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Rockwell Automation is the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation. Rockwell connects the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more intelligent, more connected and more productive. Throughout the world, their flagship Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® product brands are recognized for innovation and excellence.

Data and AI in Fintech and IBM Z Day

Data and AI in Healthcare and IBM Z Day

This episode features an informative discussion with Dr. Melissa Sassi, a venture partner at Machinelab Ventures and a formidable force in the field of sustainable development. As a globally-recognized figure who has visited 61 countries and devoted her doctoral thesis to digital inclusion and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she offers a wealth of knowledge and unique perspectives.

One of the topics on everyone’s minds is sustainability. There are many public initiatives focused on it, and it’s gained a lot of popularity over the past several years. With that in mind, I had the pleasure of speaking with Gina Kirby, Senior Sustainability Specialist for the Americas at Microsoft, to better understand the challenges enterprises face with their sustainability initiatives, as well as Microsoft's approach to addressing sustainability.

This episode is sponsored by Intel®

This episode is sponsored by Intel®.

Tim Hughes is universally recognized as a world-leading pioneer and innovator of Social Selling.

Veritas Technologies is a leader in multi-cloud data management. Over 80,000 customers—including 95% of the Fortune 100—rely on us to help ensure the protection, recoverability, and compliance of their data. We have a reputation for reliability at scale, which delivers the resilience our customers need against the disruptions threatened by cyberattacks like ransomware. No other vendor can match our ability to execute, with support for 800+ data sources, 100+ operating systems, 1,400+ storage targets, and 60+ clouds.

Ajay Kabra is the senior leader, evangelist, and main contributor to the Agile space for Xebia, a Global Technology Strategy and Consulting firm with Full Stack Software Engineering, Product Development, and Digital consulting capability to enable the digital transformation of enterprises using the latest technology and methodologies. Over the years, Xebia has organically built domain knowledge across industries and used a platform engineering mindset to help fortune companies digitize.

Peter Koerte is the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Siemens.

Himanshu Arora is the Global Business Head for Low Code/No Code, Automation, and Integration practice at Infosys. He is a trusted digital transformation advisor, speaker, and certified storyteller and has helped many customers “Think, Adopt and Live” various types of transformation journeys in his 23-year career.

Vipul Baijal is the country head, USA of Xebia, a Global Technology Strategy and Consulting firm with Full Stack Software Engineering, Product Development and Digital consulting capability to enable digital transformation of enterprises using the latest technology and methodologies. Over the years Xebia has organically built a domain knowledge across industries and used a platform engineering mindset to help fortune companies digitize.

Helen Yu is the Founder & CEO at Tigon Advisory, where she drives growth for the largest technology companies in the world and is a board advisor to fast growth SaaS companies. She serves as Vice-Chair and Board Director at the Global CyberSecurity Association.

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Tyler Cohen Wood is the CEO of myConnectedHealth and a 20-year veteran of the cyber security industry, a well-known international cybersecurity influencer, successful keynote speaker, and 3-time published author. She worked for the United States Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, as well as many other 3-lettered government agencies and the White House.

Kai Hermsen is the Global Coordinator for the Charter of Trust with Siemens, where together with his team in the Central Cybersecurity department, he ensures internal implementation of the Charter of Trust and is driving Siemens external Cybersecurity engagements with Charter of Trust partners and stakeholders like the World Economic Forum.

In this episode, Jeannette Fackler turns the tables on me and interviews me on influencer marketing for B2B HighTech companies. Jeannette is the Co-Founder of J&L Marketing. She’s a tech translator who de-borifies tech marketing.

Jay McBain leads Forrester's research and advisory for global channels, alliances, and partnerships.

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Nancy Gorski is the founder and CEO of Strategic Mobility Group, an innovative technology provider that designs and integrates mobile solutions for enterprises.

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I had the privilege of being interviewed by Reuben Dreiblatt, editor in chief at Faveeo, on some of the latest trends in Disruptive Technologies.

Robert Smith is the founder & CEO of Fan Health Network which provides enterprises with turnkey well-being programs, including fun challenges. They connect you directly to professional athletes, sports personalities, and celebrities who want you to improve your fitness, diet, and well-being.

Misha Rangel, the Senior Product Marketing Manager for IBM to share shared her insights on a recent IT Infrastructure spending study that was conducted by Forrester Research on behalf of IBM Systems.

Debra Ruh is a Global Disability Inclusion Strategist, Market Influencer, internationally recognized keynote speaker, published author, branding expert, successful entrepreneur, and an exceptional mother. She is the host of the popular program: Human Potential at Work.

Tina Gravel is the Senior Vice President of Channels and Alliances at Cyxtera Technologies, where she helps businesses migrate their mission-critical applications to The Cloud. She is an award-winning executive with more than 25 years of experience in the IT outsourcing, cloud, security and SaaS industries.

We are living in an era of information overload, where there is an overabundance of information, yet at the same time, it’s hard to ascertain what’s credible and what’s not. Technology changes rapidly, and innovation is on the rise. How can we educate ourselves to know:

Rob Kirk has been with IBM and Lenovo for a combined 32 years of experience in the PC industry.

