The Tech 'o' Space Podcast

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. DeeDee Fisher , who is the Communications Consultant of the company - Discover Response. She is based out of Bethesda, Maryland, United States

a) Gives the timeline of her journey in the corporate and the IT industry.

b) Shares an interesting back-story into her launching her own nutritional supplements brand "Discover Response"

c) Provides an insight into her advising businesses in supplement manufacturing and, also gives an understanding of supplements manufacturing and its integration with tech to the listeners across the world.

d) Shares her experience of working closely with the C-suite leaders, unblocking decision bottlenecks and implementing scalable systems.

e) Gives a deep spotlight into her rendevouz with compassion, process and Learning (CPL) framework in fostering collaboration with the business.

f) Provides an overview into her delivering results like nationwide product placement, managing high-impact workshops on leadership, and serving as a strategic partner during mergers and rapid growth.

g) Gives a walkthrough into her public speaking tenure of reaching out to a vibrant audience of 5000 young women, tech entrepreneurs, and fitness enthusiasts in the future.

h) Shares few of her interesting anecdotes and success stories that she has experienced in her corporate and IT journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. William Morgan, who very recently was the Solutions Architect of one of the reputed banks in the state of Victoria, Australia - BankVic. He is based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

a) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) Gives an overview of his current tenure being the Solutions Architect at BankVic and, also shares his first day of experience at this lovely organization.

c) Shares his experience of the SaaS involvement of the HR systems and PaaS implementation of the Legal systems and, also the use-cases associated with it.

d) Gives an insight into the foundation of him starting his own agency and, also shares an interesting backstory associated with the Inception of its creation.

e) Sheds some spotlight into him being the Technical Writer for his previous tenure, giving an understanding of what a technical writer is to the listeners across the world and also the number of documentations created by him then.

f) Having a background in Journalism, mentions about his source of drive to pursue into the IT space.

g) Gives a walkthrough of his involvement into designing and populating the companies data warehouse using a combination of SharePoint and Web Technologies and Creating a one of its kind external Yammer network SuperYammeration in the past.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Jesica Chavez, who is the CEO and Founder of the company - RoboSuccess and also, is the Vice President of the initiative - Humanoids Summit. She is based out of Hancock, Michigan, United States

a) Gives a timeline of her journey in the IT and the Robotics industry.

b) Provides an overview into her core responsibilities of being the CEO and Founder of the company “RoboSuccess”, Vice President of the initiative “Humanoids Summit” and, also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of the two companies.

c) Gives an insight into her work at the intersection of technology, humans, robots, and business, and also the key sectors/industries and regions/nations that “RoboSuccess” and “Humanoids Summit” are currently focused on and eyeing for in the future.

d) Sheds a spotlight on her perspective around humanoid robots and the future of Physical AI and, also emphasizes its importance and implementation through a hands-on use case that he has been associated with in the first place.

e) Gives a walkthrough into her experience and reflections from CES and the global innovation ecosystem and, also shares which technologies genuinely stood out to her during her first CES adventure.

f) Through her background in Customer Success and Growth across high-tech startups, talks about her take on what it really takes for emerging technology companies to scale successfully in today’s competitive technology landscape.

g) Gives an in-depth understanding of her views on women, Latinas, and underrepresented voices in robotics, AI, and STEM, and how greater representation can inspire, empower, and create opportunities for the next generation on the whole.

h) Shares few of her interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in her IT and Robotics journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Francis Chung, who is an Experienced Engineer in the IT industry. He is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) Shares an insight into him co-organizing the Alt.Net (.NET Foundation Group) & DDD AU Meetup Groups and, also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of its creation.

c) Sheds some spotlight into his previous tenure of being the Staff Software Engineer.

d) Compares the differences of working in Finance to that of the other industries that he was part of.

e) Mentions about the sort of skills that one needs to survive and manouver in the Finance industry.

f) Talks about that passion of his into mentoring and developing junior engineers, fostering confidence and self-belief and, his take on the importance of mentorship for the IT professionals who start their career.

