Podcasts about technology pioneer

NINA TANDON Nina Tandon is a remarkable person, who is currently Co-Founder and CEO of EpiBone, a biotech company that grows bone and cartilage for skeletal reconstruction which just recently completed human trials reconstructing mandibles; the lower jaw is the largest and strongest bone in the face. Her life and accomplishments are inspiring and is deeply thoughtful, multi-dimensional and extremely driven. A great episode to kick off 2025, Happy New Year to all! She grew up on Roosevelt Island on the East River in New York City, and showed interest in science as a child when, her siblings suffered from eye conditions. They were encouraged to try various science experiments: Nina took apart TVs, built giant Tinkertoy towers, played with static solved complex puzzles, and dabbled in community theatre, poetry, and sewing. She studied French, Hindi and Italian, runs marathons, and enjoys metal-smithing and being a yoga instructor. EpiBone has raised millions in investor funding and has received such distinctions as the World Economic Forum's 2015 Technology Pioneer, named one of the 100 most exciting start-ups in New York City by Business Insider. Nina has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company Magazine; an Ernst & Young Winning Women and Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, among others. Nina started her career as an electrical engineer. Then while studying abroad on a Fulbright scholarship, she worked on an electronic nose to “smell” lung cancer. This ignited her passion for healthcare and changed the course of her career. She went back to school, earning a master's in bioelectrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and two advanced degrees from Columbia University – an MBA in healthcare entrepreneurship and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. With decades of experience as both a scientist and entrepreneur, Nina is a loud voice that raises  awareness on  the field of tissue engineering. She has done a number of TED Talks, has published in Forbes magazine, and was featured on the Netflix series “Human: The World Within". In 2022, she offered  policy perspectives at the White House Summit on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing. RELATED LINKS Epibone Wikipedia Columbia Board Visitor TED Talks Crain's Women in Health GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS

In this episode I speak with Adam Gluck - CEO and Co-Founder at Copia Automation. Adam Gluck was a founding engineer on Uber's engineering strategy team, working on the company's driver app and playing an instrumental role in redesigning Uber's overall microservice architecture. Adam founded startup Copia with Matthew Lee on a mission to accelerate the digital revolution within US manufacturing. Adam and Matthew were recognized in 2022 on Forbes' “30 Under 30” for driving a movement to reshape manufacturing through software innovation. Adam received a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago. About Copia Automation: Copia creates solutions that allow large enterprises to effectively manage their operational technology — achieving industrial automation. Its cloud-based Copia Industrial DevOps Platform empowers companies with unparalleled visibility and control of code across multi-vendor devices to promote continuous quality control, streamlined production, and preemptive crisis management. The Copia platform provides a reliable single source of truth for code across various devices, languages, and locations to eliminate system malfunctions and downtime, expedite disaster recovery, and facilitate effortless quality control to optimize operations and increase revenues. With its headquarters in New York City, Copia Automation is a member of the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer in Manufacturing. You can find more about Copia Automation from their website: https://www.copia.io/ You can find more information about Manufacturing IT Recruitment from their website: https://mitrec.com/

All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome the pioneer of senior care technology Jack York as guest to the show.   Jack York is a pioneer in the field of technology and aging. He co-founded It's Never 2 Late (in2l) in 1999, a company dedicated to helping older adults realize the full benefits of engagement technology. With a 15-year background in the Silicon Valley, he saw a vast potential in utilizing technology to foster these connections.   Jacks experience at iN2L left him thirsty to capture more of the stories of residents living in senior living communities. To that end, in 2022 Jack launched Talegate, a company 100% focused on capturing the stories of the remarkable residents living in senior living communities, and that staff that brings the heart.   Through mini-documentaries and whimsical drives interviewing elders, TaleGate changes the perception of senior living and aging. Jack has a passion for changing the paradigm and the stereotypes for aging, especially stereotypes tied to people living with dementia. His work has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and dozens of senior living publications.   Connect with All Home Care Matters: Official Website: https://www.allhomecarematters.com   Connect with Lance A. Slatton: Official Website: https://www.lanceaslatton.com  

Asia is leading the world when it comes to semiconductors, solar panels, wind turbines, and other technologies critical for the future. In a time when several US states are seeking to ban the sale of cultivated meat, Asia seems to be leaning into the technology, and one of the most mature companies in the space there is Avant Meats.  Founded in Hong Kong in 2018 and having raised about $15 million USD to date, Avant Meats is focused on making a dent in Asian seafood demand. In this episode, Avant founder and CEO Carrie Chan discusses why her focus is seafood, what scale she's at and where she hopes to soon go, and how long she thinks it will be before cultivated fish might reach one percent market share in Asia.  As you'll hear in this conversation, Avant Meats is already animal component-free in its feedstock for its fish cells, and it's cultivating inside a 250L bioreactor to generate the material for its public tastings. Now headquartered in Singapore, the company intends to grow there and eventually branch throughout Asia, a project for which it's currently fundraising. Discussed in this episode This episode is the seventh in our multi-part podcast series on cultivated meat. The previous six episodes include BlueNalu, Eat Just, Fork & Good, Mosa Meat, New Harvest, and Aleph Farms. China alone consumers 65 million tons of seafood annually.  Carrie points to how China rapidly transformed the small fishing village of Shenzhen into a metropolis, and what relevance this has for cultivated meat scaling. More about Carrie Chan Carrie Chan is the co-founder and CEO of Avant Meats. She's a seasoned business executive with a passion for the environment, particularly the impact of our food supply on the planet. With experiences in strategy and general management, she also managed major greenfield Capex projects from conception to revenue-generating operations. She is a Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst 2022 and holds an MBA from INSEAD. Carrie co-founded Avant with Dr Mario Chin in 2018 in Hong Kong, the first cultivated fish company in Asia, and expanded to Singapore in 2021. Avant's technology offers a system to produce nutritious, tasty fish and functional proteins directly from fish cells at economically viable costs. The group's end-to-end technology platform also allows continuous new product development from scratch to production.   Avant aims to be a global leader in producing traceable and sustainably cultivated proteins in a fully contained environment for food, skincare, and functional applications. Avant now has a presence in Singapore and Greater China. Avant has also been awarded Technology Pioneer and Global Innovator by the World Economic Forum and featured in Reuters, Financial Times, TIME, Forbes, The Telegraph, South China Morning Post, and CCTV. For more information, please visit www.avantmeats.com. At Avant, Carrie provides the vision, guides the strategy and supervises the implementation. 

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 267 0:00 Blindness technology pioneer David Holladay has died 1:31 Read David Holladay's history of Raised Dot Computing Leah Gardner, President of Blind LGBT Pride International, talks about why they aren't participating in the American Council of the Blind's convention 11:12 ACB President,Deb Cook Lewis, responds to the LeahGardner interview and discusses questions of intersectionality 54:06 Closing and contact info 2:01:20

Benevolent cyborgs. Not a phrase you hear often these days. With all the hand-wringing and media fear-mongering about AI and new technologies, we seem to have lost the bigger vision of how technology can improve our lives. That's why today, I'm speaking with Dr. Cori Lathan, a techno-optimist who believes technology can be used to build empathy and connection. Today we discuss how Star Wars and a very creative 2nd grade teacher sparked her journey into innovation and invention, how technology is being used to build empathy and connection, why empathy makes a better design team, and the future of human-machine interaction. To access the episode transcript, please click on the episode title at www.TheEmpathyEdge.com Key Takeaways:Technology can be a tool to help children achieve developmental milestones and build empathy. The media will give the negative side of AI and technology because it gets better views and clicks. But great things are happening with technology that is helping to create a beautiful future. Designing tech is about more than what happens behind the computer screen. It is about understanding the user experience and what it means for your end user. "We are creating the future, someone isn't doing it for us. We can create the future we want to see. We can choose the direction it goes." — Dr. Cori Lathan Episode References: Dr. Cori Lathan's Book: Inventing the Future, Stories from a Techno-Optimist: https://inventthefuture.tech/Dr. Cori Lathan's TEDx Talk: Innovation, Empathy, and the Future of Human-Machine Interaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnV6QDhwvhkThe Empathy Edge Podcast: Ron Gura: How Technology Helps People Navigate GriefBrand Story Breakthrough course to help you craft a clear, compelling brand story - includes weekly office hours with Maria!About Corinna Lathan + Founder and Former Board Chair and CEODr. Corinna Lathan is a technology entrepreneur who has developed robots for kids with disabilities, virtual reality technology for the space station, and wearable sensors for training surgeons and soldiers. She is a global thought leader in the relationship between technology and human performance and believes in a future of benevolent cyborgs! Dr. Lathan is Co-Founder of AnthroTronix, Inc., a biomedical engineering company focused on brain health, which she led for 23 years as Board Chair. and CEO. She developed one of the first FDA-cleared digital health platforms winning a prestigious Gold Edison Award. She was named a Woman to Watch by Disruptive Women in Health Care, a Technology Pioneer, and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She also Chaired the Forum's Councils on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and Human Enhancement and Longevity. Dr. Lathan has been featured in Forbes, Time, and the New Yorker magazines and her work has led to such distinctions as MIT Technology Review Magazine's “Top 100 World Innovators,” and one of Fast Company Magazines “Most Creative People in Business.” Dr. Lathan received her B.A. in Biopsychology and Mathematics from Swarthmore College, an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from M.I.T.Connect with Dr. Cori Lathan: AnthroTronix: www.atinc.com Twitter: twitter.com/clathan LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/clathan Instagram: instagram.com/drcoril Join the tribe, download your free guide! Discover what empathy can do for you: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria and her work: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaX: @redsliceFacebook: Red SliceThreads: @redslicemaria

My guest this week is Brent Franson, an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of a company called Most Days. I met Brent a while back when he had me on his podcast. I really wanted to talk with him after I listened to an episode of his podcast where he described the things that led him to the work he does now, which is focused on helping people make positive changes in their lives. Brent talked about his history of addiction and what helped him overcome it. We talked about self-compassion, which is built into the Most Days approach, and the limits of self-improvement. Topics we got into included: The events that led to Brent's interest in and motivation for positive behavior change Brent's history of addiction The destructive dynamics of addiction My guest's experience in rehab Honest with oneself as an essential starting place for change The importance of self-compassion Balancing self-compassion with structure and discipline The important difference between self-criticism and self-critique The limits of self-improvement Allowing yourself to have some off-days The influence of meditation and mindfulness on my guest's life and work Learning about one's “inner talk track” Focusing on consistency before intensity when building new habits Check out the Most Days Show and the Most Days app, and contact Brent here. You can hear Brent tell his story on his podcast: Part 1: The Story of Most Days and Part 2: The Importance of Big Decisions. Brent Franson is the founder and CEO of Most Days. A serial entrepreneur, Brent's interest in entrepreneurial endeavors began in high school when he founded a full-service search technology marketing agency. After moving to Palo Alto in 2005, Brent was on the founding team of Reputation.com, the worldwide leader in online reputation management. Reputation.com was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and was backed by Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, and August Capital. Most recently, Brent was the CEO of Euclid Analytics, a leader in retail data and analytics backed by Benchmark Capital, NEA, Harrison Metal, and Groupe Arnault. Under his leadership, Euclid was acquired by WeWork in 2019. Brent has been named a LinkedIn Top Voice, and has regularly contributed to Forbes, LinkedIn, Inc, Entrepreneur, and other publications. Brent is a father, and an athlete who enjoys his routine, reading, running, skiing, skydiving, and anything that involves pushing his own boundaries.

David Berlow has been at the forefront of type design, publishing, and technology for 45 years. His impressive career began in 1978 drawing letterforms for the Haas, Mergenthaler, Linotype, and Stempel type foundries, before he went on to work at Apple, Bitstream, and later founded the Font Bureau with Roger Black.  A self-described “loose cannon” and “boat rocker,” Berlow has been at the center of type innovation for decades, consulting for companies like Apple and Google, all whilst designing some of the world's most celebrated and recognizable fonts, including custom designs for iconic publishers such as The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Esquire Magazine and The Wall Street Journal and brands including Apple Computer Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corporation.  In this week's episode Tom Rickner, the Senior Director of the Studio at Monotype, sits down with Berlow. Fun fact: Berlow hired Rickner at the Font Bureau, kicking off his career as a type designer. You'll hear the two reminisce, talk shop, and explore Berlow's influences, predictions, and perspectives on mentorship and team building.   Read more about this episode and our past guests at monotype.com/podcast.   

