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Technologist of the Month

Technologist of the Month

There are no political solutions, only technological ones, the rest is propaganda. In The Technologist of the Month podcast, we go on an inspiring journey with visionary entrepreneurs, brilliant scientists, vigilant policymakers, and ingenious marketers. Join us as we explore this transformative landscape of human advancement.

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00:01:37

Snippet- Kamini Belday, IBM Cloud: Real Progress...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/12/02

🌟 Inclusion Starts With Awareness, Clear Goals, and Real SupportAccording to Kamini Belday, Head of Global Payments, IBM Cloud, real progress begins when people understand their unconscious bias. Formal training helps people notice it and see how it shows up in real situations. That’s the first step.The next step is intention.In one of her past roles, Kamini helped drive a 30 percent representation goal at every level of the organisation. Clear metrics created visibility and accountability to

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00:00:42

Snippet- VEED Building Products Beyond Silos, Samuel...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/12/01

🎙️ Building Better Products Together: Samuel Beek, Chief Product Officer, VEEDAt VEED, product is never built in a silo. Samuel Beek shares how engineering, product, and marketing work as a tight triangle, spotting trends, understanding what people are talking about, and turning emerging AI capabilities into real features users actually want.From daily conversations with the tech team to tracking market shifts, it is a constant loop of identifying what is possible and shaping it into something

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00:00:36

Snippet- Brice Van De Walle, Executive Vice President...

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2025/11/28

🔐 Tokenization isn't just security, it's intelligence.For Brice van de Walle, Executive Vice President of Core Payments Europe at Mastercard, the future of fraud prevention lies in tokens that are uniquely bound to specific merchants and use cases.No more stolen card data being reused. No more fraudulent transactions across multiple merchants. Just secure, merchant-specific tokens that work where they're meant to, and nowhere else. 🛡️Capture a token from your ride-sharing app? Try

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00:19:24

EPISODE 87- Guardrails and Growth: Mastercard's VP &...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/27

John Hearty leads AI Governance at Mastercard, ensuring that AI systems the company builds or buys are fair, transparent, and effective. He drives responsible AI adoption, engages regulators, and advances tools, training, and research to embed AI ethics across the organization. With a background in R&D and global payments infrastructure, John holds 40+ patents and serves on ISO AI standards committees. On The Menu:Trust as foundation: Mastercard's AI governance philosophy explainedEvaluating

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00:01:47

Snippets- According to Kamini Belday, Head of Global...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/27

🌟 Mentorship Means Seeing Potential Before They See It ThemselvesAccording to Kamini Belday, Head of Global Payments, IBM Cloud, true leadership is about lifting others up.Early in her career, Kamini walked into rooms where few people looked like her or talked like her. The finance and tech world was overwhelmingly male-dominated. But leaders saw her potential and nominated her for roles she didn't think she was ready for.They recognized her skills and her ability to lead. That belief

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00:00:49

Snippet- Kai Hackbarth, Head of Product & Solutions...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/25

The Changing Economics of IoT 🌐In this clip, Kai Hackbarth, Head of Product & Solutions at Bosch, talks about the ongoing consolidation in the IoT industry and why many businesses are rethinking their approach. He explains how high infrastructure costs in SaaS and PaaS models have made it challenging for companies to achieve profitability, even with large-scale data platforms.Kai also highlights a growing trend toward on-premise IoT deployments, as organizations look to better manage costs and

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00:00:59

Snippet- Pavan Bachwal, VP & Head of Ericsson...

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2025/11/24

Building a Compliant and Scalable FinTech Ecosystem💡 Pavan Bachwal, VP and Head of Ericsson Financial Services at Ericsson, explains how Ericsson is empowering banks, fintechs, and OTT players in Europe with a stable, scalable, and compliant technology foundation.🔐 With a strong focus on regulatory and security compliance, from PSD2 and GDPR to SWIFT integrations and PCI certifications, Ericsson ensures that its financial services platform meets the highest global standards.🌍 By offering

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00:00:28

Snippet- Samuel Beek, VEED CPO: After Users Felt...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/21

🎙️ Making AI Simple (Again): Samuel Beek, Chief Product Officer, VEEDAs VEED transitioned deeper into the AI space, some users felt overwhelmed by new features. Instead of ignoring that feedback, the team doubled down on simplicity, investing in better discovery and adding an AI agent you can literally talk to for edits.Because great products aren’t just powerful, they’re easy, intuitive, and human.A thoughtful reminder that innovation isn’t about adding more, it’s about making what’s already there

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00:01:45

Snippet- Rollo Goldstaub, TikTok Global Head of...

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2025/11/20

🎯 Data isn’t just important, it’s everything.For Rollo Goldstaub, Global Head of Sports Partnerships at TikTok, every decision in the sports sector must be backed by evidence, not opinion. 📊From using data-driven insights to shape partnerships like TikTok’s upcoming collaboration with DAZN for the Club World Cup 🏆 to recognizing early adopters who embrace new trends first, Rollo highlights how real growth belongs to those who act fast and back it with facts. ⚡TikTok’s research even shows one

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00:00:59

Snippet- Pavan Bachwal, Ericsson VP, Says Data Is a...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/19

⚙️ Optimizing Data for Better ROI and Efficiency💡 Pavan Bachwal, VP and Head of Ericsson Financial Services at Ericsson, shares how data is a continuous journey of learning and improvement. His team constantly works to enhance how their APIs and features are used by customers, driving faster turnaround times and reducing the total cost of ownership.📊 By studying how customers interact with different capabilities, Pavan and his team focus on improving performance, cutting operational costs, and

