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S1E9 Operational Leadership in Retail: Culture, Data, and AI Adoption with Taiyab Ghafoor
What’s in this episode?In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman sit down with Taiyab Ghafoor — a people-first operator with a background spanning the UK and the Gulf, from…
S1E8 Leading AI in Healthcare: Data, Regulation & Real Use Cases with Leina Essakalli
What’s in this episode?In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman chat with Leina Essakalli — a data scientist and AI transformation leader with a rare background spanning…
S1E7 How CIOs Should Lead AI Adoption with Faisal Ali
What’s in this episode?In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman sit down with Faisal Ali, an Emirati Group CIO with a career spanning IBM/Microsoft, government, and the private…
S1E6 Startup Lessons in the UAE: Trust, Validation & MVP Focus with Omar Abdellaoui
What’s in this episode?In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman are joined by Omar Abdellaoui to unpack the real startup lessons founders learn the hard way from trust and…
S1E5 Omnichannel, Data & AI: Speed With Governance with Sumit Srivastava
In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman sit down with Sumit Srivastava, a transformation leader who’s spent decades across Silicon Valley, Canada, and beyond and recently…
S1E4 UAE’s Hiring Shift: Compliance, Capital & AI Talent with Oscar Orellana-Hyder
In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, we take a different angle: less tech, more talent — and what it really takes to build teams in the UAE’s fast-growing financial ecosystem.Tom Stroud and Sye…
S1E3 How CEOs Should Be Thinking About Transformation with Richard Steward
In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman sit down with Richard Steward — a transformation leader with 35+ years advising CEOs on large-scale digital and AI-led change.Most digital…
S1E2 Project Management Unplugged with Mark Primett
In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom Stroud and Sye Rahman sit down with Mark Primett, a project and programme manager who has led complex digital transformations across fintechs, financial…
S1E2 Beyond Software: How Real Transformation Leaders Think with Ezzeddine Jradi
Most “digital transformations” don’t fail because of the tech – they fail because of culture, governance and how decisions actually get made in the organisation.In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, Tom…
New Podcast: GCC Tech Talks (Teaser)
We’re launching a new podcast exploring real stories from the GCC’s technology and innovation leaders – cutting through the hype to get into what actually works, what doesn’t, and everything in…
S1E1 GCC Tech Talks: Who We Are and Why We’re Here
This intro episode of GCC Tech Talks by 7Dxperts, recorded in Dubai, sets the scene for a podcast focused on real stories from the people actually building technology, data and digital products…
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GCC Tech Talks has published 11 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Technology.
GCC Tech Talks is currently active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 48m.
