Tech Talks Daily
Tech Talks Daily is a podcast that explores the latest trends in technology, business, and innovation. Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, it features conversations with industry leaders, CEOs, and startup founders about topics like AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and digital transformation. The show aims to demystify complex tech concepts and provide actionable insights for modern businesses.
Episodes
Moving AI Beyond Black Box Answers With Neo4j
Can organizations trust an AI recommendation when they cannot understand the evidence, relationships, and previous decisions behind it? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Jim Webber, Chief Scientist at Neo4j, to discuss the company's acquisition of GraphAware and its move from graph database provider to graph intelligence platform. GraphAware has worked with Neo4j for many years a
Building the Business Context Autonomous AI Agents Need With Reltio
What does an AI agent need to understand about your business before you allow it to make decisions and take action without waiting for human approval? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Kash Mehdi, Field CTO at Reltio, about the move from analytical AI that supports decisions to agentic AI that can execute them. Kash argues that leaders should begin treating AI agents as a workforc
The Swivel Chair Problem Holding Back Enterprise AI With Clio
How much of your technology stack is being held together by people swiveling between screens, copying information, and quietly compensating for systems that cannot communicate? In this episode, I speak with John Foreman, Chief Product Officer at Clio, about what he calls the "swivel chair problem." John previously served as Chief Product Officer at Mailchimp and Podium, and now helps guide product
Preparing Small Businesses for Making Tax Digital With ANNA Money
Could Making Tax Digital improve the way small businesses manage their finances, or will it become another administrative burden competing for an already crowded evening? In this episode, I speak with Caroline Duong, Head of Business Admin at ANNA Money, about Making Tax Digital, quarterly reporting, AI bookkeeping, and the reality of running a small business when one person is often responsible f
Regaining Control of Enterprise Software With Origina
Who really controls your enterprise technology strategy: your organization or the vendors writing its software contracts? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Tomás O'Leary, founder and CEO of Origina, about enterprise software vendor lock in, forced upgrades, subscription contracts, and the financial consequences of surrendering control over mission-critical systems. Tomás founded Or
Fixing Broken Customer Service Before Agentic AI Arrives With Parloa
Why are companies preparing for agent-to-agent customer service when many customers still cannot get a chatbot to answer a straightforward question? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Latané Conant, Chief Marketing Officer at Parloa, about the state of customer experience and what businesses must repair before agentic AI becomes another barrier between customers and support. Parloa'
Building an AI Ready Workforce Without Abandoning Entry Level Talent With Year Up United
What happens to tomorrow's leadership pipeline when employers automate the entry-level tasks through which beginners learn? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Gary Flowers, Chief Information Officer for Transformation and Technology Services at Year Up United, about AI fluency, human skills, economic mobility, skills-first hiring, and the future of entry-level work. Year Up United p
When Trusted Mobile Apps Become a Security Risk With Jamf
Can an app approved by Apple or Google still expose your business to security, privacy, and governance risks? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Michael Covington, Vice President of Strategy at Jamf, for a conversation about the false confidence that can surround mobile security. Apple and Android provide strong protections, including app review processes, sandboxing, and device a
How BlackLine Turns Finance AI Investment Into Measurable ROI
How should finance leaders measure AI ROI when adoption has slowed and the cost of models, tokens and disconnected tools remains difficult to predict? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome Jeremy Ung, Chief Technology Officer at BlackLine, back to the podcast to discuss how businesses can move from finance AI experimentation to operational deployment. Figures supplied for the interview sh
Securing AI Agents at Machine Speed With C1
What happens when an autonomous AI agent can complete thousands of actions before a traditional access review has even identified that something has gone wrong? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Alex Bovee, CEO and co-founder of C1, about identity security, runtime governance, shadow AI, and the controls companies need as humans and agents begin working together. Alex has spent muc
Building Evidence Based Trust for AI Agents With Vijil
What evidence would convince you that an AI agent is ready to make decisions involving employment, money, healthcare, or legal rights? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Vin Sharma, founder and CEO of Vijil, about the trust gap preventing many enterprise AI agents from progressing beyond proof of concept. Vin has spent approximately 30 years building software across security, operat
