Best Neil C Hughes Podcasts (2025)

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3498: How Trintech Is Redefining the Financial Close with AI 31:47

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What happens when a seasoned finance leader steps into the world of enterprise software and decides to rebuild the financial close with AI at its core? In my conversation with Darren Heffernan, CEO of Trintech, we look at the shifts taking place inside the office of the CFO and how automation is reshaping a discipline that has relied on spreadsheet…

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How SMBs Can Stay Visible in an AI Driven Holiday Season 32:46

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What happens when holiday shopping habits shift faster than most small businesses can keep up, and AI becomes the first stop for gift ideas, local searches, and product discovery? In my conversation with Alicia Pringle, Senior Director of Online Marketing at Network Solutions, we look at how the rise of AI-assisted search is changing the game for s…

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3497: How Phil Gilbert Turned Culture Into IBM's Most Powerful Asset 30:45

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What happens when a leader realises that the success of every major initiative, from AI projects to return to office plans, rests on something far deeper than strategy or tools? In my conversation with Phil Gilbert of Irresistible Change, we look at why culture is the deciding factor behind whether transformation takes root or quietly falls apart. …

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3496: Why the LoopUp Startup Story Is a Masterclass in Leading Through Uncertainty 25:14

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What happens when your entire market disappears overnight? That was the reality facing LoopUp when the pandemic transformed the way the world communicates. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Steve Flavell, co-CEO of LoopUp, to talk about how his company turned disruption into a defining moment of reinvention. LoopUp began in 2003 …

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3495: How Adebimpe Ibosiola is Bringing Clarity to Digital Transformation in Regulated Industries 23:44

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What happens inside a transformation program when every decision must withstand scrutiny, every dependency carries weight, and every undocumented rule inside a legacy system can change the outcome of an entire initiative? That was the starting point for my conversation with Adebimpe Ibosiola, a specialist who has spent her career working in regulat…

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3494: The Fastest Way to Recover Endpoint Devices During an IT Outage 26:58

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Why do entire organisations invest millions building resilient data centres yet leave their endpoints exposed to outages that can last days? That question kept coming back to me during my conversation with James Millington of IGEL at the Now and Next event, because it highlights a gap that most IT leaders still underestimate. James walked me throug…

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What Designed AGI Means for Business Leaders 44:22

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What happens when a field races forward faster than society can understand it, let alone shape it? And how do we balance the promise of superintelligence with the responsibility to ensure it reflects the values of the people it will eventually serve? In this episode of AI at Work, I sit down with Dr Craig Kaplan, a pioneer who has been building int…

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3493: Industrial AI in Action, Somya Kapoor on Digital Workers and ROI 24:49

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What happens when a founder who built a billion dollar company during a global crisis steps into the centre of industrial AI and begins reshaping how entire organisations think and work? That question sat at the heart of my conversation with Somya Kapoor, CEO of IFS Loops, recorded live on the show floor at IFS Industrial X Unleashed. Somya's journ…

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3492: How Mammoth Enterprise AI Browser Redefines Security at the Endpoint 26:41

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Have you ever wondered what happens when the browser stops being a simple window to the web and starts becoming the control point for how AI touches every part of enterprise life? That was the starting point for my conversation with Michael Shieh, founder and CEO of Mammoth Cyber. What followed was a detailed look at why the browser is turning into…

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3491: From NHL Ice to Enterprise Data: Ataccama's CEO on Building AI That Actually Works 30:58

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What happens when a former NHL player who once faced Wayne Gretzky ends up running a global data company that sits at the center of the AI boom? That question kept coming back to me as I reconnected with Mike McKee, the CEO of Ataccama, seven years after our last conversation. So much has shifted in the world since then, yet the theme that shaped t…

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3490: How Zenoti Is Redefining Guest Experience With AI 26:11

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What happens when a former Microsoft leader walks away from tech, immerses himself in personal wellbeing, and accidentally discovers one of the biggest blind spots in the global spa, salon, and wellness industry? That question sat with me as I spoke with Sudheer Koneru, founder and CEO of Zenoti, who has shaped one of the most influential platforms…

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3489: Tredence on Why Data Darwinism Will Shape the Next Wave of Enterprise AI 30:36

