TheCurIOusPodcast

This episode features  Jamie Neo, who founded  the Society of Women Engineers and is Director of Engineering at HP.  She talks about the intelligent factory and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on printing.  Have a listen  to her  invaluable advice on a career in this industry.

Hosts Grace Chng and Geraldine Kan chat with Gentiane Venture, Roboticist and Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. She studies ways to humanise robots, and is widely published with over 1700citations in this interesting field of science.

Marjet Andriesse is an SG Top 100 Women in Tech, and also GM at  Red Hat, a company that revolutionised the operating system with open source.  Although she's not an engineer in a tech company,  she has successfully delivered growth turnaround. Hear her views on how women can lead in the workplace, the need for international experience and why   leaders must integrate business with tech.  Hosted by Grace Chng and special guest host Joanne Wong of LogRhythm.

In this special episode, Grace and Lena are joined by Mr Amit Midha, President of Dell Technologies for Asia Pacific and Japan. The company has committed to increasing women  in their workfoce to 50%. Hear Amit's valuable insights on culture bias, the importance of being an advocate  and the change that's needed for women to find their path.

Grace and Lena explore Cybersecurity with Joanne Wong of LogRhythm. It's a hot field with the increasing number of data attacks.   According to MIT Technology Review,   there will be a 350% growth in cybersecurity jobs adding up to 3.5million this year.    Find out  why and how: the threats today, patterns of attack and careers in this industry. 

Assoc Prof Sierin Lim  is a BioEngineer  at the  NTU institute of Health Technologies, and Lecturer. Bioengineering is a  broad field  which includes Genetic engineering, Design of medical devices,  Tissue engineering for organs , Biopharma, Ecological engineering  and other areas that improve the living standards of societies.   Grace and Lena explore Prof Sierin's insights into  BioEngineering for  healthcare, water desalination and food.

Carolyn Chin Parry is  IT Woman of the Year for Asia .  Grace and Lena find out how she looks  at the value creation in digital transformation,  not just generating revenue ; and  the roles  for humans in a world where machines can work more efficiently. 

Rika Lim,  is one of the pioneer game designers in the world. She's in a US$87billion industry growing at over 25% a year.  In game design, she's had to make the storytelling immersive, explore  different spectrums of game play and  develop a design team across Asia. Hear what she has to say about this exciting industry .

Nurul Jihadah Hussain is one of the top 100 Women in Tech 2020.  By starting The Codette Project,  a non-profit, she  opened job and entrepreneur opportunities for minority and Muslim women with UX, Python coding and workshops with sponsorships from Facebook, Google and Zendesk.  Hear Nurul's story on The Curious Podcast.