Tech Talks

Andrea is the Lead Experience Designer at Sony Mobile. During the podcast he describes how he is implementing artificial intelligence across the Xperia ecosystem. It’s great insight into how AI can be used in a very relevant way to improve a customer’s experience.

Ian Nolan is the Chief Content Officer of Dugout Limited, a platform bringing football fans content from their favourite players and clubs in one place. Previously Ian was Head of Sports at Yahoo!. Ian, who is also a mentor at Apps for Good and Media Trust, brings his understanding of content and story to the podcast to show how Dugout are tackling the football market.

Rob has over ten years in the consultancy sector and has worked for a number of FTSE 100 organisations. Now at Basware, he has insight into the changing dynamics of the relationship between external consultants and their clients across the technology sector. In the podcast we discuss the challenges presented by delivering both on-premise and cloud services and how consultancies can work to provide the best service to their customers.

Alexandra Depledge, MBE, is a successful entrepreneur and founder of BuildPath.com and Hassle.com. She has a wealth of experience running digital businesses and now chairs The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec). In this podcast we discuss challenges facing the whole digital industry and how well understood they are by government. We also touch on education, and how we can best prepare the economy to meet the demands of our sector.

Ben is the Founder of TantrumXYZ, a site for parents to get advice, recommendations and inspiration. With the Instagram and Snapchat generation maturing into parenthood, online communities are able to help each other through this huge life change in a totally new manner. With that comes design and product challenges familiar to many start-ups, but with a whole new raft of content and user needs. TantrumXYZ have recently been nominated for a Webby as one of the top-5 parenting sites globally.

Monique is regularly identified as a thought-leader in technology. She joined Aviva to disrupt the culture of the organisation and to embed Aviva in the tech ecosystem across the globe. One of the cornerstones of that disruption has been the Digital Garages and in this podcast she talks about how significant it has been to the business, and how using disruption is a powerful and positive means of transformation.

Anthony Thomson is the Founder and Chairman of Atom Bank, a bank that has is built for a digital age with an experience that is totally housed in an app. Offering fixed savers accounts and mortgages they believe that there has been a revolution in consumers attitudes towards banking in recent years, and are offering the type of services designed for those customers. Anthony is the Founder and former-Chairman of Metro Bank, regularly appears on Sky News to discuss finance and paints a fascinating picture of the fintech market during our podcast.

Phil is heading up EMEA at Silicon Valley Bank, having worked at some of the biggest names in finance and banking. Whilst SVB is a global business, here Phil shares his insight on the start-up scene in London, where the bank is helping innovative businesses move bold ideas forward. Our podcast focuses on funding, and the post-Brexit landscape, amongst other themes.

Tim Groot is Co-founder and CEO at Grip, an artificial intelligence powered event networking solution that helps professionals to achieve their maximum networking potential at events. He is also looking at how companies can use data and AI to address that talent needs. Networking and community build remain a challenge for many and Grip’s approach show how new technology can be applied in an innovative way.

Alex is Head of Loyalty Strategy at TalkTalk and is accountable for end to end customer loyalty and churn. A big part of her role is using technology and data to ensure that TalkTalk's customers get the best possible experience and are aware of services that are relevant. She also is a trustee of the Young Women's Trust and talks openly about how diversity can be addressed.