The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talks to Bradley Zastrow from Dash. Bradley explains what Dash does, what markets they are in around the world, why distressed markets like Venezeula are important to them and how secure their cryptocurrency. Bradley also explains how they priortiise markets, how the Dash wallet brings unbanked people into the financial ecosystem, why Dash is great for charities, their plans for the next 5 years, and what they hope to get out of MoneyConf.

Ronan talks to Clive Lennox from Silicon Valley Bank. Clive explains what he does for Silicon Valley Bank in Ireland, what Silicon Valley Bank does, the companies they have lent money to, what areas of tech they like to get involved with. Clive also talks about blockchain, what he makes of MoneyConf and being on the judging panel for the MoneyConf Pitch contest.

Ronan talks to Urs Bolt from Pikcio AG. Urs explains what Pikcio AG does, what Switzerland is doing in fintech, what the Swiss version of Enterprise Ireland is doing in the fintech space, if there will be a Swiss cryptocurrency, cryptocurrencies and tokens in gaming and what he hopes to get out of MoneyConf.

Ronan is at MoneyConf in Dublin and he met Sebastián Valdecantos and Marina Solanas from WABA Network. Sebastián and Marina tell me about WABA Network, what makes it unique, their funding plans, their plans for Europe and what they hope to get at MoneyConf.

Ronan talks to Joanne Sweeney-Burke, the CEO of Digital Training Institute. Joanna talks about how social media has changed, her background, the changing face of news in the digital age, the truth in digital media. and fake news. Joanne also talks about Ireland's first Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit which she is organising and why we should expect more from how the public sector handles digital and social media, and how our politicians are using social media to communicate with their constituents.

Ronan talks to Curtis Peterson the SVP of Cloud Operations at RingCentral. Curtis tells Ronan what Ring Central do, why cloud technology is very important to them, what areas they focus on, and their plans for the next 5 years. Curtis also explains how Ring Central can save you money, how security is a key concept, and why they are spending money on innovation.

Ronan talks to Tim Pitcher VP of Cloud Infrastructure with NetApp at Dublin Tech Summit. He tells Ronan what they do, how prepared they are for GDPR, how they were in the cloud before the cloud became ubiquitous and he also talks about his talk at Dublin Tech Summit.

Mark Sachleben the CFO of New Relic tells Ronan why Newrelic moved to Dublin, who their competitors are, what their USP is and when they started. Mark also mentions that they are hiring and what roles they are looking for, how they are prepared for GDPR and their plans for the next 5 years.

Ronan talks to Philip McNamara the VP of Business Development for Voxpro in the USA and the organiser of MobilityX. Philip talks to Ronan about the Mobilityx Conference, what to expect at it, self driving cars, and why some of the technology in self driving cars is available in most cars sold today.

Dr Mick Kerrigan is the Chief Science Officer for RecommenderX who won a DatSci Award last year, he is also on the advisory panel for DatSci's and this will be his 3rd year on the judging panel for the DatSci’s (Data Science Awards). Mick tells Ronan why data science has become more popular, what roles are available in data science and where data science will go over the next 5 years. Mick also explains what RecommenderX do, and what winning a DatSci has done for Recommender X.