Radio ditto // Tech, Art & Culture

Radio ditto welcomes a new host for Bytes & Pieces, as Jeremy Boles
- Sales and Business Development at ditto shoots a round of quickfire
questions at three firms making new ground in emerging tech
territories.
This episode is recorded live from ditto’s Blockchain Connect event
at Dogpatch Labs in Dublin - a day of talks, demos and networking
with the industry’s leading innovators.
Jeremy explores Smart Cities and the smart citizens that live within
them. We also discuss implementation of digital twins to visualise
and reduce CO2 emissions. To round off the discussion we get a
perspective on how emerging technology is used to solve customer
problems in Banking & Capital Markets – enjoy your Smart City
commute!
Guests on this episode are Gareth Mee CEO of Invenica – a London
based systems integrator specialising in IoT DLT AI emerging tech,
Conall Laverty CEO & Founder of Wia - a firm helping commercial
property operators utilise IoT to discover operational efficiencies and
Aman Kohli CTO Banking and Capital Markets at DXC – working with
customers and account teams to match the latest tech trends to
solve business problems.
We hope you had fun in the Smart City, we certainly did! Stay tuned
at Radio ditto for our upcoming tech discussions, follow us at ditto tv
on LinkedIn and @dittotv on Twitter. Don’t forget to connect with
our guests on LinkedIn or find out more about what they do by
visiting their company websites https://www.invenica.com/
https://www.wia.io/ https://www.dxc.technology/

Radio ditto presents Campfire, where we talk to inspiring folk from the worlds
of tech, art and culture. Our ‘Women in tech’ episode is a special edition as
part of a celebration for International Women’s Day 2020. We spoke to a panel
of challengers who champion diversity in the workplace, including Tasha
Chouhan - Head of Business Development for Banking Services at Starling
Bank, Jennifer Steele - Senior Product Developer at Genesis Global Technology
and Shilpa Shah, Alternate Delivery Model Leader and Women in Technology
Leader at Deloitte.
Currently less than 20% of the 1.4 Million people in the E.U studying tech are
women, whilst only around 15% of employees working in STEM roles in the UK
are female. We wanted to find out why, and more importantly what the
industry is doing to develop accessible, diverse and inclusive careers for all.
This podcast is an open and honest discussion about the importance of
diversity within workforces, why tech firms at all levels of maturation need to
ensure a rich mix of employees and how different lifestyles can be modelled
into successful working environments. The challengers give inspirational
stories behind their own careers in tech, also sharing exciting projects and
initiatives to get involved in - positively impacting the future of people and
firms in the tech industry.
We hope you enjoyed the episode. Don’t forget to connect with our guests on
LinkedIn to keep up to date with all their projects and industry activity.

Radio ditto presents Campfire, where we talk to inspiring folk from the worlds of tech, art and culture.

In this episode, we chat with Rodney Orpheus, music tech evangelist, pioneering synth musician and spiritual author. Rodney discusses his upbringing in native Northern Ireland during the civil rights conflict, the secret behind his eccentric name and how three chords enabled him to start his eccentric music journey through punk. He moved to the creative city of Leeds, crashed a birthday party and formed The Cassandra Complex band, who went on to gain huge success in Europe – setting up their own recording studio in Hamburg. Rodney also chats about how he became the tech evangelist for Steinberg, as he helped to create the worlds first ‘Virtual Studio’, making synthesised music accessible, condensing huge mixing desks into computer programs.  

Rodney recommends reading the novel ‘Little, big’ by John Crowley.
Rodney recommends listening to ‘1969’ by Velvet Underground.
Rodney recommends watching ‘The French Lieutenants Woman’ adapted from a novel by John Fowles with screenplay from Harold Pinter.

Welcome to The Download, a deep discussion of the trends shaping technology today. In this RegTech Innovation episode we are joined by three firms from across the marketplace.  We discuss how relevant POC’s and Trials are for market engagement and during the decision making process, finding out the features that make POC’s shine. Our guests also uncover the role of consultancy firms in the RFP RFI process, as well as discussing which side comes out on top between regulation driving technology vs technology driving regulation. We also find out what happens when the rules change, when firms are in the middle of an engagement, such as IFRS17 extensions.  

