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The Converging Threat with Charles Margiotta

As technology changes, so do the security threats. We no longer live in a world that can survive on separate cyber and physical security plans. Instead, corporations and governments are beginning to merge these plans together and work with one another to fight against the threats. This week, my guest is Charles Margiotta, Charlie retired from the FBI after 23 years of service and before that he was with the NY State Police. We discuss what Converged Security is, and why we need to pay attention to it on the next QTS experience.

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Quantum Dots and Invisibility Cloaks with Dr. David Ginger

When does advanced technology become magic? Professor David Ginger is a chemist, Chief Scientist, and – well – a magician. David spends some time with us helping us to understand what a Quantum dot is and why its in our future – and how we just may end up with invisibility cloaks – on the next QTS Experience.About Our Guest:
https://depts.washington.edu/gingerlb/
 http://www.cei.washington.edu/

David S. Ginger earned dual B.S. degrees in chemistry and physics at Indiana University in 1997 with departmental honors and highest distinction, performing undergraduate research with Victor E. Viola.

He received a British Marshall Scholarship and an NSF Graduate Fellowship and completed his Ph.D. in physics with Neil C. Greenham in the Optoelectronics group at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2001.

After a joint NIH and DuPont Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University in Chad Mirkin’s lab, he joined the faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle where he is currently the Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor in Chemistry, Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar in Clean Energy, and Adjunct Professor of Physics, and serves as the Chief Scientist of the Washington state funded UW Clean Energy Institute. He holds a joint appointment as a Senior Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), and is the co-founding co-director of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry, and Technology (NW IMPACT), a joint research collaboration between PNNL and UW.

He is an elected fellow of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and has been named a Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, a Research Corporation Scialog Fellow in solar energy conversion, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the ACS Unilever Award in Colloid and Surfactant Science.

He is the 2012 recipient of the Burton Medal of the Microscopy Society of America, participated in the 2012-2013 class of the Defense Science Study Group, and was honored as a Finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in 2016.

His research centers on the physical chemistry of nanostructured materials with applications in optoelectronics, energy and sensing, and his group makes use of techniques ranging from scanning probe microscopy to optical spectroscopy.

He is also an Associate Editor at the ACS journal Chemical Reviews.

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Is the Internet Open and Free? with Joel Beasley

As a people we are working through what it means to have an open and free Internet. How should we think about censorship, guardrails, opportunity, risk? Joel Beasley, host of the Modern CTO Podcast, has interviewed hundreds of CTO’s, thought leaders, and tech evangelists and he has something to say – so join us for the conversation, on the next QTS Experience.

 About Our Guest

In 2017, while writing the Modern CTO book [moderncto.io], Joel started interviewing CTOs. These interviews turned into the Modern CTO Podcast creating a conversational atmosphere for leaders to share their experiences. In 2018 we received a call that CTO of Microsoft Kevin Scott would be joining us as a guest, and then the CIO of T-Mobile Cody Stanford. After these episodes aired came NASA, Verizon and before we knew it we had a waiting list for future guests. Fast forward to today and the Modern CTO Podcast is the #1 Leadership & Tech Podcast in the world. Over 100k CTOs, Lead Developers, and rising tech leaders actively listen to the Modern CTO Podcast [moderncto.io].

Website: https://moderncto.io/

Podcast: https://moderncto.io/podcast/

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The World as It’s Always Been with Dr. Patrick Allitt

Everyone thinks they’re  right. We’re predicting the role of Artificial Intelligence, the future of work, the impact of big data - The questions is; 50 years from now will our grandchildren agree with us? Patrick Allitt is a professor of American History at Emory challenges the notion that history can predict the future.

About Our Guest:
Watch his TEDx talk here: https://youtu.be/Loeiei9LA-s
Patrick Allitt was born and raised in the English town of Derby.  He was an undergraduate at Oxford University (1974-77) and a graduate student in U.S. History at the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1986).  He held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Princeton, and has been a professor of American history at Emory University in Atlanta since 1988.  He is the author of seven books, most recently A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism (Penguin).  He is also the presenter of eleven recorded lecture series with The Great Courses, most recently, The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales (36 lectures).

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Apps Rule the World with Dean Bubley

My guest this week is my friend Dean Bubley, a 5G, Cloud, mobile connectivity, telecom guru based out of the UK, and we got together to talk about the future trends in mobile connectivity (our apps). We spend, on average, 5 hours a day using apps; almost everything we do involves an app. Banking, shopping, entertainment, security, you name it – we use it. That’s a significant part of our waking lives.  Whether you realize it or not – the future of apps is important to you. What would happen if the networks and internet our devices use are compromised, or worse, not available at all? Sound farfetched? Maybe, but given our current geo politics – it is part of an interesting and pertinent discussion that you won’t want to miss. So join us for the conversation on this week's episode of The QTS Experience.

About Out Guest
Dean Bubley
Director, Disruptive Analysis Ltd.
Mobile Technology & Futures Analyst / Consultant
https://www.deanbubley.com/
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanbubley/
https://twitter.com/disruptivedean

Dean Bubley (@disruptivedean) is the founder of Disruptive Analysis, an independent technology industry analyst and consulting firm based in London. An outspoken analyst & futurist with over 25 years’ experience, he specialises in mobile / telecoms fields, with an eye on the broader technological, governmental and societal contexts. He is one of the leading market observers and forecasters covering 5G, network infrastructure & software, enterprise private networks, IoT, Wi-Fi, new telecom business models, voice/video communications and broadband/spectrum policy.

