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Episode 100: Setting up Shops That Connect Businesses and People With Jayant Chaudhary

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A software engineer by training, but a tech leader by making, Jayant Chaudhary, CTO at Eproxim, threaded a path that is as interesting and amazing as ...

Episode 99: Building a Circular Economy by Reversing Tech Waste With Andrew Gomarsall

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all seen techies turn into tech leaders, but professional sports players? Now, there’s a story right there, and Andrew Gomarsall, Executive ...

Episode 98: Diversifying Through Tech and Leadership with Eric Harrison

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tech leaders are not just people who know how to lead. They’re people with an affinity for technology who enjoy helping others reach their goals, gu...

Stories From The Amazonian Tribe Part 2 Guest: Kristin Toth

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The second story in our Amazonian Tribe series is here! For this one, we have Kristin Toth, currently the President & COO at Fernish. But we’re here...

Episode 97: The New Competitive Field: Digitizing Business Ecosystems With Henrik Hvid Jensen

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Some leaders are great at enabling change and providing a platform for others to grow, and of course, there are those that can see change, antici...

Episode 96: Using Open Source to Merge Data With Brian Leonard

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tech leaders are life-long learners, and as such, they have their fair share of experience accrued through good, but also many bad experiences. In the...

Episode 95: Proper Animal Care Through Tech Innovation With Matthew Bull

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We usually see techies turn into tech leaders by first earning their badges, and then moving on to create something of their own, but not many separat...

Episode 94: Agility and Innovation in the Travel Industry With Amy Burr

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One would think that innovation in traveling is all about speed, right? Just getting to your destination faster. But the truth is, there is much more ...

Episode 93: Teching up the Financial World, One Algorithm at a Time With Chris Goddard

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One might think that the world of finance is no place for techies and tech leaders, but let’s be honest here – tech mavericks have a way of develo...

Episode 92: Reinventing Ad Placement, One Medium At A Time With Dan Goldin

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At IT Labs, we like to see under the covers of industries outside the one we're in. In this episode, we have a real eye-opener – a glimpse into an i...

Episode 91: Using Tech to Anticipate Disruptions in Industries With Philippe Ensarguet

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The ways technology can be used are many, and most of the solutions help in the here and now, and make our lives simpler, and basically giving us the ...

Episode 90: The Art Of Procurement With Andrew Wood

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the tech world, we all know that there’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all solutions in terms of software, as every business and tech company ha...

Episode 89: Catalyzing Innovation Through Understanding With Andrew Vorster

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tech leaders are people who know how to inspire and drive others forward, shake things up, and change our perspective. In simpler terms? They are just...

Episode 88: Leading tech in one of Britain's busiest airports with Nick Batchelor

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leading tech in one of Britain's busiest airports (London Gatwick) - Servicing a million and one uses cases every day, all-day. There are some compl...

Episode 87: Simplified Logistics through Innovation With Erik Wirsing

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Some would say that technology drives the world, and innovation is in the driving seat. Well, let’s meet one of these – we got Erik Wirsing, VP of...

Episode 86: Empowering Greatness in the World of Tech with Saeed Amidi

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all dream of finding the next big thing in tech, and some of us may remember coming into contact with some of the biggest tech companies in the wor...

Episode 85: Turning Teams into Efficient Platoons With Mike Couvillion

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CTOs are naturally curious creatures, and some of them have unconventional journeys to becoming tech leaders. In this episode, we have Mike Couvillion...

Episode 84: Tech Taking The Pain Out Of Moving Home With Turan Rustamli

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the world is leaning heavily on the digital sphere to deliver solutions and lighten to load on all aspects of life, there is an ever-increasing nee...

Episode 83: The Unseen Security Keeping Us Safe With Matt Clark

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we get a glimpse into the industry that makes our everyday lives easier, safer, and flow seamlessly - cybersecurity. Matt Clark, ...

Episode 82: Lessons from a Successful Scale-up With Chris Clarke

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk to Chris Clarke about his journey as the CTO and founder of EdTech company Talis. Having successfully scaled and sold the bus...

