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Ep 22: Cameron Clarke - Co-Founder and CEO - Sunderstorm
We meet Cameron Clarke who explains how he studied computing after being inspired by early PCs, but immediately pivoted into industry where his software engineering skills could be put to immediate,…
Ep 21: Manu Gopinath - President, UST
We meet Manu Goppinath, who tells us how he transitioned from spending his early years in a small town in India, to being President of a global organization with 30,000 employees. He explained how he…
Ep 20: Mike Vaughan - CDO, Brown & Brown
We meet Mike Vaughan, chief data officer of a large organization in the financial sector, and in his words blessed with a wonderful family and work life. Mike tells us how he got into technology…
Ep 19:Hal Lonas - Chief Technology Officer at Trulioo
We meet Hal Lonas, CTO of Trulioo and a recognized innovator in cloud security and machine learning. Hal is a long-standing champion of automation technology, having worked in C-suite roles for…
Ep 18:Dr Francis Goh: Change is a constant
We meet Dr Francis Goh - academic, author and CEO. In a storied career Dr Francis Goh has been an innovator and technical expert. A strategist, board ember, leadership mentor and sought after public…
Ep 17: Stephen Kaufman: Solving problems with technology and people
We meet Stephen Kaufman, who has spent 25 years architecting solutions on behalf of Microsoft. Stephen tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and how his first memory was of taking…
Ep: 16 Magan Naidoo: Using data to do good
We meet Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Office of the World Food Council. Magan tells us how he started out in software engineering but transferred into data when his bosses recognised his talent for…
Ep 15: Greg Finnigan: Being your authentic self
We meet Greg Finnigan, who has navigated a career through hardware to security software and on to cloud; large corporates and startups. Greg tells us about how he found a career he loved through…
Ep 14: Ian Mountford: Late life career change
We meet Ian Mountford, a governance, risk and compliance consultant who transitioned into cyber security late in his career after being the victim of a hack. Ian talks about his rich and varied…
Ep 13: Mel Migrino: The power of boredom and why advocacy matters
We meet Mel Migrino, an infosec and cybersecurity titan who in late career has pivoted to advocacy. Mel tells us how she got into software development in order to make money, then pivoted to infosec…
Ep 12: Chris Fuller: Building a rocket ship and filling it full of fuel
We meet Chris Fuller, a reluctant student with dyslexia who was hand-picked to do a paid PHD. Chris spent time in the UK intelligence community before emerging to work in cyber security startups.…
Ep 11: Derek Ashmore: Always be learning
We meet Derek Ashmore, a career-long consultant who says the first thing we need to know about him is that he learns for a living. Derek talks about a fortuitous entry into the industry when…
Ep 10: Eamonn O'Neill: Be excited about technology
We meet Eamonn O'Neill, founder and CTO of Lemongrass. Eamonn tells us that he is a technologist first and foremost, as excited about tech today as he was decades ago when he got his first Spectrum…
Ep 9: Linus Hakansson: Why AI means it's a great time to enter the workforce
We meet Linus Hakansson, who became a Chief Product Officer by way of developing mobile apps, architecting cloud solutions, and a spell of consultancy. Throughout his career Linus has succeeded by…
Ep: 8 Aaron Momin: Empathy is a super power
We meet Aaron Momin, a seasoned cybersecurity and cyber risk professional with over 30 years of experience in managing cyber and technology risk. Aaron tells us how he studied computing at college…
Ep 1: Paul Preiss: Follow your passions
We meet Paul Preiss, the CEO and founder of the IASA, the not-for-profit professional association for all business technology architects. In our conversation Paul describes himself as unbelievably…
Ep 7: Emma Philpott MBE: Diversity is good for business
We meet Emma Philpott MBE - academic, cyber security expert and business leader. Emma tells us how her career has meandered to a good place, and that is okay. That when she was underestimated and…
Ep 6: Daniel Avancini: Stay curious
We meet Daniel Avancini, an academic turned entrepreneur, analyst and business person turned coder. He tells us about how he doesn't always know his final destination, but he understands the…
Ep 5: Dr CJ Meadows: Shiny tech syndrome
We meet Dr CJ Meadows - from the US, based in Singapore, having worked around the world from Japan to India and beyond. An accountant by training and IT pro by practice, CJ is an entrepreneur,…
Ep 3: Arno Schilperoord: Coding is magic poetry
We meet Arno Schilperoord, a global leader for Heineken who believes that coding is magic and poetry, offering the opportunity to create something from nothing and infinite possibility. Arno tells us…
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First Person, with Matt Egan has published 22 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Business, Technology.
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