He is known as a contrarian and visionary, often with challenging opinions that go against industry consensus. Speaking at over 30 conferences and other events per year, and quoted by publications such as The Economist, FT & Wall Street Journal, he is an authority and provocateur. He regularly appears in technology industry videos, podcasts and blogs.

His clients include many of the world’s leading telecom operators, vendors, regulators and industry associations, conducting advisory projects & internal workshop exercises. He also acts as associate director in charge of Network Futures research for STL Partners. He provides clients with advice and analytical opinion on topics such as emerging trend “myth-busting”, business model validation, technology innovation and go-to-market strategies, "addressable market sizing", planning and due diligence.

Mr Bubley was formerly an equity analyst, covering communications stocks, with the UK arm of investment bank Robert W. Baird. Prior to that, he spent eight years at UK research firm Datamonitor, where he co-founded the company's Technology business, managed the Internet & Networking area and custom consulting operations, with roles of Chief Analyst & Director of Consulting. He holds a BA in Physics from Keble College, Oxford University. 

 

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Digitization: Impeding or Enabling Independence with Garry Connolly

This week, returning guest and friend Garry Connolly joins Dave to discuss digitization, and whether or not collecting large amounts of data with no intelligence or plan is impeding our autonomy. Gary is the founder of Host in Ireland and for the last several years he has been a significant voice in the area of clean energy and energy independence and the role of data centers in helping human beings flourish. Join both Dave and Garry for a lively conversation on these topics and more, on this week's episode of The QTS Experience.

About Our Guest
Garry Connolly is the Founder of Host in Ireland, a strategic global initiative created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland and Irish companies delivering international data centre projects. A self-proclaimed “stubborn digital optimist,” Garry is a much sought-after keynote speaker, panelist and moderator at global industry events. He regularly appears in conferences throughout the Globe.
Garry has over 30 years’ experience in assisting Foreign Direct investment into Europe. He demonstrates a pragmatic and common sense approach to data centre site selection, sales, negotiation, company start-ups, mentoring and strategic thinking. Based on a philosophy of doing the right thing with the right people at the right time, Garry was instrumental in developing the GDPR Awareness Coalition and DCs for Bees, a Host in Ireland sub-initiative.
Recognised for his leadership efforts, Garry has been named in the Broadgroup Power 200: The World's Most Influential Data Economy Leaders of 2019, recognised as one of the top 50 EMEA Influencers in Cloud and Data Centres 2017 by Data Economy and was runner up in the 2017 DCS Awards’ ‘Data Centre Individual of Year’ category.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-vasseur-75a1242/

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Disc Fever! with Matthew Rothstein

Disc Golf is the fastest growing sport in America, and if it isn’t it certainly is the most fun! This week, Matthew Rothstein from the PDGA, joins me to shed light on the sport and how this new phenomenon has actually been 40 years in the making, on the next QTS Experience.

https://www.pdga.com/

 

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Understanding the Supply Chain Crisis with Daniel Vasseur

The supply chain challenge isn’t primarily about where supplies are made but rather it’s about people. So says Daniel Vasseur a local supply change expert who joined me to explain the complexities – so join us for the conversation on the next QTS Experience.

About Our Guest:

Daniel currently is the Executive Director of the Merchandise Supply Chain at RaceTrac where he leads the Supply Chain Merchandise team. RaceTrac currently has 4 distribution centers servicing 550 + stores. Daniel joined RaceTrac in early 2021 after spending the previous 15 years with The Kroger Co. in various supply chain roles. Daniel joined Kroger as an analyst on the WMS team, he then became a process engineer on the internal End to End team and then moved to Atlanta in 2011 as the Supply Chain Manager for the Atlanta division. He ended his time with Kroger as a Regional Director with responsibility for 7 Kroger DC’s across the South and Midwest. Daniel has over 20 years of Supply Chain and Logistics operations experience.

https://www.racetrac.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-vasseur-75a1242/

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The Future of Film with Mark Hofmeyer

This week writer, producer, podcaster, Mark Hofmeyer from Movies Films and Flix joins me (again) in studio. Mark hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the business and brings his unique perspective as always. I ask him about current tech trends – and can the industry continue to weather the double whammy’s of a pandemic and a streaming content explosion. Join us for the conversation – on the next QTS Experience.

About Our Guest:

Mark Hofmeyer is a writer, podcast host and the founder of Movies, Films and Flix. He is widely known for his ability to bring a unique (and sometimes weird) perspective to movie data analysis. A seasoned writer, Mark's work is published on major sites like Rotten Tomatoes, Cracked, Fandom, and Film Theorists. With an emphasis on filmmaking, Mark also teaches college level courses in production design, composition, short and long form storytelling, and film history. Prior to his work as an adjunct professor, Hofmeyer served in hands-on production roles in the film industry on over 150 sets for major motion pictures, television, music videos and commercials.

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Internet Magic with Lior Netzer

We turn on our smart device and almost instantly are transported to our favorite sporting event, movie, game, or show. We can watch strangers things or formula 1 from the Soccer field, usually in HD. Sir Isaac Newton would say it’s Magic – Lior Netzer, a magician in his own right, explains how the magic happens and where it came from – on the next QTS Experience.

About Our Guest:

Lior Netzer is an accomplished General Manager and CTO with over 25 years of experience in small and big companies. He is a sales-focused entrepreneur with a background in engineering, product management, direct and indirect sales, business development, M&A, and general management of multiple business units in a Nasdaq 500 company, selling to hundreds of customers throughout his career. He has served on multiple Boards and Advisory Boards from startups to Fortune 100 companies. He is a tech evangelist and a frequent speaker at industry events, analyst, and investor briefings. Lior is Akamai’s leading voice for Mobile and IoT to the external community.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/liornetzer/

 

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