Venturi's Voice: Technology | Leadership | Staffing | Career | Innovation
689 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsVenturi’s Voice brings you conversation with leaders from various technology disciplines - data, cyber security, development, cloud, infrastructure, business intelligence and more… Each week you will be able to relate, take inspiration and action the business education from our compelling guests. Outside of technology we tend to cover; career progression, influences, best practices, leadership, talent, recruitment and the inspiration behind our guest successes in career and life!
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The Lingumi App - Using Tech to Teach English | Richard Hiscutt
July 14, 2020 12:58 - 32 minutes - 30 MBRichard Hiscutt is Head of Product at edtech startup Lingumi, helping to bring the world’s best teaching experience to every child’s home. Previously, Richard founded the digital agency Fantastic Thinking and sold it to The Engine Group in 2011, and was the one who made sure they created amazing looking experiences for clients such as Evian, The Times, Laya Healthcare and Rolls-Royce, as well as testing, researching and sharing insights and innovative thoughts and techniques to the res...
Systematic Thinking in a Complex World of Work | Martin Permantier
July 09, 2020 09:28 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBMartin Permantier is an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker. He has been accompanying companies in their strategic alignment and positioning for over 20 years. His experience as an entrepreneur and managing director of SHORT CUTS GmbH design + communication, which today has around 40 employees, is the basis for his pragmatic approach and implementation competence. In his new book "Attitude Decides" Martin shows how we can shape the development of leadership and corporate culture ...
Simplifying the Complexities of Data with Solidatus | Philip Miller
July 07, 2020 12:46 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBPhilip Miller is a Senior Architect, Analyst and Engineer with over 20 years' experience in the Financial Services industry, focusing on creating elegant solutions to tough problems. Philip has specialised in high-performance computing, massively parallel computing, complex event processing and system integration. Recently at the leading edge of real-time regulatory compliance for Dodd-Frank and other real-time regulations. Philip has worked on some of the biggest, most complex challeng...
Fundamental Principles for Success in a $5.5bn Business | Valentin Vincendon
July 02, 2020 09:18 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBValentin Vincendon is the Vice President of Business Intelligence at Checkout.com Valentin’s career and outlook on success are truly inspiring, we hear the principles, habits, and mental models that helped Valentin reach his goals in the past 15 years. After following a career path around the globe, we discuss how to step outside your comfort zone and embrace different working cultures around the world, and the importance of being prepared to act on decisions quickly to further your ...
Future-proofing the Tech Industry | Ross Bray
June 30, 2020 13:15 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBRoss Bray leads Alps Education's Software Development and Data teams and is responsible for the Product Roadmap. We discuss the challenges of showing young minds the value of technology in our everyday lives, to inspire them to take an interest in seeing tech as a viable career option.
Taking Virtual Reality to the Next Level | Paul Blakey
June 25, 2020 13:02 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBWe take a peek behind the velvet curtain of a studio creating some of the most groundbreaking Virtual Reality experiences on the planet. We hear the thought processes behind creating VR, and some of the pitfalls to be aware of. Paul and the team at Hidden Creative are way ahead of the curve, creating experiences that are useful and taking Virtual Reality to the next level.
Using Tech to Disrupt the Insurance Industry | Neil Walker
June 23, 2020 13:49 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBNeil is the Head of Architecture at Covéa Insurance, Neil has worked in IT for 25 years, from early 90’s SGML first online internet solutions to Head of Architecture, with experience delivering applications with diverse technologies applying Enterprise and Solution Architecture, Consulting and system design experience. Neil started out as a technical author at a software house in Birmingham in the 90s and learned his trade as he went, with his latest move to Covéa Insurance.
Combining Tech with Marketing in eCommerce | Haroon Hussain
June 19, 2020 11:13 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBHaroon Hussain is consulting with Ego.co.uk as head of development. Haroon explains the importance of combining technology with marketing to create exponential growth in eCommerce. In the fast fashion industry - good marketing and a strong product are key, but understanding the technology of eCommerce and using the aid of consultants is imperative for brand growth.
Using Tech to Simplify Big Data | Davide Anastasia
June 16, 2020 11:24 - 34 minutes - 32 MBDavide talks about his passion for data and keeping up with the developments of the data landscape. We discuss how you can use data to drive the success of a business, and how taking advantage of technology to build a data team can help achieve a company's goal, and the realities of this process.
