Podcasts about 3pillar

We all feel it.  We all know it's there, but we often gloss over the tension that exists between payers and providers.  That's why we were excited to sit down with Steve Rowe, Healthcare Industry Lead at 3Pillar, to talk about this topic head on.  As a product development partner for both payers and providers, 3Pillar's Steve Rowe has a front row seat to what he appropriately describes as a natural tension that exists.  The reality is that health systems' revenues are the payers' expenses and that creates tension.  However, that is just the surface level description of why there is tension between payers and providers. Check out our video discussion with Rowe to learn more of the nuance around the tension between payers and providers, what can be done about it, and other ways payers and providers can create great experiences for their patients and members. Learn about 3Pillar: https://www.3pillarglobal.com/industries/healthcare/ Health IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

As a leader in your organization, you need to understand a simple point: AI can exponentially enhance operationall efficiency which, in turn, will boost productivity, increase profits, and foster innovation.  If you're not sure how to get started in using AI within your own company, then this is the episode for you. Knownwell's Courtney Baker, David DeWolf, and Mohan Rao talk about how AI can be the ultimate multiplier in your organization. They also reflect on how we can apply the lessons of past technological revolutions to this moment.  After that, Pete Buer speaks with 3Pillar's Pankaj Chawla about the difference between "everyday" AI and "game-changing" AI. Pankaj provides practical advice for businesses embarking on their AI journey, emphasizing the importance of starting with manageable projects and developing a robust data infrastructure. And, of course, we've got the latest in AI Business news with Courtney and Pete. This week they explore what Google's newly-rebranded Gemini means for the AI space and Pete hands out some awards for his favorite AI-themed Super Bowl commercials. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/piJ9MrxFLfk  Sign up for the Knownwell Client Intelligence beta waitlist at https://knownwell.com/client-intelligence/ AI Knowhow is brought to you by the team at Knownwell.

David DeWolf is the Founder & CEO of Knownwell. David founded and served as CEO of 3Pillar Global, a digital product development organization that grew every year under his leadership. 3Pillar was named on the Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, ten separate times. David oversaw the company's sale to private equity companies while he served as CEO, twice. David is an angel investor, backing companies and leaders who have visions for companies that can change the world. He's also an active and sought-after board member for high-growth tech companies, and is currently a board member for 2X, Capango, and his alma mater, the Franciscan University of Steubenville. When not building or investing in technology companies, David enjoys traveling and spending quality time with his wife, Teresa, and their 8 children.     What You'll Learn ●      How AI can be used to improve the workspace. ●      How to balance the fear and embracing of AI. ●      How to leverage AI to make better decisions. ●      How to get AI to ‘listen in' to the bigger picture.   Timestamps ·       [04:31] Getting into the AI space. ·       [12:13] The democratization of AI. ·       [17:49] An AI use case. ·       [21:37] Finding balance. ·       [29:25] Leveraging AI to make decisions. ·       [34:20] Getting AI to ‘listen in' to the bigger picture. ·       [40:34] David's advice.   Memorable Quotes ·       “Artificial intelligence is the biggest, most powerful invention that has ever hit us as humanity.” - David DeWolf [06:07] ·       “More than anything, jobs are going to change.” – David DeWolf [28:57]   Websites David DeWolf. daviddewolf.com. knownwell.com.

On this episode of The Innovation Engine, we explore the fascinating world of applied innovation and the critical process of testing the commercial viability of ideas. Join us as we speak with Michael Rabjohns, Global Head of User Experience Research and Design at 3Pillar, and Steven Cooper, a Lead UX Designer in Michael's group. Both bring extensive experience in the digital product space. Between them, they have worked with household names like Marriott, Calvin Klein, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Google. Alongside host Scott Varho, they share their unique insights and valuable advice on navigating the complex landscape of innovation and product development. Listen to the full conversation to hear about the importance of understanding users and their needs, the role of execution and the necessity of pivoting or persevering based on user feedback, and various tools and techniques for user research and testing. We also discuss the challenges of communicating with stakeholders, creating safe spaces for unbiased research, and the benefits of using low-fidelity prototypes in the early stages of development. Don't miss this engaging discussion packed with practical knowledge and valuable insights for product developers at any stage of their innovation journey. Resources: View the webinar slides and resources: On-Demand Webinar Key takeaways from the webinar: How to Test the Commercial Viability of an Idea Connect with Michael Rabjohns on LinkedIn Connect with Steven Cooper on LinkedIn Connect with Scott Varho on LinkedIn Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com Produced by Nova Media

What separates the most successful product companies in the world — Apple, Amazon, Google —from everyone else? It's a question Marty Cagan has spent the better part of his career exploring, writing about, and seeking to answer. At least part of the answer lies in the fact that many of these highly successful companies follow a model where product teams are empowered to solve problems and deliver outcomes rather than accept requirements and deliver outputs.  Marty Cagan joins us to discuss the many ways empowered product teams can drive value and growth for companies if only they're allowed to. Marty is a renowned product leader, founder, and partner at the Silicon Valley Product Group. He's the author of two influential books, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products and Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love. Marty has been a prominent figure in Silicon Valley for years, having previously worked at eBay, Netscape, and Hewlett-Packard. Over the past two decades as the founder of Silicon Valley Product Group, Marty has provided consultancy for several significant technology products and established himself as a leading advocate for building customer-centric, product-focused organizations.   Resources: Learn more at svpg.com See examples of product visions for companies like Airbnb, Apple, Asana, Dropbox, Hubspot, and SpaceX on the SVPG site Read Empowered Read Inspired Connect with Marty Cagan on LinkedIn Follow Marty Cagan on Twitter Learn more and get the full show notes on the 3Pillar website  

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with David DeWolf. David DeWolf is the Founder, President, and CEO of 3Pillar Global, a digital product development services organization building breakthrough software products that power digital businesses. He is also an Amazon best-selling author of The Product Mindset: Succeed in the Digital Economy by Changing the Way Your Organization Thinks. David DeWolf's leadership at 3Pillar has been honored by numerous awards, including The Software Report's Top 50 Tech Services CEOs, SmartCEO Magazine's Future 50, Washington DC's 40 Under 40, and Virginia's Fantastic 50. In this conversation, David DeWolf shares why he decided to start 3Pillar Global and how he has continued to grow as a CEO as the organization has grown. He also shares the principled leadership practices which have helped the organization stay aligned over the years. Finally, David DeWolf talks about the challenges and opportunities as organizations navigate the changing landscape of work and collaboration.Connect with David DeWolfDavid DeWolf WebsiteDavid DeWolf on LinkedIn The Evolving Leader Podcast 3Pillar Global Website Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:Mahan Tavakoli Website Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn More information and resources are available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website:https://www.partneringleadership.com/

Sejal Amin is the newly-named Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock where she has a broad mandate to drive Shutterstock's digital transformation into a full-service creative platform for hundreds of thousands of creative professionals around the world. She talks with 3Pillar's Scott Varho and Elisabeth Beller about moving from software project to product on this episode of The Innovation Engine. Tune in to the full conversation to hear how Shutterstock is making the leap from project to product, what a value stream is and how to manage it within a company, and why using a body of metrics is vital to drive decision-making during digital transformation.   Resources: Connect with Sejal on LinkedIn Read: Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim Read: Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework by Mik Kersten Read: Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility by Jonathan Smart If you have any feedback about the podcast or guests you'd like to hear interviewed, send your suggestions to info@3pillarglobal.com.   Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

For the final episode of season 1, we look back at some of the common threads and leadership themes that we heard from numerous guests over the course of the season. Among those were the importance of: People. Effective leaders truly care about investing in and developing the individuals and teams that they lead. They don't see them as cogs in the machine, or assets that can be easily replaced. Humility. As David recounts from the leadership classic Good to Great, the difference between level 4 and level 5 leaders is humility. The best leaders know that it's not all about them, and they think and act accordingly. Being coachable. It can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking you have all the answers or don't need any help when you're put in a position of leadership. For leaders to continually evolve, they must also find ways to get feedback and work on their own weaknesses. We also ask David to look into his crystal ball to see where he thinks he (and 3Pillar) will be in 5 years. The answer? Tune in to find out... You can also watch the https://youtu.be/CquPiS12dn8 (full interview of episode 10 on YouTube).

