Podcasts about applied technology

This quarter of the Future of Agriculture podcast is made possible by Case IH: https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates[Spotlight] Integrating Tech and Iron With Chris Dempsey of CNH[Spotlight] How Case IH Turns Customer Insights Into Farm EquipmentWhere Tech Meets Tractor With Joe Miller of CNHStrategic Investing in Ag Technologies With Michele Lombardi of CNH VenturesAs part of this quarter's sponsorship, Case IH has given me access to some of their key people to learn more about what goes into developing the tractors and equipment that farmers use every day. This is our third and final installment of that series, so if you haven't already listened to the first two with Dan Klein and Chris Dempsey, I highly recommend you go do that after listening to this spotlight. Today's interview features Scott Harris, who at the time of this interview was the Brand President at Case IH. In the time since the interview took place, it was announced that Scott took on the role of president of CNH North America, so congratulations to Scott on that. Scott told me he feels like he was destined to work in the ag industry but his story began as a secondary education teacher in Applied Technology. From there he spent over 20 years in the automotive and finance industries, and says he found his calling when he joined CNH Industrial in 2006. Brought to you by Case IH: Case IH designs, engineers and produces cutting-edge farm equipment based on a comprehensive understanding of farmers' needs, wants and challenges, integrating these insights into their development and manufacturing.For example, take their Model Year 25 Magnum tractor. The new Magnum is purposefully designed to answer farmers' needs in every design and engineering choice. Improved horsepower for pulling heavier loads, faster. Bundled, integrated and ready-to-go precision tech for greater accuracy in the field. And a transmission farmers can tweak for improved control and performance in different tasks. That kind of design thinking is exactly where the future of ag is headed, and that's why you'll be hearing me talk to the folks at Case IH at different points throughout this quarter about what they do and how they're working to push the ag forward.

Kristina outlines what macro trends she sees ahead in 2025 from both the public and private markets and zooms in how those trends will play into her Applied Technology focus areas, shares the evolution she has witnessed within the industrial innovation ecosystem over the past two decades (both investors and innovators), details why she believes recent advances in AI have the potential to reenergize productivity gains in industrial settings that have stagnated over the last decade, and finally gives advice on how and when innovators should think about forming relationships with banking partners (hint: play the long game).  

BONUS EPISODE ! We'd love to meet more of our listeners in person, so here's a list of events over the next few weeks when Dan, Ray, or Dan and Ray are speaking about AI in Education. One of the things that makes the podcast special is the amazing stories we get from our guests, and there's more stories than fit into an episode, and we're always on the lookout for more. So come and say hi at any of these events, and per   haps we can share an untold story, or you can tell us yours! August  19 August - Melbourne - Ray Melbourne EdTech Summit Ray's on the panel discussing "The Transformed Learning Landscape Through AI" at this event for edtech companies and universities 21 August - Sydney - Ray - Free event The Future of Human AI - IATD If you're in Sydney, the Institute of Applied Technology has scheduled the perfect event on Wednesday evening (starting at 6PM). Ray's hosting the free learning session "The Future of Human AI", designed for the thousands of small businesses and employees around Western Sydney who want to make sense of the AI hype and start to understand what everybody else is talking about. If you're a teacher, you'll also walk away with some good ideas of how businesses are using AI to help with your discussion of AI in the classroom   23 August - Sydney - Dan AI in Education Conference | Teaching Tomorrow: Harnessing AI Tools Today Organised by friends of the podcast Matt Esterman and Nick Jackson at WSU's Parramatta campus, it'll be a festival of ideas from a great lineup of teachers. Dan's one of the speakers, and will be wearing his Microsoft badge on the day, talking about all the latest great tech announcements from that world.   September 3 September - Online - Dan - Free event Build a Bot in Copilot Studio Doing his day job, Dan's taking part in this online workshop designed to help Microsoft Copilot users build their own bot. Like Build a Bear workshop, but with less bear and more bot. Open to any Microsoft customers in Australia and New Zealand.   4 September - Christchurch, NZ - Ray NZ Tertiary ICT Conference For New Zealand listeners Ray's heading over the ditch to deliver a keynote called "AI, why?" at the annual conference for digital teams of universities and polytechnics. If you're going to be there, please say Hi!   12-13 September - Adelaide - Ray HE FEST 24 Ray's taking part in the "Marketing, Recruitment, Advancement and AI in Higher Education Conference" in Adelaide. Ray's on a panel discussion "The place of AI in university " with Eddie Major, on applications of AI beyond teaching and learning, and then delivering the closing keynote, grandly titled "The future of HE - The future of higher education in a world where gen AI is ubiquitous"   16-19 September - Online - Dan and Ray - Free event Toddle's AI for AussieEd online event  The toddle team have pulled together 20 speakers from across Australia, who will be talking about assessment, LMSs, chatbots, the AI Framework for schools, leadership and data-driven learning. And tacked on right at the end of the run, at 5:15 on the 19th, we're going to have a crack at a live podcast recording  

Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Aaron Moncur interviews Todd Mansfield. They discuss Todd's career journey, his work at companies like House of Design Robotics and Echo Safety Group, and his current role at OneIPM, where he focuses on integrated project management solutions. They cover  topics such as the benefits of OneIPM's seamless integration with Onshape, the future of CAD software, the use of Agile methodologies in hardware teams, and strategies for accelerating engineering speed.Main Topics:Todd Mansfield's engineering career path and integrated project management solutionsIntegrated project management software for CAD and non-CAD users, with seamless Onshape integrationOnshape's integration with OneIPM for real-time collaboration and project managementCAD software and its future in the industryAutomation in the construction industry, product development, and high volume product launchesAgile development, team collaboration, and streamlining product developmentAccelerating engineering speed with OneIPMAbout the guest: Todd Mansfield is a seasoned product development leader with over 25 years of experience, known for his strategic growth and innovation in various industries. Currently, he is the Vice President of Product at OneIPM, where he focuses on integrated project management solutions. Todd's career spans multiple leadership roles, including President and COO at House of Design Robotics and VP of Global Engineering at ECCO Safety Group. He holds degrees in Applied Technology, Computer Aided Manufacturing Technology, and Aircraft Maintenance Technology from Boise State University and Idaho State University.Links:Todd Mansfield - LinkedInAbout Being An Engineer The Being An Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community. The Being An Engineer podcast is brought to you by Pipeline Design & Engineering. Pipeline partners with medical & other device engineering teams who need turnkey equipment such as cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us on the web at www.teampipeline.us

Dogpatch Labs and The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology FCAT have selected three breakthrough startups to participate in "The FCAT Fellowship" programme, which will take place in Dogpatch Labs, Ireland's leading innovation hub based in Dublin - one of Europe's most vibrant tech ecosystems. Kicking off in July 2024, participating startups in the inaugural cohort will receive 1 year of support from Dogpatch Labs to help accelerate their business, learning from established entrepreneurs and gaining access to Dogpatch Labs' extensive network. Startups will also gain access to the expertise and network of FCAT, which tests and scales groundbreaking concepts and ideas that advance Fidelity's market leadership and enhances customer experiences. Highlighting the significance of the partnership, Aaron Smith, Head of Innovation Ecosystem at Fidelity Investments, expressed his excitement, stating: "Our collaboration with Dogpatch Labs on The FCAT Fellowship programme will strengthen the innovation ecosystem. By leveraging our collective expertise, resources and global network, we have the opportunity to drive significant advancements for these startups. We believe in working with these committed founders to help them achieve their potential. This programme can be a catalyst, in accelerating these startups, helping them scale and ultimately have a profound impact." Dogpatch Lab's Managing Director of Innovation David Power said, "This is our most personal programme yet - the startups on the programme will receive the very best available supports from our innovation team here at Dogpatch, and the access to the expertise and global network of the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology takes this to the next level." The startups selected for the FCAT Fellowship are: Lip, founded by David Atkinson (a former digital producer), is transforming global communication with AI-powered video translation, enabling seamless multilingual interactions for brands like Treatwell and Utempo Global. gClinics, founded by Auindrila Das (a genomics scientist with a background in genetic engineering and molecular medicine) in February 2024, has a mission to help healthcare professionals and individuals make informed healthcare decisions by integrating actionable genomic insights into standard medical practice. DevA11y, founded by Cormac Chisholm and Patrick Guiney, is an AI-powered accessibility compliance platform designed to simplify and streamline the process of making digital products accessible to all users. DevA11y integrates accessibility expert feedback and advanced AI to manage risk and enhance accessibility in real-time, making websites, web apps, and mobile apps inclusive for everyone, especially in light of the upcoming European Accessibility Act, which will take effect in less than a year. See more stories here.

Creating Authentic, Augmented, and Applied Technology to Enhance Customer Experiences  Shep Hyken interviews Jeffrey Russell, Chief Executive Officer at C1. He talks about transformative leadership and the need for authentic and empathetic technology solutions that enhance customer experience.  This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more:    How can technology be authentic and empathetic in improving the customer experience?  How can companies maintain a balance between human-to-human interactions and technology?  Why should companies prioritize culture and organizational health before focusing on financial aspects?  How has the concept of AI evolved to prioritize authenticity and human augmentation?  What leadership principles are essential for guiding a company through transformation? Top Takeaways:      Effective leadership in business requires putting culture first. A positive culture within a company influences performance and trust and provides more value to their customers and employees, ensuring sustained growth and success.    Recognizing and leveraging an organization's "superpowers" drives innovation by using what they are best at to create impactful solutions and maintain a competitive edge.    Technology and artificial intelligence must be built with empathy at its core. This means understanding what really matters to customers to creating relevant, valuable, and impactful solutions.    Authenticity, augmentation, and applied intelligence are essential to ensuring technology meets customer needs. Integrating artificial intelligence into the customer experience must be easy for its end users to use, offer genuine value to customers, and enhance the capabilities of employees to serve.    Encouraging customers to utilize technology for simpler inquiries and letting them know that human interaction is available for complex or sensitive matters creates a balanced customer journey.    Plus, Shep and Jeffrey talk about how to engage in a healthy, consultative dialogue when experiencing pushback from clients. Tune in! Quote:   "Empathy expands the human experience. It allows us to understand what really matters to our customers. It drives us to deliver something that is differentiated, relevant, and valuable for our customers."      About:  Jeffrey Russell is the Chief Executive Officer at C1, a company that uses technology and innovation to help companies build meaningful and secure relationships with their customers.    Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning keynote speaker, and host of Amazing Business Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Who is behind the big hack attacks?More than 100 organisations around the world are believed to have been hacked in ransomware attacks since 2022 by a single hacker group. The most recent occurrence of a ransomware attack was on a company responsible for analysing blood tests for the UK's National Health Service which prompted some major London hospitals to declare a 'critical incident', with many operations postponed. It is believed that a criminal organisation known as Qilin, consisting of individuals fluent in Russian, orchestrated this malicious act, by inserting a piece of software into the company's IT system which locks it.  Once payment is received then access is restored. Ania Lichtarowicz has been investigating for SOEP.Would tweezers be better than robotic hands?What if, instead of having hands, we had some kind of bionic device at the end of our arms. Could we adapt to it as naturally as if we'd never had hands in the first place? Researchers in Italy have been addressing that very question using virtual reality. They've devised a set of virtual tweezer hands and invited volunteers to try using them to perform dextrous tasks. Professor Viviana Betti leads Cosync, a lab specialising in neurological research at the Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, and the Laboratory of Neuroscience and Applied Technology at the Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, also in Rome.The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ghislaine Boddington.  More on this week's stories:The organization tracking the hackers – Group-IBRewiring the evolution of the human hand: How the embodiment of a virtual bionic tool improves behaviour Editor: Ania LichtarowiczProduction Manager: Liz Tuohy Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farner For new episodes, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or via this link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2265960/supporters/newFollow us on all the socials: Join our Facebook group Instagram Twitter/X If you like Somewhere on Earth, please rate and review it on Apple PodcastsContact us by email: hello@somewhereonearth.coSend us a voice note: via WhatsApp: +44 7486 329 484Find a Story + Make it News = Change the World

Send us a Text Message.Who is behind the big hack attacks? More than 100 organisations around the world are believed to have been hacked in ransomware attacks since 2022 by a single hacker group. The most recent occurrence of a ransomware attack was on a company responsible for analysing blood tests for the UK's National Health Service which prompted some major London hospitals to declare a 'critical incident', with many operations postponed. It is believed that a criminal organisation known as Qilin, consisting of individuals fluent in Russian, orchestrated this malicious act, by inserting a piece of software into the company's IT system which locks it.  Once payment is received then access is restored. Ania Lichtarowicz has been investigating for SOEP. Would tweezers be better than robotic hands?What if, instead of having hands, we had some kind of bionic device at the end of our arms. Could we adapt to it as naturally as if we'd never had hands in the first place? Researchers in Italy have been addressing that very question using virtual reality. They've devised a set of virtual tweezer hands and invited volunteers to try using them to perform dextrous tasks. Professor Viviana Betti leads Cosync, a lab specialising in neurological research at the Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, and the Laboratory of Neuroscience and Applied Technology at the Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, also in Rome. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ghislaine Boddington.  More on this week's stories: The organization tracking the hackers – Group-IBRewiring the evolution of the human hand: How the embodiment of a virtual bionic tool improves behaviour How to Start a Podcast Guide: The Complete GuideLearn how to plan, record, and launch your podcast with this illustrated guide.Support the Show.Editor: Ania LichtarowiczProduction Manager: Liz Tuohy Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farner For new episodes, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or via this link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2265960/supporters/newFollow us on all the socials: Join our Facebook group Instagram Twitter/X If you like Somewhere on Earth, please rate and review it on Apple PodcastsContact us by email: hello@somewhereonearth.coSend us a voice note: via WhatsApp: +44 7486 329 484Find a Story + Make it News = Change the World

While most five-year-olds were playing with Legos and Barbies, Junaid Baig was taking his first steps with 3D Max. From this early start, Junaid developed an incredibly in-depth understanding of 3D, lighting, and rendering from working on VFX for movies, including Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Avengers: Endgame, and Venom. Today, Junaid is head of applied technology at DNEG, where he's helping pioneer virtual production on films and series including Masters of the Air. Junaid combines his knowledge and passion for technology with deep respect for artists, and he reveals how virtual production — and Chaos' Project Arena — are changing the way crew and cast can work together to create new worlds for audiences to enjoy.

In this episode, the WDL crew welcomes Jen Sayre, Director of Applied Technology at Fairfield County ESC, Ohio. They delve into the essence of high-quality online learning experiences and the genesis of InnevAto EDU, a comprehensive online course catalog for grades 6-12. Jen shares inspiring stories of students who leveraged online learning to chase their dreams, underscoring the urgency of reconceptualizing educational time and space. They also discuss InnevAto's collaboration with CareerTech, aiming to offer career-specific electives alongside practical experiences. Throughout the conversation, Jen underscores the critical needs of teachers and course developers in adapting to online education. She stresses the significance of integrating SEL, ADA compliance, and DEI principles into digital learning environments. Jen advocates for robust training for educators, emphasizing web accessibility and the effective incorporation of SEL and DEI into online curricula. Highlighting the customized nature of online assessments, she calls for a fresh approach to educational logistics. Jen's insights underline the unparalleled accessibility and adaptability of online learning, framing it as a cornerstone for future educational endeavors.Guest Links:InnevAto Edu: https://www.innevatoedu.org/Host links:Browse amazing virtual learning opportunities at Tami Moehring and Allyson MItchell's CILC.orgSeth Fleischauer's  Banyan Global Learning helps schools leverage technology for teacher and student wellness including AI literacy PD for teachers and, for students, live virtual learning experiences in Character Education: banyangloballearning.com

Principal Kurt Ogren updates us on the Applied Technology programs including the drone class and the success of the CNA program. New classes for next year include an aviation class to allow students to work toward a pilot's license and the EMT program--the only 2-credit course in Woodland--in association with Beacon Hose. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morning-mayhem/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morning-mayhem/support

Wealth professionals gathered at Future Proof 2023 in Huntington Beach, CA, generously offer their invaluable perspectives on the outlook for digital assets.This episode is sponsored by PayPalIn this edition of "Money Reimagined," Michael Casey moderates a panel at Future Proof, the world's largest wealth festival, called Demystifying Crypto with Bitwise, VanEck, & Fidelity. As prominent figures in crypto and fund management, Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Funds, and Jason Ward, Head of the Blockchain Incubator, Fidelity's Center for Applied Technology, share insights into their respective roles within the crypto industry. They delve into topics such as tokenization, blockchain's transformative potential in finance, and engage in conversations about crypto regulation, correlation, and the prospective introduction of real-time settlement solutions in the global financial landscape.LINKS | Bitwise Asset Management VanEck Fidelity Investments-PYUSD, a stablecoin made for Payments. 1USD = 1PYUSD.Introducing PayPal's new digital currency, PayPal USD (PYUSD), a stablecoin backed by U.S. dollar deposits, U.S Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. Buy, sell, hold, and transfer it in our app or site and explore Web3 with a payments brand that has been trusted for over 20 years.Get Started now at paypal.com/pyusd-Money Reimagined has been produced by senior producer Michele Musso, edited by Associate Producer Ryan Huntington and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wealth professionals gathered at Future Proof 2023 in Huntington Beach, CA, generously offer their invaluable perspectives on the outlook for digital assets.This episode is sponsored by PayPalIn this edition of "Money Reimagined," Michael Casey moderates a panel at Future Proof, the world's largest wealth festival, called Demystifying Crypto with Bitwise, VanEck, & Fidelity. As prominent figures in crypto and fund management, Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Funds, and Jason Ward, Head of the Blockchain Incubator, Fidelity's Center for Applied Technology, share insights into their respective roles within the crypto industry. They delve into topics such as tokenization, blockchain's transformative potential in finance, and engage in conversations about crypto regulation, correlation, and the prospective introduction of real-time settlement solutions in the global financial landscape.LINKS | Bitwise Asset Management VanEck Fidelity Investments-PYUSD, a stablecoin made for Payments. 1USD = 1PYUSD.Introducing PayPal's new digital currency, PayPal USD (PYUSD), a stablecoin backed by U.S. dollar deposits, U.S Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. Buy, sell, hold, and transfer it in our app or site and explore Web3 with a payments brand that has been trusted for over 20 years.Get Started now at paypal.com/pyusd-Money Reimagined has been produced by senior producer Michele Musso, edited by Associate Producer Ryan Huntington and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THIS PODCAST HERE: https://www.thetayf.com/pages/multimedia?wchannelid=c4ogwxwvtw&wmediaid=u3s5y88yg7Could simple lifestyle changes really reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease? In this episode, we delve into proactive strategies that may decrease your chances, from adopting new learning habits to dietary considerations. We also touch on the importance of addressing clean water scarcity and technological advancements in the field.In an exclusive interview, we're joined by Chris Baker from Fidelity Digital Assets and Miguel Kudry, CEO of L1 Advisors. We explore the significance of custody solutions, their experiences in crypto mining, and Fidelity Digital Assets' move into retail accounts and 401ks. Additionally, we spotlight Fidelity Crypto for Wealth Managers, examining its services, potential regulations, and the rise of institutional clients. Join us for an insightful look into digital assets, CBDCs, and the associated risks in today's financial realm.Subscribe to podcast updates: https://form.jotform.com/223614751580152Ask Ric: https://www.thetayf.com/pages/ask-ricRic's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ric-Edelman/author/B000APYJPM-----Links from today's show:World Alzheimer's Month: https://www.alzint.org/get-involved/world-alzheimers-month/the Invesco Water Resources ETF (Symbol: PHO): https://www.invesco.com/us/financial-products/etfs/product-detail?audienceType=Investor&ticker=PHOVISION 2023: https://dacfp.com/vision-2023/Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals: http://www.dacfp.com/Fidelity Digital Assets: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://fcatalyst.com/overviewL1 Advisors: https://l1advisors.com/NEXT WEBINAR (register here): The Data That Can Help You Determine Which Digital Assets To Consider for Your Portfolio: https://dacfp.com/webinar-the-data-that-can-help-you-determine-which-digital-assets-to-consider-for-your-portfolio/The Truth About Crypto (book): https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Crypto-Easy-Understand/dp/1668002329/The Truth About Your Future (website): http://www.thetayf.com/Follow Ric on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RicEdelmanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ric_edelman/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricedelman/X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/ricedelman YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RicEdelmanBrought to you by:Global X ETFs: https://www.globalxetfs.com/Invesco QQQ: https://www.invesco.com/qqq-etf/en/home.htmlPrisidio: https://www.prisid.io/Schwab: https://www.schwab.com/Disclosure page: https://www.thetayf.com/pages/sponsorship-disclosure-fee-----

Money is one of the great stressors of our age, and learning to manage our finances one of our most important life needs. So why do the financial products we are offered still feel so out of sync with how we really experience money? In this episode, host Eliot Salandy Brown sits down with Martin Gronemann, a partner at ReD Associates leading our work in finance, and John Dalton, Vice President of Research at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, to unpick how the latest social science can help banks and financial institutions provide better products and services and build deeper interactions with their customer base. How do some executives misunderstand young people? What are the key emerging financial practices to watch? How has the digitization of financial tools made managing money even more overwhelming? And how might introducing productive friction help us make better and more informed financial decisions?

In Episode 65, Patrick and Ciprian speak with Mike Dascal, Director of Quantum Product Management at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.The team discuss the quantum development roadmap, quantum hype, and the movement of developments from quantum architecture back to hybrid approaches.Michael Dascal is Director of Quantum Product Management at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT), where he leads the quantum research team strategy and vision. Michael is responsible for monitoring the quantum ecosystem and exploring collaboration, engagement, and community development opportunities. He has given multiple technical and non-technical talks in quantum computing and quantum information, and is dedicated to promoting an optimistic, but realistic understanding of quantum technologies and the quantum timeline. Michael's background includes a combination of industry and academic experience, including a decade in marketing and communications for Fortune 100 brands. He holds a PhD in foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information and degrees in philosophy, physics, and linguistics.

There are seven olfactory families to categorize fragrances. Yet of the seven, only one is named for a place: Chypre. It's no surprise, then, that Cyprus' importance in perfumery has been known throughout antiquity. Maria Rosaria Belgiorno (Senior Associate Researcher of the Institute for Applied Technology to Cultural Heritage of the Italian National Research Council) has published dozens of articles on the Pyrgos-Mavroraki site in Cyprus, an industrial complex known for its metallurgical, viticultural, and for the purposes of this month's episode, its perfumery production. Her experimental work in recreating the techniques, scents and processes involved in ancient perfumery have been integral in our understanding of Cyprus' role in the production of perfume and its role in ancient life. Cyprus is, after all, Eὐώδεα Κύπρον (Fragrant Cyprus).

In this episode, Dr. Corbin interviews Dr. Kim Freeze, the Dean of Science and Applied Technology at Rogue Community College in Oregon. Dr. Freeze shares her journey from being an entrepreneur to her groundbreaking work in mental health and entrepreneurship. Discover how she leverages the entrepreneurial mindset and her innovative approaches to address mental health issues among community college students. Get insights into the transformative power of the Innovation Jam, a national model for promoting creativity and growth. Join us as we explore the intersection of mental health, entrepreneurship, and education.Ready to move forward with NACCE? Learn more about the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship.Follow NACCE on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.Watch this episode on YouTube!

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How many 22-year-olds do you know get a vision for financial freedom and crush it in just three years? Today's episode is about someone who went on to pursue something completely different than what he trained for. People with stable jobs usually take the safe route of going to work every day and waiting for the paycheck that comes twice a month instead of trying something different. They make their dreams wait for the perfect time until it's too late. But Josh Ferrari took the plunge and ventured into a path he had no previous experience of, but he chose to learn and work with a mentor. Even after losing 60k, Josh pushed forward, revisiting his strategy and adjusting as he went toward his goal. Today, he has achieved financial freedom and can live a life of his design. And he's willing to show you the way.Top 3 Things You'll Learn:Your mentor matters.Never give up on your dreams.If you get clear on what you want, building a strategy to get there will be easier than you think. About Our Guest:Josh Ferrari is the founder of Ferrari Capital and the co-founder of Three Beach Capital. He was born in Omaha, NE, moved throughout the Southeast during his childhood due to being in a military family, and currently resides in Mobile, AL. Josh graduated from Tennessee College of Applied Technology with his Airframe & Powerplant License to pursue his passion of becoming an Aircraft Technician. Shortly after entering the aviation industry, Josh found his second love–Real Estate. Within four years, Josh has accumulated over $50MM AUM, 650 units, raised millions of dollars from various private investors, and at the age of 25, was able to retire from Corporate America from the passive income he had generated through real estate. Resources:Vivid Vision: A Remarkable Tool For Aligning Your Business Around a Shared Vision of the Future by Cameron Herold - https://www.amazon.com/Vivid-Vision-Remarkable-Aligning-Business/dp/161961877XBest Ever Apartment Syndication Book by Joe Fairless - https://www.amazon.com/Best-Ever-Apartment-Syndication-Book/dp/0997454326Connect with Josh Ferrari:Website - https://ferraricapital.com/Take Advantage of a Free Financial Strategy Call:https://go.wealthwithoutwallstreet.com/free-financial-callTurn Active Income Into Passive Income:https://go.wealthwithoutwallstreet.com/PIOSDetermine How Close You Are to Financial Freedom:https://go.wealthwithoutwallstreet.com/quizKnow Your Investor DNA: https://www.wealthwithoutwallstreet.com/investordna

In this session, fellow ocular melanoma patient Dr. Terry Watson teaches how to use the telling of your story to aid in the healing journey after a traumatic diagnosis.  Dr. Terry Watson is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and the owner of Midtown Smiles here in Nashville, Tennessee.  He received specialized training in cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, orthodontics, and facial pain therapy.  He serves on the faculty for the Tennessee College of Applied Technology's Dental Assisting Program and has regularly received the Best Dentist Award.  Dr. Watson has a passion for improving his patients lives through cosmetic dentistry and enjoys building real relationships with his patients.  Diagnosed with choroidal melanoma in his right eye in 2017, Dr. Watson found himself on the other side of the doctor-patient encounter.  Upon beginning his treatment, Dr. Watson found help in journaling his journey.  He finds purpose in giving back to the community and is an active member of Kiwanis International and a 26-year member of the AWANA Clubs of America.  He cherishes time with his wife and two daughters and in his free time is likely to be found outdoors hunting or fishing. Dr. Watson is driven to not let his diagnosis slow him down and hopes that sharing his story will help current and future patients with ocular melanoma.

Crypto investors have seen their fair share of sudden market meltdowns this year. This week, all eyes were on FTX, formerly one of the world's largest cryptocurrency derivative exchange platforms.This latest turmoil has sent shockwaves throughout the industry. Yet historically, cryptocurrencies have rebounded following each crisis. What doesn't wipe out the blockchain becomes a hard lesson for crypto ventures, turning them into fortified iterations of themselves.For Brett Royer, CFO of Fidelity Digital Assets, the recent unraveling of FTX underscored hard lessons that are not unique to crypto. An expert in high-level financial planning, Brett says those lessons point to fundamental business principles that have long existed.In this episode of The Modern CFO, Brett talks with host Andrew Seski about decentralized finance, the role of trust within the increasingly digital world of finance, how he thinks about risk, and more.Show Links Explore crypto careers at Fidelity! Browse Open Positions Check out Fidelity Digital Assets Connect with Brett Royer on LinkedIn Check out Nth Round Connect with Andrew Seski on LinkedIn TranscriptPlease note that the transcript is AI-generated and may contain errors. The content in the podcast is not intended as investment advice, and is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only.‍[00:00:00] Andrew Seski: Hello everyone and welcome back to The Modern CFO Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Andrew Seski. I'm thrilled for the episode today because we are joined by Brett Royer, who's head of finance at Fidelity Digital Assets. Brett, thank you so much for being here today. [00:00:19] Brett Royer: Andrew, thank you for having me. [00:00:21] Andrew Seski: So, we're going to dive right in. The world of crypto and the world of digital assets has evolved in a unique way, down to literally the hour, especially this week. So, I want to kick off not just on the current event side, but we're going to have plenty of time to go through those current events, I want to start today actually with your career and then kind of the history of Fidelity Digital Assets, which I know spans back farther than most institutional groups had even considered labs themselves. So, we'd love to kick off with maybe some of your educational background, sort of the rise to this position, and then we'll segue in and out of how Fidelity Digital Assets is positioned today and what you're thinking about today. So, we have a lot to cover. [00:01:08] Brett Royer: Yeah, sure. Great. So, I'll start with a little bit of career history. Prior to business school, I'd say one of my more substantial roles was working in the Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group. So, there I was working with a former Chicago Board of Trade trader who had sold a business, a trading business, for a substantial sum, thought he was going to retire and ride off into the sunset. I spent some time doing some personal things and then realized that he got bored. And so, went back into business as a wealth manager and he ran his own proprietary trading strategy for a lot of the clients that he served. And so, I joined his team as sort of a mini fund analyst of sorts that supported the portfolio analysis and trading decisions behind the proprietary strategy that he used on behalf of his clients. And so, that was a really great experience. I think there, I kind of developed my first set of background and skills in capital markets, gained a pretty good understanding of how the markets work, traded in some illiquid securities and got a sense for what that was like. And had a pretty interest, I was there at a relatively interesting time. [00:02:33] So, I was probably in my second or third year, I can't remember exactly which, when things started to go wrong in Wall Street in financial services, right? So, the history is Lehman goes bankrupt and then Bear Stearns comes about as close as you can get to bankruptcy. And then I remember distinctly going into the weekend, Merrill Lynch was next up as a potential firm that was looking at having liquidity challenges and potentially could go under. And I'm sitting there as a junior analyst and just sort of watching this from an interested perspective, but also from the perspective of like, my job was on the line. But at that point in time, I didn't have as much to lose. Obviously pretty early in my career. But nonetheless, I think it was a strenuous time for everybody. And I distinctly remember sort of being glued to the TV all weekend just waiting to see what would happen. And then, sure enough, Bank of America, acquires Merrill Lynch on Sunday and I was really lucky to have a team that supported me, and I was able to maintain my role throughout then. But learned a lot of hard lessons around what bear markets feel like and look like. And I think that's in part educated some of what I've seen and felt in crypto markets as well. And I think just giving me a little bit of perspective on not getting too lost in the moment, either up or down, right, and having an understanding that these things tend to be cyclical, right? And there are going to be ups and downs and you don't want to get too over indexed on either side of the equation while you're in the moment, which is really hard.[00:04:08] But from there, I decided I didn't want to be a financial advisor. I think that would've been the next move if I stayed there. And that group worked with $10 billion clients and above. And so particularly difficult prospecting or particularly difficult segment to prospect in a serious way if you're a 25-year-old. So decided anyway that I wanted to be on more of an analytical track and more of a CFO track anyway, so made sense to go back to business school and sort of pivot. And so, I went to the University of North Carolina, got my MBA there. And around that time, Fidelity had just started recruiting at the University of North Carolina for a financial leadership rotational program. And I'm from Massachusetts originally, so familiar with Fidelity. Really wanted the chance to get back to the Northeast and so jumped at the opportunity to join a program that is tagging itself as developing the next future CFOs of Fidelity business units. [00:05:05] So did that. And the idea is you get broad exposure to the firm in relatively short order, right? You do six-month rotations in four different parts of the firm. And then you graduate, and you come out and Fidelity really has a sort of continuous career rotational program aspect to it, even after you're out of that traditional rotational program as well. So after I graduated, I spent the majority of my time, five years or so, in a role in our Fidelity institutional business. So, it's a really interesting business for Fidelity. They provide custody for registered investment advisors and then clearing for correspondent broker-dealers as well. And I worked on the broker-dealer side of the business. And up until 2008 or so, Fidelity was the clearing provider for a couple of large firms, JPMorgan and Bank of America. And around that time, they lost both in a year as a result of JP Morgan buying Bear Stearns and then Merrill, Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch. And so, both had self-clearing capabilities that sort of made them take away the need for a clearing provider like Fidelity. So, I don't know what percentage of the business those two represented. But needless to say, they were pretty considerable at that point in time. And I think there were a lot of hard discussions around whether the business could even survive. But kudos to the leadership at the time. They continued to invest in that business and grew it back even larger than it was prior to having those two big clearing firms. [00:06:45] And so I had an interesting experience there. Went through an acquisition of a smaller clearing firm. So, JP Morgan Clearing exited the business and we sort of did a non-typical acquisition, which was a purchase of the client book versus the purchase of the actual business itself. And then went through the process of trying to renegotiate those deals anyway and how that impacts sort of the valuation of that deal was challenging and unique. So really great experience there. And then also experiencing sort of waves of regulation. Around the time that I was in that group, we had DOL was coming in with a new set of rules that were really going to force a convergence of sort of the advisory model and bring together sort of the broker-dealer and RIA models under something that looked more like across the board fiduciary standard. And that was just a massive change for anybody who was running a broker-dealer business at the time. So a ton of strategic discussions and preparations for what the impact of that could be. And then, sure enough, we changed administrations and all that goes away anyway. So this is the nature of different administrations is you've got ebbs and flows in terms of regulatory tightness and ethos around what's important. And you got to adjust to those over time and find ways to still meet client demands.[00:08:15] Andrew Seski: Just a quick comment before we continue on to your segmentation and move into the Digital Assets arm. And another, there's some really interesting projects that were incubated there, too. But before we hop in there, do you think that there was an aspect of your personal risk aversion or how you think about risk? With your first foray into the world of finance being the global recession, not just the global recession but one that had a lot of dominoes stacked that people are still studying today. The over securitization, how we think about collateral, how you think about personal risk. You think that guided some of your career? I know that you moved kind of away from being a financial advisor just because it's a challenging role to go, like you mentioned, go prospect those types of potential clients as a 25-year-old. So, I mean, it sounds like that was a big piece of it. But how do you think that shaped how you thought about your career and risk in the world of finance? [00:09:17] Brett Royer: Yeah, I mean, it certainly had a big impact looking back, right? I think what brought down some of those large financial services institutions were risk management practices that were not fully up to par or sort of interconnectedness of exposure across the financial ecosystem that wasn't fully understood. And I think there are a lot of corollaries to be drawn to some of the things that have happened in the crypto market now, right? I think there are lessons that traditional capital markets and financial services have learned the hard way over time. Not to say that it's ever fully solved, right, even though the broker-dealer and capital markets business have been around for a long time, but we were still learning hard lessons all the way through 2008, right? [00:10:08] But I think the interesting thing from the perspective of the crypto ecosystem is just the acceleration of that learning curve of the hard lessons that have been learned, right? I think there's a lot of similar stories that you could draw parallels to that have happened in the past and financial services around under-collateralized loans and contagion effect from exposure cascading across multiple counterparties and people not really understanding the true risk profile of the firms that they're interacting with. I think those are all things that are not unique to crypto. I think they're fundamental business principles that have existed and caused problems for financial services for a long time. I just think that what we've seen unfold is just a really accelerated learning curve again for crypto, which has been hard because it's happened all at once and it's been painful. And that's how these things tend to work. But I would hope that in the backside, right, that we get some better business practices. Perhaps we get some more comprehensive regulation that looks at this in a thoughtful way from a consumer protection perspective but also from the perspective of not stifling innovation and not putting the US in a position where we're behind other countries in terms of having the ability to use crypto in ways that can benefit consumers over time. So that's the balance.[00:11:42] But I think one of the things that strikes me as pretty clear from this, there have been lots of folks in the crypto industry who I think are hesitant to have any sort of regulation come into play. And I think the thought is we can figure it out on our own or these things can be handled via the blockchain or there's lots of different thoughts on how or why regulation is bad or good. My perspective is that I think unfortunately what we've seen play out is that when you combine sort of relatively nascent ecosystem and business models with greed, that it tends to err on a path where you get these problems where there's a mismatch in sort of risk-reward philosophies. And then in some cases, that risk has been passed along to consumers who are just unknowing of the type of risk that they're taking on for a given situation, right? And so, you look at all that and you say that's where regulation is good. Because I think everybody in the ecosystem would agree that we don't want to put consumers at risk of holding the bag on some of these scenarios where things go wrong. And so, I think that's where you look, and you say that regulation has been pretty good over time of finding ways to ensure consumer protection. [00:13:02] Andrew Seski: It's a little tricky. I mean, I feel like the SEC actually gets kind of a bad rap, but they can't really regulate proactively so they have to then retroactively. And you're seeing a lot of this, DOJ, too. I mean, there's tons of money flowing into the government to start going back through some of these issues that have been kind of plaguing this system for a while. But it's not that well received either because of the sort of libertarian tint that a lot of this started in. If you go all the way back to reading the Bitcoin Whitepaper, you can realize that decentralized finance was that first iteration using the tech. And then, yeah, it's just interesting to think about, especially going back through time and how these different winters have sort of formed the next waves of all the projects and all the exchanges that have come out and kind of what those goals are. [00:13:57] I think Adam Draper, Tim Draper's son, put out kind of an interesting article where he said he had met Brian Armstrong from Coinbase and had discussed kind of what one global financial infrastructure would look like and that it would probably be built in these next few iterations. But in that article he put out or just blog, he also listed a couple of events that, not sure if you remember each of them, but in 11 Silk Road crashes, 13 Mt. Gox, 17 was the big ICO bubble, and I think we could probably cement FTX as a major crash that may drive another winter or at least some really maybe necessary introspection for maybe some of the venture dollars flowing into the projects just in terms of diligence. You could probably say that across a lot of the sectors, to be honest. But I think it's not just a result of the ecosystem but also in the financing of the ecosystem. [00:15:00] So those incentives are really important to remember because as purely sort of this libertarian sort of idealistic thing was promulgated, now all of a sudden, we've got a lot of mixed incentives going through how scaling the ecosystem's going to look. And maybe that's a natural segue into how you got interested in and how Fidelity Digital Assets started because that was back in 14, which I think was probably one of the earliest at least in kind of the institutional world. So would love to hear the history of that.[00:15:37] Brett Royer: Yeah, sure. Yeah. Fidelity's got a pretty good history here. Some of the initial blockchain research started in 2014 in our Fidelity Center for Applied Technology. And then soon after that, we launched that into a fully-fledged blockchain incubator in that group. And they were tasked with developing blockchain capabilities that Fidelity could use for future products and services. 2015, we started accepting donations in Bitcoin to our Fidelity Charitable unit. And then in 2018, Fidelity Digital Assets, which is the business that I'm a part of now, was born to offer custody and trading solutions for Bitcoin. And the thinking was really twofold at that point in time. One is we had done a lot of experimentation in some of those applied technology groups. And you can learn a ton from experimentation, but you really can accelerate your understanding of what will and will not work for customers when you are in the market trying to sell your service. Launching a business around these capabilities that we developed in-house really made sense. And then two, we believed that the institutional marketplace was really underserved by existing crypto providers at that point in time, right? Fidelity's got a really long history of providing services to institutions of all kind. We know the market well. We serve something like 4,000 institutions today through various. We understand what they demand on the traditional finance side of the house. And so, we believed we were in really good position to build a crypto platform that met the high standards of institutional rigor that those types of traditional financial services institutions would have.[00:17:26] Andrew Seski: Does Fidelity manage custody as well? I mean, I think that's probably one of the biggest issues across space still that kind of, I mean, maybe it gets talked about, maybe it doesn't. But yeah, I feel like custody solutions are one of the key aspects of being really successful as a provider in this space right now still.[00:17:44] Brett Royer: Yeah, it's a good lead-in because we really believe that everything starts with custody. So we really, we started the foundation of the entire set of capabilities that we developed in crypto, starting with ultra-high security custody. And what we utilize offline voltage storage for the cryptographic key material and then add our own sort of special Fidelity additional layers of securities and controls that you'd expect from an institution that provides custody for $10 trillion in customer assets across the enterprise. And then from there, we built some of our other capabilities, right? So started with custody, but then we said it makes a lot of sense to layer on a trading capability that settles directly to that cold storage custody solution. And so, we developed our own multivenue, smart order routing trade platform that again automatically connects and settles to that custody solution. And then, we wrapped it all up with a white-glove service model, with trading and transfers available 20/7 and service availability 24/7 to provide really that high touch that institutions expect. And then on top of that we try to seek all the assurances we can from both a regulatory standpoint and a control standpoint. So we went out and we received Limited Purpose Trust Company Charter from New York, which is really essentially the highest standard for a crypto service provider that we have in the US. [00:19:24] Andrew Seski: I can only think of one other. And if people are really conscious, they'll go back through the podcast and realize that was the only other person or only other representative of a group who can call themselves a trust company and some of these white-labeled solutions. So we'll see how savvy some of our listeners are if they can figure out that there's only, I think there may only be one other trust company, technically. But yeah, I love the fact that Fidelity's taken all of the actual steps to, I mean, that doesn't sound like there's a single beat missed from starting. [00:19:56] And I also love at some point in the conversation, we don't have to spend too long on it, but the role of trust I think is really an interesting one because I think in the institutional-grade solutions that we're talking about, no one's going to manage their own private keys. No one's going to do their cold storage. Yet it's a little bit, I don't think it detracts at all personally from the environment, but to rely on a major institution as an intermediary while discussing blockchain, smart contracts, all of this intermediating technology, it's interesting that we in this time and age are still dealing with trust issues and security issues. And a lot of it's still complex. Personally, I don't think it again detracts from the ecosystem, especially in the institutional side, to have these solutions. I actually think it's generally positive for the time being. 'Cause like you said, the early iterations of the Digital Assets arm was, we got to be able to feel it, understand it, to be able to grow it, to be able to iterate on top of it, to be able to build new products to service the environment. But kind of curious as to how you feel about all of that. And again, we probably should step back into how you got interested in the space. And you've been with the Digital Assets group for a long time now, too, right? [00:21:19] Brett Royer: Yeah, since 2019 I've been with the group. So I'll start there and then I'll go to the sort of philosophy and some of the things you talked about in terms of self-custody. Yeah. So I guess I got interested in a similar way to a lot of others. On the personal side, sort of exploration of trading and starting to mess around with some crypto assets in my personal account, I had the benefit of, at the time that I was happening to look for the next role, we had sort of just spun up this Fidelity Digital Assets unit, and I got to see Tom Jessop, who currently is the head of the unit, present out on some of the thoughts in the direction that we wanted to go with it. And at that point in time, they had a part-time CFO who was supporting the unit like as 25% of their role. The unit was only 70 people at that point in time, but it was at the point where I think there was a recognition that it was going to be an area of growth and needed the full-time attention of a full-time CFO. So things sort of lined up well in that way. I expressed interest both from a crypto standpoint as well as stepping into this role, I had to be willing to sign up for being an army of one for some period of time. And that I think that's probably familiar and true for a lot of startup CFOs. But I guess a little bit unique from the perspective of working in a really large company like Fidelity going from managing a decent size group to wanting to take on this role and needing to sign up for the idea that I was going to be an army of one for a while and that was going to be a very different sort of set of responsibilities. But in my mind why it was really attractive to me and it has played out fantastically for my career development, just staying engaged and interested in what I do every day is the breadth that you're able to get from stepping into that role is again sort of a growth business CFO within a much broader organization, right? That manifested itself in a couple of ways. I think one, probably a lot of your CFOs don't even think twice about this because it's the standard way you operate if you're a standalone business unit. [00:23:33] But coming into Fidelity, a lot of business unit finance folks don't spend a lot of time at the legal entity financial level, right? So thinking about a big corporation, you don't need to set up a new legal entity every time you set up a new product line or business unit, right? So a lot of times there's just a disaggregation of how you think about finance within your unit versus how things are done at the legal entity level. But what this role presented me an opportunity to do was to care about both because crypto's unique in its regulatory structuring, so we needed to set up a separate legal entity to be the service provider for crypto services to our institutional customers. And so, we did set up that separate legal entity and then in fact, over time, grew that into two legal entities. So we now have a legal entity in the US and we've got a UK-based legal entity that services non-US customers. And so, from a career development standpoint, right, that was important to me to be able to have that sort of full end-to-end ownership of the finance function, which included caring about audits and signing off on the financial statements, caring about balance sheet and capitalization, caring about regulatory capital and how you handle planning for what can be a pretty volatile environment in terms of customer interactions that impact your regulatory capital on a day-to-day basis.[00:24:56] So all that was really interesting and exciting to me when I looked at the opportunity. And it's played out really well. So I appreciate all the experiences that I've been able to get. And that's the risk that I was taking up front, banking on the idea that I'd get that broad exposure starting off with an army of one. Obviously, now the business has progressed. We're gonna be north of 500 people at the end of the year. So it's been a great evolution. [00:25:25] Andrew Seski: So and the idea, it's interesting, I was actually, when I was asking the question around trust, I was actually rereading a quote from Abigail Johnson talking about kind of the earlier stages of her kind of obsession with trying to figure out the full tech stack, which I thought was really, really cool. And kind of her first, one of her comments was starting with custody solutions seemed to tie antithetical to the technology, which I thought was a great comment on, I just love the approach. She basically came out to say Fidelity's had this long, privately owned success for generations due to in part contrarian thinking. And when people are running for the door, being able to have the wherewithal, the confidence, and the kind of long-term approach to nascent technologies and industries to be able to double down and really learn and feel all of that. So that's kind of where that trust question was coming from.[00:26:24] So I mean, it's nice to have somebody who's kind of leading the charge with so much thoughtful consideration in the space and where it makes sense for Fidelity to provide support versus how to push the industry forward and kind of just a nice patient approach. Especially as you said in terms of kind of the volatility of the space where all of these winters and kind of crashes are happening at so much faster of a clip. It takes a ton of patience and a ton of maturity to go through the volatility and be able to express what your priorities are maybe in a time where there's a lot of value loss at the time. So yeah, that's kind of where that was stemming from. But I do think it's super interesting that the group has continued to expand so rapidly. I think there was a comment in that article, too, that one of the first offerings was just Bitcoin and 401ks. Is that right? Does that sound? Yeah. I'm not sure how long ago that was, but I think that probably spurred a ton of interest, too.[00:27:29] Brett Royer: Yeah. Yeah, that's recent. So yeah, definitely a little bit of a response to sort of marketplace demand there. I think that the 401K unit just continued to hear a lot of interest from planned sponsors and having a product that could gain their participants' exposure to digital assets. And so, this was really in response to that and we think a relatively innovative product that gives those who are seeking a way to allocate a certain proportion of their retirement assets to digital assets. So yeah, certainly, that was a great example of a way that we think about the capabilities that are being developed within my Fidelity Digital Assets unit, potentially being used in other ways over time, right? [00:28:25] So I think from a long-term philosophy perspective, we started this unit and wanted to build the core set of capabilities. We went direct to the institutional market. But I think part of the vision always entailed the idea that over time, we expect the digital assets will begin to look and feel like any other asset class to investors. And so, we wanted to build those set of capabilities and then when the time is right and when the demand is there and when the regulatory environment is right we fully expect that we'll be able to provide digital asset services to an increasing number of customers that we touch again in the fullness of time.[00:29:08] Andrew Seski: Sweet. Well, I'd love to take a quick step back and run through a few of the questions that I really like to indulge in most of the podcast for continuity's sake. But would love to hear your perspective on just a personal definition on what you'd consider a modern CFO today. Maybe some of the characteristics that embody a modern CFO or maybe some things that modern CFOs should have on their radar that they don't today. Maybe we just start there. [00:29:39] Brett Royer: Yeah. When I think about the CFO role now, I think about the CFO role really broadening in the context of the organization, right? So I always like to aim to be viewed as a business person first who happens to know a lot about the finance of the business versus a finance person who happens to know a little bit about how the business is run. And what I mean by that is it's not okay for the modern CFO to be a passive observer to business activities and just report out on how things are going or how they went, right? The days of business leaders making decisions on gut and experience are largely gone, right? Virtually every company in the world now has a data-driven decision-making mindset. And so, the modern CFO really needs to be deeply engaged in the decision-making activities of the business, both in traditional finance terms, so P&L, NPV, IRR, return on capital, but also the nontraditional finance terms, right? They need to understand both financial and non-financial data. They need to understand how those interplay between each other and then how all of your data can be used to derive insights and make better decisions.[00:30:51] And then lastly, I guess one of the things I think a lot about is how I think the CFO role probably needs to be more willing to step outside of the traditional CFO swim lane when necessary to help the business in new and unique ways. So at my very first job out of undergrad, they taught all the incoming analysts that you are literally not allowed to say "That's not my job." Like that's a phrase you are not allowed to say. So I've carried that kind of philosophy with me throughout the rest of my career, right? And I think some of the most meaningful experiences that I've had were not handed to me in a job description or given to me by a manager. But they were formed by me raising my hand or asking a question or, in some case, just starting to do something in an area where there was a gap or an opportunity that wasn't being addressed. And I found that there are very few managers who will take issue with someone taking the initiative to just go ahead and solve a problem without asking, as long as it's not too far outside of the realm of your role. So that's another piece of the mindset that I think is important is willingness to sort of adapt and evolve around the edges some of the things that the CFO can be involved in and help the business improve upon. [00:32:06] Andrew Seski: I really appreciate that. And I typically ask people to hit that back 30-second button a few times when I hear really great advice. And I think anybody who's aspiring to the CFO role or is in their first time CFO role should really consider that advice and take it to heart. I think that was really well articulated. I appreciate that, Brett. I want to talk a little bit about 2023, the next 12 months. What's on the horizon for you and for the Digital Assets group? What's top of mind? What are you most focused on trying to build right now? [00:32:39] Brett Royer: Yeah. So certainly in general, focused on new opportunities to serve the rest of the Fidelity enterprise in terms of crypto capabilities where appropriate. From a finance team perspective, one of the things I've been spending a fair amount of time on is actually preparing for crypto tax regulations. So maybe a little bit esoteric in nature but I think this is an area where crypto is going to catch up to traditional financial services and there's obviously already been some indications of some rules to come. But this is sort of one of those areas where I talk about having the opportunity to raise your hand and take on some new responsibility sets. So as we anticipated that there was going to be some new requirements around crypto tax reporting in the not too distant future we started to work on what that would look like. And I've actually started to build out a team that's going to help us in Fidelity Digital Assets, prepare for any requirements which are going to be defined and we expect that this'll look a little bit more like a traditional set of brokerage reporting requirements, right? So I think in the future, you should expect to get something that looks like a 1099, multiple different kinds of 1099s from your crypto services provider. And that's a big initiative for the government and the IRS is I think starting to bring some of these things back under the existing frameworks and umbrellas where they make sense. And certainly the expectation is that crypto is not a tax-free realm. And so, this is just going to be one step in the direction of bringing crypto up to par with the rest of financial services. And that's an area where I think we'll spend a lot of time and focus on getting ready for that over the next 12 months.[00:34:23] Andrew Seski: Yeah. And for those listeners who don't know, the IRS received an $80 billion budget over the course of last summer. So this is not an "if" but "when." So I think Brett makes a really good point just to highlight the fact that this taxable ecosystem it's already here. So having the foresight and wherewithal to understand that the IRS is going to be pretty active in the crypto space I think is just good practice. And we've seen these iterations through the idea, and we're still going through this. I think that there's, we're going to see what happens with how securities law interacts with the crypto space. And there are some ongoing conversations with the SEC. And it's just, I think it's just part of the space and how early we, it's just good representation of how early we are still. So I think it's smart to have a good sense of the regulatory environment, but then also likely seek out counsel where appropriate to ensure that you're maintaining compliance because the worst part of some of these crashes is that they're riddled with some of the greed that we talked about earlier. And there are some consumers who aren't well protected against some close to two or considered fraud or financial crime, which really sets back the interest in the space and the participants. So wanna do the best we can to have thoughtful conversations and have thoughtful regulations around all of this. So I think that's a great initiative for the year to come. I think it'll continue to drive the space forward, so I really appreciate that. [00:35:54] I'd love to drive into one of my favorite parts of the podcast and talk about one of the things that you feel may be underestimated in the world today, and if there's anyone currently addressing that that topic or space. But love to drive into this 'cause it's always really interesting given the unique vantage points of the people we talk to on this show.[00:36:14] Brett Royer: Yeah. I'll give you a quick hit. I don't have the background to fully understand all the implications of this. But one thing that I look out at now, especially in a post-pandemic world and how globalization of the workforce and the virtual environment, it will sort of impact staffing and how we build out teams. I think about what globalization has already done for an economy like the Indian workforce, right? And you think, you look forward and you say, do you see things like that continuing to evolve and emerge? Can you imagine what that looks like for the Chinese workforce over time, right? [00:36:52] I think there's already been pockets of the ecosystem where there have been movements and certainly traditional product manufacturing and those types of roles. But even if you look at the service economy over time, right, you think about the amount of people that could be utilized and globalized in terms of the workforce for any company in the world now. One, I think it really just expands your access to talent and it can go anywhere. And then two, I think it really potentially changes the opportunity set for people in some emerging market countries, right, where normally, prior to the world sort of going in this totally virtualized environment, I think people's opportunity set for work was more limited to the localized opportunities. And I think one of the things we're going to continue to see emerge is that just that globalization of opportunity set. And I think that can have really, really massive implications for what teams look like in the future and what workforces look like in the future, right? Even thinking back to pre-pandemic, I think Fidelity has had a large set of teams in India and other parts of the world. And I think there was a little bit more of a mindset of like passing things along over time zones, right, and not having that true end-to-end connection. But now, you look at the way that teams work. And there's no concept of passing off. It's sort of a continuous like evolution and discussion of teams that work across the globe together on the same things at the same time with a connected mindset. And I think that's gonna be just a massive change that will continue to evolve over time. I see huge opportunities for certain parts of the world to start to really step in and have more of their workforce contribute to sort of that globalized service economy. [00:38:44] Andrew Seski: Yeah, absolutely. A bold case on productivity and innovation for sure. Do you see that happening at all internally with your groups or is the Digital Asset group global and partially remote? Have you had to deal with that as an army of one to 500? [00:38:59] Brett Royer: Yeah, definitely. I mean, the good news is that our unit was sort of al already global, even pre-pandemic. The nature of crypto is that the expectation was over time that we were going to get closer and closer to sort of 24/7 availability because the crypto market doesn't sleep, right? And in order to do that successfully, you need to have a geographically distributed workforce. And so, we had already made a lot of efforts to do that even pre-pandemic and. So I guess in some ways, we were somewhat uniquely prepared for this sort of scenario because if you're used to working in virtual teams anyway before you're required to, it's just sort of more of the same. It's just an extra dose of it. So yeah, I'd say we were somewhat uniquely prepared for this evolution. But I think even still, it's going to continue to evolve over time and we're going to see more and more of it, even where I think still predominantly US-based but I think you could see that change in the next 10, 15 years where teams could look a lot more like the distribution of the population of the world over time.[00:40:11] Andrew Seski: Yeah, that's great. That's a really interesting comment. I really appreciate you sharing that perspective. I was thinking, this is kind of a random thought here, but as I was preparing for our conversation today, I went through a bunch of the kind of my go-to resources for preparing for interviews and thinking about crypto and thinking about the global marketplace, and I stumbled across a really great interview with David Rubenstein and Abigail Johnson that I highly recommend people check out if they're interested in Fidelity's history in general. And it just made me think to ask in a world with so much information, and we were chatting about FTX prior and the world of Twitter being where a lot of people are getting information from, I was just kind of curious. I know Fidelity puts out really high-quality research and reports and there's a lot of marketing and media that goes into trying to educate participants. But I was kind of curious as to where you go or if you've read anything maybe even outside of financial news or crypto news. Just how you're receiving your information and if you're reading anything or listening to any podcast that listeners would value from. [00:41:19] Brett Royer: Yeah, it's funny. I don't have a whole lot to add. I use all the same sources I think that you mentioned. I think there's a lot of great resources and people who are willing to give away their opinions for free on crypto Twitter. At the same time, I like to stay away from that to stay in the echo chamber sometimes because I do think that it's always good to have perspective. And I think if you go too deep down the rabbit hole sometimes and you're really embedded in some of those echo chambers, you lose sight of what's sort of going on in the broader world around you in financial services. And so, I always try to take, I love learning new things about crypto and I love going deep and understanding things at a pretty fundamental level. But at the same time, I want to make sure that I'm balanced enough to not get too focused on crypto as the end-all be-all and always bring it back. I'm sort of pragmatic in how I think about how crypto services can be used for our customers over time. And I tend to take the approach of, I think these things are going to happen more, a little bit more gradually and we're going to find better and better use cases for customers to interact with digital assets versus the extreme perspective that crypto's going to eat the world and be the only thing that's left from a finance perspective so.[00:42:43] Andrew Seski: I think that's probably a pretty nuanced and balanced approach to learning. I think anyone who oversimplifies is sort of missing it still. It's still a pretty complicated scenario with, again, as I mentioned, a lot of kind of new and emerging incentive structures as to how products are being built.[00:43:01] So I did want to take this opportunity also to give you a chance, and it sounds like the team is probably still expanding. Would love for you to share how people can learn more about Fidelity Digital Assets or maybe even get in contact with your team to learn more, maybe check out some of the Fidelity careers and just make sure that people have an opportunity to continue to see Fidelity Digital Assets as one of the market leaders having been in the space for a good amount of time here.[00:43:30] Brett Royer: Yeah, absolutely. Our human resources and talent acquisition teams have done a terrific job. I can provide you separately with a link. But I think we now have within our sort of Fidelity jobs portal, there's the ability to click in and see the roles that are dedicated to Digital Assets within Fidelity because it's been such an area of growth for us. We really wanted to focus on reaching out to those people who are interested in it, not only from the perspective of those who are experienced or have crypto experience from prior roles but also those who are interested in learning and want to sort of come in and take the opportunity to have a place like Fidelity to take their first shot at crypto. So yeah, happy to share that. It's definitely been a huge area of focus for us in what's been a competitive talent environment. We've seen some backing off and some other firms have some challenges from the personnel perspective. But I think it's still an environment where it is a challenge and it's something that we focused a lot on to get the right talent with the right mindset to combine sort of that crypto curiosity with some of the Fidelity philosophies that we think are still really important in any of our businesses, even on the crypto side, which is customer-first mindset, customer obsession, doing things the right way.[00:44:57] Andrew Seski: Well, in my opinion, that's a very organic and really, really high value marriage of Fidelity values and a nascent emerging technology like the blockchain space. Brett, I hate the fact that we have to start wrapping up, but I wanted to say thank you so much for being on The Modern CFO today. I really hope we have the opportunity to stay in touch as your group continues to grow. And just wanted to just say thank you one more time so. [00:45:24] Brett Royer: Appreciate it, Andrew. Nice to talk to you as well. [00:45:26] Andrew Seski: Thanks

