John Kodumal, CTO of LaunchDarkly, talks about how the pandemic has changed their culture.
John joins the podcast following Edith's appearance on Tuesday. In a week we fast-forward 6 weeks. So what was the same organisation thinking towards the end of the summer, and what does the future look like? Interested in The Chronically Fit Show? Search for it on any streaming service! Our music is thanks to Hannah Evans Music - give her a follow on instagram!
30 Okt 202034min
Edith Harbaugh, CEO of LaunchDarkly, talks about the role features play in tech and deployment.
Edith is joining us as part of a 2-part special where we talk to two co-founders, months apart, and get the CEO and CTO's views on the same company and challenges as the pandemic progresses. Here Edith underlines the importance of the Cloud and why features are so key. If you enjoy our music, check out Hannah Evan Music - instagram is @hannahevansmusic - we love her latest track!
27 Okt 202036min
Rebecca Rumbul is bringing a class action suit against Oracle & Salesforce to court, why?
Rebecca Rumbul is concerned that advertising cookies are hoovering up data without your consent selling them to the highest bidder, in a breach of GDPR. She's taken the step of bringing a class action law-suit against Oracle and Salesforce to court. In one of a small handful of landmark cases we consider the outcomes, and steps you might take. Music for Tech Talks provided by Hannah Evans - check her our on Instragram: @hannahevansmusic
23 Okt 202035min
Ross McCaw, Founder of OurPeople, is helping business cut through the noise.
Ross McCaw built his business to ensure that companies could get key information to their employees, no matter how fragmented and varied the working environment. With the explosion of social media and messaging platforms, cutting through that noise with key information can be a challenge. We find out how OurPeople is fixing this issue, and the steps which led to the business pivoting and achieving growth. Music for Tech Talks provided by Hannah Evans - check her our on Instragram: @hannahevansmusic
20 Okt 202037min
Jonathan Prest, CTO of SaleCycle, tells us what makes a good engineer.
In today's episode of the podcast Jonathan discusses how agile can be approached to ensure it communicates with the business (using ever shorter cycles), and what makes a good engineer. He also invites you to join SaleCycle! If you are interested in vacancies in Jonathan's team please contact Usman.Shahid@HarveyNash.com - Usman is part of the team at Harvey Nash working with SaleCycle to meet their talent needs.
16 Okt 202036min
Aaron Whitehead, European MD at Vouchr, on making money movement social.
Aaron joins the podcast to talk about how Vouchr are making payments social; the problem that money transfer companies have is that the process is boring! There is desire for users to improve the experience, and personalise it, backed up by 90% of Venmo transactions having an accompanying emoji. Also on the show Audrey Pe, WiTech founder and Stanford University first year student joins me. She's offering her insight as a future leaders and student during the pandemic. We chat through Safe & The City's major new campaign 'The Most Dangerous Word is "Just"'. For more info go to: https://safeandthecity.com/ Love the show's music? Check out https://www.andrson.com/ and Hannah Evans, and her track 'Satisfaction' https://open.spotify.com/track/5PFFN5kOxzs4EK03bwZzXq
13 Okt 202036min
Zach & Neil, co-founders of Andrson, are using tech to help discover new music during a pandemic.
On today's show we're chatting to Neil and Zach, co-founders of music discoverability app Andrson. A duo reimaging A&R. So what's their secret sauce, how is a funding (or lack of?) affecting music tech, and are they an Irish business post-Covid? If you want to find out more about Andrson: https://www.andrson.com/ The Andrson team also kindly gave us the chance to upgrade the podcast, and we have the feel of a new suit with new title music. Using the app we discovered Hannah Evans (Instagram @hannahevansmusic) - the track is Satisfaction. Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5PFFN5kOxzs4EK03bwZzXq?si=ILSevZ4lRaCS07HjH2VdZw&utm_source=copy-link
9 Okt 202040min
Chase Buckle, Trends Manager at GlobalWebIndex, on the impact of the Grey Pound on online trends.
Chase Buckle, from GlobalWebIndex, joins the podcast to talk about how the pandemic has changed the balance of power in consumer spending and habits. Increasingly an older generation is dominating social and ecommerce. GenZ were already online, and with greater spending power when it comes to groceries and other big ticket items, marketeers cannot ignore the Grey Pound.
6 Okt 202034min
