Ken Coyne

Tech People

Technology EN ↓ 157 episodes

At the heart of any success story are the People who made it happen. Diversity, creativity, and innovation, when nurtured in people, can lead to an unbeatable formula. This series of interviews share the experiences of some truly inspirational leaders on their journey to customer success.

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Ken Coyne

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Nothing could stop the 2020 Wolves summit, not even COVID19 02.05.2020 19:38

This week I speak to the directors of the Wolves summit . Martin and Mike share with us the unenviable prospect of canceling their event due to #COVID19. With a meer 11 days before the summit, they would have incurred massive losses, had they not successfully moved the #event online. This process prompted them to create a new monthly #event service to connect #investors and #startups. Listen to ho...

VC funding flows into innovation & tech sector - Discover WHY? 02.05.2020 39:04

In this week's podcast, I speak to Borys Musielak , cofounder and managing partner at SMOK Ventures , a Polish-American fund that invests in early-stage startups in Poland. We talk about: Why VC's are targeting Poland? Where is the venture capital funding being invested? Startups in Poland? How to set up a VC in Poland? What are the challenges? How is Covid-19 impacting funding? Borys gives us an...

The hub of business services. Discover the HOW & WHY? 02.05.2020 30:13

In this week's podcast episode, my guest is Eoin McCoy who has successfully set up and run multiple centres over the last 20 years in Krakow for companies such as Oanda , IG , GE Healthcare , Huawei & Sabre .  He answers questions such as: 1. Why he choose Poland? 2. How would you set up a centre here? 3. Biggest challenges and how to overcome them? This is extremely valuable knowledge Eo...

Polish innovation is thriving Listen to one entrepreneurs incredible journey 02.05.2020 32:45

We all know Polish IT engineers are fantastic but the country does not rank very well in the #innovation reports. This is because of the way #innovation is measured and it is not a true reflection of the country. I believe Poland is rapidly becoming a country of #entrepreneurship, #innovation, and #openness and this week's podcast is a great example of this as I learn all about Space technology, w...

Poland is Booming with Bartek Siepracki 01.05.2020 25:18

How can your company successfully enter, grow, innovate and export sales in #Poland? Poland is a massive market of 40 million people and is in the top 3 fastest growing economies of Europe. I speak with Bartosz Siepracki , Senior Market Adviser ICT Enterprise Ireland (responsible for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Digital Entertainment Global Lead). He shares his knowledge of: Helping Irish c...

AI & Blockchain innovation with Gareth Lewis 01.05.2020 27:17

It was fantastic to chat with Gareth Lewis and hear his experiences of delivering global AI and Blockchain solutions from Poland for UBS Bank. It was also great to get his insights on emerging technology trends in Poland. Gareth is the founder of PopLocker crypto wallet. Prior to this he was the Head of Investment bank Technology at UBS bank for Poland and Eastern Europe. He has over 20 years expe...

Everything you need to know about Polish talent with Martin Ring 01.05.2020 19:00

We speak to Martin about Poland, the quality of talent, and how he built up Bank of New York Mellon's delivery center from 85 to over 1500 people. He currently leads the Wolves summit, one of the largest technology conferences in Poland. Prior to this, he was the MD of BNY Mellon and during this time he was also the Vice president of the ABSL, which is the leading organization representing the bus...