Episode 81: Smooth Sailing with Efficient Leadership With Ryan Purvis

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A fellow podcaster, Ryan Purvis, Chief Information Technology Officer at HiLo Maritime Risk Management, is one of those techies that simply had it in ...

Stories From The Amazonian Tribe with Charles Griffith Part 1

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the start of a special series – in this series, we’ll be talking to techies and tech leaders who have worked at Amazon – the Amazonia...

Episode 80: The Power Of Curiosity With Ali Bouhouch

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sustainability – it's the thing we hear more than once every day, in regards to human relationships, the way we work, and how we interact with the w...

Episode 79: Innovating in the World of Money with Usman Bashir

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Worldpay is a service that many of us have used, sometimes knowingly, sometimes through other vendors, but the truth is, it’s everywhere. But how do...

Episode 78: Open Source, Open Security With Brian Fox

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The open-source world is a wonderful democracy and meritocracy of innovation, software elements, and applications. Its creativity is incorporated into...

Episode 77: Connecting People to the Digital World With Andrew McCaughan

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tech leaders are committed to solving problems that pester man on a daily basis while also focus on improving the livelihoods of people – but what a...

Episode 76: Digitalizing Sports Through Innovative Leadership with Skyler Seamans And Shane Emmons

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Efficiency starts with leadership, and the best kind of leadership is the one built around the needs and capabilities of your teams. Meet Skyler Seama...

Episode 75: Using Data To Create Beautiful Visualizations With Japjit Tulsi

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have this idea of data that it’s a bulk of information that helps us make decisions in the virtual world, but can it be used for something like r...

Episode 74: Enabling Dreams One Transaction At A Time With David King

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There’s tons of payment methods and processors out there, but how many of them actually have their focus on transactions that are a make or break fo...

Episode 73: Simplifying Learning and Growth With Stepan Suvorov

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Learning, we were taught, was all about having access to material, to content, to courses and all that – and while that’s true, with the ever-incr...

Episode 72: Reshaping the Probate Industry With John Catnach

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

End-of-life is a challenging time for loved ones. The bereavement process is difficult at the best of times, adding further challenges when the legal ...

Episode 71: Major Pivot To Major Success With Eion O'Brien

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In business development and in particular startups, we talk about pivoting whenever the situation has changed or an even better idea has emerged. One ...

Episode 70: For The Love Of Data With Arend-Jan Nijhuis

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are mountain ranges of it! There are oceans of it! Not only do we climb the mountains, but we also swim in it as well. Yes! We are talking abou...

Episode 69: Tech'ing up the last-mile With Lachlan Laycock

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are all served by them in these modern times. Those helpful men and women bringing our orders to our homesteads. The complexity of this last logist...

Episode 68: Simplifying Holidays and Leisure One Project at a Time With Christian Rudolph

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A techie who started out as a system administrator, and slowly worked his way up the ladder, ending up as the Director of DevOps at TUI Travel Group, ...

Episode 67: All Roads Lead To Data With Ian Gordon

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Most tech leaders can be found plying their trade in the private sector, but there are those with big dreams and the willingness to make the world a b...

Episode 66: Making Management Easy – Hornbill Style With Gerry Sweeney

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What started out as a quest to develop a tool for management, tracking progress, and streamlining work processes, turned into a business which is help...

Episode 65: The Unnoticeable Yet Important Bits of the Virtual World With Adam Leach

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When we think of tech leaders, we usually think of people who knew where they wanted to be in the future, always with a clear picture of the destinati...

Episode 60: Fighting for Fair With Mike Villalobos

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aside from proficiency in his or her field, a tech leader must also know how to treat people fairly to get the best out of them, but also empower them...

Episode 62: Making real estate great again with Marios Tsatsos

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"The intersection of machine learning and real estate - Bringing data science to land investment decisions" It's always interesting to hear from peop...

Episode 64: Scientist In A Data Science World With Fabricio Costa

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We here at IT Labs love people who are bees. What we mean by that is people with varied careers bring opportunities for cross-pollination. Cross-polli...

