The Iferia Techcast

Ivan Vislavskiy is the CEO and co-founder of Comrade Digital Marketing Agency, a multi-city firm with over 400 successful projects. Starting with a mission to provide enterprise-level marketing services to small businesses, Ivan has scaled his agency by strategically integrating AI and building a strong technical team. In this episode, Ivan shares the founding story of Comrade and its focus on the...

Michelle Walters is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and the creator of Make My Hypno, a first-of-its-kind AI app that generates personalized hypnosis recordings on demand. Her journey spans from a corporate career in digital marketing to therapeutic healing, and she now blends her expertise to make personalized inner work more accessible through technology. In this episode, Michelle shares her fascinati...

Nishanth Sirikonda is a Workday Solutions Architect and AI-driven technology strategist with over a decade of experience designing scalable, secure enterprise systems. He specializes in integrating AI and machine learning into core business operations like HR and payroll, transforming complex data into intelligent workflows that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency. In this episode,...

Andrew Hinkelman is a former CTO turned executive coach for tech founders and leaders. After experiencing severe corporate burnout, he refocused his career on helping leaders at top companies like AWS and Airbnb bridge the gap between technical excellence and genuine human connection. His core belief is that at the highest levels of leadership, all professional development is personal development....

Dr. Evan Nadler is a pioneering pediatric bariatric surgeon and researcher with over 20 years of experience treating childhood obesity. He challenges the conventional "calories in, calories out" model, framing obesity as a complex disease with multiple biological pathways. Dr. Nadler runs a telemedicine practice and is writing a book to translate his NIH-funded research on fat cell biolo...

Bhaskar Sawant is an AI architect and cybersecurity innovator with over 15 years of experience building intelligent, adaptive defense systems. He specializes in blending deep software engineering with machine learning to create solutions that evolve in real-time and is an IEEE Senior Member advocating for responsible AI. In this episode, Bhaskar delivers a powerful presentation on why "securi...

James Lang is the Managing Partner at OverLang Venture Partners and a former MedTech COO who scaled his previous startup to over $20 million in revenue and a team of 60 global employees. Now, he pioneers a sustainable, human-centered approach to AI, helping businesses integrate intelligence without destroying culture. In this episode, James recounts his journey from a MedTech exit and a personal h...

Chris Majer is the founder and CEO of the Human Potential Project and the architect of the Redline Consulting Framework. With a background spanning from training US Marines and Special Forces to leading billion-dollar cultural transformations at companies like Microsoft and Intel, he now focuses on integrating AI as a strategic partner in leadership and business strategy. His mission has always be...

Faiz Gouri is a Lead AI Engineer at Microsoft, specializing in AI-driven cybersecurity for large-scale cloud infrastructure. He works on real-time anomaly detection and threat mitigation and is an active IEEE researcher with influential papers on optimizing distributed systems. His work sits at the critical intersection of cutting-edge AI and enterprise-level security. In this episode, Faiz explai...

Mark Burnett is a former database programmer who transitioned from patient to inventor after being diagnosed with both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Applying his problem-solving skills, he developed MyBrainRestore, a unique supplement using ultra-chill milled technology. In this episode, Mark recounts his journey from a shocking dual diagnosis to becoming an inventor, driven by his...

Mia Umanos is the Co-CEO of Clickvoyant, a Techstars-backed AI company that turns messy marketing data into clear, actionable insights for e-commerce and retail brands. She started her career in journalism and PR before leveraging her narrative skills to build AI tools that focus on the human decisions behind the numbers. In this episode, Mia shares her pivotal career shift from faxing press relea...

Michele Novack is the founder of Cardinals Byte and a cybersecurity expert with a unique mission to make digital protection accessible for small businesses and professionals. After a 30-year career in the financial sector, she pivoted to help accountants, lawyers, and other regulated industries navigate compliance and risk without the overwhelming technical jargon. She is also an author who focuse...

