In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Marjukka Niinioja who is the Founding Partner of Osaango based out of Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
a) Gives the listeners a timeline of her journey in the IT industry.
b) Talks about backstory and inspiration of hers to start her company "Osaango".
c) Familiarizes the listeners with her expertise pertaining to the API and data economy across the manufacturing, forest, energy, construction and traffic industries.
d) Talks about her stint as being the speaker at different API conferences and "Mother" of the lean, open and business-oriented APIOps Cycles.
e) Gives an insight into being the the co-author of the "API Economy 101 book".
f) Sheds a spotlight with respect to API and data economy creating open university online and remote courses on subject with universities as well as KONE and Cisco Solutions.
g) Her take on API Economy Consulting, API Product Management and API Architecture.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Mark Kashman who is the Principal Microsoft 365 Consultant of Sympraxis Consulting based out of Seattle, Washington, USA
a) Gives the listeners a complete timeline of his journey in the IT industry.
b) Talks about his 20-year stint in the Microsoft company and also the way it shaped him into an eminent IT industry leader that he is now
c) His take on the importance of the SharePoint ecosystem in the tech front.
d) Mentions about key initiatives laid out by him in coming up with and designing the robust intranets.
e) In his experience, talks about the reasons why the Microsoft 365 suit apps like Teams, Lists, Loop form an integral and crucial part in the tech space.
f) Mentions about his drive and inspiration to start his own company KashBox LLC and, also an interesting backstory associated with the inception of his company
g) Gives an insight with respect to his current experience of working with various consulting firm through his company KashBox LLC.
->About Mark:
Mark is a respected Microsoft 365 Consultant with two decades of experience and in-depth knowledge as a Microsoft insider. He has a strong record of leading major product launches and is recognized as an engaging spokesperson. Mark combines creativity with effective teamwork to deliver compelling narratives and achieve strategic results. One caution: Mark believes the best intranet information architecture includes a robust taxonomy of humor — be forewarned of a pun term here and there with sole expectations of well-baked eye rolls. No doubt, Mark is always focused on SharePoint ’Ing you in the right direction.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Justine Wolters who is the Data Security Consultant and the Co-Owner of Cloud Life company and the Tech SpeakHers Podcast initiative respectively based out of Utrecht, The Netherlands
a) Talks about the timeline of her career in the IT industry.
b) Shares her experience of participating in the university Solar Challenge with the listeners
c) Talks about her stint as the Data Security Consultant | Project manager Cyber- and Data Security for her company Cloud Life
d) Sheds more spotlight into being the co-owner of the initiative "Tech SpeakHers" and also the genesis for the idea behind it
e) Familiarizes the listeners with her expertise of Microsoft Purview, Data Loss Prevention, and Privacy risk management.
f) In-depth, talks about the plethora of certifications that she has been awarded with and mentions about her road map to become a Microsoft MVP in The Netherlands
g) Shares all the interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has experienced in her IT journey.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Rob Kenefeck who is the Principal Consultant and the President of ControlPlane company and GOTO Toastmasters initiative respectively based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
a) Talks about the inception of his career in the IT industry and the biggest lessons he has learnt along the way.
b) Having spent a significant amount of time as a Principal Consultant, mentions about the experience of being a principal consultant at ControlPlane compared to his other previous experiences
c) Being a key part of the 'GSuite Administrator' project, gives a walkthrough through the problem he was trying to solve with that project, and talks about what made the work particularly interesting or unique.
d) Having a deep expertise in Cloud Computing, DevOps, GCP, and Kubernetes, describes the relationship relatinship between these technologies and picks out the one of the areas that has had a huge impact in his career, also explaining the reason for it.
e) Having briefly touched upon the Service Mesh Design and Security and his passion towards it, mentions about his drive in those areas.
f) Familiarizes the listeners with his "Toastmasters" initiative, explains what it is, talks about his involvement in it and the experiences he has gained that made him apply to his work in the IT world.
g) Having gotten heavily involved community groups like Cloud Native Sydney and Melbourne, mentions about the importance of these communities to him and also the biggest benefit of getting involved in it.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Kash Maharaj who is the Principal Enterprise Architect having a plethora of experience in the South African, Australian and the African continent's IT scene on the whole, who is based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.
