Tech Brains Talk

In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Daniel Brett. They discuss the power of data and the increased risk of cyberattacks.

Daniel Brett is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder at CounterCraft. Daniel is highly accomplished in achieving outstanding B2B growth for visionary companies and contributes over 15 years of marketing expertise to the business.

His deep industry knowledge and understanding of consumer behaviour enables him to thrive in new markets and achieve rapid sales success on a global scale.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Ben Hookway. They discuss the power of language analytics. 
 
 An innovator in language analytics, Ben Hookway is the CEO of Relative Insight, an organisation that helps brands and agencies effectively engage with their customers by understanding how different audiences speak.

Ben took Relative Insight from a university spin-out to a high-scale platform used by leading customer-focused organisations such as Unilever, Disney, and Sky.

With 20 year’s experience in the early-stage technology market, Ben has founded, funded, and exited companies. He spent 6 years in the USA and has had extensive experience in China, South Korea, and Taiwan with startups and $1bn corporations.
 
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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Bretton Putter. They discuss the challenges of hybrid teams and remote teams. 

Bretton Putter is an expert in company culture development, consulted by companies and leaders worldwide on how to design, build and develop a strong, functional company culture. He is the CEO of CultureGene a Culture Leadership Platform helping high-growth companies build strong, functional cultures. 

Prior to founding CultureGene Brett ran an international executive search firm working with high-growth tech companies to expand their executive teams across Europe and the USA. His first book Culture Decks Decoded was published in 2018 and his second book, Own Your Culture: How to Define, Embed and Manage your Company Culture will be published in September 2020. He writes a popular blog on culture-driven companies and is a sought-after speaker.   

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Zandra Moore. They discuss how to compete with tech company giants.

Zandra Moore is the CEO and joint-founder of Panintelligence, a leading business intelligence and analytics software developer. She has over 20 years’ experience of working in the technology sector, and her passion for enabling businesses to drive performance through data insights and analytics is highly infectious. 

Prior to working for Panintelligence, Zandra ran her own software solutions consultancy business and has founded a range of local B2B networking organisations, including LeanIn Leeds – a network of over 550 professional women, holding regular monthly events. She is particularly proactive in promoting Northern tech and women in tech and regularly gives talks and participates in panel discussions aimed at furthering these causes (eg. speaking for FinTech North at events across the Northern Powerhouse). 

Zandra is on a mission to make the industry accessible for everyone. In a sector that continues to suffer a gender imbalance, inclusivity is at the core of Panintelligence, from gender to disability. Its aim is to make sure everyone enjoys the same opportunities. 

In 2018 Zandra was recognised as the female CEO of the Year in the English Women’s Awards, North.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Ozzi Jarvinen. They discuss how to do remote work effectively and grow without losing company culture.

Ozzi is a 4th generation entrepreneur. Born in Tampere, Finland, and starting the first business back in 2003. Due to interest in international business and geo arbitrage Ozzi made the move to Thailand in 2006 and since have called the tropical paradise his home.

In 2010 Ozzi founded Iglu in Chiang Mai Thailand. Iglu was bootstrapped from Ozzi's spare bedroom and in 10 years, has grown into mid-size software consulting business that currently employs over 200 people with more than 30 different nationalities.

Iglu is a remote working community representing an international network of companies, with over 200 digital professionals from 37 countries employed.

They provide digital services and talent resources at competitive rates to clients worldwide.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Kim Monney. They discuss how high-performing teams grow their revenue without hiring more staff. 

Kim is the co-founder and  COO  of  Howamigoing,  a  London-based  HR  tech start-up that helps employees of small to medium size businesses succeed, by getting better feedback, more often.  

In a  world of tick-the-box annual performance appraisals, Howamigoing is changing the game for the  40%  of people who want to receive better quality feedback at work and the 91% of people who want a better process.  Howamigoing placed at #21 in the 2020 UK Startups 100. 

Kim grew up in  New Zealand where she led marketing teams for two of the ‘big four" banks and gained her Chartered Marketing qualification before moving to London in 2012.  In the UK, she’s led marketing and product teams in some of the country’s most successful tech businesses including  Tesco.com  and  Just  Eat.  Her experience working in world-class businesses with terrible performance management and feedback processes spurred her on to co-create Howamigoing.   
Kim is also an alumni of Seth Godin’s altMBA.

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In today's episode, Flavilla is joined by Will Critchlow. They discuss why SEO is more than keywords and how to do it right at different stages of your business.

Will Critchlow recently sold Distilled, the business he co-founded in 2005, to digital marketing agency Brainlabs.

At the same time, he spun out SearchPilot, their technology business into an independent startup.

He's now splitting his time between running SearchPilot and guiding SEO efforts at Brainlabs.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Kimeshan Naidoo. They discuss how to sell tech products to the education sector.

Kimeshan Naidoo is a South African computer scientist and technology entrepreneur. He is the CTO & Co-Founder of Unibuddy, a London-based EdTech Company. Unibuddy has become one of the fastest-growing education technology startups in the world, to date helping over 250,000 students to decide where and what to study across 300 universities in over 30 countries. Unibuddy has raised $12 million to date and has offices in London, New York and Bangalore. 

Naidoo graduated from the University of Cape town with a BSc in Electrical Engineering. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2015 and graduated from University College London with an MSc in Computer Science. He was recently listed on the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 list.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by David Bloch. They discuss how not to fail your digital transformation.

David Bloch is a New Zealand born technologist specialising in data science and artificial intelligence.  His track record spans twenty years in emergent technologies focusing on software development, digital activation, and adoption strategies to create compelling solutions to business problems.

David recently joined Domino Data Lab as an evangelist to promote their enterprise-class data science platform. 

David also partners with many startups providing advice, mentoring, and growth strategies based on his experience as a founder and consultant for technology companies.

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In this episode, Flavilla is joined by Marisa Bryan. They discuss how to scale and attract talent towards your tech brand whilst building diversity and a great company culture remotely.

Marisa Bryan is an internationally experienced talent leader in the tech industry and Head of Client Operations at Scede - Europe’s go-to talent partner when it comes to building and scaling teams from Series A and beyond. 

With more than fifteen years of experience in all aspects of talent acquisition and a strong voice for empowering women in leadership throughout her career, Marisa has held senior roles at the likes of Criteo, LinkedIn, Apple and Google - focusing on modernising the practice of talent acquisition to deliver success.

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