That Tech Pod

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Kevin talk to Ian McConnell. Ian is a recovering gifted child with a fear of disappointing people. A singer-songwriter by day, goofy social media personality of moderate notoriety by (also) day, and sleepy-head by night, Ian has been referred to as “Kroger-brand Ed Sheeran,” “sexy Kermit The Frog,” and “a stupid piece of shit” by a vocal minority of his 600k+ Tiktok and 230k+ Instagram followers. Though Ian spent the last few years attempting to be a country musician – a hilarious undertaking (in hindsight) for a suburban-DC math/cello major with no rural life experience – he has now abandoned that endeavor (for reasons obvious to anyone who has read this sentence) in favor of a nebulous Taylor-Swift-meets-Bo-Burnham vibe (okay now I want the Taylor Swift-Bo Burnham collab album. I’ve always thought All Too Well could use more masturbation jokes) (wow this sentence sure does have a lot of parentheses!). His inability to delegate has led to Ian writing, producing, mixing, and mastering all his own music, which has been streamed over 23 million times across the platforms of our gargantuan corporate overlords. But numbers don’t matter! Listen to the music!

https://www.youtube.com/@IanMcConnell

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Kevin speak with Kylie Uvodich. As a Head of Americas, Go-to-Market at SafetyCulture, Kylie oversees a committed team who support hundreds of businesses across the US to improve workplace operations, including JetBlue, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Air Canada, and Dollar General. With the power of innovative tech, her team helps to give workers a voice, leaders visibility, and unite teams to improve.

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Thomas Helfrich about how AI is spearheading the New Normal Of Digital Marketing. Thomas “AI Nerd” Helfrich is a technology guru, business innovator, and CEO of Instantly Relevant, Inc. (instantlyrelevant.com). Using a combinCation of emerging AI technology and expert human insight, his company helps founders, entrepreneurs, and startups earn more traffic, tap into new revenue streams, and capture the attention of “relevant” audiences. Upending the old ways and opening future horizons to highly personalized, scalable, and effective online content. If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed Google's search algorithms are quickly leaving behind text for images, voice, and videos. This explains why Content - like infographics, memes, and reels - is now a must for any marketing campaign - generating three times as many leads as traditional marketing. As a product of the Dot-Com Boom, Tech Entrepreneur and CEO, Thomas Helfrich, got a front row seat to watch as the rise of technology and human creativity combined forces to become the marketing juggernaut they are today. Sound Scary? Maybe a little intimidating? Thomas knows all-too-well the fears that accompany the thought of an AI Take Over.

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi talk with Ziad Lammam, Head of Product for HP Anyware. Ziad leads product management, strategy and planning for HP Anyware (previously Teradici CAS). Has over 20 years experience in the end-user computing industry spanning desktop virtualization, remote workstations and cloud PCs. Passionate about creating unique and delightful customers experiences. Holds Masters in Business Administration at Simon Fraser University and Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Outside of the hybrid office, find me outdoors (skiing, running, cycling, volleyball).

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura, Kevin, and Gabi speak with friend of the show, Cybersecurity expert, Naomi Buckwalter. Naomi details how she is closing the demand gap in cyber with her new non profit, Cybersecurity Gate-breakers.
Visit https://www.cybersecuritygatebreakers.org for more info!

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Kevin talk with Andrea Giannangelo. Andrea founded Iubenda back in 2011, when privacy wasn’t really a thing, based on the intuition that the status quo was going to change. Many years later, Iubenda has 90,000 paying clients and is used by hundreds of thousands of websites and apps as a key tool to stay compliant. In addition, Andrea is one of the main writers of Transparency and Consent Framework (or TCF), US Privacy Framework and Global Privacy Platform, all initiatives by iab that constitute the backbone used by the online advertising industry to share privacy-related signals.

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi speak with Amit Modi. Amit is the CTO and CISO at Movius MultiLine, a trustworthy company heading mobile, voice, text, and WhatsApp communications within businesses and their customers worldwide. Amit is an entrepreneur, leader, a visionary, and technology executive who has successfully patented and commercialized innovation in security, mobility, conversational AI, large scale cloud infrastructure, and B2B & B2C SaaS platforms in highly regulated industries.

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Kevin talk to Katie Boeck. Katie is a singer, songwriter and actor originally from California where she earned a BA in Theater at UCLA. She played the Voice of Wendla in the critically acclaimed broadway revival of Spring Awakening garnering a Tony -nomination and a feature on The Nightly News with Lester Holt. Her rendition of Ave Maria was featured on HBO's The Newsroom and her cover of The Sign was recently featured on the hit reality show Love Island. She just completed work on her upcoming full-length album "Calico" and is workshopping a new collaborative theatrical piece called "Motherhood". She lives in Nashville, TN with her 5 year old son.