The DroidDevCast

On today’s episode of The DroidDevCast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver is joined by Esper COO Shiv Sundar, Esper CEO Yadhu Gopalan, Esper VP of Customer Success Chris Stirrat, Esper Director of Cybersecurity Jasmine Henry, and Esper VP of Technical Sales Keith Szot. Together, these members of the Esper team discuss some of the trends we’ve seen this year in terms of Android devices and Android software development and the Android ecosystem, AOSP, and trends they saw in 2020.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Deployed Principal Software Developer and Manning Publications author of Blazor in Action Chris Sainty to learn more about Blazor, a C# based front-end framework from Microsoft. Blazor blends HTML markup and C# components for use in front end web development, giving developers the the ability to also run C# in the browser.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Conn Byrne, Senior Vice President of Sales, North America and Europe at Worldnet Payments. Throughout the conversation, they touched on WorldNet’s history in the payment industry, the evolution of contactless payment solutions, and what solutions businesses can put in place to ensure that their own kiosk and retail offerings are leveraging the full capabilities and security of contactless payment solutions.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver sat down with Alex Canter, CEO at Ordermark, and Esper COO Shiv Sundar to discuss the evolution of the restaurant industry, ghost kitchens, and bringing new technology and logistics into the restaurant ordering and management experience. As a fourth-generation owner of the famous Jewish Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, Canter focused his energies on not only incorporating new technology into the restaurant, but in revolutionizing the order experience via third-party delivery options such as Uber Eats, GrubHub, and Doordash. It was through using these systems, which were designed independently, that spawned the idea for what is now known as Ordermark, a unified, single source of truth that manages all incoming orders to a restaurant kitchen, regardless of the third-party delivery system the order originated from.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver sat down with Adam Schoenfeld, VP of Strategy at Drift. Adam is well known for his role as the Co-Founder & CEO of the B2B Marketing startup Siftrock, a bootstrapped email and marketing service that Schoenfeld later sold to Drift. As a three-time founder, Schoenfeld is no stranger to both success and failure. He currently leads Drift’s strategy and product development roadmaps, in addition to leading the company’s efforts to develop new product lines. In addition to his role at Drift, Adam also is the Host and creator of the, ‘Built in Seattle’ podcast, which features guest speakers from the startup community within Seattle, Washington. Throughout the episode, Schoenfeld highlights not only his expertise in the startup ecosystem, but offers advice to other entrepreneurs, starting with a need to focus on solving problems for the customer.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with POSBANK Senior Global Project Manager Steve Kwon to discuss Android-based kiosk solutions, the evolution of contactless payment solutions and kiosks during the Covid-19 pandemic, and touched on Esper and POSBANK’s partnership which helped a US-based retail chain to bring BIGPOS kiosks into their stores.

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with DataXoom founder & CEO Chris Hill on mobile-first enterprise solutions, the finer details of 5G in the enterprise, and attempted to cut through the fog of what 5G will and won’t be bringing to the telecommunications industry in the future. Later in the episode, they explore the benefits of using a platform such as DataXoom in the enterprise, and the benefits that telecommunications providers and businesses both can get from embracing purpose-built devices, and understanding the thresholds of not only today’s technology, but tomorrow’s.

The DroidDevCast is a weekly podcast brought to you by the team at Esper, where we explore all things Android, DevOps, and OSS development. In this episode, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Tyler Shields, CMO of JupiterOne, and Esper Director of Cybersecurity Jasmine Henry to learn more about continuous observability, continuous enforcement, and what DevSecOps looks like in today's enterprise.

The DroidDevCast is a weekly podcast brought to you by the team at Esper, where we explore all things Android, DevOps, and open source software development. In this episode, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Siyata Mobile, Inc. VP of Sales Jason DePue to learn more about the variety of Android devices available in the public sector brought to North American markets by Siyata, and the intersections of the logistics industry and Android.

On today’s episode of The DroidDevCast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver is joined by Esper Vice President of Customer Success Chris Stirrat. They set out to answer the overall question, “What does it mean to be customer-obsessed?” Throughout the show, they also touch on cloud-based alerting, monitoring, Esper's approach to customer obsession, and customer success strategies for sales and marketing teams in the technology industry.