TECH TALKS with Lou

Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President & Legal Engineer and Hans Skillrud, Donata's husband and Co-Founder & Vice President of Termageddon discuss the importance of data privacy for anyone who owns a website. We talk about all the different data privacy laws around the world, and how it is the responsibility of you the website owner, to understand the regional law of the visitor that is visiti...

Jo Blood is Owner of Posture People, improving people's lives in the workplace and supporting freelancers and businesses to care for their body when working at a desk. We talk about working from home, legal requirements for small businesses and the benefit of having a standing desk, as well as all the equipment that is not so good to use if you're working on a screen! Do check out Posture People Y...

Liz Pendleton is Co-Founder of Rise & Shine Alarm Clock App, helping people to wake up feeling great! We talk about being the go-to person for tech support during our education years, and being ground breaking in creativity with tech. We also talk about wake hygiene, and the positive benefits of waking up with mindful practice.   Topics: Early computers in education Safe spaces Real life...

Lucy Smith is a Serial Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Inclusive Change, and we talk about identifying as neurodiverse including the challenges in the workplace, and to mental health. Lucy is on a mission to educate organisations to be more inclusive and continue to understand and support on an individual basis as many diversities as possible. Finding ways to facilitate wellbeing, and success t...

Dr Jo Watkins, GP and Founder of The HOW People is on a mission to help teenagers navigate the challenges of growing up in today's society.   Dr Jo is a freelance GP, coach, mum of 4, entrepreneur and small business owner that has made her passion of helping others her career. We talk about the shifts and turns her and her business partner have made to continue to build their future.   T...

Mike Cunningham, CEO and Founder of 9Trees has always had a passion for wildlife and woodlands. Mike shares his knowledge of trees and woodlands, from his favourite trees to climb as a child, to which variety of tree can be planted where, in the UK.   Mike's mission is to support individuals and businesses to start their 9Trees journey, and begin carbon balancing the 9 tonnes of emissions eac...

Dr Mhairi Towler has been a lifetime in the sciences, as well as a keen eye for the arts and creativity. Dr Mhairi brings science, art and technology together as a founder, animator and educator for Vivomotion. We talk about the inspiration to follow sciences through education, and the imagery of proteins in a cell. With storytelling being one of the most valuable skills in creating science animat...

Shain Khoja is a global change maker, serial entrepreneur, and Founder of Thriving.ai. We are all going to age, and the statistics show that there will be 2.1 billion people over the age of 60 by 2050. Shain has created an app that takes the guesswork, disruptions, and guilt out of caring for your aging loved ones. She shares amusing stories of Afghanistan, interpretation of brand imagery, and und...

Becky Walsh is a comedian and author and was a thought-leader for spirituality, back in the day as a Radio Presenter on LBC. Strap in for a rollercoaster of an episode, as we converse about brand, psychology and neuroscience with a huge smattering of unintentional comedy. We also talk about Becky trying to get an intellectual-date with Simon Sinek and some important tips for life and business. &nb...

Joyce Durst is CEO and Founder of wearegap.com. Joyce is a natural visionary, has nearly 4 decades in tech and is a values-led female leader in the industry. We talk about creating a values-first tech business and technology for good, focusing on customer connection, excellent service and understanding purpose.   Topics: Computer Engineering Technology working as design Reliability in Maths R...

Gemma Casey is NatWest Ecosystem Manager for Wales and host of Inspiring Women Wales Podcast. We talk about Gemma's background in Journalism and storytelling in respect to starting your own business, and the benefits of being supported by the likes of an entrepreneur accelerator programme.   Topics: Journalism Helping Communities tell their story Building relationships with trust Introduction...

Saasha Celestial-One is the Co-Founder of Olio - the Number 1 Free Sharing App. Saasha is part of the solution to fighting the climate crisis, and with technology is actively campaigning to educate and inspire individuals and families around the world to reduce food waste and landfill.   We talk about female entrepreneurship, community, remote working, and gamification. All very much being a...

Rob Russell-Haworth-Dunne, also known as 'The DermaGuru' is on a mission to promote skincare for all genders, and all skin types. His skincare knowledge is incredibly advanced and is an industry mentor and educator. We talk about technology in skincare products and devices, as well as technology to support his growing skincare clinic that serves clients worldwide.   Topics: Early skincare Ski...