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What happens when enterprise AI moves faster than the data foundations meant to support it? That question guided my conversation with Sumit Mehra, CTO and Co-Founder of Tredence, who joined me while travelling between customer meetings on the US West Coast. Sumit has a clear view of what is coming next, and he believes we are entering a phase he ca…

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When IT Meets OT, Can Endpoint Security Hold The Line 23:35

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How do you protect factory floors, utilities, and critical infrastructure when IT and OT finally run on the same nervous system? That is the challenge at the heart of my latest conversation with John Walsh, Field CTO at IGEL Technology, recorded live at the IGEL Now and Next event in Frankfurt. Back in March in Miami, John and I talked about zero t…

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3488: How Akeneo Sees the Future of Product Experience in an AI First Retail World 25:57

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What happens when AI becomes the centre of how we shop, yet trust still determines whether any of it works? That question shaped my conversation with Romain Fouache, CEO of Akeneo, who joined me to unpack the latest consumer data on AI driven shopping experiences. Retail giants might be setting the pace, but the real story sits in how everyday shop…

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3487: vFairs Explains the Next Chapter of Event Tech 26:06

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What happens when events become the most human channel in a world increasingly shaped by AI? That thought set the tone for my conversation with Muhammad Younas, founder and CEO of vFairs, who has spent years helping organisations design in-person, virtual, and hybrid experiences at a remarkable scale. With more than fifty thousand events delivered …

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3486: Augury on Why AI Literacy Is Becoming a Core Skill for Every Worker 31:42

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What does it say about the future of work when AI competency starts to feel as expected as basic reading? That question sat with me throughout my latest conversation with Artem Kroupenev, VP of Strategy at Augury, who returns to the show with a perspective that lands with fresh clarity. Workforce costs remain high, industries are shifting, and the …

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3485: The Road to Predictable, Reliable Infrastructure with Nutanix 21:10

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What does resilience look like when your business depends on keeping data, apps, and infrastructure running flawlessly in a world that never sleeps? At IGEL's Now & Next event in Frankfurt, I sat down with Sush Kajaria from Nutanix to explore how the company is helping organizations simplify their cloud strategies and strengthen their endpoint envi…

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3484: How BDO Is Turning AI Investment Into Real Outcomes 33:47

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Have you ever wondered what it looks like when a global professional services firm commits over one billion dollars to AI and expects it to reshape the way its people work across every corner of the business? That question sat with me as I spoke with Russ Ahlers, Chief Information Officer at BDO USA, and someone who has spent three decades building…

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3483: Cisco and Presidio Unite to Build the AI Ready Network of the Future 36:54

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3482: IGEL CEO Klaus Oestermann on Why the Endpoint Is the Forgotten Link in Cybersecurity 28:02

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What if the real weakness in enterprise cybersecurity isn't the cloud or the network, but the endpoint sitting on every desk? In this episode, Klaus Oestermann, CEO of IGEL Technology, joins me at the Now and Next event in Frankfurt to discuss why he calls the endpoint the forgotten link in digital transformation. Klaus explains how decades of dete…

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Why Endpoint Resilience Is the Missing Piece in Cybersecurity Strategy 23:48

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What does business continuity really mean when thousands of devices across a hospital or enterprise go dark? In this episode, Jason Mafera, Chief Technology Officer for Healthcare at IGEL, joins me at the Now and Next event in Frankfurt to explore why endpoint resilience has become one of the most overlooked priorities in cybersecurity. Jason expla…

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3481: From Annual Headache to Real-Time Helper: The AI Future of Tax Filing 26:19

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What if filing your taxes was as effortless as asking your AI assistant a question? For millions of people, the annual ritual of gathering receipts, logging into confusing portals, and racing against deadlines remains one of life's most dreaded tasks. But what if that stress could disappear completely, replaced by a real-time financial ally working…

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3480: How Zenphi Helps Businesses Move from AI Experiments to Enterprise-Scale Adoption 29:17

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What if the real story of AI isn't about chatbots or copilots at all, but about what happens when intelligence becomes part of the infrastructure of how work gets done? That's the idea driving this conversation with Vahid Taslimi, CEO and co-founder of Zenphi, who joins me from Melbourne, Australia, to discuss how his team is quietly redefining the…

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3479: From F1 to the Boardroom: Seb Sheppard on Building High-Performance Tech Teams 34:45

