#asktheceo Podcast

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. Currently, he mentors executives and startups on areas of IT, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Agile Business Management, Supply Chain, Executive Leadership, and Emotional Competence. He earned a doctorate in Operations Management, Manufacturing, and Applied Information Technology, an Executive MBA in Executive Leadership, and an MBA in Manufacturing Supply Chain. Contact Johannes: Web: https://johannesdrooghaag.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesdrooghaag/ Twitter: @DrJDrooghaag Links Mentioned in the Interview: Internet Safety for Kids: https://johannesdrooghaag.com/workshops/internet-safety-for-parents-and-teachers-of-smart-kids/ Siemens Charter of

David Houlding is the Worldwide Healthcare Industry Leader on the Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences Team led by Paul Maher. David has more than 24 years of experience in healthcare spanning provider, payer, pharmaceutical, and life sciences segments worldwide, and has deep experience and expertise in privacy, security, compliance, blockchain, and AI (Artificial Intelligence) / ML (Machine Learning), and cloud computing. David has led the successful creation and deployment of a wide range of solutions to help reduce the cost of healthcare and improve patient outcomes. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2018 David served for over 10 years at Intel Health & Life Sciences where he was the Director of Healthcare Privacy & Security, responsible for enabling healthcare organizations worldwide to achieve compliance with regulations and data protection laws, and implement effective privacy and security programs. In his current role at Microsoft, David works with key partners and industry influencers to enable health

Anthony Delgado is an American software developer and serial entrepreneur widely known as a professional hacker in the developer community. Anthony Delgado is a serial entrepreneur and software developer, the Chairman of Disrupt University, an alternative education company that offers various coding boot camps and online learning programs, as well as the CEO and Co-Founder of Disrupt Digital, a full-service digital agency servicing SMB clients around the world. Anthony has won numerous hackathons sponsored by Fortune 500 tech companies like Google, IBM, Intel, Facebook and Microsoft and hosted by organizations including Rutgers University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the AT&T Developer Summit in New York City. He has worked with a wide variety of different companies including sports, media, entertainment, healthcare, government agencies, and non-profits. Anthony is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council, an invite-only organization for technology executives and thought leaders. I am a

Irma is a Boston-based Innovation Catalyst at the intersection of health, technology, humanity and storytelling. Named in the Top 30 Women in Tech, she is recognized as a top influencer in DigitalHealth, HealthTech, PersonalizedMedicine and IoT. Irma’s career spans two decades in product development, technology management and consulting, including tenures with Integra Life Sciences, IBM and most recently, Google. She now combines deep technical expertise, product development experience and patient advocacy with storytelling and community engagement at eViRa Health, a B2B marketing consultancy. Irma additionally indulges her passion for innovation and storytelling by working with entrepreneurs as a coach and consultant. Whether it’s helping to perfect their pitch for a competition, finding just the right way to tailor the message for a specific audience, or guiding on business strategy, Irma’s empathetic approach and servant leadership has gotten rave reviews. Irma is an invited speaker, she has been r

Mirko is Co-Founder and CEO of digital worx, a mobile Software Development Company. In 1998 he founded his first company in the technology sector. Since 2017 he is technical lead Advisor at Blackpin Secure Communication, Lead Architect at building the Agriculture IoT Platform Large Scale Demonstrator of KATANA project under HORIZON 2020 and Member of the advisory board of DigitCode a company focussing the improvement of reliable communication in the Internet of Things. Since 2012 he teaches Web Engineering and mobile Software Development at Heilbronn University. Mirko is involved in public and private research activities for open standards and disruptive business models in the Internet of Things. He is a member of the Internet Of Things Council, a worldwide IoT think tank. As part of the European Commission’s Future Internet program, he supports and builds startups in the fields of eHealth and industrial IoT. In this function, Mirko is coaching SME and Startups in the European SME Instrument and FI-Busin

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. Previously, he held leadership positions in professional services management, systems engineering, solutions delivery, program implementation and large-scale budgeting with Centrify Corporation, AT&T Wireless and other high-tech firms in the US and Canada. He built and led multi-functional teams through practice startup, sales support, and IT operations. He also served as Chairman of the eight-person Executive Board with the 5th Legislative District, representing 300,000 voters in Washington State between 2004-2006. Kayne is also an industry expert in Cybersecurity. Contact Kayne: Web: http://www.kaynemcgladrey.com/ Twitter: @kaynemcgladrey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaynemcgladrey/ Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 P