 In this episode Josh Ferrari tells us how he was able to raise private money that has gotten him the title of primary capital raiser at over $7,000,000 raised in less than 3-years in his real estate investing journey. He currently has over $13MM AUM which equates to 239 units. Come join us and listen in!Joshua Ferrari, founder of Ferrari Capital and co-founder of Three Beach Capital, was born in Omaha, NE, moved all throughout the Southeast during his childhood due to being in a military family, and currently resides in Mobile, AL. Josh graduated from Tennessee College of Applied Technology with his Airframe & Powerplant License so he could pursue his passion of becoming an Aircraft Technician. Shortly after entering into the aviation industry, Josh found his second loveIn April 2020, he started a podcast titled, Creative Capital, to not only learn more about the industry from experts, but to help teach others as well. He currently releases two episodes per week, and since its inception he now has over 500K downloads with tens of thousands of loyal weekly listeners.[00:01 - 01:42]• We welcome back Josh Ferrari to the show. [01:43 - 04:05]• Josh Ferrari's update and his background how he started investing in real estate.[04:06 - 11:10] • How did he and his wife's vivid vision helped them achieve their recent accomplishments? • What has been the biggest challenge for him going into real estate full-time?  •  How Josh was able to utilize his time more effectively, and the importance of spending more time with his family? [11:13 - 19:42]• Josh on when do you stop moving the goal post after achieving one after the other?• Challenges and how to navigate around to raise capital in today's market?• Helping potential investors understand through education, that the investment they put in will build Generational Wealth. [19:57 - 30:09] •Josh on, people losing confidence in the current situation of the market and just holding onto their money.• Why do you have to be Always be the Doctor?  [30:37 - 37:36]•Closing Segment•  Asking Josh Ferrari the Adventurous Four Tweetable Quotes: "I would just figure out what their problem is, so then I can figure out how to tailor the education. So that it is something that is actually beneficial for them, because maybe it's not. "  - Josh Ferrari Connect with Josh Ferrarihttps://ferraricapital.com https://threebeach.comhttps://www.facebook.com/joshua.ferrari.16/https://www.instagram.com/ferraricapital/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-ferrari-6b9107160/  Explore more. Adventure awaits. Please subscribe and leave an honest review  - how do you want to create an impact in your world?Check out Adventurous REI and our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.Michael on LinkedInSuzy on LinkedIn   Invest with us! Start here. GRAB A FREE copy of The Complete Guide to Generating Passive Income for Avid Travelers & Adventure Seekers  

Dr. Christopher McNally attended the kick-off meeting for the first ever National Vehicle Consortium hosted at the Indian River State College Pruitt Campus this past August. Dr. McNally is a professor at Hudson Valley Community College's Applied Technology Division.    In this episode of Small Biz Florida, host Tom Kindred interviews Dr. Christopher McNally and their discussion covers topics on the future of Electric Vehicles and the challenges that the industry is facing with the lack of technicians available to work on both the vehicles and the charging stations across the nation.    – Check out Hudson Valley Community College here: https://www.hvcc.edu/    For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! (@smallbizflorida) This and the following segments were recorded at this year's first annual National Electric Vehicle Consortium hosted at Indian River State College Pruitt Campus – To learn more about this event visit: https://irsc.edu/news/articles/nevc_holds_first-ever_meeting_at_irsc-081822.html

The telecommunications industry is growing, and more people are needed to meet workforce needs. Shirley Brown-Harrison, a senior instructor at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Hohenwald, discusses how TCAT is preparing students for telecommunications careers. Focusing on three learning objectives, Brown-Harrison's team ensures the students are prepared for industry careers. Those objectives are: 1. Teach fundamentals and teach them well. 2. Help students develop critical-thinking skills. 3. Learn to learn.

