Best Neil C Hughes Podcasts (2025)

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GITEX Global: The UN World Food Programme’s AI Driven Fight Against Hunger 21:52

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What if artificial intelligence could help end world hunger? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX Global in Dubai, I sit down with Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Officer at the United Nations World Food Programme, to discuss how data and AI are transforming humanitarian work at scale. Magan paints a powerful picture of the global food securit…

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3456: How Living Homes Is Redefining the Meaning of Smart Living at GITEX Global 18:31

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This week has reminded me why I love what I do. I have spoken with people from the US, China, Dubai, Bulgaria, and South Africa, and even discovered that one of this show’s regular listeners had made the journey from the Netherlands to be here at GITEX Global. Over five sessions on the AI Stage, I have covered everything from autonomous cars to how…

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3455: From Prototype to Deep Tech Unicorn: XPANCEO’s Journey at GITEX Global 21:36

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What if the next generation of computing was not something you held or wore, but something you looked through? In this special episode recorded live from GITEX Global in Dubai, I speak with Roman Axelrod, founder of EXPANCEO, a deep tech company creating AI-powered smart contact lenses designed to merge augmented reality, biosensing, and what he ca…

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3454: Why Pinecone Believes the Future of AI Depends on Data, Not Models 39:13

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What if the real breakthrough in AI isn’t the model itself, but the data that gives it knowledge? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Edo Liberty, founder and Chief Scientist of Pinecone, to unpack how vector databases have quietly become the backbone of modern AI infrastructure. We explore why retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) …

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3453: How Wolters Kluwer Is Building Trustworthy AI for Regulated Industries 31:47

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What happens when an AI strategy meets the real-world complexity of healthcare, law, and finance? That’s the challenge at the heart of my conversation with Mark Sherwood, CIO of Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information services. With over three decades in technology leadership across Microsoft, Symantec, and Nuance, Mark brings a…

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3452: How ServiceNow Turns AI Governance into a Strategic Advantage 24:08

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What does it take to build AI that enterprises can actually trust? That’s the question I explored with Nirankush “Kush” Panchbhai, Senior Vice President of Platform Fundamentals at ServiceNow, in a conversation about AI governance, human-centered design, and how the company’s AI Control Tower is reshaping enterprise adoption. Kush describes the AI …

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3451: The Hidden Cost of Data: How NetApp Is Tackling the Sustainability Crisis in IT 22:26

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What if the biggest sustainability challenge in tech isn’t hardware or cloud emissions, but the invisible mountain of unused data sitting in storage? That’s the question driving my conversation with Piero Gallucci, Vice President and General Manager for NetApp UK and Ireland, as we discuss how single-use data is quietly shaping the environmental an…

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3450: Why Predictive AI Delivers Real ROI While Generative AI Struggles 31:35

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What if the next big leap in business AI isn’t generative at all, but predictive? That’s the question at the heart of my conversation with Zohar Bronfman, CEO and co-founder of Pecan AI, a company helping business teams forecast outcomes with precision and turn historical data into future insights. Zohar explains why he believes predictive AI will …

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3449: How Urban SDK Is Using AI to Help Local Governments Save Lives 30:08

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What happens when artificial intelligence meets the everyday heroes of local government? That’s the question driving my conversation with Justin Dennis, co-founder and COO of Urban SDK, a geospatial AI company helping more than 250 North American cities make faster, safer, and smarter decisions. Justin shares how a Smart Cities Challenge from the U…

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3448: Inside Kore.ai’s Mission to Make Agentic AI Accessible for Everyone 30:19

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Agentic AI is only interesting when it leaves the lab and takes responsibility for real outcomes. In this episode, I reconnect with Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO of Kore.ai, to talk about what that shift looks like inside large enterprises. Raj has been building conversational systems long before chatbots became dinner table conversation, and he is c…

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3447: How DXC Is Using AI to Outsmart Cybercriminals 28:36