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. Following years as an executive with Boston Scientific and Guidant Corporation, he founded a number of startups, including an award-winning strategic advisory firm. Most recently he founded KnectIQ, which provides transformative cybersecurity innovations for endpoint protection, IT and OT environments, financial services, global data privacy, critical national infrastructure, and medical device and health data security. Ken serves on multiple boards and frequently presents internationally on cybersecurity and infosec in healthcare, medical technology, financial services, law, data privacy, critical national infrastructure, the GDPR and pending e-Privacy regulations. His passions are developing the next generation of leaders and a bit of music here and there. Book recommendation that Ken mentioned during the discu

Florian Rotberg is the Managing Director of invidis consulting, and founded the digital signage boutique consultancy in 2006. He held several senior positions in the communication and travel industry before focusing on trends and strategies in digital signage and digital-out-of-home. invidis consulting GmbH is a renowned European consulting firm for digital signage, with expertise in consulting, research, communications and events. Contact Florian: Web: https://invidis.de/ Twitter: @FlorianRotberg Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 SHOW NOTES: [00:51] There is a growing emphasis on Smart Cities and Smart Enterprise, or Industrial IoT. How does digital signage play a role in this industry? [03:25] What are some of the challenges with deploying voice applications (such as Alexa) with Digital Signage? [04:30] How to reconcile the demand for personalization with Data Privacy

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. Early in his career, Mr. Price joined the United States Air Force as a distinguished graduate of West Virginia University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1987. In 2017, Mr. Price accepted a position with Tata Consultancy Services Cyber Security Practice as an Executive Consultant/Delivery Partner for their 1st and 2nd largest accounts in North America. His responsibilities included ensuring contractual obligations with the clients are m

Cybersecurity & Hacking with Scott Schober 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 depl

Kudzaishe Munangi is the CEO and founding member of South African based Acquaint, and has widespread interest in the Blockchain industry. Acquaint is a peer to peer real estate asset trading platform, which leverages blockchain technology to provide on-chain trading, with real-time settlements using, crypto currencies. Prior to launching Acquaint, he spent a significant amount of time managing and selling residential real estate properties. In 2016, he was head of sales for South African based Circulation Systems. Contact Kudzaishe: Web: https://www.acquaint.biz/ Twitter: @kmunangi13 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kudzaishe-munangi-927791151/ Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 Avrohom is a Cybersecurity advisor who specializes in security solutions for Telecom Providers and Contact Centers in Global Organizations. He comes from a 20+ year career in Telecom, where he hel

Dr Ned Sahin is a neuroscientist and neurotechnology entrepreneur. He holds degrees in neuroscience from Harvard (PhD), MIT (Master’s), Williams College (BA), and completed post-doctoral fellowships at UCSD Medical School and the Salk Institute in San Diego, and a visiting year at Oxford. His academic work has been published in journals such as Science and Nature Neuroscience, and he has been invited and presented his research and his innovations in dozens of cities in over two dozen countries. His PhD dissertation, investigating the neural intricacies of the human language system via intracranial electrodes placed insider the brain as part of epilepsy surgery, won the prize for the best dissertation across all departments at Harvard that year. At MIT, he won several teaching prizes. He also worked at Bell Labs and in startups and mid-sized companies, in Boston, San Diego, London, and Dublin; and has been the Principal Investigator for seven government contracts for wearable brain monitoring systems to

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. He is also the Chair of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Smart Factory Task Group (SFTG), and the Shanghai Director of Startup Grind, where he works with IIC members to reduce risk for early adopters of Industrial IoT technologies in manufacturing. Through Startup Grind he supports the development of Shanghai's innovation ecosystem. About IoT ONE IoT ONE’s mission is to accelerate adoption of Industrial Internet of Things technologies. It is widely believed that adoption of Industrial IoT will eventually reshape the way the global economy operates. However, we are at the initial stages of the technology life cycle. We enable IoT adoption by providing the granular information that decision makers need to make investments in new technologies and projects. We also suppo

The AI in our lives, with Tamara McCleary Tamara is an International branding expert, technology futurist, marketing/digital strategy consultant, and Thulium CEO. She is ranked by Klear in the Top 1% of global Social Media Influencers and listed as one of the Top 50 Social Influencers of 2015, 2016, and 2017 by Onalytica. She ranks Top 5 in AI, Robotics, & IoT. Top 50 inn Big Data as well as Top 15 Machine to Machine (M2M), Top 50 Blockchain & Top 50 Digital Transformation influencer 2016. She was named #1 Most Influential Woman in MarTech by B2B Marketing and ranked by LeadTail as the 2nd most mentioned person on Twitter by Chief Marketing Officers. She is also an IBM Futurist & creator of the trademarked RelationShift® method. She is a frequent keynote speaker, and was ranked as the #1 social influencer at numerous recent conferences in 2016 & 2017 including: IBM Amplify, DistribuTECH, Enterprise Connect, Channel Partners, RSA, NAB Show, Gartner Security, and IBM Interconnect. Contact Tamara: Web: http