Securing Mobile Work Without Putting Data on the Device With Hypori
What if employees could access sensitive business applications from personal phones without storing company data on those devices? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, about virtual mobile infrastructure, BYOD security, employee privacy, zero trust, and the growing mobile threat created by AI. Jared's personal story deserves attention in its own right. He
Turning Payment Terms Into Strategic Working Capital With Calculum
Could your company be paying suppliers earlier than its competitors and unintentionally financing their advantage? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Oliver Belin, co-founder and CEO of Calculum. Our previous conversation took place around ten years ago when Oliver was working with the Marco Polo Network and blockchain was attracting attention across trade finance. His latest vent
Could Disease Chemistry Help Treat the Brain With Enabled Therapeutics
What if the chemistry created by neurological disease could help activate medicine precisely where it is needed? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Sara Isbell, neuroscientist and co-founder of Enabled Therapeutics, about a proposed approach to one of medicine's most stubborn problems: delivering effective drugs to diseased brain tissue without exposing healthy areas to the same act
Preparing Unstructured Data for Enterprise AI With CTERA
Could the real reason enterprise AI projects remain stuck in pilot mode be hidden inside the company's unstructured data? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Oded Nagel, CEO of CTERA. We discuss why enterprise AI success depends on the condition, location, permissions, and business value of the data sitting underneath models and agents. Oded defines AI-ready data as information tha
Quillbot on How Is AI Changing the Way People Think at Work
What happens to the value of human judgment when AI makes execution faster, cheaper, and available to almost everyone? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Eric Wang, Vice President of Product and AI at QuillBot. Eric has worked in artificial intelligence since 2006, with previous leadership roles at Turnitin and Chegg. He now works on AI products used by millions of people to develop
Industrializing AI: How Enterprises Turn AI Into Measurable Business Value
Has enterprise AI finally reached the point where impressive demonstrations are no longer enough? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Bruce McMahon, Chief Product Officer at CallMiner, about what he describes as the industrialization of AI: the move from experimentation and excitement toward repeatable processes, measurable ROI, better customer experiences, and technology that can op
AI Agent Security: Why Identity and Access Control Matter More Than Guardrails
What happens when an AI agent is compromised, manipulated, or simply does something nobody expected, but already has permission to access your most sensitive systems? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of SecureAuth, about why securing enterprise AI requires businesses to think beyond protecting models and start paying much closer attention to identity, authori
Is Your Network Holding Back Your AI? Kentik CEO Avi Freedman on AI Infrastructure
Companies are spending billions on GPUs, data centers, foundation models, and AI infrastructure. But what happens when the network connecting all of it cannot keep up? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Avi Freedman, co-founder and CEO of Kentik, five years after our previous conversation. Avi has been operating large-scale networks since the 1990s, including more than a decade at
What Clarecast Data Reveals About AI and Quiet Restructuring
Is AI really causing widespread job losses, or are a small number of announcements creating a much larger narrative? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Marvin Pohl, chief data scientist and cofounder of Clarecast, about AI layoffs, quiet restructuring, predictive workforce intelligence, and the responsibility that comes with forecasting company growth. Marvin's career began in physi
Creating a Coordination Layer for AI Agents With Blue Language Labs
What happens when an AI agent is authorized to make a payment, but nobody can verify the wider agreement behind it? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Zor Gorelov of Blue Language Labs about the infrastructure businesses may need as AI agents move from answering questions to negotiating, approving, purchasing, coordinating, and settling commercial activity. Many current business pro
Scaling Embedded Finance Around Customer Value With Zip Co
What separates an embedded finance partnership that changes customer behavior from an integration nobody would miss? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Rory Herriman, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operations Officer for Zip's US business. Rory works across product, technology, operations, and business strategy, giving him a broad view of what happens after the API connection is
Building Creator Trust Through Better Payments With Tipalti