Shelley Zalis is the CEO of The Female Quotient, a woman-owned business working with companies and conscious leaders to curate experiences, thought leadership, and solutions designed to achieve gender equality in the workplace and beyond. The FQ's end-to-end equality platform includes co-branded research, content campaigns, and partnership opportunities at its signature Equality Lounges®. Visibility is further driven through The FQ's robust social, media, and editorial channels. The FQ approach is intersectional, inspirational, and inclusive, working with leaders and rising stars in every industry and around the world. Zalis is a pioneer for online research, becoming the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry's top 25. Today, Zalis works with Fortune 500 companies, impact organizations, and conscious leaders to advance equality in the workplace. A firm believer in giving back with generosity, Zalis is a proud mentor to women around the world. Check out MetaverseTimes.com for future and past guests. Meta Talkz is Powered by IBH Media.

David co-founded and leads AeroFarms, an award-winning certified B Corporation revolutionizing agriculture through its vertical farms and innovative technology platform. On a mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity, AeroFarms provides the perfect conditions for plants to thrive, taking agriculture to a new level of precision and food safety while achieving up to 390 times greater productivity compared to field farming and using up to 95% less water and zero pesticides. Through its proprietary technology platform, AeroFarms sells great-tasting leafy green products and has developed multi-year strategic partnerships with government and major Fortune 500 companies to help uniquely solve agriculture supply chain needs.AeroFarms has been recognized as a Circular Economy 100 company, listed on Fast Company's 2019 list of Most Innovative Companies and featured on Inc. Magazine's list of the 25 Most Disruptive Companies. AeroFarms received the New Jersey Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence and ranked number one on the 2020 FoodTech 500 list, which highlighted global entrepreneurial talent at the intersection between food, technology, and sustainability. AeroFarms received the inaugural Global Sustainable Development Goal Award for Zero Hunger, was listed as one of Time Magazine's 2019 Best Inventions, and received The Ethical Corporation's 2020 Responsible Business Award in Sustainable Innovation.David dedicates his time to several local and international organizations. As a member of the World Economic Forum, David co-founded and co-chaired the Young Global Leaders Circular Economy Taskforce and was a member of the World Economic Forum Global IoT Council. David was also a member of the U.S. delegation to the B20 Sustainable Food System Taskforce, which advises the G20. In addition, David serves as Chairman of the Board of The EVERY Company, the leader in non-animal based egg proteins, manufactured through precision fermentation. He is also on the Board of Directors of Aspire, the world leader in insect proteins, and also serves as a Managing Trustee of New Jersey's Liberty Science Center, a prominent U.S. interactive science museum. David is a mentor at Endeavor, as well, where he helps impact entrepreneurs. David is the founder of Hycrete, a nano-technology company that he led between 2002 and 2009. David was previously an Adjunct Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business where he taught Entrepreneurial Finance, and was privileged to co-chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's Agriculture Transition Committee in 2017.David was honored by the Liberty Science Center as a 2019 Genius Innovator and recognized as Ernst & Young's (NJ) Entrepreneur of the Year (Food and Beverage). He was named the 2021 3BL Media Responsible CEO of the Year for a Public Benefit Corporation and one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at Goldman Sachs' 2019 Annual Builders and Innovators Summit. In 2008, the World Economic Forum recognized David as Technology Pioneer for his nanotechnology company and in 2010 as a Young Global Leader.David received his BA from UNC Chapel Hill and holds an MBA from Columbia University. He competed for the U.S. in fencing where he was a finalist at a world cup and represented the NYAC, winning three U.S. National Team Fencing Championships and two individual silver medals.  #podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

In this episode, we sit with Chrissa McFarlane, the creator of Patientory. Chrissa joins the show to discuss the backstory behind her patient care app. With a background in emergent health, including managing a telemedicine company and consulting for pharma and EMRs, Chrissa was driven to create Patientory from the pain point of building the insurance side of the telemedicine company, as there was not a lot of consumer focus when it came to patient records. Patientory was born from the need for an easier, more organized system for patient records, and it revolutionized the healthcare industry by connecting patients with doctors over an app.   The conversation also delves into the need for consumer-friendly access to medical records, highlighting the difficulty that parents faced when trying to access their child's medical records through traditional methods. Patientory solves this problem by providing a digital health data wallet that allows users to access and manage their medical records from anywhere, making it easier for patients to keep track of their health data and stay on top of their healthcare needs.   What sets Patientory apart is its incorporation of blockchain and cryptocurrency, which allows patients to have control over their health data and potentially monetize it through a marketplace ecosystem. Additionally, Patientory provides rewards for users who take steps to improve their health, such as walking a certain number of steps. These rewards can come in the form of a crypto token, NFTs, or other forms of incentives, incentivizing users to stay active and engaged in their healthcare.   If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development. Founder Bio: Named one of the top women “leaving their mark on the MedTech field in Health IT,” by Becker's Hospital Review as the Founder and CEO of Patientory, Inc. Chrissa McFarlane publishes international healthcare research articles and actively writes for Forbes on emerging healthcare technological advances. In 2019, McFarlane authored her first book titled Future Women: Minority Female Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Era of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Devoted to fostering digital innovation in the healthcare industry, McFarlane served as co-chair of the Inaugural HIMSS18 Blockchain Workgroup, a member of the; HIMSS Interoperability & Health Information Exchange Committee, Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Access Network and the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. With an array of professional experiences in the healthcare industry, specializing in technology transformation, delivering cost-efficient services and products for corporate 500 enterprises/ startups achieving prestigious awards, McFarlane serves as an Influencer for the Inaugural Class of the Metro Atlanta Chamber's Choose ATL campaign and Digital Influencer for HIMSS.     Time Stamps: 00:00 Chrissa McFarlane: Patientory and her background in emergent health 02:35 Challenges of accessing medical records 04:52 Benefits of Patientory for managing medical records and health data 08:31 Benefits of Blockchain and crypto in Healthcare 11:39 Leveraging dev shops and educating teams for a successful blockchain product launch 15:26 Patientory partnership-based approach to attracting users in the US 17:23 Raising capital for repository 22:31 Benefits of joining an accelerator for early-stage startups 25:02 conversation on regulatory compliance for blockchain and crypto companies 29:09 Exploring the blockchain development landscape 31:05 Managing time zone differences when hiring remote talent from Europe 33:41 How to get in contact with the Patientory team   Resources: Company website: https://patientory.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patientory_inc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patientory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/patientory    

Pioneers in the church are many and varied. Chris Worsley, today's guest, is a pioneer in use of technology in the church in general and in what was to become the Gospel Library specifically. You will enjoy hearing how he uses the Gospel Library as a Bishop and in studying the scriptures. Please subscribe to this podcast and share your comments. When you subscribe and share comments, it increases the show's rating and makes it easier for people to find. Leaving a comment is easy to tap or click here. You can also share your comments, request to be a guest, or recommend someone you feel would make a great guest by emailing me at

Krishna Gade is the cofounder and CEO of Fiddler AI. They provide an explainable monitoring solution for production AI systems. Fiddler has been featured on Forbes AI 50 startups in 2020 and was awarded Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum. He has previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft, Twitter, Pinterest, and Meta.  In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - model monitoring - explainability - what they are building at Fiddler - how they got their first 5 customers - key takeaways on company building - how to maintain product discipline in enterprise SaaS -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: http://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 

Scott is a longtime travel industry data guru, having served in senior executive roles at United, Adara, and Orbitz. He was instrumental in the founding of Orbitz and is CRO at Journera, which has been recognized as one of the World's “10 Most Innovative Travel Companies“ by Fast Company and a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. Participating companies include United, American, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, IHG, and many others. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I talk with Scott Garner, Chief Revenue Officer for Jounera, about the brand's unique data collaboration model that sees hotels, destinations, and airlines working together. He describes how the shared data helps marketers to create a 360-degree view of the travelers' journey, identify potential customers and anticipate their needs seamlessly. What You Will Learn in this Episode: How Journera facilitates seamless travel experiences and how they got the six big founding partners on board Why competing travel brands come together and share data to learn how the consumer is moving through the planning and purchase stage of travel and arrival How to focus on the areas of common interest and common benefit when creating a partnership How to foster communication and collaboration in the travel industry while still allowing brands to retain their uniqueness What Journera does with the data to benefit and provide those solutions for their clients The importance of data in digital marketing in the travel industry What historical data tells you a lot about a person's future behavior and how that helps marketers in the travel and tourism industry Collaborating with Shared Data Journera was founded to take advantage of the insights that the travel and tourism industry can take from sharing data to make the visitor journey as seamless as possible. Scott talks about why it's so important to bring together travel companies, even companies that are competitors, for the common good, which is to make the travel experience better. Travel involves piecing together many components, and you need companies, from airlines to car rental agencies, to enhance the traveler experience, and sharing data is the way to do that. Retaining Uniqueness There are times when Journera partners compete fiercely against one another, but there are also times when they're stronger and need to collaborate and work together to create more efficient marketing solutions. Scott describes how he and his team create a win-win scenario while also being mindful that there are some parts of that relationship that have to be fenced off. The critical thing is to focus on the areas where cooperating benefits everybody involved, especially the consumer. Using Data to Move Forward At the core of what Journera does is assess data and then distill the findings to make them more usable in a marketing context. Scott describes how the team integrates individual partners' data into their broader digital ecosystem, enabling marketers to target their potential visitors with greater precision. He outlines how data drives intelligence, which in turn helps DMOs make sound investment decisions to put themselves in the best position to move forward with confidence. Resources: Website: https://journera.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/journera/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-garner-8504942/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/journera We value your thoughts and feedback and would love to hear from you. Leave us a review on your favorite streaming platform to let us know what you want to hear more of. Here is a quick tutorial on how to leave us a rating and review on iTunes!: https://breaktheicemedia.com/rating-review/

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II Royal Historian Sarah Richardson explains why the Queen was a ‘tech pioneer'. Her death was the biggest historic event to ever be recorded in real-time on Wikipedia. Tech journalist Annie Rauwerda told us about the Wikiproject London Bridge taskforce set up to maintain the site's updates when the Queen died.Follow us on Twitter #TechScienceDaily Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tarang Gupta has a conversation with Lizzie Chapman, Co-Founder & CEO of ZestMoney, India's largest EMI financing and Buy Now, Pay Later Network. In this episode you will hear about: - What fascinates Lizzie about the Indian fintech industry - Her experiences as a female entrepreneur - Her outlook on the future of the global buy now, pay later industry - Why Lizzie is excited about the Global Fintech Fest 2022 And much more! About Lizzie Chapman Lizzie started her career as an equity research analyst with Goldman Sachs in London. After a 5-year stint at Goldman Sachs, she moved to the buy-side as an investor at Wellcome Trust. In 2011, she moved from UK to India to spearhead operations for digital lender Wonga and in 2014, she led the launch of ‘Digibank', India's first mobile-app-only bank. She was recognized as among the Top 100 women in fintech globally by the Fintech magazine. About ZestMoney Founded in 2015, ZestMoney is India's largest and fastest-growing Digital EMI/Checkout Finance platform. ZestMoney is deeply integrated with large merchants in India including Amazon and Flipkart, and brands like Apple and Reliance Digital; increasing the affordability of their products and helping them facilitate frictionless sales. The company has built a platform that integrates mobile technology, digital banking, and AI, enabling people to get a digital credit line within seconds. ZestMoney's technology and work to make affordable finance accessible led to their selection as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. This episode is brought to you in collaboration with the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2022. To attend the festival please visit https://globalfintechfest.com/ For more FinTech insights, follow us on: WFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech WFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech Tarang's Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang Tarang's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100

Eli de los Pinos is the founding CEO of Aura, which she has created from the ground up: She developed the company concept and has spearheaded fundraising efforts, and today, she continues to lead Aura's strategy and operations. Prior to founding Aura, she worked in Eli Lilly & Co.'s oncology business unit, where she was part of the leadership team responsible for the market launch in Europe of Alimta, a drug for the treatment of lung cancer. Earlier in her career, Eli worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. She previously completed fellowships at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Institute of Molecular Medicine and at the Georgetown School of Medicine. Eli holds a Ph.D., magna cum laude, in Molecular Biology from the University of Barcelona and an MBA from IE Business School. She is a member of the board of overseers at the Museum of Science, Boston. Eli has also been named to Boston Business Journal's 2009 “Top 40 under 40” list; as a Mass High Tech “Woman to Watch” in 2010; as a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum in 2010; and as one of Goldman Sachs' “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” in 2014.

