The IJK Podcast

In episode 3 of the IJK Podcast, I am joined by Lauren Petrullo to discuss the latest trends in e-commerce and the rise of social commerce. Lauren is a former Disney Innovation Catalyst, now turned social commerce specialist and multi founder.

She is the CEO and Founder of Mongoose Media, a full service advertising agency, and Asian Beauty Essentials.com, an e-commerce website. Lauren has been named the winner of Prism’s Top 100 Marketing & Advertising Leaders and has been featured in Forbes, Inc.com, Yahoo, Shopify, Advertising Week and ComputerWorld to name just a few.

Lauren and I discussed a variety of topics related to social commerce and e-commerce. We discussed the rise of social commerce, the latest e-commerce trends, how Chinese e-commerce platforms like Temu and Shein are disrupting the global online shopping sector, the role of influencers in social commerce, the emergence of live shopping online, the role of AR, VR and mixed reality in e-commerce, the impact of AI on e-commerce and much more.

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This episode was released on February 15th, 2024.

In episode 2 of the IJK Podcast, I am joined by Denis Lledo Ferrer to discuss the impact of ESG on companies and investment decisions. Denis works for Criteo as a Products R&D Finance Partner in the Paris office.

Prior to joining Criteo, Denis has worked at Google for 11 years as a Senior Financial Analyst covering the Europe, Middle East and Asian markets. Through his 15 years of experience, Denis has become an expert of Google products and the Ads ecosystem and his specialties include Financial analysis, cost control, project management and of course ESG (ESG stands for Environmental, Social and corporate Governance).

In this video, we will be exploring with Denis the financial equation of ESG and sustainability.

Denis and I discussed a variety of topics related to ESG. We discussed among other topics the key differences between E (Environmental), S (Social) and G (Governance), why ESG has become so important over the past decade, examples of companies that are doing ESG successfully, whether ESG and business success are related, the accuracy of ESG disclosure and assessments, data privacy, carbon footprint, the future trends of ESG and much more.

On this first episode of the IJK Podcast, I am joined by Anthony Assi to discuss the latest and future trends in Cloud Computing. Anthony works for Oracle as a Senior Principal Technical Advisor part of the engineering leadership team, providing engineering guidance in the fields of Cloud Infrastructure and Architectures, Datacenter, Cloud Migrations, Machine Learning, BigData and other areas.

Prior to joining Oracle, Anthony has worked for Google US in their cloud engineering team focusing on strategic accounts. Anthony is also a Senior Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he teaches about Big data and other Cloud Computing topics.

Anthony and I discussed a variety of topics in the field of Cloud Computing. We discussed among other topics the three main types of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), the benefits of using cloud services, concerns people often have about the cloud, the security of the cloud, current trends and future innovations in cloud computing, the intersection of AI and cloud services, career tips for those who wish to work in the cloud computing industry, and much more.

This episode was released on January 8th, 2024.

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