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Tech Talks
Welcome to Tech Talks (A Podcast about Technology Leaders and Leadership). We explore the stories behind the most recognisable names in industry and the startups you’re yet to hear from. The innovation, cultural transformation and investment stories driving technology with host David Savage. If you’re interested in the latest ideas on AI, data, cyber-security this is the show for you. Follow and join the conversation. Tech Talks is powered by Harvey Nash, the leading global provider of…
Episodes
Tech TalksJust Breathe: Gwyn Williams on Tech, Health, and Scaling with Purpose
What if the next innovation in health tech isn’t an app—but a smarter way to inhale steam? Gwyn Williams joins us to unpack how WellO₂ is turning breathing…
Tech TalksBeyond the Buzzwords: Fawad Qureshi on AI, Bias, and Staying Relevant
If AI feels like it’s moving faster than your ability to keep up—you’re not alone. But according to Fawad Qureshi, staying relevant isn’t about knowing…
Tech TalksScaling Fast, Dressing Smart: Engineering Lessons from Rent the Runway
What do you get when a fashion disruptor scales into a tech-first logistics machine? A story about pivoting through a pandemic, building globally distributed…
Tech TalksCybercrime in the Age of Accelerants: Robert McArdle on AI, Risk & Readiness
Trend Micro’s Director of Forward-Looking Threat Research, Robert McArdle, joins David to unpack how large-language-model (LLM) tech is changing the economics…
Tech TalksThe Last Digital Transformation: Richard Skinner on AI, Skills, and What Comes Next
Richard Skinner, CEO of Phased AI, joins Tech Talks to discuss why the AI revolution may be the final seismic shift in digital transformation—and what that…
Tech TalksPhilosophy, Privacy, and the Future of AI: Jared Browne on Governing the Machines
In this episode, Jared Browne—philosopher-turned-lawyer and Group Head of Privacy and AI Governance at Fexco—joins David to explore the moral and regulatory…
Tech TalksFrom Touchline to Timeline: James Doyle on AI’s Playbook for Sport
James Doyle, CEO of iReel, joins Tech Talks to explore how generative and agentic AI are transforming elite sport. With roots in football and a reach across…
Tech TalksFuture-Proofing with Empathy: Carla Buzasi on Forecasting Consumer Emotion
In this episode, Carla Buzasi, CEO of WGSN and former Editor-in-Chief at Huffington Post UK, joins David to explore how brands can stay ahead in a world…
Tech TalksRethinking Credit: Philip Belamant on Building with Purpose in Fintech
Zilch CEO Philip Belamant joins David to explain how he’s taking on one of the UK’s biggest financial challenges: the cost of consumer credit. Philip shares…
Tech TalksPersonal AI, Trusted Data, and the Future of Healthcare
In this episode, David Savage sits down with Prashant Natarajan, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Velatura, to explore how AI is reshaping the…
Tech TalksOrganised Chaos: Scaling Creative Ops Without Losing Your Soul
David Savage reconnects with Daisy Stapley-Bunten, COO of CEP Agency, to explore how a boutique events business has scaled into a full-service brand experience…
Tech TalksReforming Fitness: How Tech is Reshaping Pilates with Data, Design & Mind-Body Impact
David Savage speaks with Yvette McGaffin, co-founder and CEO of Reform RX, about how her company is reimagining Pilates for the digital age. What began as a…
Tech TalksFrom Tech Investor to Winter Olympian: David talks to South Africa's Matt C Smith
Today's show is all about belief, courage and resilience. David met Matt at LEAP in February. After a taxi ride for just over an hour, a podcast interview was…
Tech TalksBuilding Resilience: From Footsteps to Flood Barriers
In this special roundtable episode recorded over breakfast at Grind, David chats with two climate tech founders tackling sustainability from very different…
Tech TalksFintech at a Crossroads: AI, Access, and the Power of the Platform
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Money20/20, about the real-time pulse of fintech innovation. As…
Tech TalksEducation, Education, Education! The Biggest Lessons from Rio.
