Episodes
Nov 9, 2018
Nov 9, 2018
39 min
The Inaugural Call For Code concludes with Global winners announced live on October 29th, 2018 8pm at the Regency Ballroom, San Francisco.
Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo was onsite to meet with the founders of Call for Code and interview the winning team: Project Owl.
Call For Code is the most engaging Software and Hardware developer event in history with overall 100,000 participants in 156 nations culminating in this final which includes fromer President Bill Clinton as one of the judges.
On this week's show:
1) David Clark, CEO of David Clark Cause Founder of Call For Code - David is quoted as wanting to create a "Justice League for Good" of developers
2) Mayor Lily Mei of Fremont, CA with - https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-24-17-podcast
3) Team Lali Wildfire a Call For Code finalist from School 42 and was on a past Silicon Valley Insider - https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-17-18-podcast
4) Project Owl-The Winners of Call For Code 2018
5) Angel Diaz, VP of Techology, Open Source & Advocacy, IBM - IBM was on a past Silicon Valley Insider to discuss the Call For Code Initiatve: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-31-18-podcast
6) PD3R- Post Disaster Rapid Response Retrofit - a top three finalist
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Nov 2, 2018
Nov 2, 2018
38 min
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider with Keith Koo - "Top 50 Women in Technology" - Jenny Dearborn, EVP of HR, Talent, Learning & Leadership at SAP, discusses the hiring crisis in technology and how alternatives to 4-year degrees (like apprenticeships) can help address the problem. As Jenny says, it really is the "Best time ever to get a job in technology."
Jenny also discusses her most recent book: "The Data Driven Leader: A Powerful Approach to Delivering Measurable Business Impact Through People Analytics" The good news is that this is the best time ever to enter the technology industry.
For the Cyber/Privacy-Tip of the week, Keith talks about the vulnerabilties are in Google Home
In next week's show, Keith will report from the finals of the inaugural Call For Code event with the $200,000 grand prize winners, Project OWL. Also joining the show is:
1) David Clark, CEO of David Clark Cause Founder of Call For Code
2) Mayor Lily Mei of Fremont, CA with - https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-24-17-podcast
3) Team Lali Wildfire a Call For Code finalist from School 42 and was on a past Silicon Valley Insider - https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-17-18-podcast
4) Angel Diaz, VP of Technology and Open Source Advocacy, IBM - IBM was on a past Silicon Valley Insider to discuss the Call For Code Initiatve: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-8-31-18-podcast
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
30 sec
On this Friday's Silicon Valley Insider with Keith Koo - "Top 50 Women in Technology" - Jenny Dearborn, EVP of HR, Talent, Learning & Leadership at SAP discusses the hiring crisis in technology and how altneratives to 4 year degrees (like apprenticeships) can help address the problem. Jenny also discusses her most recent book: "The Data Driven Leader: A Powerful Approach to Delivering Measurable Business Impact Through People Analytics" The good news is that this is the best time ever to enter the technology industry. Find out more on Friday, November 2nd 2018 On 1220AM KDOW subscribe early here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show
Oct 26, 2018
Oct 26, 2018
39 min
On Silicon Valley Insider this month host Keith Koo has had a series of interviews on Artificial Intelligence. First was with Beena Ammanath, Global VP of Innovation (AI, Data, IoT, Blockchain) and Founder of the non-profit Humans for AI: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-10-12-18-podcast
Next was Professor Gary Smith of Pomona College on his book the "The AI Delusion" which he said AI is good for some repetitive tasks but will not become cognitive to the point where they have common sense. https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-10-19-18-podcast
The series continues with how AI technology can be used effectively to transform an industry and profession like accounting without losing jobs.
Jotham Ty the CEO of Gappify a technology company commmitted to transformation the accounting industry automating thousands of mundane tasks through the use of Bots utlizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
Hear how Jotham and team started with a successful consulting firm during the Sarbanes-Oxley (SoX) ear to determining the need to make accounting tasks and the accountants' function less boring and mundane. There are 1000s of accounting tasks that can be automated without losing jobs.
Gappify is a an AI technology that the accounting world can embrace.
More info on www.gappify.com
For the Cyber/Privacy-Tip of the week, Keith talks about how your identity can be revealed using DNA even if you never have taken a DNA exam.
In next week's show, Keith will intereview Jenny Dearborn, EVP of People for SAP. Jenny is considered one of the "Top 50" women in technology.
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018
39 min
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo continues his series on Ariticial Intelligence and interviews special guest Gary Smith who is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College in Claremont, Ca. Gary was also a professor at Yale and has written over 80 academic papers and 13 books and with his most recent being "The AI Delusion".
Keith and Gary talk about why Gary wrote his book and why AI is not yet ready to take over the world. AI is good for very specific tasks but not yet ready for task that involve critical thinking or human judgment. Gary is noted for a term he uses frequently "torturing data" in reference to finding causation in any data set whether valid or not. As a reminder, "correlation is not causation".
Gary's book is available on Amazon.com
For the Cyber-Tip of the week, Keith talks about what to do if you had files lost from the Windows 10 upgrade.
In next week's show, Keith will intereview Jotham Ty who is the Founder and CEO of Gappify a Silcion Valley startup developing accounting "bots". Instead of training entry level accountants, Joatham is training people to develop accounting bots. Tune in next week to about Gappify.
