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Garry Connolly
To wrap up Season 2 of Bits, Bytes & Banter on a high, Garry Connolly is joined by Sandra Cauffman on the podcast this week - Deputy Director, Earth Science Division at NASA!
Sandra shares some incredible stories about how her dreams of going to the moon as a child, skyrocketed her towards her spectacular career at NASA 🚀
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Sandra Cauffman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-cauffman-6681665/
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. This week, Garry Connolly has John Breslin in the hot seat - a professor in the National University of Galway, original Co-Founder of Boards.ie, original Co-Founder of Adverts.ie, Co-Author of (Garry's favourite book) Old Ireland in Colour, and much more, but you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out!
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Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
John Breslin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbreslin/
John's book 'Old Ireland in Colour': https://g.co/kgs/QwfPsj
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Aidan McCullen, Ex Ireland Rugby Player, Principal at Edge Behaviour, Author of ‘Undisruptable’, Mental Agility Coach, Host of the Innovation Show, Lecturer at Trinity College and Board Director at the National Broadband Ireland.
Some great storytelling in this weeks episode, as Aidan delves into his personal history and why it's so important to "keep turning up" and "do the work".
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
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Aidan McCullen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanmccullen/
Aidan's book 'Undisruptable': https://www.bookdepository.com/Undisruptable/9781119770480
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Lory Kehoe, Director of Digital Assets & Blockchain at BNY Mellon.
Lory discusses how he went from being a lecturer at the National University of Ireland, to becoming an authority in the world of Blockchain.
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
Lory Kehoe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lory-kehoe/
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Paul Prior on the show today - Award Winning Digital Strategist, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Innovator and Head of Digital at Three.
Paul discusses the work he has done for over 50 global companies around Digital evolutions and transformations.
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
Paul Prior: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priorp/
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Dennis Jennings on the show today - Academic, Director, Governor, Executive and Non Executive Board Member, Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor, Keynote Speaker & Ireland's only Internet Hall of Famer 🇮🇪 You do not want to miss this interview!
Dennis delves into his pioneering background in the evolution of the connected planet, the 'number 1 question he is trying to answer today' and his take on society, technology, the health of planet.
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. In this weeks episode, Host in Ireland founder, Garry Connolly is joined by Nabeel Mahmood - Global CXO, Technology Executive, Board Director, Futurist, Advocate, Philanthropist, International Keynote Speaker Technologist with purpose.
Nabeel is driven by one question – what’s next? So Garry asks "what is your Crystal Ball is telling you" on society, technology, the health of planet 🙌🌍
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Nabeel Mahmood: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabeelmahmood/
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Bill Schmarzo on the show today - Chief Data Monetization Officer, Author of 4 books including "Economics of Data, Analytics and Digital Transformation” & recognized innovator, educator, practitioner in Data Science.
You can find Bill's book "Economics of Data, Analytics and Digital Transformation”here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08M3XPCHW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
Bill Schmarzo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmarzo/
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Welcome back to Bits, Bytes & Banter. Garry Connolly is joined by Mary Dunphy on the show today - SMD of Teneo and former CEO of CoderDojo (the largest coding club in the world with 1100 clubs in 66 countries) 🙌
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
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Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly, interviews Tom Raftery, Global VP, Futurist, and Innovation Evangelist at SAP. Find out how a ADD suffering Biology Graduate from Cork, turned down Elon Musk, moved to Spain and is now recognised as one of the leading voices in the Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Electric Transportation System.
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Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
Tom Raftery: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomraftery/
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In today's episode, Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly, interviews 17 year old, 6th Year Student, BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year Winner, Stripe, Bell Labs, and Intellectual Ventures Special Awards Winner - among many others - Gregory Tarr!
Gregory is solving some of Big Techs biggest challenges - from his own bedroom.
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Gregory Tarr: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-tarr-4a9a6b17b/
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Welcome back to the first episode of Season 2 of Bits, Bytes & Banter with Garry Connolly! We're delighted to have you back for another round of fantastic conversations for a Smarter, Greener & Sustainable Digital Future 🙌
In today's episode, Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly, interviews Digital Sociologist, and Author of 'Left to Their Own Devices', Dr. Julie Albright.
Julie discusses industrial revolutions and the untethered world from both a positive and negative perspective. We would love to hear your thought on this episode - connect with us on Linkedin to be a part of the conversation.
Garry Connolly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryconnolly/
Host In Ireland: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hostinireland
Dr. Julie Albright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjuliealbright/
You can find Julie's book 'Left to Their Own Devices' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BD2N2P4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_FnCdGbGM8YBPC
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Data centres have been at the heart of our homes, businesses and communities as the world made a dramatic shift online in 2020. These “digital factories” are the backbone of an Irish economy defying expectations thanks to robust computer service exports. Yet, misconceptions abound and flourish into tall tales that mask the important role data centres play in our everyday lives.
On November 11th 2020, Host In Ireland hosted a webinar “Debunking the Myths Around Data Centres” where we separated fact from fiction and broke down the most common myths about global data centres including Ireland. We welcomed Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland founder; Maurice Mortell, Managing Director Ireland, Equinix; and Emma Fryer, Associate Director, techUK. Here are the questions we didn't get to answer live on the webinar!
Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly and CEO of Eirgrid, Mark Foley, bring you a bonus episode of Bits, Bytes and Banter where they discuss what it really means to decarbonise the grid and what role Data Centres play in Ireland.
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For the final episode of this season, Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly is joined by David Connolly, CEO at Irish Wind Energy Association and David McAuley,
Founder & CEO, Bitpower.
They bust the myths that Data Centres are using renewable energy that could be used elsewhere and will account for 30% of Irelands carbon by 2030.
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In this weeks episode, Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly is joined by Maurice Mortell,
Country Manager Ireland and Sustainability lead EMEA at Equinix and Jennifer Ruch, Global Head of ESG at Equinix, as well as Peter Jones,
Chief Development Officer (CDO) at Yondr Group and Garry Cornell,
Head of Environment and Sustainability at Yondr Group.
They discuss the positive role of digital technology in climate action and break down what exactly is Scope 1,2 & 3 and why it matters to #netzero.
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In this weeks episode, Host In Ireland Founder, Garry Connolly is joined by George Kamiya - Digital/Energy Analyst for the International Energy Agency and Eddie Kilbane, CEO at the Dataplex Group. They break down 2 more Data Centre myths - More data means more energy & Data Centres are becoming obsolete thanks to the Cloud.
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In this weeks episode, we are delighted to be joined by Tommy Fitzpatrick & Zahl Limbuwala from CBRE and Derek Hayden & Gary O'Keefe from Ethos Engineering. This discussion demystifies the data industry - breaking down the 2 myths you hear time and time again... Data Centres use as much water as a large town and Data Centres don’t employ anybody.
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Data centres have been at the heart of our homes, businesses and communities as the world made a dramatic shift online in 2020. These “digital factories” are the backbone of an Irish economy defying expectations thanks to robust computer service exports. Yet, misconceptions abound and flourish into tall tales that mask the important role data centres play in our everyday lives. Garry Connolly and Michelle Wallace give you an insight into what's ahead for the Bits, Bytes & Banter Podcast 🙌
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Podcast Trailer: Garry Connolly, Founder & President of Host In Ireland introduces 'Bits, Bytes & Banter - Conversations for a Smarter, Greener & Sustainable Digital Future'.