Our guests in this episode are John Pucciarelli Director of Strategic Initiatives at AcadiaSoft who leads outreach to IM phase 5 firms. Andy Reid, a global payments and digital banking expert, who drives the International Business Growth Strategy as Chief Revenue Officer at Bleckwen - headquartered in Paris. Jeremy Wood, CEO & Founder at Legerity has 25 years’ experience in finance systems and accounting rules technology. He is a winner of the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year award and 2018 UK Technology Enterprise Awards.  

In Bytes & Pieces, ditto founder Mike Wilson shoots a round of quickfire questions at three companies shaking up the FinTech scene. 

How data is stored, cleansed and worked on is now a key foundation of how business operates. In this Data Special episode, we are joined by three disruptors who set out to challenge the status quo and help firms achieve and win the data advantage, exploring the need for evermore interrogated, integrated information.  

In Dublin, we are joined by Kevin Feeney CEO and Founder at Data Chemist to discuss the launch of their Terminus DB offering and the changing future of information sharing on the internet.  

BMLL Chief Operating Officer William L’Heveder joins us from London to explain the newly launched Platometrics Derived Data product providing data across financial markets. 

To close, it’s over to New York as Chris White CEO and Founder at BondCliq gives us clarity and transparency surrounding the data driving the US bond market.  

Data Chemist Terminus DB is available to download here https://terminusdb.com/ 

You can learn more about BMLL and Platometrics here https://platometrics.com/ 

Read the monthly BondCliq blog and data stats at http://www.bondcliq.com/blog-2/ 

Radio ditto presents Campfire, where we talk to inspiring folk from the worlds of tech, art and culture.

In this episode, we chat with Jonny Grant, Chief Experience Officer and Co-Founder at The Department. Jonny is an award-winning director and leader of large-scale events, performances and parties, including UEFA Champions League Final Ceremony and FIFA World Cup opening party. He is also a frequent visitor of Ethiopia where he collaborates with an education charity.

In this episode Jonny talks about where it all began, from childhood growing up as a ‘Country Music boy’ in the Chiltern hills, his colourful job history and how his ‘Alliance of Alliances’ political parody group sparked his passion for film making. Jonny also speaks about The Department and how he saw the opportunity for a new business concept - to represent experience creators, in the same way film agencies represent directors, to provide cutting-edge immersive brand stories.

Radio ditto presents Campfire, where we talk to inspiring folk from the worlds of tech, art and culture. 

In this episode, we chat with breathwork and meditation coach Michael McCaffrey. He shares his frank personal journey of wellbeing and how meditative breathing techniques have transformed his life. 

From a troubled childhood blighted with anxiety and depression, Michael’s journey saw him walk the lonely road of addiction. After a sudden wake-up call Michael realised that he didn’t want to continue a self-destructive way of life, a curiosity into meditation saw Michael experience meditative retreats around the UK before heading to Nepal and Dehli to practice Buddhism. For the past 6 years Michael has been successfully running his very own meditation retreats, sessions and breathwork practice – Breathing Space Wellness. 

If you’d like to learn more about meditation or Buddhist practices, why not check out Michael’s suggested reading material by author Steve Hagen - Buddhism Plain and Simple, Buddhism Is Not What You Think, Meditation Now or Never. 

Follow @breathingspacewellness on Instagram for more information on how to get involved with Michael’s breathwork sessions. Visit ditto.tv/events to get tickets for Michael’s Campfire presents Big Boost Mondays event on 13th January 2020 in our Clerkenwell studios.

ditto founder Mike Wilson presents a special episode of Bytes & Pieces, featuring Enterprise Ireland's City Insights Program. This episode is a special feature on Enterprise Ireland’s City Insights Program – a mentor and business development program tailored for Irish companies and the UK market. We hear from Enterprise Ireland on how their program works and firms that mentors can get involved with in City Insights 2020. The chat also features two firms from the 2019 cohort with closing comments from the mentor panel.