Episode 63: Democratising the data science space With David Kell

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the most dynamic and battle-scarred tech leaders are those that have journeyed through a startup journey. In this episode, we get to speak to ...

Episode 61: Geek To De-Geeked And Back Again With Erik Dasque

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Dasque joins us for another episode of CTO Confessions, where he shares his intriguing journey of becoming a geek, de-geeking, and geeking up aga...

Episode 59: Maintaining Balance Among Teams With Cedric Fabianski

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Any techie will tell you that APIs revolutionized the way we go about developing software, but with all the regulations bestowed upon the IT world, it...

Episode 58: Tech Fueled Collaboration In The Film And TV Production Industry With Stephen Tallamy

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all consume TV shows and movies to feed our entertainment-hungry minds. And it’s no wonder why - the TV and movie production industries vie for o...

Episode 57: The Power Of Strategies And Visionary Thinking With Wayne Strydom

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A mechanical engineer turned tech-wizz, Wayne Strydom is not your typical techie with roots set in coding or other IT discipline. He says it’s all a...

Episode 56: Doing Better By Learning More Every Day With Adam Dille

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Developing high-quality service or tools does not guarantee success - you need to deliver it in a proper manner. That’s exactly what our guest Adam ...

Episode 55: The business value of paying down technical debt With Vijay Venkatesh

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For start-ups and established companies, it's never just about crunching and creating and pushing a product or a service out - that's why tech leaders...

Episode 54: Driving productivity with positivity at Belfast City Airport With Brian Roche

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our episode with Brian Roche (Director of IT @ Belfast City Airport), you can hear about his amazing journey which began with a job as a system adm...

Episode 53: Flying On The Wings Of Curiosity With Phil Wood

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Wood is a man of many talents, all cored in his unabating curiosity. What started off as the need to know how things function and what they’re ...

Episode 52: Global brand marketing on a local scale With Merlijn Bruijnes

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marketing comes in many forms, everything from the big brand advertisements for the masses, to smaller campaigns specific to local needs. Well, Marvia...

Episode 51: Black Friday Every Day, And The System Just Keeps Rolling With John Williams

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, John Williams, the CTO at Amplience, shares his super hot tips from his years of service. We get to talk about the problem in the mar...

Episode 50: Wiring Up A Nation For Success With Clayton Nash

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all rely on it. Many of us use it without even realizing it. Some even joke it's in the base layer of the Maslows hierarchy of needs. If you haven'...

Episode 49: Tech Leadership Through The Lens Of Yoga With Guy Duncan

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here at IT Labs, we love disruptors. Particularly a disruption in a stuffy industry, drowning in its old ways. Guy Duncan from Tide joins us to tell t...

Episode 48: Leading And Innovating In The Recruitment Industry​ With Anna Dick

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak to Anna Dick, CTO of an innovative startup call HIRING HUB. It provides a B2B service to help rate and track the quality of ...

Episode 47: Digitalising Construction With Vicki Reynolds

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We are pleased to be hosting another podcast with a tech leader in the construction industry. An industry that is ripe for innovation and digitalizati...

Episode 46: Milking data for fresh ways to reduce plastic waste With John Hughes And James Renshaw

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Some companies are getting ready to use their data. Some businesses drive growth by using it in parts of their operation. In this podcast, we speak to...

Episode 45: Piloting tech innovation in the airport industry With Rick Goold

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From time to time, we come across a very niche organization. One that has evolved with the industry over many years. Well, Airport Information Service...

Episode 44: The Ponderings Of A Tech Leader In The Airport Industry With Nicholas Woods

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's a shame we rarely get to speak to someone who oversees important aspects of an industry that many of us use. In the context of this podcast, it's...

Episode 43: Selling Everything But The House With Brian Powell

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The world of technology opens up endless avenues of possibilities. It's an enabler and creator of healthy businesses (i.e., the bottom line). So, it's...

Episode 42: Governance vs developer freedom: The balancing act With Anders Wallgren

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For tech leaders heavily involved in the software development and deployment processes, ranging from embedded software to more user-facing application...