g) Having had the experience of working for reputed start-ups in the past, mentions about the key differences that he has observed with respect to working in Sydney to that of London and Berlin.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Igor Portugal, who is the Fractional Chief of Growth/Investor for the company - Blacklock Security and also, is the Chief Executive Officer of the companies Octovox and Bcarda respectively. He is based out of Auckland, New Zealand

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT, Cybersecurity and AI space.

b) Provides a walkthrough into your core responsibilities of being the Fractional Chief of Growth/Investor for the company Blacklock Security and is the Chief Executive Officer for the companies Octovox, Bcarda and LinearStack respectively and, also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of all his companies.

c) Gives an insight into the key areas/sectors and regions/nations his companies Blacklock Security, Octovox, Bcarda and LinearStack is currently focused on and, is eyeing for in the future.

d) Mentions about his of inspiration and drive to write his successful book - Unasked Question and, also why he recommends this book to all the facets of the IT industry.

e) Talks about the key strategies undertaken by him in developing innovative technological solutions that resulted in multiple internationally successful products through a hands-on use case that he has been associated with.

f) Sheds a spotlight into his most interesting Linkedin series #99coffees and the correlation he is making with Coffee to that of the IT and the inspirational stories.

g) His take on the challenges Claude Mythos poses to the cybersecurity space and also, the aid his company Blacklock Security provides based on the challenges posed by Claude Mythos.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT, Cybersecurity and AI journey.

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In this podcast episode we are once again absolutely honored to interact and collaborate in this second podcast episode with Mr. Brice Ominski, who is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the company - Digital Momentum Institute, Inc. and is also the author of the book "Digital Momentum". He is based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

a) In his book - Digital Momentum, talks about the number of organizations that spend a lot on digital transformations but still do not get the change they expect and having said that explains the reasons pertaining to it.

b) Having made a strong point that transformation is not just about new infrastructure, re-platforming, or running an AI pilot. From his perspective, mentions about what does a real transformation actually look like.

c) One idea that struck a chord with the Host, was that strategy, execution, and architecture need to move together. Emphasizes the importance of its connection for organizations today.

d) Talks about moving away from one-time transformation projects and building continuous digital momentum and, mentions about the ways the organizations can make that shift in a practical way.

e) Technical debt is something many companies struggle with, especially when old systems keep slowing things down, mentions about how leaders think about legacy modernization and the way out of technical debt.

f) Talks about composable architecture and building systems that can evolve over time and, mentions about it becoming so important for modern enterprises.

g) Since governance is often seen as something that slows people down but his book presents it very differently in a positive way and, having said that talks about the way governance can help organizations build trust and deliver value continuously.

I) Towards the later part of the book, he brings in ethics, policy-driven architecture, trust, and human responsibility and also emphasizes why these areas matter so much when organizations are building intelligent and future-ready systems.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Richard Dillard, PMP, ITIL, SAFe, SSBB, who is the Chief of Staff, Growth & Sr. Capture Director of the company - C5MI and, also is the Founder of the company - Tyleum Group LLC. He is based out of Mascoutah, Illinois, United States

a) Takes us through the timeline of his journey in the IT, Digital Transformation, Leadership, and Operational Excellence space, including the experiences that has shaped his career over the years.

b) Gives an insight into his role as the Chief of Staff, Growth at C5MI, talks about how a typical day looks like for him and, also mentions about the company's mission that inspired him to become part of the team.

c) Having spoken extensively about leadership and organizational performance throughout his career, in his opinion mentions about what does a great leadership look like today, especially as organizations continue to embrace Artificial Intelligence and digital transformation.

d) Drawing on his experience helping organizations improve their operations, talks about how does he see Artificial Intelligence transforming areas such as supply chains, manufacturing, and overall business performance and, also shares a hands-on use case that he has been associated with.

