Tech Talks

Is Britain ready to go cashless? Today’s guest is the CEO of Judopay, Jeremy Nicholds. We’re chatting about fintech and more importantly the future of payments. Jeremy has pledged to go cashless for 2019; find out if that’s a challenge and what issues he’s run into!

If Judopay sound like a company you’d want to join why not check out the careers page. As Jeremy mentions, they’re hiring! https://judopayments1.workable.com/

Also on the show we’re talking to Israeli healthtech startup CardiacSense. They are planning to bring a new smart watch to market in 2020 and explain why it’s different from those available currently. https://www.cardiacsense.com/

Edd is the Programme Manager for GovStart, PUBLIC’s pan-European startup accelerator focused on working within the public sector. We chat about the mindset needed to work with government, the opportunity available across Europe through collaboration, and what surprises Edd about the tech sector!

We have a month to go on our Tech Personality of the the Year! Don’t forget to have your say:

http://podcast.tech-talks.co.uk/tech-personality-of-the-year

Giles is CTO of XenZone, an 18-year old tech business helping people (especially children and young people) improve their mental health. We query how that affects their design decisions, touch on data and bias, and how best to work with the NHS.

Also on the show we reflect on Big Data World with some post-match analysis. Join Dave, Jack… and ‘new’ Jack for their thoughts!

On the show today we chat with Karsten, the COO of UKCloud. Karsten was a deeply technical professional who has pivoted his career to focus on customer service and culture. In this interview we’re exploring how he’s implementing a customer centric culture at UKCloud and helping the business go through a period of rapid growth.

We’re at Big Data World on Wednesday, and Dave is hosting the main stage! Come and have a chat, and hear from a rage of incredible speakers: https://bit.ly/2BV3ZaN

Today we celebrate all the amazing women who have given time to appear on our technology podcast! Ayumi Aoki becomes the 91st awesome technologist to share her story with us and explain how her not-for-profit is trying to help women into STEM careers. Happy International Women’s day 2019!

Today’s show welcomes both co-founders of Koala, Hui Wang and Stuart Megarry. They are on a mission to fundamentally change how travel is booked and experienced. They aim to match solo travellers and provide the unique trips and experiences. We chat about how tech can improve travel and how the business grew out of a personal challenge.

Also on the show Sian Bradley drops in to join in a chat about Momo and some of the latest tech at MWC.

Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance

Dr Djamila Amimer is the CEO and founder of Mind Senses Global, a boutique AI consultancy. In this show we explore what sectors and businesses are investing in AI, and whether they’re right to even do so! AI has become such an overused buzzword, but there are great user cases around at the moment that show how adoption can be positive and widespread.

Also on today, Dave talks about a product the boys have been sent (a pocket ECG monitor) and Jack is looking at how tech is reforming the penal system in California.

Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance

Naimish Gohill joins the podcast to talk about his journey from lost 16-year old, to successful founder and CEO. Satchel started as a mission to transform homework and communication in Naimish’s school has transformed into a global brand, saving teachers time, improving schools and streamlining classroom management.

Jack and Dave share their latest insight on the tech market with a special focus on the most exciting UK tech startups.

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Robert is the Group Human Resources Director at Reward Gateway, an employee engagement platform. The business have over 1,700 clients using products to attract, engage and retain the best employees. We talk about why purpose and mission are so important, how to implement values and why they matter, and how reward and recognition is evolving.

Dave and Jack are then sinking their teeth into the UK parliamentary select committee’s report into fake news. What steps do we need to take to ensure we can effectively regulate, and are we in danger of missing a big opportunity? We’d strongly recommend taking a look at Doteveryone’s report into responsible tech: https://doteveryone.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Doteveryone-Regulating-for-Responsible-Tech-Report.pdf

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Lina founded Adia Health to change to conversation around female reproductive health. Having struggled to start her own family, she took time to create a platform to help women become pregnant. Currently all education is aimed at preventing pregnancy, not giving women and families and support; Aida is a vital piece of femtech to improve education and understanding. Adia Health provide easy at-home fertility tests, a science based plan and access to leading experts.

Then Jack is talking about new data legislation coming out of California, and Dave tries to convince Jack that talking about AWS is interesting.

Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance