The Tech 'o' Space Podcast

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Keith Atherton who is the Senior Microsoft 365 Power Platform Architect of the reputed MNC - Capgemini and also is the Podcast Host and Founder of the Power Platform Community High Five. He is based out of Edinburgh, Scotland, UKa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Provides an insight into his tenure of being the Senior Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Platform Architect for Capgemini company.c) Gives an overview of him being the Founder of Power Platform Community High Five and also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of its creation.d) Mentions about the key differences that he has found with respect to leading and developing software solutions pertaining to the sectors of manufacturing to that of the sectors pertaining to game development and travel.e) Sheds some spotlight into the importance and the real-life use cases of the Microsoft Power Platform in the UK Market.f) Talks about his groundwork into achieving the titles of a Microsoft MVP, MCT, 11x Microsoft Certified, User Group Leader, LinkedIn Learning Instructor and Women in Power (Platform) Mentor.g) His advice to the audience aspiring to foray into the Microsoft Power Platform side and also talks about him achieving the status of being a Microsoft MVP.h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Shreedhar Gautam, PhD who is the Co-Founder for the company - ReviewsAI. He is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australiaa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the Corporate and IT industryb) Gives an overview into him being the Co-founder of the company "ReviewsAI" and shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of its creation.c) Shares the challenges encountered or faced by him as a Co-founder.d) Gives an insight into what his other initiatives "SG Diagnostics" and "WeSave" are to the listeners across the worlde) Provides a walkthrough about the industry/sectors and regions his company "ReviewsAI" is currently eyeing on.f) Sheds some spotlight into him working on an AI-based cancer diagnostics and exosomal microRNA detection that he has been involved with as a PHD Candidate in UNSW and also talks about the necessity of this AI-based cancer diagnostics in the medical industry.g) His take on the importance and implementation of AI in the Korean market.h) Recently his company ReviewsAI was awarded with an MVP grant from the NSW government, mentions about the moment of pride he got, and the groundwork done by him in achieving such a fabulous recognition.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Igor Kostyuchenok who is the Head of Artificial Intelligence for the company - Mbanq. He is based out of Munich, Bavaria, Germanya) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industryb) In-brief, talks about his conference visits and also shares his view FinTech and other tech related topics.c) Gives an insight into the exciting use case for AI and, Agentic AI in FinTech and Banking and, also about the potential risks and problems that can come with it and whether the people are prepared for it.d) Mentions about the general software development topics in a scaling startup than about core banking in particular.e) Shares his experience of shaping the Open Banking initiative and working with the pioneers of FinTech and Crypto like Ripple back in the days.f) Talks about the differences in serverless and monolithic architectures, the pros and, cons of both of them and having said that the pros and cons of running the infrastructure in a cloud.g) Sheds some spotlight into him launching and running the Mbanq Labs - Accelerator in Singapore, whose experience gave you the foundational idea to come up with your book "Startup, please".h) Gives an overview on the early stages of Mbanq company, where your product was still in its infancy and having said that how a bigger player got interested in your infrastructure that led you to get ahead of others very fast.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. John E. Ortega who is the Faculty Member - NLP Text Analytics at Columbia University, New York and, NLP Researcher and Instructor at New York University. He is based out of New York, USAa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry and academic space.b) Provides an insight into his current tenure as the Faculty Member - NLP Text Analytics at Columbia University in New York.c) His take on the prime focus of NLP and AI or GenAI in the enterprise and academic space.d) Sheds some spotlight into worked as a director of AI and also talks about starting two businesses to the listeners around the world.e) Gives an overview of being an Advisor for Reulay Inc for on the lines of AI in different facets and having said that mentions about applying the use case of AI for the Mental Health Care industry.f) His view on combining the worlds of Big Data and NLP and mentions about the project where he has applied these two skills for.g) Shares few of the interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.h) His take on the importance of Low Resource Languages.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Rituu Mannuja who is the AVP Learning Head of Next-Gen Services of the reputed MNC company - Tech Mahindra. She is based out of Pune, Maharashtra, Indiaa) Walks us through the key milestones in her journey within the IT industry and the way it has shaped her career path.b) As the AVP & Learning Head for Next-Gen Services—AI, Automation, Cybersecurity, and D&A at Tech Mahindra, mentions about how her core responsibilities look like today.c) Having begun her career as a lecturer at institutes like MIT Pune, PCCOE Pune, and JEC Jaipur, talks about her inspiration to transition from academia into the IT industry.d) Shares an example where AI or GenAI learning initiatives created a tangible impact—either in learner outcomes or in driving the business value.e) Terms like “Next-Gen Services,” “GenAI,” and “Agentic AI” are often used but not always well understood, mentions about the ways to simplify these concepts for a non-technical audiencef) In her view, talks about how Learning & Development evolve to become a strategic partner to the business—especially in the era of GenAI and rapid digital transformation.g) There is often a capability gap between business expectations and workforce readiness, mentions about how can targeted upskilling in AI and Agentic AI help bridge this gap and future-proof the organization.h) For someone who is completely new to the concept, explains in simple, layman terms where Agentic AI is being used today—either in everyday life or in workplace scenarios.i)Gives an advice to employees and, leaders who feel overwhelmed by AI and mentions about how they begin their AI learning journey with confidence and clarity.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Kari Kakkonen who is the Service Owner, Customer Expertise Development of Gofore company and the author of the reputed book "Dragons Out". he is based out of Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Service Owner, Customer Expertise Development of the Gofore company.c) Gives an insight into his successful book "Dragons Out Oy" and shares an interesting backstory associated with it.d) Talks about his inclination to combine the software testing with the fantasy stories of dragons, knights, and children.e) Shares his experience of being The ICT Influencer of 2025 and mentions about the groundwork done by him since day one to achieve it.f) Sheds some spotlight into being the treasurer at FiSTB, TMMi BoD and ISTQB to our listeners around the world.g) Shares few of the interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Martin Michalitsch who is the Innovations Manager of WienIT GmbH company and he is based out of Vienna, Austria.a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT space and the Green IT space.b) Talks about his current tenure of being the Innovations Manager for the WienIT GmbH company.c) Mentions about his transition into the space of Green IT having done a master's in data science in the first place.d) His take on the importance and application of the Green IT space in the Austrian Market.e) Explains about the different layers of Green IT.f) His view on making the AI sustainably Green.g) His take on the in-depth story of the Green Web.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Julio G. Martinez-Clark who is the Chief Executive Officer of Synapse Global Theranostics Inc. and the Podcast Host of bioaccess®. He is based out of Miami, Florida, USA.a) Gives a timeline of his journey from building telecom infrastructure at Nortel and Alcatel-Lucent to leading cross-border clinical trial operations as CEO of bioaccess®, Synapse Global Theranostics, and amavita Heart and Vascular Health®.b) Shares his experience of collaborating with over a hundred Medtech and Biopharma companies, streamlining regulatory paths and using machine learning to boost trial efficiency, radio pharma.c) Talks about the key strategies taken by him in helping to bridge the global teams and cultures in challenging markets pertaining to the Clinical AI Space.d) Mentions about his source of inspiration and drive to start his own podcast initiative "Global Trial Accelerators™" and, also talks about being a columnist at Med Device Online and having said that shares an interesting backstory associated with the two.e) Emphasizes on highlighting the key differences that he has observed while specializing in accelerating the medical innovations and clinical trials through unconventional markets like Latin America, the Balkans, and Australia.f) His take on how AI is disrupting the clinical research, regulatory strategies for tech in emerging economies, or building resilient, human trials during global disruptions.

