The final Access Granted interview gives us enormous pleasure as we have managed to ensure our very first ever guest (June 2014 episode 3)., Victoria MacLennan long time friend and supporter of the show, bookends this AG run
Read MoreWith Ben we not only catch-up on how the past 4.5 years have treated him since we last chatted in May 2015 on his "In the cloud" episode but also share some of his insights gained on the way.
Read MoreJordan Carter first of our 5th birthday re-visits, he's the Chief Executive at InternetNZ and was last on the show back in October 2017. Since then he's got a 'new' job, restructured the organisation, and been a part of the Prime Minister's "Christchurch Call" in reaction to the Christchurch terrorist shootings earlier this year.
Jordan has a LOT to catch us up on …
Read MoreEmily is a woman with a mission, in fact multiple missions from starting a company with values (Frank Advice), ensuring evidence based policies are created, and assisting philanthropic donors the greatest impact in their endeavours (Impact Lab).
Read MorePaul has a long history in providing ICT consultancy with a long and illustrious career at Synergy/Fronde - but that's all history now! Paul takes us how he and TipoTapp brings the cloud unicorns to all those that develop upon the major cloud services out there.
He also has a fascinating series of sales insights alongside hints & tips for us all.
Read MoreKylie is one of those treasurers of New Zealand, a values focused wahine leading a data scientists focused company working on the issues that matter to all of us. Hear Kylie explain where she comes from and how she wants data to make a difference through actual supporting better decisions, for instance services provided by central government.
Read MoreTweet from Jessica, Aug 19 - "When Sir Richard Taylor plays your game @beyonddotfun and says it’s the most fun he’s had in #VR it’s hard not to feel like this #oddball #comingsoon #VR"
Listen to Jessica's plans for her co-founded company, where it all came from, why VR has tickled Jessica for so long, and most of all how you too could have the best VR time of your life ... with a VR fart gun (if you're quick enough)!
Read MoreRowan provides an episode that replicates his professional life, one of two halves. From being at TradeMe before moving on to Xero he has taken his experience and insights to many companies as investor and director, spreading the product development messages, and sharing his approach to tech business with all that are keen to hear.
An episode full of gold …
Read MoreTrent is currently the acting CEO of Summer Of Tech and with Trent's contacts he's looking to bring many more companies into the fold (you could be reading this in one right now, get involved with the link inside).
Read MoreWith Duncan, Managing Editor of The Spinoff website, you know you're going to get insight into the New Zealand media scene and where it's all heading with Facebook and Google gobbling up all the advertising revenue.
Read MoreMarie-Claire Andrews is bursting with enthusiasm for her adopted region, the community, and most of all the possibilities that the Wairarapa and all NZ regions have over and above the main centres - what are they, listen in ...
Read MoreLooking after the team is spoken much on our podcast but we've yet to have had such a focused discussion on what that means day-to-day as we had with Nathan and Rebecca Jones from Boost. We even talk about what this means for salary increases using a medieval 'grading' approach - so so cool.
You WILL learn loads you can apply from these two!
Read MoreEd certainly has a background to wonder at and it's that big brain that see's him heading Dragonfly Data Science working with data, computers, and making them solve problems that clients bring to them.
A great example is Dragonfly's work on the Te Hiku Media Kōrero Māori project – applying machine learning to transcribing spoken Māori.
Read MoreIt was perfect timing for Raj to chat with Ben Forman, co-founder at Wrestler, as he was recently announced by Forbes as a top 30 under 30 ... what an amazing story he has to tell.
Read MoreTim Packer is a smart city advocate having worked with NEC and the Wellington City Council on the potential use of sensors to help bring the heartbeat and incidents closer to those that need to monitor and respond.
But that’s not all Tim is passionate about …
Read MoreDon Christie has made New Zealand, and Wellington especially, his home and fights for everything open tech knowing it will help grow NZ into a world leader of how to 'do tech and data' for the benefit of all.
Read MoreMiki talks with the New Zealand Government's Chief Censor as he discusses the fallout from the Christchurch terrorist attack, the on-going challenges with a digital world, and how the Office of Film and Literature Classification can no longer rely on a steady income from porn DVDs
Read MoreRaygun is likely to be the next big software success in New Zealand but starting a software company has it's hurdles and JD Trask shares his lessons whilst "getting into" the next big thing involves persistence as Lana Vaughan explains.
Raygun is growing and THEY WANT YOU
Read MoreThere’s no more fun to had than watching Kristen and Natalie explain to Mike how his view of money is both typical for New Zealand and one that’s holding him back in his choices.
Read MoreThe #WellyTech event doesn't happen without partners standing next to us and making it happen. We are honoured to hear from Liz MacPherson, CEO Stats NZ, Government Statistician, and Chief Data Steward.
Watch out for our #WellyTech partner podcasts coming over the next few days:
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