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Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSinead Crowther - CEO and Co-Founder of Soothing Solutions talks about the market for Tonstix Pops for ChildrenWe’re delighted to speak with Sinead Crowther, CEO and Co-Founder at Soothing Solutions about her journey from an idea to a growing business.
Founders Sinead Crowther and Denise Lauaki’s mission is to transform Pharmacy shelves with award winning natural products to support Mams, Dads and care-givers when their children are sick. Their main product right now is very popular Tonstix Pops to relieve sore throats in Children; they are very useful on planes when travelling as a family.
Sinead was awarded HPSU Founder of the Year 2023 in recognition of her achievements.
Conta...
2025-12-1922 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPaul Walsh - World renown expert on preventing Fraud and Scams tells us about the MetaCert Zero Trust ApproachWe’re delighted to speak with Paul Walsh, one of the Tech industry’s Experts on preventing Fraud and Smishing. Paul is the founder and CEO of MetaCert.
Paul has a very interesting career, which he covers some of in the Pod. He was one of the early movers in the field of Scam Detection and prevention.
Paul’s career highlights include:
Leading messaging infrastructure testing for mobile operators across Europe
Founding Segala, the first telecom testing company to join the GSMA
Co founding the Mobile Web Initiative at the W3C
Co founding the URL...
2025-12-0839 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJames Williams - Reknown Marketeer, Growth Advisor and Brand Ambassador talks about Freename and Mackie MobileWe’re delighted to speak with James Williams, one of the Tech industry’s best-known Marketeers, Growth Advisors and Brand Ambassadors.
James updates us on his latest projects working with Freename and with Mackie Mobile.
James talks to us about Freename and the scope of Web3, the Blockchain and Digital Identity and how all of these will be revolutionized by Web3, in a very interesting discussion.
James also talks about Mackie Mobile – The First Mobile Carrier Built for Privacy & Security – and how they are addressing a specific market segment with their secure offering.
As...
2025-11-2527 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSean Blanchfield - Well known Serial Entrepreneur talks about Datacenters, AI, Energy and his new company - Jentic AIWe’re delighted to speak with Sean Blanchfield, one of Ireland’s best known technology entrepreneurs, he has a great history of founding successful startups such as Jentic AI, PageFair and DemonWare.
Sean’s new company, Jentic AI, connects AI agents to the world's APIs and workflows. He also covers topics such as Data Centres, Energy and AI in general, all with insightful comments.
One of Sean’s quotes is very apt:
“It’s like 1996 now – the web was 3 years old and AI is 3 years old – we’re not quite sure how it will work out yet, b...
2025-11-1937 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRoslyn Layton PhD - Why the Hyperscalers should be regulated and contribute to the Universal Service FundI asked Roslyn Layton PhD, of Strand Consult, on the Good, Bad and Ugly Telco Podcast after I read the Strand Consult Research Note on why Hyperscalers need to come under some form of Regulation and should contribute to the Universal Service Fund (US).
To quote Strand’s Research Note
While profiting significantly from the $9 billion USF, Big Tech does not contribute to the program. Instead, the USF is funded from fees collected on traditional voice subscriptions, which are disappearing. To fund USF, a surcharge of 36 percent of the subscription cost is added to the bil...
2025-11-1125 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJohn Strand tells us about TDC Denmark; How Financial Engineering has nearly destroyed a once great companyI asked John Strand, of Strand Consult, on the Good, Bad and Ugly Telco Podcast after I read his Research Note on the misinformed (and it turned out predictable outcome) takeover of TDC seven years ago. To give some context to this, TDC was the well capitalised incumbent operator with over a century of service, and it is now facing an uncertain future.
To quote John’s Research Note
In a significant development, three prominent Danish pension funds ATP, PFA, and PKA are divesting their 50% stakes in TDC to Macquarie[their partner], marking the culmination of...
2025-05-2637 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInTelco Industry Review Special - Luke Kehoe / Deryck Fay / Pat Flynn - Current stagnation and new pathsWe were delighted to talk to our good friends Luke and Deryck in this Telco Industry Review Special
Luke Kehoe is a well-known Industry Analyst with Ookla, he provides very insightful and data based reporting on the state of the Telco, Mobile and Fixed, and the implications for the future of the industry.
Deryck Fay is an experienced Requirements Guru, Product Owner, Agile Transformer and author ‘Connecting A Nation’ which relates the story of the growth of the Telco Industry in Ireland over 160 years and significantly the story of the first Trans-Atlantic cables in the late...
2024-10-311h 09
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInDr Roslyn Layton - talks about Telecoms biggest problem, it is NOT an attractive investment due to a broken Business ModelWe were delighted to talk to our good friend Dr Roslyn Layton talking about how we can ensure that the Mobile and Broadband Industries become attractive for investment. We are in the sorry state where the long-term Capital Return in the Mobile and Broadband industries are effectively zero or negative.
In comparison the Big Tech Industries who are the main users of these Networks have returns up to 9,000% in the long term. And they are resisting any change in the Telecoms Business Model, a model designed for different times.
The Regulatory environment for Mobile and Br...
2024-06-2032 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMichael Becker talks about the ID and Data Conference in London 21 Mat 24We were delighted to talk to our good friend Michael Becker about Personal ID and Personal Data online.
Michael is an expert and visionary in this important and constantly developing area that is becoming more and more critical to the Digital World.
Michael updates us on the Mobile Ecosystem Forum Conference in London on the 21 / 22 May 2024. The conference is free and both in person and online – register below.
If you need to know more about Online ID, Online Age verification and managing personal Data, then this is the event that will guide you an...
2024-05-1620 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMatthew Hewston - Co-Founder PassionFruit - talks about a fresh new approach to marketing Telco services for the Creator EconomyWe were delighted to talk to Matthew Hewston, who is Co-Founder of PassionFruit. Matthew has a background in Marketing and spent five years at Google developing his skills and networks.
We’ve often lamented the lack of marketing innovation in the Telecoms and the PassionFruit team have come up with a great proposition to totally change the marketing of Telecoms services.
The availability of eSIMs and the tried and tested MVNO business model can be allied with the Marketing Power of the community of new Creators out there. We talk in some detail about how this...
2024-04-2418 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJames Williams of XConnect talks about the power of Operator Brands and the SME Sector Messaging PotentialWe were delighted to talk to James Williams, well known Telecoms Industry Enabler and Communicator. James is now VP Business Development for XConnect (a Somos company).
We talk about James’s career and how he moved into Telecoms. We discuss the power of Mobile Operator Brands and how the potential market share for Messaging Services in the SME sector is still not being tapped into fully.
James points out the importance of the Phone Number, which can be argued to be more important than a National ID card, for example.
Finally we finish on J...
2024-03-2727 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInDeryck Fay - For St Patricks Day - we celebrate Deryck's amazing book "Connecting a Nation" - 150 years of Irish TelecomsWe have a very interesting guest on the Podcast this week. Deryck Fay has written a fascinating book about the history of Telecoms in Ireland called “Connecting a Nation” and it’s a very surprising history. Its starts in the 1850s, yes, when the first sub-sea cables were being laid and Ireland was the natural hub for the first Transatlantic cables. Later its proximity to Nova Scotia made it the natural hub for the first Marconi radio services.