In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Jaime Kaufman who is the Staff Data Engineer, Data Platform of the reputed EV Motor Vehicle Manufacturing company - Lucid Motors. He is based out of Mason, Ohio, USAa) Gives a timeline of his journey before venturing into the IT industry.b) Gives an overview into his tenure of being the Staff Data Engineer, Big Data for the reputed EV Motor Vehicle Manufacturing company - Lucid Motors.c) Explains the key differences that he has observed with respect to Datalakes, Batch and Streaming Data pipelines implementation in a Motor Vehicle Manufacturing sector to that of the other sectors that he was part of.d) Provides an insight into his expertise and proficiency pertaining to the likes of Apache Spark and Apache Iceberg.e) His take on the importance of SQL in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing industry and shares an interesting use case that he has come across with it.f) Sheds some spotlight into his problem solving with respect to the issues encountered by the DataFrame in Apache Spark-based data pipeline.g) Mentions about the ways he is able to balance the acts of being a reputed IT Professional as well as a Professional Musician.h) Shares few interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has come across in his Lucid Motors company tenure.To know more about the top featured posts by Jaime, follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-kaufmanHere is the link for the post on Jaime's take on Apache Spark 101 : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-kaufman_apache-spark-101-apache-spark-is-an-open-source-activity-7407189878762905601-1rdxHere is the link for the post on Jaime's take on Apache Iceberg 101 : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-kaufman_apache-iceberg-101-iceberg-is-an-open-source-activity-7420221935315476480-K-dw

In this 100th podcast episode (Gold episode) of The Tech'o'Space Podcast, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Dr. Hasan Avcu. MD who is the Managing Director of Tesu Health company. He is based out of Cambridge, United Kingdom a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the Healthcare-Tech industry.b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Managing Director for his company "Tesu Health".c) Gives an overview of what his company "Tesu Health" is all about to the listeners across the world and also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of his company.d) Gives an insight into him having a proven track record in KOL engagement, compliance and medical strategy for successful product launches across multiple therapy areas.e) Shares his experience of securing an R and D grant from the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council and also leading the first Turkish Ministry of Health-approved clinical trial for a DTx to the listeners across the worldf) Having worked in the Turkish Healthcare-Tech Industry, mentions about his inclination to migrate to the UK.g) Being a Health-Tech Entrepreneur with respect to his company "Tesu Health", talks about the regions he is currently focused on.h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his HealthCare - IT industry that he would like to share in this podcast session.I) Predicts on the future of Digital Health.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Nelson Kulandairaj who is the Chief Digital Officer of CIEL HR company. He is based out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaa) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) In-detail mentions about his current job role.c) Talks about the unconventional choices made by him throughout his career.d) His take on the importance of Work-Life Balance in the IT industry.e) According to him, mentions about the need of having an AI stack more than the need of funding.f) For the department who are non-technical coming from the likes of Head - HR and Head Operations, suggests the ways they should identify, bring in, lead and adapt AI or technology interventions in their work.g) His take on the importance of AI Agentic Systems adapted for small, medium and large enterprises.h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Ikum Kandola who is the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company. He is based out of London, United Kingdoma) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company.c) Gives an insight into what his company TheAX.ai is all about to the listeners and, having said that shares an interesting back-story behind the inception of its creation.d) Mentions about the key learnings that he has grabbed while working for an MNC like PwC in the past, that has totally shaped your career.e) As a co-founder of TheAX.ai company, talks about the key industries/sectors and the regions/countries that he is currently focused on.f) Mentions about the reasons on why he thinks AI is affecting business which sell time, e.g. "they are moving to outcome based pricing".g) Sheds some spotlight into his company building the AI-Powered Platform for Productized Consulting and also talks about the types of AI it is currently focused on (Computer Vision or NLP or OCR or Speech Recognition or LLMs).h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Beth Lloyd who is the Director - Organisational Development, talent and learning of Aston University, UK. She is based out of Birmingham, United Kingdoma) Talks about the timeline of her journey in the Corporate industry and Higher Education Space.b) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by her in building performance and organization effectiveness through leadership, management and people development across the public and private sectors.c) Shares her experience of receiving a gold medal from the Staff Development Forum for the Women-Space Leadership Award and also a deep insight into the Women-Space Leadership Awardd) Talks about her roles and responsibilities of being the Director - Organizational Development, talent and learning at Aston University.e) Gives a spotlight into her passion about generating sustainable effective transformation through people with integrity, creativity and positivity.f) Gives an insight into her volunteering work pertaining to the likes of Fundraiser for Combat Stress: The Veterans'​ Mental Health Charity and Volunteer for National Trust.g) Shares few of her interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has come across in her entire journey that she would like to share in this podcast session.h) Her take on the importance of Women Leadership in the Corporate Industry and Higher Education space.i) Her view on why the representation of women in executive leadership roles remain disproportionately low and also mentions about the strategic actions that the organizations should take to accelerate gender equity at the top.j) As herself not being from a technical background, talks about the ways she leverages technology to enhance your role and drive impact and, conveys a piece of message/advice to the peers in her sector about embracing digital tools for organizational development.