Odun Eweniyi (COO & Co-Founder at PiggyVest) joins me on Tech Talks Daily to discuss how she's revolutionizing the savings & investments culture amongst young Nigerians. She is also a Forbes Africa 30 under 30 Technology Pioneer awardee. Based in Nigeria, PiggyVest is West Africa's first digital savings and micro-investment app with a focus on restoring trust and democratising financial services for Gen Zs & millennials. They've built a strong customer base of over 3.5 million users since launching in 2016 and in 2021 alone, the platform paid out over $582 million to its users. PiggyVest's growth is also especially impressive when you consider its last fundraise was a $1.1mn seed round in 2018. Why do savings & investments in Nigeria need change? There are very few countries in the world where savings are more of a necessity than Nigeria. Due to the severe lack of credit options, Nigerians are well-accustomed to paying for goods and services upfront, forcing them to rely heavily on their savings. However, with excessive bank charges and poor interest rates further eroded by high inflation, they are heavily disincentivized to save with traditional financial institutions, which often leave them with less money than their original deposits. Equally, the barriers to boosting wealth creation through investments are just as daunting. The average entry point to invest with formal financial institutions stands at 10,000 Naira, which is 8% of the average Nigerian's annual income. We discuss how technology is restoring trust and democratizing financial services for Gen Zs & millennials in Nigeria. I also learn more about how technology and innovation is sweeping across Africa.

AI when implemented in businesses AI can increase productivity and user satisfaction through working together with humans. Providing prime examples of this is WIZ.AI, which the leading conversational voice AI technology innovator. They combine data with technology to make voices more personalized and interactive. Jennifer Zhang, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, WIZ Holdings tells us more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientist, entrepreneur, and executive Thomas Chalberg, PhD, has developed or funded companies that have advanced complex gene therapy technology, a novel anesthesia delivery system, and a lens that helps slow myopia progression in kids. And that's just the start.A leader in gene therapy development who is recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, Dr. Chalberg cofounded Avalanche Biotechnologies, which is now Adverum Biotechnologies. There, he built the Avalanche Ocular BioFactory, an adeno-associated virus (AAV)–based, proprietary, next-generation platform for the discovery and development of gene therapy vectors for ophthalmology.While much of his career has centered on gene therapy, one of his more recent ventures, SightGlass Vision, falls on the opposite end of the spectrum. The company has developed a novel spectacle lens design that helps slow myopia progression. Its foundation stems from research by the University of Washington, which found that high retinal contrast signaling leads to high myopia and that modifying that signaling could slow myopia progression.Dr. Chalberg also is founder and managing director of Polymerase Capital; founder and managing director of iRenix Medical, which developed a novel anesthesia delivery system used in conjunction with intravitreal injections; director of Chameleon Biosciences, a gene therapy–focused startup; and founder and CEO of Genascence Corp., a gene therapy startup developing products for musculoskeletal disease.In between all this activity, Dr. Chalberg caught up with Firas Rahhal, MD, to talk about—what else?—gene therapy, along with retinal disease and his history in the anti-VEGF market.Listen to the podcast today to hear: About Dr. Chalberg's work at Genentech during Lucentis' launch and early commercialization. The philosophy behind iRenix Medical's anesthesia delivery system, which administers a cooling anesthesia via an automated injector. His thoughts on the safety and effectiveness of gene therapy and gene editing for ophthalmic indications and how he sees it evolving over the next several years. Will it replace monoclonal antibodies, serve as an adjunct, or neither? How Dr. Chalberg got started in ophthalmology and retinal disease specifically.Click “play” to listen.

How can the food industry innovate to meet the demands and challenges it's facing, and do so in an efficient way? The answer, according to Tetra Pak: Partnerships, partnerships, and more partnerships. There are all kinds of issues that need to be tackled, not least the question of sustainability. In this episode of the Food Matters Live Podcast, we shine a light on a small company that says it's found a solution to a big problem, and how it's working with a big company to get that solution out into the world. EnginZyme takes waste materials from food processing and uses enzymes to transform that material into useful, sustainable, and natural added-value products. The company says its method requires less energy and leads to far less waste than conventional methods. Join our complimentary webinar:  Climate optimism – shifting the narrative on climate change Featuring Anne Therese Gennari in partnership with Tetra Pak But it is expensive work and EnginZyme isn't primarily a food company. That's where Tetra Pak comes in. It too is concerned with increasing sustainability and reducing waste in food processing. By working together and combining EnginZyme's biomanufacturing innovation together with Tetra Pak's food expertise, could we be on the cusp of a transformation in the way food is processed? Listen to the full episode to find out more about the science behind EnginZyme's work, the challenges smaller companies face when trying to up-scale their big ideas, and how working with external partners is helping. We also delve into Tetra Pak's partnership programme, how it chooses which projects to support, and the innovations it thinks are going to take off in the years to come. Dr Karim Engelmark Cassimjee, CEO, EnginZyme Dr Karim Engelmark Cassimjee co-founded EnginZyme in 2014 to make the chemical industry green by unlocking the potential in enzymes.  Dr Engelmark Cassimjee has a PhD in biotechnology from KTH and conducted postdoctoral studies at Stockholm University.  In 2021, Karim was selected as the KTH Alumnus of the Year, and EnginZyme as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Lidia GarciaPou, Head of Project Management and External Innovation, Tetra Pak Lidia has worked at Tetra Pak for 12 years and she believes that innovation is a powerful tool to drive the transformative changes needed by today's society in the food system. Responsible for the external partnerships at Tetra Pak Processing, she is committed to deliver and contribute to the field of sustainable food processing by creating and fostering innovative thinking, engaging internal resources in open innovation, and advocating for new disruptive technologies. She has 20 years of international business experience within business development, product management, project management, sales and R&D in different large organisations around Europe.   Lidia likes getting people excited about the things she is passionate about which is creating strategic partnerships with startups and small companies whose technologies and skills will help Tetra Pak in expanding its own capabilities.

New Zealand company, Mint, has been awarded as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. It was one of 100 companies recognised for finding innovative solutions for tackling issues from sustainability and climate change to healthcare. Mint COE Dr Will Barker talks to Jesse.

Leveraging product-market fit is a critical factor for business success. We go deep into the powerful impact of embracing a customer-first approach in the world of innovation. Whether you're writing a book, developing a product, or disrupting the industry, this episode with Neil Kane is for you.Key Takeaways from This EpisodeInnovation: An inner perspectiveQuantitative indicators to assess product-market fitTwo domains to improve product-market fitThe significance of innovation in writing a bookThe importance of matching expectations of what you're willing to doResources Mentioned in This EpisodeNational Science Foundation: NSFHenry FordAbout Neil KaneA leading authority on technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, and innovation, Kane is the Director of Curriculum and Capstone Advising in the ESTEEM Program at Notre Dame. He is the former co-Executive Director of the Illinois Technology Enterprise Center at Argonne National Laboratory and recently was Innovation Executive in Residence at the Research Park at the University of Illinois. He was the founding CEO of several startup companies based on university research in nanotechnology and advanced materials. He was the first Entrepreneur in Residence at both the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University. Earlier, he held engineering, sales, and business development positions at IBM and Microsoft. His other startups include a toy company and a barbecue sauce company. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from The University of Chicago. Named a 2007 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, he attended their annual meeting twice in Davos, Switzerland. He was recognized for Outstanding Entrepreneurship by the National Science Foundation. Twice an invited witness on tech transfer for the U.S. House of Representative's Subcommittee on Research & Science Education. Contributor to Forbes.com. Co-author of The Innovator's Secret Formula. He is trained in improvisational acting and is a graduate of the Player's Workshop at The Second City in Chicago. Website: Illinois PartnersLinkedIn: Neil KaneNeil's Book: The Innovator's Secret Formula: For Innovation, Disruption & Market LeadershipLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How » Join The Author's Corner Community today:Website: Robin ColucciLinkedIn: R Colucci, LLCFacebook: Robin ColucciTwitter: @Robin_ColucciRobin Colucci's Book: How to Write a Book That Sells You: Increase Your Credibility, Income, and Impact

Sanjeev serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer at LeanTaaS, the leading health care predictive analytics company based in Silicon Valley. LeanTaaS has an expanding customer base and is currently working with over 490 hospitals across 125 health systems with remarkable success. Sanjeev co-authored a book published by Forbes - "Better Healthcare Through Math", has been featured on CNBC, and has been named one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in Healthcare. Before LeanTaaS, Sanjeev was Google's first Head of Product Marketing, and led three successful startups - CEO at Aloqa (acquired by Motorola), VP Products & Marketing at TellMe Networks (acquired by Microsoft) and Founder & CEO at College feed (acquired by AfterCollege). Sanjeev graduated with BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He started his career at McKinsey & Company and Cisco Systems before joining Google. Sanjeev has been named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the top entrepreneurs innovating in Healthcare.Listeners can learn more about LeanTaas and the fabulous work that they are doing at LeanTaaS.comCheckout Sanjeev's book Better Healthcare Through Math

In this conversation, we chat with Mona El Isa, the co-founder of Enzyme, one of the industry's leading decentralised asset management protocols, and founder and CEO at Avantgarde Finance. She is also President of MAMA (Multichain Asset Managers Association), and was nominated Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and Digital Shaper in Bilanz magazine. Mona is a former star-trader at Goldman Sachs, promoted to Vice President by the age of 26 and made the “Top 30 under 30” list in Trader Magazine in 2008 and Forbes Magazine in 2011 after profitably trading the 2008 and 2011 crashes. She moved to Geneva-based macro fund Jabre Capital in 2011, before deciding in 2014 that the future of finance lay in blockchain technology. She studied Economics & Statistics at University College London. More specifically, we touch on the magnificent and harrowing journey from institutional finance during the financial crisis, to family office portfolio management, to multiple attempts at Web3 and DeFi. Mona has been through some incredible successes, as well as, harsh failures. Give this one a listen!

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drastically disrupt the healthcare industry. At the same time, it has shone a light on the most pressing issues within its ecosystem, setting in motion the beginning of a new era of crucial changes and innovation.   In this session, Dr Alagia and Dr Wohlgemuth discuss: The key role played by Quest in response to the COVID-19 pandemic How Quest is applying its COVID-19 learnings to accelerate change across the healthcare industry The unique ways in which the effectiveness of the healthcare system has and can be further improved through a consumer-centric care approach, a strategy enforced at Quest Innovation around implementation science and strategic population health solutions available to engage consumers across all healthcare entities About our guest Jay G. Wohlgemuth, MD, is senior vice president, R&D, medical and chief medical officer for Quest Diagnostics. Based at Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, Dr Wohlgemuth is responsible for Research & Development, Medical Affairs, and Medical/Lab Quality. In addition, he is responsible for improving outcomes for employees who use our health benefits. Dr Wohlgemuth has many years of experience in medical diagnostics and research and development. He rejoined Quest in 2016 from HealthTap, a health information start-up, where he served as senior vice president and chief healthcare officer. Prior to that, he was senior vice president, R&D, medical and chief scientific officer with Quest. Dr Wohlgemuth originally joined us in 2009 from Genentech, where he was director, clinical diagnostics, ITGR (immunology, tissue growth and repair) and global development team leader for ocrulizumab. He also served as vice president, R&D for VIA Pharmaceuticals and as chief medical officer for the molecular diagnostics company XDx, a company he co-founded. Dr Wohlgemuth also served as vice president, R&D for XDx. For his work at XDx, he was awarded Technology Pioneer 2005 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He serves on the board of directors for the Personalized Medicine Coalition, Diagnostic Labs of Oklahoma, and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Charitable Foundation. Dr Wohlgemuth earned his bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard College and his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also served a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. ------------------------------ Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors, and improve healthcare management. Quest Diagnostics annually serves 1 in 3 adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. More information is available at www.QuestDiagnostics.com

A child refugee, tech pioneer, philanthropist, businesswoman, mother and true trailblazer, Dame Stephanie paved the way for generations of women to come, by using intuition and action to break ideological views of what women are capable of. In her conversation with Holly she shares the breadth of her experiences, struggles and her unrelenting energy for creating positive change. After escaping Nazi Germany at the shockingly young age of five years old, Dame Stephanie Shirley reflects on her childhood memories, as a young girl growing up in such a turbulent historical period. After battling survivors' guilt for a number of years, Dame Stephanie ‘Steve' Shirley in her own words says that from then on, “I decided to make mine a life worth saving and then just got on with it”.  Dame Stephanie's words, actions and legacy encourage each of us to take risks, to challenge the status quo and to rewrite the myths of what women can achieve.   Follow Holly Tucker MBE and Holly & Co on Instagram. Check out our Holly & Co website. Dame Stephanie Shirley: Purchase Steve's incredible memoir ‘Let It Go' from Amazon using this link or email lynn@steveshirley.com for a personally signed copy Website: https://www.steveshirley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie_/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/damestephanie_ Sign up to Letters From Steve: https://www.steveshirley.com/letters-from-steve/   You Might Also Enjoy: If you enjoyed this episode you might also enjoy my conversation with Dame Mary, co-founder of Specsavers.

