Techstrong TV Interviews
Techstrong TV interviews with technology leaders, founders, practitioners, analysts and executives across AI, cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud and digital transformation.
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How AI Is Reshaping Project Management in an Era of Hyper-Collaboration
Newly appointed Planview CEO Matt Zilli discusses how artificial intelligence is set to transform project management as collaboration across teams accelerates, redefining how organizations plan, prioritize, and deliver work at scale.
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Simplifying Data Engineering at Scale: Christian Romming on Etleap and the Iceberg Pipeline
Christian Romming, founder and CEO of Etleap, explains how his engineering background shaped the company’s mission to reduce complexity in data engineering. He outlines how Etleap's software integrates with cloud data warehouses, supports Apache Iceberg, and enables end-to-end data ingestion and ...
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Cybersecurity in a Hybrid World: Dan Cole on Resilience, AI, and Sophos Workspace Protection
Dan Cole of Sophos shares insights emphasizing the shift from pure prevention to resilience. He discusses how AI is shaping threat detection, the importance of consistent security policies for hybrid work environments, and the role of managed detection and response in addressing evolving cyber ri...
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I Got Hacked Last Week—Here’s How Memcyco Could Have Stopped It
Account identity takeover and online fraud are exploding—and they’re no longer abstract threats. Alan Shimel recently became a victim himself, making this challenge painfully real. In this episode, Alan sits down with the team at Memcyco, a company on a mission to stop account takeover and digita...
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Articul8 CEO Arun Subramaniyan on Why AI Agents Must Use Domain-Specific Languages
In this Techstrong.ai Leadership Insights Series interview, Articul8 CEO Arun Subramaniyan discusses how his company’s recent $70 million funding round supports the development of AI agents capable of invoking domain-specific languages (DSLs). He explains why DSLs are critical for applying AI eff...
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State of Vulnerability Management 2026: What the Data Reveals
Evan Prowse of ActiveState joins Alan Shimel to break down the key findings from ActiveState’s second annual State of Vulnerability Management and Remediation Report. This special cloud-native edition dives deep into how organizations are building applications with containers, the real-world stat...
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Yvette Schmitter with Fusion Collective on How Lobbying Is Weakening AI Regulation Before It Becomes Law
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Mike Miller with AWS on How Automated Reasoning Makes AI Systems Trustworthy
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How AI Is Set to Transform Small Businesses, According to ZenBusiness CTO Alex Victoria
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AI Security: What Enterprises Are Getting Wrong
The CSA Alliance has released their annual report on AI and security. In this interview with Alan Shimel, Dr. Anton Chuvakin of Google’s office of the CIO and Hillary Baron of CSA Research, they discuss the state of AI security and governance, how companies are actually adopting ai (both agentic ...
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60% of Code Is AI-Generated—Are We in Trouble?
In this interview Alan Shimel is joined by Checkmarx Chief Product Officer Jonathan Rende. They discuss the challenges of security AI generated code. With up to 60% of code being AI generated today, should we treat this code differently? As AI gets better at generating code, will the need for tes...
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Data Is Everything… But Who’s in Charge?
Joining Alan Shimel in this Techstrong TV Interview, Kevin Dattolico, CEO Americas of Syntax talks about the rise of Chief Data Officer and how their role is increasingly making them a strategic power player in the business. If data are the Crown Jewels, the CDO holds the key to the vault or do t...
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Brian Long - Fighting Deep Fakes Becomes a Frontline Cybersecurity Challenge
Following an additional $81 million in funding, Adaptive Security CEO Brian Long outlines why deep fakes have emerged as a growing threat in the age of artificial intelligence. As AI-driven impersonation attacks become more convincing and easier to scale, traditional security awareness and contro...
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Echo’s AI-First Platform: The Next Evolution of Cloud-Native Security
Eilon Elhadad, Co-founder and CTO of Echo, shares insights about the creation of Echo, a cloud-native operating system focused on security and efficiency. The company has secured over $50 million in funding and is expanding rapidly. Echo automates security management, enabling teams to prioritize...
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AI Is Moving Faster Than Security
James Wickett, CEO of DryRun Security explores the critical role of AI in security applications. James addresses the challenges developers encounter with security tools and the evolution of AI applications. The importance of defining AI risks and building secure applications is emphasized, along ...
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Daren Shumate - Advanced Cooling Technologies Tackle the Energy Demands of AI Data Centers
In this Techstrong.ai Leadership Insights interview, Daren Shumate, managing principal at Shumate Engineering, explains how innovations in cooling technology are becoming essential to supporting AI-driven data center designs. As AI workloads push power density and thermal thresholds higher, tradi...
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Inside Neo4j’s Platform for AI-Driven Decision Making
Neo4j has been a leader in graph intelligence for over 16 years. The Chief Product Officer, Sudhir Hasbe, shares insights on the company's offerings and the significance of graph technology in AI. Neo4j helps organizations transform data into actionable knowledge, improving decision-making. With ...
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Building the Vector Database Behind Generative AI
Jeff Zhu, VP, Product Pinecone outlines Pinecone’s mission to enhance AI knowledge and the role of vector databases. Key topics include advancements in generative AI, the introduction of dedicated read nodes for efficiency, and the need for improved data input methods. The future of Pinecone focu...
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Frank LaSota on AI and Automation Signal a Turning Point for Healthcare IT
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Rich Waldron: Turning AI Agents Into Measurable Business Value
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AI Agent Interoperability Sets the Stage for the Next Wave of Digital Workflows with Joe Davis
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Karen Gondoly on Vendor Privileged Access Emerges as a Growing Supply Chain Security Risk
In this interview, Leostream CEO Karen Gondoly warns that vendor privileged access management is fast becoming a critical blind spot in enterprise cybersecurity strategies. As organizations extend access to third-party suppliers and partners, attackers are increasingly exploiting excessive or poo...
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The Hidden Risk of AI Agents
David Wang, Head of Product Management for Tetrate explains how Tetrate’s cloud-native networking and security roots—built on Kubernetes, Envoy, service mesh, and API gateways—have naturally expanded into securing AI workloads and agentic AI systems. David offers a clear, memorable analogy compar...
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Are Certifications Still Worth It?
Casey Marks Chief Operating Officer of ISC2 shares insights from ISC2’s global research, certification portfolio and member-driven mission, explaining why skills, governance and professional standards matter more than ever. From the growing impact of AI on GRC and compliance to the importance of ...