This week we chat with Rahul Sonnad, The Autonomous Car Man. Rahul is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tesloop, a sustainable travel company that provides city-to-city transport in electric vehicles with a ride sharing business model. Autonomous driving or self driving cars are set to not only revolutionize the auto vertical but also a number of business categories. Rahul is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of successful startups and ‘Love to create great products that transform how people live.’ He’ll share with us the true status of autonomous driving, where the auto industry is going and what he’s learning about working within this fast moving business category. Join us to dig into the future of sustainable transportation with Rahul Sonnad, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tesloop and The Tech Cat.

This week we chat with Amber J. Lawson, the Do-Gooder. Amber J. is the founder and CEO of Good Amplified, a YouTube Multi-Channel Network that works with non-profits to create content opportunities for them. Amber J. is a well-known entertainment executive who is taking her knowledge of the industry and content creators in the YouTube world and using that to help nonprofits drive awareness, build audiences and expand their bases leveraging video content. Poised to revolutionize fundraising, Amber J.’s do-gooding is all about impacting social change. A former performer herself, Amber J. is a hoot to chat with and full of knowledge and insights about how to leverage digital channels to drive engagement. You’ll laugh and you’ll learn something when you hear from Amber J. Lawson, The Do-Gooder and The Tech Cat.

This week we talk with Victor Harwood, Mr Digital Hollywood. Victor is the Founder and Director of the well-known and attended industry conference, Digital Hollywood, which focuses on the convergence of entertainment and technology. Rarely is Victor the one behind the mic but this week we get up close and personal and with one of the most prolific industry event producers in the country. Not only is Victor able to manage sponsors, attendees, speakers and all the madness of event production but he has an uncanny way of interpreting industry trends and creating content verticals around them before the hype and the business really begin. Victor’s latest events featured one of the first Virtual Reality film festivals as well as a Women’s Entertainment summit. He knows everyone doing everything in every part of the digital media business and still manages to go for walks in the park in New York, his home base. Join us this week to hear from Victor Harwood, Mr. Digital Hollywood

This week we talk with John Durham, The Gentleman Marketer. John is CEO and Managing Partner for Catalyst S+F, a marketing capital firm that provides strategic marketing services, rooted in media, for start-ups and brands. John has amassed one of the strongest resumes in marketing with a specific focus on digital engagements and advertising sales since 1995. He’s famous for his foresight into an industry that is constantly changing along with having a vast network of professionals that he can call on at any time. He’s beloved by his students at the University of San Francisco where he teaches advertising and many of them graduate to become his clients and colleagues. John can't help but share insights when he talks! You’re gonna learn a lot about the future of marketing when you chat it up with John Durham, The Gentleman Marketer and the Tech Cat.

This week we talk with Gil Elbaz, The Data Guru. Gil is the founder and CEO of Factual, a company that provides data to mobile developers, publishers and advertisers to help create contextual mobile experiences. What does that really mean? Gil is helping tie together all the big data we keep hearing about into relevant experiences that enable lifestyle services, like all the personalization we love when we show up at a store or when we get sent information on our phones that’s really meant for us. It’s very cool stuff! And the future of our very mobile world. So sit back and put down that screen because Gil Elbaz, The Data Guru, is going to help connect all the data dots on The Tech Cat Show.

This week we chat it up with, Jim Louderback, the Curator. Jim is a well-respected media executive and has his hands in some of the hottest growing areas in the media and entertainment space. He’s currently running partnerships for the online video creation platform Wochit and is also a venture partner at Social Starts, a seed investment firm. And when he’s not doing that, Jim curates the widely popular industry track at the ever-growing Vidcon, a multi-genre online video conference, as editorial director. If you haven’t heard about Vidcon, then you definitely need to tune in to this show to truly understand what a massive cultural force online video has become and how it’s launching careers and communities. Jim’s insights and understanding about the space will upon your mind to the business and economics that are following through this world right now. You’re going to be blown away by joining the Tech Cat and Jim Louderback, the Curator.

This week we talk with Shelly Zalis, The Pioneer. Shelly is the CEO of The Female Quotient (TFQ,) a holding company focused on investing in the power of female leadership and skills. One of the company’s many ventures is The Girls’ Lounge, a concept that started as a physical space; a haven for women to connect at male dominated trade shows, and has quickly became an approach for addressing women’s issues in business, with major corporations paying attention. Before TFQ, Shelly’s was pioneering online research, having founded OTX ((Online Testing Exchange) and leading global innovation for Ipsos. She is a force of nature when it comes to unifying her industry connections, business opportunities and empowering women. She’s goes against the grain but always for the greater good, your gonna be blown away by listening to Shelly Zalis, The Pioneer, on the Tech Cat Show.

This week we talk with Farrah Bezner, The Culture Maker. Farrah is the Marketing Director for Halls & Candy at Mondelez International, one of the world’s largest snacks companies with the No. 1 position globally in Biscuits, Chocolate and Candy. Besides having a very sweet disposition(it’s true!), Farrah has instituted ground breaking marketing programs for such iconic brands as Sour Patch, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Maxwell House Coffee. With Sour Patch, she’s connected the well known candy brand to today’s millennial audience by creating unique engagement programs that’s translate beyond traditional branding. Your going to learn all about how to make candy famous with the Tech Cat and Farrah Bezner, the Culture Maker.

Live performance at The Patch in Austin with X Ambassadors (former Patch guests, have blown up recently in popularity): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13p1POMXE4

This week we chat with Rob Ciampa,The Video CMO. Rob is the Chief Marketing Officer for Pixability, a premier YouTube ad buying and video marketing platform. Besides being an award winning sales executive, Rob is a pioneer in using video for product marketing and with Pixability is helping to drive audience engagement on YouTube, the most visited video website on the planet. Why is this so important? Well, video content drives engagement, sales and builds audiences for all types of businesses and Rob has the secret sauce. Did you know that the top 100 brands have a total of 40 billion video views? Well, you’ll learn more fun facts and all there is to understand about Youtube, video content and some special marketing secrets when you tune into the Tech Cat Show with Rob Ciampa, The Video CMO.

This week we chat with Kevin Beggs, The Chairman. Kevin is the Chairman of Lionsgate Television Group and is responsible for overseeing development and production of all scripted and non-scripted programming for broadcast, cable and digital platforms worldwide.

You may have heard of such small hit shows as Mad Men, Nurse Jackie and Orange is the New Black, well, these critically and audience acclaimed programs were created under Kevin’s leadership. When Kevin's not focusing on keeping us entertained, he’s also pioneering new business models and exploring partnerships with emerging digital networks. He's won awards, he sits on boards, your gotta learn a lot about the television biz so let’s tune in to a conversation with Kevin Beggs, The Chairman.