Diversity — of thought, experience, and opinion — ultimately forges stronger leadership teams and companies. Tune in to this episode to hear: Why it's always good to have tension between visionary leaders and operational experts who will be responsible for helping bring the vision to life How The Product Mindset went from an idea David had for a book one night at 2 AM to a reality, complete with a stage appearance at CES, a traveling breakfast series, and a series of workshops Why the 3Pillar value of "open collaboration" doesn't equate to blanket agreement on everything, and a healthy amount of debate is actually good David DeWolf talks with Heather Combs to unpack these topics and more. Heather served in several C-level roles over the course of 5 years at 3Pillar before recently departing to become CEO of https://www.straighterline.com/ (StraighterLine). StraighterLine is a student success and college readiness company focused on helping colleges and universities improve retention and admit more college-ready students.

Acquisitions are an important, potentially vital tool that evolving leaders may well need to use at some point in their leadership journey. Along with acquisitions, however, come an entirely new set of leadership challenges. Think of the acquisition as the wedding day, and "real life" as everything that follows. David DeWolf talks with Dan Henderson, 3Pillar Global's Head of Corporate Development and M&A, about how acquisitions can fuel a company's growth and what to look out for when considering acquisitions. Among the topics David and Dan discuss on this episode are why: You should never fall in love with the deal when looking at acquisition targets One criterion when considering acquisition targets should be the strength of the culture the leaders have created It has never been more true or applicable that the world is flat Leaders should look for complementary cultures that can mesh well with their company's existing culture Prior to 3Pillar, Dan's roles included serving as Investment Director at https://www.virginiaipc.org/vvp (CIT GAP Funds), where he managed a portfolio of investments in high-growth tech and life-sciences companies based in VA. The 26 companies in his portfolio represented hundreds of millions of dollars in combined enterprise value. You can watch the https://youtu.be/sYVfqELiSRg (full conversation with Dan Henderson on YouTube).

For any leader of a growing company, there comes a time when cultivating your culture through osmosis just doesn't cut it any more. Whether it's because you're adding more team members, expanding to new locations, or a combination of both, there will come a time when you have to be purposeful and intentional about what kind of culture you want your organization to have. David DeWolf and 3Pillar's Chief People Officer, Jamie Whitacre, discuss some of the ways they've worked to carefully craft and scale 3Pillar's culture as the company has grown to 2500 team members in 9 countries. Just a few of the topics David and Jamie cover are: Why ensuring there's a shared understanding of expectations throughout an organization is a must The importance of frequent communication that recognizes and rewards those who actively live your values How 3Pillar's attention to culture pre-pandemic has helped the company accelerate its growth trajectory during the pandemic David and Jamie also take time to discuss Jamie's own evolution as a leader. Today, she is 3Pillar Global's Chief People Officer. Twelve and a half years ago, she joined 3Pillar in an Accounting role as her first job out of James Madison. She quickly switched to Talent, and Jamie has repeatedly risen through the ranks at 3Pillar in no small part because she understands the important role culture plays in attracting and retaining some of the best talent in the world. You can watch the https://youtu.be/EZUms0NYG_E (full conversation with Jamie Whitacre on YouTube).

Jennifer Stanford joins David to talk about the necessity of leaders developing their own emotional intelligence. We discuss why self-awareness; authenticity and psychological safety; and a willingness to continually work on oneself are key cornerstones of development for anyone in a leadership position. For David, learning that authenticity was just as much a necessary character trait for leaders as charisma was an eye-opening realization. David and Jennifer mull over whether there is such a thing as a natural-born leader and discuss why true leadership means leading people up, down, and across, not just down. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferstanford/ (Jennifer) is famous within 3Pillar for her company's Identity Mapping and the 4 Ways assessment, which helps teams understand one another better, collaborate more effectively, and more rapidly develop the all-important dynamic of trust within teams. You can also https://youtu.be/krQy-VVKrlc (tune in to the full episode with Jennifer Stanford) on YouTube.

Bobby Christian joins us to continue our discussion on how and why your leadership focus and capabilities must adapt as your company moves through various phases of revenue growth. We learn in this episode that the entrepreneurial journey isn't always as rosy as it's portrayed to be. Early in 3Pillar's history, their largest client was acquired and ended their contract with 30 days' notice. Because the client was responsible for 50% of 3Pillar's revenue, David had to learn how to sell — and quickly. David and Bobby's early working relationship was solidified by their experience working together to land a new client that prepaid their SOW 6 hours before 3Pillar would've missed payroll. Tune in for some hard-earned wisdom from Bobby and David around the importance of cash flow, how to deal with the challenges of melding cultures after an acquisition, and learning to accept that people leaving your company, while difficult, can also present opportunities for growth. You can also tune in to https://youtu.be/YrtkB2GAudM (the full video of episode 3 on YouTube).

Bobby Christian, a serial entrepreneur and technology executive, joins David DeWolf for the first installment of a two-part conversation. They give listeners a look into the various phases of startup growth and the mindset shifts that are required for leaders to successfully navigate their companies through each phase. An email that Bobby sent David in 2012 outlining the various challenges startups and entrepreneurs face at a number of revenue phases sets the stage for the discussion and was one of the germinating ideas that helped spark the podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianbobby/ (Bobby) is the COO of https://www.deepwatch.com/ (Deepwatch), a company that provides early detection and response to cyber threats. He served as 3Pillar's Chief Growth Officer from 2009 to 2013, and he was an informal advisor to David in the very early days of 3Pillar. In an official capacity leading 3Pillar's sales organization, he helped the company grow from $5MM in annual revenue to $25MM. You can also tune in to the https://youtu.be/GfLxbKzvQo8 (full video of episode 2 on YouTube).

For the first episode of The Evolving Leader, 3Pillar Founder & CEO David DeWolf talks about his continual evolution in going from a software developer writing code 80 hours a week to a successful entrepreneur at the helm of a rapidly growing global company. David discusses how he's been able to make leadership leaps at various points along the way as he has guided the company 3Pillar through numerous growth phases. 3Pillar has grown from 6 team members in 2009 to around 2500 today. In setting the stage for the rest of season 1, David shares how impactful other people have been on him throughout his leadership journey, which was one of the things that gave him the impetus to start this podcast. He also talks about how discovering his true passion of building high-performing teams ended up changing the trajectory of not just his life but the lives of many others as well. You can also tune in to the https://youtu.be/FEFddOFn9Yo (full video of episode 1 on YouTube).