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Maurizio Cuna who is the Partner - Financial Services and Insurance of the Infosys Consulting company and the author of the book - "Beyond Slides". He is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.a) Gives a complete timeline of his journey in the IT space.b) In-depth, talks about his current roles and responsibilities as the Partner - Financial Services & Insurance Practice lead of the Infosys Consulting company.c) Sheds some spotlight into him being the Author of the Amazon's best-selling book "Beyond Slides" and having said that shares an interesting backstory associated with it.d) Shares his experience of advising global firms on core banking transformations, platform modernizations, large-scale digital programs, AI integration across continents like Europe, Asia, America, and Australia for the past 20 years.e) Mentions the key learnings that he has grabbed while being part of niche boutiques to global powerhouses and also partnering with some of the world's largest banks and insurers.f) Having travelled multiple countries and working in the Fintech and banking industry, talks about the key observations with respect to the workflows and the overall process there.g) Shares some of the interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his entire journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Marjolein Opsteegh who is the Senior Power BI consultant of the ilionx company, and she is based out of Papendrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands.a) Elaborates about who she is beyond her job titles where curiosity for her has always acted as a complete constant.b) Talks about her 35 years of journey in corporate and tech where she has experienced a huge growth by learning and getting hands-on with new technologies and skills.c) Though having transitioned from corporate roles to that of now being a Power BI Consultant at ilionx, on a modest note she still claims to be a learner despite such a huge rise in her journey.d) Mentions about why she perceives the Power BI dashboard to be a product rather than assuming it to be a UX and UI design in the first place.e) Her take on staying close to the end-user and, learning from the people she is building for and have collaborated with.f) Talks about working smarter with an AI like ChatGPT is not a shortcut but a learning pattern altogetherg) Her view on the notion of content creation in a fast-moving world.h) Sheds some spotlight into her tenure of Speaking, hosting & community building at different Tech events.I) Her take on the importance of Women in the IT industry.j) Gives an insight into her becoming a Microsoft MVP of Netherlands and highlights it is a next recognition of learning but not the end goal on the whole.k) Shares few of her interesting stories, lessons and conveys one clear message to the listeners across the world.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Vijay Poondy who is the Managing Director of the reputed MNC company Yexle Limited and he is based out of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about his inception behind the creation of Yexle Limited and also shares an interesting backstory associated with it.c) Provides an overview on the exponential business reach/growth in the recent times across the regions of US and Australia and across the globe alike and also talks about the key initiatives taken by him in achieving those ranks.d) Shares a few points about the recent acquisition of Yexle Limited by IGT Solutions.e) Post the acquisition by the MNC company "IGT solutions", mentions about Yexle's roadmap and, goals for the future and, ahead to further strengthen and, drive innovation and also deliver world-class customer experience and service.f) Talks about Yexle's differentiators in the market on the lines of capability, competency and trust.g) Going by Yexle's tagline “Innovation driven. Quality assured.”, mentions about his personal connect with it and the way he sees it come alive in Yexle’s work.h) The Host - Akhil Navuluri shares experience being part of Yexle Limited a years ago, a company where he began his IT career.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Antonio Ganzerli, who is the Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation Expert of Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Torino and author of the book "Sustainability is Digital" and he is based out of Turin, Piedmont, Italya) Gives an inception of his journey from research and engineering in IT space to management and governance in Corporate roles until lecturing for Business Schools.b) Gives an overview in particular of his roles and responsibilities in Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation based on his Corporate experiences.c) Sheds a spotlight into him being the pioneer in Digital Sustainability field and also the father of the concept "Sustainability BY and IN Digital".d) Provides an insight into his top-rated book "Sustainability is Digital" that is written in both Italian and, English and also shares an interesting backstory associated with its creation.e) Mentions about that talent of his into balancing multiple roles in multiple organizations - Innovation Manager, Sustainability Builder, Sustainability Community Member and Corporate Sustainability Manager acting as an inspirational roadmap for the listeners across the world.f) His take on the importance of Green Tech in the industry and also illustrates one of the real-life use case associated with it.g) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey, that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Ritesh Arora, who is the FS DCX- Low code No code and, AI leader of The Big Four Companies and he is based out of Kolkata, West Bengal, Indiaa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT space.b) According to him, justifies why will love and empathy continue to be the biggest reason that some teams scale up and some teams don'tc) Mentions out the reasons of why he wishes everyone enough rain/struggle in life.d) Gives an insight of working on the latest tech that will keep everyone in demand.e) Talks about the importance of having a right manager/mentor to guide an individual in the IT industry.f) Gives a spotlight into latest trend - "The Race with AI".g) According to the famous saying "Eating the big fish", mentions out why challenger brands can beat the bigger competition.h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey, that he would like to share in this podcast session.I) His take on the role of Autism Spectrum in the IT industry.j) His view on the talent of the women workforce in the IT industry.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Georgios Christou, PhD, who is the Founder and CEO of George Christou Research and Consulting company. He is based out of Nicosia, Cyprusa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT space.b) Talks about his source of inspiration and drive to start his company "George Christou Research and Consultancy" and also shares an interesting backstory behind its inception.c) As a founder and CEO of his company "George Christou Research and Consultancy", mentions about his key responsibilities and, also talks about the sector/industry he is currently eyeing on.d) Talks about his key learnings of being an eCREDO Chair Associate Professor of Computer Science for CIIM - Cyprus International Institute of Management a few years ago.e) Shares his experience of designing, building and deploying the infrastructure and front end of the electronic money services in the past, to the listeners around the world.f) Gives a spotlight into the plethora of his publications and collaboration with his fellow authors.g) His take on the growth of the IT industry in Cyprus.h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in the IT industry.I) His take on the impact of AI in the IT industry.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Helen Blaikie, who is the Chief Data & Analytics Officer of Aston University. She is based out of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdoma) Walks us through the key milestones in her journey into data and leadership.b) Shares her experience of being the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aston Universityc) Having led teams across finance, data, commercial and business development, talks about the reasons that has underpinned her success across such varied environments.d) Her philosophy when it comes to data strategy, governance, literacy and building a data culture.e) Mentions about the moment that has really sparked her passion for data.f) Having worked in both corporate and higher education, talks about the differences that she has seen in how organizations use data.g) Having recently attended the DataIQ World Congress, mentions about her biggest takeaways.h) Having spent her career in male-dominated industries, talks about how being a woman professional has shaped her leadership.I) Across all her transitions, mentions about the skills that has mattered the most to her in becoming an effective data leader.j) Having the research showing women applying differently for roles than men, talks about her take on confidence, recruitment and representation.