What happens to creator loyalty when somebody delivers the work, attracts an audience, and then waits weeks to be paid? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Rob Israch, President at Tipalti, about the payment infrastructure supporting the creator economy. Platforms may be able to add thousands of creators quickly, but the systems behind onboarding, tax collection, approvals, global pa
Building Reliable AI Agents With Knowledge Gardens and MongoDB
What happens when an enterprise AI agent can retrieve thousands of data points but cannot understand the customer, decision, or business moment in front of it? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Boris Bialek, Vice President of Industries and Global Field CTO at MongoDB. We examine why the enterprise AI conversation has become more professional as organizations move beyond demonstr
Turning Warehouse Blind Spots Into Real Time Intelligence With Dexory
What happens when a warehouse management system believes stock is present, but nobody can find it on the warehouse floor? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Oana Jinga, co-founder of Dexory, who oversees the company's commercial strategy and product roadmap. Dexory has developed autonomous mobile robots capable of scanning inventory at heights of up to 18 meters while creating a con
How Infobip Uses AI Companions to Keep Sports Fans Coming Back
What can Formula One and football teach businesses about building customer relationships that continue long after a single event? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Ben Lewis, Vice President of Marketing at Infobip, about the company's work with AI-powered sports companions and what those experiences can teach customer experience leaders in every industry. Ben explains how Infobip w
How Technology Can End the Late Payment Crisis Costing UK Businesses £11 Billion
Late payments have become so common that many businesses simply accept them as part of commercial life. But should they? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Pat Bermingham, founder and CEO of Adflex, about why late payments continue to cost the UK economy an estimated £11 billion every year, why thousands of businesses fail because of cash flow pressures, and how technology could hel
AI, Value Creation and the Future of Business: Why Automation Is Only the Beginning
Most AI conversations begin with productivity. Joanna Pachnik thinks that's the wrong place to start. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Joanna Pachnik, founder of Blueclip, about why AI is changing far more than the speed of work. It's changing how businesses create value, what customers are willing to pay for, and what competitive advantage will look like over the next decade. Dra
Preparing 911 for AI Satellite Calls and Cloud Infrastructure With Intrado
What happens behind the scenes when you dial 911, and is the infrastructure ready for AI, satellite messaging, video, and precise location data? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by John Snapp, VP of Technology at Intrado. John has spent around 23 years working with cellular, location, and 911 technologies. He explains how a mobile emergency call is located, routed through a dedicate
AI-Powered Cyberattacks Are Coming for Your Printers. Is Your Business Ready?
When organizations review their cybersecurity posture, printers are rarely the first systems that come to mind. Yet they often account for around 20% of network endpoints while receiving, storing, processing, and transmitting sensitive business information every day. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Jim LaRoe, CEO of Symphion, to discuss why printers and other connected IoT devi
How BOLTS Technologies Brings Crypto Agility to Blockchain Security
What happens to digital asset ownership when the cryptography proving that ownership can no longer be trusted? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Yoon Auh, cofounder of BOLTS Technologies, about quantum computing, blockchain security, and the need for crypto agility. Yoon brings an unusual perspective to the subject. Before moving into applied cryptography, he spent years building a
Moving From AI Pilots to Production With Boomi
What prevents a successful AI experiment from becoming a dependable production system that delivers measurable business value? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Ed Macosky, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Boomi, about AI pilot purgatory, integration, governance, model selection, token costs, and the technical skills businesses may need as adoption grows. Ed leads Boomi's pr
Moving From AI Experiments to Autonomous Operations With Dynatrace
What must happen before a business can trust AI agents to detect and resolve operational problems without waiting for human intervention? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Josh Clay, Regional Vice President of Solution Engineering for Dynatrace in the UK, about autonomous operations, AI observability, fragmented telemetry, business outcomes, and the growing pressure to control toke
How Saviynt Zuma Secures AI Agents With Zero Trust
How can businesses secure AI agents that read sensitive information, update systems and communicate with other agents on behalf of employees? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Sachin Nayyar, founder and CEO of Saviynt, about AI agent identity security and the controls businesses need before autonomous systems enter production. Saviynt manages over 100 million identities for over 70
Running Enterprise Computer Vision on CPUs With Ultralytics YOLO26