We then talk about the state of Telecoms during the rise of the new, and in fairness not well off, Iris...
2024-03-1429 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInLuke Kehoe - Telecoms Analyst, talks about studying in Beijing, the State of European Telecoms, and the need for consolidationWe were delighted to talk to Luke Kehoe, Telecoms Analyst and World Traveler. Luke has moved to Beijing to study, and he gives us his impression of the city, the food, and the consumer digital ecosystem.
Luke updates us on a range of important Telecoms Industry topics. He comments on the state of the Global RAN market, contrasting growth across the various regions.
Luke gives us his views on where the European Mobile Telecoms Market is going in relation to business pressures, competition, and the regulatory regime.
His has interesting thoughts on how previously MNOs differentiated by infrastructure an...
2024-03-1224 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInNiall Norton ex_CEO of Openet tells us how the company became one of the most successful Irish Software CompaniesWe were delighted to talk to Niall Norton, ex-CEO of Openet (an Amdocs company) about the success that Openet is now.
Niall talks about his early career and how he gained experience across a number of industries before deciding to move into the Telecoms Software Infrastructure space.
Over the years Niall and the Openet team built the company into an incredible success and secured some of the largest Mobile Operators in the world as customers.
Niall touches on a number of key points that made the company successful including the quality of engineering, s...
2024-01-0934 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInNeil Wisdom of Siprotect talks about Voice / VOIP Fraud and how his company protects Operators and EntreprisesWe were delighted to talk to Neil Wisdom, CEO of Siprotect about Fraud and Hacking in Voice and VOIP.
Neil's company provides a comprehensive suite of solutions to detect and prevent this hacking, using a range of techniques such as their software solution which implements Firewalling, Session Border Controllers and the latest intelligence on what’s actually happening in the wild. Neil also talks about the impact of DORA and the NIS 2 Directive on Operators and Enterprises in general.
He discusses the Honey Pot information gathering that Siprotect has implemented and how the company can loc...
2023-12-1922 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSheila Kavanagh - CNO of Vodafone Ireland - talks about Sustainability, 5G, MPN, ORAN and her career
We have a great Podcast with Sheila Kavanagh, who is Chief Network Officer of Vodafone Ireland.
We start by learning about Sheila’s career, she started with Eircell and that was ultimately taken over by the Vodafone Group. Being a Network Engineer at the time, she was delighted to get the assignment to develop the Roaming Business as this gave her great International Experience and travel opportunities.
Later in her career, Sheila got the opportunity to become Chief Technical Officer for Vodafone Malta, she and her family moved there and she really enjoyed that...
2023-11-3024 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInBill Dudley on Apple announced support for RCS - making Android and iMessaging interoperableThere was very big news in the Messaging Industry last week, after a decade since Apple launched iMessage and Google had standardised on RCS, Apple announced that it plans to support RCS in 2024. This will mean messaging interoperability between iOS and Android phones. But what does it mean for the A2P or Rich Messaging Business (RBM)?
We reached out to Bill Dudley of Sinch to get his informed opinion about what it means. Bill has a very good analysis of what we know, what it means and what it could ultimately mean.
We talked abo...
2023-11-2026 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPatrick Lopez, of Core Analysis, talks about how 5G #Network-as-a-Service provides Operators with a new marketWe have a great guest with Patrick Lopez, Telecoms Analyst, who provides us with insights into how Mobile Operators can fully exploit the opportunities provided by 5G Network-as-a-Service
Patrick has vast amount of experience in Telco and Cloud implementation and he advises on strategy - his experience includes working as a vendor, an operator and an analyst
Among the topics discussed we cover
How Slicing, RIC and Network-as-a-Service enables Enterprise Customers to build new Services for their particular requirements
Why the RIC is the key gateway to enabling this
How, in North America, one p...
2023-11-0628 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJohn Strand - of Strand Consult Copenhagen talks about the risk of using Huawei and the future of the Mobile IndustryWe’re delighted to talk to John Strand of Strand Consult, based in Copenhagen Denmark. John has extensive experience of providing Consulting services to the Mobile Industry,
John relates the intriguing story of Huawei and TDC in Denmark and how pressure was applied to the Danish Government to lobby TDC to choose Huawei Infrastructure.
To the question “Is Huawei Dangerous?” John has a very simple example of the answer.
We also cover the origins of the Premium SMS industry and we end on John’s view of what the future is for the Mobile In...
2023-09-1123 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInLuke Kehoe - analyses the Irish Telecoms Market as a typical mature market, Who wins between Big Tech and the Mobile IndustryWe have a great guest with Luke Kehoe, Telecoms Analyst, who provides us with an insightful analysis of the Irish Telecoms Market. The issues faced by the Operators in the Irish Market are common to Operators in all Mature markets which makes the analysis interesting
Among the topics discussed we cover
The 5G Investment Cycle
The opportunities of O-RAN
Industry Consolidation
Who will win between the Mobile Industry and the Tech Giants?
As always, we finish on how Luke enjoys his spare time, he has a surprising sport, and he plays out with a classic I...
2023-08-2931 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInBill Dudley of Sinch talks about the positive impact of the 10DLC Long Code in the North American MarketIt was great to catch up with our friend Bill Dudley of Sinch today. Bill always has great insights into the Messaging and CPaaS Industries.
Bill and his colleagues have developing the 10 Digit Long Code (10DLC) service for Non-Consumer to Consumer messaging in the North American market under the auspices of the CTIA, and he explains this development and the technical and legal issues behind it.
10 DLC has enabled a new and fast-growing market for SMEs and Mom and Pop businesses to easily and cheaply contact their customers while liberating them from expensive Short Codes.
2023-06-2031 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMichael Becker - Advisor, Author, Speaker - talks about Online Identity and Authorisation in a wide ranging and expert PodcastWe are delighted to present Michael Becker (Advisor, Author and Speaker) as a Special Guest on the Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation Podcast
Michael is a World Class Expert in Online ID and Authentication and is a deep thinker about the possibilities, the pitfalls and the potential of Online ID.
He talks through the possibilities and the pitfalls in this tour-de-force Podcast.
We cover a wide range of topics in this Podcast:
The Exponential Change that is happening now
The Three domains interested in ID and their interactions: Personal, Private Institutions (Enterprises, C...
2023-05-1034 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInEileen Carroll, CEO Púca and Co-Founder Prommt (Remote Payment Communications) talks about business and her music
We’re delighted to have Eileen Carroll on the Podcast this week, Eileen is CEO of Púca (business SMS Messaging) and a Co-Founder of Prommt (Remote Payment Communications)
Eileen has extensive business experience and talks about how both businesses are targeted and how both are scaling by focusing on different markets.
In her spare time, Eileen admits to being a bit of a nerd (aren’t we all !?) and is also interested in a wide range of music, her choice of the playout song will probably surprise you. A very interesting podcast...
2023-05-0220 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInCian Ó Cuinneagáin, Chief Product Officer at Cubic Telecom, explains the High Value Mobile IoT Market and why Cubic is successful thereWe’re delighted to have the Chief Product Officer at Cubic Telecom, Cian Ó Cuinneagáin talking about IoT as it relates to high value Mobile Assets, particularly cars. Cubic is a supplier to a number of large customers including Audi.