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00:00:33

Snippet- Eric Tak, European Central Bank: Crypto...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/18

Public + Private Innovation Will Shape the Future of PaymentsEric Tak, Head of Division, Digital Euro Product Proposition, European Central Bank, emphasized that while crypto isn’t likely to take off in everyday retail payments yet, the bigger picture lies in the collaboration between the public and private sectors.The Digital Euro will provide a secure, stable platform for basic payments, a foundation on top of which licensed financial institutions and fintech players can build new services, user

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00:00:41

Snippet: From Chat to Creation: Meeting Users Where...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/14

🎥 From Chat to Creation: Meeting Users Where They Already Are- Samuel Beek, Chief Product Officer, VEEDWhen the ChatGPT Store launched, the team at VEED didn’t wait for perfect data or lengthy analysis. They built the bot as an experiment, something small, fast, and curious.And it took off.Constantly ranking in the top 10 ChatGPT apps, it proved that sometimes the smartest move isn’t over-optimizing, it’s shipping and seeing how real users respond.A seamless link from words → visuals.A reminder

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00:01:31

Snippet: Beyond Language Models: Why Reinforcement...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/12

🧠 Beyond Language Models: Why Reinforcement Learning Still Matters: Martin Riedmiller, Research Scientist & Controls Team Lead, Google DeepMindWhile large language models have taken center stage with their incredible capabilities, Martin reminds us of something crucial: true intelligence isn’t just about processing existing data, it’s about learning from experience.Reinforcement Learning (RL) is the field that helps systems:🌱 Learn behavior from raw interaction with the world🤝 Adapt

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00:01:56

Snippet- According to Kamini Belday, Head of Global...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/11

☁️ Hybrid Cloud + AI = The Future of Modern BankingAccording to Kamini Belday, Head of Global Payments, IBM Cloud, hybrid cloud isn’t just a tech upgrade; it’s a transformation strategy.It allows banks to leap from legacy monolithic systems into flexible, microservice-based architectures while still maintaining compliance and control.With a hybrid cloud, financial institutions can:✅ Leverage AI to deeply understand customer behavior🎯 Offer personalized product recommendations and experiences🔐

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00:27:58

EPISODE 86- Inbox With Benefits: Yahoo's VP Business...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/11

Harish Sarma is an accomplished executive with extensive experience spanning technology, sports, media & entertainment, built on a foundation in investment banking. As VP of Business Development and Partnerships at Yahoo Mail, he focuses on growing key metrics through strategic partnerships and business development. On The Menu:Yahoo Mail's revolutionary Catchup feature for inbox managementThe shift from TikTok to Yahoo Mail leadershipHow consumer behavior changed content consumption

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00:01:14

Snippet- Marketing Will Evolve Into A Seamless...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/10

🎯 Marketing Will Evolve Beyond Metrics, It’ll Be About MeaningIgor Mikhalev, Partner & Head of Emerging Technologies Strategy, EY-Parthenon, envisions a future where marketing ceases to exist as a standalone function, instead becoming an extension of the product experience itself, seamlessly integrated into people’s lives.He suggests a radical shift in how we measure success, moving away from GDP and profit-centric models toward impact-based metrics like well-being, trust, and community

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00:01:21

Snippet: Scaling AI Isn’t About Luck, It Requires...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/06

🚀 Driving Scalable AI AdoptionAccording to Hugo Hamad, now Head of AI/Gen AI Factory at AXA en France and former Director of AI at Decathlon, successfully scaling AI adoption isn’t about luck; it’s about building the right enablers. Drawing from his experience leading AI initiatives at Decathlon and now AXA en France, he highlights two crucial factors for success: Industrial Mindset & Products and Business Ambassadors.In short, the key to AI adoption lies in industrial execution and human

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00:00:57

Snippet: AI Caramba! CEO Matthew Blakemore Warns That...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/05

🌍AI Regulation Needs a Global Standard Matthew Blakemore, CEO at AI Caramba!, raises an important concern about the imbalanced regulatory landscape in AI development. As the EU AI Act introduces stringent frameworks, many innovative businesses might choose to develop their tools in less regulated markets, taking advantage of greater flexibility before bringing those same tools to more restricted regions like the EU.Without a globally accepted regulatory standard, the future of AI ethics risks being

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00:00:51

Snippet: Money With Context: The Magic of Managing...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/04

"Money with Context, The Magic of Managing Clients and Cash Together" For Oz Alon, Co-founder & CEO, HoneyBook, true business clarity begins when creatives manage clients and cash in one place. 💼💰At HoneyBook, this integration turns numbers into insight, giving service-based professionals a complete view of their business and the confidence to make smarter decisions.He describes every business as being built around the four C’s: Clients, Cash, Calendar, and Craft. While HoneyBook

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00:29:18

EPISODE 85- The Humans in the Loop: WPP's VP of...

Technologist of the Month ·

2025/11/03

Andy Hood is Vice President of Emerging Technologies at WPP, where he leads innovation across 100,000+ creative professionals through the WPP Open AI platform. A night owl who discovered creative technology at 28, Andy has spent 25 years at the intersection of creativity and emerging tech, from his early days at AKQA to serving as jury president at Cannes Lions 2017. On The Menu:Why generative AI is transforming advertising and marketingThe role of human creativity in an AI-driven worldHow AI does

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