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Neil Cattermull is a global Cloud technology influencer and leading independent analyst, who consults, educates, and delivers Cloud strategies for vendors and client organizations. His specialties include: Service Delivery Management, Business Continuity Management, Technical Architecture, Management Consulting, and Cloud Computing. He’s held multiple Director level positions at international banks and financial service delivery firms, such as IBM, Olivetti, ADP Telerate, Thomson Financial, Merrill Lynch, and West LB. He has created many startup technology firms and is ranked in the Top 50 for the technology market. Contact Neil: Twitter: @NeilCattermull LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilcattermull/ Contact Avrohom: Web: https://asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: 01:06 Recently, IBM was in the news regarding their merger with Red Hat. As someone who specializes in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, help us understand, why did IBM acquire Red Hat? 02

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

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!). She studies US and global consumers, as well as, disruptions and innovation, around the world, to guide her clients on how to connect with today’s and tomorrow’s consumers, to pinpoint white space opportunities and high growth areas and tailor marketing strategies to future proof their business. Her category expertise includes technology, retail, health, media & entertainment, PR & marketing, consumer packaged goods, personal care, beauty & fashion, government and non-profit. She is a frequent speaker at numerous conferences including the Marketing 2 Moms Conference, The Market Research Event, The Media Insights Conference, the North American Shea Trade, and the AMA Marketing Conference. She also moderated a panel of experts at the Debunking Millennials Mediapost event in NYC. She is a co

Paul Colmer is an engaging digital architect, coach, and trainer, who empowers others through the transfer of knowledge. He is currently working for ALC Training & Consulting in Brisbane, Australia, where he develops and runs public and custom courses tailored to their clients’ needs. He also coaches and mentors his clients, empowering them to bring cloud, cybersecurity, agile expertise, and best practices to their organizations. Prior to this, he was a Senior Principal Cloud Architect for DXC Technology, where he was a joint winner of the Citrix System Integrator Award 2017 for Innovation on the DXC Shared Platform. His passion is helping people develop and grow, through compelling stories and experiences. Contact Paul: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcolmer/ Twitter: @MusicComposer1 Contact Avrohom: Web: https://asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: [02:46] There is massive disruption taking place in every industry, thanks to the rapid advancement

What is the business opportunity with eSports Marketing? Alex Martin is a workaholic, software engineer, creator, and gamer. He’s the founder & CEO of esports and professional gaming startup, athletes.gg. Prior to starting athletes.gg, he was an Integrations and Professional Services Manager at Tenfold, where he managed a large engineering team, as well as relationships with partners and Enterprise customers. Prior to joining Tenfold, he held several positions as Lead Software Engineer. Most recently, at Springbox, where he lead many projects for large Enterprise clients; and prior to that, at Help.com, where he built up their entire engineering foundation for both, the code and the culture. He started programming computer games when he was just 8 years old! In his senior year of college, he realized that building things is what he loved to do, so he joined the amazing world of startups and never looked back. Connect with Alex: Twitter: @suitupalex Instagram: @suitupalex Web: https://athletes.gg Email:

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. Contact Bill: Twitter: @BillMew Email: bill@mewera.biz Contact Avrohom: Web: https://asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: [ 01:48] Can you explain to the lay-person, what is digital ethics all about, and why i

Jennifer Esposito is the Worldwide General Manager of Health and Life Sciences at Intel Corporation. She believes that technology - like AI, VR/AR, 5G and computer vision - have the power to accelerate the transformation of healthcare and to improve health, quality of life, safety and security worldwide. She works with companies, organizations, and governments around the world to help make this digital transformation real, today. With 20 years of experience, she brings deep healthcare, life sciences and biotechnology industry expertise along with a foundation in information and communication technology, and a view that spans across multiple other industries. Jennifer regularly advises startups. During her time at GE Healthcare she became a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and earned a patent for a system and method for a very early industrial internet of things solution around radiation safety in medical imaging. She is the co-chair of the Global Health Security Agenda Private Sector Roundtable and sits on

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. He is an advocate for Millennials and Generation Z, a big supporter of Global Goals for Sustainable Development. He is the host of the popular VLOG TmanSpeaks. Contact Tony: Web: https://tmanspeaks.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyflath/ Twitter: @TmanSpeaks Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: [01:28] There is a term that you hear a lot when speaking about education called STEM. As a supporter of young people, what is STEM and why is it important? [02:42] One of the challenges we hear about all the t

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. He lobbies for a wide variety of large corporations, not-for-profits, trade associations, and individuals. He is also a prolific political fundraiser, having raised hundreds of thousands of dollars nationally. He has been a regular guest, legal, and political commentator for the Fox News Channel, NBC Today Show, MSNBC, Headline News, CNN, WABC, Fox & Friends, WPIX, Court TV and for the ESPN morning show. He served the People of the State of New York as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County from 1993 through 1997. He also served as a board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Inspector General Management Advisory Board; The American Bar Association; Brooklyn Bar Association; and has

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. She enjoys shaping new technology ecosystems and mentoring leaders on digital transformation. She chairs the strategic advisory council of Barcelona Technology School and an Ambassador for FundingBox Impact Connected Cars (H2020) Community. She has an MBA from Boston University. Contact Sudha: Web: IoTDisruptions.com Twitter: @sujamthe YouTube: http://bit.ly/2yh1Epp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujamthe/ Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449