Cian covers the issues of regulatory, different administrative and regulatory regimes and how these affect issues such as SIM and Cloud Storage options. We also cover the issues that are driving Mobile IoT and we cover new markets such as Agricultural Equipment and Drones.
When he relaxes Cian has some very energetic options, such as cycling...
2023-04-1721 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRoslyn Layton, Regulatory Strategist and Analyst, talks about the Unintended Consequences of Over RegulationWe’re delighted to have Roslyn Layton, who is an expert on Regulation and Strategy, Roslyn has studied numerous countries and has looked at the actual outcomes from Regulatory Regimes as opposed to the desired outcomes.
Roslyn puts forward the idea that that rigorous regulation is reducing consumer choice of services and price points, in Europe in particular.
Roslyn is a very clear and persuasive communicator and I found her ideas and examples to be very interesting and challenging to my assumptions.
Finally, as always we end on a personal note and Roslyn no...
2023-04-0426 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInScott Bewley, Director of Technolgy, pwc, talks about working with mobile customers, 5G, IoT and SaaS and his African AdventureWelcome to the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Telecoms Podcast and we’re delighted to have Scott Bewley of pwc as our Guest.
Scott has extensive and wide experience of working in the Mobile Industry both with Operators and with Vendors, he is now Director of Technology with pwc and providing solutions to his customers.
Scott gives his views on the evolution of the Mobile Industry, the promise of 5G, and the IoT Use Case, and the effect of the SaaS model on the industry and what he is doing today for his customers....
2023-02-2822 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPamela Clark-Dickson - Principal Analyst with Omdia talks about CPaaS, A2P, Disruption and GoogleWe’re delighted to have the well respected Pamela Clark-Dickson, Principal Analyst with Omdia, where she looks after analysis of the CPaaS and Advanced Messaging and Communications industry, on the Podcast today.
Pamela firstly covers the range of services on offer from Omdia and then we talk in detail about the development of CPaaS and the A2P markets and how the market participants are effectively blending their offerings.
We cover topics such as the Market Disruption by Cloud Communications natives such as Twilio, how the A2P Providers such as Sinch and Infobip are res...
2023-02-0828 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInStuart Mitchell, Global Business Development at Sinch talks about the Messaging Business and his love of MusicOur Christmas 2022 Special Edition.
We’re delighted to have Stuart Mitchell, Global Business Development at Sinch talking about the evolution of Messaging through different Technologies over the last decade. Stuart talks about all the important areas of SMS, RCS, Omnichannel and Spam. It turns out that Stuart has a surprising background relating to Music as you will hear!!
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2022-12-1526 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInChris Horn - Entrepreneur, Investor and Academic - talks about Ireland’s early Computer Pioneer, Percy LudgateWe’re delighted to talk with Chris Horn, Entrepreneur, Investor and Academic about a surprising topic - Ireland’s early, and relatively unknown, Computer Pioneer, Percy Ludgate
As you will hear Ludgate proposed a Computer Design in 1909. Chris explains how the machine was designed and how it compared to the better known and earlier Babbage Design.
Ludgate died (at just 39) on 16th October 1922 – so the 100th anniversary of his death is this month.
We finish with a good talk about Chris’s eclectic taste in music and play out with a very surprising piece.
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2022-10-0426 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInUku Tomikas of Messente talks about growing the business, being in the Estonian Army Reserves and his favourite musicWe have a great Podcast with Uku Tomikas from Messente who are based in Estonia.
We talk about a wide range of topics including:
What Messente does and how it grew
Uku talks about his surprising educational background and lets us know what he was known as a National Champion for (!)
We also talk about what it is like to live in Estonia with the current International situation while being an Artillery Platoon Commander in the Estonian Army Reserves and what the situation means to all Estonians
Finally, we hear what music Uku likes and we...
2022-06-2723 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInWaheed Adam of iTouch, talks about growing up under Apartheid, Challenges facing the CPaaS Industry and his musicWe’re delighted to have Waheed Adam, Executive Chairman of iTouch South Africa as our guest on the show.
Waheed grew up under Apartheid in South Africa and he tells us how the discrimination he experienced affected his outlook. He relates one event in particular that helped give him the motivation to become an Entrepreneur and he also talks about his early business venture even as a student.
We talk about the current state of the CPaaS / Aggregator Industry and discuss three challenges that need to be addressed to ensure that the industry continues to gro...
2022-06-0923 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInHappy St Patricks Telco Podcast! - Deryck Fay talks about his book on Irish Telecom, ”Connecting a Nation”, from the 1800s to todayWe have a very interesting guest on the Podcast this week. Deryck Fay has written a fascinating book about the history of Telecoms in Ireland called “Connecting a Nation” and it’s a very surprising history. Its starts in the 1850s, yes, when the first sub-sea cables were being laid and Ireland was the natural hub for the first Transatlantic cables. Later its proximity to Nova Scotia made it the natural hub for the first Marconi radio services.
We then talk about the state of Telecoms during the rise of the new, and in fairness not well off, Iris...
2022-03-1430 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInAnurag Aggarwal, Head of Partnerships, Tanla Platforms talks about CPaaS and a classic song he likesWe’re delighted to have Anurag Aggarwal of Tanla Platforms, Head of Partnerships, as our guest this week.
Anurag tells us about his early career choice in a totally different Industry and how he ended up in the CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) Industry. You can hear that Anurag is truly a people person and he says that’s fundamental to his approach to business.
He talks about the Tanla Platforms CPaaS offering, called the Wisely Platform, and how he is working with Partners to extend it and build value for all the parties invol...
2022-02-2120 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInAndy Jones - Head of Sales - Mobile Squared - talks A2P Marketing and Channel OptimisationWe’re delighted to have, Andy Jones, Head of Sales for Mobile Squared who is an expert in Mobile Marketing Channels talking about how they help their customers with their Business and A2P channel development
Andy firstly talks about how his career moved from BT, to Mavenir and onto Mobile Squared.
Andy relates a very interesting discussion on how RCS developed, how Google moved into the market and how he see RCS developing.
His work with Mobile Squared enables their customers to analyse the effectiveness of different A2P marketing channels, measuring co...
2022-02-1623 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJimmy Jones, Head of Security at Zariot, talks IoT, Data Analytics and Digital Twins - plus his early surprising career!Firstly, we’re delighted to have Jimmy Jones, Head of Security at Zariot, as soon as you hear Jimmy’s accent you’ll know where he’s from.
Jimmy is has a very interesting story about his life before he got into Technology which I think will surprise you.
Jimmy started at the bottom in Worldcom installing Switches across Europe. As he developed his career he took on more of a Security role and developed a lot of expertise in this area.
Jimmy talks about IoT and how its moving from acquiring Data from Senso...
2022-02-0324 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJimmy Jones - Head of Security for Zariot -talks about where IoT is today and the promise it brings with Digital Twins - plus his unusual early careerFirstly, we’re delighted to have Jimmy Jones, Head of Security at Zariot, as soon as you hear Jimmy’s accent you’ll know where he’s from.
Jimmy is has a very interesting story about his life before he got into Technology which I think will surprise you.
