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By Alexander Ferguson

The UpTech Report is a channel committed to diving deep into upcoming technologies that will disrupt how we live, work, and play. We’re also thrilled to share real stories told directly by C-Suite executives about how their companies are leveraging Software as a Service (SaaS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and other emerging technologies to maintain a competitive edge in today’s rapidly-changing world.
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UpTech ReportMay 26, 2021

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Advanced SaaS Email Marketing Campaigns & Automation Tools with Jane Portman of Userlist

Advanced SaaS Email Marketing Campaigns & Automation Tools with Jane Portman of Userlist

Have you ever considered automating your SaaS and B2B email marketing campaigns?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the CEO of Userlist, Jane Portman, to discuss email marketing automation strategies going into 2022.

At its core, Userlist is helping to automate the email marketing lifecycle with its new email automation tool. It makes starting email marketing campaigns and delivering custom email blasts that are personally tailored to SaaS businesses easier than ever before.  It’s event-based email marketing, taken to the next level through data.

Through data-driven analysis, Userlist’s email campaign tools and autoresponders are able to learn about your customers on a deep level. Then, they’ll take all of the necessary actions to onboard, engage, and nurture your marketing leads throughout the full customer lifecycle.

Apr 07, 202242:35
Creating an AI Enhanced Property Management System with Amber Hayes of SecondKeys

Creating an AI Enhanced Property Management System with Amber Hayes of SecondKeys

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the CEO of SecondKeys, Amber Hayes to discuss AI enhanced property management and predictive analytics for homeowners.

SecondKeys is bringing artificial intelligence and automation into the property management

space using machine learning to predict maintenance needs for properties ahead of time. However, that’s just the beginning of where this is all going in the future.

What are the aspects of property management that can be automated and how can the information provided in a Maintenance Intelligence Report increase profitability for property managers? How exactly does Automatic Scheduling work?

In this podcast, we’re learning all about property management systems and the role that artificial intelligence is going to play.

Apr 05, 202219:11
Should Pharmacists Be Allowed to Prescribe Medications & Offer Treatments? James Lott of Scripted

Should Pharmacists Be Allowed to Prescribe Medications & Offer Treatments? James Lott of Scripted

The US healthcare system is broken in many ways, and functions great in others, but what are some approaches to actually solving the problems we are seeing currently in medicine?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with James Lott, the CEO of Scripted to discuss how pharmacies can become point of care destinations. This could be a game-changer for both pharmacies and the patients that they serve.

During Covid-19, we witnessed the staffing shortage in healthcare first hand and saw how it affected patients. However, by empowering pharmacists to utilize their medical training and do more, Scripted is helping to fix our broken healthcare system. Pharmacists can make a difference, helping people to get treatments faster and cheaper, when they need it most, right at their local neighborhood pharmacy.

Waiting in long lines at the doctor’s office is no fun for anyone, but Scripted is helping individuals to skip the doctor’s office altogether and get treatment for common conditions at the pharmacy instead. They are empowering pharmacists to offer prescriptions and various treatments, and trying to get the insurance companies to pay.

Mar 31, 202221:13
AI-Powered Contract Management Systems and Deep Learning with Sunny Sharma & John Cortez of Revnue

AI-Powered Contract Management Systems and Deep Learning with Sunny Sharma & John Cortez of Revnue

What parts of contract management can be automated and what role does data-driven decision making play? Where do blockchain and smart contract technology fit into all of this?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the co-founders of the AI-powered digital contract management platform, Revnue, to discuss contract automation tools and where this is all going. Sunny Sharma, CEO, and John Cortez, COO, explain how contract management has typically been a highly fragmented space with dozens of different interacting parties.

“About $28 billion worth of trade was done last year in 2021, and if you look at trade, all that was done by contracts. On an average, organizations lose about 9% of their revenue due to inefficient contract management,” explains Sharma.

However, Revnue’s contract management software aims to change that, allowing companies to automate and unify numerous business processes related to contract management. Plus, they take it to the next level with their contract analytics, advanced reporting, and other tools related to contract management.

