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Tech Transformation with Evan Kirstel: A podcast exploring the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, and how businesses can leverage them for growth, diving into the world of B2B, discussing strategies, trends, and sharing insights from industry leaders!
With over three decades in telecom and IT, I've mastered the art of transforming social media into a dynamic platform for audience engagement, community building, and establishing thought leadership. My approach isn't about personal brand promotion but about delivering educational and informative content to cultivate a sustainable, long-term business presence. I am the leading content creator in areas like Enterprise AI, UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, Cloud, Telecom, 5G and more!
Episodes
573 episodes
Rethinking Tech Hiring With AI
A billion-dollar talent marketplace doesn’t happen by accident—it happens when access, scale, and experience come together. We sit down with Michael Morris the head of Torc at Randstad Digital to unpack how a once-independent platform now...
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Your PBX Called; It Wants A Retirement Package
What if your hotel could keep checking guests in even when the primary PMS goes down? We sit with Jason from SNET Communications to unpack how a true all‑in‑one stack—networks, SD‑WAN, security, UCaaS, CCaaS, and a native PMS—eliminates finger‑...
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21:04
From Cameras To AI: The SD Association’s Next Leap
Most people think of SD cards as camera accessories. We pull back the curtain with the SD Association to show how SD Express turns that tiny card into an SSD-class powerhouse for creators, PCs, and AI at the edge—without losing the flexibility ...
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15:41
Why Voice Still Reigns In Customer Experience As AI Scales
Want a clear view of where global voice is headed and how AI changes the math? We sit down with Barbara Dondiego CEO at Avoxi to unpack the shift from legacy telephony to a modern cloud voice backbone that unifies numbers, routes across multipl...
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18:55
From Hyperscalers To Neo Clouds: Rethinking Enterprise Networks For AI
Forget the old playbook of carrier hotels and cross-connects. We sit down with Dave Ward, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Lumen, to map the real shift to Cloud 2.0—an AI-driven rearchitecture of how data moves, where compute lives, and ...
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24:31
From IVR To Orchestration: Building AI-First Customer Journeys
If you could see customer issues before they happen, would you still measure success by hold time? We dive into how CX is transforming from a reactive cost center to a proactive, revenue-positive engine—and why the shift depends on a new orches...
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33:34
What Happens When Critical Infrastructure Is One Click From Disaster
What if you could see the internet the way attackers do—before the headlines, before the breach, before the phish hits your inbox? We sit down with Aidan Holland, senior security researcher at Censys, to unpack how daily global scans reveal the...
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Inside NetApp’s Intelligent Data Infrastructure For AI-Ready Enterprises
What happens when only 30% of your data fuels decisions and the rest sits idle? We dig into the shift from traditional storage to intelligent data infrastructure and reveal how that change powers AI, real-time insights, and rock-solid resilienc...
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How TCS Turned A Company-Wide Hackathon Into An AI Engine
What happens when a global tech leader turns its entire company into an AI lab? Our conversation with TCS’s CIO Janardhan Santhanam opens the door on a culture-first transformation powered by the world’s largest AI hackathon—half a million idea...
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20:20
Why Mobile Operators Hold The Keys To Fraud-Proof Sign‑Ins
Stop juggling one-time codes and clunky authenticator apps. We sit down with Eddie DeCurtis, CEO and co-founder of Shush, to unpack how carriers can quietly verify users in milliseconds using standards-driven, privacy-guarded data. Think number...
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25:14
Why Narrow Targeting And Scalable Content Will Decide Who Wins On Social
Tired of pretty charts that don’t change your strategy? We go straight at the hard truth: social media is evolving from follower-first tactics to value-first systems, and the winners are those who align a crisp ICP with content that solves real...
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From Silos To Systems: Cross-Enterprise AI With R4
What if your enterprise could make the right decision, across every silo, in real time? We sit down with Paul Breitenbach, Founder & CEO r4 Technologies, to unpack how predictive AI goes beyond generative tools and actually drives outcomes:...
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19:44
Agents With IDs: Trust In The Age Of AI
Imagine asking your AI to book the flight, pick the hotel, and reserve the car—and it just does it. That convenience also opens a massive security gap when agents ask for your passwords, impersonate you online, and leave no clean line between w...
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32:01
From Channel-Centric To Consumer-Centric: The OS That Could Rewire Marketing
What if your marketing stack could think with you and act for you? We sit down with Christian Monberg Chief Technology Officer & Head of Product from Zeta to unpack Athena, a super intelligent agent designed not as a chat add-on but as the ...
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25:35
Turning AI Hype Into Enterprise ROI
Hype is loud, but outcomes win. We sit down with Smartling CEO Bryan Murphy to explore why the center of gravity in AI is shifting from raw models to the application layer where workflows, data, and governance translate into real business value...
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How AI Chatbots Go Off The Rails And What To Do About It
Your most powerful product might also be your biggest liability: an AI agent making decisions you can’t see and answers you can’t predict. We sat down with Andre Scott of Coralogix to unpack how to make black-box systems measurable, accountable...
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16:32
Inside Tupl’s Explainable, Agentic AI Transforming Global Telecom
Telecom doesn’t need another AI science project; it needs outcomes. That’s the thread running through our conversation with kishore bobbarjung from Tupl, where explainable, agentic automation is delivering real wins: faster resolution of custom...
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Agentic CX, Real Results
Tired of chatbots that stall when customers need real help? We dive into how agentic AI flips the script by taking actions inside your systems—issuing refunds within limits, updating orders, authenticating users, and escalating with intent—whil...
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If Identity Becomes Portable, Does Trust Become Universal?
Trust has become the entry ticket to the internet, and users are now choosing safety over price and speed. We sit down with Raj from Trua to dig into the 2025 Trust Survey and why verification has shifted from a nice-to-have to a must-have. Fro...
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27:23
Cisco’s Incubation Engine For Agentic AI And Quantum Networking
What if the most human-feeling teammates on your projects moved at machine speed and collaborated across every vendor you use? We sit down with Vijoy Pandey is GM and Senior Vice President of Outshift to unpack how agentic AI and quantum networ...
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24:47
From Surveillance To Smarter Stores With AI
Cameras don’t just record anymore—they inform, alert, and help teams act before problems get expensive. We sit down with Jeff Corrall Chief Product Officer at March Networks, to unpack how AI-powered video is evolving from security footage to r...
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17:34
5G To Autonomous: Making Networks Think
What if your network could understand intent, adapt in real time, and deliver the exact experience you need—whether you’re at a packed concert, inside an ambulance, or running a factory floor? We dive into the shift from manual engineering to a...
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27:48
How A Decentralized GPU Network Beats The Cloud On Price And Flexibility
What happens when thousands of retired Ethereum GPUs meet a tidal wave of AI demand? We sit down with Hidde Hoogland Founder at Decent to unpack how a former mining operation evolved into a decentralized edge provider and why connecting to Aeth...
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How Agentic AI Turns Calls Into Continuous Learning
Customers don’t call to chat with a bot—they want outcomes. In my chat with Jim Palmer Dialpad's Chief AI Officer we dive into how Dialpad’s AI-first platform turns real-time voice, video, and digital interactions into agentic workflows that ac...
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27:34
How An Agentic Platform Turns First-Party Data Into Loyalty
Most brands pay again and again to win back customers they already won. We wanted to fix that. In this candid conversation with Sandeep Menon Co-Founder Auxia we unpack how an agentic AI platform can sit on top of rich first-party data and...
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