On today's podcast David is joined by Rob Pegoraro, Nicole Ingra (Ingra Labs) and Benjamin Buthmann (Koalo) to chew the Web Summit Rio chat one final time! The…
Tech TalksDon’t Learn to Code—Learn to Build: The Case for Inclusive Tech
David Savage sits down with Emmanuel Straschnov, Co-CEO and co-founder of Bubble, for a candid conversation on democratising software development. Speaking…
Tech TalksAI, Brand Blandness & the Creative Fight to Stand Out
In this conversation recorded at Web Summit Rio, David Savage sits down with Lisa Smith, Global Executive Creative Director at Jones Knowles Ritchie, to unpack…
Tech TalksAI Isn’t the Strategy—It’s the Signal: Rethinking Brand for the Intelligent Era
In this episode recorded at Web Summit Rio, David Savage speaks with Melissa Jackson Parsey, SVP Global Managing Partner at R/GA, about how brands can stay…
Tech TalksEmpathy at Scale: AI, Data and the Human Side of Customer Engagement
David Savage sits down with Rachel Tilghman, Area Vice President at Braze, to explore how the world of customer engagement is evolving in the age of AI…
Tech TalksBeyond the Efficiency Trap: AI, Systems Thinking & the Evolution of Tech Leadership
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Alexey Boas, CTO for Latin America at ThoughtWorks, recorded live at Web Summit Rio. They unpack the risks of chasing…
Tech TalksAI with Context: Rebuilding How We Meet, Work and Listen
Whilst at Web Summit, podcast host David Savage sat down with David Shim, founder and CEO of Read AI, to explore how artificial intelligence can do more than…
Tech TalksFrom Guitar Hero to Oculus: Building, Failing, and Building Again
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Jack McCauley, legendary hardware innovator, co-founder of Oculus, and creator behind Guitar Hero’s iconic…
Tech TalksDying Changed My Mind: Sasha Lund on Legacy, Leadership & Gut Instinct
Sasha Lund—founder of Core Values Consulting and editor of The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses—joins David Savage to explore the…
Tech TalksBuilding Motorway: From Bootstrapped Grit to a £250M+ Backed Unicorn
Tom Leathes, CEO and co-founder of Motorway, joins David Savage to talk about the startup journey from humble beginnings to unicorn status. In a £180B market…
Tech TalksFrom Startup to Strategy: Scaling Incident Response at PagerDuty
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Nora Jones, Senior Director of Strategy and Growth at PagerDuty, and former founder of incident analysis platform…
Tech Talks50% of Workers Aren’t AI-Ready: Find Out How IBM Plans to Fix That
In this episode, David Savage sits down with Justina Nixon-Saintil, Chief Impact Officer at IBM, to explore how one of the world’s largest tech companies is…
Tech TalksMoo’s Law: Cultivated Meat and the Future of Food
David Savage talks with Jim Mellon, Executive Chairman and Founder of Agronomics, about the rise of clean food—cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and…
Tech TalksBeyond Payments: How Alipay+ Is Building a Global Mobile Ecosystem
David Savage sits down with Pietro Candela, EMEA General Manager at Alipay+, to explore how the mobile-first (and increasingly mobile-only) economies of Asia…
Tech TalksAI, Agents & Chess Moves: Rethinking Business with Alan Trefler
In this episode, David Savage is joined by Alan Trefler, founder and CEO of Pegasystems. With over four decades of leadership at the helm of a billion-dollar…
Tech TalksMegha Kumar Offers Her View of Digital Resilience in a Fractured World
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage speaks with Megha Kumar, Chief Product Officer and Head of Geopolitical Risk at CyXcel. Megha explores how…
Tech TalksAI, Trade & Turbulence: Mapping the World’s Supply Chain in Real Time
David Savage sits down with Peter Swartz, co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Altana, to discuss how AI is helping governments and global enterprises…
Tech TalksRewriting the Rules of Search: How AI Agents Are Changing Digital Strategy
Michael Walrath, Chair of Yext and serial tech entrepreneur, joins David Savage to break down how AI is disrupting the traditional rules of digital presence…
Tech TalksAI Is the Product: Rethinking Teams, Trust and the Future of Tech Leadership
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Dr. Sarah Schlobohm, CAIO at Zally, about what it means to build a business where AI isn’t just a support function—it…
Tech TalksTrust at Scale: How Security, AI and Grit Built a $100M Business
In this episode, David Savage talks to Stevie Case, Chief Revenue Officer at compliance and security leader Vanta. Stevie shares her remarkable journey from…
Tech TalksSecuring the Supply Chain: Cyber Threats Facing Manufacturing
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage reconnects with Barry O’Connell to explore the growing cybersecurity risks in manufacturing, particularly as…
Tech TalksData with Purpose: Building Value-Driven Infrastructure
In this episode, David Savage speaks with Svetlana Tarnagurskaja, CEO and co-founder of The Dot Collective, a next-generation consultancy helping enterprises…
Tech TalksBreaking Down the Walls: AI, Cloud, and the Future of Enterprise Tech
The pace of AI and cloud innovation is relentless—but are enterprises keeping up? In this episode, Jason Rees, SVP Technology and Cloud Infrastructure at…
Tech TalksPowering AI for Everyone: The UK’s Blueprint for Clean, Equitable Innovation
In this special episode of Tech Talks, David Savage sits down with Feryal Clark, Minister for AI and Digital Government, to explore the UK government's AI…
Tech TalksInsuring the Future: AI, Space, and the Gaps Traditional Insurance Won’t Cover
The world of insurance has remained largely unchanged for centuries—but in an era of rapid technological innovation, is the industry keeping up? Joseph…
Tech TalksRevolutionizing Air Travel: Wisk’s Journey to Autonomous Flight
In this episode of Tech Talks, Becky Tanner, Chief Marketing and People Officer at Wisk, takes us inside the future of autonomous air travel. Wisk is…
Tech TalksDeepfakes, Fraud, and the AI Arms Race: Reality Defender’s Fight for Truth
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage speaks with Ben Colman, CEO of Reality Defender, about the alarming rise of deepfake technology, its impact on…
Tech TalksBeyond the Screen: How AI is Redefining Personal Computing
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage speaks with Daryl Cromer, CTO of PCs and Smart Devices at Lenovo, about the AI-driven evolution of personal…
Tech TalksClimate Tech & Data: Are Businesses Measuring Sustainability or Just Marketing It?