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In this episode, Mike Baker, Vice President and Global CISO at DXC Technology, says the cyber industry has been focusing on the wrong side of AI. He believes too many companies use it only to block threats instead of studying how criminals use it to scale phishing, bypass defenses, and deploy adaptive malware. Attackers are learning faster than eve…

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3446: How Atlassian Is Redefining Teamwork with AI at Team 25 34:26

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What happens when the future of teamwork collides with the power of AI? That’s the question at the heart of this episode as Tiffany from Atlassian joins me from Barcelona during Team 25, where Atlassian is showcasing how AI-powered collaboration is redefining how work gets done. We talk about how Atlassian’s mission to unleash the potential of ever…

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3445: Why AI Won’t Replace Human Testers at Jalasoft 24:34

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3444: Mews on Why Hotel Tech Underperforms and How to Fix It 33:10

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Here’s the thing. Most of us still picture a hotel lobby with a counter, a queue, and someone typing furiously while we wait after a long flight. In this episode, I sit with Richard Valtr, founder of Mews, to ask whether that scene is quietly fading. Backed by Tiger Global, Goldman Sachs, and Battery Ventures, Mews recently raised 75 million dollar…

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3443: euroNAS Simplifying Storage and Virtualization for Real World IT 28:28

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When a company quietly builds world-class storage and virtualization software for twenty years, it usually means they have been too busy solving real problems to shout about it. That is what makes euroNAS and its founder, Tvrtko Fritz, such an interesting story. In this episode, I reconnect with Tvrtko after meeting him on the IT Press Tour in Amst…

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3442: AI Realized - Practical Pathways From Pilot to Production 36:59

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AI hype has been loud for three years, but most leaders still tell me the real work begins after the demo. That was the starting point for my conversation with Christina Ellwood, co-founder of AI Realized, a community built to help enterprises move from pilots to production with less noise and more results. Christina has a calm, practical way of ex…

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3441: How Abacum Became the Fastest Growing Tech Company in Spain 26:33

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Finance leaders know the struggle of managing endless spreadsheets, juggling data from every corner of the business, and trying to plan for a world that changes by the hour. In this episode, I talk with Julio Martínez, Co-Founder and CEO of Abacum, about how his team is helping finance professionals move from reactive reporting to confident, real-t…

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3440 Blackline CIO and CTO on Governing AI Inside the Enterprise 33:56

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What happens when a CTO and a CIO of a global tech company sit down together to talk about AI? That’s the starting point of today’s episode, where I’m joined by Jeremy Ung, CTO at Blackline, and Sumit Johar, the company’s CIO. Rather than chasing the hype, we focus on what AI really means for executive decision making, governance, and business outc…

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3439: Zeta and the Future of AI-Powered Marketing That Drives Real ROI 22:18

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Zeta Global’s CTO, Chris Monberg talks about building AI that helps brands grow with repeatable, scalable programs without losing the spark that makes a brand feel human. Zeta’s promise is simple to say and hard to do. Help marketers deliver better results with less waste by pairing strong data, clear identity, and practical AI inside the Zeta Mark…

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3438: Forter on AI, Autonomous Commerce, and Digital Identity 29:36

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I invited Michael Reitblat, CEO and founder of Forter, to unpack a reality many retailers are living with every day. Fraud is no longer a side issue. It shapes conversion rates, customer loyalty, and the bottom line. Michael argues that if you remove the fear of fraud, you unlock growth. That sounds bold, but his lens is practical. Replace guesswor…

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3437: Accruent and the Rise of Autonomous Buildings 35:33

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Here’s the thing. “Smart” has been the buzzword for years, but Richard Leurig argues we’re on the cusp of something bolder. In our conversation, the Accruent president drew a clear line between buildings filled with connected systems and buildings that can sense, decide, and act without a person staring at a dashboard all day. Richard shared a reta…

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3436: Tanium on People-First Cybersecurity 42:49

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What if the biggest weakness in cybersecurity isn’t a missing tool, but a cultural blind spot? That’s the perspective of Dan Jones, Senior Security Advisor at Tanium, who joined me on Tech Talks Daily to share why he believes cybersecurity is fundamentally a people problem dressed up as a technology problem. Dan brings nearly three decades of exper…