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Fort Hays State University Alumni Association engagement specialist Carolyn Tatro and Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Melissa Dixon share information about the Community Cruise. Transcript: EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy. James Bell  The Fort Hays State University Alumni Association recently partnered with the Hays Convention and Visitor's Bureau for a community cruise on campus from the CVB Melissa Dixon, as well as from the Alumni Association, Carolyn Tatro joins us to talk about that and more on this episode of the Post Podcast.   Carolyn Tatro  We had an outstanding opportunity just a few weeks ago to bring together community leaders and community members on to the Fort Hays State campus. So we partnered with the Convention Visitors Bureau with the chamber and grow Hayes for the first community cruise and think it was maybe three years right, Melissa, is I sound right? Correct. Yeah. So it was a it was yeah, it was a great opportunity. We probably had I mean, we had a couple dozen, there were a lot of people   Melissa Dixon  think, yes, this event started, way before I worked for the city as an opportunity to educate our newly elected officials on what our organizations are, what they do, how we're funded, and what our big projects are. And, you know, after COVID, we had to not get on a bus together and do that. So we would start out with a presentation of, you know, I'm the CVB. I'm funded by transient guests tax, and here's my mission. And each organization would go through that and just let those officials know what they do. And then we would all jump on a bus together, and we would drive around town and say, What's going on over here? What's that empty lot? What are your plans for this? And we usually would have somebody on that bus ticket, answer the question. And we would have a lunch at the Welcome Center, and then COVID. And so we hadn't done it in in years.   Carolyn Tatro  But I think it was awesome having them on campus. There were a lot of familiar faces that I knew that I had recognized, but a lot of people that I got to meet and really kind of here. You know, a lot of people had not been on campus in a while. And so it was definitely a different event than what kind of community cruises had taken place before.   Melissa Dixon  Absolutely. There's so many new buildings on campus in the past few years that I know, I know, our city department heads hadn't been in. So the guest list kind of looks like school board members, city department heads, county department heads. And that includes Police Department educators. So everybody got together and got some fantastic personal tours of the three newest buildings on campus. So we went to the officially wills Center for Student Success, which is gorgeous, so many little spaces to meet and engage. And then the new art building, and then the new Center for Applied Technology.   Carolyn Tatro  Yep, Applied Technology. Yes, got it.   James Bell  Nothing greatest, really, we'll need to get to get a cool name for that building.   Carolyn Tatro  It's a cool building, though it is a cool building. They're   James Bell  all they're all great. And what I love about this, and what I think probably everybody took away from this, correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of the ways that we kind of teach our students especially that college age, are shifting, it's a little different. And it's more community spaces and collaborative rooms and things like that, that especially that fishery will center really helps, you know, happen.   Carolyn Tatro  Yeah, so much more collaboration, so much more hands on. And it really was important to us to make sure that our community was able to see that not just the facilities themselves, but what's going on in some of those facilities. And so I think for us, it was just really important because we, you know, we want everybody to feel welcome on our campus, not just students and faculty and staff. But you know, people who and first of all, I cannot tell you how many alums were in this group, what I asked at the very beginning, hands shot up all over the room. I mean, people were cool. Yeah, it was great. There were 4k State alums all over the place. And a lot of them really had not been back to campus in a while. And so being able to connect them back to the spaces, allowing them to just sort of explore what their campus looks like now. And we want everybody to be able to feel welcome on our campus so that they can come see all the really special things that we're doing.   Melissa Dixon  And now those people will be more comfortable. They'll say, Oh, I know where this is. And I know where I can park Exactly. And I know who to talk to. And what I love is sometimes you'll walk into space, and have an idea or an opportunity and say what if we work together on something like this? Because with my job, people call us all the time looking for meeting spaces. And when I walked into the officially Will's Senator, I said, Look at all these meetings. What if we could work together and so I think that's the ultimate goal is to find opportunities that we might not have thought of, for city and university county to work together.   James Bell  But there are really strong connections already in place between the university and I think some of the events and things that I've been involved with and one of the first calls that I always hear is well, let's See if we can get some students down here. Because they are a great resource workwise ideal wise, and engaging them in the community then helps keep them here.   Melissa Dixon  Yes, absolutely, thank you know, I   Carolyn Tatro  get on the soapbox all the time, when I was a student, I wish that I had taken more advantage of the things that this community offers. And I tell people now do not wait until it's too late. Whether or not you plan to stay in Hays, you will want to be engaged with this community, because we want you to feel like you're part of it. And I know how many people stay in Hays because of those community connections. And so it just really benefits everybody to have this relationship. And so this, I mean, and the city of Hayes gives back in so many different ways, you know, whether it's support or student scholarships, you know, there's so many different ways that we can really just build this relationship. And it's so important to the university as well. And, you know, it's, it's a very tight knit community, and everybody, you know, everybody knows everybody sometimes. But we're really just, you know, everything is kind of intertwined. Everything is interconnected. And so it's just important for us to be able to do things like this.   Melissa Dixon  And our goals are so similar. We all want Hayes to be the best it can be. We want people, alumni, students, employees, to fall in love with Hayes and stay here forever. So I feel like in the CVB, yes, our mission is to take care of visitors and market hates to visitors. But our long game is that those visitors will decide to live here. And so I feel like that's something that we work on together every day.   James Bell  Yeah, and I gotta believe, too, that, you know, the university helps. And especially, although the Alumni Association events and activities help bring those visitors to Hayes, and maybe even not alumni, but somebody's curious about the school and they say, Hey, I saw this, these new nice, neat buildings down on campus. And maybe you should check this out when they're talking to their youth, which then helps recruit for the university as well.   Melissa Dixon  Absolutely. That relationship is so important. With that, we have a committee, yeah, dedicated to it. It's called the town and gown committee. So town is the city gown is like what you wear when you graduate. And we're, we're a member of the International Town and Gown Association, because there's so many college towns that have the same challenges. And every year, we go to a conference, and we get together and hear how everybody else is, is solving their problems and, and we take notes on their things that are working. And we've actually presented on some projects there before. It's a great organization.   James Bell  Very cool. Very cool. You know, I wonder if you want to talk a little bit about, you know, after these events, what happens next, you know, what are we gonna do you get to build all that goodwill? And that, you know, like, Oh, that's cool. That's neat. But then what?   Carolyn Tatro  No, well, I laugh because there's just, there's so many different opportunities. Um, you know, we bring our graduates to the community, they, you know, they might find jobs around here, there's lots of different ways that they can benefit afterward. And then they bring those there kind of stories back to the university to help the current students and the other alums to kind of understand, like, here's where I have come full circle. So and I know, throughout the year, you know, there's lots of other opportunities to do this as well and other opportunities, not just for, you know, our elected officials like what we were doing for this community cruise, but my first of many pitches to come for homecoming, you know, it's an opportunity for anybody to be part of what we're doing on campus. We open it up to the entire community, people come from all over the place to see Oktoberfest and homecoming. And we have a lot of different ways for people to get involved for that entire weekend. So absolutely lots of ways that we can do this.   James Bell  Yeah, you mentioned homecoming, and Oktoberfest is one of those things. I think they're so intertwined that most people don't realize they are separate activities and events, you know, different people are planning different things, but it all happens kind of at the same time and together and works perfectly. Oh, always has it as long as I've been here. Don't want to curse it this year, but   Carolyn Tatro  Well, I will. Yeah, both both. People who have their hand in both big events really do a great job of putting it together.   Melissa Dixon  And this year is actually the 50th October so I think everything's going to be bigger and better. There's plans for they're going to try to break the world record for the world's largest beer rock. So don't miss that.   James Bell  You know, what's bummer about that? Cuz I had to talk to some of the organizers. All the spaces to eat the beer rock are full. They're done. Like I want to eat the beer rock I don't want to see it I mean seeing some school but it tastes good. Well, I'm sure it's gonna taste good. But anyway, we got about a minute left guys last thoughts or anything else we want to hit on? Before we go?   Melissa Dixon  I'll say something we're working on right now back to school picnic, which is They're really big town and gown collaboration effort where students are invited to come out to the quad and get to know student organizations that they can be involved in, and local businesses come out to meet them. And CVB is really excited to actually get the the ability to sponsor the meal this year. So we're excited to get down there and see their students too.   Carolyn Tatro  That's great. Yeah, one of the first opportunities for students to see the community is to see all the opportunities during the back to school picnic, it's one of my favorite events of the year, so I'll for sure be there. And then of course, like I said, we've got homecoming coming up. I'll be talking a little bit about this. You're in the next a lot about this in the next few months, but just some some more really great ways for people to come check out what's going on both in at Fort Hays State and pretty much looking forward to all of that.

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Zack Miller, Tearsheet's editor in chief. I find it fascinating to hear how some of the largest FIs handle emerging technologies. Fidelity, for example, has the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, where it tests and assesses new tech, like the metaverse and blockchain. It's almost like Fidelity's skunkworks R&D arm. Today on our program I have Adam Schouela, the head of emerging technology at the center. Our discussion spans different technologies, emerging use cases, and sheds some light on how Fidelity thinks about its priorities and customers out into the future. We talk about the experiments Adam and Co. have done around blockchain technology, around the metaverse, and where it sees opportunities and just as importantly, where it doesn't see opportunities. Adam Schouela is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.

Ron Roveri, Director of the Applied Technology Center in Rock Hill, joins Matthew and Ashley on Rock Hill CityCast to discuss the role they play in preparing high school students to enter the workforce either after college or right out of high school.

Listen in as Don Bruns sits down with Eric Shuman, the new General Manager of Applied Technology. Eric took some time out of his schedule to give us a glimpse into his background as well as the vision moving forward for Raven.

In this episode of Build Momentum, we are joined by Juan Ciapessoni, a globally awarded visionary inventor and serial entrepreneur focused on creativity and innovation using applied technology. He's a pioneer in the development of the internet in his native country, Uruguay, where he created one of the country's first ISPs. He co-founded and leads The Electric Factory, a global leader in creative technology and innovation for the world's top brands.Juan has received more than 100  awards from organizations as diverse as South by Southwest (SXSW), Fast Company, the London International Awards, and Cannes Lions. One example of his many collaborations is The HY Project—a unique way to implement sound in electric and hybrid vehicles that integrates with the environment and stimulates plant growth—which is preserved in the archives of MOMA in New York as the Innovation Winner at the AICP Next Awards.  He's been recognized as one of the most influential people in leadership, creativity, and innovation in Uruguay.Some Questions I Ask:Please share more background about your first venture and how that led you to pursue even more interesting, innovative opportunities across the whole world. (2:04)Tell me about The Electric Factory. (4:25)Why have you been so successful? (6:15)Almost every student in Uruguay has an electronic device for education. Tell me about this. (11:29)Have you gotten a lot of publicity? (13:46)What's attracting companies to Uruguay? (14:42)How have you been able to really elevate your profile? (18:18)Can you share a story of when you have failed and overcome a challenge? (23:16)What's your final advice? (26:34)In This Episode, You Will Learn:Juan's early business beginnings (2:24)About The Electric Factory (4:28)Juan's secret to success (6:35)Uruguay's “one laptop per child” initiative and other technological programs (11:44)Uruguay and PRAttracting companies to Uruguay (14:47)Juan's secret to elevating your profile (18:33)Juan's failure story and how he overcame it (23:33)Juan's final advice (26:49)Quotes:“Curiosity is not getting too deep into a piece of knowledge, in particular, to be more like a tourist of the world, to be an observer to see all the time, different angles, and not knowing too much about a certain topic. Because if you know too much about something … you lose perspective or the other points of view. I am that kind of guy that's always above the line, always above the layers. And when I start to feel a little bit lost about doing the same thing all the time, I'm all the time jumping into learning more about other disciplines.”“You're always gonna find people who can get the expertise you need into that discipline, but you need to be someone like a sponge. This is my quote:  “The length of our life is finite. Sooner or later, we're going to die. But the width depends on us, and how we want to live our life depends on us.”"“We need to be more human, more empathic with each other. And I think that's where Uruguay can win because we are passionate. We have passion. We enjoy life.”“The only way to achieve long goals is by achieving small (goals).”Connect with Juan Ciapessoni:The Electric FactoryJuan's LinkedInBachataStay in touch with Sarah Williamson:Free Case Study GuideWebsiteFacebook

In this week's episode, I have an in-depth conversation with hip-hop Math edutainer Keziah Finney about her personal math journey, the founding of Lyrical Math, the power of hip-hop as a medium for Math pedagogy, and so much more! To learn more about Keziah's work, you can visit the Lyrical Math website at lyricalmath.com and follow her on Instagram & Twitter (@lyricalmath). BIO: Mrs. Finney was born in Chester, Pennsylvania and moved to New Castle, Delaware at a young age with her mother, father and four older brothers. She grew up in a musical family and spent years in her family church choir gaining her first experience sharing her voice through music in front of a large crowd. She loved teaching from a young age and knew she wanted to be a teacher since elementary school. Growing up with many siblings and cousins being rappers and music producers, she gravitated towards hip-hop music and performed as a rapper in many talent shows while growing up. In 1998, she graduated from William Penn High School. She completed her undergraduate degree in 2002 with a Bachelor's in Biology from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Upon graduation, she started her teaching career in Chester, Pennsylvania at Village Charter School. Diving into her love of teaching , she returned to college and received her Master's of Education from Wilmington University. Over the past 18 years, she has taught middle school math and science and various middle schools in Chester, Pennsylvania and in Wilmington, New Castle and Hockessin, Delaware. As an artist and educator, Mrs. Finney noticed early on in her teaching career how quickly students memorized and recited hip-hop songs throughout the school day. While her students walked in the hallways, socialized in the school cafeteria or completed class work, she would find many of them rapping popular hip-hop songs or even creating their own lyrics. These moments led to reflection on her own similar experiences with hip-hop when she attended grade school. When introducing math lessons to her class in the traditional fashion, she would see a disconnect in her students. Eager to have her students engaged in the lesson as well as increase their level of comprehension, Mrs. Finney started creating lyrics that explained the math content she was hired to teach. When she shared the lesson lyrically, her students lit up! Their excitement for learning increased and so did their level of comprehension. Administrators, teachers, parents, students and community members expressed their appreciation for Mrs. Finney's ability to tailor the curriculum to meet the needs of her students. This made for a more rewarding and memorable classroom experience. Mrs. Finney expanded her ability to teach more students through music when she met her husband, James Finney. With his undergraduate degree in Studio Production and Digital Filmmaking and Master's in Applied Technology in Education, Mr. and Mr. Finney combined their passion for education and disciplines to create Lyrical Math. With this edutainment program, Mrs. Finney created two CDs that teach basic math skills through hip-hop music. With the support of her husband and four children, Mrs. Finney aspires to help students all over the world become more engaged and interested in math and science by teaching through educational hip-hop music.