Mar 29, 202233:14
Data Science in Sports: Crush Your Competition Using Analytics with Stephen Smith of Kitman Labs

Data Science in Sports: Crush Your Competition Using Analytics with Stephen Smith of Kitman Labs

Sports analytics and data science in sports are topics that are getting a lot of traction lately in the sports world. Every year, more and more teams are being united around intelligence, and in this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with the CEO of Kitman Labs, Stephen Smith, to learn why.

Kitman Labs is a company focused on improving human performance in sports by analyzing athlete data. Their Intelligence Platform  allows you to consolidate millions of data points about game stats, market value, scouting scores, training volumes, speed, strength, injuries, sleep, mental state, basically everything about an sports player. Even biometrics and blood markers are on the table.

However, it’s not solely about the data either. At Kitman Labs, the real focus is on turning that data into intelligence and empowering the right people on the team to make the right decisions at the right times.

Feb 22, 202230:55
SEO Keyword Research & AI Marketing Tools for First Page Rankings with Christopher Day of DemandJump

SEO Keyword Research & AI Marketing Tools for First Page Rankings with Christopher Day of DemandJump

DemandJump is a marketing strategy platform that uses AI to determine the most important keywords for driving search engine traffic, and in this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the CEO of DemandJump, Christopher Day to learn more.

Based on Google keyword analysis and understanding search intent, DemandJump’s AI keyword research tool provides a game plan for content marketers who want to increase first page rankings. Artificial intelligence does the SEO keyword research, and in addition to providing the keywords, it also tells you the actual questions that people are asking related to the keywords.

Once the new content goes live, you’ll get a full analysis of which pieces of content and campaigns are actually driving sales. Plus, DemandJump gives you regular consumer insight reports that tell you how customers are behaving and what other competitors are up to.

Feb 15, 202241:32
Need to Order Up a Painter? Improovy Uses AI to Match Homeowners With Contractors -Andre Kazimierski

Need to Order Up a Painter? Improovy Uses AI to Match Homeowners With Contractors -Andre Kazimierski

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the CEO of Improovy to discuss how he took his painting contracting company and turned it into a tech company. Along the way, he has become an expert in SEO strategy, so he will also be sharing some of his top tips for local SEO and search engine marketing.

Kazimierski has a fascinating Founder’s Journey, and in many ways, Improovy now functions kind of like an Uber for the home improvement industry.

Instead of spending hours figuring out who to hire, how to schedule the work, and coordinating everything, Improovy’s AI system handles the entire process. The consumer simply requests a quote for a painting job, and after agreeing to the terms, the painters show up at the house ready to work — it’s that easy!

Improovy’s algorithms know which contractors are available, who has the specific expertise necessary for the job. Plus, all of the payments and logistics are handled on one simple platform that has an interface designed to improve the lives of both homeowners and contractors.

Feb 08, 202247:39
The Future of Digital Art & NFT with Monty Preston of Saatchi Art

The Future of Digital Art & NFT with Monty Preston of Saatchi Art

Why are artists creating NFTs and what are the various NFT use cases going to be in the future?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson talks to art expert Monty Preston from Saatchi Art to learn more about NFT, digital art, cryptocurrency, blockchain tech, and where this is all going.

At its core, Saatchi Art is an online marketplace for independent artists to sell their artwork. It currently features over 1.4 million original artworks created by 94 thousand emerging artists from around the world, and 110+ countries are represented to date.

But in the future, it’s likely that the focus is going to be more and more about digital art. The real questions are, what will NFT in the Metaverse actually look like and how soon are we heading towards mainstream adoption? Plus, what are the environmental impacts of NFT and cryptocurrency, and should we be worried?

Feb 03, 202236:37
Past, Present, and Future of Data Analysis Technology & Automation with Ravi Shankar of Denodo

Past, Present, and Future of Data Analysis Technology & Automation with Ravi Shankar of Denodo

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with the SVP & CMO of Denodo, Ravi Shankar, to discuss data virtualization and the future of big data.

Through various use cases and examples, Shankar walks us through the exciting history of data analysis, what his company is currently up to, and where this is all going in the future. With Denodo’s data virtualization platform, companies can use modern data integration and management to sift through mountains of data to gain a unified view of the information faster, cheaper, and less effort.

Under the surface, data analysis is quite complicated, but Shankar explains how his company aims to make it as simple as turning on a water faucet — you turn the knob and the water simply flows out the end of the pipe.

