That Tech Pod

Today Laura and Kevin talk about removing your personal data from the internet with James Wilson of My Data Removal. We expose Kevin's college alias and see if James can wipe it away.  

James Wilson is the founder and CEO of My Data Removal, helping remove your personal information from data brokers and people search websites. Wilson started My Data Removal in 2021 after discovering how much of his and his family’s personal information was online. He has a background in web development, security, government, risk management, and big tech. He has a degree from Brigham Young University. James is passionate about privacy and loves to share and help other be more private. He works hard to live what he preaches. 

Netflix's The Ultimatum: Queer Love star, Mal, joins Laura and Gabi for a special tech pride edition where they discuss the ups and downs of online dating for the queer community.

Today Kevin and Laura talk with Chris Roberts, Boom Supersonic's CISO, about aviation technology, the Concorde, hacking all the things (including the Mars Rover!), building planes, epic beards, DefCon, Back to the Future, hover boards and flying cars!  Chris also casually confessed to breaking into prison, money laundering and robbing banks.   

Chris is the CISO for Boom Supersonic and works as an advisor for several entities and organizations around the globe.  His most recent projects are focused within the aerospace, deception, identity, cryptography, Artificial Intelligence, and services sectors. Over the years, he's founded or worked with several folks specializing in OSINT/SIGINT/HUMINT research, intelligence gathering, cryptography, and deception technologies. These days he’s working on spreading the risk, maturity, collaboration, and communication word across the industry. 

Since the late 90’s Chris has been deeply involved with security R&D, consulting, and advisory services in his quest to protect and defend businesses and individuals against various types of attack. Prior to that he jumped out of planes for a living, visiting all sorts of interesting countries and cultures while doing his best to avoid getting shot at too often. 

He’s considered one of the world’s foremost experts on counter threat intelligence and vulnerability research within the Information Security industry. He’s also gotten a name for himself in the transportation arena, basically anything with wings, wheels, tracks, tyres, fins, props or paddles has been the target for research for the last 15 years.

Chris has led or been involved in information security assessments and engagements for the better part of 25 years and has a wealth of experience with regulations such as GLBA, GDPR, HIPAA, HITECH, FISMA, and NERC/FERC.  He has also worked with government, state, and federal authorities on standards such as CMS, ISO, CMMC, and NIST.

Chris has been credentialed in many of the top IT and information security disciplines and as a CyberSecurity advocate and passionate industry voice, he is regularly featured in national newspapers, television news, industry publications and several documentaries. 

And worst case, to jog the memory, Chris was the researcher who gained global attention in 2015 for demonstrating the linkage between various aviation systems, both on the ground and while in the air that allowed the exploitation of attacks against flight control system.

Today Laura and Kevin talk to Scott Newton about strategy consulting and how quantum computing is helping BMW, IKEA, Walmart and Amazon. We talk about Black Opel, an Australian company teaching programming of real quantum computers, https://q-ctrl.com/black-opal. We also dive into the concept of "Explore and Exploit."

Scott Newton is The Managing Partner of Thinking Dimensions, and a member of the Board of Directors at Strategy Tools. 

Mr. Newton works with Boards, CEOs, Private Equity, and senior leaders on Strategy, M&A, and Digital Transformation with an emphasis on embedding sustainability into their business models today and for the future.

Scott and his teams focus on building new business model portfolios, future proofing the organization, and linking impact to sustainable growth and profitability opportunities. The organizations Scott works with achieve speed, alignment, and most importantly sustainable results by focusing on the necessary competencies to develop with a long-term view in mind.

Today Laura and Kevin speak with Udi Ledergor of Gong about AI for Sales, the value of sales managers, marketing tactics and living in Israel, plus we get a whiskey recommendation!

Udi Ledergor is a five-time Marketing leader at B2B start-ups and currently the Chief Evangelist at Gong. As Chief Evangelist, Udi oversees Gong’s market leadership through new product launches and thought leadership. On his journey from Marketer #1 to Gong’s Chief Marketing Officer, he led the creation of the revenue intelligence category, pioneered an iconic, human-centric brand, and led Gong's Marketing efforts from zero to hundreds of millions in revenue.

Passionate about startups and brands during the day, whisky, music, and social activism at night, Udi is also an author, speaker, mentor, angel investor, board director, and advisor based in San Francisco.

Former Zillow Execs, Austin Allison and Spencer Roscoff, have started a new venture, Pacaso, a fractional real estate investing site. David Willbrand joins Laura and Kevin to explain what that is and we discuss if its time for ThatTechPod to buy a baller home somewhere. 