On this episode of the Post Podcast Fort Hays State University provost, Jill Arensdorf speaks about the direct benefits to the are provided by the university.   Transcript   James Bell  Fort Hays State University is more than just an education center for the region. It provides direct benefits to the community. Provost Jill Arensdorf stops by to talk a little bit about some of those benefits on this episode of the post podcast.   Jill Arensdorf  Obviously, the purpose of a Fort Hays State University and really higher education is to educate primarily our student population. However, we also have part of our mission to serve the public good. And many of our outreach programs and impact that we make in Kansas, specifically western Kansas, focus on what you called the impact of teaching and learning. And so I'll share just a few examples. And if you have questions about them, please please ask. But we have the fhsu Literacy Center. And that may be one that people aren't that familiar with, because it's relatively new is a partnership with the Hayes Masonic Lodge, and they're providing virtual and face to face helped area schools that need additional assistance in their reading skills. And this was really primarily due to the COVID 19 shutdown and some of the needs that came from that. And so this Literacy Center has, has risen and been created in the last year or so to provide that assistance that that students may need. In addition, you know, we've got great programs at Sternberg Museum and many people in the community and outside of the community and enjoy those educational outreach activities throughout the year. And then we have a gem in Great Bend with the Kansas wetlands Education Center. And that is connected to Fort Hays and folks might not realize that connection to Fort Hays and the educational opportunities that that provides.   James Bell  Yeah, that's something we talked about the events down there. And and I think that's one of those things. And I grew up near that region. I grew up in Stafford County. It is such a such a jewel down there. And it's really, you know, when you when I think about these events, you think about that drive, but my goodness, it's not that big of a deal, really, in the long run to get down there 45 minutes or so.   Jill Arensdorf  Yeah. And they've got I mean, they've got indoor and outdoor excursion activities and things going on all year. So I really hope that people can take advantage of that. You know, one other thing that if you drive through campus, many days, you won't see the maker van there but many days you will meet the maker van has programs for STEM. And so that maker van allows us to take our STEM show on the road so to speak, and and go into schools and communities to teach students about physics and science and using robots and the mobile planetarium and then our ever popular high altitude blond balloon experiments which go on pretty regularly throughout the year.   James Bell  Yeah, this stuff is so neat. I was I actually got to hang out with one of your Dean's Paul Adams the other day, the who's doing a robot session training session with some middle school teachers and may My goodness, how cool is this stuff? It's just, you know, and I'm pretty tech savvy, I'd like to thank but even the way that this is developing an education so quickly and rapidly, it's just It blows my mind.   Jill Arensdorf  Yeah, if we can get students excited about science at an early age through things like the maker band through things like Sternberg through things like the wetland center, they're more apt to maybe find that as a career path and passion as they choose higher education and a career. So I mean, there's obviously a reason for this outreach. And it's an important part of our mission at Fort Hays State University.   James Bell  Very cool. And that, you know, one other thing in that in that regard, we talked about the weekend center. I don't know that you want to talk a little bit about that one as well.   Jill Arensdorf  Yeah, it's relatively new. So this is a cooperation with USD 489. And the west central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, and several other regional school districts, and the Heartland Community Foundation, so a partnership with many entities. And it is a center where preschool and 18 to 21 year old transition programs occur where students are working with these populations preschool and then the 18 to 21 year olds, adults as they prepare to become teachers. And so it's just a, it's a unique new opportunity that for Hayes's has gotten involved in here in the local community, downtown, at the Hadleys at the Hadley old Hadley hospital, that Hadley building, and it has been a fantastic partnership thus far to create opportunities both for our students to learn but also to impact the community. Very cool.   James Bell  Yeah. And in schools, those economic are about I mean, educational opportunities are there's also some real economic benefits to having the university here and we hear about the Small Business Development Center and you know, Management Development Center as well. And I think that's a huge way that Fort Hays can help and especially right now with so many people going remote work and looking at those kind of things are working for themselves. It's got to have like a tremendous benefit on the area.   Jill Arensdorf  It is and you know, for higher education specifically for Hey, does make an impact on our business and economic development, as you said, and so, through the pandemic, and as we've come out of it, the Small Business Development Center and our management development center, have pivoted, and then they've grown from that and and have expanded their services and expanded the way that they're serving the western Kansas population. So I'll just give you a couple of quick examples. James, the Small Business Development Center for Hayes's the statewide host, but we also have a regional center. And so the numbers I'll share with you our regional numbers, for Hayes, the regional Small Business Development Center establishes and helps startup businesses. So lots of workshops and counseling services that can be done in person, but that also can be done remote now, because of our learning through the pandemic. And so this past year, the center has developed 78 workshops, assisted 124 established businesses in their regional area, which is primarily western Kansas, and then helped 14 new entrepreneurs launch business in this area, which is exciting for the economic drivers that we need to be as an institution and in our in our region. The Management Development Center is housed at Fort Hays State University as well provides lots of public workshops, the focus on customer service, managing people mastering business and communication software and applications. So really serving anyone that has needs in management leadership areas.   James Bell  Yeah, that's we talked about leadership earlier this week on the show and the difference between leadership and management and, and how that works and how it develops. And it is such an interesting field and Fort Hayes has been a leader, I think in in Leadership Studies and how that all not only academically, it comes together, but how it works in the practical world as well.   Jill Arensdorf  Yeah, you're right. Of course, I have some affinity for the Leadership Studies program since it's my home department. But the management development center that I think one of the beautiful things about that center, is that it utilizes expertise of not only our faculty, but business people and other people in the community that have a skill set that they can share with other folks. So they basically contract a facilitator. And then that facilitator uses their expertise to teach others about one of the areas that that we already discussed within the Management Development Center. One of the things I'll quickly mentioned, James, kind of connected to the business and economic development piece is an online bank management contest that the Robins banking Institute hosts each year, in coordination with Robins College of Business and Entrepreneurship. This institute actually engages community banks in Kansas, in this friendly bank simulation competition. So everyone likes a little healthy competition from time to time. And so this online bank management contest has been a fun way for the Institute in our community banks to compete and sharpen their banking skills as they compete.   James Bell  That's very fun. You know, it's one of the things I imagine it is, it is difficult to turn that into a fun activity. But that's a good time. You know, and the other thing speaking of, you know, the activity in the university helping the area, you know, a lot of ways I think the university just kind of generally makes life better out here, right?   Jill Arensdorf  Yeah, no, one of the things that I've always appreciated about living in western Kansas, and specifically now in Hays is that the quality of life is so good here. And our university contributes to that in a way that I'm certainly very proud of. An example of that would be the Herndon Speech Language Hearing Clinic, the clinic, His home is on campus, but the clinic is actually in its fifth year of providing mobile hearing screenings. This is a program sponsored again by the Kansas Masonic Foundation. And so in the last five years, the Herndon clinic, students, faculty and staff have actually provided over 830 free screenings in western Kansas communities, which is an amazing service. And it's amazing learning opportunity for our students who are in those programs. So that then when they're going out into their career, they have experience working in rural Kansas and rural communities and see the need out there and can help serve that need. Another example of just raising the quality of life in western Kansas is our Department of Geosciences is doing some research that's actually been funded by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to test private wells for contamination in western Kansas. So again, a great way for our students and faculty to connect to western Kansas communities and ensure that our water water is of high quality and is safe to drink and use.   James Bell  Yeah, because I mean, otherwise, those resources are harder to find. I mean, I've done some some water testing and I know you have to ship that off and it's, you know, it gonna be a few days where you're doing a locally, just quicker and easier and And again, they're great learning.   Jill Arensdorf  Absolutely. Do we have time to talk about more? Yeah. Okay. So as I, as I came over to the station today, I walked literally walked by the senior companion and Foster Grandparent Program Office, which is now housed in rare at call. These are programs for our local seniors that fill a need on our community for services for our citizens over 55. And so if you're interested in getting involved, we have a director that that would be very anxious to visit with with you if you're interested in getting involved with our senior companion and Foster Grandparent Program. And then we have just ongoing partnerships with the pace Public Library in our downtown art and event venues to host exhibitions and poetry readings and author book signings which all contribute to the quality of life in the community. And so we have lots of students in lots of different departments that are collaborating with downtown Hayes, to to raise, raise our appreciation, maybe for the arts, but also to allow people to participate in a unique way. this coming Saturday is another great event that we have, probably you've probably talked about, in fact, I think I heard about it on the radio on my way up here, the teaming up for Tots toy assembly that will occur this Saturday in the Department of Applied Technology. I can't remember James how many years this has been going on. But it's been going on for many, many years. 200 wooden toys will be assembled from start to finish for children ages two to six. And those will be delivered just in time for Christmas. But if you haven't, if you haven't ever been to that event, it's it's it's really powerful to go in and see the community come together with students and faculty to contribute in a meaningful way and also honor a former Applied Technology faculty member Fred Ruda, the toy, the teaming up for Tots toy assembly is named after him. And he started that program. And it's just a really cool way to get into the spirit of the season, but also to contribute to the community.   James Bell  Absolutely. Yeah, I remember even as an undergrad here, I think it was a student reporter for the student newspaper, and I wrote some stories with with Dr. Ruta when he was doing that program back then. Yeah, it's it's cool. And I love that it's been able to continue and even expand and grow a   Jill Arensdorf  little bit. Yes, yes, I and there's, I think they sometimes have more volunteers than they then they have toys, but but it's just because people find the work so meaningful. And so I believe this year, there's a team of students that's working with Big Brothers Big Sisters. And so they're connecting that project into the teaming up for Tots toy assembly as well. Which actually leads me to another example. Our university athletes, many of them serve as Big Brothers and Big Sisters are for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Ellis County programs spending their time with students that need to mentor in their lives. And so that's a way that our, many of our students and many of our faculty and staff are connected to youth in the community through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.   James Bell  Yeah, that's awesome. Cool program and and even cooler when you got to Fort Hays athletes, you know, leading the charge. Exactly,   Jill Arensdorf  exactly. I think I think in some ways, in some of those pictures, I see I think, impacts probably the Big Brother or Big Sister just as much as it impacts the little already cool. Yeah, very cool.   James Bell  Well, we've just got just about a minute or so left, we got to get over to weather. But any last thoughts before we go?   Jill Arensdorf  Well, James, thank you so much for this time that you afford to us on a very regular occasion to talk about Fort Hays State University. I respect our university and love it very much. And we have a very much a shared commitment to service. President Mason often often refers to this as the ethic of care. That's what makes for hasty different. And I think the examples we've talked about here, show that we really care about our students, our faculty and staff, but also our community and that that mission that we hold as high in higher education of the public good. speaks through these examples of outreach that we've talked about this morning, and we can talk probably for 30 more minutes and not cover everything. But as people get into the spirit of the season, I hope that you find a way to get connected to your community and appreciate the outreach that we all bring in.

Bob Bell talks with Jeff Slagle, Vice President of Operations and Facilities at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Livingston. They discuss what his new roll as Vice President of Operations and Facilities entails at TCAT Livingston, the ins and outs of their Transportation, Distribution, Warehousing, and Logistics Program, and their new facilities to go along the the program, as well as the various types of certifications and diplomas that they offer in the field of Information Technology. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart.

Show #1253 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 23rd October. It's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they've built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It's a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too. APPLE CAR BATTERY TALKS BREAKING DOWN UNDER WEIGHT OF APPLE'S DEMANDS "Two of three potential Apple Car vendors are reportedly having difficulty meeting Apple's production requirements. Specifically, a new report claims that the main stumbling block is manufacturing advanced lithium ion phosphate (LFP) batteries in the United States for Apple, and the effort it would take for exclusivity. Suppliers cited in the report are BYD and CATL. CATL is the world's main battery manufacturer for electric vehicles." reports Apple Insider: "CATL is a Chinese firm, which is said to be complicating matters. It reportedly had difficulty sourcing appropriate staff in the US suitable to assembling a product development team just for Apple. BYD has a plant in the US already, seemingly making it a better choice. However, the company allegedly said to Apple that it would not build a plant just for the Apple Car. The report on Friday morning from Reuters claims that the companies told Apple at some point in the last two months that they were not able to meet Apple's requirements. Since both manufacturers told Apple that they would not be able to meet demands, talks have stalled. Both companies, however, are said to remain open to overtures from Apple." Read more: https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/224706/apple-car-battery-talks-breaking-down-under-weight-of-apples-demands FORD NABS $884 MILLION INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR EV ‘MEGA CAMPUS' "Tennessee lawmakers have approved an $884 million incentive package for the “mega campus” near Memphis where Ford plans to make batteries and electric vehicles, according to the Tennessean. The money — which is coming from Tennessee's current $2.1 billion budget surplus — is the single largest investment in the history of the state. It comes at a time when many major automakers are looking to build new facilities in the US dedicated to EVs, batteries, or other supply chain components necessary for electric vehicles." writes The Verge: "South Korean battery company SK Innovation, which it calls “Blue Oval City.” Ford is also simultaneously spinning up battery factories in Kentucky. Ford will get $500 million in the form of a grant. The rest is being allocated in a few different ways — the result of a special session held this week where state legislators haggled for three days. The state will commit $200 million for road construction around the site and $138.2 million for other infrastructure and demolition work. Another $40 million will go to building a Tennessee College of Applied Technology site near the campus, and $5 million is being offered up for legal services." Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740610/tennessee-ford-blue-oval-city-incentive-package-884-million TESLA PLACES ORDER FOR 10 GWH OF LFP BATTERIES WITH BYD "Right now CATL is Tesla's sole supplier of LFP (LiFePO4) battery cells, but BYD seems to be the next on the list. According to Chinese media, Tesla has secured an initial order of 10 GWh worth of LFP battery cells from BYD, to power the Model 3 and Y in their standard range versions. 10 GWh is enough to assemble more than 181,000 battery packs for the Tesla Model 3 with 55 kWh each, or more than 166,000 for the Model Y with 60 kWh each." writes Pedro for PushEVs: "Currently, the LFP battery packs of Tesla made with CATL's battery cells only reach an energy density of 126 Wh/kg, but BYD's Blade battery packs are more energy dense and have already reached 150 Wh/kg. Not only the cobalt-free BYD Blade battery packs have good energy density, performance, safety and longevity, they currently also have the lowest kWh price, estimated at 55 euros (64 USD)." Read more: https://pushevs.com/2021/10/21/byd-has-reportedly-received-10-gwh-of-orders-from-tesla-for-lfp-batteries/ IT'S EASY TO GAME TESLA'S SAFETY SCORE SYSTEM "Tesla owners using the company's Full Self-Driving beta have great responsibility on their hands. The Level 2 driver-assist system, as defined by the SAE Scale of Autonomy, is not actually self-driving and requires a human driver to pay attention at all times -- and Tesla's trying to allow only the most responsible folks into its beta program. Except it's pretty simple for anyone who ponies up $10,000 to earn a perfect Safety Score, the metric Tesla is using to grant access." reports CNET.com: "deleted Reddit post that guide drivers through the steps to earn the coveted perfect Safety Score (which is also used for Tesla Insurance, by the way). One way is to simply not send the driving behavior data to Tesla; another is to restart the process entirely. Tesla drivers have the option to hold down both scroll-wheel buttons on the steering wheel to wipe the car's Media Control Unit. This also wipes the data used for the Safety Score. If the driver does something inappropriate, or even if they make a minor boo-boo while driving, they can erase it before Tesla even calculates the potential ding to a Safety Score." Read more: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/its-easy-to-game-teslas-safety-score-system-owners-say/ TESLA AUTOPILOT 2.0 OWNERS NEED A CAMERA UPGRADE BEFORE GETTING ‘FULL SELF-DRIVING BETA' "Elon Musk confirmed that owners of Tesla vehicles who bought the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package on cars with Autopilot 2.0 are going to need a camera upgrade before they get access to the “FSD Beta.” Starting with the introduction of its Autopilot 2.0 suite of sensors in 2016, Tesla started selling all of its cars with the promise that they have all the hardware necessary to achieve full self-driving capability with future software updates. This promise has helped Tesla sell vehicles, but it turned out to be inaccurate." says Fred @ Electrek: "Last night, CEO Elon Musk was asked whether or not these owners will get access to FSD Beta, and he confirmed that they will but they will need a “camera upgrade”: “Yeah, although early production cars will need camera upgrades, as well as FSD computer (all included in the price).”" Read more: https://electrek.co/2021/10/22/tesla-autopilot-2-owners-need-camera-upgrade-before-full-self-driving-beta/ *AD BREAK* REPORT: RIVIAN VAN NAMES LEAKED "A VIN decoder appears to have revealed the names of Rivian's planned vans. The filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seems to indicate they will be called 500 Van and 700 Van. Additionally, it appears the 500 will be available with both left-hand and right-hand drive." says The Truth About Cars: "The number refers to cargo capacity. So 500 equals 500 cubic feet, and so on and so forth. The filing also seems to indicate that Rivian will be offering the vans for fleet duty. Available drivetrains seem to include all-wheel drive with single motors at each axle, single-motor front-wheel drive, and dual-motor FWD." Read more: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/10/report-rivian-van-names-leaked/ ELECTRIFIED CARS HIT ALMOST A FIFTH OF EU Q3 VEHICLE SALES "Nearly one in five vehicles sold in the European Union in the third quarter was an electrified model as sales continued to soar while fossil-fuel cars slumped, according to sales data released on Friday by a trade organization.  The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, or ACEA, which represents major European car, truck, van and bus makers, said that battery electric and plug-in hybrid model sales across the European Union made up just under 19% of all sales." says the Economic Times: "Battery electric vehicle sales jumped nearly 57% to more than 212,000 units, while plug-in hybrid models rose nearly 43% to more than 197,000 units. This is a slower pace of growth than in 2020 when sales almost trebled from a low base. " Read more: https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/electrified-cars-hit-almost-a-fifth-of-eu-q3-vehicle-sales/87206205 BMW i4 ENTERS SERIES PRODUCTION "The first series-produced BMW i4 has now formally rolled off BMW Group Plant Munich. The automaker's home plant, which is now almost 100 years old, now makes all drive variants on a single assembly line. Needless to say, this is a manufacturing and production milestone, significant in BMW's road to electrification." says Motor1: "Apart from the BMW i4, the Munich plant also produces the combustion-powered and hybrid BMW 3 Series Saloon and Estate, the BMW M3, and the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe. Although 90 percent of the existing systems in the Munich bodyshop can still be used for the new model, additional machines and techniques were used to integrate the assembly of the high-voltage battery. According to the release, the integration warranted an investment of €200 million" Read more: https://uk.motor1.com/news/542898/first-bmw-i4-production-munich/ PHILLY PLANS TO MAKE ITS 5,500 VEHICLE FLEET ALL ELECTRIC AFTER 2030 Read more: https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/philadelphia-electric-vehicle-plan-climate-change-20211021.html PORSCHE CELEBRATES 1.21 GIGAWATT MILESTONE WITH BACK TO THE FUTURE TRIBUTE Read more: https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news/porsche-celebrates-1-21-gigawatt-charging-capability?utm_source=pocket_mylist NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM When buying a used electric car, how do you feel about servicing? Do you want the previous person to have been back to a dealer every year? Do you care? Some manufacturers like Tesla don't even have a service schedule so how do you feel about buying a used EV and it's service history, or lack of. Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/

