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Paul Rogers, Entrepreneur and Innovator, talks about opening the Asian Market for Logica-Aldiscon with some great and fun stories

What was the first SMS sent in Japan?  Well, you can find out here.
As part of our series, talking with key players in the development of the SMS Industry, we have a fun and insightful podcast with Paul Rogers who pioneered the development of the Asian Market for Logica Aldiscon.
 Paul tells us some great stories about the learning and the doing that made the company so successful in Asia.  He talks about the team effort and the enthusiasm of the people who went to all parts of Asia and also all the local employees across the region who made such a difference.
Some of these stories are funny, some are darker, but all are about building trust with Customers across the region.
Finally, Paul finishes on a personal story about music and plays out with a great, if little, known piece that means something to him.
Check out the great image on the Show Card.
Music Credits:  Morricone, Hinterland and John Flynn
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
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It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
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Paul McBride, MD and co-founder of Peroptyx, talks about localising AI/ML by market and setting up a Global Tech Business in County Mayo

We have a very interesting guest this week with Paul McBride.  Paul  is a co-founder and MD of Peroptyx and an also an expert on localising Machine Learning to different markets.
This is an important area of AI and Machine Learning that I certainly wasn’t aware of previously.  You can see why software that is sold Globally needs to be the language of the country that it is being sold into.  But, when you think about it, if the software is Machine Learning, then the AI Machine, needs to be trained to not only the language, but also culture and User Experience appropriate to that country or culture.
Paul talks about how his company, Peroptyx, enables this service for AI / ML Software, enabling culturally appropriate AI and removing any biases.
Paul also talks about setting up a Global Software company in rural and beautiful County Mayo.  Peroptyx is a a great example of the benefits of the National Broadband program.
If you’re in the AI / ML business and you sell Internationally, then you will be interested in this Podcast.
Music Credits:  Morricone and John Flynn
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Richard Scobie - Screen Writer, Composer, Director, Musician, Actor - talks about the Creative Process in Screen Writing and Composing

The Innovative or Creative process can take many forms and this week we are talking with someone who is at the centre of a number of Artistic worlds.
We have a fascinating guest with Richard Scobie.  I don’t think that I have met such a multi-talented man previously, if Richard doesn’t mind me saying so.  Richard, in his career, has been a successful Musician, Composer, Screen Writer, Director, Voice Over Artist and Teacher – among other things.
We talk about Richard’s career touring Europe with a Rock band and then also his career in Hollywood as a Screen Writer.
What I found interesting is Richard’s insights on the creative process of Screen Writing and how he works to bring his ideas to life.
And we also play out with Richard’s new Single which has just been released and its an energy filled song that you will enjoy.
This is a lively and fun podcast and I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we had recording it.
Spoiler Alert:  We have a good discussion about Breaking Bad revealing plot details if you haven’t seen it.
Contact Richard at:   scobious@gmail.com
Music Credits:  Morricone, Richard Scobie and John Flynn
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 

Bill Dudley, US SMS Pioneer, talks about his career, the development of SMS, Sinch and where the Industry is going today

We’re delighted to have Bill Dudley, evangelist at Sinch, on the Podcast this week.  Bill is a pioneer and evangelist of the SMS Industry in North America and he talks about his Mobile career back to his early experiments with Mobile Data.
Bill and I have both lived in two great US States that we share a fondness for.
Bill was instrumental in pushing for SMS Interconnect in North America in the early days of his career– something that we take for granted now.  Having joined Inphomatch, who were early interconnect pioneers, he’s still with the company after many corporate iterations and the company is now part of Sinch – who are a major player in CPaaS and Omni Channel marketing.
Bill talks about the mistakes that RCS made in the past but believes that with Google behind it that it has a great future. Bill explains the value proposition that Sinch brings to Enterprises and how SMS still has an important part to play.
Finally Bill reveals his very interesting hobby and he plays out with a piece of music that shows he hasn’t strayed too far from his Texas roots.
https://www.sinch.com/
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.

Gerry Jones, Tech Investor and Director, talks about what SOSDublinBay discovered about pollution in the Bay and what they are doing

This week we have a slight change of pace and we’re looking a major environmental issue, that is, the quality of water in Dublin Bay.
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gerry Jones for many years and he’s well known as a successful Investor, Chairman and Director, over a wide range of Technology businesses.
But Gerry, through his personal interest and that of his family, and with a group of other concerned citizens, became involved in Citizen Activism after finding out about the poor quality of water in Dublin Bay.
The story is very interesting, about how the group discovered flaws in the monitoring of water quality in Dublin Bay and that there is still a large amount of sewage flowing into the Bay during times of heavy rainfall.
Gerry and the SOS Dublin Bay team are shining a spotlight on the problem and he updates us on what they have done, in terms of short terms fixes and also to help move the Political establishment and Authorities to focus on the issue.
This podcast shows how concerned citizens can help make a difference to everyone’s lives.
https://sosdublinbay.ie
 