We've assembled some of the sharpest minds from 3Pillar Global for a discussion of everything to expect in the marketplace in 2022. What trends are we currently watching and what should we be looking out for as the year rolls on? Making up our panel are Scott Varho (Vice President of Product Development), Margaret Irons (Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications), Jamie Whitacre (Chief People Officer), and Kim Mirazimi (Senior Vice President of the Commercial Services Portfolio). Between them, you couldn't ask for a more qualified group to explore where we're headed. First, we look at the takeaways that leaders need to be aware of when it comes to product design and development. Then, we move into the three major differentiators of 3Pillar.  Other topics include working from home, how to get messaging effectively out into the marketplace, data collection, and the increasingly digital landscape businesses and their leaders must traverse on the way to employee wellness.    Resources: Scott Varho on LinkedIn Margaret Irons on LinkedIn Jamie Whitacre on LinkedIn Kim Mirazimi on LinkedIn   Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Heather Combs and Jennifer Ives were set up on a blind friend date 8 years ago and became fast friends who have now twice been colleagues. Today, they work as Chief Commercial Officer and SVP of Global Partnerships at 3Pillar. Through their EmpowerHER initiative, they are on a mission to "pave a path forward" for women leaders in the tech industry.Heather and Jennifer's four leadership principles are:Leading with empathyYou always have something to giveDon't compromise on principlesShow others how its doneThe Dreammakers enjoyed a  glass of wine while they talked: Lucien Crochet Croix du Roy Sancerre 2018. It's a beautiful, crisp wine that highlights the terroir and granite of the region. Better yet, there's a wonderful story behind it. Lucien Crochet brought together the estates of his father and father in law so it's a fusion of two different wineries and regions. Lucien was also a pioneer of bottling Sancerres and taking them to Paris.Other show notes:3Pillar Global - driving business outcomes through product developmentHeather's wake-up song is Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop the feeling; Jennifer's is anything by The Bleachers What Got You Here Won't Get you There is Heather's book recommendation for her 19-year-old-self; Jennifer recommends The Myth of the Nice GirlHeather recommends the Schramsberg Brut Rose 2017 to complement the cherry blossoms in full bloom; Jennifer's wine is Domaine Laporte Sancerre Le Rochoy. She could sip it on patios all year longFollow Neha on LinkedIn and @nehasfFollow Heather on LinkedIn and @heatherdcombsFollow Jennifer on LinkedIn and @iamJivesFollow @Contentstack

In this episode we talk with Margaret Irons, Vice President of Marketing at 3Pillar Global. Margaret is fresh off of her maternity leave - she came back to 3Pillar after a big round of investment, had hired several new folks in sales and marketing - and oh, by the way, a global pandemic - so we talk to her about how she’s settling in, her advice for young marketers, and how she’s prepping her team for riding the wave of intense growth.

In this week's episode we sit down with Heather Combs, CRO at 3Pillar Global. Heather was named Member of the Year by the Institute for Excellence in Sales (IES) in 2019 and is on the IES Executive Leadership Advisory Board. She has been named among the Top 25 Women Leaders in Tech Services and Consulting of 2019 by The Software Report, and has been published in Fox Business News. Show Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherdcombs/

On this special edition of the Innovation Engine Podcast, David DeWolf, Founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, and Jessica Hall, 3Pillar's Vice President of Product Strategy and Design, discuss their new book, The Product Mindset: Succeed in the Digital Economy by Changing the Way Your Organization Thinks.   During our discussion, we'll unpack the key characteristics of successful digital products and the three core principles that drive their creation: minimizing time to value, solving for need, and excelling at change. We'll also talk about the challenge of an antiquated IT mindset and how leaders can embrace company-wide thinking that leads to great products and thriving businesses.   We are also joined by Shawn DuBravac, Founder and President at Avrio Institute and author of the New York Times bestseller Digital Destiny, who will moderate the discussion.   Resources: Learn more about The Product Mindset at productmindset.com Connect with Shawn at shawndubravac.com Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate by Shawn DuBravac Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Heather Combs is the Chief Revenue Officer for 3Pillar Global, an Inc. 5000 developer of client-facing web and mobile applications. She oversees marketing, business development and operations for the nearly 1000-person multinational company, creating the revenue acceleration strategies that drive 3Pillar’s continued double-digit growth. Heather has been named one of Software Report’s Top Female Tech Services Leaders and Member of the Year by the Institute for Excellence in Sales.

David is the founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global. In this role he has guided 3Pillar to a leadership position within the Product Development Services sector, establishing 3Pillar as the go-to-innovator for content and data rich companies looking to grow revenue and customer engagement through digital revenue streams and software products. He is passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and principled leadership regularly on these topics at daviddewolf.com. He is an active member of the business and technology communities in Northern Virginia and is an Active Angel investor. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Franciscan University and as a director of a handful of technology startups. Learn more at http://daviddewolf.com/ Specialties: Technology Startups, High Growth Companies, Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning, Strategic Initiatives, Business Development

On this episode of The Innovation Engine, we discuss how to become an insights-driven business and how what we at 3Pillar call the Product Mindset can set you on the path to becoming one. Among the topics that we'll discuss are what it means to be insights-driven, the advantages that are inherent in focusing your efforts on driving business outcomes, and the (possibly surprisingly) role that is becoming the driving force behind this shift within organizations. Joining us on this episode to talk those topics and more is Tyler McDaniel, Vice President of Buyer Experience Analytics at Forrester. Tyler manages a team of product managers and analytics insights professionals who help Forrester clients understand technology adoption trends, buyer behavior, and customer journey information for purchases of products and services. Resources: Learn more at https://go.forrester.com/ Connect with Tyler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-mcdaniel-b53213/ Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

For this very special episode of The Innovation Engine, we talk about a new way of measuring podcast analytics that was recently unveiled by NPR called Remote Audio Data, or RAD for short. Among the topics we cover are why RAD was created, what the process was like for bringing it to life, and what comes next now that NPR is opening RAD up to the open source community. Stacey Goers, a Product Manager for Podcasts and Social at NPR, joins us to discuss those topics and more. For the last year, Stacey has been leading the team responsible for developing RAD. That meant working with a wide range of podcast publishers and media companies to determine what RAD should become. The media companies that support RAD and were instrumental in its development include Cadence13, Edison Research, ESPN, Google, iHeartMedia, Libsyn, The New York Times, New York Public Radio, Voxnest, and Wondery. There are also numerous organizations committed to using RAD, such as Acast, AdsWizz, Art19, AllSound, Blubrry Podcasting, Panoply, Omny Studio, Podtrac, PRI/PRX, RadioPublic, Triton Digital, WideOrbit, and Whooshkaa. Among the organizations responsible for helping bring RAD to life was 3Pillar. For more information on RAD, you can read this blog post Stacey wrote on NPR's website announcing RAD's release. Resources: Learn more at rad.npr.org Are you a podcaster? Start adding RAD tags at radeditor.io Check out the RAD code: https://github.com/npr Connect with Stacey: Twitter | LinkedIn Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Often when I interview companies, it's my first engagement with them. This interview was great fun, as I've had the pleasure of working with the company since the beginning of 2018. I interviewed David DeWolf, the founder and CEO of 3Pillar. 3Pillar helps companies build great software products that drive revenue. What makes 3Pillar unique in comparison to any other development warehouse is its product mindset. 3Pillar didn't evolve out of IT consulting and is focused on engineering excellence and value creation through software. In other words, if the product doesn't propel your business forward, they won't touch it. David started 3Pillar at the age of 26 and has since grown the organization to 1,000 employees across the globe. The company has hit the Inc. 5000 list for fastest growing companies 7 out of the last 8 years (no easy feat). The company builds customer-facing digital products for companies such as CarFax, PBS, Equinox, National Geographic, and many other industry leading clients. After a little more than a decade in business, David and 3Pillar have racked up dozens of awards, including Smart CEO Magazine's Future 50, the Washington DC 40 under 40, and Virginia's Fantastic 50. He's a board member, angel investor, and also a columnist for Fortune and Inc. Magazine. His insights on the digital economy, innovation, culture, and company growth have been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, PandoDaily, and ZDNet. What can you expect from this episode? The story of 3Pillar, David's thoughts on the future of product, discussion around key trends in technology, and advice for the future leaders of the world. Enjoy.