What becomes possible when enterprise computer vision no longer depends on expensive GPU infrastructure? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Glenn Jocher, founder and CEO of Ultralytics, about YOLO26, CPU inference, edge AI, open vocabulary vision, deployment economics, and the practical work required to move computer vision from a promising pilot into production. Glenn's route into
How Equifax Connects AI Data and Human Support in Government Services
What can private companies learn from government caseworkers about adopting automation and using data more effectively? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with David Turner, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Government Services at Equifax Workforce Solutions, about public sector automation, data modernization, and the people responsible for delivering social services. The conv
How Ensono is Building AI Resilience Beyond a Single Model
What happens when an AI experiment becomes a production service that your employees, customers, and daily operations depend upon? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Brian Klingbeil, Chief Strategy Officer at Ensono, about AI infrastructure resilience, operational dependency, FinOps, legacy modernization, and the growing pressure to prove that enterprise AI investments are producing
How RedStone is Connecting Financial AI Agents to Verifiable Data
What happens when an autonomous AI agent makes a financial decision using inaccurate, outdated, or poorly synchronized data? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Marcin Kaźmierczak, cofounder of RedStone Oracles and Credora Ratings, about why verifiable data is becoming so important to financial AI agents. RedStone originally developed its oracle infrastructure to supply smart contrac
How Craftable is Using AI to Protect Restaurant Margins and Human Hospitality
What if a restaurant could identify a margin problem while the ingredients were still being unloaded, rather than discovering it several weeks later? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with David Cantu, CEO of Craftable, about AI restaurant back-office technology, margin intelligence, inventory management, purchasing, invoice automation, and the continuing importance of human hospitality
How Valliance Fixes the Enterprise AI ROI Problem
Why do so many enterprise AI initiatives begin with impressive demonstrations but struggle to produce measurable business value? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Dom Selvon, CTO and value partner at Valliance, about enterprise AI ROI, outcome-based consulting, build versus buy decisions, proprietary data, ontologies, and governance. Valliance is an AI-native consultancy that charg
How Genesys Cloud Helped StepChange Cut Misrouted Calls by 60 Percent
What does a modern contact center need to deliver when the person reaching out may already feel anxious, embarrassed, and unsure where to turn? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Chris Lovell, service delivery lead for StepChange Debt Charity's contact center and product owner for its Genesys Cloud platform. StepChange supports hundreds of thousands of people facing financial hardsh
Beyond AI Pilots: What Valiantys and Mercedes Can Teach Enterprise Leaders
What does it really take to build an AI-ready enterprise when your data is fragmented, teams operate in silos, and years of technology decisions have created complexity that no large language model can magically fix? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Raymon Ohmori, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Valiantys, and Jiecheng Dong, Senior Software Engineer at Valiantys, about the
AI in HR: Dayforce on Why Governance Helps Companies Move Faster
What happens when AI moves beyond writing emails and summarizing meetings and starts influencing who gets hired, promoted, and paid? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with David Lloyd, Chief AI Officer at Dayforce, about why HR is becoming one of the highest-stakes environments for artificial intelligence and how companies can introduce AI while protecting employee data, maintaining hum
How IBM Is Turning Agentic AI Into Measurable Business Value
What separates an impressive agentic AI demonstration from a deployment that produces measurable business value across an entire company? In this episode, I speak with Frank Theisen, Vice President of IBM Technology across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, about how businesses can move AI agents beyond isolated pilots and into the processes where work actually happens. Frank believes the convers
Why Extreme Networks Says Executives Now Expect AI ROI Within Weeks
How quickly should an AI investment begin producing measurable business results? In this episode, I speak with Monica Kumar, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Extreme Networks, about the growing pressure on technology leaders to prove that AI investments are producing financial and operational value. The conversation draws on Extreme Networks' State of AI for Networking 2026
Commvault: Why Your Disaster Recovery Plan Could Make Ransomware Worse
Could the disaster recovery plan designed to protect your company make a ransomware incident even worse? In this episode, I speak with Darren Thomson, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA at Commvault, about Resilience Operations, commonly known as ResOps, and why cyber recovery now requires security, infrastructure, identity and data teams to work from one coordinated plan. Darren