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Sarah Kenyon, who is the Delivery Manager of Mantel Group company, and is also the Podcast Host of Data and Drams. She is based out of Brisbane, Queensland, Australiaa) Gives a timeline of her journey in the IT space.b) Provides an overview on her roles and responsibilities of being the Delivery Manager of the Mantel Group companyc) From a podcaster to another podcaster, talks about her drive and inspiration to start her own podcast initiative "Data and Drams" and also shares an interesting backstory associated with it.d) Gives an insight into the projects that she was part of "FRT Proof of Concept" and "Data Acceleration Program" to the listeners around the world.e) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by her in successfully delivering multi-million dollar projects across diverse industries including the likes of education, healthcare, digital experience, retail, wagering, and insurancef) Talks about her expertise being part of different volunteering initiatives pertaining to "Cyber Security Champions of Tomorrow", "Last Conference", "Women in Digital" and "BeerOps" in the past, acting as an inspiration for the listenersg) Shares few of her interesting anecdotes and success stories that she has experienced in her IT journey that she would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Kim King, who is the Owner and Senior ITSM / ITIL Consultant of CAKE IT Consulting company and is also the author of the book "Rid the Rot: The Fixer’s Guide to ITSM Health". She is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada a) Gives a timeline of her journey in the IT space.b) Sheds some spotlight into her being the Owner and Senior ITSM / ITIL Consultant for her company "CAKE IT Consulting".c) Gives an overview of what her company "CAKE IT Consulting" is to the listeners and, which sector/industry and regions it is currently focused on.d) Provides an insight into her recently released book "Rid the Rot: The Fixer's Guide to ITSM Health" and having said that also shares an interesting back-story associated with respect to the creation of her book.e) Having worked 25 years overall in managed services with respect IBM - Kyndryl, mentions her key learnings that she has grabbed and the way it has shaped her career.f) Shares her experience of helping the companies and business integrating the human side, the broken processes, the stalled initiatives and the tools as well.g) Shares few of her interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has experienced in her entire journey with the listeners around the world.

In this continuation episode of our previous rendezvous with Mr. Till Kamppeter, the Co-Founder and Organization Lead, Co-Founder and Project Lead of OpenPrinting organization and Co-Founder and Organization Lead of OpportunityOpenSource initiative, who is based out of Vienna, Austria. Till:a) Gives an insight into his involvement with "The Linux Foundation".b) His take on the importance of Linux in the European Union.c) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey.Related links for the show notes -- OpenPrintingWeb: https://www.openprinting.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openprinting/posts/Mastodon: https://ubuntu.social/tags/OpenPrintingTelegram: https://t.me/+RizBbjXz4uU2ZWM1GitHub: https://github.com/openprintingMore contacts: https://openprinting.github.io/contact/About us: https://openprinting.github.io/about-us/- OpenPrinting NewsNews, events, releases:https://openprinting.github.io/news/What we have done:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-The-amazing-work-is-going-on/Recovering from the layoff:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Sovereign-Tech-Agency-is-investing-in-OpenPrinting/- Google Summer of Code 2025Project ideas posted:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Project-Ideas-List-posted/Project work has started:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Contributors-selected-and-projects-started/Work is going on:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-The-amazing-work-is-going-on/Successfully concluded:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Our-most-successful-one/Older GSoC news on https://openprinting.github.io/news/- Opportunity Open Source conferences in IndiaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/opportunityopensource/posts/Opportunity Open Source 1.0 (2023) in the IIT Mandihttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-September-2023/#opportunitiy-open-source-in-the-iit-mandi-indiaOpportunity Open Source 2.0 (2024) in the IIT Kanpurhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-August-2024/#opportunity-open-source-in-iit-kanpurOpportunity Open Source 3.0 (2025) in the IIT Kanpurhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Opportunity-Open-Source-3.0-in-the-IIT-Kanpur,-India/- Till in videos and podcastsTech over Tea: Till Kamppeter about everything OpenPrinting, the layoff, and howhe is recoveringhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Tech-over-Tea-300-Brodie-interviews-Till-Kamppeter/Destination Linux: Till Kamppeter and Michael Sweet about the history ofOpenPrintinghttps://youtu.be/CLEMiM0L2JkUbuntu Indaba: Till Kamppeter and Michael Sweet about the New Architecturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P22DOu_ahBoUbuntu Office Hours: Till Kamppeter and Aveek Basu about the Google Summer of Codehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diB3wm4HB1YUbuntu Summit 2022: Till Kamppeter hosting an OpenPrinting panel with ZdenekDohnal, Johannes Meixner, Aveek Basu, and Deepak Patankarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbgXmDjxYa4Ask Noah: Till Kamppeter on how OpenPrinting improved printing with Linux/Unixhttps://podcast.asknoahshow.com/368?t=2837Linux Saloon: Till Kamppeter about how he got Snap enthusiasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QKJH9tDjQOpenPrinting - We make printing just work! Till Kamppeter, FOSDEM 2024,Brussels, Belgiumhttps://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1930-openprinting-we-make-printing-just-work-/