Inma Rodriguez is the VP of 5G Core, and Cloud Solution and Service Line for Ericsson’s Europe and Latin America Market Area, where she supports Digital Services Operators and their customers with complex Cloud transformation projects, including the introduction to 5G technology.

Adam LG Ring is a startup mentor who’s helped many startups & organizations change the world for the better. He has 25 years' digital experience and has helped businesses through the digital transformation process, as well as comply with GDPR data privacy regulations.

Xavier Gomez is founder & COO of INVYO, a SaaS company that uses machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to help financial institutions see tomorrow’s opportunities in Fintech. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief at Invyo Insights powered by INVYO, a global provider of Fintech insights and analysis. As a banker, Xavier has been sharing his vision of the sector with industry pioneers over the past 18+ years.

Tina M. Tarquinio is the director of the IBM Z team, building the mainframe of the future. Currently, she leads a team of forward-thinking engineers building the z/OS Operating System, focused on enabling workloads to be flexible, and creating a true end to end DevOps experience.

Mirko is Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Worx, a mobile Software Development Company.

Melissa Sassi is a Startup Program Manager at IBM focused on empowering early-stage entrepreneurs to transform their lives through technology and business mentorship.

Maor Cohen is an Entrepreneur at heart, and a former combat soldier, who served his country as part of an elite undercover commando unit.

Kai Hermsen is the Global Coordinator for the Charter of Trust with Siemens, where together with his team in the Central Technology department, he is driving the Siemens Cybersecurity Strategy, Initiatives, and Innovation.

Neil Cattermull is a global Cloud technology influencer and leading independent analyst, who consults, educates, and delivers Cloud strategies for vendors and client organizations.

Mr. Scott N. Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a 45 year-old New Jersey-based privately held company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Since the beginning of Mr. Schober’s BVS tenure in 1989, the company’s product line of wireless test and security instruments has increased to over 100 products with a core focus on Wi-Fi, Cellular, WiMAX, LTE, IoT and advanced radio devices. As an experienced software engineer, Schober has developed cellular test instruments used for measuring, optimizing and plotting signal coverage, primarily for the initial cellular build-out throughout the United States. Scott’s recent focus has been development (patent pending) of BVS’ cell phone detection tools, used to enforce a ‘no cell phone policy’ in various markets including government, corporate, military, educational, correctional and law enforcement. Thousands of these security tools have been deployed throughout every state in the U.S. and around the world.

Jola Burnett is Vice President at GfK Consumer Life, where she consults with many Fortune 500 clients, looking at disruptive shifts and forces to make sense of the future (and she is really obsessed with the future!).

Paul Colmer is an engaging digital architect, coach, and trainer, who empowers others through the transfer of knowledge.

What is the business opportunity with eSports Marketing?

Bill Mew is a leading advocate for digital ethics and digital transformation. A former global leader for IBM Financial Services Sector, CMO for Compare the Cloud and Cloud Strategist for UK Cloud, he is a strategic advisor to a number of leading tech firms, including Govtech specialist Advice Cloud. As an evangelist for the transformational value of technology, he is the world’s top social influencer on #Govtech, a top commentator on #Cloud, and also one of the judges of the UK Cloud Awards. As a campaigner for data privacy and other ethical issues in technology, he is also the world’s top social influencer on #Privacy. He appears almost weekly on broadcast TV and Radio, is a prolific author of articles and blogs, as well as being exceedingly socially engaged.

Jennifer Esposito is the Worldwide General Manager of Health and Life Sciences at Intel Corporation.

Tony Flath is the founder of TManSpeaks, a tech and media consulting practice, focusing on Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, HR Tech, Social Media, and Emerging Technologies. His aim is to help organizations keep their information protected, make better use of cloud computing, and more effectively use various technologies as well as social media.

David Schwartz is a partner at Gerstman, Schwartz, Malito, LLP, a Government relations, and litigation law firm. He has spent his entire career practicing law as a litigator and for the past decade as a lobbyist and advocate on behalf of businesses, trade associations, not-for-profits, and individuals.

Sudha Jamthe is the CEO of IoTDisruptions.com and a globally recognized Technology Futurist with 20+ year mix of entrepreneurial, academic and operational experience from eBay, PayPal, GTE, and Harcourt. She is the author of "2030 The Driverless World: Business Transformation from Autonomous Vehicles" and 3 IoT books, teacher of IoT and Autonomous Vehicles business courses at Stanford Continuing Studies and at DriverlessWorldSchool.com.

Paul Maher has over 20 years in the IT industry across a variety of technology-focused roles. He was recently asked to return to Microsoft to build a new team in Azure engineering called Industry Experiences. The team is focused on helping industry customers and partners with their move to the cloud. Prior to Microsoft, he was the CTO at Milliman, where he and his team built one of the largest solutions that exist on Azure today, called Integrate, for Actuarial Modeling and Financial reporting. Prior to that, he led the Global Cross-Industry Partner team at Microsoft. He is in popular demand at Microsoft to talk about cloud because of his extensive experience developing solutions in the cloud, as well as working with some of the largest customers World Wide on their move to the cloud.