On this episode, David DeWolf and Jonathan Rivers join us to share an overview of all of the news that was fit to print at this year's Fortune BrainstormTech Conference. We discuss what the prevailing wisdom was in Aspen when it comes to artificial intelligence, how the gig economy is driving a wave of acquisitions and the two-way street of innovation some of those acquisitions have opened up, and what you can expect from an upcoming book called The Product Mindset.  David DeWolf, the Founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, lives at the intersection of business, technology, and leadership. After starting 3Pillar almost by accident at the age of 26, he has grown the company to nearly 1000 employees around the globe. 3Pillar has won numerous awards for rapid growth, including being recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. for seven of the last eight years. Jonathan Rivers is the CTO at 3Pillar. He leads our product and engineering teams, which include more than 750 software engineers, product consultants, product managers, quality assurance, and user experience professionals. Prior to joining 3Pillar, Jonathan was the interim CTO at Telegraph Media Group and served as its Director of Service Delivery and Operations. As Senior Director of Web Operations and Customer Support at PBS, Jonathan helped transform PBS into a digital leader. Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Artemio “Arty” Rivera, a former designer at 3Pillar Global and current UX Lead at Capital One as well as a leader at Design Thinking DC, joins me today to talk about the learning experiences that grew his career, his insights from applying design thinking, and much more.   When Arty was a child, he started sketching spaceships, aliens, and dresses. Later, as a teenager in 10th grade, he did a personal project in which he learned to make a website and got his first serious taste of technological design. In college at Stanford, he stumbled into the product design program at the d.school. Upon learning that he could do engineering and sketching in on major, he switched to studying product design.   After graduation, he found a job in DC working as a UX designer. In our conversation, you’ll learn about how the beginning of his career went, and some of the early challenges and achievements he experienced. His first lesson, he explains, is how hard it is to convince an organization that designers and developers need to meet with the people they’re creating software for.   Arty reveals in our conversation that if he could go back in time and give his younger self advice, it would be simply to “be more flexible.” When he first joined 3Pillar Global, he had a fixed idea of what design thinking should look like. Over time, he came to understand that it’s important to be conscious of how you apply the best practices to adapt to the client’s priorities and needs.   We’ll spend some time chatting about the incredible Meetup group Design Thinking DC (or DT:DC) and the Summer of Design, which was created by DT:DC members. Arty will also share his thoughts on key topics such as how to talk to community partners about getting involved with a design project, and what he would tell an organization hiring a designer or design firm for the first time. Tune in to learn all about this, and much more!   Learn More About Today’s Guest Artemio Rivera on LinkedIn @arty on Twitter   In This Episode [01:20] — Arty starts off the conversation by talking a bit about his background and his path to where he is now. [08:08] — Coming from his perspective, what were some of the early challenges that Arty had to wrestle with in his career? [10:21] — We hear about Camellia George, a fantastic manager who Arty had early in his career. [13:22] — Arty talks about how he grew as a designer from the point he has been describing. [16:00] — How did Arty see the shift in the perceived value of design? He answers, then talks about where he is now. [21:14] — Arty discusses the differences between the way he approaches design now and the way he did earlier in his career. [26:50] — We hear Arty’s thoughts on how to get the needed level of trust and access to sensitive conversations. [32:00] — What message would Arty send to his younger self in terms of what he should expect in terms of applying design, if he was able to? [34:23] — Arty goes into more depth about what Design Thinking DC is. He and Dawan then chat about how they met. [40:55] — We learn about the Summer of Design, and how it came to be. [45:53] — What are some of the key things that Arty would tell someone to make sure they communicate to get a community partner to be involved with a design project? [48:25] — Arty talks about some of the impact that the Summer of Design teams have had in working with community partners. [51:46] — Dawan points out that this is a volunteer activity by the DT:DC leadership. [53:43] — How has Arty seen non-designers or people who are new to design get to the next level? [56:17] — If there were one message that Arty could communicate to any organization hiring a designer for the first time, what would it be? [60:26] — Arty digs deeper into the starting point if you’re already looking at transforming your organization. [63:18] — Where can people find out more about Arty and his work? He talks about his work at 3Pillar, as well as introducing his other project, ConSpot.   Links and Resources Artemio Rivera on LinkedIn @arty on Twitter 3Pillar Global Capital One d.school Camellia George Design Thinking DC Stephanie Rowe Summer of Design Jenn Gustetic Nathan Ritter Design & Thinking documentary ConSpot yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford)

Artemio “Arty” Rivera, a former designer at 3Pillar Global and current UX Lead at Capital One as well as a leader at Design Thinking DC, joins me today to talk about the learning experiences that grew his career, his insights from applying design thinking, and much more.   When Arty was a child, he started sketching spaceships, aliens, and dresses. Later, as a teenager in 10th grade, he did a personal project in which he learned to make a website and got his first serious taste of technological design. In college at Stanford, he stumbled into the product design program at the d.school. Upon learning that he could do engineering and sketching in on major, he switched to studying product design.   After graduation, he found a job in DC working as a UX designer. In our conversation, you'll learn about how the beginning of his career went, and some of the early challenges and achievements he experienced. His first lesson, he explains, is how hard it is to convince an organization that designers and developers need to meet with the people they're creating software for.   Arty reveals in our conversation that if he could go back in time and give his younger self advice, it would be simply to “be more flexible.” When he first joined 3Pillar Global, he had a fixed idea of what design thinking should look like. Over time, he came to understand that it's important to be conscious of how you apply the best practices to adapt to the client's priorities and needs.   We'll spend some time chatting about the incredible Meetup group Design Thinking DC (or DT:DC) and the Summer of Design, which was created by DT:DC members. Arty will also share his thoughts on key topics such as how to talk to community partners about getting involved with a design project, and what he would tell an organization hiring a designer or design firm for the first time. Tune in to learn all about this, and much more!   Learn More About Today's Guest Artemio Rivera on LinkedIn @arty on Twitter   In This Episode [01:20] — Arty starts off the conversation by talking a bit about his background and his path to where he is now. [08:08] — Coming from his perspective, what were some of the early challenges that Arty had to wrestle with in his career? [10:21] — We hear about Camellia George, a fantastic manager who Arty had early in his career. [13:22] — Arty talks about how he grew as a designer from the point he has been describing. [16:00] — How did Arty see the shift in the perceived value of design? He answers, then talks about where he is now. [21:14] — Arty discusses the differences between the way he approaches design now and the way he did earlier in his career. [26:50] — We hear Arty's thoughts on how to get the needed level of trust and access to sensitive conversations. [32:00] — What message would Arty send to his younger self in terms of what he should expect in terms of applying design, if he was able to? [34:23] — Arty goes into more depth about what Design Thinking DC is. He and Dawan then chat about how they met. [40:55] — We learn about the Summer of Design, and how it came to be. [45:53] — What are some of the key things that Arty would tell someone to make sure they communicate to get a community partner to be involved with a design project? [48:25] — Arty talks about some of the impact that the Summer of Design teams have had in working with community partners. [51:46] — Dawan points out that this is a volunteer activity by the DT:DC leadership. [53:43] — How has Arty seen non-designers or people who are new to design get to the next level? [56:17] — If there were one message that Arty could communicate to any organization hiring a designer for the first time, what would it be? [60:26] — Arty digs deeper into the starting point if you're already looking at transforming your organization. [63:18] — Where can people find out more about Arty and his work? He talks about his work at 3Pillar, as well as introducing his other project, ConSpot.   Links and Resources Artemio Rivera on LinkedIn @arty on Twitter 3Pillar Global Capital One d.school Camellia George Design Thinking DC Stephanie Rowe Summer of Design Jenn Gustetic Nathan Ritter Design & Thinking documentary ConSpot yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford)

