The Tech Blog Writer Podcast - Inspired Tech Startup Stories & Interviews With Tech Leaders, Entrepreneurs And Innovators

Founded in 2007, Evergent set out to tackle challenges faced by global digital media, entertainment, and telecommunication providers. These providers were struggling to find new revenue streams and best adapt to developments transforming the industry on all levels: Technological Advances — from new devices to new ways to access content forever changing the competitive landscape. Evolving Consumer Demand — individual choice and independence had become increasingly important for digital content consumption. New Delivery Models — including direct-to-consumer channels required establishing and managing the integration of all subscriber interactions throughout the user lifecycle. Evergent responded by developing a modern, frictionless, business enablement solution that would help its customers delight their customers. The Evergent Revenue and Customer Management Platform offers a solution that helps companies reduce time to market for products and services, minimize subscriber churn, simplify complex monetizatio

Right now, your potential customers are actively searching and either finding you or your competition. Are you trying to build your online reputation, become the ultimate authority of your niche? Or increase conversions through authority marketing and dramatically increase your business? Today's guest talks about how you can do all that and more. Kris Reid is known online as the coolest guy in SEO. He was on a mission to get ranked to the first page of Google, be on front-page news, get trending, and get his name boosted to the world. But how did he do it? I invited Kris on to the Tech Talks Daily Podcast to learn more about his tech journey. Kris shares how he followed his passion. He shares SEO tips and tricks, along with reputation management. We also discuss the importance of content planning, performance analysis, and how to create predictable revenue streams. https://ardorseo.com/tech-talks-daily/

Dr. Darren Schulte is the CEO of Apixio where they are using data to move medicine from a practice to a science. Improving healthcare outcomes requires access to the right data at the right time. Apixio is advancing value-based care with data-driven intelligence and analytics. I wanted to learn more about how their AI solutions for risk, quality, and clinical insights unlock actionable information from administrative data and unstructured clinical information. The results drive better clinical decision-making and a smarter approach to healthcare. We also discuss how COVID-19 has impacted healthcare. About Dr. Darren Schulte Before joining Apixio, Darren served in executive leadership roles at Alere Health, Anvita Health, and Resolution Health. Darren co-developed twenty-five clinical measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum to measure ambulatory care quality using electronic data. He is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of healthcare analytics and quality improvement. Darren received his B.

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. With 17,300 employees and over 68,000 customers in more than 170 countries, Infor software is designed for progress. Hyper-automation is set to be one of the largest tech trends emerging in the wake of COVID-19. With a renewed focus on driving organizational efficiencies, businesses should shift to a hyper-automation mindset to streamline day-to-day operations, improve customer and employee satisfaction, and protect the bottom line. To remain competitive in the post-COVID landscape, businesses must develop robust cloud strategies that can combine data across AI, ML, NLP, process mining, and other technologies needed for hyper-automation. Rick Rider, Vice President, Product Management at Infor, believes the scope of automation will evolve from discrete tasks and transactions based on static rules to automating knowledge work. This will require moving beyond RPA to developing a hyper-automation strategy that focuses on optimizing digi

Clarivate provides trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation. They have built some of the most trusted brands across the innovation lifecycle, including the Web of Science™, Cortellis™, Derwent™, CompuMark™, MarkMonitor™, and Techstreet™. Today, Clarivate is on a bold entrepreneurial mission to help customers reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing innovations. The company is on a mission to change how the world’s risk-takers and trailblazers create life-changing innovations. They believe that human ingenuity can change the world and improve our future. Clarivate is a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation. Our vision is to improve the way the world creates, protects, and advances innovation. Jerre is Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clarivate plc. Jerre served as CEO of Churchill Capital Corp until its merger with Clarivate in May 2019. He has led and been on the board of over 50+ companies. He is also

Qualcomm is a wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, their foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in all 3G, 4G, and 5G smartphones. They bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly. But there is much more the company than 5G and mobile connectivity. With networks pressured more than ever by simultaneous work and school-from-home, surging on-demand video streaming, and latency-sensitive real-time gaming, the newly opened 6 GHz spectrum is the solution to meet the moment. The latest platforms introduce Qualcomm® Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6, offering simultaneous operation in 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz frequency bands. Setting a new industry benchmark for scalability and performance, the Qualcomm

In this episode of the Citrix Ready Podcast series, I explore how technology can empower people and organizations to unlock innovation, engage customers, and be productive—anytime, anywhere. A2K Partners are creating future of work solutions for right now problems and helping companies thrive in a crisis and economic downturn. I wanted to learn how they are helping organizations retool, optimize, and automate to innovate through any disruption. A2K Partners is also a Citrix partner. Both companies are leading businesses throughout this turbulent period together and helping them turn challenges into opportunities. Ray Wolf, CEO, A2K Partners, and Danijela Nandi Senior Product Manager at Citrix Workspace share how organizations can boost productivity, engage consumers, and empower their people to connect, collaborate, and innovate anywhere—on any application, any device, any cloud, at any time.