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What can leadership in Formula One teach the rest of us about business transformation? In this episode of the Tech Talks Daily Podcast, I sit down with Seb Sheppard, whose career has taken him from flying helicopters in the Royal Navy to leading engineering teams in Formula One and steering post-merger integrations across multiple industries. His s…

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The HR Revolution You Haven’t Heard About Yet: AI That Empowers People 41:30

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I sit down with Toby Hough, Vice President of People and Culture at HiBob, for a grounded and human conversation about how AI is reshaping the world of work, not by replacing people but by amplifying them. As an HR leader inside a company that builds HR technology, Toby brings a rare perspective on what it really means to balance efficiency with em…

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3478: Why Aviatrix Believes Network Visibility Is the Missing Pillar of Cloud Defense 40:37

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How do you secure a world where trusted internal traffic now travels over the public internet? That's the question I put to Doug Merritt, CEO of Aviatrix, in this thought-provoking conversation recorded for Tech Talks Daily. Doug brings decades of experience from his time leading Splunk and other major technology players, and he now finds himself a…

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3477: The Intersection of AI, DX, and Technical Debt. 27:15

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Every software team, no matter its size or sophistication, has wrestled with the same quiet threat, technical debt. But what if the issue isn't just messy code or outdated frameworks, but something more human? That's the question Ernesto Tagwerker, Founder and CEO of OmbuLabs.ai, has been asking as he works at the intersection of AI, developer expe…

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The Future of Work: HGS on Adaptability, AI, and Human Advantage 36:22

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The arrival of generative AI has sparked an uncomfortable question for many young professionals: What happens to entry-level jobs when machines can now write, analyze, and even converse as well as humans? In this episode of the AI at Work Podcast, I reconnect with Anshuman Singh, CEO of HGS UK, to discuss how automation and artificial intelligence …

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3498: How Trintech Is Redefining the Financial Close with AI 31:47

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How SMBs Can Stay Visible in an AI Driven Holiday Season 32:46

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3497: How Phil Gilbert Turned Culture Into IBM's Most Powerful Asset 30:45

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3496: Why the LoopUp Startup Story Is a Masterclass in Leading Through Uncertainty 25:14

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3495: How Adebimpe Ibosiola is Bringing Clarity to Digital Transformation in Regulated Industries 23:44

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3494: The Fastest Way to Recover Endpoint Devices During an IT Outage 26:58

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What Designed AGI Means for Business Leaders 44:22

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3493: Industrial AI in Action, Somya Kapoor on Digital Workers and ROI 24:49

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3492: How Mammoth Enterprise AI Browser Redefines Security at the Endpoint 26:41

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3491: From NHL Ice to Enterprise Data: Ataccama's CEO on Building AI That Actually Works 30:58

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3490: How Zenoti Is Redefining Guest Experience With AI 26:11

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3489: Tredence on Why Data Darwinism Will Shape the Next Wave of Enterprise AI 30:36

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When IT Meets OT, Can Endpoint Security Hold The Line 23:35

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3488: How Akeneo Sees the Future of Product Experience in an AI First Retail World 25:57

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3487: vFairs Explains the Next Chapter of Event Tech 26:06

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3486: Augury on Why AI Literacy Is Becoming a Core Skill for Every Worker 31:42

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3485: The Road to Predictable, Reliable Infrastructure with Nutanix 21:10

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3484: How BDO Is Turning AI Investment Into Real Outcomes 33:47

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3483: Cisco and Presidio Unite to Build the AI Ready Network of the Future 36:54

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3482: IGEL CEO Klaus Oestermann on Why the Endpoint Is the Forgotten Link in Cybersecurity 28:02

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Why Endpoint Resilience Is the Missing Piece in Cybersecurity Strategy 23:48

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3481: From Annual Headache to Real-Time Helper: The AI Future of Tax Filing 26:19

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3480: How Zenphi Helps Businesses Move from AI Experiments to Enterprise-Scale Adoption 29:17

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3479: From F1 to the Boardroom: Seb Sheppard on Building High-Performance Tech Teams 34:45

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The HR Revolution You Haven’t Heard About Yet: AI That Empowers People 41:30

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3478: Why Aviatrix Believes Network Visibility Is the Missing Pillar of Cloud Defense 40:37

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3477: The Intersection of AI, DX, and Technical Debt. 27:15

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The Future of Work: HGS on Adaptability, AI, and Human Advantage 36:22