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone,  John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Joe Cunningham, Legendary Telecoms Entrepreneur talks about Aldiscon to Ammeon, SMS and the future

We’re delighted to have a legend in the Telecoms industry on the Podcast this week, with Joe Cunningham as our guest.  Joe, along with Larry Quinn and Gilbert Little, co-founded a succession of successful Telecoms companies and sold them on.
The companies include, Aldiscon. Apion. Aepona, Accuris, and only sold last week, Ammeon.
The experience that people build when working in these companies led them, in turn, to go on and to found dozens of other companies, many of them still with us today.
Joe recounts how Aldiscon got into SMS in the very early days and how this was the start of a now $200 Billion Industry.  Funnily, he tells how Aldiscon helped, what turned out to be its later biggest competitor, CMG, build an SMSC in the early days.
You can see in this fascinating story how the traits of great Entrepreneurship are exhibited, such as responding to failure with pivots, tenacity, patience and a focus on building great teams and delivering great products.
Finally Joe finishes off with his thoughts on where the future opportunities are and he plays out with a beautiful song.  I know you’ll enjoy this podcast as much as we did recording it.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmcunningham/
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone,  John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Rui Nóbrega - VP Digital Transformation Etisalat - talks about Digital Transformation and International Cultures

We’re delighted to have Rui Nóbrega on the podcast this week, Rui is VP Digital Transformation for Etisalat International.  Rui has worked in many different countries and cultures and he makes a very interesting guest by sharing his experiences of managing large IT projects all over the world.
Rui’s insights are something that all managers with International Teams will be interested in
How to motivate a team with different cultures
When should you dive in deep and when should you manage from the top?
What's the easy part – technology or people?
We talk about the pace of change and where and when technology should replace people. Or not.
Finally we hear what Rui’s favourite places to live were and why.
Also, we rock out on great song, I hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed recording it.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruinobrega/
 
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone,  John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Paul Ruppert - C Level Exec in the CPaaS industry explains its success and how SMS is still relevant

Our guest this week is Paul Ruppert – who among many other things, is a C Level Executive in the Cloud  Communications Industry or CPaaS.
Paul is a pioneer in the Mobile Industry in North America and also the International market.  He tells us how the big CPaaS companies of today, such as MessageBird, Twilio, Sinch, Infobip all owe their origins to to the humble SMS message which is still a key part of the industry.
Paul tells us about his career from AT&T to being a founder of Mobile 365, and how successful that company was.
He gives his views on why the industry is  successful and what we can expect in the future.
Finally, we learn a bit more about Paul’s varied hobbies and he plays out with an American Classic.
Contact Links
http://www.globalpointview.com
pruppert888@gmail.com
 
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
 
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone,  John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Frank Mattes - Author of "Lean Scaleup" talks about Corporate Innovation and his new book just published

We’ve a great and engaging guest this week with Frank Mattes, who is the author of a new book, “Lean Scaleup”.
Frank has worked with many established companies through the years and helped them to innovate.  He’s worked with companies such as Philips, BP, Bosch and Telefonica.
When working closely with these companies Frank has developed a Lean Scaleup Framework to help them innovate.  This is the subject of his new book just being published.
Frank is very kindly offering Five Free Copies of his book to listeners – see details here.
 
Finally, Frank plays out on probably one of the best ever songs and a personal favourite of mine.
 
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Contact Links
Book Launch event link is here – Date is on May 06, 1600-1700 CEST
https://community.innov8rs.co/c/upcoming/frank-mattes-book
Book announcement link:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frankmattes_leanscaleup-corporateinnovation-digitaltransformation-activity-6785809741655367680-JqHD 
The book promo page is at https://www.leanscaleup.com/book/
Contact Frank here:
http://www.innovation-3.com
 
Folks who are interested in getting a free copy (5 free copies are available for this event) should simply send a mail to frank.mattes@leanscaleup.com “Yes, I want the book”
 
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone,  John Flynn – “Star”, Lennon-McCartney
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
 
 

Commercial Presentation: Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix talks about using AI and ML to Manage IT Operations

In this podcast we hear from Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix.
We talk about Lars’ personal journey in Sales and his Swedish background.
Lars is International Sales Director covering EMEA, India and APAC, and he talks about how CloudFabrix uses AI and Machine Learning to analyse problems on Enterprise IT Operations.  This results in better outcomes for IT Directors at much lower costs and includes the possibility of predictive outcomes, which is a very powerful tool.
Contact:
sales@cloudfabrix.com
www.cloudfabrix.com
Music Credit:  Ennio Morricone, Journey: Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain
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This Podcast is sponsored by CloudFabrix and Nettzer – Digital First Selling  - www.nettzer.com 
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales -   Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.