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Till Kamppeter who is the Co-Founder and Organization Lead, Co-Founder and Project Lead of OpenPrinting organization and Co-Founder and Organization Lead of OpportunityOpenSource initiative and he is based out of Vienna, Austria a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT space.b) Sheds some spotlight into his other initiative "Opportunity Open Source" and its collaborations with different IITs, universities, colleges in India.c) Provides an overview about his organization "OpenPrinting" and also shares an interesting back-story associated with it.d) Mentions about his roles and responsibilities of being a co-founder and organization lead of OpenPrinting organization.Related links for the show notes OpenPrintingWeb: https://www.openprinting.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openprinting/posts/Mastodon: https://ubuntu.social/tags/OpenPrintingTelegram: https://t.me/+RizBbjXz4uU2ZWM1GitHub: https://github.com/openprintingMore contacts: https://openprinting.github.io/contact/About us: https://openprinting.github.io/about-us/- OpenPrinting NewsNews, events, releases:https://openprinting.github.io/news/What we have done:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-The-amazing-work-is-going-on/Recovering from the layoff:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Sovereign-Tech-Agency-is-investing-in-OpenPrinting/- Google Summer of Code 2025Project ideas posted:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Project-Ideas-List-posted/Project work has started:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Contributors-selected-and-projects-started/Work is going on:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-The-amazing-work-is-going-on/Successfully concluded:https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Google-Summer-of-Code-2025-Our-most-successful-one/Older GSoC news on https://openprinting.github.io/news/- Opportunity Open Source conferences in IndiaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/opportunityopensource/posts/Opportunity Open Source 1.0 (2023) in the IIT Mandihttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-September-2023/#opportunitiy-open-source-in-the-iit-mandi-indiaOpportunity Open Source 2.0 (2024) in the IIT Kanpurhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-August-2024/#opportunity-open-source-in-iit-kanpurOpportunity Open Source 3.0 (2025) in the IIT Kanpurhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Opportunity-Open-Source-3.0-in-the-IIT-Kanpur,-India/- Till in videos and podcastsTech over Tea: Till Kamppeter about everything OpenPrinting, the layoff, and howhe is recoveringhttps://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-Tech-over-Tea-300-Brodie-interviews-Till-Kamppeter/Destination Linux: Till Kamppeter and Michael Sweet about the history ofOpenPrintinghttps://youtu.be/CLEMiM0L2JkUbuntu Indaba: Till Kamppeter and Michael Sweet about the New Architecturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P22DOu_ahBoUbuntu Office Hours: Till Kamppeter and Aveek Basu about the Google Summer of Codehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diB3wm4HB1YUbuntu Summit 2022: Till Kamppeter hosting an OpenPrinting panel with ZdenekDohnal, Johannes Meixner, Aveek Basu, and Deepak Patankarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbgXmDjxYa4Ask Noah: Till Kamppeter on how OpenPrinting improved printing with Linux/Unixhttps://podcast.asknoahshow.com/368?t=2837Linux Saloon: Till Kamppeter about how he got Snap enthusiasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QKJH9tDjQOpenPrinting - We make printing just work! Till Kamppeter, FOSDEM 2024,Brussels, Belgiumhttps://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1930-openprinting-we-make-printing-just-work-/

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Graham Davis who is the Enterprise Architect of Practical Technology Solutions company and has also served in the Royal British Navy in the past, who is based out of Perth, Western Australia, Australia a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Enterprise Architect for the Practical Technology Solutions Pty Ltd companyc) Shares his experience of writing his first software program.d) Gives the listeners an in-depth insight into his new online courses for the architects around the worlde) His take on the common issues faced in the world of Enterprise Architecture.f) Shares few of the interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey through this podcast session.g) Gives an overview of him, creating three major capital projects and leading themh) Out of all the projects that he has worked for in the EA space, mentions about the project that he has enjoyed the most and about the project that he has found the most challenging.i) Talks about his transition from the space of the British Royal Navy to the Enterprise Architecture.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mrs. Lisa Gregg who is the Director of Business Transformation at the reputed and renowned Aston University, United Kingdom and she is based out of Birmingham, West Midlands Region, UKa) Gives a timeline of her journey in the Higher Education space.b) In-brief, talks about the roles and responsibilities of being the Director of Business Transformation at Aston Universityc) Talks about her expertise on the lines of cultural transformation, negotiation, inspiring leadership and collaborative style.d) Shares some of her interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has experienced, while having a demonstrated history of working in the higher education sector as an Experienced Chairperson.e) Reflects on the behavioral challenges in the project management space.f) Sheds some spotlight into the initiative "Inspire Aston Women", mainly for empowering women in the HE space.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Declan Goodman who is the Podcast and Masterclass Host of the initiative "Digital Mythology - From Myth to Modern Mastery", he has a huge plethora of experience in the IT industry and, is based out of Dublin, Irelanda) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Gives a complete storytelling on Digital Transformation.c) Provides an overview of his Digital Mythology podcast and, masterclass and also shares an interesting backstory associated with its creation.d) Provides an insight into his passion for storytelling and also talks about how ancient mythology has led him to help tech leaders better tell their story.e) Shares his experience of working with leaders and, teams to bring meaning and direction to complex journeys of transformation.f) Sheds some spotlight into his favorite quote “Myths are not just stories; they are the guiding patterns of our lives.” and also mentions about the way he applies it in the real-life use cases of the IT world.g) Narrates some interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has come across in his entire IT journey.h) Talks about that initiative of his, in asking people to share their stories of tech.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Ms. Polina Gritsay who is the Senior Business Analyst of The Big Four Companies and she is based out of London, United Kingdoma) Gives a timeline of her journey from the field of Law all the way to the IT industry.b) Talks about her passion towards the intersection of law, consulting and technology pertaining to her field of Tax Technology Consulting.c) Mentions about that focus of hers on leveraging digital transformation and tax analytics driving the business impact.d) Sheds some spotlight to the listeners of being the "Solve It Programme Winner 2023" and also talks about the "Women in Tech" initiative for her current company.e) Gives an insight into being the Lead Mentor and Judge at Debate Mate.f) Talks about her roles and responsibilities as being a Business Analyst at Chr. Hansen company a few years ago.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Peter Koslowski who is the Agentic AI GTM Leader of Nova Intelligence company and he is based out of San Francisco, California, USAa) Having witnessed the evolution of enterprise technology from on-premise ERP to cloud-native and now AI-driven systems, mentions about the defining shifts along that path and the way it has shaped his focus on AI-based modernization.b) For the listeners who are less familiar that “Clean Core” is about simplifying enterprise systems so they stay agile and upgradeable, talks about how is AI - and especially Agentic AI - helping organizations put that principle into practice at scale.c) Talks about many global consulting firms and cloud providers have been reinventing their delivery models around AI and, having said that how is this ecosystem evolving - and what’s enabling a better collaboration between vendors, GSIs, and enterprisesd) Having helped steer multiple innovation initiatives within the SAP community, mentions his learnings about leading transformation when technology moves faster than the organizations can adapt.e) Since many enterprises have been struggling to modernize decades of custom logic without losing the business context on that note, talks about the types of patterns or best practices that he has observed that others could apply when tackling the large-scale modernization.f) Amid the growing buzz around multi-agent AI systems, unpacks what they are and how they might change the way enterprise teams build, test, and govern mission-critical software - particularly in environments like SAP.g) Since he and his team have begun exploring Agentic AI for enterprise systems before it became a trend, identifies the gaps that he has seen in how the companies have approached modernization, and how did that insight evolve into what has become Nova Intelligence company.h) As AI has become more deeply embedded across enterprise systems, talks about the ways technology and business leaders focus on to ensure that they get real, sustainable value - in terms of data, skills, and culture - from this next wave.