In today's Innovation Engine, we're looking at how we can set our product teams up for success in 2018. We discuss the top three things your product team needs to do in 2018, why you and your teams should start viewing the world with a product mindset, and what constitutes a modern day product team. Joining us to talk about those topics and more are Jonathan Rivers and Jessica Hall. Jonathan is the Chief Technology Officer at 3Pillar, a role in which he leads more than 700 software engineers, product consultants, product managers, quality assurance, and user experience professionals. He works with 3Pillar team members in each of our locations throughout the world to foster product development best practices that lead to business value for clients. Jessica Hall is 3Pillar Senior Director of Product Strategy and Design. She helps clients build great products and more customer-focused teams. Resources: Learn more about QA Automation: 3pillarglobal.com/qa-automation Learn more about Docker and containers: “Docker - A Different Breed of Virtualization”   Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Heather Combs is 3Pillar Global's Chief Revenue Officer. She oversees 3Pillar's Marketing and Client Services teams. In her role, Heather is responsible for continuing 3Pillar's double digit annual revenue growth. Heather believes that success in business depends on a positive client experience. As such, she leads and develops her teams to deliver first-rate, quality services in the digital software product industry. Additionally, Heather works closely with 3Pillar's delivery organization to ensure 3Pillar customers are receiving quality, cutting-edge software products. Heather has served an executive as Chief Business Development Officer at HRCI and Aronson. She was also Chief Sales Officer at Hanover Research. Heather attributes a great deal of her success in sales and business to the 13 years she spent as a consultant for the Corporate Executive Board.

Today we’re joined by David DeWolf, the founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, a local software development firm that has been named an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company in seven of the past eight years. 3Pillar was also recently named a Washington Post Top Workplace for the 3rd consecutive year. David joins us to talk about the keys to balancing a thriving business, large family, and numerous other responsibilities, all while expressing compassion and honoring the dignity of all.

On this special episode of The Innovation Engine, the 3Pillar team interviews many of the speakers and attendees at Industry Summit 2017, a product- focused conference that features talks from a wide range of product leaders and tech visionaries.   We chat with… [00:50] Nancy Kramer, Founder & Chairman of Resource/Ammirati [07:20] Jim Foxworthy, President & CEO of Pragmatic Marketing [14:35] Ellen Fink, a consultant for Chick-Fil-A who owns a tool that tracks internal customer data from the mobile ordering app [18:45] Lior Abraham, Co-Founder of Interana [33:05] Jonathan Rivers, CTO of 3Pillar Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

On this special episode of The Innovation Engine, the 3Pillar team interviews many of the speakers from the recently-completed Industry Summit, a product-focused conference that featured talks from a wide range of product leaders and tech visionaries. Industry Summit is one of the biggest multi-day product management summits in the country each year, with over 600 attendees converging to learn about and discuss the latest disruptive trends in the product industry. The conference followed four content tracks over two days: Ideation, Design, Development, and Growth. Tune in to hear conversations with: [1:20] Blade Kotelly, Leader of the Advanced Concept Lab at Sonos [11:00] Josh Anon, Director of Project Management at Magic Leap [24:00] Melissa Perri, CEO of Produx Labs & Product Institute [31:30] Bob Moesta, President & CEO of the Re-Wired Group [46:30] Anthony Marchionda, Associate Producer at Purple Films [50:00] Vern Kennedy, President of ActiveWrite [1:02:30] Nancy Kramer, Founder & Chairman of Resource/Ammirati [1:09:00] Jim Foxworthy, President & CEO of Pragmatic Marketing [1:20:30] Lior Abraham, Co-Founder of Interana [1:35:00] Jonathan Rivers, CTO of 3Pillar Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Jennifer Ives and Julia Slattery join us on this episode of the podcast to discuss the upcoming Industry Summit conference taking place in Cleveland this week. Industry Summit is a product-specific conference that will take place on September 14th and 15th and will see talks from product leaders like Bob Moesta, creator of the Jobs to Be Done framework; Jason Fried, the founder of Basecamp; Nancy Kramer of IBM iX; and many others. 3Pillar is one of the event's sponsors, and Julia will be taking The Innovation Engine on the road to Cleveland to record the next episode of podcast. In addition to that tidbit of news, we're also happy to introduce Jennifer Ives to listeners and to share the news that Jennifer will be guest hosting episodes in the future with guests like Shelby Coffey of the Newseum and Carla Brodley of Northeastern University. Tune in to this episode for a preview of what Jennifer and Julia are most looking forward to seeing and hearing at Industry Summit, as well as to hear more about Jennifer's background and her Talent is Transforming podcast. Show Notes Learn more about Industry Summit Connect with Jennifer Ives on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter Listen to Jennifer Ives' Talent is Transforming podcast Listen to Julia Slattery's Take 3 podcast, a sister podcast to The Innovation Engine

Jonathan Rivers joins us on this episode of The Innovation Engine to explain why innovation labs usually fail. We'll look at why innovation labs often have the opposite effect from what's intended, why Jonathan shut down 3Pillar's Advanced Technology Group (or 3Pillar Labs) within a few months of being hired, the vast difference between tweaking and transforming, and what you can do if your organization already has one.   Jonathan Rivers is the CTO of 3Pillar. He leads 3Pillar's product and engineering organizations, which includes more than 600 software engineers, product consultants, product managers, quality assurance, and user experience professionals. Jonathan also works with 3Pillar team members in each of our locations worldwide to foster product development best practices that lead to business value for our clients.   Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com   Resources: Learn more about Jonathan Rivers

For a very special episode of The Innovation Engine, we're bringing you a number of interviews from the floor from last week's TechCrunch Disrupt New York. TechCrunch Disrupt is a bi-annual event that features panel discussions with some of the leading minds in the technology space and serves as a launching pad for the next great batch of tech companies looking to change the world. 3Pillar was a sponsor of this year's conference, so we had a prime location on the showroom floor, which gave us the opportunity to talk with the winners of the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon about their VR app to help diagnose ADHD, the co-founder of a company that's making bike helmets that can be condensed to the size of a water bottle, the founder of a company who's looking to make filing your tax returns as easy as sending pictures of your w-2 to a certified CPA, and many more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this extended episode of The Innovation Engine! Show Notes In order of appearance, the guests who joined us for this episode of the podcast and their companies are:  Ruth Chandler Cook, Founder & CEO of HireHer, an HR tech company focused on connecting top female STEM talent with employers Paulina Chapa, Director of Business Development at Paranoid Fan, an app and SDK that digitizes venue management and navigation Akshaya Dinesh, Sowmya Patapati, and Amulya Balakrishnan, the team behind the Hackathon-winning VR app, reVIVE Steven Radley, the SVP of Product Innovation at iHeartRadio, who talks about areas like AI and the connected home that iHeart is currently working on Nick Titus, founder of Myonic, a hardware company looking to help those with paralysis move their limbs again Jordan Zucker and Jordan Schuetz of PubNub, which they describe as "back-end as a service"  Bobbie Carlton, the founder of Innovation Women, an online speakers bureau for entrepreneurial and technical women  Richard Bezjian, President & CEO of vQuick, a mobile video creation platform for creating short video clips  Jason Frishman, Founder & CEO of NetCapital, a service that allows founders to sell equity in their companies to pools of individual investors Jordan Klein, Co-Founder & CEO of Park and Diamond, a company that's making bicycle helmets that can be condensed to the size of a water bottle without sacrificing safety Sama Jashnani, Founder of Down to Dash, a mobile app targeted to college students that connects people with similar interests  Alice Chang, Founder & CEO of TaxDrop, a service that connects individuals to CPAs to easily file their taxes by just submitting photos of their tax documents Barika Edwards, Co-Founder & CEO of OweYaa, a company that connects veterans looking for work with employers Francesca Lubbock and Michael Leviev of iSwile, a company that makes a battery-powered motor with a number of different possible applications, from skateboards to shopping carts to strollers