Denodo’s powerful logical data integration and management enables data to flow from databases, data warehouses, and data lakes, on-premises or in the cloud, to applications used by business users, where ultimately, they use the most up-to-date data to analyze everything and deliver useful, business-accelerating results.

Feb 01, 202236:32
Sales Calls, Call Tracking, & Machine Learning Tech with Mo Asady of Convirza

Sales Calls, Call Tracking, & Machine Learning Tech with Mo Asady of Convirza

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Mo Asady, the CTO of Convirza, to learn about how marketing teams are tracking and evaluating sales calls using AI.

If you only have one or two sales calls to make, it’s easy to evaluate what happened after the call. However, if your team needs to examine the trends across hundreds of hours worth of conversations, artificial intelligence is likely a better solution.

Through speech recognition, natural language processing, and ultimately, machine learning algorithms, Convirza’s tech is learning about how your team does business. Then, it’s analyzing the calls, providing actual scores about lead quality and a team’s phone skills.

In the near future, this call tracking technology will even be able to help guide the sales conversation itself, giving the salesperson specific directions about which parts of the script to hit next.

It’s not just about going down a sales checklist, it’s about understanding exactly what is going on in the conversation, in real-time, and then using this information to make data-driven marketing decisions.

Jan 27, 202227:52
Future of Education after Covid-19: Is Virtual Learning Here to Stay? with Narine Hall of InSpace

Future of Education after Covid-19: Is Virtual Learning Here to Stay? with Narine Hall of InSpace

What does the future of education and virtual learning look like?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, Alexander Ferguson meets with the CEO of InSpace, Narine Hall, to discuss how her company is helping educators to teach online with video conferencing software.

InSpace’s virtual classrooms try to emulate what a real classroom would actually look and feel like, providing students and teachers with fun features such as freedom of movement. Plus, after the virtual lesson is over, students can break off into study groups to work, chat out in the hallway while waiting to speak with the teacher, or even attend a virtual tutoring session.

In the future, we are all going to be learning in virtual classrooms and attending virtual events in the Metaverse.

InSpace was created during the Covid-19 pandemic after educators realized the limitations associated with video conferencing platforms like Zoom. InSpace is a virtual learning platform, built by educators, for educators, and comes complete with all of the crucial teaching tools that teachers need to thrive.

Jan 25, 202226:32
Learning Activities + Educational Games for Kids and Babies with Gustavo Rodriguez of BabySparks

Learning Activities + Educational Games for Kids and Babies with Gustavo Rodriguez of BabySparks

In this edition of the UpTech Report, Alexander Ferguson meets with Gustavo Rodriguez to learn about online parenting classes, learning activities for kids, and educational games.

Rodriguez is the CEO and creator behind BabySparks  — a parenting app that helps parents plan and track meaningful play activities for kids between the ages of 0 and 3. It’s about encouraging a child’s growth and reaching new development milestones through fun family activities.

Their smart adaptive technology learns and adapts to your child’s individual needs through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Then, it makes unique educational game and learning activity recommendations.

Coupled with online classes and other parenting resources, new Moms and Dads now have an educational game plan that they can implement starting from day one. The lessons progress up through the first three years of life and are designed to set a baby up for a lifetime of success.

Jan 18, 202233:10
Computer Vision Tech & Analyzing Engagement Levels in Zoom Meetings with David Shim of Read

Computer Vision Tech & Analyzing Engagement Levels in Zoom Meetings with David Shim of Read

How can we make virtual meetings less soul-sucking and more productive?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with David Shim of Read to discuss his computer vision tech for analyzing engagement levels on Zoom meetings.

When you’re looking at twenty different faces on a screen, it’s kind of hard to get a feel for what’s going on, but Read Dashboard provides metrics that allow you to actually scientifically quantify how a meeting is going.

By using deep learning, Natural Language Processing, and other exciting new technologies, we can really start to see who is paying attention and who isn't. Read analyzes facial expressions, body language, speech patterns, voice tones, emotions, and more to provide real-time stats about how engaged people are in the conversation.

