The truth is out West! We’re hopping on the ET Highway and venturing to the most notorious alien hot spots, including Roswell’s infamous crash site, Area 51’s eerie perimeter, and a mysterious desert watchtower. Join us as journalist Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing , beams up to share stories from the front lines of UFO reporting—from strange sightings and quirky festivals to a mailbox where people leave letters to extraterrestrials. Maybe you’ll even decide for yourself: Is Earth a tourist stop for spaceships? UFO hot spots you’ll encounter in this episode: - UFO Watchtower (near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado) - Roswell, New Mexico - Area 51, Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway (aka State Route 375), Nevada - Little A’Le’Inn, ET Highway, Nevada - E.T. Fresh Jerky, ET Highway, Nevada - Alien Research Center, ET Highway, Nevada - The Black Mailbox, ET Highway, Nevada Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group .…
Azam is a leading technologist and entrepreneur, with experience across research and applied technology. He has worked for many different types of organisations, but with particular emphasis on the Telecoms sector, having done great things at companies like Vodafone and Comarch. Azam talks us through his unique and inspiring career journey to date and discusses his role as Co-founder of Niioma, a start-up fostering a very innovative approach to building marketplaces.…
Joe is the CTO of Hedgehog Lab, a software services consultancy. In this episode, Joe shares with us his career journey working within influential Product and Tech Leadership positions at companies like Expedia, Xoomworks and then Accenture. He also talks about his views and approach to ensuring digital inclusion and sustainability in tech.…
Frank Gibson is a highly experienced and respected CTO, who has carved out a very successful career path in the interim leadership space. He has fulfilled interim CTO roles for brands such as The Economist, Kantar and now more recently with Timeout. In this episode, Frank shares his career story, we discuss the nature of the interim role and the expectations and challenges that come along with it.…
Russell is a highly experienced technology leader, who has recently moved into the role of CTO for Leapfrog Technology. In this episode, Russell shares his career story, we discuss his mindset around career progression and how he has approached the first few months as a CTO for a global Software Services business. A genuinely great episode!…
Chris currently the CTO of Pie, an innovative tax app, streamlining the process of how people do their taxes. Prior to this, Chris has enjoyed an accomplished career as a software engineer and tech leader in many other interesting companies in many different countries. Chris shares his career story and lessons learned along the way.…
I had the pleasure recently of being joined by Sam Hill , a highly experienced CTO who has successfully built and exited a business as an entrepreneur and then moved on to influential technology leadership roles for organisations such as Tesco, BBC and M&S. Sam shares his career journey with us and his unique style to leadership. A must listen episode!…
This week I have the genuine pleasure of being joined by Jim Beattie, CTO of Transreport. Jim is a highly experienced and respected technology leader, having multiple successful exits from various companies such as JustEat and Timeout. Jim (accompanied by his faithfull Bulldog companion, Douglas) talks me through his career story and how he went from the world of being an international DJ to transitioning into the world of tech. He also outlines his mission for his role at Transreport and discusses how this innovative start-up business is helping people with disabilities enjoy seemless travel and holiday experiences. A not to be missed episode!…
David is the CTO for Tillo, an innovative embedded rewards and incentives platform that connects customers with rewards and incentives from 2000+ global brands. In this episode, David shares his journey through tech and how he arrived at the CTO position. We discuss the toolkit needed and the skills he developed to become a successful technology leader.…
This week, I speak with James Carey, CTO of Bordeaux Index, an innovative company changing the Landscape of the world’s of fine wine and spirits through LiveTrade. James talks us through his journey into tech leadership and how he approaches building a successful culture in his division.
Meri is the CTO for PLEO, an innovative FinTech company, and has years of experience as a Technology Leader, NED and Advisor. In this episode, Meri talks to us about shaping an engineering culture and fostering a workplace where diversity and inclusion can truly thrive.
Dan is VP of Technology for Cera Healthcare, a leading HealthTech business building a platform around home healthcare. Dan has had a highly impressive career to date in tech assuming C-suite and leadership roles for a number of big brands the likes of Experian, CreditKarma and Gostudent. In this episode, Dan talks us through his career path and choices along the way. A must listen!…
Mike is CTO of loveholidays, one of the fastest growing technology retail companies in the world today. In this episode, Mike shares his incredible personal career story and talks us through the mind-boggling scale of the platforms that underpin this extradinary travel tech business.
Nina is the Head of Technology for Portfolio Management at Northstandard, a highly successful and respected Protection and Indemnity Club, specialising in the Marine Insurance space. Since a merger last year between the two companies of North and The Standard Club, NorthStandard are now one of the largest P&I clubs in the international group. The merger has brought about a lot of cultural and digital transformation. In this episode, we talk through Nina's incredible career story, her approach to building a culture and leading in her current role, along with some of the challenges faced and she has overcome those.…
This week I am joined by the fantastic Andrew Radcliffe, CEO for Spyrosoft. Andrew and I discuss the inspiring success story of Spyrosoft, a Software Development Services organisation founded in 2016 and is now over 1500 people strong. We reflect on Andrew's journey and he shares his thoughts on what is important in shaping a company culture to allow this level of scale.…
This week I speak to the highly experienced and inspirational Dan Gwalter. Dan has played vital technology and transformation leadership roles throughout his career for many blue-chip companies. And more recently, he has launched his own Leadership Consultancy business called 'No-Nonsense Leadership'. In this episode, Dan and I discuss his approach and how the role of a CTO ensures it adds value to the organisation.…
Allen is CTO of Leesman, an exciting company building a platform to measure the experience of employees in their places of work. This week, I discuss with Allen his route into the position of CTO and how his experiences along the way have shaped his Leadership style. We also discussed the often overlooked topic of security and what are the ramifications for companies that don't get they security strategy right. A must listen episode!…
Alex is the CIO of Neuron, an incubation start-up within Willis Towers Watson, developing of a new digital trading platform for commercial insurers and brokers. In this episode, Alex gives us fascinating insight into his journey leading the way in building and shaping this product from conception to implementation.…
Martin is the Head of Engineering for Cisiv, an innovative platform enabling Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies to collect and manage safety and efficacy studies in the real world. This week, Martin and I discuss his style and approach to managing his division and just what makes him such an inspirational leader.…
In this weeks episode I'm delighted to be joined by two very good friends in Alex Davidson and Ant Newman. We discussed the impact the AI will have in the workplace and the trends we are currently seeing now but also speculate about what's to come.