The Industrial IoT IIoT Landscape, with Lucian Fogoros. Lucian is the Co-founder and managing director of IIoT-World.com. He is an entrepreneurial software engineer with global business leadership experience and a passion for the digital transformation and the Industrial Internet of Things. He's been working in the industrial software and automation industry since 1998, holding various positions in software development, product development, training, pre-sales, global product management, Merger & Acquisition integration and global marketing. He served as the World Trade Center Cleveland Representative for Eastern Europe, as a board member for the Promisepartner.biz, and as a lecturer at Cleveland State University. He was also selected to represent the United States in Europe on technology and services for the economic trade mission lead by Dr. Samuel Bodman, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He currently serves on the Board of Industry Advisors, Engineering Technology, Cleveland State

The Social Solutions Show with Ken Herron 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/socialsolu... Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 Avrohom is a Cybersecurity advisor who specializes in security solutions for Telecom Providers and Contact Centers in Global Organizations. He comes from a 20+ year career in Telecom, where he helped b

2030, The Driverless World, with Sudha Jamthe. Sudha Jamthe is the CEO of IoTDisruptions.com and a globally recognized entrepreneurial, thought leader at the junction of IoT and AI. She brings twenty years of digital transformation experience from building organizations, shaping new technology ecosystems and mentoring leaders at eBay, PayPal, Harcourt, and GTE. She enjoys building partnerships at the cross-section of industry, academia and emerging entrepreneur ecosystems. She advises corporate and city leaders on regional economic development using technology with a focus on innovation gaps and social equality. She is the author of '2030 The Driverless World' about the junction of Autonomous cars and Cognitive IoT. She is the author of three IoT books, 'IoT Disruptions,' 'IoT Disruptions 2020' and 'The Internet of Things Business Primer' and taught the first IoT Business course at Stanford Continuing Ed School. She is the producer of 'The IoT Show' on YouTube. Sudha is a champion for STEM programs and 'Gir

Data Security with Elizabeth Zalman Elizabeth Zalman is the Co-founder & CEO of strongDM, the definitive data security product. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of the cross-device profile company Media Armor. After its acquisition, she served as VP of Analytics at the acquirer, Nomi. Prior to Media Armor, she led the client analytics and media optimization team at Dotomi (now Conversant), generating an annual $500M in incremental revenue for 50 of the IR Top 100. With over 15 years' experience leading data-driven organizations, she is an expert in analytics, data privacy, and security. Contact Elizabeth: Web: https://www.strongdm.com/ Email: liz@strongdm.com Twitter: @strongdatam Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth... Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 Avrohom is a Cybersecurity advisor who specializes in security solutions for Telecom Providers and Contact Cen

Dissecting Digital Health with Dr. Louise Schaper As leader of Australia’s peak body for digital health, Dr Louise Schaper is a passionate advocate for the transformation of healthcare. Committed to the improvement of health outcomes enabled through innovative uses of technology and information, she has a global reputation in health informatics and digital health and is shaping a new future for HISA. With a background as an occupational therapist, Louise has a PhD in technology acceptance among health professionals, is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive Leadership Program, a Certified Health Informatician and a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow. Louise has delivered over 100 conference presentations, has written for academic and industry publications and text books, is host of the Dissecting Digital Health podcast and she is always online. Dr Louise Schaper, PhD FACHI CHIA • Chief Executive Officer, Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA): Australia’s Digital Health Community • Honorary Research Fell

Open Source Communications & IoT with Peter Krautle Peter Krautle is the CEO at Louisa Voice which specializes in Open Source PBX and SIP technology. Peter is also a writer for the Tech Talk section of MeadowlandsUSA, with a circulation of 10,000 subscribers. This episode is unique in that it features 2 interviews. Peter is interviewed on Louisa Voice, and he then turns the tables on me and interviews me about IoT and Cloud Based Technology. Contact Peter: Web: http://www.louisavoice.com/ Contact Avrohom: web: http://asktheceo.biz email: avrohomg@asktheceo.biz Twitter: @avrohomg Instagram: @avrohomg Phone: +1 (845) 418-5340 Phone: +972-72-224-4449 Avrohom is a Cybersecurity advisor who specializes in security solutions for Telecom Providers and Contact Centers in Global Organizations. He comes from a 20+ year career in Telecom, where he helped businesses around the world install and maintain their communication systems and contact centers. He is a Top-ranked global IoT expert by Postscapes.com, followed