Before it was a podcast, it was a weekly radio show! On this episode of Simply Scottish from our radio archives, hear co-host and co-founder Andrew McDiarmid Sr. teach us about the Scottish merchant navy, as well as share his humorous stories of almost meeting one of Scotland's most famous sons, Sean Connery. Plus, Andrew Jr. on Sir Robert Watson-Watt and his development of radar technology. And as usual, you'll hear a great mix of Scottish music, old and new: Dougie Maclean, Iona Fyfe, Andy Stewart, and Karen Marshalsay. Cast COVID aside and take a virtual trip to Scotland now!

This week continuing our eco disruptor interviews, I interview Mark Herrema. Did you ever believe we might be able to stop using plastic and replace it with something that won't harm people and planet? Well, it may just be possible with AirCarbon and I'm very excited to see where this goes. Mark Herrema is the co-founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies. In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vision of using greenhouse gas as a resource to make high-performance sustainable materials. After a decade of research, Mark and his team developed a technology that uses a natural process found in the ocean to make a material called AirCarbon. AirCarbon is a meltable energy storage molecule made in almost all known living things that are strong, meltable, and ocean-degradable. AirCarbon is now being used to replace plastic in single-use food ware, fashion products, and a variety of other applications. Newlight has been honoured to receive recognition as “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science, and “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Newlight was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and has since garnered over 15 years of expertise in process engineering, polymer functionalization, and strategic business development. I hope you enjoy this discovery as much as I have, hearing Mark's story and the development of something truly disruptive in the plastics space. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In any health system, a shift to value based healthcare is a desirable outcome. Especially if it can be combined with patient-centric clinical journeys. In this episode, Sylvana Sinha, the founder and CEO of Praava Health and I discuss the barriers and challenges to achieving this vision. With her background in health policy, international law, and as an entrepreneur, we have an insightful and fact-filled discussion covering topics including: • The cultural and socio-economic backdrop of Bangladesh, the 8th most populous country in the world • The current dynamics of access and affordability facing Bangladeshis today • The barriers and inefficiencies in creating a value-based healthcare system, including lack of labs, pharmacies, and overall accountability • Lessons learned from Praava Health in addressing these challenges • How COVID accelerated the need for more technology and new value based models Sylvana Sinha Founder, Chair, & CEO Ms. Sinha is the Founder and CEO of Praava Health in Bangladesh. Praava Health is building Bangladesh's fastest growing consumer healthcare brand and raising the bar for healthcare with a brick-and-click healthcare platform that combines digital tools with meaningful doctor-Patient relationships, quality diagnostics, and pharmacy services. In May 2020, Fast Company recognized Praava Health in its 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards, and the World Economic Forum named Praava as a Technology Pioneer in 2021. She is now poised to scale the Praava model nationally, and to deepen Praava's brick-and-click service delivery model. Ms. Sinha built this company from scratch, largely based on inspiration derived from conversations with public health professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors in India and Asia and beyond, learning from what had worked in other markets and what made sense for Bangladesh at this moment of its economic development. Ms. Sinha is as Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She also serves as a member of the World Economic Forum's UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency and served on the Task Force on Global Advantage at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where she earned a certificate from the Parker School of Comparative and International Law. She also earned a master's degree in Public Administration / International Development from Harvard's Kennedy School and her Bachelor of Arts (with honors) in Economics and Philosophy from Wellesley College and also was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford studying politics, philosophy, and economics. Guest's Links and Resources Connect with Sylvana Sinha: LinkedIn Praava Health: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Host's Links and Resources: Connect with Tony Estrella: Twitter | LinkedIn | Personal Website Connect with Taliossa Read Tony's Book: Comatose FutureProofing Healthcare | FutureProofing Healthcare APAC index Full White Paper, Summary and Video: A Vision for Asia Pacific in 2050 Follow Digital Health Today: Browse Episodes | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram Follow Health Podcast Network: Browse Shows | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Digital Health Today is made possible by the support of our sponsors. Special thanks to: Bayer G4A Takeda Roche

Today's guest is Arun Nagarajan, Chief Technology Officer at BigSpring in New York. Founded in 2017, BigSpring is a mobile lifelong skilling platform with a mission to provide a direct path to employment for everyone. They empower people with the market-relevant skills they need to be gainfully employed and enjoy a high quality of life, and enable employers to measure ROI from learning to establish it as a core business driver and not a discretionary expense. BigSpring's reach extends globally across over a million learners with customers such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Samsung and AXA Insurance to name a few. The platform offers lifelong skilling for every worker and every job, with use cases including enhancing consumer financial literacy and driving sales channel productivity. BigSpring was rewarded with the "Technology Pioneer 2020" by the World Economic Forum for their cutting-edge technology and impact. In the episode, Arun will discuss: His background and current work with BigSpring, What attracted him to join BigSpring, Use cases of the interesting projects they work on, Building a data-driven culture at BigSpring, How they are embracing AI and Machine Learning & What excites him for the future

Why Tracking Your Blood Sugar Can Transform Your Health | This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper's Naturals, and Athletic GreensWhat if you could get health advice that was completely tailored to your unique body? Forget the generalized blanket statements, like “Eat less, exercise more.” I'm talking about actual guidance based on massive amounts of data that can help you optimize your diet and lifestyle for real, maintainable results. This is the future of medicine, and it will be more precise than ever before. It might sound too futuristic or out of reach, but artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are getting us there, and we're already seeing amazing health implications for those that are utilizing these technologies. In this episode, I talk about the exciting breakthroughs in health-focused AI and what the future holds with Noosheen Hashemi. Noosheen Hashemi is a Silicon Valley tech veteran, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. She is the founder and CEO of January AI, a precision health tech company that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to prevent, predict, and manage chronic disease. January AI is Noosheen's answer to a healthcare industry that seemed to only address decline and disease, rather than prevention and progress; January AI partners with people to understand their body and optimize it for health and longevity. In 2021, January AI was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. Noosheen also guides a family office that includes diverse investments in over 100 companies and venture capital funds. She is the founder of the HAND Foundation, focused on supporting scholars and organizations that promote discourse and socioeconomic growth among the disenfranchised. She is a Harold Pratt Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the advisory boards of Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper's Naturals, and Athletic Greens.Right now, you can get 25% off Kettle & Fire bone broth plus free shipping with code HYMAN. Just head over to kettleandfire.com/hyman. That's kettle and fire dot com slash Hyman. Right now, Beekeeper's Naturals is giving my community an exclusive offer. Just go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code “HYMAN” to get 20% off your first order.Athletic Greens is offering Doctor's Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.Here are more of the details from our interview: Noosheen's journey into using data and AI to drive change in the healthcare space (6:33)Using multiomics, or multivariate decision making, to understand health and disease (12:47)Food: the missing piece of data in precision health (15:44)Artificial intelligence vs. machine learning (17:37)Using machine learning to better understand glycemic load and assist people in keeping their blood sugar stable (19:48)Moving away from one-size-fits-all medicine (25:46)The future of healthcare, continuous health monitoring, personalized health, and precision nutrition (30:03)What can AI do for our health? (40:30)The future of wearable technology, including the need for insulin monitors (46:12)What we can learn from China about using AI to solve for population health issues (52:45)Learn more about January AI at https://january.ai/ and on Instagram @hellojanuaryai, on Facebook @januaryai, and on Twitter @hellojanuaryai. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Hall welcomes back Jeff Stewart, Co-Founder & Managing Director of GPO Fund. The GPO team invests in tech-driven, founder-led, North American companies that can harness Asia-Pacific public capital markets to achieve growth, business expansion, and market leadership. Historically, venture capital succeeded by investing early in companies that later went public to access growth capital, establish market leadership and provide ROI. Over the past twenty years, the U.S. IPO market has shifted focus to mega-cap listings.  Mid-sized companies now rarely attract growth capital through U.S. public offerings. Venture capital time horizons have elongated to over ten years and M&A and private equity are often the only strategic outcomes, stunting opportunities for companies to realize their full potential. Meanwhile, Asia-Pacific economies and investment capital are rapidly expanding. There is a significant demand in Asia-Pacific to invest in high-growth technology companies that can expand globally and list on an APAC exchange.  Jeff is an investor, serial entrepreneur, and inventor with experience scaling technology-enabled international businesses.   Jeff began his career as a Management Consultant at Ernst & Young's Technology Practice, living on the road, advising Global 1000 financial institutions and exchanges. While still in his 20s he started his first technology company. He has since started numerous venture-backed companies, including two companies included in Inc. 500 lists of the fastest-growing companies. In 2014, Jeff's FinTech start-up was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, and that same year, Jeff was recognized as the William F. Glaser Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year. Today, Jeff is a Managing Director at the Global Public Offering Fund, which he co-founded in 2018 to invest in founder-led, growth stage, technology companies.  Jeff shares with Hall what excites him now, what sectors he focuses on, some of his past experiences with startups, and some of the challenges they face. You can visit GPO Fund at , via LinkedIn at , and via Twitter at .    Jeff can be contacted via email at , and via LinkedIn at .  Music courtesy of .

Host Jim Tate talks DrFirst’s president, Cam Deemer with over 20 years of healthcare industry experience. Cam plays an instrumental role in formalizing and driving improved business processes, while developing new technology strategies to leverage the benefits of e-prescribing and other DrFirst platform services for providers, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders. He is also a strong proponent of promoting interoperability in the healthcare industry by sharing clinical data between systems. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play HealthcareNOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

We were joined today by author, Ron Gonen to discuss his book, The Waste-Free World- How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More and Save the Planet The Waste-Free World reveals the history of wasteful consumption, which has cheated us out of taxpayer money, lucrative innovation, and a habitable planet. And it makes a powerful, forward-looking case for a circular economy in which production, distribution, consumption, and reuse of products and materials both heals the planet and creates enormous economic opportunity. Ron Gonen is the Founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, an investment firm and innovation center focused on building the circular economy. Closed Loop Partners maximizes value by aligning capitalism with positive social and environmental impact via investments in material science, advanced recycling technologies, supply chain optimization and sustainable consumer products. Prior to Closed Loop Partners, Ron served as the Deputy Commissioner for Sanitation, Recycling and Sustainability in New York City during the Bloomberg Administration. He was previously the Co-Founder and CEO of RecycleBank. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he also earned an MBA. Ron has been recognized with a number of business and environmental awards including recognition as a 'Champion of the Earth' by the United Nations Environment Program which is the highest distinction for environmental protection given by the United Nations and recognizes outstanding visionaries and leaders in the fields of policy, science and entrepreneurship, the Medal of Excellence from Columbia University which recognizes alumnus for excellence in scholarship, public service and professional life, named by NRDC/Earth Day NY as the Public Official of the Year in New York City, a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and the Social Enterprise Center Award for Excellence in Teaching at Columbia Business School. For more on Ron, visit: https://www.closedlooppartners.com/team-members/ron-gonen/ More about Houston Money Week visit: www.Houstonmoneyweek.org http://www.cheatsheet.com/personal-fi...​ Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-s...​ http://www.fa-mag.com/news/on-it-s-80...​ You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/vie...​ or www.moneymatterspodcast.com #MoneyMattersHouston​​ #ChristopherHensley​​ #HoustonMoneyWeek​​ @LoopFund

Brent Franson shares tactics and tools for building powerful habits based on his experiences of being surrounded by addiction. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How Brent leveraged technology to break his bad habits 2) The keystone habit of behavioral change 3) How to stay motivated even when you fail Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep655 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT BRENT — Brent Franson is the Founder and CEO of Most Days, an app backed by science, built to help you understand what you need to do to improve your life and achieve change. Previously, he was on the founding team of Reputation.com, the worldwide leader in online reputation management. Reputation.com was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Brent was also the CEO of Euclid Analytics, a leader in retail data and analytics. Under his leadership, Euclid was acquired by WeWork in 2019. Brent has been named a LinkedIn Top Voice, and has regularly contributed to Forbes, LinkedIn, Inc, Entrepreneur, and other publications. Brent is a father, and an athlete who enjoys his routine, reading, running, skiing, skydiving, and anything that involves pushing his own boundaries. • Brent's app: Most Days • Brent's email: brent@mostdays.com • Brent's Twitter: @brentfranson — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Software: BlockSite • Product: Sonic toothbrush • Product: kSafe • Book: Benzodiazepines: How They Work & How to Withdraw aka The Ashton Manual by C. Heather Ashton • Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg • Book: The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles Lindbergh • Book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing • Speech: “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt • Pete's Most Days Routine: AwesomeAtYourJob.com/mostdays — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Storyworth. Give Mom a super meaningful Mother's Day gift this year at StoryWorth.com/awesome.• LinkedIn Jobs. Post your first job for free at linkedin.com/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

