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In this episode we speak with Fay Arjomandi the  CEO and Founder of  MIMIK Technology

BIO

Fay Arjomandi is the Founder and CEO of the pioneering edge cloud company mimik. From 2016-2018, she was the executive chairman of H2 Wellness, a software company based in Los Angeles. Between Aug 2014 to Oct 2016, she was the CEO of digital health company NantMobile and led its Augmented reality platform (iD), several digital/genomics health initiatives, and WiGig fabless semiconductor company, Tensorcom. 

Prior to NantMobile, Fay was the CEO of Vodafone xone which was the innovation brand for Vodafone. She oversaw partnerships with start-up companies to develop, test and prepare for commercial deployment in Vodafone’s global markets. Additionally, her role included managing Vodafone Ventures, board membership of Vodafone Americas Enterprise and President & Chair position at Vodafone Americas Foundation. Prior to Vodafone, Fay was the co-founder and CEO of three technology startups that built location-based services (L3 Technology), mobile quality of service improvement platform (Mobidia), and mimik.

As a pragmatic technology innovator, Fay has authored many patents in Telecommunications, Transport Layer Protocols, Mobile traffic management, QoS, and Edge Cloud Computing. Fay has a unique talent for spotting future trends and “connecting the dots.”

In 2020, she was named the Edge Woman of the year by the Linux Foundation. In 2018 she was the Alumni of the Year at Concordia University in Montreal where she received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2014, she was named as one of the most influential woman business leaders in Silicon Valley by San Francisco Business Week, and in 2006, received the distinguished Business in Vancouver’s “Top 40 Under 40″ award. She is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and advises many startup companies and is a Board Advisor to American Tower the global provider of wireless communications infrastructure

Fay is passionate about digital inclusion and equity and has spent the last decade to create disruptive technology platforms and enablers for cloud decentralization to ensure a future sustainable internet. She has advised startup companies on how to build successful businesses, as well as corporations on digital transformation and innovation with impact.  In addition to exceptional leadership and vision, Fay is a highly sought-after global speaker and industry thought leader given her specialization and years of experience in digital communications, software applications and edge cloud computing. Fay holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University. She has international experience and has lived and worked in many countries in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

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 In tis episode, we interview Jeff Tennery, the  COO of  Alef.  Prior to joining Alef, Jeff founded leading freelance platform company Moonlighting, which was acquired in January 2021 by CareerGig. Founded in 2014, and backed by the largest US media companies, the Moonlighting platform supported over 860,000+ freelancers and generated over $50M in annual gig revenues. Jeff has over 30 years of senior executive leadership roles at Verizon, AT&T and Millennial Media. Over the past decade, Jeff has achieved notable success in the mobile application economy, serving in advisory and EIR roles to venture capital firms, as well as start-up companies in mobile video, mCommerce, mobile location data, mobile gaming, blockchain and media.

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Jo Peterson on Twitter at @digitalcloudgal and LinkedIN at
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Maribel Lopez on Twitter at @MaribelLopez and LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/

You can find Jeff at  https://twitter.com/jtennery and https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefftennery/
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In this podcast with speak with William Bell, the Executive Vice President of PhoneixNap,  on the many ways edge changes performance in numerous industries. 

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You can visit the PhoenixNap website at https://phoenixnap.com/

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Simon Crosby is the CTO of Swim.ai, a company that enables customers to derive continuous intelligence from their streaming real-time data, as well as the co-founder of Bromium, Inc., which pioneered enterprise virtualization security for cloud and desktop by protecting end users against advanced malware, financed by top-tier investors Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Meritech Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Simon co-founded CPlane, serving as the Chairman, CEO and Chief Strategy Officer.  He was the co-founder and CTO of XenSource, which was acquired by Citrix Systems, where he then served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Data Center Division and Cloud Division at Citrix Systems Corporation.

Prior to XenSource, he served as a Principal Engineer at Intel, where he led strategic research in distributed computing, platform security, and network-optimization software, as well as a Faculty Member of Cambridge University, where he led research on network performance and control, and multimedia operating systems.

He is the author of 50 peer-reviewed articles and patents on datacenter and networking topics including security, network and server virtualization, resource optimization and performance.  He is an active advisor to several startups pioneering the use of AI.  He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Cambridge University.