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Gerard Cuenca Ginesta who is the Data Manager of the leading and the reputed European Footballing Body "UEFA" and he is based out of Nyon, Vaud, Switzerlanda) Gives a timeline of his journey in the Data Space.b) Gives an overview of his roles and responsibilities of being the Data Manager for "UEFA".c) Provides an insight into his experience of working for the reputed footballing body "UEFA" pertaining to the data space.d) His take on the role of Data analytics pertaining to world of Football.e) Mentions about the types of business intelligence tools that he prefers during the Data Visualization process mainly pertaining to the Football world and the reasons for using it.f) Shares few interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has come across during his time at "UEFA" till now.g) Gives a spotlight into him presenting on the behalf of "UEFA" at the Dataiku Summit in Zurich, which is vital for the Swiss data community to the listeners around the world.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Rodrigo Santos who is the Director, Solutions Consulting of Appian company and he is based out of Miami, Florida, USAa) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Gives an in-depth insight into being the Director, Solutions Consulting of Appian company.c) Gives a spotlight into his passion of Empowering Appian Partners to achieve transformative business outcomes and along with that the key learnings that he has grabbed being part of this entire process.d) His take on the role of low-code/no-code technologies and how has it evolved over the years.e) Talks about his expertise and proficiency pertaining to the likes of Appian, Business Strategy, Solutions Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technical Pre-sales.f) Narrates the story behind AI in the Process Workshop Initiative - "How to educate people around AI and how to apply it".g) Narrates his experience of presenting the "Appian Around The World Event- Mexico City" and he also shares the fun moments of the entire event with the listeners around the world.h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share with the listeners in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Daniel Melin who is the Business development and strategy of Safespring company and he is based out of Stockholm, Sweden : a) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Briefs about his roles and responsibilities as the Business Development and Strategist in the Safespring company.c) Shares his experience as being the Cloud and Datacenter Strategist in his previous tenure at the Tax Agency.d) His take on the intersection between geopolitics and IT.e) Explains about what is EuroStack, the reasons why Europe is getting inspired from India and also mentions about how he first got involved into this initiative.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Abolfazl Marzban who is the Microsoft Security and Azure Technical Consultant of Quadbridge Inc. company and he is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : a) Gives a complete timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as the L2 Systems Engineer for the Quadbridge Inc. company.c) Talks about his proficiency and expertise on the lines of Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Architecture, Solution Architecture and System Administration.d) Shares his experience with the listeners of being part of the Iranian IT industry and also highlights the key cultural differences that he has found with respect to that of the Canadian IT scene.e) Gives an insight into his rendezvous with the Microsoft Azure Ecosystem and the groundwork he has done with respect to the certifications pertaining to Microsoft.f) Explains and emphasizes the terms of Vue.js, Node.js, Express.js, Nuxt.js, REST APIs pertaining to Full Stack Development in simple words to the listeners around the world.g) His take on the technical consultancy with respect to the Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Security.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Jonathan Aston who is the Senior Data Scientist - Senior Managing Consultant of Capgemini Invent company and he is based out of Oslo, Norway: a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities as the Senior Data Scientist for his company "Capgemini Invent".c) Gives a walkthrough with respect to his overall expertise on the Data Science space.d) His insight on the role of Data Science in the Norwegian Market.e) Mentions about his source of drive, inspiration and passion to become a Data Scientist and also shares an interesting anecdote associated with it.f) Having worked in the fields of Medicine, Insurance and IT sector, talks about the fundamental differences that he has observed with respect to the data analytics and data science there.g) Shares few of his interesting success stories that he has come across in his entire journey.h) His view on the future of AI as a practical use case.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Luis Allegretti who is the Technology Operations Manager of Choice Properties company and he is based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada: a) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Gives an overview of him being the Senior Manager Information Technology in your previous tenure for the listeners across the world.c) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by him in managing migration from on-premises to Microsoft 365, enhancing collaboration and security and, also Leading vendor negotiations and cutting the software license(s) by 60%.d) Shares his experience of him being an IT Professional" working in the "Telecommunications sector.e) His take on the importance of Business Continuity and Cloud Security in the Canadian IT industry.f) Sheds some spotlight into being the Technical Editor for Coriolis and New Riders publications, having said that talks about his source of inspiration and drive to pursue into itg) Shares few interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey, which he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mrs. Yana Martens who is the Talent and Community Lead of "IT Career in Australia" initiative and she is based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: a) Talks about her inspiration and drive to start her own YouTube channel "IT Career in Australia" focusing on the likes of community building and livestream hosting.b) Mentions about her roles and responsibilities as a Talent and Community Lead for her company "FromHereOn".c) In her experience, talks about the effectiveness of networking for one's growth in the Tech Career.d) Her take on blending the nuances of talent acquisition with that of marketing.e) Gives the audience the three networking tips in the IT industry.f) Gives a deep insight for the listeners of her weekly hosting live discussions focusing on IT careers in Australia and also the USP of her YouTube channel "IT Careers in Australia".g) Shares one of the interesting backstory and anecdote that has led to her starting the Tech Walk initiative in Australia.