How AI Is Taking the Guesswork Out of Cross Border Delivery
Why can we track a meal traveling across town almost minute by minute, yet an international parcel can seemingly disappear between checkout and delivery? In this episode, I speak with Dieter Van Putte from Crossborder Global, a division of Bnode that provides global commerce and logistics services. Dieter oversees technology and operations across Landmark Global and Apple Express, giving him a clo
What Non-Technical Founders Need to Know Before Building With AI
Do you need to understand code before you can build a technology company or lead a team of developers? Five years after our previous conversation, I welcome Sophia Matveeva back to the podcast. Sophia is the founder of Tech for Non-Techies, where she helps founders and business professionals understand how technology products are created, tested, managed and turned into commercial ventures. A grea
Why AI Cannot Fix a Business It Does Not Understand
What happens when an AI agent begins influencing business decisions without fully understanding the systems, processes and dependencies behind them? In this episode, I speak with Bert van der Zwan, CEO of Bizzdesign, about the gap between enterprise AI expectations and the results many companies are seeing in practice. Bert has spent more than 25 years in software and SaaS leadership, including ex
How AI Voice Scams Turn Personal Phones Into a Business Risk
Can you still trust an incoming phone call when AI can imitate a familiar voice, personalize the conversation and target information specifically to you? In this episode, I speak with Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail, about how artificial intelligence is changing phone fraud and why the personal devices carried by employees are becoming part of the corporate attack surface. Alex explains how YouMail u
Why AI Agents Fail in Production: TrueFoundry CEO on Building Reliable AI Systems
Why do AI agents and applications look impressive in demos but struggle when companies try to deploy them in production? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Nikunj Bajaj, co-founder and CEO of TrueFoundry, about why enterprise AI has become a systems problem, what companies need to move AI from proof of concept to production, and how better infrastructure can improve reliability, gov
How Front is Helping Companies Cut the Hidden Coordination Costs Slowing Customer Service.
What if the biggest barrier to better customer service isn't how quickly employees work, but how much time they lose coordinating with everyone else? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Kevin Yang, Head of AI at Front, about why customer conversations are becoming a valuable source of business intelligence, how AI can improve work across entire teams rather than simply making individ
How PwC is Helping Companies Prepare for a World Where AI Agents Become Customer
What happens when your next customer is represented by an AI agent that can research products, compare prices, evaluate suppliers, negotiate terms, and make purchasing decisions? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Ian Kahn, Partner and Customer and Commercial Excellence Platform Leader at PwC, about the rise of the Intelligent Customer Edge and why companies need to rethink how they
Elastic Reveal Why AI ROI Depends on Search, Retrieval and Decision-Grade Visibility
Why are companies investing heavily in AI, analytics, and data platforms while business leaders still struggle to see what is happening across their operations quickly enough to make confident decisions? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Massimo Merlo, Vice President for UK, Iberia, and Italy at Elastic, about why the next stage of enterprise AI adoption will depend less on who dep
Why Business Intelligence Has Been Hiding Inside Your Agreements
What if one of the biggest obstacles to digital transformation isn't your technology stack, but the agreements connecting it all together? Recorded live at Docusign Momentum in London, this episode continues my conversations from the show floor by looking at one of the most overlooked challenges facing modern organisations. Companies have spent years investing in CRM platforms, ERP systems, HR sof
How Endava is Helping Companies Turn AI Investment Into Measurable Business Value
Why are companies spending heavily on AI tools while struggling to show meaningful improvements in productivity, revenue, or business performance? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Matt Cloke, Chief Technology Officer at Endava, about what it takes to become an AI-native business, why deploying thousands of AI licenses does not amount to an AI transformation, and how companies can
Cognitive Tech Debt: Is AI Making Your Workforce Faster but Less Capable?
What happens when AI makes employees more productive today but gradually weakens the expertise companies will depend on tomorrow? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Dr. Margaret Cunningham, VP of Security and AI Strategy and Field CISO at Darktrace, about cognitive tech debt, the growing risk that companies are gaining short-term efficiency from AI while unintentionally weakening cr
How Algorand Is Preparing Blockchain Infrastructure for the Quantum Threat.