For a special episode of The Innovation Engine, we pass the mic to Julia Slattery of our sister podcast, Take 3. We've been hard at work recently helping get Take 3 published to iTunes, so we wanted to share the latest episode of Take 3 with you here in the spirit of cross-promotion. On this episode of Take 3, Julia talks with Oana Stinga and Daniel Markovitz about DL Labs, an initiative that 3Pillar client Decision Lens has undertaken to help fuel innovation across teams and disciplines. Listen to hear how Decision Lens uses these annual events to drive innovation, source fresh product ideas, and give multi-disciplinary teams the opportunity to work together. You'll find out more about Decision Lens as a company, hear how Decision Lens runs the DL Labs initiative each year, and find out some of the benefits they've seen from doing so. Show Notes Visit the Decision Lens website: http://decisionlens.com/ Subscribe to Take 3 on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/take-3/id1175033982 Visit Take 3's home on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/take3pillar    

On a very special episode of the podcast, we take The Innovation Engine on the road to attend the first annual RightsTech Summit in New York. The RightsTech Summit took place on July 26th and brought together a cross-section of companies, associations, and industry leaders to discuss innovation in rights management from Blockchain to Enterprise. Panel discussions included topics like Machine Readable Rights, The RightsTech Technology Stack, and RightsTech in the Enterprise. 3Pillar's Adi Chikara was a panelist on what turned out to be one of the more lively discussions of the day, on Crypto-currencies, Side-Chains, and Fiat Portals. Over the course of the episode, we have a conversation with the creators of the RightsTech Summit, and select clips from a number of panels that took place over the course of the day. We also had the opportunity to interview a few panelists who are looking to change the way compensation works for artists in the music space. We also had the 360-degree camera rolling during Adi's panel discussion and will have that available on 3Pillar's YouTube channel shortly, in addition to the "regular" video that is already live!  Show Notes Visit the RightsTech Summit website: http://rightstechsummit.com/ Visit 3Pillar's YouTube channel to watch videos of Adi Chikara's session: https://www.youtube.com/c/3pillarglobal

For a very special episode of The Innovation Engine, we welcome 3Pillar CEO David DeWolf back into the studio for our 100th episode. David was the very first guest to appear on the podcast, and he has been on the podcast numerous times to discuss technology trends and corporate leadership. On this episode, we talk about David's journey as an entrepreneur and the path he has taken over the course of the last 10 years to go from a company with fewer than 10 employees at the outset to one that now has more than 700 employees worldwide. Among the keys David cites as critical to his success are a true passion for what he does and the ability to hire the right people and then trust them to do their jobs well. We also discuss some of the trends that were the hottest topics at this summer's major technology conference, including the invasion of the bots, the connected home, and how advances on both fronts are bringing us closer to the concept of having "relationships" with technology. David DeWolf is the Founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, one of the Mid-Atlantic's fastest growing technology companies. Since founding 3Pillar in 2006, David has guided the company to a leadership position in the Product Development Services sector, establishing 3Pillar as the go-to innovator for content, information, and data-rich companies looking to grow revenue through software. David is passionate about software product innovation, entrepreneurship, and principled leadership. In 2012, he was named one of SmartCEO Magazine's “Future 50.” In 2011, he was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of “40 Under 40” who are Washington, D.C.'s brightest young business leaders. David writes frequently about leadership, business, life and technology at DavidDeWolf.com. David and/or his writing has appeared in publications like Fortune, Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Pando Daily, ZDNet, and many more. Show Notes Visit David DeWolf's website: http://www.DavidDeWolf.com Follow David DeWolf on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ddewolf  

Mitch Gelman joins us on this episode of the podcast to talk about what to expect from the brave new world of virtual reality and the first wave of headsets that are hitting the market. Mitch walks several of us through the virtual reality experience using the HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR. Tune in to this episode to hear why billions of investment dollars are being poured into VR, why Mark Zuckerberg thinks it represents the next big computing platform, and to hear the reactions of several people going through their first experience with the HTC Vive.  Mitch Gelman is a Senior Fellow in Media & Technology at the Newseum. He was previously VP of Product at Gannett, where he oversaw digital product development in key areas for properties that included more than 90 national and local news entities across the USA Today Network. Mitch was the Executive Producer on USA Today's award-winning Harvest for Change VR series and has won awards including the Pulitzer, the News Innovation Award from the Knight Foundation, and the Best Use of Technology in Journalism from the National Press Foundation. Mitch was one of the co-authors of the Knight Foundation's recently released whitepaper, Viewing the Future of Virtual Reality in Journalism.  Show Notes In addition to the usual podcast audio, we also recorded this episode of the podcast in 360-degree spherical video. You can step inside 3Pillar's Innovation Lab to watch Mitch Gelman and Will Sherlin talk about the future of VR via YouTube (https://youtu.be/NXTl3mfduEs) or 3Pillar's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/3PillarGlobal/). At around the 9-minute mark you can see footage of Andy Zipfel, Tony Orlando, and Michael Lisse narrating their close encounters of a virtual kind.

For this episode of the podcast, we're bringing you another episode of 3Pillar's new audio endeavor, Take 3. This episode of Take 3 centers around virtual reality, and we are using it to set the stage for the next episode of The Innovation Engine podcast, when we'll be getting hands-on with several of the latest and greatest VR headsets courtesy of VR luminary Mitch Gelman. On this episode, Chris Graham and Will Sherlin talk about the wave of virtual reality devices and content that are set to hit the market and some of the industries beyond just Media and Entertainment that are likely to see a sea change thanks to virtual reality technology. Julia Slattery hosts and produces Take 3 on a bi-weekly basis. To listen to previous episodes of Take 3, please visit http://www.soundcloud.com/take3pillar.