Set goals and make them happen | Jane Rutter
June 11, 2020 11:04 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBJane is the CEO of Zeal - a creative and digital marketing agency based in Leeds. Jane fell into the agency landscape after speaking to a recruitment consultant. Setting the target of having her own creative marketing agency by the age of 30 - we discuss how setting personal goals can be life-changing, hiring the right people, and the importance of challenging yourself and your team.
The US Healthcare Space - Nathan Drake
March 20, 2020 12:29 - 33 minutes - 31 MBNathan is CTO @ Dental Sleep Solutions. In his impressive career Nathan has worked at Nasa. A driven and passionate individual, Nathan believes in never being the smartest person in the room. On the show Nathan shares his background and experiences, his tips on what to ask your hiring managers when you're considering your next move and the unique challenges that the US healthcare space brings.
Organisational Maturity - Zakaria Siddiqui
March 20, 2020 12:17 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MBAndy sits down with Zakaria, digital transformation leader and Director of Technology at Cox Automotive Inc. On the show Andy and Zakaria discuss turning data into insight and organisational maturity.
Making the World Better with Tech - Amy Czuchlewski
March 09, 2020 13:12 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBAmy is Senior Vice President Of Technology at BottleRocket, a Dallas based digital design and development studio. A passionate professional, Amy sat on the very knife-edge of the mobile experience evolution at both Motorola and Blackberry. Amy is a keen mentor and passionate about using tech for the betterment of all.
Data and Adatis - Hugh Freestone
February 24, 2020 12:43 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBAndy sits down with Hugh Freestone, Head of Data Engineering at Adatis to discuss the ever changing role of data professionals, the value of data and the ROI in data.
Safe-guarding culture, avoiding burnout and routes into coding - Craig Bilner
February 13, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBCraig is the Head of Engineering at News UK Craig hasn’t had the most conventional path into technology. He fell into development after university. He was originally a business analyst writing models in VBA. It turned out Craig actually really enjoyed coding so he moved on to VB then C#. Then he became a C# developer. At this time the internet was becoming really interesting and especially the client-side was becoming a creative space. This shift saw Craig become a full Javascript...
Capturing hand-written notes with Brill.app - Greg Taylor
February 11, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBGreg is the General Manager at Brill.app The foundation of Greg’s career in digital has been built around delivering results for Fortune 500 companies and enabling their digital transformations. His specialties include building and managing high-performing digital product teams, and the creation of high-value digital products.
Creating products at ImproveWell - John Masterson
February 06, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBJohn is the Chief Product Officer at ImproveWell The ImproveWell platform uses a smartphone application that empowers staff to communicate their ideas for improving care directly to senior management. An intelligent data dashboard provides a proven and trusted way to review the feedback coming in from the frontline. From the ward to the board, everyone can make suggestions to improve their workplace.
Technology, attention spans, and IoT - Phil Clare
February 03, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBPhil is the Head of Engineering at Interact Phil is an experienced technical consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He’s skilled in enterprise software, learning management, software as a service (SaaS), software development, and start-ups. Phil is a strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of Science - BS focused in Computing from The Manchester Metropolitan University.
Creating psychological safety in your company - Bernardo Torres
January 30, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBBernardo is an Engineering Manager at Newstore Bernardo has 15+ years experience in development. He started his career freelancing in Brazil. Whilst he was freelancing in he undertook a university course in business administration. Once he finished this course he could dedicate more time to work and took a job at Newstore in Germany. He started as a software developer then quickly became the engineering manager.
Working with Distributed Teams - C.K. Sample
January 27, 2020 14:51 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBA leader and innovator in equal measure, C.K. started his career as a Blogger on AOL and Netscape before moving into product development roles. In his current role as Chief Technology Officer at Hypergiant Space Age Solutions, C.K. sits on the crest of the innovation wave. On the show, Andy and C.K. discuss working in distributed teams, leadership and running sprints in World of Warcraft.
Building online communities - Ciaran Burke
January 27, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBCiaran is the COO & co-founder at Swoop Ciaran is a business and economics graduate from Trinity College Dublin. He began his career at KPMG in Sydney as a Senior Market Analyst before moving to London where he worked as a management consultant with a range of clients including EY, Intersport, Vodafone, and Oakley. Ciaran found a passion for growing businesses and building communities around them which brought him to Hiive in September 2013. At Hiive, he oversaw the development and s...
