In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Kash Maharaj who is the Principal Enterprise Architect having a plethora of experience in the South African, Australian and the African continent's IT scene on the whole, who is based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.

b) Gives the listeners a walk-through of his previous tenure as the Principal Enterprise Architect for his previous company NRI Australia and New Zealand

c) In his experience, compares the key differences between the IT sector of South Africa to that of Australia.

d) Given his experience working with Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft ecosystems, talks about his vision for the role of Enterprise Architecture in helping the organizations choose, integrate, and maximize value from these platforms

e) Mentions about the initiatives taken by him to align the IT strategy with the business outcomes delivering platforms that support long-term value and building architecture teams that thrive.

f) Shares some success stories during his tenure in the South African IT industry.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Ryan Pehrson who is the Founder, Managing Principal of Pharynós company, based out of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

a) Having held leadership roles across major enterprises, walks us through his career journey, and how did that shape his perspective on technology as a driver of business transformation.

b) Talks about how AI, digital transformation, and leadership come together to create a business value.

c) Mentions about what's preventing companies from realizing the value of their digital investments.

d) Talks about the types of AI transformations that are actually happening today in industries like healthcare and life sciences.

e) Mentions about the blind spots or missteps that derail the AI initiatives.

f) Illustrates the reasons behind why the platform engineering is not just plumbing but also is a backbone of the transformation.

g) His piece of advice for CIOs and business leaders trying to harness the AI responsibly.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Tim Biedenkapp who is the Director AI and Data of adorsys company and the podcast host of "Tapas and Pretzels Podcast" respectively who is based out of Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area, Germany

a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.

b) Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as being the Director Information Management and AI at his company adorsys.

c) His take on API management and Data Governance.

d) In-depth, talks about his proficiency and expertise on the Resource Description Framework, Data Mesh, Data Product and different Data Strategies.

e) Mentions about his inspiration and drive to start his own podcast initiative "Tapas and Pretzels".

f) Reflects his thoughts between the synergies of Knowledge Graphs and Design Thinking.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Brian Beach who is the Principal Tech Lead - Amazon Q Developer and Kiro of Amazon Web Services (AWS) company based out of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, North Carolina, USA

a) Talks about his 20 years of experience in the IT industry.

b) Gives a complete walkthrough of his tenure in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) pertaining to the development side.

c) In-depth, mentions about his expertise on the lines of Business Intelligence, Software Developer Tools, CI/CD, AWS CDK(Cloud Development Kit), Cloud formation, GEN AI Developer tools and Q.

d) His view on the future of cloud technology and your take on Kiero.

e) Gives an insight on the "Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services" with Apress that he has published years ago.

f) Besides having a computers engineering background in IT, had a passion towards completing MBA.

g) Sheds a spotlight on the Amazon Re-invent community building and also running an internal community to the listeners.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Vic Perdana and Mrs. Daphne Choong who are the Senior Software Solution Engineer and Sr Partner Solution Architect Software Development Companies, Asia of Microsoft company who are based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vic:

a) Talks about his journey in the IT industry.

b) Sheds a spotlight of his current tenure being the Software Development Company AppDev Architect pertaining to the Asia region

c) Mentions about the key differentiating factors and similarities between the tenures of the Senior ISV AppDev Architect, Asia to that of the ISV AppDev Architect, ANZ in the past

d) Talks about his contribution towards open source projects and gives a deep insight about it.

e) Shares an overview of his community leadership with the listeners

Daphne:

a) Talks about her journey in the IT industry.

b) Mentions about her roles and responsibilities as the Sr Partner Solution Architect, Recruit Software Development Companies pertaining to the Asia region

c) Talks about her passion pertaining to the areas of ESG, sustainability, cybersecurity and innovative technologies.

d) Mentions about her expertise on the lines of Azure OpenAI, cloud architecture and Microsoft Azure.

e) Talks about her inclination towards encouraging women in the tech industry, mentoring for the enabler mentorship program pertaining to Microsoft, mentoring female students and mentoring children.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Peter Klement who is the Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer of INOVIA Solutions company, based out of Munich, Bavaria, Germany

1. Talks about his first couple of years pertaining to his career

2. Mentions about the reasons to do an MBA at MIT, after working 15 years in the IT industry.

3. Talks about the ways he got involved in IoT and his reasons on the whole to make it his focus.

4. Illustrates about the industry associations that he is currently associated with it and the reasons behind it.

5. Talks about joining the MIT Club of Germany as Director, Sustainability.

6. Mentions about the ways Digital Twins, Data Space and Digital Product Passports fit together.

7. His vision on ignoring AI for a moment acting as a big trend in the digital space and the prime reason behind it.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Nadzeya Stalbouskaya who is the Technology Architect of IAG Transform company, based out of Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

1. Talks about her journey in the IT space.

2. In-depth, mentions about her stint as the as the Technology Lead at her current company IAG Transform.

3. Shares about her roles and responsibilities of being an Architecture Debt Advocate to the listeners.

4. Talks about her expertise on the lines of Enterprise Architecture, Technology Architecture, SAP and Digital Transformation and also linking the four of them on an implementation level.

5. Mentions about balancing both her technical expertise and at the same time influencing the stakeholders with excellence, and also what pursued her towards public speaking.

6. Her take on the importance of Data and AI Innovation to the IT industry.

7. Her on the sales process in her organization "IAG Transform".

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Mike Bayly who is the New Zealand Country Lead, and Founder and Podcast Host of Overdose company and The AI Corner NZ respectively who is based out of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

1. Talks about your journey in the IT space.

2. Gives an overview of his initiative "The AI Corner NZ".

3. Talks about his podcast initiative with The AI Corner NZ.

4. Mentions about his role as NZ Country Lead at Overdose company.

5. Compares the tech market in New Zealand to likes the US, UK, and Australia.

6. His take on the digital transformation and AI in New Zealand’s business landscape.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Artem Smirnov who is the Head of Management Reporting and Data Transparency, and the Strategy and Development Team Lead of Russian Post company and MTS Group company respectively who is based out of Moscow, Russia

1. Talks about your journey in the IT space.

2. Shares about his tenure as the head of management reporting and data transparency at Russia post company to the listeners

3. Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as the strategy and development team lead at your company MTS group.

4. In-depth, talks about the expertise on the lines of SQL and, the analytical skills and also the value it provides to the business.

5. His take on the corporate data warehouse renewal, rethinking and redeveloping of C-level dashboards that he has experienced in the first hand

6. Sheds some spotlight on his mission towards auditing value chains with help of data to create opportunities to realize the tapped potential.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Wilco Burggraaf who is the Principal Lead (Green Software Engineering & Software Engineering) of HighTech Innovators company who is based out of Breda-Tilburg Area, The Netherlands

1. Gives an overview of his tenure as the Principal Lead (Green Software Engineering and Software Engineering) in his company HighTech Innovators.

2. As a Green Software Champion, in-depth talks about his mission of bringing people together building the tech that works smarter, that performs better and drives both climate and social impact.

3. His take on community at the core on the lines of sustainability.

4. Talks about his emphasis on designing with impact in the IT industry.

5. Mentions about his inspiration and drive to pursue into the domain of Green Software.

6. Talks about his expertise on aligning the Architectural Design and Green Technologies with that of the Agile Methodologies.

7. Illustrates about the key strategies taken by him at GreenPT being at the helm as a Sustainability Advisor.

8. Talks about his inclination towards applied science on the perspective of Software and servers

9. His take on analytics with respect to sustainability.