Jonny Stevens has been working in tech and hospitality for nearly a decade and has developed the worlds first Alcohol Free (AF) Drinks Discovery App. We talk about life in hospitality, using tech to greater inform customers, alcohol free drinking choices available and development of the Better Without App.   Topics: Working in Hospitality Events & Project Management Technology and Problem...

Ceejay, aka JUICE has 14 years on wheels, and has always been a mover and a groover, and his mission is get as many skating as possible, even the likes of me! We talk about skating growing up, dreams of being talent spotted for the live stage and the important reality of having a positive mindset. Unbelievably, there was a time in Ceejay's life where he could not walk and he's now a superstar skat...

Matt Young has spent more than 20 years in broadcasting and is the Founder of The Journaling Guy. We talk about Matt's early career in car and mobile phone sales, as well as an extensive career in radio. This has fundamentally put Matt in a superb position to be the Founder of The Journaling Guy, helping men of all ages start journaling and communicating more.   Topics: Working on 'The Busine...

Jeremy (Jez) Inson is an International, multi platform Sports Journalist. Jez and I met at Uni and I have been in awe of his success in broadcasting. We talk about Sydney Olympics in 2000 through the years of sporting events to the Qatar World Cup 2022, storytelling, all the secrets of producing sporting broadcasts and how to become a Sports Journalist.   Topics: Sports Journalism Sydney Olym...

Ginny Foster now has 6 Patents to their name, she has over 10 years expereince in electrical engineering and her specialism is Robotics. We talk about determination, languages, and what it means to have a Growth Mindset in tech and engineering fields. We also discuss normalising our knowledge when it is above and beyond the norm.    Topics: Growth Mindset and Resilience Being a Digital I...

Elisabeth Hancock is author and podcaster of 'Work Your Energy'. They are a strategic leadership & energy coach and has spent 20 years in the corporate world, helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals and maximise potential. We talk about coaching, finding your niche and normalising energy healing.   In this episode I recall a recent dream of me being in graduation robes...

Steve Hill is the Commercial Director of Auticon UK, a unique multi-national IT Consultancy and social enterprise, which exclusively employs autistic adults as IT Consultants. We talk about the advantages of neurodiversity of talented IT professionals in the workplace.   Topics: The World's Largest employer of Diagnosed Autistic employees Supporting people in the IT Sector What is Neurodivers...

Alexis Kingsbury is an award-winning entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience, currently running two SaaS businesses with a remote & global teams. He also supports as a board member and consultant for companies such as Sony PlayStation.   Topics: Software As A Service (SAAS) Coding Web 1.0 and before Flow of data, proving the process Mechanical Turk - chess player Banner Advertising...

LARKHALL, the performance alias of Charlie Williams is a composer, a pianist and also a creative coder. Charlie earned an M.Phil. at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Music and Science, where he developed SingSmash, a game you play by singing. That landed him a job helping to develop audio-recognition app SHAZAM.   Topics: Why Larkhall Early SHAZAM Software & App development P...

Len Pannett is a supply chain and operations implementation expert with a long experience of working in the fields of engineering and technology. He is a specialist, author and noted speaker on the topic of using 3D printing to overcome supply chain problems.   Topics: What is a Supply Chain What is 3D Printing Lasers and Electro beams! The Terminator movie Restrictions of traditional ma...

Marco Robinson is an Award winning Entrepreneur, and Award Winning Film Maker. An epic human being with so many incredible stories to tell. Today he shares his insights into early adopter technology for social gain, being the first kid in the street with a mobile phone, and innovating in new ways throughout his career, to now, producing his own musical.   Topics: Credibility does now not...

Amanda LaCount is a well known hip hop dancer, choreographer, model, and influencer. dancer, choreographer, model and influencer. She is the pioneer of #breakingthestereotype™️ and a bit of an inspiration of mine!   Some of her most notable performances include The Ellen Show, Meghan Trainor, Katy Perry, DWTS, The Voice, and her National Dance Tour "Amanda LaCount Live".   Topics: Seeing...