Sustainability has become a business imperative—but is it driving real change, or is it just another PR exercise? In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage…
Tech TalksBreaking Barriers: Diversity, Adaptability, and Growth in Tech
Too much of the tech industry is caught up in hype—chasing funding, inflated valuations, and buzzwords. But Joy Cristea thinks it’s time we got back to basics…
Tech TalksAI, Documents & Automation: Are We Finally Getting It Right?
In this episode of Tech Talks, Oskar Konstantyner, VP of Product at Templafy, dives into one of the most overlooked productivity killers in modern…
Tech TalksFunding the Future: Why Female-Led Startups Still Struggle for Investment
Despite clear evidence that female-led startups generate strong financial returns, only 1% of VC funding in Europe goes to women-only teams. In this episode…
Tech TalksBreaking Into Music: Education, Industry, and the Future of Performance
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage speaks with Nikki Camilleri, Music Industry Director at the London College of Contemporary Music (LCCM), about the…
Tech TalksOnline Safety Act: What Businesses Need to Know
The UK’s Online Safety Act has arrived—and with it, new responsibilities for businesses providing online services. In this episode, David Savage speaks to Anna…
Tech TalksRedefining Childcare: How Bubble is Changing the Game for Parents & Caregivers
Childcare is broken. Parents struggle with accessibility, flexibility, and trust, while caregivers often face low pay and limited opportunities. Ari Last, CEO…
Tech TalksFlying into the Future: How Joby Aviation is Reshaping Urban Air Mobility
In this episode of Tech Talks, Bonny Simi, President of Operations at Joby Aviation, takes us inside the world of electric air taxis and the future of urban…
Tech TalksBreaking the Cycle: How Habitual is Rethinking Weight Loss & Type 2 Diabetes
In this episode of Tech Talks, Napala Pratini, CEO of Habitual, breaks down why obesity is one of the biggest global health crises and how her company is…
Tech TalksBreaking Barriers: AI, Women in Video, and the Future of Content Creation
We're kicking off three episodes to celebrate International Women's Day, and in this edition we welcome Leila Woodington, Chief Marketing Officer at VEED, to…
Tech TalksVR, Inclusion, and the Startup Journey: A 17-Year-Old Founder’s Perspective
In this episode of Tech Talks, Youssef Kusibati, a 17-year-old entrepreneur and co-founder of 21Verse, shares how he’s building a VR platform to support…
Tech TalksThe AI Trust Gap: Business Documents in the Age of Gen AI
AI is transforming the way businesses create and manage documents—but with speed comes risk. In this episode, Christian Lund (Co-Founder of Templafy) explains…
Tech TalksThe AI Revolution and Smart Cities with ServiceNow’s Jessica Constantinidis
In this episode of Tech Talks, David Savage sits down with Jessica Constantinidis, Innovation Officer for EMEA at ServiceNow, recorded at LEAP in Saudi Arabia…
Tech TalksThe Hidden Data Crisis: Why Almost Half of Your Data is Wasted
In today’s Tech Talks, I sit down with Piero Gallucci, VP and General Manager for the UK and Ireland at NetApp. NetApp has evolved from a traditional storage…
Tech TalksWe Meet The Airbnb For Your Local Spaces That Empowers Communities
In today’s show we welcome Felix Atkin (CEO of Sharesy) back to the podcast! Felix discusses his innovative venue hire platform that connects local communities…
Tech TalksHow is AI Shaping the Future of Hollywood? Alexa Jago's Perspective on AI, Creativity, and Storytelling
What is the role of AI in film? Is it something we should embrace as a collaborative partner, or fear as a tool used to cut back on opportunities for…
Tech TalksManchester's Tech Landscape: Navigating Growth, Skills, and Transformation in a Changing Digital Economy
Today's episode of Tech Talks is a panel discussion recorded at the Digital Skills Feast, an event created by Manchester Digital, and sponsored by Slalom. The…