e) Looking back on his journey, mentions about some of the biggest lessons he has learnt about building high-performing organizations where people, processes, and technology come together to create lasting business value.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Peter McCarroll, who is the Founder & CAS Practice Owner of the company - Fuel Accountants. He is based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the Charted Accountancy and AI space.

b) Provides the listeners an overview into his core responsibilities of being the Founder and CAS Practice Owner for the firm "Fuel Accountants" and also shares an interesting back-story associated with the inception of its creation.

c) Gives an insight into the key areas of Finance and key regions/nations his company is currently eyeing on.

d) Sheds a spotlight into what the AI Accountant that he has built is to the listeners across the world and, also his source of inspiration and drive to come up with the AI Accountant in the first place.

e) Provides a brief overview into how his framework "AI Accountant" is getting adaptable with proven methodologies from firms like PwC, Microsoft, and Deloitte to mid-sized accounting teams and showing them how to integrate AI in ways that actually cut month-end close times and automate routine workpapers.

f) Offers an inside look at how AI is transforming the everyday workflow of CAS practices right now through a hands-on use case that he has been involved with.

g) Mentions about his key learnings on guiding firms through sustainable adoption, practical obstacles, and real outcomes beyond basic tool adoption.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced his Charted Accountancy and AI journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Pramin Pradeep, who is the Co-Founder & CEO of the company - BotGauge AI. He is based out of San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT and the QA space.

b) Provides an overview into his core roles and responsibilities of being the CEO and Co-Founder of the company "BotGauge" and, also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of its creation.

c) Gives an overview of what his company "BotGauge" is to the listeners across the world and, also provides an insight into the key sectors/industries and regions/nations that his company is currently focused on and eyeing for in the future.

d) Sheds a spotlight on why traditional QA often struggles in fast-moving product teams, especially when test scripts become difficult to maintain, release cycles become shorter, and engineering teams are expected to ship quickly without compromising on product quality.

e) His perspective on the future of AI-powered testing and autonomous QA and, gives the listeners an overview of his passion for helping modern teams rethink their workflows using an AQaaS model that combines AI-native testing agents with vertical-specialized QA experts.

f) Through his experience in enterprise QA and low-code ecosystems, mentions about his take on how teams can release high-quality products without increasing QA overhead and, also emphasizes its importance and implementation through a hands-on use case that he has been associated with in the first place.

g) Gives a deep dive into his startup journey and the lessons that he has learned from building and scaling a company, including some of the challenges, milestones, and key learnings that have shaped his entrepreneurial journey.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes, success stories, or key lessons that he has experienced throughout his IT and QA journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Mark Coates FCIHT, FCInstCES, who is the Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement of one of the reputed MNC's of the world - Bentley Systems. He is based out of North Oxford, England, United Kingdom

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) Provides an overview into his core responsibilities of being the Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement at the company "Bentley Systems" and also shares his first day of experience working at this amazing organization with the listeners across the world.

c) Sheds a spotlight on his views around "The State of Infrastructure AI", particularly the transition from "Hype to Hope" that he has addressed during one of his public speaking events.

d) Gives an overview into the adoption and guardrails pertaining to AI in infrastructure and, also shares some real-life use cases that he has been associated with in the first place.

e) Provides an insight into his notable whitepapers, including "Creating Sponge Cities to Tackle Surface Water Flooding" and "Delivering a Resilient Transport Network" and, the key messages he wanted to convey through these publications.

f) His take on building an AI leadership-ready strategy and it becoming increasingly important across the IT and infrastructure industry.

g) Sheds a spotlight on the importance of AI in the three key areas of readiness, risks, and returns, specifies it being the need of the hour for the infrastructure industry and, also talks about how Digital Twins fits into this evolving landscape.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes, success stories, or key lessons that he has experienced throughout his IT journey associated with the infrastructure sector.

Whitepapers link :

1. Creating Sponge Cities to Tackle Surface Water Flooding - WP-British-Water-Pluvial-Flooding-LTR-EN-US-LR45L-1.pdf2. Delivering a Resilient Transport Network - delivering-a-resilient-transport-network-full-report.pdf