People often talk about spirals that descend downwards, but we often forget that spirals can go upwards too. In today's episode, James Clarke and I talk about some of the ways to propel our credibility into an upward spiral. James Clarke is the managing partner of Clarke Capital Partners. Early in his career, James founded and led a Utah-based online retailer named CLEARLINK with more than 2,000 employees. He's earned some prestigious awards. For example, the Utah State Bar named James as the "Technology Pioneer of the Year" and BusinessQ Magazine named him as one of their “10 Coolest Entrepreneurs”. He is also the Governor-appointed Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees at Utah Valley University. How Credibility Can Work Like an Upward Spiral Credibility spirals can start in a small situation with low stakes. Maybe it's a project that is due. When someone comes through for us in that situation, and they do what they say they are going to do, we tend to give them more trust. Then we'll ask them to do something with a little higher stakes. When they prove they can do that they earn even more trust. That same process repeats in an upward spiral of responsibility and trust.  James shared an example of how he saw this upward credibility spiral happen with his business partner. They knew each other in school, and as they built their relationship, that trust grew. It spiraled throughout the years, and now they have an implicit trust with one another, trusting everything about each other. Likability, Trust, and Reliability  “When we like people we want to work with them, when we trust them we want to work with them, and then the last part is about the nuts and bolts of what we do as a business.” -James Clarke A mentor of James' taught him about the three things that make people want to work with each other... if we like the person, trust the person, and know that they'll make us money. Those last two elements are obviously elements of credibility. It is important for us to instill that trust in our associates, and we do that by being reliable and ethical. There are people we like that we don't want to do business with and it's often because we don't trust them and know they aren't reliable. We need to become the kind of people that we want to work with. We must do what we say we're going to do, be honest at all times, especially when it's hard, and take responsibility when things go wrong. Education--Connections and Credibility James did the Owner/President Management (OPM) program at Harvard Business School. He spent two years in the program and built some of the best relationships he's ever built in his life there, working with incredible people, a handful of whom were already billionaires. It was his first experience and exposure to great business professionals.  The program didn't grant a master's degree, but it gave James wonderful connections and the credibility that comes with saying he went to Harvard. James realized that a master's degree would give him even more credibility, so he decided to go to Oxford. This is another school that provides instant credibility. Why do these schools provide so much credibility to graduates? One reason may be that they have rigorous application and interview processes, and the programs themselves are rigorous. Graduates from these schools are considered intelligent and hard working.  In addition, most people believe in a traditional education like this. Society generally supports the idea that the best way to become educated is to attend a university, and one of these prestigious universities will give us an even more prestigious education. Wherever we are in the process of our education, receiving higher education, if that is an option, maybe something to consider because it may give us greater credibility. “Upon the subject of education… I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.” -Abraham Lincoln Love We don't generally think about love as a part of business, but there are a couple of concepts related to love that build credibility. For example, we don't care what someone has to say until we know that they care about us and what we're doing. This also plays into the credibility spiral. When someone really loves us, we are open to them giving us good advice, and we'll apply their advice more often. When their advice works in our lives, they have more credibility in our eyes, and we listen to their next advice more, and the credibility just keeps building. James has hired thousands of employees, and he's seen this play out with many of them. If it doesn't work out with an employee, it's usually for one of two reasons. The first reason, which is very rare, is that they just don't get it. They don't have the mental capacity, or they don't have what it takes to understand.  The second reason is that they just don't care. They just don't love what they're doing, so they don't care about their job or the people they're working with. Unfortunately, when this is the situation, we can feel it in every part of what they're involved in. This is why it is important to go into fields that we love and work with people we love. We will do better work, give better advice, and rise in our credibility spiral with those around us. “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States Another Angle of Love--Passion-Marketing There is another angle of love that we can relate to marketing, which is passion-marketing. This is finding what customers love and connecting with them through those top-level passions. At PetIQ, where James worked for about 10 years, they didn't focus on their products in their marketing. Instead, they focused on what their customers are passionate about their pets. They were no longer pet owners, they were pet parents. For many of their customers, their pets are like their children, so they used that passion to market to their customers. James has done this kind of thing in other organizations as well. In healthcare, for example, James can't imagine anything nobler than trying to save people's lives, so they talk about helping cure highly infectious diseases, which is something that people can be highly passionate about.  Losing Credibility  When James was selling CLEARLINK, he started doing business with a good friend of his. Six months into this service, James was billed for the equivalent of five years of fees in one single quarter. He knew something was wrong but didn't know what. James immediately brought it to the attention of his friend, who humbly apologized and said he would take care of it.  James thought the issue was a mistake that had been completely resolved and continued to work with the friend, but he soon learned that the same thing had happened to others that James had referred to as his friend. They had all been overbilled and not by small amounts but by hundreds of thousands of dollars. That relationship ended before it really began. Fast forward to today that individual has now been sentenced and is headed to federal prison. We need to be sure we always strive to do what we say we're going to do so we increase instead of destroying our credibility. “Once you lose your credibility, you can never restore it.” -Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author Who is the most credible person in your life and why? James and his aunt both had a very similar upbringing. They came from middle-class families, working on their family's farms. James' aunt built her own global business named Diet Center and was very successful. She was also very generous, always telling James he could borrow her very nice car, or asking him how she could help his school. She was a great example of James being successful and giving back, and he thought, “If she could do it then I can do it.” She and her husband were truly authentic and credible. They got behind different causes, and they really helped build up the community. James thinks of her as the most credible person in his life because she was very successful and generous. Key Takeaways Thank you so much James for sharing your stories and knowledge with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: Start growing our credibility spirals by doing what we say we are going to do and proving we can be trusted in low-stake situations, then building toward being trusted in higher-stakes situations. Be honest and quickly take responsibility when things go wrong. Education can really boost our credibility. Consider getting more relevant education or training if we haven't already. Share love to show people that we truly care about them and what they love to further build our credibility. Go into fields we love to ensure that we care about what we're doing and increase our chance of success. Use passion marketing to connect with the things our customers are most passionate about. When we are successful, be generous with that success to help others. Connect with James If you enjoyed this interview and want to learn more about or connect with James or his business, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesclarke2/.  Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? Did you like today's episode? Then please follow these channels to receive free digital monetization content: Get a free Monetization Assessment of your business Subscribe to the free Monetization eMagazine. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation YouTube channel. Subscribe to the Monetization Nation podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.  Follow Monetization Nation on Instagram and Twitter. Share Your Story  How have you seen others propel their credibility in an upward spiral? Please join our private Monetization Nation Facebook group and share your insights with other digital monetizers. Read at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/50-how-to-propel-your-credibility-into-an-upward-spiral/ 

Rahaf Harfoush enseigne l'innovation et les business models émergents à Sciences Po Paris en MBA. Anthropologue du numérique et consultante en stratégie digitale, elle est co-auteur de The Decoded Company: What If We Understood Our Talent Better than We Understand Our Customers ? (New York Times & USA Today). Elle a également fait partie de l'équipe réseaux sociaux de Barack Obama en 2008, a été nommée « Young Global Shaper » par le Forum de Davos, et talent émergent par le Forum des femmes pour l'économie et la société. Elle a enfin été directrice associée du programme « Technology Pioneer » au Forum économique mondial à Genève où elle a participé à l'identification de start-up innovantes qui contribuent à améliorer l'état du monde.Résumé de l'éditeur :Si vous ne comptez plus le nombre de fois où vous avez frôlé le burn-out, si vous vous imposez un rythme intenable, si vous vous êtes déjà réveillé au milieu de la nuit craignant de ne jamais venir à bout d'un projet, d'une idée, alors ce livre est pour vous. Si vous êtes prêt à remettre en qustion certaines des définitions les plus enracinées de notre société en matière de succès et de réussite, ce livre est pour vous.Notre obsession individuelle et collective pour la productivité - travailler plus et plus vite - met en danger notre santé mentale et physique mais aussi, paradoxalement, la performance de nos entreprises. Alors que l'innovation et la créativité sont les enjeux stratégiques de demain, nos méthodes d'évaluations de la performance, héritées du taylorisme, semblent figées à l'ère industrielle.Rahaf Harfoush offre un cadre de réflexion pour repenser profondément et durablement la façon dont nous travaillons et nous affranchir de nos croyances professionnelles toxiques. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Cybersecurity consistently needs to be a top priority for businesses now and for the future. Our Transformational CISO partner, SecurityScorecard takes an outside-in perspective, instantly identifying vulnerabilities, active exploits, and advanced cyber threats to help rigorously protect business and strengthen enterprise security posture. They were named a "Technology Pioneer" by the World Economic Forum in 2020. Mike Wilkes, the Chief Information Security Officer, joins Millennium Live to talk the right approach to data privacy and how SecurityScorecard is making businesses safe.

Hugh Martin is chairman and CEO of Lacuna Technologies, Inc, the leading provider of open source digital tools that allow cities to create and enforce dynamic transportation policies.  Hugh joined Lacuna in November 2018. Previously, Hugh was VP of Strategy for Verizon Smart Communities. He joined Verizon through the acquisition of Sensity Systems by Verizon in October 2016. As its founder and CEO, Hugh created the vision for Sensity Systems and the Light Sensory Network and is responsible for steering the company's strategic course. His 35-year track record as an entrepreneurial leader of cutting-edge technology companies, new ventures, and high-growth businesses includes serving at the helm of numerous highly successful organizations. In 2011, he was named CEO for Fortune magazine's ‘Executive Dream Team: The startup edition,' acknowledged for his ‘management chops' and for successfully taking public two companies, in two different industries. More recently, the World Economic Forum recognized Hugh and Sensity as a Technology Pioneer. In addition, Hugh serves as the Chairman of Whole Biome, a startup in the Microbiome space and is also a board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Help us grow! Leave us a rating and review - it's the best way to bring new listeners to the show. Don't forget to subscribe! Have a suggestion, or want to chat with Jim? Email him at Jim@ThePoliticalLife.net  Follow The Political Life on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter for weekly updates.

Abhishek Chatterjee is the CEO at Tookitaki – a disruptive AI scaleup looking to shake up the world of financial and regulatory compliance. Tookitaki raised $20m in funding from the likes of Viola, Nomura and Illuminate Financial - and they've deployed their solution at a number of Tier 1 banks in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2019, The World Economic Forum recognised Tookitaki as a Technology Pioneer for its ability to shape the industry and society in new and exciting ways. We explored how Tookitaki is creating a modular "compliance-as-a-service" category along with an ecosystem of partners leveraging their open APIs And we discussed the important role Tookitaki's culture had played in the growth of the company and their successful engagement with demanding clients. Some of the key learnings Abhishek highlighted were:  You must set-up metrics from the earliest stages in a company's evolution so you can track, measure and improve  Product-market fit is not fixed - it's a continuous journey, hence you need to keep talking to your customers and evolve your products over time as your customer needs evolve It's crucial to focus on a winnable segment – define and build your beachhead, then double down  For more insights into Tookitaki check out https://www.tookitaki.ai and for guidance on recruiting stellar leaders for B2B startups and scaleups head over to https://alpinasearch.com      

Lucía Gallardo is a Honduran serial entrepreneur that bridges technology with justice and inclusion movements. She is the Founder of Emerge, a socio-technology solutions development lab offering Impact-as-a-Service™ for companies and governments looking to address pressing industry and global problems. Emerge award-winning use of blockchain, Iot, and artificial intelligence is fused with legacy systems and SMS text messaging to ensure even communities without consistent connectivity can benefit from the future of money and trade. Lucía co-founded Tabik , a community for nascent entrepreneurs in Latin America, and Dona un Libro, an award-winning educational foundation taking on taboo issues such as undocumented immigration across Central America. She recently joined the advisory boards of Yunity and Penta to spearhead their Impact Technology strategies. Lucía co-chairs the International Expansion Council at Women Entrepreneurs Global, a full-stack startup innovation studio for female founders. She will also lead WE Global Exponential Technologies division. In her spare time, Lucía sits on a few advisory boards for an array of meaningful issues to her such as Rainforest Partnership and the Caribbean Blockchain Alliance, as well as for some early stage ventures founded by people of color and/or women. In 2019, Lucía was honored as one of MIT Technology Review Innovators under 35. She is currently nominated for the Royal Bank of Canada Entrepreneur of the Year award, Founder of Good 21 Founders to Watch, and the prestigious Cartier Science and Technology Pioneer award. Lucía has been working on social justice issues since she was eight years old.

