The Aviation Innovation Podcast

Is fatigue putting your business at risk? That’s a question Pulsar Informatics strives to answer. Pulsar’s mantra is that Alert workers are more productive, and experience fewer accidents. Pulsar gives real-time information about fatigue levels in a business’s operation, so they can actively manage risk and improve overall performance. Today on the Aviation Innovation Podcast, Matthew Van Wollen, the Chief Financial Officer and Co-founder of Pulsar Informatics joins Eugene Hoeven.

It's time for the aviation marketplace to go digital. Lisa Butters is the General Manager of the GoDirect Trade, the B2B digital marketplace at Honeywell Aerospace. In just over a year, GoDirect has solidified itself as the premier platform for aviation parts, and aims to provide an unseen level of transparency between both the buyer and seller. Lisa Butters joins Eugene Hoeven on today's episode of The Aviation Innovation Podcast

Prof. dr. Annemieke Roobeek is professor of Strategy and Transformation Management at Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands. She is Founder & Director of MeetingMoreMinds B.V., an inter-company networking organization that helps accelerate innovation and sustainable implementation in a networked setting (). She recently set up GrwNxt B.V., a company that delivers data-driven infrastructure for producing fresh produce in megacities in fully controlled climate growth rooms (). With experience in a range of industries from air transport to finance, Prof. dr. Roobeek holds informative insight into not only changing our technology, but changing our society.

Smartphones continue to have an increasing role in our day to day lives. Have you ever wondered who was behind tools like digital wallets and boarding passes? Andrew Phillips is the Director and Founder of Flon Solutions, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Flon provides the expertise to utilize smartphone digital wallets as customer engagement and marketing tools. Andrew Phillips joins Eugene Hoeven to discuss the future of mobile apps, and how digital wallets could impact travellers.

The conclusion of our host Eugene Hoeven's special interview with Richard Koch, author of the 80/20 principle, and his new work, How to Become Unreasonably Successful.

Grant Furlane has over 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the technology sector, specializing in the parking, transportation, cloud computing and network security industries. He has been involved in over 600 million dollars of technology investments and was contracted to lead several initiatives for large public IT companies.

In this special episode of the podcast, we navigate away from Aviation to hear from Richard Koch. A former management consultant, Koch has become a well known author, publishing several works on the 80/20 Principle.  In the beginning of our special 2 part interview with Richard Koch, host Eugene Hoeven asks about the journey to becoming an author, and the important principles of good business.

Today's guest is Per Ahl, CEO of Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions. Saab has been an evolutionary force in air traffic, working with outfits like LFV to provide remote air traffic control, and digitizing the workflow. Eugene Hoeven speaks to Per Ahl about the immense sea change in air traffic control, and the struggles in attracting a new generation of workers to the field.

This week’s interview is with Ian Painter of Snowflake Software, an award-winning provider of cloud and on-premise software solutions for the aviation industry, which he co-founded with Eddie Curtis in 2001.  Ian Painter and our host Eugene Hoeven discuss the challenges in breaking into Aviation, and what needs to happen in the industry to allow new players to enter the market.

For young entrepreneurs, navigating the path to successful growth can be elusive and intimidating. Searidge Technologies, begun in 2004 by two enterprising neighbours in Ottawa, Canada has become a leading technology innovator in air traffic control. In this episode, Alex Sauriol, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Searidge Technologies, joins Eugene Hoeven to discuss the lessons he's learned and the potential of digitalization in the world of aviation.