b) Gives the listeners a walk-through of his previous tenure as the Principal Enterprise Architect for his previous company NRI Australia and New Zealand
c) In his experience, compares the key differences between the IT sector of South Africa to that of Australia.
d) Given his experience working with Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft ecosystems, talks about his vision for the role of Enterprise Architecture in helping the organizations choose, integrate, and maximize value from these platforms
e) Mentions about the initiatives taken by him to align the IT strategy with the business outcomes delivering platforms that support long-term value and building architecture teams that thrive.
f) Shares some success stories during his tenure in the South African IT industry.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Ryan Pehrson who is the Founder, Managing Principal of Pharynós company, based out of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
a) Having held leadership roles across major enterprises, walks us through his career journey, and how did that shape his perspective on technology as a driver of business transformation.
b) Talks about how AI, digital transformation, and leadership come together to create a business value.
c) Mentions about what's preventing companies from realizing the value of their digital investments.
d) Talks about the types of AI transformations that are actually happening today in industries like healthcare and life sciences.
e) Mentions about the blind spots or missteps that derail the AI initiatives.
f) Illustrates the reasons behind why the platform engineering is not just plumbing but also is a backbone of the transformation.
g) His piece of advice for CIOs and business leaders trying to harness the AI responsibly.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Tim Biedenkapp who is the Director AI and Data of adorsys company and the podcast host of "Tapas and Pretzels Podcast" respectively who is based out of Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area, Germany
a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.
b) Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as being the Director Information Management and AI at his company adorsys.
c) His take on API management and Data Governance.
d) In-depth, talks about his proficiency and expertise on the Resource Description Framework, Data Mesh, Data Product and different Data Strategies.
e) Mentions about his inspiration and drive to start his own podcast initiative "Tapas and Pretzels".
f) Reflects his thoughts between the synergies of Knowledge Graphs and Design Thinking.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Brian Beach who is the Principal Tech Lead - Amazon Q Developer and Kiro of Amazon Web Services (AWS) company based out of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, North Carolina, USA
a) Talks about his 20 years of experience in the IT industry.
b) Gives a complete walkthrough of his tenure in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) pertaining to the development side.
c) In-depth, mentions about his expertise on the lines of Business Intelligence, Software Developer Tools, CI/CD, AWS CDK(Cloud Development Kit), Cloud formation, GEN AI Developer tools and Q.
d) His view on the future of cloud technology and your take on Kiero.
e) Gives an insight on the "Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services" with Apress that he has published years ago.
f) Besides having a computers engineering background in IT, had a passion towards completing MBA.
g) Sheds a spotlight on the Amazon Re-invent community building and also running an internal community to the listeners.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Vic Perdana and Mrs. Daphne Choong who are the Senior Software Solution Engineer and Sr Partner Solution Architect Software Development Companies, Asia of Microsoft company who are based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Vic:
a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.
b) Sheds a spotlight of his current tenure being the Software Development Company AppDev Architect pertaining to the Asia region
c) Mentions about the key differentiating factors and similarities between the tenures of the Senior ISV AppDev Architect, Asia to that of the ISV AppDev Architect, ANZ in the past
d) Talks about his contribution towards open source projects and gives a deep insight about it.
e) Shares an overview of his community leadership with the listeners
Daphne:
a) Talks about her journey in the IT industry.
b) Mentions about her roles and responsibilities as the Sr Partner Solution Architect, Recruit Software Development Companies pertaining to the Asia region
c) Talks about her passion pertaining to the areas of ESG, sustainability, cybersecurity and innovative technologies.
d) Mentions about her expertise on the lines of Azure OpenAI, cloud architecture and Microsoft Azure.