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Jacek Brzeziński who is the Associate Director, Account Management Partner, EMEA of Kyndryl company and he is based out of Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Polanda) Gives a timeline of your journey in the IT industry.b) Share his experience of working as an application designer in the Poznan University of Technology years agoc) As a head of IT Infrastructure Department for a reputed tyre manufacturing company in the past, mentions about the key differences he has observed in the IT department there.d) Gives an insight into him being the Associate Director, Account Management Partner, EMEA for the company "Kyndryl”.e) Given his experience in established corporation with stable business model talks about how easy or hard did he find it to enable exploration path to build innovative products.f) Sheds some spotlight into the project that he was part of the "Reworking the Strategy" and mentions about his take on the growth of the IT industry in Poland with respect to the skill set.g) Talks about his expertise on the lines of Cloud FinOps, Strategy Consulting, Data Modelling and Engineering Management, and the number of certifications that he has been awarded with.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Steve Maxwell who is the Resident Tech Leader of The Curious Mindset powered by 64TEQ® company and he is based out of Bristol, United Kingdoma) Gives a complete timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Being part of the financial services, working with organizations from the likes of startups to large corporates like Lloyds Banking Group, mentions about his contributions to those organizations driving digital transformation across on-prem, native cloud, and hybrid environments.c) Gives an insight into his perception of being a people-first technology leader and talks about how that has helped him deliver complex, high-impact projects across IT Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Programme Management.d) Mentions about his inspiration and drive to offer IT services for all businesses ranging from the likes of small businesses to large firms.e) Sheds some spotlight into his tenure of being the Resident Tech Leader for his company The Curious Mindset Powered by 64TEQ.f) Illustrates in detail about his leadership philosophy of "great leaders growing new leaders".g) Shares one of his success story/anecdotes that he has experienced in his entire IT tenure.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mrs. Eva Olsson who is a reputed Service Ux Designer, Researcher, and Consultant Working Across Human‑centered Services and Emerging Ai Workflows and she is based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaa) Talks about the entire timeline of her journey in the IT industry.b) As a Service Design and UX Professional, mentions about the key differences that she has found with respect to its implementation in the Telecommunications, IT, insurance, energy, finance and government sectors.c) Talks about her inspiration and drive to combine the Human-Centered Design with advanced data and AI technologies thereby crafting impactful and intuitive user experiences.d) Gives an insight into her expertise spanning across the areas of design research, journey mapping, ideation facilitation, prototyping and the stakeholder engagemente) Mentions about her key learnings that she has grabbed while collaborating with the data professionals and AI experts.f) Gives a complete overview of the Service Design Social events that she has attended to the listeners and also gives an understanding on what exactly it is.g) For the listeners who are aspiring to pursue into the Service Design or UX or Human-Centered Design space, mentions about the tools that she would like to recommend them to start with.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Richard Clark who is the Analyst of Keenan Vision company having 40 years of experience in the IT space, is based out of Bexhill, East Sussex, UKa) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Gives an insight into his tenure of being the VP EMEA Alliances and Success in his previous company.c) In-depth, talks about his prime expertise in the areas of CRM, SDLC, Solution Architecture, Salesforce.com and Technology Pre-Sales.d) As an experienced CXO leader, mentions about his vision on the importance of Salesforce.com in the UK region.e) Discusses the key challenges that he has faced in delivering digital transformation solutions through SIs, ISVs and end customers and also highlights the key differences that he has faced working across each area.f) Sheds a spotlight into being the co-organizer of London & Sussex Salesforce Community groups to the listeners around the world.g) Mentions about his roadmap and groundwork into being the 15 x Salesforce Certified, published 4 x OEM Apps and 10 x AppExchange Apps.h) Provides an insight about his initiative "Beerforce UK" and also talks about the inspiration behind starting it.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Christopher Carter who is the Chairman and CEO of Approyo, Inc. company and Author of the four-times best-selling book on Amazon "Mastering SAP", is based out of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USAa) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry and the corporate industry.b) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by him spending most of his days helping businesses to migrate to SAP or upgrade to S/4, often with the sustainability as a core objective.c) According to his experience, mentions about the reasons the real businesses scale and innovate while keeping costs and the environmental impacts in-check.d) Talks about his reaction when he was named as the founder of “Best SAP companies to work with” by Phillipe Chaudron of KPMG and also being named as one of America's Top 10 Industry Influencers by the MirrorReview.e) Mentions about his drive and inspiration to write his book "Mastering SAP", a four times best-selling novel on Amazon and narrates an interesting anecdote and backstory linked with it.f) Gives an insight into his enthusiasm of helping tech leaders and guiding companies from more than 55 industries.g) His view on how the SAP, Cloud AI, Security and Oracle connect dots with each other and the industry/sector that SAP is the need of the hour for.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Declan Hamilton who is the Director of Learn. Inspire. Deliver. (LID) company, is based out of Daventry, United Kingdoma) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Mentions about his source of inspiration and drive to start his initiative "Learn. Inspire. Deliver." (LID) and also talks about the interesting backstory associated with it.c) Provide an insight about what his initiative "Learn. Inspire. Deliver." is all about to the listeners.d) Having a background in Data Processing Management and being a System Team Leader years ago, talks about his jump to transition into the ITSM space.e) Being a consultant in the ITSM space, compares the differences between the ITSM scene in an MNC to that of a start-up in the UK region.f) Mentions about his core responsibilities as the Director of his initiative "Learn. Inspire. Deliver." (LID) and also as a Senior Consultant in his previous tenure.g) Having recently got a certification "XLA Institute Foundation" from the APMG foundation, gives the listeners an insight into what exactly it is.h) His take on Inverting the pyramid with respect to your initiative "Learn. Inspire. Deliver." (LID).