Episode 41: Mindful leadership in athenahealth With Bela Labovitch

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all hope for a day when we don't need to mention, or even be surprised, when we see women leading in tech. But, until that wonderful moment arrives...

Episode 40: Solving Address Poverty With Emre Turan

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You would believe it, but four billion people in the world do not have an address. We take it for granted in first and 2nd world nations. But imagine ...

Episode 39: FinTech's blockchain solution to take security trading to the next level with Amit Goyal

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all see big stock markets trading shares in big companies, with their stock-tickers showing the ups and downs of an organization's perceived value....

Episode 38: Making Businesses More Human One Video At A Time With Brendan Schwartz

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many enlightened businesses work hard to make their brands and relationships with their customers stronger and more human, and that's exactly what Wis...

Episode 37: Healthy Feedback Loops Improving Cancer Intelligence With Denali Lumma

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk to a tech leader who has turned a technical ship around. Her leadership resides in a cancer intelligence organization that us...

Episode 36: Layering technology onto the art of creating homes with Rajiv Peter

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With technology permeating and threading through all industries, it's surprising when you come across an industry that has further growth in the digit...

Episode 31: Thoughts From A Non - Linear Tech Leader With Paul Clarke

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we have the former CTO of Ocado, a company that is a huge operational and business success story in the UK. As part of his leadership...

Episode 33: The Art Of Digital Experience With Marcus Lambert

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this information-obsessed modern world, marketing takes on many forms. And a word that gets banded around a lot (and quite rightly) is brand. For O...

Episode 32: Leadership With Style With Florian Klemt

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we look at an interesting B2B startup called Fashion Cloud. In particular to its CTO, Florian Klemt. The business idea that was born...

Episode 34: Creating Tech For Chip Manufacturers Atomic Metrology With Hamed Sadeghian

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Niches don't get any tighter than this. Our guest Hamed Sadeghian, President and CTO of Nearfield Instruments, shares with us his journey in a super h...

Episode 35: Clarity for the opaque world of seaborne energy with Maksym Schipka

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk to a tech leader who initially had very little desire to become a CTO. However, once the journey began, not only was he a suc...

Episode 30: Keeping Companies Secure in the Era of COVID with Tom Meehan

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Security has always been a part of human needs beyond those sitting at the lower echelons of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Through our inventiveness, w...

Episode 29: The Art of People-Centric Leadership with Shane Emmons

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's great when you meet a leader who takes an elegant approach to making life easier. i.e., using a leadership style to bleed ownership into the or...

Episode 28: Being a Transformation Warrior With Michele Sollecito

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tech leaders not only lead organizations to create products, but often lead transformations also -- transformation of people, processes, and of course...

Episode 27: Making Car Hire As Easy As ABC With Marc Roberts

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For all those who have hired a car, do you think it's a smooth process? Could it be easier? Well, our tech leader guest from "hiyacar", Marc Roberts, ...

Episode 26: The Intersection of Culture and Security with Hazel Olivier

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we talk to Hazel Olivier, the CTO of Nimbla, a company serving medium-sized organizations' financial well-being (through insuring the...

Episode 25: Leading and hiring in the data space With Roy Keyes

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Data, data, data everywhere! Sometimes I wonder if we’re going to drown in it all. Thankfully we have a super expert on the subject to join us to de...

Podcast 24: The tech leadership behind Long marketing cycles with Oded Cohen

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oded Cohen, Chief Technology Officer at Nativo Inc, joins CTO Confessions to share his tech leadership style within an impressive, cutting-edge market...

Episode 23: Learning From Google Engineering And Its Leadership Culture With Paul Lawrence (Google)

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s your chance to get a small peek under the covers of Google. Paul Lawrence joins us from San Jose, California, to share his story and his work...

Episode 22: A Technology Leader's Needs From A City With James Cummings

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A technology leader's needs from a city - How the right cities can drive innovation and growth The environment can make a huge difference on culture...

