Stephen Phillips, Snyk Senior Account Executive
Paul Spain speaks to Stephen Phillips, Senior Account Executive at Snyk and leader in world of technology and cyber security.
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Parkable with co-founders Toby Littin and Brody Nelson
Paul Spain is joined by Parkable co-founders Toby Littin and Brody Nelson to hear about Parkable’s startup journey and recent success with Meta, as well as tech news from the week, including:
- NZ Aerospace Summit 2022
- Teens dump Facebook for TikTok
- iPhone’s record market share
- Amazon’s ‘Rings’ ratings
- Quantum computer qualms
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Tech, Tourism and Space – with Tourism Holding’s Jo Hilson
Paul Spain is joined by Jo Hilson (thl) to discuss thl digital’s response to a changing tourism environment, review Oppo Find X5 Pro and Amazon Echo Show 15 and to talk about this week’s tech news, including:
- M2X’s management system improves transport efficiency
- NZ vertical farming allows fresh strawberries in winter
- T-Mobile and SpaceX plans to boost mobile coverage in the US
- Meta to help those who have lost accounts with new customer service division
- NASA calls off launch for Artemis 1 rocket
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Insights on NZ’s best: NZ Hi-Tech Awards with David Down, Brooke Roberts and Greg O’Grady (Part 2)
We continue the celebration of the 2022 Hi-Tech Awards. Paul Spain talks with David Downs (Chair of NZ Hi-Tech Trust), Brooke Roberts (Co-Founder and 3EO of Sharesies) and Greg O’Grady (Chief Executive of Alimetry), as they share their experiences and insights.
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Tech and Space with Savannah Peterson
Paul Spain is joined by Savannah Peterson (Founder & Chief Unicorn at Savvy Millennial) to review what’s happening in NZ’s technology sector and its future, plus the top space and tech news from this week, including:
- Rocket Lab’s self-funded mission to seek out life on Venus
- NASA’s Voyager mission at 45 years
- New Zealand Aerospace Summit
- Speed limiter trial in New York
- Some features on your devices can give you real peace of mind
- New Zealand’s Up and coming Tech companies
- NASA’s sonification of a blackhole
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NASA Data Sonification: Black Hole Remix-Twitter
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A Greener kind of Grass: The Lawnmowing Franchise Operator that went Electric
If Waikato-based lawnmowing franchise LawnRite has anything to do with it, petrol-powered garden equipment is on the way out. It has replaced its mowers, trimmers and even a concrete mixer with battery-powered versions, and it charges those batteries with solar panels fixed to its trailers. LawnRite managing director Troy Hillard (on the left in the photo) explained the transition to Ross Inglis on This Climate Business.
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Invenco $120m+ US sale, Disney beats Netflix, Amazon buys IRobot + Cyber Security insights
Paul Spain is joined by Mark Duncan (Cyclone Computers) and Andrew Fox (Aruba) to talk about important cyber security insights, as well as discussing some of this week’s tech news, including
- US firm buys Invenco for $120m+NZD
- Google Cloud’s plan to open NZ Cloud region
- Disney overtakes Netflix subscriptions
- Amazon buys IRobot Vaccum company Roomba
- Man robbed $800,000 in cryptocurrency sues Google
- Cruise self-driving cars cause traffic jam in San Francisco
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Insights on NZ’s best: Seequent, Agrisea and First AML – NZ Hi-Tech Award winners (part 1)
On this special episode we learn from and celebrate with three winning companies in the 2022 Hi-Tech Awards. Paul Spain talks with Chief Executives Graham Grant (Seequent), Clare Bradley (Agrisea) and Milan Cooper (First AML) to gain inspiration and insights from these award winning companies and their leaders.
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Inclusion, integrity and inspiration: Vanessa Sorenson, Managing Director of Microsoft NZ
In his final show as host, Ben talks to Vanessa Sorenson, Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand. Vanessa candidly shares her amazing story of how being a learn-it-all, not a know-it-all enabled her to come from challenging beginnings and end up in arguably the biggest role in New Zealand tech. Hear her stories of grit, resilience, aspiration, and growth and you are guaranteed to come away inspired, or your money back!
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Vodafone NZ’s new virtual network play, 275m people lose key internet services, Intel in pain + more
Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss some of this week’s Tech news from New Zealand and around the world, including the following:
- New virtual network play for Vodafone NZ
- NZ Company to install 6000+ EV chargers in Florida
- Intel experiences revenue loss
- Samsung Galaxy hides personal data in ‘repair mode’
- Nanogirl Labs “Creator Project” launch
- 275m people lose key internet services due to licensing rules in Indonesia
- Smart phone sales drop
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Ian Cartwright: Successful Sales Mindset, Culture, and Tactics
From shiny shoes to problem solving. Ben catches up with salesman, coach and author Ian Cartwright. Ian breaks down the fundamentals of successful sales mindset, culture, and tactics. This one’s packed with advice you won’t want to miss.
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