That Tech Pod

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with Melissa Haughey. Melissa is CEO of Proxi, a data-mapping company that makes mapping and crowdsourcing geographic data accessible to everyone.  Proxi's maps power custom, location-based experiences. Melinda Haughey is a former U.S. intelligence professional and UX researcher who has done stints at both Facebook and Dell. She uses her expertise in geospatial visualization, online communities, and collaboration to inform the direction of Proxi, mentor other founders, and drive research in human-centered design forward. Melinda thrives on being an active community member, a digital creator, participating in local digital advisory boards, and organizing local gatherings for women in her network. She is known as a creative, competent, and compassionate leader — and has used these  skills to inform the culture at Proxi and connect with community members using the company’s mapping tool. Melinda received an engineering degree at Texas A&M and is a PhD candidate in the college of engineering at University of Washington. 


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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with Ben Brook. Ben is the co-founder and CEO of Transcend, the privacy platform that makes it easy to encode privacy across your tech stack. Transcend’s technology moves companies into the future of data privacy, with freed up resources, enhanced regulatory stances for the laws of today and tomorrow, and stronger relationships with their customers through respectful and compliant data transparency, consent, and control.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with Colin Gounden. Colin is the CEO of VIA, a global provider of blockchain for data privacy, integration, and analysis. By bringing AI to data 100 times faster than alternatives and with the highest level of cybersecurity, VIA’s platform is the driving force to make communities of all kinds cleaner, safer, and more equitable. 

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Jeffrey Solomon. Jeffrey is a professional services leader focused on customer success, artificial intelligence, innovation and law department consulting and digital transformation. At Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, he is responsible for leading a team that drives innovation and strategy, as well as go-to market for new products and services.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Pierce Larick. Pierce is the CEO and founder of New Revolution Media, a creative media agency in San Francisco, California. He side hustled as a videographer and photographer for over a decade before officially founding NRM in 2016. As an avid traveler, he wanted to start a company where he could take off whenever, as the official 2 weeks a year vacation was not working for him (nor should it work for anyone) The lead inspiration for NRM media was to work in a collaborative and open creative environment, and to have coworkers that shared his passion. In the 5 years he’s been in business he’s grown an agile team of seven. And he’s proud that year after year they’ve grown and improved, delivering great content for great clients. He admits that being his own boss is a challenge. The stress is great but he wouldn’t change it for anything.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with Katherine Thompson.  As Head of Ecosystems for Cyber Future Foundation (CFF), Katherine is responsible for generating consensus and cross-sector support for CFF's North American and Global initiatives. Recognized as an accomplished leader and connector, Katherine shares a passion for the cyber security industry and the role it plays in securing our governments, industries and constituents.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Vanessa Quaciari. Vanessa's practice focuses on navigating through complex global eDiscovery issues, information governance, and developing defensible budget-conscious litigation discovery strategies. She advises clients on best practices for internal electronic data processes including preservation, collection, use of data analytics, privacy concerns, document review, and production for compliance, cross-border disputes, regulatory investigations, and global corporate policies.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with Dr. Bright Gameli Mawudor. Dr. Mawudor is the CTO at XETOVA, a Data Science as a service organization and also the founder of the Cyber Security collective Africahackon, the first ever Live demonstration Cyber Security Conference in East and Central Africa. He acquired a PhD in IT Convergence and Application Engineering with concentration in Information Security from Pukyong National University, South Korea. He has over 10 years of professional experience in the Cyber Security industry with strong expertise in Cyber security Strategy building, Resilience and system penetration testing. Bright has also presented at over 150 Cyber Security conferences, lectured at various universities and contributed to cyber security publications. He was also recognized by Tribe of Hackers: Blue Team 2020, Top 40 Under 40 2016 of young entrepreneurs in Kenya and worked with world class organizations such as Dimension Data/NTT, Cellulant and Ushahidi. Dr. Mawudor, has performed various evaluations and selections of Cyber Security tools and successfully implemented IT security systems to protect the Confidentiality, Availability and Integrity of critical business environments to curb and mitigate risks. Technically highly skilled in various environments, especially in the Cyber Security space, dedicated and a team player with excellent leadership qualities.

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Today on a special bonus of That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi debut the show's tech and crime segment. Our first case? Britain’s most wanted woman caught after nearly a decade on the run . Kevin Albert, Civil Division Director at PAE, helps break down the technology used to solve the crime.

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Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Jeff Kline. Jeff Kline is the author of “Strategic IT Accessibility: Enabling the Organization” and is a recognized subject matter expert in keys areas of IT accessibility that include policy, rulemaking, process integration, procurement, and risk mitigation. He served as Program Director of Statewide Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) Accessibility at the Texas Department of Information Resources and consults on IT accessibility policy matters for federal agencies, NGOs, accessibility certification bodies, and the Worldwide Web Consortium Accessibility Initiatives. Prior to his current position in public service, Mr. Klinemanaged IBM’s Worldwide Accessibility Consulting and Business Transformation programs. During his 26 years at, he held other management positions in software and hardware development including operating system UI development, system usability, and the IBM Austin Design Center, a multidiscipline team of industrial, UX, and graphic designers. Mr. Kline is degreed in Industrial Design with over 20 patents to his name.

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