Yuval Boger served as chief executive, chief marketer, and evangelist for technology companies, from seed stage to NASDAQ. He led business and product development programs that generated over $200M in revenue.

As a Global Executive in Branding & Creative Design, Nova Lorraine's journey reflects over 15 years of influence and expertise in entrepreneurship, branding and creative design. She specializes in brand leadership, content development, marketing and design strategy for brands in fashion, art, culture, and technology. A prior contributor for the Huffington Post, and Editor in Chief of Raine Magazine, she has become a consultant and trusted advisor to a number of brands, seeking to penetrate new markets, lead within those markets and engage their customers on a more intimate basis.

Kai Grunwitz is an Innovative and established executive with a high impact career in conceptualizing, developing and, driving business strategies on behalf of dynamic enterprises.

Kevin Jackson is a globally recognized cloud computing expert, Thought Leader, Industry Influencer and Founder/Author of the award winning “Cloud Musings” blog. He has also been recognized as a “Top 100 Cloud Computing Influencer and Brand” by Onalytica 2017, and a “Top Federal IT Blog” (FedTech Magazine 2015,2016). Internationally recognizable firms that have sponsored blog posts authored by him include Cisco, Microsoft and IBM. He has also been featured in podcasts and online video with Dell, IBM, Intel, and National Public Radio. In May 2018 he was awarded an Information Security Leadership Award for his work in the US Federal Government Sector by the President, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2.

Ken is a top influencer on IoT and 4th most followed CMO on Twitter. He is the Chief Marketing Officer for Singapore based intelligent IoT Messaging Company, Unified Inbox. He's also a popular author and frequent speaker on Leveraging technology for marketing.

Will Lassalle is Chief Information Officer at Lynx Technology Partners & Co-Founder of JLS Technology USA.

Diego Tamburini is the Principal Manufacturing Industry Lead, on the Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences Team, where he focuses on ensuring that Azure delivers the best cloud platform for Manufacturing customers, and sharing Microsoft’s cloud story with decision makers and influencers.

Syed Zaeem Hosain (“Z”) is the Chief Technical Officer and a founding member of Aeris.

Anthony Begando is a serial Entrepreneur, having developed and led numerous ventures ranging from healthcare software companies, consulting firms, outsourcing operations, and tech-enabled service businesses. He had the opportunity to serve clients ranging from the military, Fortune 500 firms, major health systems, middle-market ventures, growth-stage firms, and ground-zero start-ups.

Dr. Johannes Drooghaag is the CEO of Spearhead Management, in Germany. He is an accomplished speaker in the areas of Executive Leadership, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Agile Business Management. He has authored many publications on areas of High-tech, such as Cybersecurity, as well as other business related topics.

David Houlding is the Worldwide Healthcare Industry Leader on the Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences Team led by Paul Maher.

Anthony Delgado is an American software developer and serial entrepreneur widely known as a professional hacker in the developer community.

Irma is a Boston-based Innovation Catalyst at the intersection of health, technology, humanity and storytelling.

Mirko is Co-Founder and CEO of digital worx, a mobile Software Development Company.

Kayne McGladrey is an Award-winning Business Driver, Account Hunter and Servant Leader who's led a very successful career in professional services and high-tech environments.

Ken Morris is an entrepreneur, executive, and advisor with deep domain expertise in cybersecurity, medical devices, healthcare, financial services, professional and collegiate sports and IT/OT.

Florian Rotberg is the Managing Director of invidis consulting, and founded the digital signage boutique consultancy in 2006.

Arthur C Price is a versatile, knowledgeable and innovative Senior Executive and strategist with many years of experience within IT, cyber security, technological innovation, team building / leadership, vendor management and administrative / network operations and digital transformation. He delivers strong financial management skills, creates attainable quality goals, comprehends critical issues associated with threat mitigation, and ensures client satisfaction. He’s always been considered a leader, mentor, and motivator both in and outside of Corporate America.

Cybersecurity & Hacking with Scott Schober

Kudzaishe Munangi is the CEO and founding member of South African based Acquaint, and has widespread interest in the Blockchain industry.

Dr Ned Sahin is a neuroscientist and neurotechnology entrepreneur.

Erik is the CEO of IoT ONE, a leading source of information and insight regarding Industrial Internet of Things vendors and solutions, where he helps Companies develop their customer bases, partner ecosystems, and innovation strategies.

The AI in our lives, with Tamara McCleary

The Industrial IoT IIoT Landscape, with Lucian Fogoros.

The Social Solutions Show with Ken Herron

2030, The Driverless World, with Sudha Jamthe.

Data Security with Elizabeth Zalman

Dissecting Digital Health with Dr. Louise Schaper

Open Source Communications & IoT with Peter Krautle