Mark Herrema is the Co-Founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies. In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vision of using greenhouse gas as a resource to make high-performance, sustainable materials. After a decade of research, Mark and his team developed a technology that uses a natural process found in the ocean to make a material called AirCarbon. AirCarbon is a meltable energy storage molecule made in almost all known living things that is strong, meltable, and ocean-degradable. AirCarbon is now being used to replace plastic in single-use foodware, fashion products, and a variety of other applications. Newlight has been honored to receive recognition as “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science, and “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Newlight was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, and has since garnered over 15 years of expertise in process engineering, polymer functionalization, and strategic business development. https://www.newlight.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/

Dr. Corinna Lathan is CEO and founder of AnthroTronix, Inc., a biomedical engineering research and development company creating innovative products in digital health, wearable technology, robotics, and augmented reality. Dr. Lathan is a member of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World's Board of Directors. Dr. Lathan has served as principal investigator on multiple grants from funding agencies such as DARPA, NASA, NIH, and NSF. Most recently, Dr. Lathan led the AnthroTronix team to develop DANA™, an FDA-cleared, mobile digital health software platform for the Department of Defense as a deployed diagnostic support to evaluate cognitive function during treatment for depression, brain injury, and post-traumatic stress. For this work, she was named a 2017 Woman to Watch by Disruptive Women in Health Care. Dr. Lathan is founding co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Human Enhancement and is a thought leader on technology trends that impact health and health care. Dr. Lathan has been featured in Forbes, Time, and the New Yorker magazines, and her work has led to such distinctions as Maryland's “Top Innovator of the Year,” MIT Technology Review magazine's “Top 100 World Innovators,” and one of Fast Company magazine's “Most Creative People in Business.” Dr. Lathan was named a Technology Pioneer and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and served as chair of their Global Agenda Council for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Dr. Lathan serves as a director of PTC, Inc., a global technology provider of Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality platforms, and is a member of the audit committee. She also serves as a director of the non-profit boards Engineering World Health and the KID-Museum, and she is on the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institute's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Before founding AnthroTronix, Dr. Lathan was an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The Catholic University of America and an adjunct associate professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Lathan received her BA in biopsychology and mathematics from Swarthmore College, and an MS in aeronautics and astronautics and PhD in neuroscience from MIT.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to give us memorable experiences without having to give up our privacy. My guest is Ofer Tziperman, CEO AnagogHe has 20 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and leader of High Tech private and public companies. He served as the CEO of OTI, a leading developer of NFC-based payment solutions and as the CEO of Parx, a provider of on-street parking payment solutions. In 2000 Ofer co-founded LocatioNet Systems, a pioneer in the Location-Based Services market. In 2001 the World Economic Forum awarded him in Davos as ‘Technology Pioneer’. Ofer has an LLB Law degree from Tel-Aviv University.Today Ofer leverages his technology and management experience to drive Anagog’s long term success. Anagog is the developer of JedAI - a patented edge-AI technology that solves the conflicting dilemma of deeply understanding your customers behaviour, create moments of surprise and delight, all without harming their privacy.This inspired me, and hence I invited Ofer to my podcast. We explore the ever growing need for better experiences and the problems this creates around our privacy: everything we do is tracked and stored somewhere without being in control of it. We discuss the technology answers to this so that we can have the best of all worlds: Better experiences, more surprise and delight, without sharing anything. We also dig into how remarkable products often are the result of many pivots – and what leaders need to do different in order to succeed.Here are some of his quotes:‘Everybody trying to understand us, based on our online or digital life. And while 80% of the time we're actually spending in the real world. And we have full life in the real world. But it looks like the new technology is only trying to focus on what we are doing online.It looks like everybody in the attempt of trying to understand us in a more personal way. They forgot that we have private Life.We all feel a little bit uncomfortable with the question: “what exactly does Google know about me, or Apple, or Facebook? And at some point, some of us actually gave up.We are actually trying to roll it back and to say, “guys, there is an option that only our phone will know everything about you, and it will never leave your phone.” So, in a way, we try to change everything upside down.’During this interview, you will learn four things:That a major opportunity to truly understand your ideal customer is found in understanding what they do ‘off-line’Why transformation starts when we ask ourselves propelling questions that combine both a bold aspiration with a significant constraintHow we can make our solutions memorable by focusing less on fixing gaps, and more on creating peaks i.e. moments of surprise and delight.That opportunity starts when you manage to do something which is very difficult i.e. when others are not able to do that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gain key insights from a 17th PLMA Award-winning initiative for Technology Pioneer.The Austin SHINES project (Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV) pilots the integration of utility-scale, commercial, and residential resources on the distribution grid and under the holistic coordination of a DERMS platform (Distributed Energy Resource Management System). The DERMS was provided and developed with the utility’s project partner, Doosan GridTech, and performs as a tool enabling varied and stacked asset management use cases. In addition to controlling fielded assets, of solar PV and battery energy storage, at both utility and aggregated customer sites, the software helps model different mixes and configurations of assets to determine the best value proposition against cases of holistic controls, autonomous and no controls of DERs (Distributed Energy Resources). Hands-on deployment, in combination with modeling, has offered a rich field from which to gather a better understanding of the opportunities, challenges, and realities of DER integration that pioneers a new gridscape. The methodology for management was documented as a replicable and configurable technique to serve other utilities, across multiple jurisdictions.Speakers:Anna Popp, Austin EnergyLaurie Duhan, BGELength: 23:20

Yobie is a world class innovator who is an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and received their 2015 Technology Pioneer award. Benjamin was winner of a 2014 CNN Top 10 Technology Products award in augmented reality. He was the Global Chief Technology Officer for Citibank where he was was responsible for global money flows of $3 trillion to $9 trillion per day. He is also co-founder, advisor to several startups in the technology and synthetic biology space. Yobie talks about some of his past work and current solutions about cleaning the air of the coronavirus.

Bill Stenger is the Director of Food Solution for Knapp North America, the automation partner for Takeoff Technologies which was recently dubbed a Technology Pioneer in the grocery microfulfimment space by the World Economic Forum. Microfulfillment is a disruptive new technology that reduces labor and last-mile delivery costs associated with online grocery by creating small automated warehouses on the back of existing retail stores. We cover everything from consumers' shopping preferences during the pandemic to Amazon's suburban strip mall grocery strategy.

Gain key insights from a 17th PLMA Award-winning initiative for Technology Pioneer.Connected Energy (UK) Ltd.’s system installed at the Umicore industrial site in Belgium reuses Renault Kangoo batteries which previously powered 48 vehicles in France. The system provides a frequency response service to Elia, the Belgium system operator, to help it balance electricity supply and demand for network stability. It is the first time 'second-life’ batteries have been used at an industrial scale in this way in the country. The batteries have a combined energy storage capacity of 720 kWh and can deliver 1.2 MW in power. With solution project partner ENGIE, the battery is optimised in real-time as part of a synchronized asset stack providing revenue generation and power quality management for global materials technology and recycling group Umicore who also recycle EV batteries. The installation will give the company insight into the process of wear in the batteries, which can help to build better batteries.Participants:Mark Bailey, Connected Energy (UK)Michael Smith, National GridLength: 32:14

Sean Duffy was in the MD/MBA program at Harvard when he left to start Omada Health, a digital health startup tackling chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and behavioral health. He leveraged his background in design-thinking from IDEO and technology from Google to build one of the most reputable startups in healthcare. We discuss how Omada has successfully sold to self-insured employers, embraced regulatory changes, estimated actuarial risk for value-based pricing, and applied AI to their data. Sean also talks about what's next for Omada, and what scale looks like for the company. Omada Health is the largest CDC-recognized provider of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, was named a 2016 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2017.

Karan Singh, Co-founder and COO of mental health startup, Ginger, joins me in this episode.  Ginger is one of the early pioneers within the mental health tech space and it’s an honor to have Karan join us to talk about the founding of Ginger, the mental health startup space, and his advice to aspiring mental health startup founders. He tells the founding story of Ginger, as well as how the business has evolved and grown into what it is today.  Ginger has accomplished quite a bit in the last decade and has been named one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Healthcare by Fast Company, while also being identified by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. He did his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and got his MBA from MIT (Sloan School of Business).  He was in the Harvard Medical School / MIT Health, Science and Technology program, but left to build Ginger. There are a number of ways to connect with Karan including on social media which will be linked in the show notes. You can connect with Karan here: LinkedIn, Ginger Website, Karan on Twitter SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT: Karan walked us through his bio/background including how he found his way into the behavioral health space.  Karan’s journey into this space is a very personal one surrounding his reaction to a loved one’s attempted suicide, years ago. What is the founding story of Ginger and how has the business evolved? Karan walks us through the founding story of Ginger.  The business began as a tech platform that would support health systems, using smart phones to measure mental health.  At that time, and even still today, qualitative assessments make up the bulk of how we measure mental wellbeing. What is Ginger today? Over the years, Ginger has evolved into an on-demand mental health system.  You can think of it as a virtual clinic for your mental health.  Members have access to a team of coaches, therapists and psychiatrists.  This multi-functional care team allows Ginger to deliver assistance to their members in under 60 seconds, any time on any day in all 50 states and in 25 countries. Ginger has partnered with employers to provide mental health care access to half a million people to date.  These employers include numerous business in many industries including tech companies, airlines, unions and more. How do people find Ginger?  Who can use it? Entry points onto the Ginger platform include: Employers Health plans (Optum, Aetna, Anthem, Kaiser, and others) for in-network covered care Karan explained that Ginger’s definition of “mental health” is far wider than what people normally think of.  It’s not just psychiatry, but includes sub-clinical problems, depression, anxiety, and a number of other symptoms.  For example, someone going through cancer treatment, may not have an elevated PHQ-9 score, but they likely require some additional emotional support, which is where Ginger comes in. What is the opportunity for Companies like Ginger in the mental health space? Fundamentally, the mental health space is broken.  There is a massive supply and demand imbalance.  Demand is going up.  Supply isn’t keeping up.  Ginger provides a set of interventions as a ‘virtual clinic’ that consists of talking to a coach, to a therapist, to a psychiatrist, and provides access to a library of helpful content. In the long run, Karan believes the great opportunity centers around preventative mental health.  The ability to catch people early, before they have a crisis, leveraging technology, will allow Ginger to provide a higher level of care than what has traditionally been achievable, without technology. Where can aspiring entrepreneurs go after in the mental health space now? Karan explains that we need as many people as we can to be getting into this space, it’s a massive opportunity.  The supply and demand imbalance mean the current mental health crisis isn’t going away any time soon.  We need integrated preventative approaches as well as ways to help people far earlier (before crisis occurs) in a more holistic way. Connect with the Stigma Podcast in the following ways: Website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Email Connect with host Stephen Hays here: Stephen Hays, Twitter, LinkedIn, What If Ventures (Mental Health Venture Fund)

Kelly Howell of Brain Sync is a pioneer and expert in the field of Brainwave Technologies. Since the 1980's she has been creating audio programs that create positive transformations. Kelly discusses how subliminal messaging, binaural beats, and guided meditations can all work to significantly improve all areas of life.

Jeremy Fishel is a roboticist and haptician, founder of Tangible Research, and co-founder and former CTO of SynTouch. In this episode, Dave talks with Jeremy about the new device he helped create, the Tactile Telerobot, which lets you manipulate robotic hands and feel what they feel. Other discussion topics include modes of human touch, evolution of tactile senses, biomimicry, the tactile internet, tactile versus visual AI, and the ANA Avatar XPrize. Before his recent ventures, Dr. Fishel was recognized by Popular Mechanics as one of the Innovators of the Year in 2013 and accepted as a delegate of the Academy of Achievement under the personal recommendation of General David Petraeus. Under his technical leadership, SynTouch was recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Jeremy lives in Chico, California with his wife Emily, and their two children Linda and Teddy. Special Guest: Jeremy Fishel.

Hi, I’m Marc Boucher and this is the SpaceQ podcast. This week my guest is Stephane Germain the founder and CEO of GHGSat. GHGSat is a Montreal based global emissions monitoring company. They’ve developed novel technology and a proprietary platform that uses data from sensors on their small satellite Claire and from airplanes. Soon they’ll have their second and third satellites launched as they hope to build out a small satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. Last week they were in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum having been invited as a Technology Pioneer. I caught up with Germain on his return to Montreal. He provided an update on the company and his thoughts on the World Economic Forum. Listen in.

When we or a loved one gets a new diagnosis or has a health-related question, we turn to the internet for information and advice. Our guest on HealthChangers today has been working to find new ways to connect people online with communities who share the same needs and concerns. Susannah Fox is a researcher and advisor to health and technology companies. She’s the former Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and she worked previously at the Pew Research Center.

Sean Duffy, Co-Founder & CEO, Omada Health Sean Duffy is the co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a digital behavioral medicine company dedicated to inspiring and empowering people everywhere to live free of obesity-related chronic conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. In 2017, Omada was recognized as one of Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies and in 2016, the company was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Sean's past speaking engagements include the World Economic Forum annual conference, Clinton Global Initiative Health Matters Summit, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, and others. He has written extensively about digital health and the future of healthcare in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and TechCrunch, among other publications. Prior to Omada, Sean worked at both Google and IDEO. A former MD/MBA candidate at Harvard, he holds a BS in neuroscience from Columbia University.