O3 World specializes in digital ecosystem consulting and custom design and development delivery, using new and emerging technologies like AI, voice, IoT, and conversational design. Clients such as Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, La Colombe, Caron Treatment Centers, Vertex, and SEI, as well as emerging companies like Gettacar, work with O3 World because of the agency's long-term approach to strategy and innovation. Tim Breslin, chief technology officer, O3 World shares how COVID-19 has impacted digital transformation and business continuity, and the industries hit the hardest. He also reveals how to create an immersive digital experience. We also explore trends and fads in AI & ML in digital products. Tim Breslin has 20+ years of experience in the e-commerce, digital products, marketing, data, and customer experience industries. As a software engineer who quickly transitioned to the digital product space when it was in its infancy (working in leadership roles at Digitas Health, Razorfish, The Onion,

Reducing the cost of electric vehicles (EVs) while maintaining performance and drivability is the most significant hurdle to EVs' scalability and mass adoption. Put simply, OEMs are struggling to offer a mass-market EV that is similar to an ICE-equipped car in its performance (speed, range, torque, driving experience, etc.) and its price. To meet the performance curve of traditional vehicles, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers must resort to over-spec motors, two motors, or weighty and costly batteries. With limited performance and often low reliability, lower-cost vehicles serve only a niche (urban mobility) market, not suitable for mass adoption. Without sacrificing performance and drivability, OEMs cannot bring down the cost and stand to lose a significant share of the automotive market – the affordable EV. Current government incentives aimed at speeding up the adoption of EVs by subsidizing costs are unsustainable in the long term. Without a significant change to the efficiency of their components, EVs will remain

Inside Real Estate, a Salt Lake City-based has just acquired a pricing technology tool called dashCMA. The acquisition will further Insider Real Estate’s technology capabilities and help guide agents and brokers through the difficult pricing environment created by the pandemic. Inside Real Estate’s CEO, Ned Stringham, shares how the company made an acquisition during this time and how the real estate industry overall can embrace technology integration and learn valuable lessons to come out of this pandemic stronger than before. We also discuss trends and data in the residential real estate market and insights from the recently released  COVID-19 Industry Outlook and interactive dashboard. Ned is a recognized entrepreneur, business strategist, and technology investor. Ned earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and founded and ran Impact Partners, a management consulting firm based in Sydney Australia. He also co-founded (1998) SBI Group, a digital marketing and technology consulting firm acquired by Aquant

Spin provides dockless electric scooters in more than 60 markets in the US, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Charlotte, and Miami. Their regulatory team led the nation's first stationless mobility permit system with the Seattle Department of Transportation. It's also the micromobility arm of Ford. The company prides itself on putting riders' safety first, working closely with local governments, and scaling its fleet responsibly. As the company expands across Europe and recently launched in the UK, I wanted to learn more about how technology is enabling Micromobility to deliver a convenient, clean, and cost-effective travel choice instead of buying a car or using ride-hailing services that increase congestion and pollution. In the US, Spin has seen its ridership bounce back faster than public transit, competing with both walking and driving. It makes sense, wanting to be out in the great outdoors than cramped next to a man spreader on the tube or train. Felix Petersen, head of Europe at Spi

Dentons is the world's largest law firm, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. But today, I want to finally bust the myth that law firms are slow to adapt to technological change. From Berlin to Utah, whether your aim is an IPO or an M&A transaction, or to transform your industry, Dentons are gathering their insights and sharing thought leadership to help businesses drive their success at dentonsventurebeyond.com Victor Boyajian heads Dentons' Global Venture Technology practice. A recognized leader in his field, Victor focuses on representing emerging growth technology companies and Fortune 500 companies in a broad array of venture capital, private equity, securities, and strategic transactions from Silicon Valley to Boston to New York and around the globe.  Victor counsels senior executives, boards of directors, and venture firm principals on a wide range of issues, including business strategy, finance, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, board governance, intellectual p

During my IT career, I remember noticing that Plantronics and Polycom made almost every headset in a call center or speaker in a meeting room. Here in 2020, Plantronics and Polycom are now Poly, the global communications company that powers authentic human connection and collaboration. Poly offers a vast set of smart endpoints for unified collaboration span personal and group communication systems, with a full range of headsets, desk and conference phones, and video collaboration solutions. But they also provide cloud software and services, advanced management, analytics, and insights that drive first-rate business decisions. Face to face, we sift and sort millions of verbal and non-verbal cues to glean meaning. I wanted to learn more about how Poly is finding new ways to inject these cues into audio and video communication to replicate the face-to-face experience. To build intimacy. To break walls and span the distance. To nurture the simplicity and beauty of human connection. One to one, one to many, many t

Gaurav Kapoor – COO MetricStream, discusses why companies should have integrity at the heart of the business strategy, particularly following the coronavirus pandemic and looming recession set to be worse than 2008. After the 2008 financial crash, it became clear that no company is too big to fail. Banks and financial institutions have been held to the highest standards and scrutinized by regulators, shareholders, and employees alike. The consumer's voice is now stronger and louder than ever owing to the rise of social media, and companies need to be aware of their influence during these challenging times. News of company scandals frequently graces the headlines, and reports of businesses appearing to capitalize or act unethically during this time will not go unnoticed or be forgotten by the public any time soon. Gaurav explains the importance of organizations acting with integrity and draws on his own experience of changing company culture for the better. His advice includes placing ethics and integrity at

