ASM Connected Podcast

Adam Leon Smith is a specialist in software quality and emerging technologies, with deep technical expertise and nearly 20 years’ experience. He has held senior technology roles at multinationals including Barclays and Deutsche Bank, delivering large complex transformation projects.

Adam is Chair of the BCS Special Interest Group in Software Testing and holds officer roles with ISO/IEC in the AI and Software & Systems Engineering committees.

Adams current holds the position of CTO at Dragonfly, a European based consultancy focused on Testing, AI and Digital transformation. Dragonfly has a focus on Financial Services, Healthcare and Retail sectors.

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Jim Hancock, who is the former Head of Innovation for the US Navy SEAL’s. They discuss how engaged the military is with emerging technologies and disruptive vendors and how to approach such organisations with solutions.

Jim served in the US Navy as a cryptologist and worked with the intelligence communities and eventually conducted over 0ne hundred combat operations with special operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines. During the last six years of his career, he worked as the senior enlisted advisor over future concepts and Innovation for the US Navy Special operations community where he became a well know subject matter expert in unmanned systems, 5G and artificial intelligence.

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Öykü Işık, who is a Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity at IMD Business School. Her current work focuses on digital resilience, AI Trust and transparency, as well as operationalisation of digital ethics practises in organisations.

They discuss the challenges that emerging technologies present for security and how digital ethics can maintain pace with technological advances.

Öykü is a computer scientist by training and earned her MBA in Istanbul, and her PhD from the University of North Texas. She designs and delivers programmes at IMD Business School, which includes Cybersecurity for Business Executives and Digital Ethics for Senior Executives and has taught in Turkey, USA, Belgium and now Switzerland. She was also recently recognised on the Thinkers50 Radar List 2022.

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Simon Godfrey, who is the Chair of the Public Sector Board of Tech UK and Director of Government Relations and Social Value Leader at BT. They discuss how government and private sectors can work together to maximise services, how AI can help us to progress more cost effectively, and how inflammatory pressures are affecting digital transformation.

Simon is an expert in the business of public sector, and is a former strategic advisor to the Prime Minister’s office, and has held senior director roles at SAP, Oracle and GSK.

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Bruce Daisley, who is the former EMEA Twitter VP, former Director of YouTube and Display for Google, two-time Sunday Times best seller with his books, The Joy of Work and Fortitude and podcaster, about resilience and happiness at work, and how emerging tech and social media impacts workplace culture.

Bruce was previously the VP of EMEA for Twitter, Managing Director of Twitter UK, Director of YouTube and Display for Google, Digital Advisor to Comic Relief, and has held various other roles in technology. Bruce is also a seasoned podcaster with his podcast, Eat Sleep Work Repeat.

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Roland Emmans, who is the Head of Technology Sector and Growth Lending at HSBC. In this episode they discuss the value that AI and RPA can create, and the technology categories that are yet to deliver for the enterprise. We also explore what makes a tech company appealing to investors, the difference between the European and US investment scene, and the importance of social, environmental and governance to investors.

Roland is also a Tech Nation Advisory Board Member and UEL Centre of Fintech Strategic Advisory Board Member.

In this episode of ASM Connected, our host Iain Tomkinson chats to Jillian Kowalchuk about what it’s like to be a Woman in Tech, the use of AI, and influencing digital legacies for years to come. Jillian is an award-winning social entrepreneur, most well-known as the Founder and CEO of Safe & the City. She was born in Canada but spent her childhood in Yemen, until escaping a civil war. Her TEDx, Equality By Design, described her vision of the future where technology is human-centric and improves people’s right to stay safe. Jillian has been recognised as a global young leader, including being one of only one hundred women to be awarded the UK Home Office’s Exceptional Talent in Technology visa, the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Most Inspiring Role Model, and the Top 20 Women in Data in the UK. She is also a keynote speaker and the author of Wired Influence: Make Tech Work for you Again.

In this episode, we look back at the latest series of ASM Connected and revisit some of the conversations we had about emerging trends and tech with key speakers, futurists and business leaders from across the globe.

In this episode Sales Director, Iain Tomkinson talks through the world of defence and intelligence sectors with guest Geoff Nicholls MBE and Nick Melgaard from Primer AI. They discuss the latest tech capabilities of the military, how AI and better tech can help to bring peace, how tech companies are working with the military forces around the world and how the defence industry of tomorrow could look.