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Experian’s AI Fraud Report: SIM Swaps, Voice Cloning, and Smarter Countermeasures 28:36

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Experian’s Chief Product Officer for Identity and Fraud in the UK and Ireland, Paul Weathersby, joins me to unpack how criminals are using generative tools to fabricate documents, clone voices, perfect phishing at scale, and stitch together synthetic identities. We dig into the sharp rise in SIM swap attacks, why eSIM provisioning can accelerate ta…

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3435: Pluralsight CEO on AI’s Role in Rewiring Human Intelligence 23:55

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Some interviews stick because they take a noisy topic and bring it back to reality. This was one of them. I spoke with Erin Gajdalo, CEO of Pluralsight, about what it actually takes to upskill a workforce in an AI era that seems to change by the week. We compared boardroom intent with day-to-day practice, and Erin was refreshingly clear about both.…

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3434: t3rn, Interoperability, and the Next Wave of Real Adoption 31:34

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Here’s the thing. We have had brilliant ideas in Web3 for years, along with better tooling and plenty of enthusiasm, yet adoption still feels slower than it should be. In my conversation with Maciej Baj, founder of t3rn, we got under the skin of why that is and what it might take to change the pace. His starting point is simple to state and hard to…

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3433: AI Trading Without Lag: EZ Trading Computers on Building the Right Setup342 37:36

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When we think about what separates winning traders from those who struggle, we usually picture strategies, indicators, or a bit of insider know-how. But what if the biggest edge has been sitting on your desk all along? In this episode, I sit down with Eddie Z, also known as Russ Hazelcorn, the founder of EZ Trading Computers and EZBreakouts. With m…

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GITEX Global: The UN World Food Programme’s AI Driven Fight Against Hunger 21:52

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3456: How Living Homes Is Redefining the Meaning of Smart Living at GITEX Global 18:31

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3455: From Prototype to Deep Tech Unicorn: XPANCEO’s Journey at GITEX Global 21:36

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3454: Why Pinecone Believes the Future of AI Depends on Data, Not Models 39:13

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3453: How Wolters Kluwer Is Building Trustworthy AI for Regulated Industries 31:47

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3452: How ServiceNow Turns AI Governance into a Strategic Advantage 24:08

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3451: The Hidden Cost of Data: How NetApp Is Tackling the Sustainability Crisis in IT 22:26

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3450: Why Predictive AI Delivers Real ROI While Generative AI Struggles 31:35

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3449: How Urban SDK Is Using AI to Help Local Governments Save Lives 30:08

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3448: Inside Kore.ai’s Mission to Make Agentic AI Accessible for Everyone 30:19

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3447: How DXC Is Using AI to Outsmart Cybercriminals 28:36

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3446: How Atlassian Is Redefining Teamwork with AI at Team 25 34:26

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3445: Why AI Won’t Replace Human Testers at Jalasoft 24:34

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3444: Mews on Why Hotel Tech Underperforms and How to Fix It 33:10

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3443: euroNAS Simplifying Storage and Virtualization for Real World IT 28:28

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3442: AI Realized - Practical Pathways From Pilot to Production 36:59

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3441: How Abacum Became the Fastest Growing Tech Company in Spain 26:33

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3440 Blackline CIO and CTO on Governing AI Inside the Enterprise 33:56

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3439: Zeta and the Future of AI-Powered Marketing That Drives Real ROI 22:18

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3438: Forter on AI, Autonomous Commerce, and Digital Identity 29:36

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3437: Accruent and the Rise of Autonomous Buildings 35:33

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3436: Tanium on People-First Cybersecurity 42:49

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Experian’s AI Fraud Report: SIM Swaps, Voice Cloning, and Smarter Countermeasures 28:36

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3435: Pluralsight CEO on AI’s Role in Rewiring Human Intelligence 23:55

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3434: t3rn, Interoperability, and the Next Wave of Real Adoption 31:34

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3433: AI Trading Without Lag: EZ Trading Computers on Building the Right Setup342 37:36