Faith & Works Podcast: Connecting Our Common Values Episode 6: Artificial Intelligence and Applied Technology: Their Ethics & ConcernsPanelists:Bob Bruttell - Vice chairman, InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan DetroitArun Prasad - Owner and Principal, K2Media LLCSaeed Khan - Senior Lecturer and Director of Global Studies, Wayne State UniversityDavid Koukal - Professor of Philosophy, University of Detroit MercyProducer:Ben Kouchnerkavich - Communications Intern, Wayne State UniversityIntro track: “Retro Soul” by BenSound.com

Giuseppe Riva, Ph.D., is Full Professor of General and Cognitive Psychology. at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, where he is also the Director of Humane Technology Lab. (HTLab.). Riva is also the Founder and Director of the Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology (ATN-P) Lab. at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano (a leading Italian private hospital) where in the last 20 years he tested many of the current clinical applications of VR: from stress management to eating and weighting disorders. In the lab he also authored the COVID Feel Good Virtual Therapeutic experience (www.covidfeelgood.com): the only free, validated and multilanguage (13 different languages, from English to Farsi and Japanese) VR experience for coping with the negative psychological effects – anxiety and depression – of Coronavirus. According to the scientific databases Scopus and ISI Web of Science, Riva is the scholar who authored the highest number of peer-reviewed scientific publications in the fields of “Virtual Reality” in the world. He is also the current President of the International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, and Rehabilitation (http://iactor.ning.com/) whose yearly conference will be held online in September (https://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy25/).

My guest today is Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital is a diversified financial services company operating in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sector. He manages a research team and platform that generates unique insights on the state of public blockchain networks for their clients. Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, Alex was an investor at Avon Ventures, the bitcoin and blockchain-focused venture capital fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments. Before Avon, Alex was the Dir. of Blockchain Research at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, and before that held roles managing technical investigations for internal, litigation, and compliance inquiries. Alex spent a lot of time researching cryptocurrencies and applied cryptography, interrogating foreign policy, and producing hip hop music. He wants to build and help people access tools to increase self-sovereignty, privacy, security, and liberty. In our discussion, we cover a wealth of different topics including the grading and cataloging of blockchains and protocols, the path to decentralization, the importance of Bitcoin, and much more. Alex does an incredible job articulating why decentralization is an ideal a protocol should strive for and why decentralization is very hard to quantify. We go on to discuss the varying degrees of censorship resistance that exists within the crypto ecosystem. A very interesting topic that came up during conversation was the growth of NFTs. We discuss why Ether Rocks have become so valuable, the lack of liquidity in the NFT market, and future applications for NFTs. The second half of our conversation was centered around Bitcoin and Satoshi. We talk about the impact Satoshi being the richest entity in the world will have on society. Alex goes on to give various excellent points centered around why people should not be overlooking Bitcoin and Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. We finish our conversation by talking about where the space is headed and what areas of crypto we feel the most excited about. Please enjoy my conversation with Alex Thorn. -- Kava connects the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications on DeFi's most trusted, scalable and secure earning platform. Built to scale on the largest decentralized PoS network, Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely and efficiently across the world's biggest crypto assets with a simple and intuitive user experience and the full confidence of institutional-grade security and quality . To learn more visit https://untoldstories.link/kava -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co

This week, Dolores sits down with Malcolm McGhough, Malcolm is an Australian citizen and permanent resident of the US who came to America in 2009 after being recruited by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy out of Trinity College CT, as a Senior Analyst.  He has been heavily involved in Politics since arriving, having been the campaign manager for the CT Attorney Generals race, CT Governor's race, US Senate Exploratory Committee, manager of Trumps campaign offices across many states, before being appointed as the California Political and Field Operations Director for the Trump/Pence Presidential Campaign. More recently he was the Campaign Manager for CA 39th Congressional District, and the Co-Director for the Trump 2020 California Grass roots campaign. He is the former Executive board member of Election Integrity Project CA.Malcolm is a 25-year veteran and retired Lieutenant Colonel, from the Australian Army.  After retirement he ran his own consulting firm before being recruited as an executive with the Australian DOD. He has a Bachelor of Administration majoring in Strategic Studies and Government Policy, a Bachelor of Science majoring in Applied Technology, and a Graduate Diploma in Logistics. As a senior military officer, he was selected to, and is a Graduate of, the Australian Army Command and Staff College in 1995.Malcolm has a passion for his adopted country and speaks at groups and organizations across the US on a range of subjects. They include, ‘America's Godly Heritage', and the ‘Truth of America's Role as a Beacon of Hope and Light for the World to follow.'He has two grown daughters and three granddaughters. Ashlee, aged 15 months, went to the Lord on May 23, 2013.

Episode 41 of That Great Business ShowPresented by Conall O Morain2.00' Jill Holtz, CEO of ParentsandBrands, on results from their parents survey on post-Covid spending. Jill says, contrary to the popular narrative, that parents are NOT going to splurge post Covid, as caution has set in. She gives tips for how businesses can attract that unspent money though and living in Oranmore, Galway, she also tells us about the future of deliveries. Her bought in meals drop from the sky! (well, via drone company Manna). She explains the fascinating process.Jill's 'hire in a heartbeat' is super-athlete, Derval O'Rourke.21' John O'Connell, CEO CW Applied Technology, on his award winning Muv-X portable disinfection device...but we got him talking about making bespoke windows for Bentley cars, windows that go to black on a touch of a button. The CW in the company name stands for Collaborate to Win...he's looking for another company to work with strengths in manufacturing. The company is looking to expand into the US and TeamGBS will be introducing them to the Ireland/Connecticut Business Council. John is also recruiting for senior management who would like to live and work in Clare. His 'hire in a heartbeat' is former BnB senior executive, Aisling Hassell, 42' Neil Skeffington, founder NovelPlast, talks us through what's happening in plastic recycling and how his Udarás backed, Meath based, company is doing its bit to recycle industrial plastics (not plastic bottles!). He explains why plastics are not infinitely recyclable but that technology is working on the problem and he also says that he doesn't want raw materials at zero cost. They're also working on a project to reclaim and reuse plastic fishing nets as sunglasses. They're currently funded by Beechpoint Capital but are open to further funding offers. His 'hire in a heartbeat', Greta Thurnberg.1.00.00 Cathal Noone, RandDtaxcredits.ie tells TeamGBS that hundreds of companies don't collect tax credits, leaving millions of Euro on the table. He says that one of the reasons companies don't send in requests for rebates is that the likelihood of a tax audit becomes much greater, with all the time and costs that involves. Former PWC director Cathal has developed a software for making R&D claims that cuts fees by up to as much as 50%. Cathal's 'hire in a heartbeat', the Collison brothers (he'd love to apply his software to their Stripe products!)That Great Business Show is sponsored by www.DeFactoShave.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CWB Association brings you a weekly podcast that covers what's happening in the world of welding. We speak to people passionate about the world of welding and fabrication. Get the right tips and industry information to stay on top of what's happening in the Welding industry. #welding #welding podcast. This week's guest is Ted Taylor from  Neeginan College of Applied Technology.

In Singapore, Jonas Berge, Senior Director, Applied Technology, Emerson Automation Solutions, tells ARC’s Bob Gill about how technology developments in areas including wireless process instruments, networks and protocols, advanced analytics apps, augmented and virtual reality, are enabling industrial plants to more easily implement new and powerful digital ways of working and facilitating transformation programs at industrial companies across the Asia Pacific region.   

How does GoodLife's Applied Technology Center factor in the new ecosystem of delivering services.

This episode's unusually well informed guest is Satoshi Takano. Satoshi has had a very diverse career spanning high tech, education, sales, athlete coaching and healthcare. Satoshi helped Hitachi Canada prepare for Y2K. At Verizon, he designed and implemented enterprise connectivity solutions. Later, at Bell Canada he focused on sales and marketing. Satoshi led Cisco's integration of Broadsoft, a cloud collaboration company that Cisco acquired. Today, Satoshi's LinkedIn lists five roles that he holds simultaneously. He is a man with many irons in the fire! Satoshi is an agility instructor to NHL players, a leadership professor at Humber College's School of Applied Technology, a business and career coach and co-founder of the Genus Pelino/Gordie Howe Research Institute. Satoshi and I discuss work he is doing to help NHL players develop blistering reflexes, the role of imaging in healthcare, the advice he gives his students to propel them to success as leaders and entrepreneurs, and the impact of automation and COVID on retail, transportation and offices. References "Low Hanging Fruit" is for Farms, not Your Business https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/low-hanging-fruit-farms-your-business-satoshi-takano/ Liz Specht on The Future of Food, Alternative Meats https://youtu.be/poBiQnY3y9k Disclaimer The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation. Host and Producer: Tim Hampton https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/ https://designthinkingtoronto.com Guest: Satoshi Takano @SatoshiTakano https://www.linkedin.com/in/satoshitakano/ PelinoAPC - www.pelinoapc.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/satoshi__takano/ Virtual voice over https://www.nuance.com/ Music Consequences by Nihilore https://youtu.be/BaWaucm-ewc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unusuallywellinformed/message

We host our first panel interview, discussing with three award-winning educators their thoughts and experiences with hybrid and remote teaching so far. Steve Elza, an Applied Technology teacher at Fremd High School and the 2015 Illinois Teacher of the Year.Brian Curtin teaches English at Schaumburg High School and is the 2013 Illinois Teacher of the YearTanya Katovich, Hoffman Estates High School Chemistry teacher, is a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), which are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teaching.  She was also a Top 10 Finalist for Teacher of the Year in 2019.

Christine Sandler, head of sales and marketing at Fidelity Digital Assets, talks about how 30 years in traditional finance and an early retirement led her to Coinbase, and, eventually, Fidelity Digital Assets. She discusses the history of Fidelity's involvement in crypto, how they became one of the first to enter the space, and what the future holds. Topics include: what Fidelity Digital Assets is and Christine's role there Christine's background in traditional finance, how she was drawn into the world of cryptocurrencies, eventually working at Coinbase, and how she found her way to Fidelity Digital Assets the role Fidelity sees itself playing in the digital asset space how the client base for digital assets has changed over time how Fidelity approaches the difficulties around explaining what bitcoin and crypto is, and the most common questions they receive how the pandemic has changed the conversation around digital currencies the types of services and products Fidelity is considering for the future the differences Fidelity sees in how international investors are approaching digital currency Fidelity's plans for a Bitcoin index fund and whether they are considering offering futures how financial institutions and institutional investors fit into a world of decentralized finance founded with the ethos of excluding them the regulatory improvements Fidelity is hoping to see what a Bitcoin ETF would mean for Fidelity how Fidelity might use a central bank digital currency in its business Fidelity's thoughts on offering proof of stake services whether a more deflationary Ethereum might attract more institutional investors and whether Fidelity will offer Ethereum in the future   Thank you to our sponsor!  Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Christine Sandler: https://twitter.com/shoegalnyc Fidelity Digital Assets: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/overview Twitter: https://twitter.com/DigitalAssets   Christine leaves Coinbase for FDAS: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-poaches-coinbase-institutional-sales-head-christine-sandler   Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://fcatalyst.com/overview   Fidelity Digital Assets looking to become prime broker: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/68920/fidelity-digital-assets-eyes-service-for-introducing-crypto-funds-to-big-investors   How the client profile has changed: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/42342/the-client-profile-is-changing-fidelity-digital-assets-exec-says-new-players-are-entering-the-crypto-fold   How to Explain Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains to the Average Person Unchained episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/   Fidelity expands crypto business to Europe: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-to-expand-institutional-crypto-business-to-europe   Fidelity obtains New York Trust Charter: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-gets-a-new-york-trust-charter-to-custody-bitcoin-for-institutions   Bitcoin Index Fund: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/08/26/fidelity-president-files-for-new-bitcoin-fund/?sh=13aa335445c9   Fidelity survey of 800 institutional investors: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/FDAS/institutional-investor-study.pdf   FDAS hiring: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/engineering-hiring-initiative?ccmedia=owned&ccchannel=social&cccampaign=hiring_blog&cctactics=twitter   Kingdom Trust:  https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-digital-assets-to-custody-bitcoin-in-kingdom-trust-retirement-accounts  

Christine Sandler, head of sales and marketing at Fidelity Digital Assets, talks about how 30 years in traditional finance and an early retirement led her to Coinbase, and, eventually, Fidelity Digital Assets. She discusses the history of Fidelity's involvement in crypto, how they became one of the first to enter the space, and what the future holds. Topics include: what Fidelity Digital Assets is and Christine's role there Christine's background in traditional finance, how she was drawn into the world of cryptocurrencies, eventually working at Coinbase, and how she found her way to Fidelity Digital Assets the role Fidelity sees itself playing in the digital asset space how the client base for digital assets has changed over time how Fidelity approaches the difficulties around explaining what bitcoin and crypto is, and the most common questions they receive how the pandemic has changed the conversation around digital currencies the types of services and products Fidelity is considering for the future the differences Fidelity sees in how international investors are approaching digital currency Fidelity's plans for a Bitcoin index fund and whether they are considering offering futures how financial institutions and institutional investors fit into a world of decentralized finance founded with the ethos of excluding them the regulatory improvements Fidelity is hoping to see what a Bitcoin ETF would mean for Fidelity how Fidelity might use a central bank digital currency in its business Fidelity's thoughts on offering proof of stake services whether a more deflationary Ethereum might attract more institutional investors and whether Fidelity will offer Ethereum in the future   Thank you to our sponsor!  Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Christine Sandler: https://twitter.com/shoegalnyc Fidelity Digital Assets: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/overview Twitter: https://twitter.com/DigitalAssets   Christine leaves Coinbase for FDAS: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-poaches-coinbase-institutional-sales-head-christine-sandler   Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://fcatalyst.com/overview   Fidelity Digital Assets looking to become prime broker: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/68920/fidelity-digital-assets-eyes-service-for-introducing-crypto-funds-to-big-investors   How the client profile has changed: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/42342/the-client-profile-is-changing-fidelity-digital-assets-exec-says-new-players-are-entering-the-crypto-fold   How to Explain Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains to the Average Person Unchained episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/   Fidelity expands crypto business to Europe: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-to-expand-institutional-crypto-business-to-europe   Fidelity obtains New York Trust Charter: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-gets-a-new-york-trust-charter-to-custody-bitcoin-for-institutions   Bitcoin Index Fund: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/08/26/fidelity-president-files-for-new-bitcoin-fund/?sh=13aa335445c9   Fidelity survey of 800 institutional investors: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/FDAS/institutional-investor-study.pdf   FDAS hiring: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/engineering-hiring-initiative?ccmedia=owned&ccchannel=social&cccampaign=hiring_blog&cctactics=twitter   Kingdom Trust:  https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-digital-assets-to-custody-bitcoin-in-kingdom-trust-retirement-accounts  

Samantha Reynolds (HOD Arts and Applied Technology and Business at Saint Stephen’s College) and I discussed how innovation is facilitated through ‘Enterprise Skills’ within 21st century education. This insightful and new-age approach to education follows best practice techniques from around the world. The conversation uncovers answers to questions such as - What are enterprise skills? (hint: design thinking, collaboration, resilience, presentation… to name a few!). Why are they imperative within 21st century education? How can it be effectively be facilitated in the classroom? As well as advice for educators and schools on embedding these vital skills into their delivery. This insightful episode full of useful knowledge is perfect for 21st century educators in finding a roadmap on how to lead, best practice in their classroom. 