Jimmy started at the bottom in Worldcom installing Switches across Europe. As he developed his career he took on more of a Security role and developed a lot of expertise in this area.
Jimmy talks about IoT and how its moving from acquiring Data from Senso...
2022-02-0224 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInOur Christmas Special - with Simon O‘Donnell of Athonet - having fun, talking Private LTE and Irish MusicThere is an extra Irish flavour to this podcast, if our International listeners can bear with us for Christmas.
Firstly, we’re delighted to have Simon O Donnell VP of Athonet Networks. Simon is from Strabane in the North of Ireland and has been based in Boston for many years. He’s well known in the Wireless Industry around the world.
Simon has a great back story of how he ended up in Boston and you wont believe what his first job was.
Simon talks through what Athonet does in a new and excitin...
2021-12-0927 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInGerard Smith - Talks about his CleanTech Business - Passionate about Recycling - and growing up with undiagnosed deafnessWe’re delighted to have Gerard Smith on the podcast this week.
Gerard is a Business person and a Director of Chime, the National Deafness Charity.
Gerard talks about his Cleantech business, Passionate About Recycling.
The company offers Recycling solutions, including:
Tire Recycling
Plasterboard or Gypsum Recycling
Sewage and Sludge Recycling
Gerard relates his personal story of growing up undiagnosed deaf and how long it took for this to be detected. He relates how he learned to communicate as a young boy by working with audiologists and a Speech Therapist.
We...
2021-10-2719 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInGerry McKenna - talks about the growth of the Irish Software Industry, the impact of the Border, Logica Aldiscon and Cation ChatbotsWe’re delighted to have Gerry McKenna on the podcast this week.
Gerry has worked in the Software Industry since he graduated, both Internationally and in Ireland. He’s probably best known for being the CEO of Logica Aldiscon during the fast growth days.
What’s very interesting about Gerry’s story are his reflections on the changes in the Software Industry in Ireland from the days of emigration to the current maturity and sophistication of the industry.
Gerry grew up in Monaghan near the Border and he tells how that situation affected everyone’...
2021-10-0635 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRena Maycock - Successful Entrepreneur and Media Commentator talks about starting companies and the current scarcity of Seed InvestmentWe’re thrilled to have Rena Maycock on the Podcast this week.
Rena has an extraordinary career across a range of businesses and has been founder / co-founder with two of them, as you will hear.
Rena has natural Sales and Communications skills and tells us how she first started working with her Co-Founder to develop the very successful Intro Matchmaking (https://www.intro.ie/ ) after a chance encounter. She and her partner identified a market opportunity and they developed the company through the years. The last year has been the most successful they have had.
2021-09-2236 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInTony Boyle, GM and Co-founder of Sigma Wireless talks about staying relevant in the Wireless Industry and the next area of innovationWe’re delighted to have Tony Boyle on the Podcast this week.
Tony is a well known entrepreneur, both in Ireland and Internationally, in the Wireless Industry. Having worked for Motorola in the early days, he and his business partner, Michael McGinley, established Sigma Wireless thirty years ago and it is one of Ireland’s market leading Wireless Equipment providers.
Tony has been there for the full range of Wireless Industry developments, from TACS to GSM and now 5G LTE Private networks. He relates an interesting story about the initial projection of sales for Mobile Phones...
2021-09-0221 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInDrew O'Sullivan - Talks Company Investment and Valuations. What makes a Start Up team work and the Neglect of Product PricingWe’re delighted to have Drew O’Sullivan on the Podcast this week. Drew is well known in the Start Up ecosystem in Ireland and Europe
He has achieved many things throughout his career but summarises his work mainly as Investor, Advisor and Mentor.
Currently Drew is working with Intertrade Ireland and the European Angel Fund / European Investment Bank.
If you know Drew, I think you’ll know you will get an informed and experienced opinion - and that’s what you get here. As he says himself he can be a little blunt but...
2021-08-1933 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInStephen Douglas, Artist, talks about his Street Art Project celebrating Roddy Doyle's Barrytown TrilogyWelcome to a Good, Bad and Ugly Art Attack Edition, an occasional look at the arts.
To give you some background to this short podcast let me explain.
One of Ireland’s most successful writers is Roddy Doyle, who wrote about the fictional Dublin Family, the Rabbittes. These are the famous Barrytown Trilogy of “The Commitments”, “The Snapper” and “The Van”. All of these were made into films that are at once, both funny and poignant.
That’s all the background you need for this short Good, Bad and Ugly Art Attack Podcast where we talk to...
2021-08-1208 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInTumi Frazier - talks about growing up in a Township in South Africa and becoming an International Social Entrepreneur, Founder and LeaderSometimes you meet someone who surprises you by their personality, their achievements and their vision – and we definitely have such a person on this podcast.
I’m delighted to present the remarkable, Tumi Frazier, who having been raised in a poor township in South Africa, by her own self will and education, is now an International Social Entrepreneur making a difference in South Africa and the USA.
Tumi Frazier works with female entrepreneurs in Africa to help them move from survivalist entrepreneurs to building high earning and scalable businesses that create employment in the continent.
She a...
2021-07-2730 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInChristine MacKay, Founder, CEO and International Business Woman, talks about Africa and her passion for Business AnimationI’m delighted to have an accomplished International Business Woman on the show this week, with Christine MacKay. Christine is great story teller and a Founder and Entrepreneur, she leads Salamandra UK Business Animation Studios.
She has great stories about her early career travelling to South Africa in a broken down van, selling beer for both big and small breweries in Sub Saharan Africa (yes, beer), travelling to New Zealand with her family and finally setting up Salamandra in London.
Christine is passionate about the power of animation to drive business messaging and explains how she...
2021-07-1925 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInTristan Pelloux - Publisher of Fintech Review and Strategist / Mentor talks about the Fintech IndustrySometimes its very interesting to hear someone talk about an industry they have expertise and experience in. Tristan Pelloux is an expert and Consultant on the Fintech Industry. He’s also publisher of a Blog – Fintech Review where he gives his views and analysis of the Fintech Industry.
Tristan touches on
What Score would he give the Industry?
Will Revolut / N27 prevail?
How can incumbent banks compete?
The state of play in the US, Asia and European Markets
And of course, his views on Crypto
My reading of Tristan is that here is an expert who wil...
2021-07-1324 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJohn Wilkinson, Co-Founder and CEO of TMT Analysis talks about Innovation, Mobile Identity, Intelligence and the FutureSometimes you meet people who impress you with their authenticity, insights and thoughts about the industry that they work in, and this week I’m delighted to say we have such a guest.
John Wilkinson, is co-founder and CEO of TMT Analysis, which is a successful Mobile Intelligence and Identity firm. John’s company provides Mobile Operators, Enterprises, Marketing companies and CPaaS Companies with information on the identity of the Customers that they are targeting with their contact or marketing campaigns.
John has a great insights into this exciting new and fast growing market. We have a...
2021-06-2925 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPaul Rogers, Entrepreneur and Innovator, talks about opening the Asian Market for Logica-Aldiscon with some great and fun storiesWhat was the first SMS sent in Japan? Well, you can find out here.
