The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

On today's tech podcast, I want to explore how SimpleOrder are using technology to connect the whole house, from the front-of-house POS to the back-of-house cost management, down to the recipe level. As results, restaurants need only go to one place to get all they need to provide remarkable hospitality. I also learn more about the story behind the company, from encountering frustrating pain points that inspired them to bootstrap their way to success to the recent acquisition by Upserve.

The trucking industry is currently reliant on outdated tech fraught with paper trails, long wait times, and numerous middlemen that take advantage of independent truckers by pitting them in race-to-the-bottom competitions for loads.  I chat with Rick Burnett, the CEO and founder of LaneAxis, a virtual freight management system that seeks to disrupt the shipping industry by directly connecting shipper and carriers via a proprietary blockchain network.

Lisk is a blockchain application platform whose mission is to bring blockchain technology to the mainstream through an SDK (Sidechain Development Kit) being written in JavaScript, the most commonly used programming language in the world. On today's tech podcast, I am talking with Lisk's tech evangelist Rachel Black about how Lisk is working to engage their vital stakeholder community, the Lisk Academy and how they aim to become the go-to platform for developing decentralized applications

Every day, millions of people fail to take their medications as prescribed and the resulting personal and financial costs are staggering. Worldwide, non-adherence results in $700 billion in avoidable medical costs. Non-adherence accounts for upwards of 50% of doctor visits, 40% of long-term care admissions, and more than 50% of hospital readmissions? I learn how Curaizon is using blockchain/ICO and why it is the perfect fit for solving the non-adherence problem

IDG is the world's largest technology media company. They help their global audience make the smartest technology purchasing decisions. IDG Communications, Inc. Founder Pat McGovern was a pioneer in the information technology industry, in his own way, he was equally as vital as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. But he never sought the spotlight. Glenn Rifkin worked with Patrick McGovern and has written a book called Future Forward where he shares McGovern's legacy.

How do you evaluate millions of different signals when time is of the essence? In 2009, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) at Fort Belvoir sought the capability to track national security threats in real time. The solution needed to produce instant results and visualize insights across massive streaming datasets. Nothing existed in the market that met their needs. Data warehouses were too slow, NoSQL wouldn’t scale. Step forward Kinectica.

Adam Levenson, VP BD of G-audio Labs (a next-gen audio tech company for AR, VR and streaming media), discusses the current audio challenges and trends that are facing the leading streaming platforms. He also reveals which companies have recently begun to invest in new audio capabilities, versus those that are falling behind. He can speak to the latest and emerging audio technologies in the market today for streaming platforms.

Greenbox is an interactive touch-screen operated vending machine designed to make medical marijuana purchase experience both easy and efficient. Greenbox will recognize you as a new or returning customer creating an experience tailored to you.  Founder & CEO Zack Johnson reveals how Greenbox Robotics is bringing automation to the cannabis market and the tech behind the self-serve kiosks such as biometric facial recognition to dispense cannabis on today's tech podcast.

I invited Tom Haflinger from Zendure onto my daily the podcast to found out more about the secret to a successful crowdfunding campaign and learn more about their startup story. We also talk about how Zendure's new Passport Pro travel adapter has reached its fundraising goal of $30,000 USD in its first full day of crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Passport Pro: Resettable Grounded Travel Adapter Passport Pro includes a reusable fuse that can reset with the press of a button.

SE2 is a leading technology and third-party administration company for the life insurance and annuities industry and Insurance Technology Solution Providers. On today's tech podcast, I learn how SE2’s digital platform helps carriers enhance or circumvent the traditional broker model to which the mid-market (primarily millennials) is averse. Our guest is SE2’s CIO Vinod Kachroo, a 22-year executive at MetLife, Prudential and AIG before coming to SE2.

West Monroe Partners is known for partnering with companies to help them reimagine, build & transform their business with technology. The company recently read a study shows that, despite a tightening labor market that should be making companies sweat about how to convince their skilled workers to stick around, most of those surveyed ranked employee engagement toward the bottom when asked about their company’s top 10 priorities. Today's guest is Paul Hagen.

qiibee is a Swiss-based loyalty token protocol helping brands around the world run their loyalty programs on the blockchain. I invited them onto my daily tech podcast to talk about how they are helping brands run their loyalty programs on the blockchain, and give loyal customers the freedom they deserve. We also discuss how they are planning on disrupting the $500bn loyalty market and bring the blockchain to millions of mainstream users.

AB InBev is collaborating with a community of visionaries to help reach their 2025 Sustainability Goals. The 100+ Accelerator will host and provide funding to start-ups to solve challenges designed to create a more sustainable world for all. Together with their global partners, they will create solutions for some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time. Maisie Devine reveals more about how the 100+ accelerator will make a real difference to our world.

Man Utd has partnered with HCL Technologies to build a digital platform that will foster greater engagement with the club’s 659 million global followers. 75,000 people can squeeze into Old Trafford on match day is impressive but this is a tiny amount of their fan base. I explore the challenges of reaching over 659 million fans in a digital world and meaningfully engaging with them all to feel part of the Man Utd family. Learn about the digital transformation of Man Utd on my tech podcast

BizBuySell is the Internet's largest and most heavily trafficked business for sale marketplace with an inventory of over 45,000 businesses for sale and more than 1.4 million monthly visits. The company was founded in 1996 and in 2012 became a division of CoStar Group, Inc. To put this into perspective, they have been around since the days of AOL, Yahoo, GeoCities, Blockbuster. I am intrigued about what changes they have seen in this time and how technology has transformed their world.