The Irish Tech News Podcast

Adrian Clarke, Talent Manager for Analytics for Alternatives, Charley Stoney, Group Managing Director for Alternatives and Lorcan Malone, the CEO of the Analytics Institute, talk to Ronan about the Analytics Institute and what they do, what Alternatives do, careers in analytics. Adrian, Charley and Lorcan also talk to Ronan about the salary survey the Analytics Institute has done with Alternatives which will be launched this month.

Yesterday Irish Tech News held their Fintech 20 event in UCD and for our one hundred and fiftieth podcast Ronan interviewed Mike Ross the ex Leinster and Ireland rugby star who is the commercial director of Wizuda and Emma Walker Account Director with Wachsman PR and Managing Director of Wachsman PR’s Dublin office. Mike was giving a keynote at the Fintech 20 event on GDPR and Emma was on one of our panel discussions. Mike spoke about his talk, GDPR which comes in next May and gave some GDPR tips. Emma spoke about fintech startups, Wachsman PR and how Blockchain is becoming a very important part of fintech.

With more and more people in the tech industry contracting and freelancing what is the best way to do this? Kevin Deasy the founder of Accounting Pro talks to Ronan about this, giving some great tips for people contracting or setting up a startup company and he also explains what Accounting Pro does. Kevin has another company http://www.playbackservices.com and he tells Ronan what it does and how it can cut down on collusion and fraud. Kevin also has a great offer for Irish Tech News readers if you quote Tec Dr you will get 20% off your first month if you sign up to use Accounting Pro.

Ronan speaks to Keith O’Leary Principal Consultant, for Sungard Availability Services. Keith gives Ronan a brief overview of GDPR, when it becomes legal, and why GDPR should be seen as an opportunity and not a weakness or threat. Keith also talks about what backups you should keep and gives some tips on GDPR compliance including how to correctly implement GDPR in your business.

Ronan talks to Benoit Simeray, Catapult Sports CEO of Consumer and he tells Ronan how Catapult Sports started, what they do, how their analytics work, and the teams and sports who use their product. Benoit also talks about Playertek an Irish company that Catapult Sports bought last year and Catapults plans for the next few years including using machine learning.

Ronan talks to Colin O'Brien the head of QA & Change Control at Ryanair Labs. Colin tells Ronan about his background Colin, how he ended up in Ryanair, how long the Ryanair Labs have been going and what innovations have come out of it. Colin also talks about the significant digital transformation Ryanair has gone through over the past 3 years and how he handles the responsibility for assuring the quality of all of Ryanair’s software solutions whilst keeping all of Ryanair’s customers happy. Colin also talks about the technologies that Ryan Air is looking at including AI and blockchain.

Ronan talks to Anton Dziatkovskii the founder of MicroMoney. Anton talks to Ronan about his background, when MicroMoney started and what does it do, how he will have MicroMoney as a $1 billion business by 2020, and how he saves every dollar to make sure MicroMoney grows faster. Anton also tells me about the token sale that he is doing and he gives me his views on China’s ICO ban.

Sara and Yvonne talk to Ronan about how they started, how Shopest works, how it's working in London, about their plans to launch in New York and Dubai within the next 6 months, and that they are also looking to launch in Dublin and other cities. They also talk about looking for investment, what features future iterations of the app will have, and why they want to revolutionise fashion retail.

The closing date for the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSE)is next Monday and Ronan spoke to Mari Cahalane the Head of BTYSTE. Mari explains what projects they are looking for, what the prize for the winner or winners is, and how you can apply to enter.

Russell Keating the head of sales Samsung Ireland by Infused Media