What happens to blockchain networks, digital assets, and the wider internet when quantum computers become powerful enough to break the cryptography protecting them? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Bruno Martins, Chief Technology Officer of the Algorand Foundation, about what quantum computing means for blockchain security, why post-quantum cryptography is becoming a technology pr
Why Boring Automation Can Deliver More Business Value Than Shiny AI
What if companies rushing to deploy AI agents are overlooking the basic problem that much of their business data is still trapped inside PDFs, emails, attachments, spreadsheets, and paper documents? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Sylvestre Dupont, co-founder and CEO of Parseur, about why successful AI adoption begins with making business data usable, why traditional automation c
Why Cybersecurity Is a People Problem Before It Is a Technology Problem
Why do companies continue spending heavily on cybersecurity technology while human behavior, poor governance, and skills shortages leave them exposed to attacks? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Phil Chapman, Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert at Firebrand Training, about what more than two decades in the Royal Air Force, signals intelligence, counterterrorism, threat intelligenc
The Toothbrush Test: What Keval Desai Looks for Before Investing in a Startup.
What separates the founders who build category-defining companies from the thousands of startups that never make it through the venture capital funnel? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Keval Desai, founder and General Partner of Shakti, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI and space technology companies from inception. Drawing on his experience backing companies inc
Why Docusign Believes Agreements Are the Next Evolution of Business Intelligence
What if the most valuable business intelligence in your organisation has been hiding inside your contracts all along? Recorded live at Docusign Momentum in London, this episode explores why enterprise AI is at an inflection point. After years of focusing on what AI can create, the conversation is shifting towards how AI can help organisations understand the information they already have, remove fr
Your Brand Is Invisible in AI Search. Here's What You Can Do About It
What happens when your customers stop searching through pages of Google results and start asking ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI platforms which companies they should trust? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Kathleen Lucente, founder and CEO of Red Fan Communications, about zero-click search, AI-mediated discovery, and why producing more content is unlikely to solve the growing chall
How Experion Technologies Is Connecting AI Agents Across the Investment Lifecycle
What happens when an industry managing more than $150 trillion is still held back by decades-old systems, manual work, disconnected data, and highly paid experts spending hours on tasks AI could complete in seconds? In this episode, I speak with Markus Ruetimann, a member of the Experion Technologies Advisory Board and former Global Chief Operating Officer with more than three decades of experienc
Why Time Has Become the Most Valuable Asset in Wealth Management with Addepar
Have you ever wondered whether the biggest competitive advantage in wealth management is no longer investment performance alone, but the ability to turn information into action faster than everyone else? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome Bob Pisani, Chief Technology Officer at Addepar, a platform that helps investment professionals manage and analyze more than $9 trillion in assets gl
Why AI's Future Depends on Smarter Energy with Schneider Electric
Have you ever stopped to think about what really powers the AI revolution? While the conversation often focuses on the latest models, chips, and applications, the real story may lie in something far less visible: the energy systems and digital architecture that make it all possible. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome Sadiq Syed, Senior Vice President of Digital Energy Software at Schne
How AI Is Personalizing Every Stage of the Guest Journey with Agilysys
How is AI changing the way we choose hotels, and what does that mean for the businesses trying to deliver unforgettable guest experiences? In this episode, I speak with Frank Pitsikalis, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at Agilysys, about how AI is changing hospitality from the very first search through to every interaction a guest has during their stay. Travel
What Responsible AI Looks Like in Practice with Complyance
What does responsible AI actually look like once you move beyond the headlines and start deploying it inside highly regulated businesses? In this episode, I speak with Richa Kaul, Founder and CEO of Complyance, about one of the biggest challenges facing enterprise AI today: building systems that people can trust. As companies race to adopt AI across every part of the business, governance, risk man
Why Data Governance Should Come Before AI According to ProArch