e) Talks about her inclination towards encouraging women in the tech industry, mentoring for the enabler mentorship program pertaining to Microsoft, mentoring female students and mentoring children.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Peter Klement who is the Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer of INOVIA Solutions company, based out of Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1. Talks about his first couple of years pertaining to his career
2. Mentions about the reasons to do an MBA at MIT, after working 15 years in the IT industry.
3. Talks about the ways he got involved in IoT and his reasons on the whole to make it his focus.
4. Illustrates about the industry associations that he is currently associated with it and the reasons behind it.
5. Talks about joining the MIT Club of Germany as Director, Sustainability.
6. Mentions about the ways Digital Twins, Data Space and Digital Product Passports fit together.
7. His vision on ignoring AI for a moment acting as a big trend in the digital space and the prime reason behind it.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Nadzeya Stalbouskaya who is the Technology Architect of IAG Transform company, based out of Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
1. Talks about her journey in the IT space.
2. In-depth, mentions about her stint as the as the Technology Lead at her current company IAG Transform.
3. Shares about her roles and responsibilities of being an Architecture Debt Advocate to the listeners.
4. Talks about her expertise on the lines of Enterprise Architecture, Technology Architecture, SAP and Digital Transformation and also linking the four of them on an implementation level.
5. Mentions about balancing both her technical expertise and at the same time influencing the stakeholders with excellence, and also what pursued her towards public speaking.
6. Her take on the importance of Data and AI Innovation to the IT industry.
7. Her on the sales process in her organization "IAG Transform".
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Mike Bayly who is the New Zealand Country Lead, and Founder and Podcast Host of Overdose company and The AI Corner NZ respectively who is based out of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
1. Talks about your journey in the IT space.
2. Gives an overview of his initiative "The AI Corner NZ".
3. Talks about his podcast initiative with The AI Corner NZ.
4. Mentions about his role as NZ Country Lead at Overdose company.
5. Compares the tech market in New Zealand to likes the US, UK, and Australia.
6. His take on the digital transformation and AI in New Zealand’s business landscape.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Artem Smirnov who is the Head of Management Reporting and Data Transparency, and the Strategy and Development Team Lead of Russian Post company and MTS Group company respectively who is based out of Moscow, Russia
1. Talks about your journey in the IT space.
2. Shares about his tenure as the head of management reporting and data transparency at Russia post company to the listeners
3. Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as the strategy and development team lead at your company MTS group.
4. In-depth, talks about the expertise on the lines of SQL and, the analytical skills and also the value it provides to the business.
5. His take on the corporate data warehouse renewal, rethinking and redeveloping of C-level dashboards that he has experienced in the first hand
6. Sheds some spotlight on his mission towards auditing value chains with help of data to create opportunities to realize the tapped potential.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Wilco Burggraaf who is the Principal Lead (Green Software Engineering & Software Engineering) of HighTech Innovators company who is based out of Breda-Tilburg Area, The Netherlands
1. Gives an overview of his tenure as the Principal Lead (Green Software Engineering and Software Engineering) in his company HighTech Innovators.
2. As a Green Software Champion, in-depth talks about his mission of bringing people together building the tech that works smarter, that performs better and drives both climate and social impact.
3. His take on community at the core on the lines of sustainability.
4. Talks about his emphasis on designing with impact in the IT industry.
5. Mentions about his inspiration and drive to pursue into the domain of Green Software.
6. Talks about his expertise on aligning the Architectural Design and Green Technologies with that of the Agile Methodologies.
7. Illustrates about the key strategies taken by him at GreenPT being at the helm as a Sustainability Advisor.
8. Talks about his inclination towards applied science on the perspective of Software and servers
9. His take on analytics with respect to sustainability.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Muriel Demarcus who is the CEO of Marsham Edge company who is based out of Singapore
1. Talks about her tenure as the as the CEO of Marsham Edge company.
2. Gives a complete overview of her company Marsham Edge with respect to the geographies and the key areas it is currently focused on
3. Shares her experience of working as the Executive Director and Commercial Director for the Transport Department of Sydney in the past
4. Gives an overview of her university stint and her transition into the IT industry/Corporate industry.
5. Mentions about the types of strategic advisory services that she has provided to organizations who have been looking forward to leverage the AI, optimize the operations and also navigating complex infrastructure challenges
6. Sheds some spotlight about her expertise on understanding the nuances of delivering complex projects under various frameworks including PPP, NEC, FIDIC, Alliance, ITC and D&C.
7. Gives a deep insight about her passion towards AI and the Smart Technologies.
8. Talks about the inception to the creation of the AI roadmaps which is a platform driven one.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Mark Boyd who is the Director of Platformable company who is based out of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1. Talks about his tenure as the as the Director of Platformable.
