A Geek Leader Podcast

April 12, 2019

AGL 098 : AI from Sergey Razin, CTO at Swampfox

About Sergey Razin CTO, Faculty Member @ USC and Serial Entrepreneur As CTO, Sergey is responsible for driving product strategy and innovation. As noted authority in advanced analytics and machine learning, Sergey pioneered and hold patents in the application of these technologies in the areas of security and media analysis, expert systems and natural language processing. He is an expert in applied behavior analytics and creator of Topological Behavior Analysis (TBA). Sergey has also served as Principal Investigator (PI), leader in research, development and architecture in areas of big data analytics, speech recognition, telephony, and networking. Sergey is a faculty […]

April 5, 2019

AGL 097: Jeff Ton on How to Amplify Your Value

About Jeff Jeff Ton is a sought-after Information Technology speaker, author and thought leader, having led powerful teams and built successful IT departments for thepast 30+ years. For over a decade, Jeff has served as Chief Information Officer with Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana and Lauth Property Group, as well as 14 years in various technology roles with Thomson Multimedia (RCA). In his current role as Senior Vice President of Product and Strategic Alliances at InterVision, Jeff thrives on developing people while driving the company’s product strategy, service vision and strategic approach. Speaking to audiences from 5 to 1,000, Jeff […]

March 29, 2019

AGL 096 : Jay Karen on Leading a National Association

About Jay Jay Karen has been the CEO of National Golf Course Owners Association since 2015, where he leads the golf industry’s trade association and initiatives to support the success of the golf course business, a critical element of an $84B industry in the United States. Prior to his appointment at NGCOA, Jay was CEO of Select Registry, a portfolio of over 300 premier boutique hotels, inns and B&Bs. For seven years before that, Jay was President and CEO of the trade association representing owners of small, independent lodging businesses. Jay was also with the NGCOA for ten years early […]

March 22, 2019

AGL 095: Sergey Sundukovskiy, Co-Founder and CTO of Raken

About Sergey Sergey Sundukovskiy, Ph. D. – Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer, Raken Before Co-Founding Raken, Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy served in capacities of Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Product Officer. Sergey is a serial entrepreneur co-founding multiple successful Startups focused on Small Business Marketing and eCommerce. The last Startup co-founded by Sergey was acquired by Capital One in 2014. Sergey specializes in implementation of subscription-based high volume SaaS platforms, with a strong emphasis on early stage product development, product marketing, and customer acquisition. Specific areas of expertise include User Testing, A/B Testing, Marketing, […]

March 15, 2019

AGL 094: Beating Imposter Syndrome with Heather Downing

About Heather Heather is a passionate coder and entrepreneur. She has experience working with Fortune 500 companies building enterprise-level voice, mobile and C#/.Net applications. She focuses on external thought leadership, encouraging fellow programmers to present on topics outside of the office and in the community. She is an international technical speaker and co-host of the YouTube channel “The Hello World Show” — a weekly video series that interviews software masters and teaches the audience something valuable in less than 10 minutes. Heather encourages those with nontraditional backgrounds to enter the world of software development, as she changed careers at 27 […]

March 7, 2019

AGL 093: Khalid Machchate on the Future and Digital Transformation

About Khalid Khalid Machchate is a Moroccan serial techpreneur, international consultant and speaker. As a Mobile and Embedded Systems engineer, consulting and capacity building for several EMEA multinational corporations and Governments in disruptive technologies integration, especially Smart Cities, AI and IoT solutions. He developed proprietary algorithms and designed hardware for his accident detection and automated medical assistance solution SOS Santé, and AI powered software for his blended learning platform Skillearn, winning 20+ international innovation awards. All under his privately owned technology group: K&W Technologies. In 2018, he was invited to speak in 4 continents, and 15 countries, in various summits, […]