Greg is the Chief Technology Office for Fairstone Group, one of the fastest growing financial services organisations in the UK and Ireland with run-rate fee income in excess of £135 million. The group operates from over 55 locations, made up of over 1200 operational staff and regulated advisers. The company oversees £15 Billion in funds under management on behalf of over 55,000 wealth management clients. And they recently surpassed 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, securing Fairstone’s position as the most trusted wealth advisory firm in the UK. In this episode, Greg and I discuss how to best align technology with the wider business strategy to ensure cohesion and success.…
Tia is the Director of IT Data and Information Services (UK & EMEA) for Gallagher. In this episode we discuss Tia's approach to implementing a data-driven culture in an established global insurer.
Mike Samra is the CTO of The AA. This week, Mike and I discuss his unique and fascinating journey throughout tech leadership and his approach to aligning with the business and ensuring the tech function is demonstrating business value.
I personally have known Yinka for over a decade and he is one of the true greats. He possesses the rare skillset to be not only extremely knowledgeable technically but has the ability to understand, prioritise and deliver on key business objectives. In this episode, we discuss Yinka's journey as a tech professional and how he has developed the vital skills to lead both technical projects and people.…
Matt is the CTO of Tallarium, an innovative market data and digital solutions provider that enables energy majors, trading houses, banks, utilities and funds in OTC energy markets to improve trading performance and manage risk more effectively. In this episode, Matt and I talk about his journey into Tech Leadership and his life lessons learned along the way.…
Ben is CTO of Onto, Europe's largest electric car subscription service. Having grown by 300% in 2022 and with over 6,000 cars (the largest UK electric car fleet!) - Onto is helping people make the switch to driving electric everyday. In this episode, I talk to Ben about how he has navigated the technical challenges involved with such an innovative service.…
Paolo Escobar is Head of Engineering for Konfir, an exciting tech start-up streamlining the process for completing employment verifications. Their aim is to accelerate all corners of the modern UK economy; for those switching jobs, to those renting a property, or obtaining any type of credit. Paolo is a highly revered technology leader who has built a pioneering production environment at Konfir, listen to find out how.…
Joshua Ma is the CTO and co-founder of Airplane .Dev, an exciting start up company founded in 2021 which is building a developer platform for internal tools. But prior to this Josh was the first hire/CTO at Benchling, a tech scale-up, and was instrumental in growing that engineering organization from inception to over 300 people, helping Benchling achieve a $6 billion valuation. In this episode, Josh talks us through the story of Airplane .Dev and key lessons learned along the way in his tech leadership journey so far.…
Nick has an undoubtedly impressive career as a tech leader Having spent a number of years in the gaming space, he has played the role of CTO, COO and a CEO throughout the years. Nick skilfully navigated corporate mergers and as a leader tackled the challenge of the blending together both technology and people cultures of different organisations. In this episode, Nick talks us through his journey and all the life lessons along the way.…
Fabrizio is Chief of Engineering for 90 Percent Of Everything, an innovative tech business building solutions for the shipping and logistics sectors. Since starting the business, they have scaled to over 120 engineers, and currently have over 7 products products live across 50 divisions. In this episode, Fabrizio talks us through the practices he employs to achieve a high performing Software Engineering Division and how they have achieved such impressive scale within a short timeframe.…
In 2021, Nick Co-founded Connect Earth, a London-based environmental data company that democratises easy access to sustainability data. Connect Earth is on a mission to empower people to make sustainable choices and bridge the gap between intent, knowledge and action. Nick talks us through why he is so passionate about conscious consumerism and his journey as a founder and CTO of this exciting carbon modelling start-up.…
After 20 years as CTO with PCF Bank, Andrew talks us through his career to date. And as he embarks upon a new and exciting journey joining the Surrey and Sussex Police Force as Head of Applications and Devices, Andrew discusses with us his reasoning for the move and his motivations for the next step of his career as a technology leader.…
Toby is CTO of FundApps, a tech company providing automated compliance monitoring services to financial institutions, including some of the world’s largest asset managers, hedge funds and investment banks. FundApps is used to monitor over $15 trillion in client assets every day. In this episode, Toby and I discuss how he has created a high performance Technology division and we closely examine the relationships between tech and other business areas.…
Edgar is the founder and CTO of FinCrime Dynamics, an innovative tech business aiming to make a positive impact in the fight against financial crime by enabling financial institutions to improve their compliance controls through the use of "Financial Crime Vaccines". In this episode, Edgar and I talk about his journey through entrepreneurship as a tech leader.…
Sam is a highly experience and revered technology leader and engineering professional. In this episode, Sam talks to us about his leadership style and the excellent work he is doing at Dare in the renewables space.
Shankar is the co-founder of software Fintech scale up, SteelEye. After a successful exit, Shankar went on to become CTO for Clippd, an AI focussed technology business, enhancing performance through data in the world of Golf. Shankar shares with us his route through his career and how he arrived in tech leadership, it's been one hell of a journey!…
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