The Irish Tech News Podcast

On International Woman’s Day Ronan talks to Tracy O’Rourke the CEO and co-founder of Vivid Edge. Tracy talks about her background, what Vivid Edge does and why sustainability has become big. Tracy also gives some simple tips that businesses can use to become more energy efficient and talks about the 2019 Cartier Woman's Initiative Award that she is nominated for.

Ronan talks to David Russell the Chief Executive of Host Ireland Business Broadband. David talks about his background, how Host Ireland Business Broadband has grown. David also talks about Ireland’s National Broadband Plan, and how could it have been handled better.

Ronan talks to Patrick Lynn from Harvey Nash who runs the devops meet up Test Heads which used to be known as Ministry of Tesing. Patrick talks about the meet up which has been going since 2016 and the job opportunities in the devops area.

Ronan talks to Mark Curtis the co-founder of the Fjord design agency which was acquired by Accenture in 2013. As Fjord release their Fjord Trends 2019 report, Mark talks about what Fjord do, the latest Fjord Trends Report and what it’s key findings are.

Ronan talks to Owen Pendlebury and Ross Spelman from Deloitte Ireland before they talk at the latest Harvey Nash Dublin Tech Talks Meetup Owen and Ross talk about security, new regulations including GDPR and what they will be talking about at the Harvey Nash Dublin Tech Talks Meetup.

Ronan talks to Conor Hogan the Senior Information Governance Manager with BSI. Conor talks about his background, how current technology has eroded our privacy, have the recent issues with Facebook made privacy more or less dead, and if we will see more data breaches over the next few years. Conor also discusses what impact will Brexit have on GDPR, and what we can do to make sure the connected devices and wearables that were Christmas gifts don’t abuse our privacy.

Ronan talks to Alison Hardacre, the CEO and co-founder of Healthkit, and Michael Malone, the EMEA Expansion Team Lead for Healthkit. Alison and Michael talk about their backgrounds, what Healthkit does, and how it integrates with smart devices. Alison and Micheal also talk about the problems facing healthcare globally and in Ireland, and the new jobs available in Cork.

Ronan talks to John Doran the director of engineering at Phorest, just before he gave his talk at last months Harvey Nash Dublin Tech Talks Meetup. John talks about his background, what Phorest does, what issues he faced when rapidly scaling Phorest and what solutions he found. John also mentions what advice he would give to a start-up that is looking to scale up.

Ronan talks to Charly Lester the co-founder of Lumen a dating for people over 50. Charly talks about her background, how Lumen works, how secure Lumen is, what countries Lumen is available in. Charlie also talks about her time as a mentor on the apprentice, and why dating apps can fail.

Ronan talks to Hilary Moran the founder of HYF. Hilary talks about her background, how HYF came about, what HYF does, and various scenarios where HYF can be used.