Lin Wu arrived in the United States alone at age 16, fleeing a revolution with only $600 in his pocket. From working in a broom shop to survive, he went on to become a pioneering engineer in the golden era of Silicon Valley, helping architect supercomputers that challenged IBM and eventually founding a semiconductor company acquired by Toshiba. In this episode, Lin shares his incredible firsthand...

Sachin Hiriyanna is a Staff Software Engineer at Navan, where he leads major platform initiatives for their Android app used by over 100,000 people. His career spans from co-founding his own startup to refactoring core systems at scale, operating at the intersection of deep technical work and strategic leadership. In this episode, Sachin recounts his journey from a curious childhood tinkerer to a...

Vlad Savinov is a 24-year-old AI Team Lead specializing in large language model (LLM) pre-training. He manages the complex infrastructure required to train models with billions of parameters, a journey that began with a university fascination with AI and reinforcement learning. In this episode, Vlad demystifies the technical reality of large language models, explaining them not as "black boxe...

Jake Kennington is a licensed structural engineer who spent over a decade designing $100 million buildings. After realizing his own life was misaligned with his values, he shifted to helping high-achieving professionals design fulfilling lives through his company, Actively Human. In this episode, Jake shares his personal journey from career peak to personal realignment, explaining how his prioriti...

Ken Cox is the President of River City Internet Group, an entrepreneur, best-selling author, boxing gym owner, and stand-up comedian. He is the visionary behind InLink.com, a platform for small businesses, and is now spearheading a new data compression innovation called Intelligent Storage Language (ISL). In this episode, Ken shares his diverse journey from data center operator to boxing coach and...

Yehuda Niv is the CEO and Co-Founder of Spines, the only comprehensive AI-powered publishing platform simplifying the authorship journey so writers can focus on what they do best - telling great stories. The Spines platform revolutionizes every aspect of the publishing process, from editing, proofreading, and formatting to cover design, distribution, and marketing. Authors simply need to upload th...

Junaid Ahmed is a home studio architect with two decades of experience in video production and UX design. He is the founder of Humblezone and the creator of Home Studio Mastery, helping podcasters and content creators build professional-grade studios through a systematic process. In this episode, Junaid explains how his background in UX design informs his approach to studio architecture, emphasizi...

Alan Ward is a fintech innovator on a mission to make finance serve people, not middlemen. He is the founder of Securely, a payments platform that cuts out hidden transaction fees and brings fairness, transparency, and simplicity back to finance, helping businesses and families keep more of what they earn. In this episode, Alan shares the origin of his personal mission to eliminate unnecessary tra...

Meeky Hwang is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ndevr, a digital solution development agency helping health and wellness brands build scalable, high-performing websites. With over 20 years of experience in web development and DevOps, she guides growth-stage companies in streamlining workflows and scaling platforms for millions of users. In this episode, Meeky shares her "accidental" journey fro...

Alan Lazaros is a computer engineer, MBA, and the founder and CEO of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 self-improvement podcast with over 2,200 episodes and a million listens in 180+ countries. After a near-fatal car accident at 26, he transitioned from a successful technical career to dedicate over 11,500 hours to coaching and training, helping people achieve both external success and inter...

Mindaugas (Min) Maciulis is the founder and CEO of Strategic AI Advisors, a go-to strategist for AI-driven business transformation. With a background scaling a startup to $70M revenue, Min helps mid-market companies cut through the hype and turn AI into measurable profits using his practical 5A framework. In this episode, Min breaks down why many AI pilots fail to scale, emphasizing that success r...

Alan Lazaros is a computer engineer, MBA, and the founder and CEO of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 self-improvement podcast with over 2,200 episodes and a million listens in 180+ countries. After a near-fatal car accident at 26, he transitioned from a successful technical career to dedicate over 11,500 hours to coaching and training, helping people achieve both external success and inter...

Gregory Lind is a founder, author, software developer, musician, and open-source advocate with a 25-year tech career spanning the globe. He is the founder of Buildly Labs, creating AI tools for product development, and the author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams." In this episode, Greg defines the role of AI in software development as a tool for automating mundane tasks, allowing h...