Michelle Zatlyn is Co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, a leading Internet security, performance, and reliability company that was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 List, selected by the Wall Street Journal as the Most Innovative Internet Technology Company for two successive years, and named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Before co-founding Cloudflare, Michelle held positions at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups. She holds a BS degree, with distinction, from McGill University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was awarded the Dubliner Prize for Entrepreneurship.    In this episode, we learn why Michelle turned down a job at LinkedIn in June 2009 to pursue an idea that started as a school project with Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway at Harvard Business School and ultimately turned into Cloudflare. Among Michelle’s recommendations to founders is to think about cofounders as Venn diagrams in an effort to cover as much surface area as possible. She also encourages founders to go after something you’re “proud" of, not necessarily something you are “passionate” about. Cloudflare has maintained its momentum by creating a culture of shipping projects fast, empowering team members to showcase their work and be human.

Michelle Zatlyn is Co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, a leading Internet security, performance, and reliability company that was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 List, selected by the Wall Street Journal as the Most Innovative Internet Technology Company for two successive years, and named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Before co-founding Cloudflare, Michelle held positions at Google and Toshiba and launched two successful startups. She holds a BS degree, with distinction, from McGill University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was awarded the Dubliner Prize for Entrepreneurship.    In this episode, we learn why Michelle turned down a job at LinkedIn in June 2009 to pursue an idea that started as a school project with Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway at Harvard Business School and ultimately turned into Cloudflare. Among Michelle’s recommendations to founders is to think about cofounders as Venn diagrams in an effort to cover as much surface area as possible. She also encourages founders to go after something you’re “proud" of, not necessarily something you are “passionate” about. Cloudflare has maintained its momentum by creating a culture of shipping projects fast, empowering team members to showcase their work and be human.

Adam Ghetti, technologist and entrepreneur, founded Ionic Security in 2011 to address the problem of trust in our machine scale world. He has over 15 years of experience building large-scale systems in multiple Internet-related markets. He is an expert in complex systems and task automation along with an applied knowledge of application security, network security, data security, and artificial neural networks. He was recognized by Forbes as a 30 under 30-thought leader in technology and by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. Additionally, Mr. Ghetti served on the inaugural Global Future Council on Cybersecurity on behalf of the World Economic Forum, serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum, as an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as a member of both the advisory board for the College of Computing and the Institute for Information Security and Privacy at Georgia Tech, a charter member of TiE, a Distinguished Lecturer for the Robson Program at Emory University, and as a board member for Savvy Cyber Kids a 501(C)(3) providing educational materials for families to better enable them in navigating the digital world safely.

On this special on-location* episode of Love the Problem we sit down with Mark Turrell as he talks about his 25 Year Plan to save everyone on the planet all at the same time. This episode really dives into why if you are going to solve problems on scale you cannot do it through linear means. You need exponential solutions. We take a long winding journey to learn about how this plan will look in action before finally arriving on how important education is to make everything work. Really interesting episode that touches on more topics than can be named. *It gets a bit windy in points during this episode! About Mark: Mark Turrell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2010) and Technology Pioneer (2008). He pioneered the development of crowdsourcing and collective intelligence as founder of Imaginatik plc (www.imaginatik.com), focused on innovation and collaborative problem solving. During this time he consulted to hundreds of companies and business units, spanning a wide range of industries including healthcare, technology, chemicals, industrial, telecommunications and government. In 2010 he founded Orcasci (www.orcasci.com) a strategy company developing the Science of Spread and applying the approach to developing growth programs and go-to-market strategies for technology and science companies. He has worked as a mentor to many start-ups across Europe and the US, helping develop strategies, and tapping into his extensive network. Mark is also a strategist helping NGOs develop plans to scale and spread their good works. He is an Associate Professor at Hult International Business School lecturing on marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship and is a visting lecturer at WHU in Valldemar, Germany.

Dame Stephanie Shirley's life has been described as one "without limits". Born as Vera Buchthal in Germany, 1933, she was five years old when she escaped Nazi Germany to Britain as a Kindertransport child refugee. The trauma shaped her early life and drove her to curating her own future: from a lover of mathematics and computing she rose to becoming a successful - and well-known - businesswoman in 1960s Britain, founding an all-female information technology company under the moniker "Steve" Shirley.It would become known for its pioneering employee packages - flexible working, zero-hour contracts, and working from home as standard. Over 11 years, Dame Shirley even gifted her employees 25% of the business, making several people millionaires in the process. It was just one of her philanthropic ventures, alongside numerous contributions to autism charities and initiatives, as well as founding the Oxford Internet Institute.For these reasons, Dame Shirley's voice and experience are a vital touchstone when considering today's purposeful business movement.In this interview with Peter Stojanovic, Deputy Editor of HotTopics.ht, understand how Dame Shirley capitalized on her gender in a male-dominated industry, championed a healthier, more respectful work-place culture for her employees and views today's batch of energized entrepreneurs.

Title: Citizens as Instruments of National Power About the Lecture: To achieve national security and foreign policy objectives, the United States must embrace new approaches and use all instruments of national power, including our citizens and private sector. This talk will discuss how private resources and new models of private-public collaboration are complementing U.S. government capabilities in Ukraine, Syria, Serbia, Laos, West Africa, and elsewhere. About the Speaker: Mr. Jim Hake founded Spirit of America (SoA) in response to the attacks of 9/11. SoA is a citizen-funded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian and economic assistance in response to needs identified by U.S. troops and diplomats serving abroad. Prior to SoA, Mr. Hake was an Internet entrepreneur. He founded Access Media, one of the first Internet media companies, and sold it to SOFTBANK Forums. It was later incorporated into Ziff Davis. In 2000 and 2001, Mr. Hake was named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. He has been honored at the Marines Evening Parade, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an Honorary Member of the US Army Civil Affairs Regiment, and a member of State Department's Stabilization Advisory Council. Additionally, Mr. Hake is a contributing author to Warriors and Citizens, and he has lectured on entrepreneurship at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, the SMU Cox School of Business, and USC's Annenberg School for Communication. He has given talks at the TED Conference, the Aspen Institute, the Bush School at Texas A&M, and the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

When I asked Karl Feilder what tips he can give me to run my business in a more sustainable, energy-conscious way, he didn't pull any punches. As it turns out, we're being incredibly wasteful and we didn't even know it! From the lights we had on unnecessarily, to the room being too cold, to not carpooling to work, Karl wasted no time rattling off what we could be doing better. And the funny thing is, these are such easy fixes to implement. That's the problem with the status quo. Nobody cares. It gets to a point where it doesn't even cross your mind there's a better way to do things. Karl is the founder and CEO of the Neutral Group. To put what they do in layman's terms, Karl and his team work with companies to make their entire supply chain eco-friendly and energy efficient. Since founding his first start-up in 1990, which was sold to Microsoft in 1995, Karl has overseen the growth of technology companies resulting in three personal trade sale exits, two trade sale exits on behalf of external investors, and the leadership and preparation of two companies for IPO. Karl has 20 years international experience of managing technology businesses and was recognized by the World Economic Forum in 2004, as a Technology Pioneer.” He was voted “Innovator of the Year 2011” by the Middle East LOG magazine. Karl holds an MBA from Henley Management College, a B.Eng.(Hons) Industrial Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire, and is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi. As far as "big business" experience goes, Karl is as credible and authoritative as they come. Which is why, when he talks about the impact businesses have on the environment and what we can do about it, people listen. I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with him. And, in preparing for our chat, I was shocked at some of the facts and figures I came across. You'll have to watch the full interview to find out what they are. Read the full show notes: https://blog.ubrik.com/karl-feilder

What is the division of AI tools and the humans who used to do the work? Will AI make them better or will people become less necessary? This and more is discussed in this podcast with Babur Ozden and Silvija Seres.Hear from Babur Ozden, a keynote speaker at the ONS 2018 Conference session Energy (Science Fiction) Reality.Babur Ozden is the Founder & CEO of Maana. Maana Knowledge Platform enables industrial companies to form a layer of digital knowledge over industrial and enterprise data to help employees make better decisions faster.In 2017 the World Economic Forum named Maana a Technology Pioneer. The company’s strategic investors are GE Ventures, Intel Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Shell Technology Ventures, Accenture Ventures, and China International Capital Corp. Babur holds an MBA degree from Rice University and BA degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karl Heinz Land ist einer der Digitalpioniere der ersten Stunde in Deutschland. Seit über 35 Jahren gestaltet er aktiv die Digitalisierung mit Führungspositionen bei Oracle, BusinessObjects (SAP) oder auch MicroStrategy. Zudem gründete er diverse Unternehmen im Digital- und Techbereich und investierte selber in diverse Technologiestartups. Schon 2006 benannten das World Economic Forum und auch das Time Magazine ihn als Technology Pioneer. Darüber hinaus startete er 2014 seine eigene Strategie- und Digitalberatung mit der neuland in Köln. Technologie wandelt die Gesellschaft. Etwas, was wir immer wieder hier im Podcast beobachten. Karl-Heinz fasste dies in seinen diversen Büchern ebenfalls spannend zusammen, zuletzt in seinem aktuellsten Buch Erde 5.0 - die Zukunft provozieren. Wir sprechen zusammen über das Jahr 2018 als weiteres Jahr im digitalen Wandel, den Einfluss der Digitalisierung und den neuen Technologien auf unsere Gesellschaft und die Idee hinter seinem Buch und der globalen Initiative Erde 5.0. Hört rein, wirklich sehr spannend. SHOWNOTESKarl - Heinz Land Webseite Sein eigenes Buch Erde 5.0 - Die Zukunft provozieren Erde 5.0 Initiative - Beitreten? Buch: Homo Deus von Yuval Noah HarariStudie: Die Grenzen des Wachstums von Club of Rome von 1972Meldet euch gerne bei mir bei Fragen oder Ideen für weitere Gäste. Bin immer offen! Freue mich. Am besten per Mail an info@maxelster.com oder per Facebook oder Twitter. All the best! Max

Pavel Bains is the CEO of Bluzelle - the decentralized database for the new internet. He is an expert in digital media having worked with Disney, Microsoft, Warners Bros, and DreamWorks. Pavel is also a frequent contributor to Forbes, Huffington Post and Fast Company, writing articles in the areas of finance and digital media. In less than one year he led Bluzelle to doing projects with the world’s biggest banks to being named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum to becoming one of the most influential blockchain projects in the world.

FSCast 163, New Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2019 releases plus home annual subscription licensing, and The Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, long time user of Freedom Scientific Access Technology and one of the true innovator and Accessible Technology pioneers.

CognitiveScale CEO, Shay Sabhikhi, discusses the great achievement of being named 2018 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.  With host Arta Shita of CognitiveScale.