Getting the most out of your Martech - Simon Spyer
January 24, 2020 10:52 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBSimon is a Data Science & Marketing Technology Partner at IRIS Worldwide Simon believes that the role of Marketing is to understand the customer so well that the product or service sells itself. His expertise is in deep customer insight, whether it be customer and Big Data analytics or qual/quant research, and activating this data in the latest marketing technology to help businesses sell more and more often. He has extensive experience doing this in both B2C and B2B but his passion ...
Creating a digital audio personalisation company - Steve Dunlop
January 22, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 47.7 MBSteve is the Founder & CEO of A Million Ads. Growing up in a house that loved radio Steve feels he was always destined to start A Million Ads. The company is a digital audio personalisation company. Audio and radio were always around Steve growing up. Steve did engineering a university and then spent 5-6 years as a strategy consultant. But he really wanted to do radio as a profession so he quit his job and moved to Manchester to work for Xfm. After this, he worked for Intel in California...
Creating AI-driven learning recommendations - Marc Zao-Sanders
January 20, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBMarc is the CEO and Founder at Filtered.com Marc’s career started 18 years ago when he began working at a strategy consultancy called Mars & Co. This role gave him a lot of business skills as well as helping him figure out what drives successful clients. During his working life, his goal has always been to acquire skills to help him start his own company. This led him to start working at several startups before he set up Filtered technologies which has now reached its 10th birthday.
Being Agile In Applying Agile - Robert Vadai
January 15, 2020 11:56 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBRobert's career in data is extensive and, in his currently role as Head of Data Engineering at Centrica, he's leading the charge on technical design of Data Analytics solutions, establishing technical standards across teams, work with product managers of each product area in the squad and deliver Data Analytics solutions that help business decisions.
My lessons from scaling Technology hiring - Evy Van Galen
January 15, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBEvy is a career HR Professional Evy was recently the VP of Resourcing & Product at DAZN Evy is responsible for hiring amazing Tech & Product people across DAZN's four development centres in London, Amsterdam, Leeds and Katowice. She headed up a team of 2 recruitment managers, 9 recruiters and 3 coordinators. She has recently left the company to explore new career options.
Leading people & culture at Plus Dental - Jan Holste
January 08, 2020 09:59 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBJan is the Director People & Culture at PlusDental Before joining PlusDental Jan worked in several renowned companies and has volunteered with some of the most rewarding groups and individuals around the globe. Already working full time he finished his second master's degree (M.A. in General Management at the University Witten/Herdecke). His educational foundation was an LL.B. program including HR and Psychology at the Brunswick European Law School and the University of Wisconsin.
Discussing Dev-Sec-Ops - George Crosby
December 13, 2019 08:32 - 28 minutes - 39 MBGeorge is the director at Cogito Group. Growing up around his dad’s carbon fiber business George was lucky enough to be introduced to computers at an early age. He went into finance straight out of university and he worked in engineering roles for the best part of 3 years. He then spent the next 4 years building up a company from scratch which wasn’t his own. It was in this where he learned a lot of the skills he talks about on the show. He really enjoyed the challenge of growing a...
Revolutionising the rental market - Aaron Short
December 12, 2019 09:07 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBAaron is the Co-founder of Accomodation.co.uk After 6th form, Aaron had a great opportunity to work at a digital marketing agency. He was trained up and managing accounts at 18. This role impressed on him the importance of design. After a while, in this role, Aaron decided to go to university. He did a year of creative advertising then moved into business and marketing. Whilst he was doing this he started building websites for local businesses. Aaron started working on marketing pro...
Guilds, chapters and the Spotify methodology - Erin Depew
December 11, 2019 09:05 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBErin is a Tech Lead at Spotify. With a degree in Art, Erin started her career as a graphic designer at NBC. She designed posters and marketing material for the company and its affiliates. Two of her colleagues taught Erin frontend development so she could further upskill herself. After NBC, Erin moved to Bitly and then Adobe for a couple of years. At Spotify, Erin has picked up a lot backend skills and data skills. Erin also works in mentorship programs, she teaches at Girl Develop...
Creating alternate ways of working - Shilpa Shah
December 10, 2019 09:12 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBShilpa is the Alternative Delivery Model Lead & Women in Tech Program Lead at Deloitte Shilpa has spent 22 years working in consulting after starting her career as a software engineer. She graduated from Manchester University's institute of technology. She could already see back then that technology was the way forward for her career and society. She’s spent 15 years working with a variety of clients helping them undertake technology and data transformations. More recently she’s t...