Amanda Fabiano, director of Bitcoin mining at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, and Christopher Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares, discuss the third Bitcoin halving, which occurred hours before the publication of this episode. They discuss: the significance of the halving what effect it could have on price and what Amanda and Christopher think of Dan Morehead's projection that it could reach $115,000 next year how macroeconomic events like the coronavirus and quantitative easing could impact uptake of Bitcoin how the halving could affect miners and hash rate how the halving could influence the environmental impact of Bitcoin why mining was the first activity Fidelity pursued with Bitcoin what they think needs to happen in Bitcoin to foster more adoption why hash rate derivatives will be a crucial step what the outlook is for institutional adoption of Bitcoin plus, is it halving or halvening? Take the 2020 Unchained Podcast survey!  I'm doing another survey to find out what you want from the podcasts and how I can make them better! Please take a moment to fill it out here and to tell us at Unchained what you'd like from the show: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020 Plus, Crypto.com has offered our survey respondents a chance to win a metal MCO Visa card -- Crypto.com will stake these cards indefinitely! Ten lucky winners will enjoy card benefits including free Spotify, free Netflix, 3% back on all spending, earn extra interest on their crypto deposit and more!  Thanks, Crypto.com! Again, take the survey now! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020 Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Stellar: https://www.stellar.org/ Episode links:  Amanda Fabiano: https://twitter.com/_amanda_fab Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://www.fidelitylabs.com Christopher Bendiksen: https://twitter.com/C_Bendiksen Coinshares: https://coinshares.com Coinshares' 5 Popular Bitcoin Halving Theories: https://coinshares.com/research/5-popular-btc-halving-theories Coinshares' December 2019 Bitcoin Mining Report: https://coinshares.com/assets/resources/Research/bitcoin-mining-network-december-2019.pdf Unconfirmed episode with Dan Morehead: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-bitcoin-price-of-115000-next-year/ Bitcoin stock-to-flow ratio: https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25 Fidelity opens trading to institutional customers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-06/fidelity-said-to-offer-cryptocurrency-trading-within-a-few-weeks Fidelity Digital Assets signs first exchange: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-digital-assets-to-sign-up-its-first-crypto-exchange-by-end-of-the-year

Amanda Fabiano, director of Bitcoin mining at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, and Christopher Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares, discuss the third Bitcoin halving, which occurred hours before the publication of this episode. They discuss: the significance of the halving what effect it could have on price and what Amanda and Christopher think of Dan Morehead's projection that it could reach $115,000 next year how macroeconomic events like the coronavirus and quantitative easing could impact uptake of Bitcoin how the halving could affect miners and hash rate how the halving could influence the environmental impact of Bitcoin why mining was the first activity Fidelity pursued with Bitcoin what they think needs to happen in Bitcoin to foster more adoption why hash rate derivatives will be a crucial step what the outlook is for institutional adoption of Bitcoin plus, is it halving or halvening? Take the 2020 Unchained Podcast survey!  I'm doing another survey to find out what you want from the podcasts and how I can make them better! Please take a moment to fill it out here and to tell us at Unchained what you'd like from the show: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020 Plus, Crypto.com has offered our survey respondents a chance to win a metal MCO Visa card -- Crypto.com will stake these cards indefinitely! Ten lucky winners will enjoy card benefits including free Spotify, free Netflix, 3% back on all spending, earn extra interest on their crypto deposit and more!  Thanks, Crypto.com! Again, take the survey now! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained2020 Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Stellar: https://www.stellar.org/ Episode links:  Amanda Fabiano: https://twitter.com/_amanda_fab Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://www.fidelitylabs.com Christopher Bendiksen: https://twitter.com/C_Bendiksen Coinshares: https://coinshares.com Coinshares’ 5 Popular Bitcoin Halving Theories: https://coinshares.com/research/5-popular-btc-halving-theories Coinshares’ December 2019 Bitcoin Mining Report: https://coinshares.com/assets/resources/Research/bitcoin-mining-network-december-2019.pdf Unconfirmed episode with Dan Morehead: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-bitcoin-price-of-115000-next-year/ Bitcoin stock-to-flow ratio: https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25 Fidelity opens trading to institutional customers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-06/fidelity-said-to-offer-cryptocurrency-trading-within-a-few-weeks Fidelity Digital Assets signs first exchange: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-digital-assets-to-sign-up-its-first-crypto-exchange-by-end-of-the-year

Taylor Rhodes, CEO, Applied Systems Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the insurance industry. 99% of IIABA Best Practices Agencies use Applied Technology. 50% of all P&C electronic transactions occur within Applied Systems.  Applied’s CEO, Taylor Rhodes, shares his insights, observations, and guidance in this important conversation for today’s agents and brokers: Seven steps agency principals should take now to successfully navigate the current crisis A clear outline for how agencies should select and adopt new technologies The challenges owners face in the age of the coronavirus – and how to rise to the challenge Whether your agency uses Applied products or not, this is one conversation every agent should make a priority. Applied is too big to ignore, and Taylor offers a clear-eyed perspective on how agencies can succeed in these challenging times.  Presented by Agency Revolution, the Connected Insurance Podcast provides weekly opportunities for listeners to dive deep into the trends affecting insurance agents and brokers today and to gain proven strategies and tactics for agency growth. Our hosts facilitate thoughtful panels and 1:1 conversations with a variety of prominent thought leaders, with a focus on how to streamline and drive operational efficiency for your independent agency through the intelligent use of technology.

Dr. Vinay Mishra sits down with Johnna to discuss his position as the Technical Development Manager at the CABB Jayhawk site.

Dr. Howard Lerner discusses the Applied Technology High School program with Denis Montone, Principal of the Applied Technology High School and Andrea Sheridan, Assistant Superintendent of the Bergen County Technical Schools.

In this episode, Chuck Rybak and Ryan Martin talk with Neil Mix who currently leads Applied Technology for TitletownTech. Neil joined Pandora early on which he helped build from the ground up. Canonball is a podcast out of Phoenix Studios at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay that covers the great works from a variety of disciplines. From movies to film to literature to video games, hosts Chuck Rybak and Ryan Martin discusses all things canonical. Learn more at www.uwgb.edu/podcasts

John A. Zachman is the originator of the “Framework for Enterprise Architecture” (The Zachman Framework™) which has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, an ontology for descriptive representations of Enterprises. Mr. Zachman is not only known for his work on Enterprise Architecture, but is also known for his early contributions to IBM’s Information Strategy methodology (Business Systems Planning) as well as to their Executive team planning techniques (Intensive Planning).Mr. Zachman retired from IBM in 1990, having served them for 26 years. He is Chief Executive Officer of his own education and consulting business, Zachman International® and Owner and Executive Director of the Federated Enterprise Architecture Certification Institute in Washington, D.C.Mr. Zachman serves on the Executive Council for Information Management and Technology (ECIMT) of the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) and on the Advisory Board of the Data Administration Management Association International (DAMA-I) from whom he was awarded the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award. In August 2015, Mr. Zachman was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for “recognition of his long term impact and contribution to how people think and practice Enterprise Architecture today, leaving his mark on generations to come” by the Global University Alliance and LEADing Practice.  He was awarded the 2009 Enterprise Architecture Professional Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession as well as the 2004 Oakland University, Applied Technology in Business (ATIB), Award for IS Excellence and Innovation.  In August 2011, he was awarded the Gen. Colin Powell Public Sector Image Award by the Armed Services Alliance Program.  In November 2013 he was acknowledged for Achievement and Excellence for Distinguished Innovative Academic Contribution by the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Technical Committees on Enterprise Information Systems and on Enterprise Architecture and Engineering.Today Mr. Zachman travels nationally and internationally, teaching and consulting, and is a popular conference speaker, known for his motivating messages on Enterprise Architecture issues. He has spoken to many thousands of enterprise managers and information professionals on every continent.

The vulnerability of the electronic systems that support most elections became widely publicized during the 2016 United States presidential election following the news of Russian government attempts to compromise voter registration systems. Despite the heightened attention to the integrity of elections, are we moving fast enough to ensure that the issues from 2016 are not repeated next year? Joining Curiosity Unplugged are two Illinois Tech alumni, Adjunct Industry Professor Shawn Davis and Louis F. McHugh IV, adjunct industry professor and director of information technology at the School of Applied Technology.     

News Talk 94.1 — Bob Bell talks with Dr. Myra West, President of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Livingston. They discuss the various programs offered by TCAT, and working with high schools for career readiness. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart.

The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology serve as the premier suppliers of workforce development throughout the State of Tennessee. The Colleges fulfill their mission by: Providing competency-based training through superior quality, traditional and distance learning instruction methods that qualify completers for employment and job advancement; Contributing to the economic and community development of the communities served by training and retraining employed workers; Ensuring that programs and services are economical and accessible to all residents of Tennessee; and Building relationships of trust with community, business, and industry leaders to supply highly skilled workers in areas of need. The objectives of the programs offered by the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology are to: Give students the opportunity to acquire marketable skills for entry into the labor market, or upgrade present skills and knowledge of persons already employed. Incorporate appropriate work habits and attitudes into the occupational program. Meet the present and anticipated needs of the business and industrial community. Meet student needs by utilizing open-entry enrollment. Permit students to begin on an individual level. Pace and progress will be measured against the curriculum's customary hours, and students will exit when specified competencies are met. Instructional methods are individualized and competency-based. Learn more: https://tcatshelbyville.edu/

The emergence of social media over the last decade and a half has been rapid and abrupt. Platforms that, at first, provided an opportunity to connect with friends and family in new and interesting ways online have now also become vessels for misinformation and hate while fundamentally changing the way an entire generation learned to communicate with others. Now, as terms like “fake news” have entered our lexicon, a question arises: Have social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and others outlived their usefulness? Joining Curiosity Unplugged are Aron Culotta, assistant professor of computer science; Daniel Krieglstein, Illinois Tech alumnus and adjunct instructor in the School of Applied Technology’s Department of Information Technology and Management; and Anthony Michael Kreis, visiting assistant professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

In this episode of NEXTcast, Nathan sits down with Applied Technology professor Mark Rector to discuss the inspiration behind his new book about Canadian inventions.

The issue of cybersecurity is beginning to draw more attention in the United States, initiated, in part, by Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Now, amid the almost constant news and discussion over America’s need for a physical wall along its southern border, the quieter danger of cyber threats continues to build in the background. What are we doing to protect ourselves against cyberattacks that could knock our nation’s grid offline, allow rival countries to conduct surveillance, or contribute the repeated data breaches that put individual citizens’ personal data at risk? Joining Curiosity Unplugged is Zuyi Li, professor of electrical and computer engineering in Armour College of Engineering and associate director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation; Ray Trygstad, an industry professor of information technology and management in the School of Applied Technology; and Anita Nikolich, a cybersecurity expert and visiting fellow in the College of Science’s Department of Computer Science.

Ms. Tosin Adetoro has a bachelor's in physics from Frostburg State University and a master's in technology education from Virginia Tech. She also received her Educational Leadership and Administration Certificate from George Washington University. A National Board Certified Teacher, endorsed in Physics and Technology Education, Tosin has over ten years of experience in the education field. She began her teaching career in Loudoun County, Virginia where she taught Aerospace Science, Applied Technology, Physics courses, and served as the LCPS Aerospace Educator In-Residence at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly. In 2014, Tosin launched Get Into STEM, LLC to continue to share her STEM passion and skills with the world. Get Into STEM allows for Tosin to design and execute STEM programming that provide supplemental activities for hundreds of students and teachers annually. Tosin has worked with children of all ages in programs such as Upward Bound, Technology Student Association, People to People International, the Nu Xi Zeta HAVE Foundation, Jack and Jill of America, Smithsonian Enterprises, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. Throughout her STEM education career, Tosin has also worked as a STEM Education Coordinator for Northern Virginia Community College, a Director of Professional Development at IBSS Corporation, Science and STEM Coordinator for an entrepreneurial-STEM-art program at a private school in Herndon Virginia, and more recently an Elementary STEAM Specialist in Falls Church Virginia. For more information about her program: wwwgetintostem.org

I premiäravsnittet för Techrekpoddens tredje säsong gästar Richard Andemark som har varit med och grundat Salt - School of applied technology. På bara tre månader utbildar de personer utan tidigare erfarenhet till utvecklare. Vi får höra om hur idén först kom till Richard när han satt i en Uber i San Francisco och hur det är möjligt om rätt person med en dröm väljer att lägga ned sin tid och energi på att verkligen lära sig. Richard berättar också varför Salt inte vill ta emot några bidrag och ger sin syn på utbildning i Sverige.      Tack för att du lyssnar på Teckrekpodden! Är ditt företag i behov av IT-kompetens, hör av dig till cj@ants.se eller läs mer om hur vi arbetar på ants.se Linkedin Facebook Instagram

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology fills a unique roll in our community helping to train people to skill labor positions. At its head is Dr. Jeff Sisk who sat down with Kevin Adelsberger for a interview on our podcast.

In 2005, Cherokee County purchased a 25,000 square foot building in order to develop the Cherokee County Center for Applied Technology. A collaboration between Tri-County Community College, Cherokee County, and several industry partners, the facility is now used for classes and short-run manufacturing and houses the college's Machinist Training Program and the Associate Degree program in Machining Technology.

In 2005, Cherokee County purchased a 25,000 square foot building in order to develop the Cherokee County Center for Applied Technology. A collaboration between Tri-County Community College, Cherokee County, and several industry partners, the facility is now used for classes and short-run manufacturing and houses the college's Machinist Training Program and the Associate Degree program in Machining Technology.

This year's Reith lecturer is the influential thinker Donald Schon. Previously a Professor of philosophy at the University of California, he was the director of the Institute for Applied Technology in the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce. He is currently the co-founder and director of the Organization for Social and Technological Innovation (OSTI), a non-profit social research and development firm in Boston. He delivers his Reith lecture on industrial technology and social change from his series entitled 'Change and the Industrial Society'. In this lecture entitled 'The Loss of the Stable State', Donald Schon describes how society needs a belief in a calm and constant identity and structure. Exploring times when this stability has been lost, he analyses the human need for the belief of a better time.

This year's Reith lecturer is the influential thinker Donald Schon. Previously a Professor of philosophy at the University of California, he was the director of the Institute for Applied Technology in the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce. He is currently the co-founder and director of the Organization for Social and Technological Innovation (OSTI), a non-profit social research and development firm in Boston. He delivers his Reith lecture on industrial technology and social change from his series entitled 'Change and the Industrial Society'. In this lecture entitled 'The Loss of the Stable State', Donald Schon describes how society needs a belief in a calm and constant identity and structure. Exploring times when this stability has been lost, he analyses the human need for the belief of a better time.