Ray Hoffman interviews Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud. You might say there’s electricity in her blood. Long before her reputation was established as one of the world’s foremost experts on power storage, her father, Wolfgang Lampe, was world-renowned for building power stations and power transmission lines. After earning her doctorate in her native Sweden, Christina came to the U.S. and started her first company, Boston-Power, in 2006. In 2012, she and three of her former colleagues, one of whom is her husband, started Cadenza Innovation. It’s a Connecticut-based firm, which has developed a fireproof lithium-ion battery. It can be snapped together like LEGO® bricks to store virtually infinite amounts of power and sold cheaply. In 2018, this Cadenza Innovation story turned into a fast-moving one, which is why, after one long interview with Christina Lampe-Önnerud, Ray had to go back for a major update just six months later!   Key Takeaways: [:21] Ray Hoffman introduces Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud. [1:22] A lot has happened. Cadenza Innovations has gone from being a technical promise, through the demonstration at Fiat Chrysler earlier this year, into having initiated the program with New York State and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the biggest public utility in the United States coming into New York City. [1:48] Cadenza Innovation is constructing a public demonstration of what the Cadenza technology can do for the United States, with the specifics of the New York City grid. That’s going live in the summer. The stakeholders have all started their work. [2:12] The Fiat Chrysler demonstration came from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which recognized the Cadenza opportunity as associated with the lowest cost, highest safety, and highest energy density per volume. [2:26] Fiat Chrysler then signed up to be the champion. The demonstration happened in Q1 2018, which was on the heels of an over-three-year-long program with lots of third-party testing and validation, under the supervision of Fiat Chrysler, then being incorporated into the Fiat 500E. The test was run in Los Angeles. [2:58] Cadenza Innovation demonstrated the Cadenza cell could go in as a retrofit. They demonstrated blocks that stack like LEGO® bricks. They demonstrated very aggressive goals set out by the U.S. DOE. The battery industry had said they could not do it but Cadenza met the goals, which included targets for range, safety, and cost. [3:27] The cost is incredibly interesting because Cadenza is using supply chain assets, today. [3:37] In June, Cadenza was given funding by NY State to do this clean energy storage demonstration project in White Plains, NY. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud tells how this happened. New York State, through NYSERDA, invited Cadenza to be part of an evaluation where they looked at multiple ways to meet energy efficiency. [4:21] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud explains the old system of centralized power plants, distribution, and deployment. She outlines the future course of power distribution with multiple points of power generation paired with storage, almost like the internet where you trade energy where it’s most efficient. [5:02] The battery and storage are critical for that arbitrage. Batteries significantly also replace climate change threats. New York looked at policy, incentives, and technology. Cadenza scored highly in the technology category so they were invited to give a demonstration. [5:29] The demonstration will be hooked up to the NYPA’s headquarters in White Plains. It will be in a public space next to a bus stop. There is a potential for the demonstration to include generating data to show peak shifting in real-time and peak savings, including the reduction of CO2 and other climate gases. [6:20] The state has designated a pad outside the building, roughly the size of a storage container with air conditioning and the hand-off between the battery and the grid. The battery takes up a small area. The container is partly to prevent battery theft. [7:28] The demonstration will be for at least three months. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud is very hopeful that NYPA will pick up more units very quickly and deploy the technology. [7:51] Cadenza has received funding in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. The team has only 30 people. They have received support from the battery industry ecosystem. Cadenza serves as a demonstration that new technology is not dangerous. It has moved the needle a little bit into acceptance, also thanks to low pricing. [8:42] Cadenza is interested in playing in multiple states but as engineers, they work hardest on execution, to make sure every demonstration is successful. Cadenza technology is less dangerous than legacy systems. [9:04] Another success point in the past six months is that Cadenza has engaged with the Department of Defense (DOD), who have done their best to blow up the technology. The standard industry test, thermal runaway, did not happen with the Cadenza cells. That garnered quite a bit of interest and a lot of curiosity. The results are remarkable. [10:30] The jelly roll cell technology of encased cells prevents thermal cascades as a short will shut down the cell. The DOD warned them “We’re going to blow up your cell.” The engineers replied “Thank you, ... but we don’t think it will.” It didn’t blow up. [11:37] In 2012, when Dr. Lampe-Önnerud founded Cadenza Innovation, she was very committed to the tripod of safety, cost, and performance. Nobody thought it was possible. She notes the technical achievement of her team and also points out the business innovation of putting together a very safe and collaborative system to succeed. [12:28] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud elaborates on the recent news that China’s Shenzhen BAK Power Battery and Cadenza Innovation have announced that they will co-manufacture lithium-ion cells and modules based on Cadenza Innovation’s supercell architecture. BAK is already one of the biggest suppliers of jelly rolls in China. [13:48] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud tells how lithium-ion jelly roll technology improves on the earlier lithium-ion technology. The jelly roll is easy to manufacture and you can have it manufactured locally, close to point of use, so your battery factory only needs to do final assembly. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud talks of BAK’s success from startup to a major manufacturer. [15:14] Cadenza was also honored in Tianjin, China, by the World Economic Forum as a 2018 Technology Pioneer. Four of the team had already been acknowledged for the same award in 2010 for a different technology. The four, including Dr. Lampe-Önnerud, have been working together for 20 years. [16:05] Boston-Power innovated in the portable power arena at a time when the industry had a lot of safety issues. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud had been at Arthur D. Little (ADL) and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) had engaged ADL as an independent advisor on how to treat these 20 million recalled batteries. [16:44] Boston-Power stepped up the game by cleaning up some of the safety idiosyncrasies and pioneered cleaning up some of the greenhouse gases. Boston-Power was a green company before it was cool to be green. They fueled the paradigm where the battery had to last the life of the laptop. [17:06] Boston-Power also pioneered the paradigm of fast charging. Their battery was capable of the longest run-time and also charged to 80% capacity in 30 minutes, which was unheard of in 2005. [17:22] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud knew with a little group — 10 people out of her garage — a little bit of confidence, and a lot of friends, they could become a player. [17:36] The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award is a recognition from global industry leaders, including Fortune 50 companies in the forum, and heads of states. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud had previously been recognized as a pioneer entrepreneur. [18:08] As a tech pioneer, you get invited to share a story or vision, which can become part of the content for the World Economic Forum agenda. As a two-time winner, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud has also been invited and has accepted to be a co-chair for The Future of Energy Committee to help drive the discussion. [18:29] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud also was in Nice recently to address the International Energy and Power Supply Conference (Batteries 2018) on The Role of Energy Storage in the New Economy Paradigm. Two macro-trends she covered are the rate of technological change and climate change. [19:46] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud worked with the Club de Madrid and the United Nations from 2009 to 2011, and with Condoleezza Rice and the President of the European Council to try to facilitate a data-driven global agenda. They developed a model for watching temperatures and predicting problems. The model has been a good estimate. [20:55] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud sees hesitation around global collaboration. You have to be rather stubborn that you want to keep the door open. It takes a lot of positive force. [21:47] Since starting Boston-Power in 2004, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud has learned that it was not as hard as she imagined it would be to raise capital. She didn’t have time for a process, she just needed investors immediately. Over the years, she raised almost $360 million and the company had a chance to grow. [22:37] With Cadenza Innovation, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud is more knowledgeable and she invented a new security that aligns investors and the management team for a ‘long play.’ She is determined to try to stay courageous for global markets. She is trying to stay very true to doing good and doing well, at the same time. [22:59] With Dr. Lampe-Önnerud’s new investment security, there is no artificial driver for the investor to get out. The intent is not to flip the company in two years. If they sold it, it would be for a remarkable opportunity. [23:13] The strategy is actually to deploy great technology into a vacuum that is huge. And with that, they will do a ton of good, and make a lot of money in it, as well. [23:26] It is very difficult to make transformations within a year or two. Most policies call for four years or less of effort, which is still too short. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud says it is basic to commit to something that is over 10 years. 10 years is very fast for technology shifts. [23:49] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud got investors to sign on from the beginning. She went only to ‘angels.’ She told them they may make 10X or 20X their investment, but it will take 10 years. She told investors liquidity may be available in Year Six, but not in Year One. [24:32] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud could spend all her time in music because she loves it so much, but she loves equally this exciting game of trying to make a difference. She dedicates her music time to Silk’n Sounds, a Connecticut female a cappella chorus. [25:47] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud approaches the group with her CEO mindset. She sees it as providing empowerment!   Mentioned in This Episode: Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Cadenza Innovation, Inc. Fiat Chrysler NYPA Department of Energy (DOE) NYSERDA Department of Defense (DOD) Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Arthur D. Little Club de Madrid United Nations Silk'n Sounds Stephens.com This Is Capitalism

Veckans poddgäst är Pär Almqvist, en driven entreprenör som bland annat grundat byråer och ett energibolag som blev utsedd till “Technology Pioneer” av World Economy Forum. Numera är han medgrundare och VD på Tracklib, som vill skapa en ny marknad med nya intäkter inom musikbranschen. Det handlar om att frigöra rättigheter till orginalmusik och bygga samarbeten mellan kreatörer och rättighetsägare, genom en marknadsplats för legal sampling. Det började med att artisten och medgrundaren Eric Amarillo vände sig till honom med idéen om ett “Soundcloud för musikskapande”, som nu växt sig till 128 länder med kreativ kraft från välkända namn. Ett väldigt spännande samtal som även innehåller tips till kreatörer, med intressanta paralleller till entreprenörskap. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wednesday, March 14th PopHealth Week Features entrpreneur and digital health innovator Sean Duffy. Sean Duffy is the Co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a digital behavioral medicine company dedicated to inspiring and empowering people everywhere to live free of chronic conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. In 2017, Omada was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and in 2016, the company was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.   An in-demand speaker and thought leader, Sean's accolades include a spot on The San Francisco Business Times’ 2015 list of "40 Under 40," Diabetes Forecast magazine's list of "2014 Diabetes All Stars,” and JPMorgan's list of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014.”   Sean’s past speaking engagements include Clinton Global Initiative Health Matters Summit, SXSW Interactive, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, and others. He has written extensively about digital health and the future of healthcare in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the New England Journal of Medicine, and TechCrunch, among other publications. Prior to Omada, Sean worked at both Google and IDEO. A former MD/MBA candidate at Harvard, he holds a BS in neuroscience from Columbia University. Join us!

‘If you are a hard-core environmentalist, be a hard-core industrialist. Figure out technology that can outcompete the things that are making the environment bad, and then you can move at scale.’ Mark Herrema is the Co-Founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies, an advanced biotechnology company using carbon capture to produce high-performance polymers that replace oil-based materials. Newlight was founded on the idea that carbon could be used as a resource, and today it operates the world’s first commercial-scale greenhouse gas-to-AirCarbon manufacturing facilities, producing bioplastics used in furniture, electronics, packaging and a range of other products. Newlight has been named Innovation of the Year by Popular Science, 2015 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and 2014 Company of the Year by CleanTech OC. Today, Mark joins Ross and Christophe to share the inspiration behind Newlight Technologies and how it rose to the challenge of competing with traditional plastics in terms of price and performance. Mark discusses Newlight’s role in transforming the plastics industry and his long-term vision of a licensing model that inspires growth in the areas of bioplastic products and production. They discuss how emerging carbon capture techniques could benefit Newlight and how Nori might change the terms of the climate change debate by monetizing carbon removal. Listen in for Mark’s insight on altruism, incentives and how businesses like Newlight should think about subsidies.   Key Takeaways   [0:58] Mark’s inspiration for Newlight Technologies Reading about calculation of methane emissions made climate change real Good for environment, economy to use carbon as resource   [4:23] Mark’s take on altruism vs. incentives Must harness market forces to move at necessary speed, scale   [5:31] Newlight Technologies’ founding challenge Develop materials that compete on price, performance   [6:59] Newlight’s role in transforming the plastics industry Replace plastics with bioplastics (biodegradable, don’t require fossil fuels) Reach point where oil/gas chooses to build air carbon plant for profitability   [11:24] Newlight’s sources of methane and CO2 Farm digesters, landfills and flares Power, ethanol plants   [15:54] Newlight’s cradle-to-grave carbon accounting Ran two third-party LCAs to verify reduction of carbon footprint Must use renewable power to make CO2 capture carbon neutral   [19:40] The benefits of polymers used by Newlight Repeating unit structure produced in all living things Natural molecule biocompatible with human body (healthier)   [22:11] Mark’s big vision for Newlight Technologies Licensing model to replace plastics with bioplastics Build reference plants to demonstrate possibilities Inspire imagination with products like cell phone cases   [25:01] How carbon capture techniques would benefit Newlight Run process from anywhere on globe Scale up in short time frame   [32:09] Nori’s role in creating a carbon offset market Simplify process, open-source on blockchain Carbon removal credits create universal price Monetization changes terms of debate   [37:12] Nori’s challenge around verification of carbon removal Each method requires unique approach to measurement   [38:00] How Nori differs from existing carbon registries Reduce barrier to entry (no fees to create methodologies) Don’t have to prove additionality   [40:16] Mark’s insight on 45Q Tax credits for utilizing carbon (from power plant, atmosphere) Incentives overdo, but business must survive without it   Resources Newlight Technologies Climeworks 45Q Tax Credit  

Jay Samit is a technology pioneer and digital media innovator whose influence goes all the way back to the emergence of video and music on the personal computer. He has built his career around dreaming up new ways for Hollywood to capitalize on emerging media, prompting Wired to call him the guy with "the coolest job in the industry." He is responsible for transforming EMI Capitol Records into “the first digital label”, and building Sony’s online music store (Sony Connect) from scratch. Currently he is the president of ooVoo, a free social video-chat service that was named Venture Summit Company of the Year in 2012.

Bright B. Simons is a Ghanaian technology innovator, Development Activist and Social Entrepreneur. As the Director of Development Research at the award-winning African think tank IMANI (www.imanighana.org), and as the President of the mPedigree Network (www.mPedigree.Net), he works to promote innovation as the best response to Africa's various developmental challenges. His insights have been shared through the Economist, New York Times, BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, Asian Times, and the BBC, where he is a regular commentator for the World Service. Bright is a Technology Pioneer of the World Economic Forum and a member of its Global Agenda Councils (the organisation's foremost expert body). Bright invented a system for large-scale supply chains between 2004 and 2005, that has been successfully deployed by some pharmaceutical companies to protect their brands from counterfeiters, and by consumers to instantly verify the genuineness of their medicines by means of a free text message. The concept is at the base of the mPedigree platform, arguably the most celebrated item of original technology to emerge from Africa. Bright has consulted for the World Bank in the development of a new strategy for Africa, and for the West African Health Organisation in the context of the latter's recent wide-ranging policy on medicinal counterfeiting in the region. A TED and Ashoka Fellow, he is also both a Tech Award Laureate and a member of the Evian Group's Brain Trust at IMD, widely considered to be Europe's foremost business school. In 2010, he became an Associate of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellowship.