, and governance. Justin started Strike Graph to eliminate the confusion related to cybersecurity audits and certification processes. He enjoys making arcane cybersecurity standards plain and straightforward to achieve. I...

James Fair has more than 35 years of experience in IT (information technology) and leadership. Today, he combines his love of IT and cybersecurity with his passion for Leadership development. James started as an entry-level technician and worked his way through many positions to become a Senior Vice President. During that time, he gained significant experience in all aspects of IT. Now, James teac...

Corey has worked in the security industry for more than 25 years and has successfully built and implemented security strategies and led consulting teams. He has worked with almost every industry, including government, high tech, hospitality, critical infrastructure, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Today, Corey is disrupting the modern approach to cybersecurity with the company he co-founde...

Alina is an award-winning professional working with Financial Services organizations in the areas of cloud-based systems, data, and digital technologies. She was recently recognized in the "Who's Who in Cloud?" report as an influencer and keynote speaker. Outside of work, Alina gives back to her community by mentoring immigrants and women of diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Alina presented...

Eric is an authority in Artificial Intelligence with over 20 years of experience in the field as an entrepreneur, executive, investor, technologist, and policy advisor. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Conexus, which provides solutions that analyze and integrate large amounts of data from multiple sources. Eric is a frequent speaker, lecturer, and commentator. He works to empower communities and ci...

John is a thought leader on the topics of digital strategies and innovation strategies. He is an advisor to companies and leaders who want to innovate and compete with more agility and effectiveness. John is also a keynote speaker on leadership for the digital era. John is a f ormer Amazon executive who was a leader in launching and scaling the Amazon Marketplace business and ran the enterprise se...

William is an award-winning Diversity & Inclusion innovator, an engineering trailblazer, and a philanthropist. He is also a busy husband and father of three children. William was named the first Technical Advisor to the CTO at Microsoft after helping develop critical code for many of Microsoft's core products. William is also the co-founder of the LEAP apprenticeship program, which was named Micro...

On this episode, Tony Ulwick and I discuss his innovation process that's been used by companies around the world. Tony is the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process and founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm, Strategyn. He has applied his ODI process at some of the world's leading companies and across nearly all industries to create breakthrough innovations - achievin...

On this episode, Kelli Lucas and I discuss her experience as a UX (user experience) designer. Kelli has 12 years of experience creating beautiful, engaging products for startups and enterprise clients alike. She has designed mobile and web products for FinTech, healthcare, publishing, sports, social media, advertising, education, logistics, and more. Kelli is a co-founder and Chief Design Officer...

In this solo episode, I discuss the importance of building a portfolio of patents that provides strong protection, a competitive advantage, and increases your company's valuation. This episode covers Step 3 of my 3 -s tep system to identify and protect your most valuable inventions (described in my book, Cracking the Patent Code ): Step 1: Identify All Inventions Step 2: Evaluate and Prioritize In...

On today's episode, Miguel Heinonen and I discuss his experience as a tech entrepreneur who has worked in the startup community across the United States and the United Kingdom. He grew up in a variety of countries, including: Peru, Switzerland, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, UK, and the US. Miguel is the Founder and CEO of Heirizon, which is a global employment platform that he bootstrapped and built fr...

In this solo episode, I discuss the importance of evaluating inventions created throughout your organization. Some inventions are not worth protecting . To avoid patenting inventions with minimal value , it's important to evaluate each invention based on the needs of your organization. This episode covers Step 2 of my 3 -s tep system to identify and protect your most valuable inventions (described...

On this episode, Omar Akhtar and I talk about his current work advising companies on digital marketing innovation . He focuses on content strategy, data-driven personalization, customer experience technology, and multi-channel marketing with technology companies . Omar recently led the development of a new report: The 2021 State of Digital Transformation, from Altimeter. This study looks at the di...

On this episode, Jayant Chaudhary an d I talk about his current work with t echnology companies . Jayant is an Innovative CTO who works in the areas of ecommerce, marketing, payments, logistics , and team building. He has 30 years of technology and leadership experience, and enjoys helping businesses make better technology decisions as they bring in new solutions . He's been a tech leader at start...