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Nov 30, 2022

Episode 119: Carlos Salas

This week, host Derek E. Silva welcomes NordLayer Engineering Manager Carlos Salas. Join us for a deep dive into VPNs, next-generation encryption, how to prevent crypto jacking, and the future of cyber security.

Nov 16, 2022

Episode 118: Stephen Semmelroth

We are joined by Avant Communications' Cyber VP, Stephen Semmelroth, a world-class security expert. In the Army, Stephen served in Afghanistan and the Army's Cyber Corps, where he led a team of cyberspace experts to defend US assets across an entire continent. Stephen broke his back, leaving him paralyzed, and he had to relearn how to walk. In this fascinating discussion, we discuss military intelligence, code-breaking, how to think like a hacker, cyber security fear factors, and more.

Nov 9, 2022

Episode 117: Seth for Privacy

This week Derek E. Silva joins Seth for Privacy, an educator and activist who hosts the Opt Out podcast. In this episode, we dive in to discuss data protection and sovereignty in the digital world, why privacy matters, and we explore open source tools that support Internet freedom.

Nov 2, 2022

Episode 116: John Paller

This week host Derek E. Silva joins John Paller, Founder and Steward of Opolis, a digital employment cooperative. John is also the founder of ETHDenver, the largest Ethereum hackathon in the world. We take a deep dive into how Opolis is building a next generation ecosystem, democratizing employment, and the future of HR tech.

Oct 26, 2022

Episode 115: Suman Kanuganti

This week host Derek E. Silva joins Suman Kanuganti, co-founder and CEO of Personal.ai, a new collaboration network that enables a creators community to access creators time, knowledge, and creativity via their personal ai. A great conversation on AI in Web3, reimagining the creator economy, and building a digital version of your mind with a private memory stack.

Oct 19, 2022

Episode 114: Ty Smith

This week host Derek E. Silva joins Ty Smith, founder and CEO of Coinbound, a leading crypto marketing agency helping Web3 brands go viral. We take a deep dive into the best growth marketing hacks, how to build a community online, and the future of NFTs.

Oct 12, 2022

Episode 113: Vuk Janosevic

This week host Derek E. Silva joins Vuk Janosevic, the co-founder and CEO of Blindnet. This privacy startup builds software designed to help businesses pursue their goals while keeping their customer's data private. We take a deep dive into automated privacy intelligence, dynamic data governance, and building trust through digital privacy.

Oct 5, 2022

Episode 112: Sanjay Rajashekar

This week host Derek E. Silva joins Sanjay Rajashekar, the Co-founder of Smarthub AI, which is a software edge solution that simplifies your complex edge infrastructure and makes it way more intelligent. We take a deep dive into IT solutions for complex digital infrastructures, current IoT cybersecurity risks, and why edge computing is key to a decentralized future.

Sep 28, 2022

Episode 111: Max Howell

This week host Derek E. Silva joins Max Howell, Creator of Brew and current CEO of Tea, an open source solution building a new framework for the Internet. We take a deep dive into his early days at Apple, the open source revolution, and how tea is creating the tools that developers need to keep on building.

Sep 21, 2022

Episode 110: Shermin Voshmgir

This week host Derek E. Silva joins author Shermin Voshmgir, the Founder of the BlockchainHub Berlin and Token Kitchen, a data driven farming and publishing house. We take a deep dive into Shermin’s book Token Economy, how Web3 is rebuilding the Internet, and her new smart farm in Portugal that is using blockchain.