Category Archives: Podcast

Podcast 76: Truth in AI, Consig AI, RJ Burnham

Podcast Directory RJ Burnham is the founder / CEO of Consig AI. I’ve known RJ since his time with Voxeo, which spun out Tropo, a competitor to Twilio, that was sold to Cisco. I really like how RJ positions his experience, he’s been working in voice AI for over 25 years. AI being the latest … Continue reading Podcast 76: Truth in AI, Consig AI, RJ Burnham

Podcast 74: TADSummit Innovators, Programmable Communications in the Automotive Industry.

Podcast Directory This week has been STROLID week. We kicked off with Podcast 73: Truth in AI, Strolid, Inc., Papa in a Box, an authentic discussion on the role of AI and vCon in automotive sales; and we finished with Podcast 74: Programmable Communications in the Automotive Industry (this weblog), were again vCon plays an important role. … Continue reading Podcast 74: TADSummit Innovators, Programmable Communications in the Automotive Industry.

Podcast 73: Truth in AI, Strolid, Papa in a Box

Podcast Directory We start with news that Ken Heron is now the CMO of Strolid. Ken has been part of TADSummit for many years, sharing innovations in chatbots, conversation intelligence, and AI. Similarly, Strolid has sponsored TADHack and TADSummit over the years. I’m really proud Ken has joined the Strolid tribe. They’re going to redefine … Continue reading Podcast 73: Truth in AI, Strolid, Papa in a Box

Podcast 72: TADSummit Innovators, Fabrizio Salanitri, Horisen

Podcast Directory Fabrizio Salanitri is the CEO of Horisen (pronounced horizon). Horisen is a pure product house, they develop state-of-the-art messaging solutions, delivered hosted or on-premise. This is a fun discussion that shines a light on a shift happening in the messaging ecosystem, led by Horisen. An example situation, a carrier agrees a gateway or … Continue reading Podcast 72: TADSummit Innovators, Fabrizio Salanitri, Horisen

Podcast 71: Truth in Telecoms, Johnny Loves The New MEF and #GMoney

Podcast Directory This one made me laugh. Johnny now loves the new MEF under Robert Gerstmann (#GMoney) as they appear to be distancing themselves from The Campaign Registry. Because recent MEF events appear to have avoided mentioning TCR. However, for me, MEF are still telling their members to ignore and not engage with our detailed … Continue reading Podcast 71: Truth in Telecoms, Johnny Loves The New MEF and #GMoney

Podcast 70: TADSummit Innovators, Jonathan Marashlian

Podcast Directory Johnny and Jonathan go way back to the wild west days of the prepaid calling card industry. Jonathan, the Managing Partner of Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC, The CommLaw Group‘ and the founder of The Commpliance Group, honed his skills during his apprenticeship in the calling card industry. This background has provided Jonathan with … Continue reading Podcast 70: TADSummit Innovators, Jonathan Marashlian

Podcast 69: Truth in Telecoms. Non-GAAP = Not Real.

Podcast Directory Johnny’s got another buyer for Tyntec, let’s see this time 😉 He then jumped onto how Tata Communications had their underwear pulled over their collective heads in the Kaleyra deal. Without contracts from the carriers there is no TCR (The Campaign Registry) business, and to get those contracts today requires collusion. Compound that … Continue reading Podcast 69: Truth in Telecoms. Non-GAAP = Not Real.

Podcast 68: TADSummit Innovators, Matthew Smith, Industry4.0

Podcast Directory At the TADSummit event later this year we’ll have a theme on Industry4.0. TADSummit has always included programmable Industrial IoT (Internet of Things), with presenters from Twilio and Stacuity. However, the role of programmable communications in Industry 4.0 is so much greater than IoT. This became apparent last year in the side conversations … Continue reading Podcast 68: TADSummit Innovators, Matthew Smith, Industry4.0

Podcast 59: TADSummit Innovators, Tim Panton, There’s no such thing as 5G

Podcast Directory Tim Panton is the co-founder of pi.pe, and a TADS regular. The last time we talked was about the peer-to-peer baby monitor technology pi.pe licensed to a baby monitor company. The learning from that product is customers are not that concerned about the security and privacy of their baby monitors. Tim pointed to … Continue reading Podcast 59: TADSummit Innovators, Tim Panton, There’s no such thing as 5G