As part of our series, talking with key players in the development of the SMS Industry, we have a fun and insightful podcast with Paul Rogers who pioneered the development of the Asian Market for Logica Aldiscon.
Paul tells us some great stories about the learning and the doing that made the company so successful in Asia. He talks about the team effort and the enthusiasm of the people who went to all parts of Asia and also all the local emp...
2021-06-2140 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPaul McBride, MD and co-founder of Peroptyx, talks about localising AI/ML by market and setting up a Global Tech Business in County MayoWe have a very interesting guest this week with Paul McBride. Paul is a co-founder and MD of Peroptyx and an also an expert on localising Machine Learning to different markets.
This is an important area of AI and Machine Learning that I certainly wasn’t aware of previously. You can see why software that is sold Globally needs to be the language of the country that it is being sold into. But, when you think about it, if the software is Machine Learning, then the AI Machine, needs to be trained to not only the language, but al...
2021-06-1602 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRichard Scobie - Screen Writer, Composer, Director, Musician, Actor - talks about the Creative Process in Screen Writing and ComposingThe Innovative or Creative process can take many forms and this week we are talking with someone who is at the centre of a number of Artistic worlds.
We have a fascinating guest with Richard Scobie. I don’t think that I have met such a multi-talented man previously, if Richard doesn’t mind me saying so. Richard, in his career, has been a successful Musician, Composer, Screen Writer, Director, Voice Over Artist and Teacher – among other things.
We talk about Richard’s career touring Europe with a Rock band and then also his career in Hollywo...
2021-06-0931 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInBill Dudley, US SMS Pioneer, talks about his career, the development of SMS, Sinch and where the Industry is going todayWe’re delighted to have Bill Dudley, evangelist at Sinch, on the Podcast this week. Bill is a pioneer and evangelist of the SMS Industry in North America and he talks about his Mobile career back to his early experiments with Mobile Data.
Bill and I have both lived in two great US States that we share a fondness for.
Bill was instrumental in pushing for SMS Interconnect in North America in the early days of his career– something that we take for granted now. Having joined Inphomatch, who were early interconnect pioneers, he’s still wi...
2021-05-3132 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInGerry Jones, Tech Investor and Director, talks about what SOSDublinBay discovered about pollution in the Bay and what they are doingThis week we have a slight change of pace and we’re looking a major environmental issue, that is, the quality of water in Dublin Bay.
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gerry Jones for many years and he’s well known as a successful Investor, Chairman and Director, over a wide range of Technology businesses.
But Gerry, through his personal interest and that of his family, and with a group of other concerned citizens, became involved in Citizen Activism after finding out about the poor quality of water in Dublin Bay.
The st...
2021-05-2428 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJoe Cunningham, Legendary Telecoms Entrepreneur talks about Aldiscon to Ammeon, SMS and the futureWe’re delighted to have a legend in the Telecoms industry on the Podcast this week, with Joe Cunningham as our guest. Joe, along with Larry Quinn and Gilbert Little, co-founded a succession of successful Telecoms companies and sold them on.
The companies include, Aldiscon. Apion. Aepona, Accuris, and only sold last week, Ammeon.
The experience that people build when working in these companies led them, in turn, to go on and to found dozens of other companies, many of them still with us today.
Joe recounts how Aldiscon got into SMS in the...
2021-05-1832 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRui Nóbrega - VP Digital Transformation Etisalat - talks about Digital Transformation and International CulturesWe’re delighted to have Rui Nóbrega on the podcast this week, Rui is VP Digital Transformation for Etisalat International. Rui has worked in many different countries and cultures and he makes a very interesting guest by sharing his experiences of managing large IT projects all over the world.
Rui’s insights are something that all managers with International Teams will be interested in
How to motivate a team with different cultures
When should you dive in deep and when should you manage from the top?
What's the easy part – technology or people?
We talk abou...
2021-05-1226 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPaul Ruppert - C Level Exec in the CPaaS industry explains its success and how SMS is still relevantOur guest this week is Paul Ruppert – who among many other things, is a C Level Executive in the Cloud Communications Industry or CPaaS.
Paul is a pioneer in the Mobile Industry in North America and also the International market. He tells us how the big CPaaS companies of today, such as MessageBird, Twilio, Sinch, Infobip all owe their origins to to the humble SMS message which is still a key part of the industry.
Paul tells us about his career from AT&T to being a founder of Mobile 365, and how successful that company was...
2021-05-0531 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInFrank Mattes - Author of "Lean Scaleup" talks about Corporate Innovation and his new book just publishedWe’ve a great and engaging guest this week with Frank Mattes, who is the author of a new book, “Lean Scaleup”.
Frank has worked with many established companies through the years and helped them to innovate. He’s worked with companies such as Philips, BP, Bosch and Telefonica.
When working closely with these companies Frank has developed a Lean Scaleup Framework to help them innovate. This is the subject of his new book just being published.
Frank is very kindly offering Five Free Copies of his book to listeners – see details here.
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2021-04-2828 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInCommercial Presentation: Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix talks about using AI and ML to Manage IT OperationsIn this podcast we hear from Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix.
We talk about Lars’ personal journey in Sales and his Swedish background.
Lars is International Sales Director covering EMEA, India and APAC, and he talks about how CloudFabrix uses AI and Machine Learning to analyse problems on Enterprise IT Operations. This results in better outcomes for IT Directors at much lower costs and includes the possibility of predictive outcomes, which is a very powerful tool.
Contact:
sales@cloudfabrix.com
www.cloudfabrix.com
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, Journey: Stev...
2021-04-1320 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInKristín Einarsdóttir is a Public Health Advocate and Entrepreneur and talks about her projects and Female LeadershipThis week we have on the Podcast, Kristín Einarsdóttir.
Kristín was born in Iceland and has lived in Ireland and Denmark. She is a Public Health Advocate and Entrepreneur and particularly she is now focused on Mental Health and Adolescents
She has founded a number of Social Enterprises and an International Humanitarian Charity, as she will explain
In Kristín’s own words:- “An entrepreneur at heart, I founded Humanity For Good, Ireland Iceland Travel and Nordic Trailblazers an online education and consultation platform.”
She’s very conscious of her...
2021-04-0726 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInIceland, Women in Leadership and a Mental Health Service Start-up - We talk with Helga Vigfusdottir
This week we meet Helga Vigfusdottir, Helga is a Social Entrepreneur based in Iceland, having been previously a Politician and Social Advocate there.
Helga talks about Women in Leadership and why Iceland leads the world in this area. She talks about the Services, Legal Framework and Culture change that has made Iceland Number One in this area.
Previously, having been elected to the Reykjavik City Council she advocated for better services for women and children in different areas including Mental Health.
From her experiences there Helga decided to found KaraConnect, which is a...
2021-04-0129 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInLochlann Scott is an innovative Social Entrepreneur and founder / CEO of HelpLink Mental Health Charity -Lochlann Scott is an innovative Social Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of HelpLink, a mental health charity.
Lochlann has a background in helping people with mental health problems and he founded HelpLink, mainly out of his own experiences in the West of Ireland.
One of the groups where he is helping people to address their own mental health problems is in the Irish Diaspora or Irish emigrants.
He also can help out Corporates with their EAP programs on an practical Pay-as-you-Go basis.