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. Rik Marselis who is the Principal Quality Consultant of Sogeti Nederland B.V and the Chairman of TMAP Special Interest Group who is based out of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlandsa) Talks about the inception of his journey in the IT industry.b) Mentions about his roles and responsibilities as the Principal Quality Consultant at Sogeti Nederland B.V.c) Shares his experience of starting out as a Junior COBOL Programmer exactly 45 years ago and also working with the IBM 8100 computer even before the introduction of personal computers, to the listeners around the world.d) In-depth, mentions about the backstory that led to the creation of an approach by him and his colleagues similar to today's Agile methodology and, talks about his immediate reaction when the Agile methodology was actually coined and used on a commercial note.e) Gives an insight into being the Chairman of TMAP Special Interest Group for TMAP and the World of Quality Engineering.f) His take on the importance of Quality Engineering and Testing for the DevOps culture.g) Talks about his drive and inspiration that pursued him towards public speaking and shares few interesting success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and connect with Mr. John P. Carter, Ph.D., P.E. who is a Certified Executive Business Coach, Founder of CoreX. LLC and a reputed former Nuclear Submarine Captain of the US Navy who is based out of Idaho Falls, Idaho, United Statesa) Talks about the timeline of his journey from commanding nuclear submarines to now serving on boards and leading his own business.b) Mentions about the key takeaways along that journey of his that has made his Executive Coaching business unique and world-class.c) As a president and Founder of CoreX, gives a walkthrough of his ideal clients and the unique services he has provided them.d) Having a deep portfolio in Leadership, Business, and Engineering technology, talks about his experiences in these areas that has given him to making his business successful.e) Having a passion of summiting mountains in his spare time, gives a walkthrough of his bestselling book entitled “Sherpa Trails, sharing his feeling of being awarded as the best-selling author and also mentions about the mountains he is summiting and the book, he is writing next in the future to the listeners around the world.f) Talks about the actionable leadership strategies that has made him successful as a Nuclear Submarine Captain and a leader of developing Advanced Energy technologies and Research R&D teams. Having said that also mentions about the way he manages to bring this all together for his coaching clients.g) Having part-time roles as a strategic advisor for a US National Laboratory, a senior AI engineer for a prominent silicon-valley AI developer, a board chair for a non-profit, and an adjunct faculty at a State University, shares his insights about these roles and the way they have contributed to the success of his business.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Bartosz Cybulski who is into Communications Projects for a leading government firm of Australia, who is based out of Perth, Western Australia, Australiaa) Talks about his past tenure, as a Communication Professional with a perspective on the concept of AI.b) Mentions about the inception and his inclination in the Digital Communication and Media space.c) His take on linking the excellence of marketing with human psychology, positive habits, emotional communication thereby cultivating stakeholder relationships with an AI point of view.d) Talks about his insight into the importance of leadership in advertising, communication, marketing and team work complimented with the nuances of AI.e) Mentions about his enthusiasm and passion towards the nuances of tech on the whole and also narrates an interesting backstory associated with it.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Michael D. Stark who is the Enterprise Architect of Tower Insurance company and Author of the book "Surviving Strategy and Architecture" respectively who is based out of Christchurch, South Island, New Zealanda) Talks about the inception of your journey in the IT industryb) Mentions about his inspiration and source of drive to publish his book "Surviving Strategy and Architecture".c) Gives an in-depth analysis of his book chapter "Understanding Impermanence".d) In detail talks about the two chapters that caught the eyes of the host "Big Short Movie - Abstraction and Data" and, "dark side of removing complexity" and also its application in the IT field.e) Going by his blog talks about getting the thought of linking Enterprise Architecture with Philosophy and also gives an in-depth insight on Wu Wei - effortless action for EA.f) In his experience, mentions about his perspective of combining people in the Tech space with that of the worlds of architecture and strategy.g) Talks about the mission of his as an Enterprise Architect in Tower Insurance and the IT industry as a whole setting a positive pulse.h) His take on the diversity of thought in the IT industry.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Gaël DUEZ who is the Tech Sustainability Strategist, and Podcaster and Community Builder of a reputed Information Technology and Services company and Green IO respectively who is based out of Saint-Denis, Réunion, Francea) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.b) Talks about the actionable strategies taken by him to help the Tech companies and their teams deploying sustainability strategies aligning with the Paris Agreement thereby leveraging Digital Tech in a responsible way.c) His take on the importance of Green IT and building greener digital products in the further run.d) Talks about the backstory behind the creation of your podcast initiative "Green IO"e) Sheds some spotlight into the certifications that he has been awarded with and the importance of each of them to the listenersf) Mentions about the types of back-end technologies and frameworks that are instrumental in the Green IT space.g) Shares an insight into his tenure as a Tech Sustainability Strategist along with his success stories in the Green IT field.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Eric Jager who is the Enterprise Architect of Royal Visio company and Author of "Getting Started with Enterprise Architecture" and "Mastering the TOGAF Standard" books respectively based out of Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands.a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the architecture industry.b) Talks about the backstory related to the inception of his two books "𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲" and "𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗔𝗙 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱" respectively.c) Gives an overview of his creation the "Enterprise Architecture Implementation Wheel" to the listeners around the world.d) Since the books have been very well received by the practitioners, mentions about the things that has contributed to its popularity.e) His take on the strategic aspects of the Enterprise Architecture space.f) Gives a walk-through his lecturing stint at the Eindhoven University of Technology and also an insight into speaking at various conferences and seminars.g) Mentions out the names of his mentors and colleagues, who have had a huge influence in his architecture journey.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mr. Rafsan Huseynov who is the AI Solutions Architect of SHI International Corp. who is based out of Washington DC-Baltimore Area, USAa) His take on the Microsoft Power Platform.b) As a Solutions Architect at SHI International Corp., talks about the key initiatives taken by him to build AI Agents, extending Copilot Studio with Azure AI Foundry and frameworks for AI governance.c) Shares his experience of working as an Adjunct Professor, Power Apps for Project Management and Global Program Manager, Power Platform University Hub.d) Mentions about his key learnings working as a Solutions Architect and Business Analyst in the past, having said that talks about the observation of any similarities or a joining curve between both of these roles.e) Gives an insight on his expertise into integrating the two worlds Co-Pilot and the Snowflake Cortex and mentions about the backstory behind conceiving such a creative idea.f) Talks about the inspiration and drive of his to start his own YouTube channel.

In this podcast episode we interact and connect with Mrs. Rina Brahmbhatt - Barot who is ITSM Leader | Educator | Author of Matvaa Consulting Company and 24 Trainings Company respectively, and Podcast Host of ServiceNotes Podcast based out of New York City, New York, United Statesa) Talks about her 20-year journey in the IT industry.b) In-depth, talks about her expertise on the lines of Program Management, IT Service Management and Enterprise Management.c) Gives an insight on being an award-winning expert in UX Design for the IT Servicesd) Mentions about her passion towards coaching teams, mentoring future leaders, fostering a culture of service excellence at every level of the organization.e) Her foraying into the freelance consulting, internship leadership roles and strategic advisory projects and having said that her your take on the same.f) Sheds some spotlight for the listeners on the book written by her "The ITSM Playbook".