Recruitment, D&I & tackling unconscious bias - Anna Chalon
December 09, 2019 10:10 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBAnna is the Director of Recruitment and D&I at Frame.io Frame.io's mission is to power the world's video creation. In order to do that, we believe we should build a team of creative, smart and diverse individuals. Learning from different backgrounds and perspectives will allow us to elevate each other and help us build a better product for our users. Learn more about our job openings below.
Trailing and testing at Arkera - Krishan Patel
December 05, 2019 09:10 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBKrishan is CTO at Arkera Graduating in 2013 with a degree in computing at Imperial Krishan started working at several big companies including working on Youtube for Google. He really enjoyed the agile way of working and decided to move to a startup where he could sink his teeth into a big problem and have an impact on a business. This led Krishan to Arkera.
Disrupting the travel sector - Jill Palmer
December 04, 2019 09:09 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBJill the CEO at Click Travel When Jill joined Click Travel the company had 40 members of staff and had just turned over 30 million. They’re now 236 people strong and they’ve just turned over 240 million. This growth happened in the space of 6 years. She’s an experienced Managing Director with a sustained record of delivering success in fast-growth businesses covering Operations, Sales, Marketing, HR, legal and Customer Service. Jill is an inspirational leader and outstanding team pla...
Credit, catastrophe & data - Natalie Botha
December 03, 2019 09:50 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBNatalie is the Head of Systems & Data Analytics at Marsh JLT Specialty. Natalie’s journey in insurance started 15 years ago working in exposure management. She worked for various Lloyd’s syndicates looking after their data. Following this, she started working for a Lloyds based syndicate where she further developed her data and analytical skills. Her main focus there was looking at man-made risks, especially terrorism. After this, she moved into broking when she was offered a job at M...
Riding the Sawtooth of Success - Will Lowe
December 02, 2019 09:04 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MBWill is the CDO of Engine Group Will’s career started in brand marketing over 20 years ago. He started his professional life at Nestle and then worked at Diageo for a few years. Will really enjoyed marketing but wanted to incorporate more data into his career so he could better determine the ROI of what he was doing. 8-years into his career he joined Dunnhumby where he spent the next decade helping Tesco, and other clients, get value from personalised, highly targeted offers. After t...
Pioneering the future of financial services with Stash - Cliff Hazelton
November 25, 2019 12:22 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBCliff is the CTO at Stash Originally a physics major, Cliff did his degree in 1997. He has always dabbled in code and wrote programs at home when growing up. He learnt by programming his own choose your own adventure games. After college Cliff started working for the department of defense and worked as a civilian scientist. During this time the use of computers in Cliff’s everyday life really started to ramp up. He found himself learning different coding languages after work and bu...
Improving the world with entrepreneurship - Stuart Megarry
November 19, 2019 09:02 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBStuart is a serial startup entrepreneur, mentor at Launch22 and founder of The Cult London. Stuart has always had an entrepreneurial streak. He always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. When he was 16 he received £300 in birthday money and over three years he invested it and grew it to £30,000. This was the capital for his first startup. From here Stuart has built several startups and has also worked at large corporates like Deloitte and PwC. His experience in both large and small...
Building an agile business - Ian Murrin
November 18, 2019 09:07 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBIan is the CEO at Digiterre. Originally Ian had nothing to do with software. He did his degree in economics and econometrics. Despite the fact he didn’t like maths and didn’t want to do maths after his A-levels Ian went to university ended up on a statistics course when the business studies department was full. After this, he got a scholarship to a university in Canada where he found out he was going to do more applied maths. After vowing never to do maths again he found hi...
From accountancy to Head of Data - Brendon Ellis
November 14, 2019 12:04 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBBrendon is the Head of Data at Shawbrook Bank Brendon’s journey into data isn’t your typical one. He hasn’t risen through the ranks to his current position from a technical background. Brendon was originally an accountant. He worked for a while as an auditor. He learned a lot in that position but was happy when he was able to move on. He spent a long time working at RBS and Credit Swiss undertaking large-scale financial transformation pieces. These experiences let Brendon see the ...
Managing the growth of Equals Group - Jules Bean
November 14, 2019 09:14 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBJules is the CTO at Equals Group With a keen interest in computers from an early age, Jules has been constantly coding since childhood. His undergraduate degree in Mathematics and his Ph.D. in Computer Science saw him secure a role as a research assistant and teacher at Queen Mary, University of London. Once he was done with university Jules moved to FairFX and has been with the company for 13 years. In that time he’s seen two major acquisitions and a restructuring of the company int...
Supporting business strategy with data strategy - Bryan Johnson
November 13, 2019 11:26 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBBryan is the Head of Technology at Forestreet First and foremost Bryan is a data strategist. His background is in building data systems, he’s been doing that for around twenty years. Around ten years ago he transitioned to data strategy where he now supports business strategies with data strategies. Bryan joined Forestreet a couple of years ago. Before Forestreet Bryan was building an AI and automation solution that tracked every IT company in the world. The idea behind that was: as ...
Managing digital transformation - Ross Sleight
November 13, 2019 09:53 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBRoss is the chief strategy officer at Somo Global In the past 25 years, Ross has been a founding member of 6 digital media companies. Currently working at the digital product accelerator Somo he is specialised in C level business, financial and marketing strategy. He was also voted for three years as one of the Top 100 Digital Media Digerati and Top 50 Most Influential People in Mobile by the Drum.
Managing Technical Debt - Ross Sleight
November 13, 2019 09:53 - 32 minutes - 46.4 MBRoss is the chief strategy officer at Somo Global In the past 25 years, Ross has been a founding member of 6 digital media companies. Currently working at the digital product accelerator Somo he is specialised in C level business, financial and marketing strategy. He was also voted for three years as one of the Top 100 Digital Media Digerati and Top 50 Most Influential People in Mobile by the Drum.
Hiring, culture & career - Ryan Giles
November 06, 2019 09:12 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBRyan is the Senior Director of Talent at Pendo.io Ryan went to university at Brigham Young in Utah where he studied history whilst working as a systems administrator. His job at uni gave him experiences fixing computers and maintaining networks etc. After his bachelor's, he got a Masters in Business and he started working in HR where he worked at American Express. American Express took Ryan to England and he worked in their Brighton HR office. He realised he wasn’t a big company pers...
Creating culture, celebrating success & working in London - Renna Reemet
November 05, 2019 09:04 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBRenna is the Engineering Manager at iTech media Renna is a developer, entrepreneur, cat lover, planner & dreamer. She has taken part in a number of hackathons a couple of years ago, and her teams mostly end up in awarded positions. She enjoys the energy, creativity, and ideas flowing around in such events.
Building enjoyable experiences in the retail tech sector - Giles Corbett
November 04, 2019 10:33 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBGiles is the CEO & Co-founder of Ksubaka Giles is a serial entrepreneur in mobile games, mobile advertising and global OTT platforms. He has over 20 years experience advising, leading, growing, acquiring and investing in companies from start-ups to multinationals. Prior to his current role as CEO and Co-Founder of Ksubaka, he was the Founder and Head of Libon, a skunk-works operation within the Orange Group. Here he built an award-winning mobile/OTT platform with over 4 million acti...
Marketing food at Feast it - Curran Dye
November 01, 2019 11:52 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBCurran is the Head of Marketing at Feast It Curran is currently the Head of Marketing at Feast It. He and his team do lots of things to rapidly grow their customer base, build a memorable brand and improve their product so that clients love the experience they have.
Combining hardware & software to track industrial machinery - Shweta Saxena
November 01, 2019 09:14 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MBShweta is the CPO at Machinemax. Product management has been at the core of Shweta’s career journey. She has two decades of experience working for companies like; Thomas Cook, Deloitte & Tesco. She started her career in eCommerce creating products for the eCommerce sector. Then she moved into mobile and worked on apps as a product manager too. Whilst working at Lego, Shweta started creating hardware products. She built a platform for them that let Lego showcase what they’ve cu...
Building a data strategy for a dog food company - Niall Paterson
October 30, 2019 09:21 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBNiall is the Head of Engineering at Butternut Box Niall started working in Dublin 7 years ago at a company called Web Summit which is a technology conference. Since then he’s worked in New York for a while for a company called Plated which is similar to Hello Fresh. Niall joined Butternut Box two years ago. Butternut Box is a dog food company but better. They believe in delivering health and happiness to dogs and humans all around the world. They achieve this mission by using really...