He has good advice on how to recognise if C...
2021-03-2325 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInAllen Raines - Entrepreneur and Expert on Sales - talks about B2B Selling during COVIDWe talk to Allen Raines and he tells us about his experiences of Selling B2B Products during COVID.
Allen is an Entrepreneurial Sales Person and National Account Manager based in Atlanta.
He tells us about when he founded and grew a Cash based Sports Ticketing Business and his experiences with the Masters and the Ryder Cup buying and selling tickets.
Today he is a National Account Manager with Cambridge Global Payments, where he sells Forex Risk Mitigation Contracts to Middle Sized Companies.
Allen talks through how he manages to find c...
2021-03-1529 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedIn#IWD2021 Fiona Flynn talks about Female Leadership values and has a surprise storyFor International Women’s Day 2021 #IWD2021 we have a great guest in Fiona Flynn.
Fiona is Co-President of the Professional Women’s Network (PWN) and has a surprise story in honour of #IWD2021
Fiona runs Montauk Consulting and works mentoring Business Leaders to develop a thriving Leadership Climate and deliver sustainable business results.
She is also an Emotional Intelligence Coach and works at empowering Female Talent.
Fiona has great insights into the power of Female Values in Leadership but also getting the most out of the overall business team, whether male or f...
2021-03-0922 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedIn5G and IoT Special - Russell McHugh and Scott Stonham discuss the implications and future developments(Recorded and released Dec 2020 but due to demand we're re-releasing as a one hour special)
Welcome to our 5G and IoT Special – I’m delighted to present an hour of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing.
Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering companies using technology to do good for the planet and all its inhabitants. Scott’s work can be found on www.wellthatsinteresting.tech. Please contact him via the website.
Rus...
2021-03-051h 03
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInDenis Goodbody - Copywriter, Author and Broadcaster talks about getting the Business Message Write!On the Podcast this week is a genuine Renaissance Man, Denis Goodbody. Denis has been in marketing and advertising for all of his career but even that doesn’t define him.
He has a great deal of skill in working with businesses to ensure that the right message is delivered to their customers in an interesting or creative way. It isn’t necessarily just for Businesses, it could be a charity or a politician.
I think there is a lot that B2B businesses can learn from this approach which has been pioneered in B2C Busin...
2021-02-1934 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInDeclan O'Mahony of the O'Mahoney Group in Dubai talks about Selling into the Middle EastThe Middle East and North Africa have a population of 578 Million people and some of the youngest populations on the planet.
How can your company sell into the region? It has different business and regional cultures. Today we meet Declan O’Mahony who has been helping companies do this for ten years. Declan is the Founder of The O Mahoney Group based in Dubai.
It’s a fascinating insight into how he builds relationships with customers and helps companies recruit new customers in the Region.
It’s a great podcast and Declan picks a rare g...
2021-02-0826 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInNatalia Gomez Diaz, Digital Transformation Mgr at Bell Canada, talks Entrepreneurship, Ice Cream Shops and DJingOur guest this week is Natalia Gomez Diaz, who is a Leader in Entrepreneurship at Bell Canada
Natalia talks about
Working as a Political Intern in Parliament with its emphasis on communications
Managing a Start-up Accelerator
How she learned business working in an Ice Cream Shop
How she started the Bell Hackathon program as a side hustle and how its changing the culture in Bell
And, if that wasn’t enough, her career as a DJ
Natalia is a great guest and he plays out on a great song
http...
2021-01-2526 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMatthew McAllister of start up Mortgage Propeller talks about his Mortgage Platform and buying a house with a Credit CardOur guest this week is Matthew McAllister, who is Founder of https://mortgagepropeller.com, an online platform that links people seeking mortgages with Mortgage Brokers.
Matthew is a very interesting guest and tells us about his early career as a Trader which he wanted to become after seeing the film Trading Places.
Matthew talks about resilience, especially working in the Trading industry where you might have to accept losses on your 60% of your positions and where 95% of the people leave in Year one
He tells us that while doing a Smurfit MBA, they...
2021-01-1525 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMichael O Brien - talks about Marketing 'Motivation' Weight Loss Service during the time of CovidOur guest this week is Michael O’Brien, who is Marketing Director for Motivation.ie, a Weight Loss Services company based in Dublin.
While Weight Loss is a topic that is timely at the beginning of the year, we will talk about that, but we will be mainly talking about how a Services company adjusts to the impact of Covid on business.
Mike talks about how Motivation Weight Loss works and its move to fully online options for its clients. This means that Motivation developed eCommerce, Online Resources, Online Consultations and Fulfilment services.
Mike...
2021-01-1124 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSarah Cullen discusses why we should consider Nuclear Power as part of our Energy Supply mixOur guest this week is Sarah Cullen, who is an Expert in Energy Systems.
Sarah discusses the components that supply the Electric Power Grid and their various strengths and weaknesses.
In Ireland, we have a very high reliance on Wind Energy (which is generally a good thing) but it also needs to be backed up with, currently, fossil fuel generated electricity. This adds to our Carbon emissions.
Sarah asks why we are not, at least considering, Nuclear as an option for our electricity supply, not the least because, the total life cycle Carbon e...
2020-12-2323 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInChristmas Special - Part 3 of 3 - Scott Stonham and Russell McHugh discuss 5G, IoT and Edge ComputingPart 3 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing
Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing.
Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering companies using technology to do good for the planet and all its inhabitants. Scott’s work can be found on www.wellthatsinteresting.tech. Please contact him via the website.
Russell McHugh represents a number of sta...
2020-12-2323 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInChristmas Special - Part 2 of 3 - Scott Stonham and Russell McHugh discuss 5G, IoT and Edge ComputingPart 2 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing
Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing.
Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering companies using technology to do good for the planet and all its inhabitants. Scott’s work can be found on www.wellthatsinteresting.tech. Please contact him via the website.
Russell McHugh represents a number of sta...
2020-12-2225 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInChristmas Special - Part 1 of 3 - Scott Stonham and Russell McHugh discuss 5G, IoT and Edge ComputingPart 1 of 3 – 5G IoT and Edge Computing
Welcome to our Podcast Christmas Special – We’re delighted to present three snappy 20 minute episodes of opinion, discussion, information and ideas from two industry experts on 5G, IoT and Edge Computing.
Scott Stonham is an independent technology analyst and connector. With a focus on Technologies With Purpose, Scott is passionate about discovering companies using technology to do good for the planet and all its inhabitants. Scott’s work can be found on www.wellthatsinteresting.tech. Please contact him via the website.
Russell McHugh represents a number of sta...
2020-12-2127 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInIgnacio Marco, is an experienced Plastics Industry executive who now is concerned about Plastics PollutionOur guest this week is Ignacio Marco, who lives in Madrid.
Ignacio was a Senior Executive in the Plastics industry for his whole Career and worked for the likes of Exxon and Repsol. He worked on large Plastic Production plants from Spain to Mexico and even worked on building a plant in China.
Towards the end of his career, he joined the Plastics Europe, there he has begun to work on Plastics and Sustainability. He lobbies politicians and companies to help provide solutions to the problem.
Ignacio says that after Climate Change, Plastic P...
