The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talked to Claire Carroll from Accenture’s The Dock. Claire talks about her background, the report Putting the human first in the home and some of it’s findings, and why she thinks people over 65 are more trusting of smart technology. Claire also talks about we can do to reassure younger people about smart technology, and where she sees the future of smart technology in the home.

Ronan talks to Fergal O’Sullivan, the Country Manager & Regional Director Ireland & Scotland Territories, for Nutanix. Fergal talks about his background, what his role in Nutanix entails, and the jobs that Nutanix are hiring for. Fergal also talks about how Nutanix are positive on Brexit, how Hyper-converged infrastructure usage has increased,

Ronan caught up with Sean and Daniel 2 of the co-founders of Micron Agritech, who are the first undergrads in TUI to get funding from Hothouse. They talk about what they do, their plans to go to this years ploughing championships, their funding aspirations, AI, and their long-term vision. They also talk about how they can save farmers money, new areas of opportunity, and Michael O’Leary.

Ronan talks to Binny Gill the CTO of cloud services at Nutanix. Binny talks about his background, what he does at Nutanix, how serious they take security, their AI and machine learning usage. Binny also talks about how Nutanix can be scaled, how Nutanix can adapt to different hardware and software, and what their end goal is.

Ronan talks to Rob Solomon the CEO of GoFundMe. Rob explains what Gofundme does, gives an example of an Irish GoFundMe campaign that tugs at your heartstrings, and how they are used by big and small charities and NGO’s. Rob also talks about their trust and safety process, how easy it is to share campaigns, their new enterprise level software, how sports fan are using it in a unique, and how the Irish are the most generous people on Gofundme campaigns.

Ronan is at the Dublin Tech Summit and this is the second of his two Dublin Tech Summit Podcasts. He caught up with Claudia Reuter and Max Kelly from Techstars who tell him a bit more about Techstars and what they do. They also talk about what they look for in startups that want to take part in their various programs.

Ronan is at the Dublin Tech Summit and he met up with Sarah Welch the CMO of CarGurus. Sarah tells Ronan how CarGurus started, what they do, why their European HQ in Dublin is so important to them, and that they are looking to recruit more people.

Ronan talks to Paul Healy the CEO of Skillnet Ireland. Paul talks about his background, what Skillnet does, and reskilling and upskilling. Paul also talks about what ICT skills employers are looking for, and Skillnet’s core focus.

The Philadelphia Molecular Science Laboratory has recently discovered the Irish Gene and Ronan spoke to Professor John Weinberger one of the members of the team who discovered this gene. Professor Weinberger talks about his background, how the Irish Gene was discovered and what it is. Professor Weinberger also talks about the benefits of having this gene and the new smartphone app that they have developed.

Ronan talks to Leo Cullen the Co-founder of Will Vault. Leo talks about his background, his time down in the NDRC Portershed in Galway, and what Will Vault does. Leo also talks about why Ireland needs a wills register and the survey that Royal London did last year.