What if the biggest obstacle to successful AI adoption isn't the technology at all, but the state of your data and the way work gets done inside your business? In this episode, I speak with Jim Spignardo, Director of Cloud Strategy & AI Enablement at ProArch, about why so many AI initiatives struggle to deliver lasting value and what business leaders should be doing before deploying the next AI to
Building Better Remote Teams with AI and Lessons from Penbrothers
What if the biggest advantage of building a global team has very little to do with reducing costs? In today's episode, I speak with Nicolas Bivero, CEO of Penbrothers, about what it really takes to build high-performing distributed teams in an AI-driven world. Having spent decades working across Asia and helping businesses build remote teams in the Philippines, Nicolas offers a refreshingly practi
Building Citizen Services for the Age of Agentic AI with Insight Public Sector
Have public sector organizations reached the point where AI is no longer an experiment but an operational necessity? In this episode, I welcome Carmen Taglienti, CTO of Insight Public Sector, to discuss why AI is moving beyond chatbots and pilots to become part of the everyday workflows that support government services. As budgets tighten and expectations continue to rise, public sector teams are
DigiCert on Why PKI Has Become the Foundation of AI Trust
What keeps the digital world running safely behind the scenes, and why are so many organizations only now discovering that one of their most important security foundations is becoming increasingly difficult to manage? In this episode, I sit down with Lakshmi Hanspal, Chief Trust Officer at DigiCert, to demystify Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and explain why it quietly powers almost every secure
How Kahoot! Is Using AI and Gamification to Reignite Student Engagement
What does meaningful engagement look like in today's classroom? And as AI becomes part of everyday teaching, how can technology help teachers inspire curiosity without adding even more pressure to an already demanding profession? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Jon Neale, Growth Director for UK and Ireland at Kahoot!, and one of the UK's most respected voices in education techno
Atlassian on AI Agents, Teamwork Graph, and the Future of Work
What if the biggest barrier to successful AI isn't the model itself, but the lack of context behind every decision your teams make? As AI agents become more capable, how do organisations ensure they understand the people, projects, documentation, and history that shape real work? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, recorded at Team '26, I'm joined by Taroon Mandhana, CTO of AI and Teamwork at Atl
AI, Voice, and the Future of Contact Centers with Zendesk
What happens when customer service moves beyond answering questions and starts anticipating needs, coordinating actions, and resolving problems with AI? And what does that mean for the future of the contact center? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Jonathan Barouch, Vice President and General Manager of Contact Center at Zendesk, to discuss the company's vision for the next genera
What Every CEO Can Learn from Chamberlain Group's Reinvention
What happens when a company best known for garage door openers decides to compete with the biggest names in smart home technology? Can a business built on hardware reinvent itself as an AI-powered software company without losing the trust that made it successful in the first place? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome Jeff Meredith, CEO of Chamberlain Group, to discuss one of the more fa
Nitro Software: The Hidden AI Risks Lurking In Everyday Document Workflows
What happens when the biggest AI security risk isn't the technology itself, but the people using it? In this episode, I sit down with Cormac Whelan, CEO of Nitro Software, to discuss why organizations need to rethink their approach to AI adoption. With research showing that 68% of C-suite executives are bypassing approved AI tools in favor of their own, we explore how an "ask forgiveness, not perm
Binalyze: The Culture Change Cybersecurity Can No Longer Ignore
What if the biggest weakness in cybersecurity isn't the technology, but the way defenders communicate with each other? Cybercriminals openly exchange techniques, vulnerabilities, and attack methods, constantly learning from one another. Meanwhile, many organizations remain reluctant to share details of breaches, investigations, or lessons learned. In this episode, I sit down with Lee Sult, Chief I
How zeb Rebuilt Consulting Around AI With Substrate
What happens when a consulting company decides that adding AI to existing workflows isn't enough? In this episode, Mal Vivek, CEO and co-founder of zeb, joins me to discuss the launch of Substrate, an AI-native operating architecture that challenges many assumptions about enterprise consulting, software delivery, and AI adoption. Rather than layering AI onto legacy processes, zeb made the bold dec
How Precisely Is Closing the AI Data Integrity Gap
Can organizations really call themselves AI-ready if their data foundations still have gaps? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Dave Shuman, Chief Data Officer at Precisely, to discuss the findings from the company's latest State of Data Integrity and AI Readiness Report. Drawing on insights from more than 500 senior IT leaders across the US and Europe, Dave explains why many org
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