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You can find Simon  at https://twitter.com/simoncrosby

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Have you ever wondered where we are in 5G deployment and if it matters for your business? In this podcast, we ask Chris Pearson, the president of 5G Americas to share insight on where we are with standards, 5G deployment , private 5G  and the future of wireless.

Bio
Chris Pearson is the President of 5G Americas.  In his executive role, he is responsible for the overall planning of the organization and providing management for the integration of strategy and operations in the areas of technology, marketing, public relations and regulatory affairs.  As President of 5G Americas (formerly called 4G Americas), Mr. Pearson represents the organization’s Market Representation interests within the 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) organization.

Mr. Pearson led the organization from its inception in 2001 as the 3GPP family of technologies market share grew from 10 percent in 2001 to more than 90 percent in North, Central and South America. Mr. Pearson came to the organization from the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) where he served as Executive Vice President in charge of the strategic executive management of the global TDMA wireless technology consortium.  Prior to joining the UWCC, Mr. Pearson held several senior technical and marketing positions at AT&T Wireless and GTE.

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Maribel Lopez on Twitter at @MaribelLopez and LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/

You can find Chris  at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pearson-602820/

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Inge Opreel is the  CIO of FARYS. It provides a range of services in the public domain for the participating cities and municipalities such as  the distribution and transport of drinking water, water sanitation and management of sports facilities. 
Like in many countries worldwide, the government in Belgium has mandated a national smart water meter rollout programme for its water utility providers​  FARYS is building  capability where Smart Meter data (consumption records every 15 minutes) could be collected, stored, analyzed and used to make better, more profitable and sustainable decisions​. With the avalanche of new data from IoT sensors and Smart meters, FARYS is reimagining business processes and remove redundancies in legacy processes​.  Revenue loss through water leaks can be quickly identified with IoT and edge computing to help the environment while achieving their corporate sustainability goals​.. Water quality can be improved.  Good for business, individuals  and the planet

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The Chief Innovation Officer of the City of Las Vegas, Michael Sherwood, shares how Las Vegas uses edge computing to improve traffic and public safety. He also talks about the challenges and lessons learned with designing an Internet of Things and edge strategy. 

About Michael
Michael Sherwood is the CIO for the City of Las Vegas. He has more than 20 years of management experience, specifically in the field of technology, process improvement and innovation with the majority of that experience being in municipal government operations. Most recently he served as the deputy director of public safety, business services and city technology for the city of Irvine, CA since December 2013. In that capacity he was responsible for budgets of both public safety at $70 million and technology at $8 million. He was responsible for more than 100 professional, technical employees and contractors. In that role he developed and implemented key technology strategies that reduced the annual technology operating costs by more than $1 million. He also provided key leadership in bringing Google Fiber to the city. Prior to that position, Michael served as the manager of business services for the City of Irvine, CA from 2012-2013, the chief information officer for City of Oceanside, CA, from 2001-2012 and the information technologies manager for the City of Oceanside, CA from 1997-2000. Before 1997, he served in the private sector. 


https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsherwood/

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Are you ever confused by all of the ways to mash up cloud computing and the edge? In this podcast, Bobby Allen. demystifies some of the latest trends in Google Cloud.

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Maribel Lopez on Twitter at @MaribelLopez and LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/

Bobby Allen at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ballen-clt/ and https://twitter.com/ballen_clt

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Delivering broadband to rural America ( communities of less than 5,000 people which equals 1.5m square  miles of the U.S.) isn't easy. Did you know that there were 2,000 carriers serving these areas? In this podcast, we speak with Nancy Shemwell of Trilogy Networks about how to support edge computing use cases, such as connected agriculture,  in areas that were typically challenging to deliver broadband services.

About Nancy
Nancy is a senior executive with a record of stimulating dynamic growth across diverse, global business environments. Transformational leader with an ability to create strategic vision and successfully execute.  You can follow her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-shemwell-aa01567/

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Sensors, wireless connectivity and analytics are changing the future of agriculture. In this podcast , Mike Goodenough, the CTO at Sweet Heal, shares how edge computing is used in the cannibus industry and the unique requirements of edge for a regulated product.

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Maribel Lopez on Twitter at @MaribelLopez and LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/

Michael Goodenough on Twitter at @michaelgoodenu
and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-goodenough-61b8736/  
or www.sweatheal.com