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What"s Up with Tech?

Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!With over three decades in telecom and IT, I"ve mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn"t about personal

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29:44

Sensors, AI, and Incentives Are Making Our Roads Safer

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2025/07/03

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The technology in your pocket—sensors in your everyday smartphone—is quietly revolutionizing road safety in ways most of us never realize. In this eye-opening conversation, MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan shares the remarkable journey of Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) from university research project to global safety leader. What began as a simple idea to use mobile device sensors to measure driving quality has evolved into te...

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21:53

AI Governance: ModelOp's Approach to Enterprise Trust

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2025/07/02

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Trust remains the central challenge for enterprise AI adoption, as revealed in ModelOp's comprehensive AI Governance benchmark report. CTO Jim Olsen explains why so many generative AI projects remain stuck in development limbo, with 56% taking 16-18 months to reach production. The disconnect stems from AI's non-deterministic nature - unlike traditional software, models can't be fully predicted or verified in the same ways. "One b...

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27:09

The Internet Has Become Your Enterprise Network, And...

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2025/07/01

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Cloud security is facing a fundamental paradigm shift that most organizations haven't fully recognized. According to Aviatrix CEO Doug Merritt, we're overlooking a staggering 50-80% of our attack surface by failing to properly secure cloud workload communications. The problem stems from three critical changes in how computing works today. First, the internet has essentially become our enterprise network – when your application ca...

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37:00

Who Will Build the Builders? Inside Emergence AI's...

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2025/06/30

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The quiet revolution happening in enterprise AI isn't about flashy robots or sci-fi scenarios—it's about solving a $200 billion problem hiding in plain sight. Outdated, manual data pipelines are costing businesses astronomical amounts and keeping your smartest people stuck doing digital busywork. Emergence AI's CRAFT platform stands at the forefront of this revolution with its "agents creating agents" approach. The concept sounds...

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24:48

The Enterprise AI Revolution: From Science Project to...

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2025/06/30

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com From cutting-edge experimentation to business-critical infrastructure, the AI landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation. Ron from KungFu.ai shares an insider's perspective on this evolution, drawing from his experience dating back to AI research in the 1990s. The conversation reveals the pivotal factors driving AI's enterprise breakthrough: exponentially increased computing power, unprecedented data availability, and the ...

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31:07

Reimagining Identity Verification in a Digital World

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2025/06/27

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com What if you never had to share your social security number or personal details again? What if there was a way to verify your identity and background just once, then reuse that credential securely for life? Trust might be the new digital currency, and Trua is building the exchange. The digital world demands proof of who we are at every turn, but our current verification systems create massive security risks. Each time we provide o...

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28:59

AI Meets DNA: Democratizing Precision Health

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2025/06/26

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Dr. Kapoor takes us on a fascinating journey from the COVID pandemic's testing challenges to his groundbreaking work at BioAero, where AI meets genomics to revolutionize healthcare delivery. What began as an effort to speed up COVID test results evolved into a mission to solve a critical healthcare bottleneck: the months-long wait for genomic sequencing data that makes personalized medicine nearly impossible to deliver at the poin...

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26:35

AI, Deep Fakes, and Your Digital Self: Navigating the...

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2025/06/24

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Every chip in every device around you has at least one identity associated with it. Machine identities now outnumber human ones online. AI can replicate your face and voice with frightening accuracy. Welcome to the brave new world of identity security. Jeff Reich, Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), brings over 45 years of security experience to this fascinating discussion about why identity has b...

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24:38

Retail Revolution: Navigating Tariffs and Trends

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2025/06/24

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com PodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For InterviewsSupport the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

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25:48

AI-Powered Observability Is Changing How We Manage...

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2025/06/23

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Unified visibility has transformed from a luxury into a business-critical imperative for enterprises navigating today's complex IT landscape. In this revealing conversation with Sunitha Rao, who leads Hitachi Vantara's hybrid cloud business unit, we explore why this shift has occurred and how their newly launched VSP360 platform delivers game-changing capabilities. The driving forces behind unified visibility's rise are compellin...

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26:35

Why your organization needs a stronger approach to...

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2025/06/23

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com PodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For InterviewsSupport the show More at https://linktr.ee/EvanKirstel

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20:53

Digital Giants: Inside TELUS Digital's Global CX...

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2025/06/23

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20:31

What happens when AI meets the arcane world of...

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2025/06/20

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Telecom procurement has remained stubbornly rooted in spreadsheets, emails, and manual workflows – even as enterprises spend millions on critical network infrastructure. But what happens when modern AI technology meets this arcane industry? Dennis Thankachan founder and CEO of Lightyear, takes us on a fascinating journey from hedge fund investing to building what he calls "the telecom operating system for the enterprise." A...

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19:58

Why Your AI Initiatives Are Stuck at the Starting Line

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2025/06/19

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Data without context is just noise. Despite billions invested in data infrastructure, most Fortune 1000 companies struggle to extract meaningful value from their investments. Why? They've built complex, fragmented ecosystems focused on tools rather than outcomes. Srujan Akula, founder of The Modern Data Company, shares how his frustration with this industry-wide problem led to a revolutionary approach. After witnessing global ent...

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20:23

When AI Meets Identity Protection: The Full Story of...

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2025/06/18

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Imagine having a delete button for the internet. That's exactly what Loti offers—a groundbreaking service that literally downloads the entire web and runs sophisticated face and voice recognition across billions of pieces of content to find and remove unwanted digital traces. Luke Arrigoni, Loti's founder, shares how the service evolved from combating non-consensual intimate imagery into a comprehensive digital protection platfor...

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22:27

Beyond Insurance: The Hidden Path to Affordable...

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2025/06/18

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28:35

Marketing Essentials for Small Business Growth

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2025/06/18

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The marketing landscape is constantly evolving, but what actually works for small businesses with limited time and resources? Dave Charest, Director of Small Business Success at Constant Contact, reveals the surprising truth: despite all the technological advancements, success still comes down to building authentic relationships. Drawing from Constant Contact's extensive research with thousands of SMBs, Dave shares eye-opening st...

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22:08

AI Test Engineers: The Future of QA

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2025/06/16

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Testing has become the hidden bottleneck in software development. While companies invest heavily in AI-powered coding tools to accelerate development, quality assurance can't keep pace—until now. Tal Barmeir, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of BlinqIO, reveals how his company's AI test engineer is fundamentally changing the testing landscape. This isn't just another automation tool; it's an intelligent system that autono...

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22:51

Building The Future: AMD's Software Strategy for the...

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2025/06/13

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The AI revolution demands a new approach to computing infrastructure, and AMD is positioning itself at the forefront of this transformation through an ambitious software strategy that empowers developers and enterprises alike. In this illuminating conversation, Anush Elangovan—who joined AMD through the acquisition of his company NordI—shares how AMD is fundamentally rethinking its approach to software development. Rather than tr...

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11:42

Beyond AV: Building the Intelligent Workplace Ecosystem

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2025/06/11

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com Artificial intelligence isn't just changing how we work—it's fundamentally transforming the workplace itself. In this eye-opening conversation direct from InfoComm, Ryan from Unified Communications takes us inside booth 3817 to explore their groundbreaking approach to creating truly intelligent workspaces. What makes their vision unique is how they're moving beyond traditional AV integration to develop specialized AI agents addre...

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