On this episode of the podcast we'll look at the present and future of streaming analytics & data visualization. We talk about a tool that a 3Pillar Global team built for digesting vast quantities of streaming video analytics data and for visualizing that data in a meaningful way. The tool we'll discuss was built as a proof of concept for a major public television network, and you'll hear about the motivation behind its creation and other potential applications for the data visualization aspect of the tool.   The guests on this episode of the podcast are Dan Greene, Chris Graham, and Sayantam Dey. Dan Greene is the Director of Architecture at 3Pillar Global. He has 18 years of software design and development experience, with software and product architecture expertise in areas including eCommerce, Geospatial Analysis, SOA architecture, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. Chris Graham leads the Media & Entertainment vertical at 3Pillar Global. He works with clients across the Media and Entertainment space including Broadcast Media, Online Media, and Publications and Newspapers. Sayantam Dey is the Director of 3Pillar's Advanced Technology Group. He has been with 3Pillar for a decade, delivering enterprise products and building frameworks for accelerated software development and testing in various technologies. His current areas of interest are data analytics, messaging systems and cloud services. Show Notes Read Sayantam & Dan's piece on the technology behind the POC: http://www.3pillarglobal.com/insights/real-time-analytics-visualization-apache-spark Follow Chris Graham on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGraham Follow Dan Greene on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrDanGreene

For this episode of the podcast, we give listeners a sneak peek at a new audio endeavor from 3Pillar called Take 3. Take 3 is an audio series from 3Pillar that covers the trends, technologies, and tools that are changing the way business gets done in the digital age. It touches on key topics that are influencing the way technology-powered products are conceived, designed, developed, and launched. For Take 3, Scene 1, host Julia Slattery is joined by Dan Greene and Jessica Hall to talk about Product's Role in DevOps. Among the topics they cover are why DevOps has become the hot topic du jour in the world of product development, why having the ability to deploy to production multiple times a day isn't for everyone, and the motivation behind Dan Greene's 2015 TechCrunch article titled ‘What is DevOps?'. Jessica Hall is the Director of the Innovate practice at 3Pillar, where she specializes in bringing new ideas to market through rapid prototyping. Previously she built the UX team at CEB and led the creation of the Newseum's interactive exhibits and websites. Her work has been recognized by the Web Marketing Association, American Association of Museums, The Webby Awards, Time, Graphic Design USA, Forbes, and The Washington Post.  Dan Greene is the Director of the Advanced Technology Group in the US at 3Pillar Global. Dan has 18 years of software design and development experience, with software and product architecture experience in areas including eCommerce, B2B integration, Geospatial Analysis, SOA architecture, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. He is an AWS Certified Solution Architect who worked at Oracle, ChoicePoint, and Booz Allen Hamilton prior to 3Pillar. 

For a very special episode of the podcast, we talk with some of the team behind the forthcoming iOS app for The Innovation Engine podcast. We talk about where the idea and inspiration for the app came from in the first place, what the process of developing the app has been like, and when you can expect to see it in the App Store. Guests on this week's episode include 3Pillar's Kevin Boyle, Matt Sich, Paul Axente, Chris Graham, and David DeWolf. Kevin Boyle talks about the origins of the app and the void he and colleagues experienced that it could help fill. Matt Sich, a “unicorn” designer/developer, talks about trial and error during the development process and why iterative design is additive rather than subtractive. Paul Axente is a UX Engineer who took Matt's first concepts and built upon them. Paul talks about 3D Touch interactions in iOS 9, how he envisions future versions of the app employing 3D Touch, and the inspiration for the visual treatment he gave the app. Chris Graham, of episode 78 fame, helped shape the vision for the project. He narrates a walk-through of a demo version of the app once it's nearly ready to submit to Apple for approval. 3Pillar CEO David DeWolf, who has appeared in numerous previous episodes, closes out the episode. David talks about why he green lit the app's development in the first place and the benefits of getting outside your comfort zone to do something different.

3Pillar CEO David DeWolf joins us for the 75th episode of the podcast to talk about the 2015 Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference and more. David shares some of the trends and topics that were on everyone's minds at this year's conference, why software will continue to play an important role for companies of all shapes and sizes, and the importance creating a great culture has in creating great companies.  David DeWolf is the Founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, one of the Mid-Atlantic's fastest growing technology companies and the generous sponsor of this very podcast. Since founding 3Pillar in 2006, David has guided the company to a leadership position in the Product Development Services sector, establishing 3Pillar as the go-to innovator for content, information, and data-rich companies looking to grow revenue through software. David is passionate about software product innovation, entrepreneurship, and principled leadership. In 2012, he was named one of SmartCEO Magazine's “Future 50.” In 2011, he was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of “40 Under 40” who are Washington, D.C.'s brightest young business leaders.  David writes frequently about leadership, business, life and technology at DavidDeWolf.com, and he or his writing has appeared in publications like Fortune, Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Pando Daily, ZDNet, and many more. You can also follow him on Twitter at @DDeWolf.  Show Notes Video with interviews of CVS Health EVP Helena Foulkes and Fitbit Founder & CEO James Park  More information about the findings of the original Product Development Success study and PDSI  

On this week's episode, we discuss why we'll soon find ourselves in the “post-development language” world, what it means when we talk about being in an age of micro-framework systems, and what skill sets will be most important for developers, product managers, marketers, and members of the C-suite to possess 5 years from now. 3Pillar's Adi Chikara joins us to talk about these topics and more. Adi is part of the Advanced Technology Group at 3Pillar Global. In his role with the Advanced Technology Group, Adi is responsible for helping drive 3Pillar's R&D efforts, providing technical mentorship across the organization, shaping our technology strategy, and executing on technical consulting engagements for clients. Prior to joining 3Pillar, he held key research and consulting roles in European Union-funded research endeavors. In the private sector, he has served in various technical roles at Reuters and product roles at multiple startups. When he's not creating world-changing products, you can find him at the local motor race tracks breaking lap records.   

3Pillar Global CEO David DeWolf joins us for a very special episode of the podcast - episode number 50! David plays host on this episode of the podcast and interviews the regular host of the podcast, Will Sherlin. David and Will talk about the 3 main innovation lessons Will has learned from podcast guests, some of the highlights and lowlights from the first year of "The Innovation Engine" podcast, and what training to dunk a basketball and innovating successfully have in common.

Connectivity and ubiquity will play a huge role in how web development for connected devices evolves. The rise of makers & builders in the development community is sparking innovation as well as curiosity in the business world. From connected cars & living spaces to fashion and novelty, The Internet of Things (#IoT) stretches far and wide. We are seeing more and more that our clients and users are demanding applications that integrate seamlessly not just w/ their phones, tablets, and computers but with their tv's, security systems. Many companies are now seeing the viability & market for connected IoT. Many of these companies want to unify product experiences and blur the lines between the physical and digital worlds. With that said, how can we start building our skills and becoming the experts in this development arena?   Whether you are interested in building assembly line robotics, medical technology solutions, or even a simple product with blinking LED's, developers will need to know many things. The security, product development cycles, how to connect devices to together, & how to share and assimilate firmware & software packages are very important. Standardization and assimilation of devices in a secure manner is critical for businesses.   JavaScript's ubiquity & evented I/O model lends itself well to easily build IoT devices. Other languages are just as viable and debatably better at many aspects of IoT but JavaScript makes it easier, approachable, and portable.   NPM (@npmjs), the Node Package Manager, is used across the world as the standard JavaScript package manager for Node.js JavaScript primarily for the web. NPM, Inc. aims to change that and be more than a web tool. I aims to be the JavaScript ecosystem package manager for all development platforms from front end development to IoT and more. Raquel Velez (@rockbot), Software Engineer at NPM, Inc., speaks to this, the impact of NodeBots on the development community, education of IoT, and robotics & web technologies in IoT.Chris Matthieu (@chrismatthieu), Co-founder & CTO of Octoblu (@Octoblu), discusses Octoblu's platform and specifically #MeshBlu (AKA SkyNet.im), the scalable & universal cloud-based MQTT & CoAP-powered network for smart devices, sensors, cloud resources, drones, Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, and more.   Mike Schwartz(@nynymike), CEO of Gluu, shares his feelings on IoT security, open security standards, development practices and the pitfalls of a connected platform for IoT devices.     Kenal Shah (@KenalShah), Product Manager at 3Pillar Global, talks to the product side of IoT and how the business side of developing for connected devices impacts the development practices.   Standards are constantly debated and the rise of the machines is upon us. We need to decide as a community what these standards are so our clients can trust us to develop their IoT integration products. It is “The Wild Wild West” of IoT yet production and shipping capablities are here with tools like Node.js, NPM, and Octoblu. Once we solidify the standards, will you be ready to deliver?   https://twitter.com/chrismatthieu/status/458381648816377857   Upcoming Related Events http://hangouts.readthesource.io/hangouts/octoblu-meshblu/   Resources http://www.smartthings.com/ http://openinterconnect.org/ http://2014.robotsconf.com/ https://www.docker.com/ http://iot.sys-con.com/node/3178979 http://webrtc.sys-con.com/node/3123286 https://allseenalliance.org/sites/default/files/AllSeen-Alliance-DataSheet-09092014-8x11.pdf https://allseenalliance.org/developer-resources/alljoyn-open-source-project https://localmotors.com/awest/connected-car-project-internet-of-things/ http://javascriptjabber.com/103-jsj-robots-with-raquel-velez/ https://www.spark.io/ https://tessel.io/ http://www.arduino.cc/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/ http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/intelligent-systems/alliance-overview.html http://nodebots.io/ http://www.3pillarglobal.com/   All Seen Alliance https://allseenalliance.org/   NPM http://rckbt.me/ https://twitter.com/rockbot https://www.npmjs.org/   Octoblu http://chrismatthieu.com https://twitter.com/chrismatthieu https://github.com/chrismatthieu http://www.octoblu.com/ https://twitter.com/octoblu https://github.com/octoblu https://developer.octoblu.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChrisMatthieu https://github.com/octoblu/meshblu https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobiblu/id915566405?mt=8   Gluu http://www.gluu.org/blog/ http://www.gluu.org/blog/nstic-announce/ http://www.gluu.org/gluu-server/overview/  