Jack Finucane Clarke and Padraic Geraghty Senior Market Advisors at Enterprise Ireland UK introduce the program. Paul Line, Commercial Director at CWSI and Cormac O’Neill CEO & Founder at Webio discuss their experiences with City Insights and what makes the program so valuable. Jennifer Geary, COO of FinTech start up Asto, part of the Santander group, shares her perspective as a mentor.

The UK City Insights Programme is a 12-week structured support for Irish FinTech, and Digital Technologies companies looking to gain a clear understanding of how to develop their business in the UK Financial Services and Technology industry. The Programme will provide each client company with a UK market expert who will act as their mentor and advisor them on UK market growth strategies.

If you want to get involved with the program why not reach out to Padraic Geraghty or Jack Finucane Clarke on LinkedIn or visit the website for more details https://enterprise-ireland.com/en/ Enjoy the show!

As part of our ‘Disrupt & Advance’ series, in this ‘The Download’ special episode we are joined by a range of firms who are advancing careers in tech through accessibility and innovation – narrowing the skills gap to progress. 

We were joined at Soho Studios in London by firms who flew in from around the globe from New York, Porto and Dublin. This discussion centred around how workforces are thriving and innovating through a diverse mix of people, with unique backgrounds and experiences, to shape a future of shared success.

Shilpa Shah is the programme Director for Deloitte Delivery and Large Scale Implementations, with over 20 years’ experience consulting on Technology for Deloitte. She is a Women in Technology Leader who broadens diverse participation in the technology workforce. Shilpa talks about the initiatives she is involved with and how Deloitte champion diversity. 

Jim Cassidy is CEO at Code Institute, he shares the importance of bridging the tech skills and productivity gap between developers and non-technical professionals. He explains why it's a necessity to get on board with tech upskilling in the age of digital transformation.

Stephen Murphy has held senior business & “C-level” positions at investment banks including Goldman Sachs, HSBC and more. He is now the CEO of Genesis Global Technology, a global capital markets software company who are empowering the modern “Citizen” Developer. 

Hugo Valente is a Solution Architect and Tech Product Owner at Staful. He explains how his customizable monitoring platform can be adopted by newly skilled employees. 

Padraic Geraghty, Senior Market Advisor also joins the conversation with how Enterprise Ireland are driving diversity across their organisation. 

Did you enjoy your time with the disruptors? We certainly did. Keep up to date with ditto tv on LinkedIn and our guests at Deloitte, Women in Tech, Code Institute, Genesis Global Technology, Statful and Enterprise Ireland. Don’t forget to join the ‘Disrupt & Advance – Breaking down barriers in tech’ webinar on 3rd December at 11am to follow on the discussion – register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3391977282028171010

You are listening to a special episode of The Download recorded live from CordaCon 2019. We captured interviews from BizDay and DevDay at R3’s flagship conference in London. This episode explores how Telco’s are harnessing the potential of blockchain.  

R3 Business Development Director & Telecom Lead Thomas Spencer shares how firms are using corda and blockchain as a digital enabler to drive new revenue streams.  

Having one of the biggest telco networks across the globe, Jorge Bento CTO at Vodafone explains his firm’s perspective on blockchain and why instant connectivity isn’t just important, it’s a necessity.

Gareth Mee CEO at Invenica identifies the key drivers of adoption of DLT as we head towards 2020, a new decade and beyond.  

Don’t forget to follow R3, Vodafone and Invenica on LinkedIn to be up to date with their movements.  

To find out more about R3 and Corda network visit https://www.r3.com/
Why not check out Invenica’s Blockchain innovation & disruption in Media & Telecoms webinar here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uqwZxHX1cQ  

Don’t forget, we also have two more episodes in our The Download CordaCon 2019 series, The Download // Digital Assets // CordaCon 2019 explores the future of digital assets using blockchain. We also have The Download // Out & About // CordaCon 2019, where a range of firms and voices give the low down on their businesses, how they use blockchain and what is next in this exciting emerging tech space.