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. Contact Paul: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauljmaher/ Twitter: @PaulJFMaher Email: Paul.Maher@microsoft.com Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avro

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 CEO of Sensics, and a VR/AR pioneer, he created a business with industry leaders in consumer electronics (Samsung, LG, Microsoft, Apple, Intel), defense and medical. A frequent presenter at conferences, he authored a popular syndicated blog on VR and hosted a podcast interviewing CEOs and other industry leaders. He also co-founded two companies: Unwired Express (enterprise software) and Talia Technology (medical devices) Contact Yuval: Web: http://www.TheChargeGuy.com/ Web: http://www.wi-charge.com/ Twitter: @TheChargeGuy  Twitter: @WiChargeLTD Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: [01:03] Your company, Wi-Charge, developed a new method of chargin

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. During her 10+ year tenure with Raine Magazine, she has interviewed some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, socialites and leaders, such as Mark Cuban, Nicky Hilton, Viscountess Emma Thynn, Kendall Jenner and Daymond John to name a few. She also enjoys speaking as a guest lecturer for several institutions including Penn State University’s Business School, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship program. Contact Nova: Web: ht

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. He is currently the Senior Vice President EMEA at NTT Security in Frankfurt, Germany, where he is responsible for both the business and the development of go-to-market strategies for consulting & managed security areas, working with his team in various client projects across the region. Prior to joining NTT Security, he was Vice President Consulting Northern Europe at Oracle and a member of the country leadership team in Germany, Head of Professional Services Central Europe at Sun Microsystems as well as co-owner of a consulting company focusing on Datacenter Services. He has nearly 25 years of experience in top management positions in the IT industry and is a frequent keynote speaker covering topics around Cybersecurity and the Digital Society. Contact Kai: Website: https://www.nttsecurity.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c

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. Contact Kevin: Web: https://www.govcloudnetwork.com/#screen_1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjackson/ Twitter: @Kevin_Jackson Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-53

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. He helps Global Brands increase their revenue and market share by leveraging technology to develop stronger emotional connections between businesses and their customers. Contact Ken: Web: shout.ms Web: UnifiedInbox.com Twitter: @KenHerron Social Solutions Show: iTunes: http://apple.co/2gMuHaO Modern Life: https://modernlife.network/socialsolutions/ To get started with Ask William, go to https://askwilliam.unificationengine.com/smart-contact.html on your phone to download the vCard. In addition to sending him a photo of one of the drawings from his collection, you can ask him directly about the plants (and birds) in his drawings (e.g., nutmeg, jasmine, gandarusa, styphelia, chempaka, pagoda flower, durian, china chestnut, silk cotton tree, lipst

Will Lassalle is Chief Information Officer at Lynx Technology Partners & Co-Founder of JLS Technology USA. He is an accomplished, results-driven Technology, Security, & Risk Executive with an MBA and 20+ years’ experience & success leading Information Technology teams. Will is Co-Founder of JLS Technology USA. Will has a proven track record of successful portfolio management, organization building and leadership abilities in the areas of: Information and Cyber Security, Systems Development, E-Commerce, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, Digital Transformation, Strategic Planning, and Entrepreneurship. Will holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, an MBA in Project Management and Masters Certificate in Executive Leadership from Columbia University. Will holds numerous Certifications including: PMP~ ITIL V3 ~ Six Sigma Green Belt ~ Project+ ~ MCSE: Security ~ MCSA: Security ~ CCNA~ Security+ and others. Will has been recogniz

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. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as the Manufacturing Industry Strategist for Autodesk, where he helped define the vision for Autodesk in manufacturing, and was an evangelist of Autodesk’s thought leadership in the industry, by delivering talks, writing, and engaging with the media and industry analysts. Contact Diego: Twitter: @DiegoTamburini LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegotamburini/ Links to Microsoft resources for Manufacturing, as discussed during the interview: Azure IoT: https://aka.ms/AskTheCEO/IoT Azure IoT Solution Accelerators: https://aka.ms/AskTheCEO/IoTAccelerators Azure IoT Central: https://aka.ms/AskTheCEO/IoTCentral Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twi

Syed Zaeem Hosain (“Z”) is the Chief Technical Officer and a founding member of Aeris. He has over 35 years’ experience in the semiconductor, computer, and telecommunications industries, including product development, architecture design, and technical management. Prior to joining Aeris, he held senior engineering and management positions at Analog Devices, Cypress Semiconductor, CAD National, and ESS Technology. He presented papers and participated on panel sessions at conferences on machine-to-machine (M2M) networks, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and cellular technologies for M2M and IoT. He serves as Chairman of the IoT M2M Council (IMC), International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology (IFAST), and the Global M2M Realization Forum (GM2MRF), and is on the Board of the Mobility Development Group (MDG). Contact Syed: Web: https://aeris.com Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72

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. Within the healthcare space, he is passionate about developing ventures, or solutions that improve practitioner engagement and cohesion, extend capabilities and patient access through telemedicine, improve patient experience, and reduce costs through consolidation and automation. He has a 27-year track record of assembling and leading cohesive, synergized teams, that collectively accomplish great things. Contact Anthony: Web: https://www.procredex.com/ Web: https://hashedhealth.com/blockchain-healthcare-blog/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adbegando/ Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.