2. Explains about the term "Open Banking" to the listeners in a simpler context.
3. His take on the flexibility of the Open Banking for the customers and also the challenges it poses.
4. Shares his experience on being the European Commission-contracted expert and the lead author of the European Commision's API Framework for Governments.
5. Talks about the key initiatives taken by him to analyse the use of APIs to enable financial inclusion as a World Bank (CGAP) Short-term contractor.
6. His view with respect to the importance of Digital Health in the IT industry.
7. Shares all the interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his entire journey.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. John Gøtze who is the CEO of EA Fellows company who is based out of Slangerup, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
1. Talks about the inception of his journey in the IT space and his foray into the zone of Enterprise Architecture.
2. Gives a deep insight about his consulting company "EA fellows" and mentions its key areas/domains of consulting.
3. As the CEO of EA fellows, mentions about the type of goals he has envisioned for his company in the future.
4. Talks about the key similarities that he has found from his role as a lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University Software and Societal Systems Department to that of being the CEO of EA fellows.
5. Shares his expertise on the lines of Digital Transformation and Architecture Management.
6. His take on the importance of Digital Innovation in the EA space.
7. Talks about linking the nuances of AI with that of the Enterprise Architecture.
8. In the EA space, mentions about the list of certifications and licenses that he has been awarded with.
9. Shares his experience of being part of different international events and the key takeaways from it.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Lucas Imrie who is the Founder of Flipside AI company who is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1. Talks about the inception of his journey in the IT space.
2. Gives his view on the business use case for the AI Agents.
3. His take on the importance of AI Consulting in the IT industry.
4. Talks about his expertise on the lines of AI Strategy and Automation.
5. Gives a deep insight on his latest creation the "AI Brain" and also the types of technologies it can be applicable to.
6. Mentions about the types of back-end technologies and front-end technologies that can be used to create the AI Agents.
7. Based on his experience, talks about how AI can be bridged with the nuance of the Blockchain.
8. Mentions about the ways the businesses can get forwarded/updated with the nuance of AI.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Ramy Shehata who is the IT Services Senior Advisor of The Cigna Group company who is based out of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA
1. Reflects on his entire journey in the IT space and also his 20 years of experience as an ITIL 4 Certified Process Owner
2. Talks about his roles and responsibilities as an IT Services Senior Advisor.
3. Sheds some spotlight on being the Process Mining Product Owner and Center of Excellence (CoE) for his company The Cigna Group.
4. Mentions about the key differentiators that he has found, while donning the cap of an IT Service Management SME in the past and the cap of IT Services Senior Advisor in the present.
5. Talks about the cultural differences which he has found with respect to the Corporate Industry in the US to that of Europe, having experienced both the cultures in the first hand.
6. Mentions about the key initiatives taken by him to build and lead ServiceNow Process Mining Center of Excellence, while also supporting teams through training and coaching.
7. Gives a deep elaboration pertaining to different skills of the ITSM space involving the likes of Process Optimization, Request Management, Root Cause Analysis, Compliance Regulations and Process Creation.
8. Gives a deep overview of the Licenses and Certifications that he has been accoladed with and, the certifications which he would recommend to the people joining the ITSM space.
9. Shares the success stories that he has experienced in his entire journey, to the listeners.
In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Dr. Julene Marr who is the Director of the reputed MNC company Deloitte, based out of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
1. Talks about her journey in the IT industry and in this process how did she make it big as the decision maker of an organization
2. Mentions about her roles and responsibilities as the Director of Deloitte New Zealand.
3. Shares her views based on the norms of Business Transformation, Requirement Gathering and Leadership in an MNC.
4. Gives a walkthrough on the designation of being a Product and Technology Portfolio Lead that she herself was in her previous organization.
5. Talks about how project management approach varies across different sectors, and how has she navigated across those differences while delivering large-scale government programmes.
6. Gives an insight on the key reforms taken by her to enable high-performance teams and organizational excellence.
7. Her USP of driving innovation and excellence in the areas of cloud and engineering.
8. Shares about her expertise across product management, agile methods, and public sector transformations
9. Her take on fostering a collaborative and an inclusive environment in IT and also talking about the number of certifications she has been accoladed with
10. Gives a spotlight of how AI can be disruptive covering all the points discussed during the podcast.