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
39 min
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo interviews special guest Beena Ammanath, Global VP of HPE Innovation for Aritifical Intelligence, Data Analytics and Blockchain. Beena was recently named "Woman of the Year" in Data Analytics by U.C. Berkeley and she is also the founder and CEO of Humans for AI a non-profit focused on encouraging diversity and empowering minoritie in the workforce to be confident and successful in using emerging AI technology.
Keith and Beena talk in depth about what AI's potential is for the future and how people can not get left behind by learning the skills necessary to thrive in a technology driven world. Beena discusses how diversity is not just about ethnicity and gender, but also socio economic. That effectively embracing technology can lift up all of the affected groups.
For the Cyber Tip of the week, Keith gives his recommendations for Apple iOS 12 settings.
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Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
39 min
Silicon Valley Host Keith Koo reports from the greater Shanghai region of China in which he was part of an economic trade mission to discuss mutually beneficial business collaborations between the USA & China in spite of the recent tariffs and tensions between the two trading partners.
Keith's economic mission was part of the US Minority Business Agency and the Zion Shanghai Investment Company. Today's show focused on the following guests:
1) Wendy Yang, President of the Zion Shanghai Investment Company which focuses on cross-border business between the USA, China and Europe.
2) Deborah Magid, Director of Strategy - IBM Ventures who discusses the technologies such as IoT, A.I. and Big Data.
3) Aeronyde an innovative Florida based UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) startup that is researching how UAVs can work not only in the USA but in other regions including China.
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018
38 min
This week while Silicon Valley Insider Host Keith Koo is in China speaking at several conferences in the greater Shanghai region of China the show is releasing a rebroadcast of "Cross Border Venture Capital and M&A with Sophie Liao of Oyster VC"
Don't miss next week's show as he does a recap of his week speaking at several cross-border business summits in Shanghai, Zhejiang & Jiangsu provinces:
1 3rd Annual International Trade Fair & Inaugural Tongxiang Elite Development Convention, Tongxiang, Hangzhou, China. (Tongxiang is the permanent site of China's world internet conference.)
2) European and American High Technology Exchange and Summit - Shanghai
3) European and American High Technology Exchange and Summit - Suzhou
His guests will include:
Wendy Yang: President of Zion Shanghai Investment Company
Deborah Magid: Director of Strategy, IBM Ventures
Edgar Munoz, CEO of Commercial Drone Startup Aeronyde of Melbourne, Florida
Each will share their points of view on how companies in the USA and China are still trying to do business with each other given the tariffs and tensions between the two trading partners.
This week's rebroadcast show notes:
Silcon Valley Insider Host Keith Koo and Special Guest Sophie Liao, Founder and Managing Partner of Oyster Venture Capital celebrate Chinese New Year - 新年快乐 (Xīn Nián Kuài Lè)! by discussing the many challenges and rewards of cross border business. Hear how Sophie went from documentary filmmaker to selling her first business which then led to her to becoming a successful venture capitalist (VC). Sophie and Keith discuss Venture Capital and Mergers and Acquistions and how their deep understanding of business goals while balancing that with inherent cultural differences led to their successes in leading cross border M&A projects. Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber all have one thing in common... They didn't succeed in China. Find out why and how you can avoid their fate by listening to this show!
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018
38 min
The Silicon Valley Insider Show: Hugh Molotsi - Author of The Intrapreneur's Journey | CEO of Ujama | Former VP of Innovation - Intuit.
Thanks to all of our listeners on 1220AM KDOW, 860AM KTRB and podcast listeners in 88 countries.
On this week's show, Keith Koo's special guest is Hugh Molotsi - Co-author of The Intrapreneur's Journey, CEO of Ujama & Former VP of Innovation and at Intuit and Intuit Fellow. First winner of the Intuit Founder's Award.
Learn about Hugh's incredible 22 year journey at Intuit touching virtually very major product that exists today and inventing Intuit's payments platform. Hugh discusses the concept of an "Intrapreneur" vs an Enterpreneur. How there are often untapped ideas and talent already within your organization and how organizations usually overlook the potential. Hugh's book the "Intrapereur's Journey" is the first book under Eric Ries author of the "Lean Startup" book and creator of the "Lean Startup Method" and gives an actionable template using the "Intrapreneur's Empowerment Model".
Hugh also discusses that even though a life-long technology innovator, writing a book came with its own unique challenges and how he overame those to produce a very compelling outcome.
Don't miss Keith discuss the following:
1) What is 5G?
2) Teslas are both the easiest cars to hack/steal and the easiest to recover
3) Would you be comfortable if your company uses Artificial Intelligence to predict your future performance review and salary increase? There is one very large company that is already doing just that.
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018
38 min
The Silicon Valley Insider Show: Emerging Technology for Humanity. Thanks to all of our listeners on 1220AM KDOW, 860AM KTRB and podcast listeners in 87 countries.
On this week's show, Keith Koo's special guest is Jerry Cuomo, VP of Blockchain Technologies and IBM Fellow. Hear Jerry's story of how he was one of the originators of IBM Websphere and then became the CTO for Websphere before discovering the promises of blockchain technologies which led to his leading all of IBM's research in blockchain, distributed ledger and IBM's membership in the HyperLedger consortium.
Jerry talks about his passion for "Blockchain for Good" and gave Keith the very first interview regarding IBM"s new project addressing self soverign identity for healthcare called Hu-manity. Jerry also gives reference to the need for a directory or "yellow pages" for permissioned (like HyperLedger) and permissionless (decentralized) blockchains.
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