Tradeshift is a $1B unicorn supply chain payments platform used by 1.5M companies across 190 countries, including 150 of the Fortune 500. Co-Founder and CEO, Christian Lanng, joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share the story behind the company and his positive vision for the road ahead. From Google to Amazon, many companies were founded just before or during a crisis. Leaders today will have to take a page from this book to come out on top. So as much as COVID represents a global tragedy, it's also an opportunity to reset and rebuild in a way we failed to in the 2008 Financial Crisis. The answer is digital + finance as default. This is the way to make processes resilient. From eliminating 30-40-year-old paper-focused models to utilizing platforms like Zoom and continuing the same service customers are used to. We also discuss how many organizations implement high-level tech like AI, RPA and blockchain internally, but 54% still rely on paper-based processes, which leads to widespread waste, lengthy processing ti

Vintro Makes It Easy to Pitch Global Business Leaders Looking to connect with a venture capitalist, founder, Fortune 500 CEO, or Nobel Prize winner? On Vintro, you get guaranteed attention and insights from leaders who can elevate your business. I felt compelled to learn more about the inspirational story behind the company. Noor Sugrue, the founder of Vintro and founded the company while she was in high school. I invited her onto Tech Talks Daily to learn more about how the platform is democratizing access to level the playing field for entrepreneurs and help as many new businesses succeed. Noor Sugrue grew up in an entrepreneurial family. From a young age, she saw the struggles it took to launch and grow businesses, from endless travel to vast chunks of time spent trying to connect with the right person to get feedback, pitch ideas, and build partnerships. Noor founded Vintro in late 2017 after watching an episode of Shark Tank, the US version of Dragon's Den. She became fascinated by what happens to the th

After reading about the devastation to the theatre community and the rise of the low touch economy, I wanted to find a little hope for the future and how technology helps create opportunities at this challenging time. For example, Broadway is expected to be closed for the remainder of 2020. An entire industry and people's livelihoods hang in the balance, but I think most of us want to get back out there and enjoy life and see live events again. So I invited Micah Hollingworth from Broadw.ai (Pronounced Broadway AI) onto the show. We will learn more about how the company uses AI in a typically technologically untouched space Broadway. Broadw.ai is the leading AI platform solution for Broadway shows, which improves the visitor experience and provides a more seamless ticket purchasing process for its guests. Through leveraging Broadw.ai's technology, Broadway guests are not only able to purchase directly from an AI-powered virtual assistant via the show's official website but also through Facebook Messenger and

Live streaming has gained immense popularity over the years, with COVID-19 acting as a catalyst to push the industry further. For business owners, live streaming bridges the gap between them and their customers, helping them better understand their clients' needs and helping customers feel more connected to businesses – both of which are key to ensuring brand loyalty and retention. Be.Live is helping content creators & SMB's grow their communities by creating the most engaging live shows on Facebook & Youtube. I wanted to learn more about how businesses can create customizable and engaging streams with zero installation and no setup with an out-of-the-box professional look for their stream. Daniel Mayer, the co-founder, and CEO of BeLive, joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share his story. He founded two web-based broadcasting startups like AweVid, among other exciting business endeavors. He shares his experience of leading a global team of over 30 people in five countries and helping the company grow it

Mike Whitmire is the co-founder and CEO OF FloQast, a close management software company that helps rapidly growing companies, particularly pre-IPO and public companies, close their monthly financial books with greater accuracy and speed. Mike started his career as an accountant at one of the Big Four, and then worked in the accounting department of Cornerstone OnDemand, a high flying software company where he helped prepare the company for its IPO. From these experiences, Mike was inspired and motivated to leave the accounting profession and found a company focused on automating and improving the accuracy of accounting operations, moving it from a world of thousands of spreadsheets and pages of checklists to modern software. Seven years later, FloQast is an emerging leader in close management software with over 1000 customers, including many public companies and late-stage, pre-IPO private companies such as The Golden State Warriors, Yelp, Zoom, and Lyft. I learn more about how FloQast helps pre-IPO startups

Martin Rand has been an entrepreneur for many years. He was a product manager at Skype, created VitalFields (which he later sold to Monsanto) and now, is the founder and CEO of Pactum. Pactum is an AI-based system that helps global companies to autonomously offer personalized, commercial negotiations on a massive scale. The system adds value and saves time for both the Pactum client and their negotiation partner by aligning their values to determine win-win agreements via an easy-to-use chat interface that implements best-practice negotiation strategies. The web-based tool's applications range from supplier negotiations for online marketplaces to enterprise and retail procurement negotiations. Pactum is currently working with Walmart to renegotiate contracts and has been signed on as a partner with DocuSign. The company is based in Mountain View with engineering and operations in Estonia. It's backed by founders of Skype and TransferWise and built by luminaries from Skype, Starship Technologies, and the Gov