David Willbrand is the Chief Legal Officer of Pacaso. Before joining Pacaso as its Chief Legal Officer, David founded, grew and chaired one of the most prominent startup and venture capital legal practices in the Midwest. He’s the author of “Seed Deals: How to Grow from Startup to Venture Capital,” and he’s a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, where he teaches an introductory course on Startups & Venture Capital, as well as an advanced course on Mergers & Acquisitions. He loves philosophy, red wine and a good pair of Jordans.

The artificial intelligence hype is getting out of hand so today Laura and Kevin speak with Mollie Nichols of Redgrave Data to breakdown what is real and what is just noise. 

 As the CEO of Redgrave Strategic Data Solutions LLC (“Redgrave Data”), Mollie is a mission-driven, collaborative, and visionary leader of the organization guiding a team of business process, technology, and data professionals to produce data driven solutions that efficiently manage and analyze litigation, compliance, and deal data. She drives the strategic relationships with Redgrave LLP, clients, and service providers, and oversees the development of the team’s approach to the search and analysis of client data in matters using advanced technologies, including machine learning, data visualization, and advanced analytics. 

 Mollie’s extensive background and knowledge in the information law field, which includes more than 35 years of experience as a litigator, law professor, and in law firm management. 

 Prior to joining Redgrave Data, Mollie served as the Head of Advanced Client Data Solutions at Hogan Lovells, where she was responsible for developing the global business model for client data technology services. Before Hogan, Mollie built an eDiscovery program at Goodwin Procter and was a partner at Redgrave LLP. Mollie has tried more than 25 cases as lead counsel during her career. She was formerly an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Texas, a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas, and worked in private practice as a litigator. 

Today Laura and Kevin speak with Nigel Cannings on all things voice tech related. We learn that Twitter trending is Nigel's fault. We also discuss the only 4 things people use their Alexa's for, plus smart transcripts and more!

Nigel Cannings is founder and CTO at Intelligent Voice. Nigel has over 25 years' experience in both Law and Technology.  He is a pioneer in all things voice, holding over a dozen patents in the field, including patents for NLP and SmartTranscript.

Nigel’s work in NLP started in 2008 when he wrote the first Twitter trending tool (before Twitter). His interest in language lead him to look at all forms of communication, and he started Intelligent Voice to look at audio and video as well as email and text.  Mainly due to a misunderstanding about what the art if the possible might be he released first commercially available GPU accelerated speech recognition algorithm in 2014.  In part this lead to him winning the NVIDIA Emerging Companies Innovation Award on behalf of the company in 2016.

In the same year he started pioneering work on the use of CNNs of spectrograms in speech recognition:  Today, AI processing of spectrograms is seen as the best way of processing audio to text. Nigel has also been recipient of multiple UK government and EU grants, which included £2.2m Innovate UK Grant for Emotional AI and NLP.

Today Laura and Kevin speak with Jeffrey Wolff and Sebastian Sutherland about CLOC Global Institute. We also address a negative email we received about IPRO. 

Jeffrey Wolff, CEDS serves as Director of Corporate Solutions at IPRO. He is responsible for product direction and marketing strategy for IPRO’s corporate solutions market. Mr. Wolff brought with him over 25 years of experience in information systems and enterprise software solutions before joining IPRO in 2015. 

Sebastian Sutherland has extensive experience in sales leadership and business development in the legal technology industry. He is currently the VP of Sales at IPRO, where he is responsible for helping clients improve their compliance, investigations, and litigation processes through technology and modern workflows. Sebastian has helped clients simplify and automate complex legal tasks, where he helped corporate clients gain visibility into the data that govern their businesses. 

 The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) is a global community of experts focused on redefining the business of law. CLOC Global Institute is a leading event in Las Vegas May 15-My 18th. It brings together the entire legal ecosystem to focus on legal innovation and transformation. 

Today Gabi and Laura speak with Vanessa Gabriel about the Uber Eats for Cannabis, Drop Delivery. 

Vanessa is the CEO and co-founder of Drop Delivery, the cannabis industry’s only all-in-one delivery technology solution for delivery companies and retailers. A thirty-year-old, self-described serial entrepreneur, Vanessa previously co-founded Greenlight Technologies, a leading order-ahead and digital loyalty software in the cannabis industry, which was acquired in 2018. She’s been recognized by Forbes Next 1000, Marijuana Venture 40 under 40, and is a part of the Rolling Stone Culture Council.