For the 30th episode of “The Innovation Engine” podcast, we dug into the podcast archives to put together a hodgepodge of clips that have yet to see the light of day. Horace Dediu talks why designers and developers need to have a deep understanding of human psychology and rewards systems to build successful products. Warren Berger discusses the connection between Zen, the art of questioning, and the concept of “The Beginner's Mind.” Best-selling author and keynote speaker Rowan Gibson talks about the importance of giving employees discretionary time to pursue innovation initiatives and strategies like the 70/20/10 rule. Innovation pioneer Russ Schoen shares some common elements of the most successful brainstorming sessions. 3Pillar CEO David DeWolf talks about what it was like to see the CEOs of some of the most well-known companies in the world take the stage at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference. 

On the 25th episode of “The Innovation Engine” podcast, we discuss the future of software and how it will continue to be the driving force behind innovative new products and services. We look at how software is driving results in industries we never could've foreseen, the impact software will have on the next generation of smart products, and talk about trends that were being discussed at the recent Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen. David DeWolf, Founder and CEO of 3Pillar Global, joins us to discuss these topics and more. He shares his thoughts on some of the trends prevalent in the industry like digital currencies, the Internet of Things, and the coming boom of big data that will enable entirely new applications, products, and services. David is passionate about software products, entrepreneurship, and principled leadership. His thought leadership has appeared in publications like Fast Company, Pando Daily, ZDNet, and many more. In 2012, David was named one of SmartCEO Magazine's “Future 50.” In 2011, he was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of “40 Under 40” who are Washington, D.C.'s brightest young business leaders. 

  Jessica Hall, Director of 3Pillar's Innovate Practice, joins us on the 9th episode of "The Innovation Engine" podcast to discuss content monetization, the workshop on that subject she'll be presenting at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 9th, and why prototyping can be the best way to test out innovative new ideas.  

The 2nd episode of The Innovation Engine Podcast, in which we discuss how the Internet, infrastructure advancements, decreased barriers to entry, and the onset of agile has fueled innovation throughout the business landscape. Starring our very first guest, 3Pillar's Dan Klaussen. 

The first episode in 3Pillar Global's "The Innovation Engine" podcast, in which we discuss our raison d'être, whether innovation is an overused word in the business world, look back at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, and attempt to answer the age-old question, "Is innovation something you can taste?"   

3Pillar's Financial Services Industry Lead, Rob Murray, joins us on the latest Innovation Engine to share some of the latest insights he's gleaned from serving 3Pillar clients across the Financial Services space. Rob and Scott Varho dive deep into what it takes to successfully drive innovation in a tightly regulated industry like Financial Services, where many organizations feel handcuffed by the legacy software and systems that power their customer experiences. In this episode, we explore the myriad of opportunities and challenges that the rapidly evolving banking, insurance and broader Financial Services sector presents, and how institutions are navigating this ever-changing landscape.Throughout the conversation, Rob sheds light on the pivotal role of innovation in shaping the future of banking. From the adoption of groundbreaking technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence to strategic partnerships between traditional banks and FinTech startups, Rob provides a comprehensive overview of the forces driving change in the industry. He emphasizes the significance of customer-centricity and how banks are leveraging data, analytics, and technology to enhance user experience and meet the rising expectations of consumers in the digital age.In addition to his work at 3Pillar, Rob has extensive experience in leading digital transformation for renowned banks such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America, and he recently co-hosted our episode on Innovation by Design, which featured a conversation with JPMorgan Chase's Chief Design Officer, Sam Yen. Tune in to this episode for a deep dive into the state of innovation in Financial Services, where Rob offers valuable insights, discusses future trends, and shares his vision for a more connected and customer-focused banking experience.Episode Highlights:Rob delves into the significance of innovation in the financial sector, discussing how it shapes competitiveness and meets the ever-evolving expectations of customers in the digital age.The potential and challenges of blockchain technology, highlighting their impact on trust distribution and the financial industry's future.The shift towards a customer-centric approach in banking.The hurdles of digital transformation, including regulatory compliance, cybersecurity threats, and the integration of emerging technologies into legacy systems.Future trends and developments in banking, focusing on the integration of new technologies and the emergence of customer-focused business models.Resources:Connect with Rob Murray on LinkedInRead: "The Product Mindset" by David H. DeWolf and Jessica S. HallRead: "Amp It Up" by Frank SlootmanProduced by NOVA Media

On this episode of The Innovation Engine, we dig into the recent past and upcoming future of innovation in the Financial Services industry. Rob Murray, 3Pillar's Financial Services Industry Leader, moderates a conversation with Jennifer Mun and Albert Thibault, two integral members of our Financial Services industry team.   The trio discusses some of the key trends they saw shaping the FinServ space in 2023, including the evolution of consumer behavior toward a cashless (and sometimes even cardless) society, and examining how data and personalization are revolutionizing customer experiences.Looking ahead to 2024, we predict further enhancements in customer and employee experiences, driven by evolving AI applications and data analytics. We stress the importance of ethical AI deployment and data use in a globalized landscape and the strategic decisions between buying or building solutions.Tune in to this robust conversation as we navigate through these exciting developments and lay out a roadmap for the future of financial services.Episode Highlights:The transition to a cashless economy and its impact on financial services.Data-driven personalization as a key to enhancing customer experiences.The crucial role of talent in driving innovation in financial services.Prospects for AI and data analytics in shaping the future of the industry.The balance between innovation, security, and trust in financial services.Resources:Connect with Rob Murray on LinkedInConnect with Jennifer Mun on LinkedInConnect with Albert Thibault on LinkedInProduced by NOVA Media