Episode 21: Philosophy Of Enlightened Leadership In The Tech Space with Alain Briancon

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Technology leaders sit in an incredibly important organizational seat in this day and age. Their role is to deliver technology and give the business t...

Episode 20: Taking Agile And Working To Big It Up With Sung Choi

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Warby Parker is a big name in the spectacle industry, so it was exciting to have Sung Choi, their Senior Director of engineering, come onto the show a...

Episode 19: Lessons from the Front Lines With Charles White

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

IT Labs takes pride in finding and speaking to CTOs with fascinating tech journeys. Well, here's another interesting one that started in the military ...

Episode 18: Getting Clear On AI & ML - Musings On AI ML And Leading Tech R&D With Felix Hovsepian

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There is much talk about AI and ML (Machine learning). The terms are misused, and the hype around them creates much confusion. So what can they offer ...

Episode 17: The Lessons of Amazon: Tech Leadership Tips from an Insider With David Glick

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Lessons of Amazon: Tech Leadership Tips from an Insider It's always interesting when you meet people that have navigated from one field into anot...

Episode 16: SME Tech Leader Tips, From A Successful Serial Startup CTO with Steve Books

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

SME tech leader tips, from a successful serial startup CTO - Creating a startup culture in SME organizations for hyper-growth, innovation, and busine...

Episode 15: Leading Technology With A Toothbrush with Brian Hough

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leading technology with a toothbrush - How to create customer-centric innovation and market disruption Tech leaders sit at the heart of an organizat...

Episode 14: Humanizing AI With Swathi Young

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Humanizing AI - The future is not all AI dystopia & terminator (creating technology ethics, transparency, and fairness) You hear a lot about AI. It...

Episode 13: A New Shiny Large - Scale Simulation Tool For The SME Toolbox With David Freed

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A new shiny large-scale simulation tool for the SME toolbox - Democratizing super-computing power that's easy to use, low cost, and on tap Whenever ...

Episode 12: Tech-ing up the construction industry With Jeff Olin

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tech-ing up the construction industry - Lessons from a construction industry CTO Do you think the building industry is tech-savvy? It's a good quest...

Episode 11: CTO's Voice From The Banking As A Service Industry With Taylor Lilley

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 11: CTOs voice from the Banking as a Service Industry With Taylor Lilley CTO's voice from the Banking as a Service Industry - Setting up high...

Episode 10: CTO’s Roles In Driving Revenues For SaaS Companies With Gene McNaughton

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CTO's role in driving revenues for SaaS Companies - In sales, seemingly small things can make a huge difference. Selling is an art, and like any art...

Episode 9: CTOs as Champions for Innovation with Jeremy Basset

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CTOs as Champions for Innovation - Providing innovation to enterprises in uncertain times Large cooperation's attempt to innovate internally, sinkin...

Episode 8: Transformation for Innovation with Deal Daly

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Transformation for Innovation with Deal Daly: Technical leaders part in the Innovation Game As a tech leader, how do you transform your organization...

Episode 7: A CTOs Epic journey with Charles Griffith

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome again for another tech leader's confessions. That right its a CTO Confessions podcast. This episode focuses on the journey of CTOs and, in par...

Episode 6: CTOs Role in Driving Sales & Marketing Alignment with LaCosta Lolly

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greetings again for another installment of the CTO Confessions podcast. This episode focuses on the important role CTO's play in driving Sales and Mar...

Episode 5: Transformation Leadership for CTOs Jardena London

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Once again, greetings, ladies and gentlemen. Jardena London joins me for a riveting discussion on Leading Transformations. On how exciting they are, a...

Episode 4: Client Confessions – DonorTrends Success story with Ben Miller & Caity Craver

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 4: DonorTrends Success story (from Innovation to conception, and a lovely happy exit) Greetings again ladies and gentlemen, and variations t...

Episode 3: Automobile eCommerce industry amid Corona disruption with Eugene Kovshilovsky

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, again, people. I hope you are keeping safe out there with the continuing Coronavirus drama. It turns out our next CTO Confessions podcast is in...