2020-12-1620 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSerial Entrepreneur Seamus McAteer, based in San Fransciso, talks about building value and taking risksOur guest this week is Seamus McAteer, who grew up in Dublin but is now living in San Francisco. Seamus has a very successful career as a serial entrepreneur: starting companies, developing them and selling them.
He tells us about how he ended up in the USA and how he obviously took to the American way of business with gusto.
He outlines how he puts together Intellectual Property, Market Traction and a great team of people then builds something with strategic value that then gets acquired.
You will hear how he describes himself in...
2020-12-0922 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInAndrew Parkin-White is leading the IoT Program at MEF - Mobile Ecosystem Forum, he talks about the IoT market in detailOur guest this week Andrew Parkin-White, Andrew has an extensive background in consulting and analysis with many significant companies in the Mobile Industry.
Andrew is the leading the IoT focus of MEF. MEF is the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, an energetic and diverse Mobile Industry Body
Andrew firstly updates us about the scope of MEF around the three “I”’s.
He then discusses the scope of the IoT market.
Andrew discusses how IoT Companies are addressing the various market segments that are evolving in the areas of Automotive, Supply Chains, Healthcare, Robotics.
H...
2020-12-0227 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInA great story of entrepreneurial resilience and success, we talk to Tomer Neu-Ner, of Parko and 1on1math.comWe have an incredible story of entrepreneurial resilience this week, when we talk to Tomer Neu-ner, who lives in Stockholm.
Tomer is a much travelled entrepreneur and he has some fun stories about his experiences with a second hand Toyota in South America.
After that, he returned to Tel Aviv, started his family, and, one day, frustrated while looking for a parking space, he had an idea that became the basis of his start-up. Parko.
He tells us how he and his team spent seven years building a successful company before eventually selling i...
2020-11-3022 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInGraham O'Rourke, successful serial entrepreneur and CEO of Aphix. He tells us how he perfected Partnership SellingOur guest this week is Graham O’Rourke who is a serial entrepreneur – and a very engaging and interesting speaker.
Graham tells us about his first successful company, MOR Digital, a web services company, which he co-founded with his wife and they’re still married!
And, as if that wasn’t enough, he then founded Aphix Software about five years ago, which is a successful eCommerce company.
Graham talks about how his business model involves selling through key partners, by bringing extra value to their eCommerce platforms. This has brought him to new markets a...
2020-11-2518 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInTony O'Dowd, Machine Translation Pioneer, talks AI and ML and how he moved to Digital First SellingOur Guest this week is a pioneering entrepreneur in Machine Translation technology, Tony O’Dowd. Tony has established and sold a number of companies in this space and is one of the people who is bringing Artificial Intelligence driven, machine translation, to new heights
His company, xcelerator, works with major customers, such as Volkswagen, Caterpillar and eBAY, providing systems that translate billions of words.
How has COVID affected his company? Responding to the COVID Crisis Tony talks about how xcelerator has pivoted to Digital First Selling, after the virus stopped International travel and face to fac...
2020-11-2321 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInGreat fun with Alan Quayle - the leading light behind TAD Hack and TAD Summit - the global CPaaS / API HackathonsWe have great fun on the podcast with guest, Alan Quayle, the inspirational driver behind TAD Summit and TAD Hack.
TAD Hack is the global leading Telco API Hackathon festival and reaches thousands of participators.
I think the energy and charisma of Alan is one of the main reasons this is such a phenomenal success. Alan tells us how TAD Summit and TAD Hack developed and how it tapped into the new wave of CPaaS and API driven communications.
Alan relates some of his favourite hacks and how some of these didn’t actu...
2020-11-1832 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInInternational Single Handed Sailor - Tom Dolan - tells us about how he succeeded in International Ocean Going RacingDid you ever meet a man who was blown overboard from his boat in the middle of the Atlantic during a sudden Squall? Well, you’ll meet one today.
On the Podcast we a great Guest: International Single Handed Sailor Tom Dolan who has sailed across the Atlantic twice and is planning to sail around the Globe. Tom is recognised as an up and coming Sailor in the Ocean Going Sailing world and has ambitions for the next Olympic Games.
He has a great story of how he started as a kid on...
2020-11-1319 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInNiels Madan of Humby.io has a great idea of how to bring a social dimension to Online EventsWe have a Berlin based Entrepreneur on the Podcast this week. Niels Madan and his Team at Humby - https://www.humby.io – have the great idea of adding a social dimension to online video events. So that means after your Zoom or Teams meeting, whether they are business conference or an entertainment event, you can casually meet and socialise with the other participants around virtual video tables.
We all know one of the big reasons we attend these events is to network for business or for social reasons.
I think this is a great idea...
2020-11-1214 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInA fun Podcast with Dr John Whelan of Trinity College covering Start-ups and what makes them succeedWe’ve a fun and buzzy interview this week with Dr John Whelan of the TTO Office in Trinity College Dublin.
John is an experienced entrepreneur and also experienced at commercialising University Research in to real companies.
Apart from talking about his career and how he succeeded we talk about what makes Start-ups successful.
We talk about the state of research, quantum computing and, I love this, “The Collins- Whelan” Start-up Success Prediction Model – a fun and tongue-in-cheek way to see if your start-up is likely to be successful.
We talk about ho...
2020-11-0925 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInMandy Kruger, an International Business Executive, tells us how she brings new Revenues to major Mobile GroupsOur guest this week is Mandy Kruger, an International Business Executive.
Mandy is a Strategic Operations Director with extensive experience delivering Digital and Mobile Technology Products & Services in the Mobile Industry. She has experience within both emerging and developed markets across Europe, Africa, Central America, South East Asia and Caribbean.
Mandy tells her story and how she started and worked her way up to executive management. Her main strength in the industry is to enable Mobile Operators to develop new revenues by utilising their existing assets. You wont be surprised to learn one of t...
2020-11-0221 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInBrendan McKenna, Mobile and SIM expert, discusses the eSIM Market and its developmentOur guest this week is Brendan McKenna, Brendan is an expert in Mobile Technologies, SIM and eSIM Technology and Location Based Data technology. He consults with companies, is a member of GSMA Standards Bodies and is also an Expert Witness in Court Cases. Brendan has extensive experience working with Mobile Operators and Software Suppliers.
Brendan talks a little about his early career during the early days of Mobile. He provides an excellent summary of where the eSIM market is today, the customer eSIM experience and how the market is likely to develop. He also talks about eSIM and...
2020-10-2823 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInIsrael is great at Corporate Innovation, Startups and maturing Companies, Ofer HaCohen, Innovation Executive, explains howOur guest this week is Ofer HaCohen, Ofer is at the centre of the renown Israeli Start-up EcoSystem. Apart from producing many more start-ups than other similar companies, the EcoSystem also manages to bring many of these successful companies to mega-growth and maturity.
Ofer is an Innovation Executive at the heart of this, he is an expert in creating business value between start-ups and corporations. He leverages cutting edge technologies to make an impact
Ofer works with very large Companies and Israeli Startups and enables them to work together and build value. When this all wo...
2020-10-2721 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInClodagh Durkan, leading expert in Cyber-Security talks about her career and how International cultures affected her experienceOur guest this week is Clodagh Durkan who is a renowned expert in Mobile Networks and Cyber Security. Clodagh has had a very interesting International career working in Ireland, Ghana, Italy and Germany – she tells us how each of those Cultures influenced her and her experiences as a Woman in Tech - #WomeninTech
Clodagh started working as a Student in a Call Centre and by her hard work and expertise she has become a well-known expert and Thought Leader in Cyber Security. She tells us about the major projects in Mobile Network Security and Data Centre...
2020-10-1524 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJames Garvert, SVP, Neustar talks about building trust between Companies and Customers during the time of RobocallsThis week on the Podcast, we are delighted to welcome James Garvert from Neustar. James is Senior Vice-President and General Manager for Caller Identity Services for Neustar.
Neustar is a Billion Dollar Business information Services Company and offers a wide range of services to Telcos and Businesses.
James talks a little about his University days in Villa Nova University and how it influenced him.
He explains the business problem of the breakdown in trust in the traditional Voice Calling industry due to the abuse of Robo-calling and Caller ID spoofing.
He then...
2020-10-1324 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInJames Williams, or Mr Connectivity, talks about MultiChannel Marketing for Mobile OperatorsOur guest this week is James Williams, also well known as Mr Connectivity. James is an expert and advisor on Multi-Channel or Omni-Channel Marketing. James works closely with Mobile Operators to help them develop their Multi-Channel strategies for the SME Sector.
James is a lively and fun Guest who talks through the evolution of SMS from a personal communication tool to the most significant mobile marketing channel available today. He tells us why Mobile Operators should work with partners to sharpen their offering and how they can leverage their brand to drive more revenues.
You wil...
2020-10-0221 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInColin Keogh is an outstanding Innovator and Social Entrepreneur, best known for "The Open Ventilator" ProjectWe have an intriguing and entertaining guest this week in Colin Keogh, who is a Researcher in UCD University Dublin www.ucd.ie
When I looked up his range of achievements I was bowled over:
Colin is
CEO & Founder at The Rapid Foundation
PhD at UCD with Smartlab & the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland supported by the Irish Research Council and Science Gallery International
Forbes 30 Under 30 Science & Healthcare 2017
Junior Chamber International Top Outstanding Young Person 2017
Nissan Generation Next Ambassador 2017
Irish Early Career Awards IT & Tech Professional of the Year 2017
He’s probably most...
2020-09-2422 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInSteven Van Zanen of BroadForward - Founding a company and moving from Technology to Marketable SolutionsOn this weeks podcast we have a successful entrepreneur of the Telecoms Software industry, Steven Van Zanen of BroadForward in the Netherlands
https://www.broadforward.com
BroadForward is a Telecoms Signalling company founded by Steven and his colleagues after their experiences of working for many years with the large SMSC company, CMG.
Steven talks about his experience when he managed Innovation in CMG and the challenges you face bringing Innovative products to market, particularly when you are too early.
After starting BroadForward, Steven and his colleagues had a vision for a Fr...
2020-09-2129 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPieter Oonk of TVADSync is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of some very interesting start-upsWelcome to The Good the Bad and the Ugly Innovation Podcast
This is the podcast where we talk to people who “walk the walk”, solving real Innovation problems and developing startups. They tell us the good the bad and the ugly of their experiences
Pieter Oonk is a Dutchman living in Dublin and is a Serial Entrepreneur who has been involved in some very interesting start-ups.
Pieter talks about how one of the early and innovative companies which broke new ground and nearly made the big time. Then, taking those early lessons, Pieter and hi...
2020-09-1026 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInOur guest is Stian Kildal, CEO of Ammeon, a successful Software and Service companyThis week we have a very interesting guest, we are talking to Stian Kildal, the CEO of Ammeon.
Ammeon are a very successful Software Services and Consultancy company headquartered in Dublin. www.ammeon.com
Ammeon specialises in:
Enterprise Dev Ops
Cloud Transformation
And Lean Agile Consultancy
While the company has a strong customer base in Telco Software in recent years the company has moved into other markets such as Fin Tech, Med Tech and Automotive.
Stian talks about his upbringing in rural Norway and its influence on his outlook. Coming from No...
2020-09-0719 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInRussell McHugh talks about the IoT Market, ARM, Digimondo and Hurling in San Diego
Welcome to The Good the Bad and the Ugly Innovation Podcast
This is the podcast where we talk to people who “walk the walk” solving real Innovation problems and developing startups. They tell us the good the bad and the ugly of their experiences
Today we talk to Russell McHugh, an experienced Business Development Director about ARM, IoT and, his current role with Digimondo – we end up discussing a very Irish sport - Hurling
Russell covers a wide range topics including:
His experience in International Business Developmen...
2020-08-3124 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInCara Macklin is a successful Entrepreneur and Coach based in Northern Ireland. She tells us her story and how she is now helping Entrepreneurs grow their businesses and also achieve personal growthWelcome to The Good the Bad and the Ugly Innovation Podcast
This is the podcast where we talk to people who “walk the walk” solving real Innovation problems and developing startups. They tell us the good the bad and the ugly of their experiences
Have you ever met an Entrepreneur who’s first business she started when she was 15? Well, this week you will.
Cara Macklin is an Entrepreneur, Mentor and Coach with a history of success behind her, she is based in Northern Ireland.
Her tells us about her first business she star...
2020-08-2023 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInPatrick Lopez of Core Analysis, discusses innovation in Telco and how Operators can develop a new cultureWelcome to The Good the Bad and the Ugly Innovation Podcast
This week we are delighted to have a World Class Guest in Patrick Lopez of Core Analysis (www.coreanalysis.ca ), Patrick is one of the leading experts on Innovation in Telco, Edge and Cloud. He has a great deal of International experience bringing new Innovation to the Mobile Operator environment in particular.
Patrick tells us whether he thinks that Telcos can be Innovative, he gives us some of the cultural restraints they face and he outlines an approach he uses working with his clients t...
2020-08-1317 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInWe hear from Nicholas Henrichsen, a very interesting Enterpreneur from SF about his experiencesThis week we have a very exciting guest on the podcast, he is a very successful entrepreneur with an international background and now based in San Francisco.
Nicholas Henrichsen was born in Germany and lived in India before going to Stanford Business school.
Nicholas got his MBA at Stanford Business School in 2013 and started a company after graduating.
He went through the startup accelerator YCombinator in 2014, raised $10M in Venture capital and sold his business to Carvana.com in 2017.
After staying with Carvana for three years...
2020-07-2719 min
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInThe Freya Distributed Compute Platform - managing the parallel computing of thousands of computers as a Super ComputerThe Freya Distributed Compute Platform enables thousands or hundreds of thousands of computers to be harnessed to solve mammoth computations.
The networks of computers can be donated voluntarily for good causes, or Data Centres can be used in their off peak time to deliver a new commercial Super Computer Service.
We speak to Andy Ramgobin who explains the project and the team
2020-07-0917 minGood, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedInThe Good the Bad and the Ugly Innovation PodcastWe talk to Ger O'Shaughnessy, Head of Propositions at NearForm, about the good and bad of Front End design.
We remember the genius of Ennio Morricone
Sponsored by www.nettzer.com - Digital Onboarding
2020-07-0619 min