Jan 11, 202250:38
Senior Care During Covid-19 & Improving Communication with Katherine Wells of Serenity Engage

Senior Care During Covid-19 & Improving Communication with Katherine Wells of Serenity Engage

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Katherine Wells, the CEO of Serenity Engage, to learn how the elderly care communication process can be streamlined to help combat Covid-19 and solve the staffing shortage in healthcare.

Serenity is a HIPAA-Compliant Messaging Platform for senior care that helps to streamline communications between care staff and families. In the past, communication has involved three to five hours per week of time per patient, and a mix of phone calls, voicemails, emails, and disorganized sticky notes. Between medication schedules, health checkups, visits, and patient decisions, there is so much to keep track of.

All of the time wasted on communication currently is eating into time that elderly care staff could be using in other areas. But thanks to Wells and her team, there’s now a much better way of doing things. In this episode, host Alexander Ferguson is hoping to find out more about senior living facilities, the caregiver staffing shortage, and how Serenity can assist.

Dec 30, 202137:24
How to Create Augmented Reality Experiences with Anna Belova of DEVAR

How to Create Augmented Reality Experiences with Anna Belova of DEVAR

Phygital is a new industry aiming to merge digital content with physical objects in the real world, and Anna Belova, the CEO from DEVAR is a leader in this category.

In this week’s UpTech Report, Anna Belova enlightens host Alexander Ferguson about her company’s augmented reality educational tech and AR creation tools. She also discusses the Metaverse, the difference between virtual reality and augmented reality, and her company’s fascinating journey.

With DEVAR’S MyWebAR platform, your creative team can design and build new AR experiences in a fun, no-code environment. You no longer need to have expert knowledge, special AR glasses, or technical development skills in order to go phygital. It turns out, all you need is a little bit of creativity. You can easily create product showcases, augmented reality advertising content, virtual guides, and more.

Dec 28, 202134:21
High-Resolution Stratospheric Imagery Using Weather Balloons with Rema Matevosyan of Near Space Labs

High-Resolution Stratospheric Imagery Using Weather Balloons with Rema Matevosyan of Near Space Labs

In this edition of the UpTech report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with Rema Matevosyan, the CEO of Near Space Labs, to discuss her Earth imaging company. In a single day, Near Space Labs can deploy up to four Swifty balloons on a flight to the stratosphere where they capture images of Earth from an altitude of 60,000 to 85,000 feet. The Swifty is not just a weather balloon though. There is so much technology under the surface of this sophisticated stratospheric robot.

In the insurance industry, its high-resolution imagery can be used to complete post-disaster claims and underwriting assessments. In addition, organizations can use stratospheric imagery to track the effects of climate change including sea level rise, forest fires, and so much more. It’s even possible to use the Swifty to monitor urban sprawl and plan ahead for development.

There are several exciting use cases for a weather balloon flight to the stratosphere, and in this episode, we’re going to learn about all of them.

Dec 22, 202123:50
Integration Platforms Explained & Choosing an Embedded iPaaS with Michael Zuercher of Prismatic

Integration Platforms Explained & Choosing an Embedded iPaaS with Michael Zuercher of Prismatic

Software can make the lives of business owners much easier, but assuring that disparate pieces of software can communicate properly with one another is often a difficult challenge for B2B software companies. In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Michael Zuercher, the CEO of Prismatic, to find out more about integration platforms and how they can help.

We’ll learn about Zuercher’s history growing his embedded iPaaS company and how the market is currently evolving.

Plus, what was the integration process like in the past for businesses that wanted to share and combine data between software? Should software companies use a cloud-based integration platform or iPaaS to provide product integrations versus letting in-house developers create their own integrations from scratch? And what are the best integration platforms available for customer-facing teams who want to create custom integrations? In this exciting episode, the host of the podcast Alexander Ferguson dives into it all.


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Dec 16, 202143:42
Automated Recruitment Using Artificial Intelligence with Omer Molad of Vervoe

Automated Recruitment Using Artificial Intelligence with Omer Molad of Vervoe

hat if companies could automate almost all of the hiring process AND make better hiring decisions? In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Omer Molad, the CEO of Vervoe to discuss automated recruitment, applicant tracking systems, and a brighter future for job seekers in the information economy.

Forget about all of those boring, conversation-based interviews of the past. Through a carefully constructed series of skill-based questions and online tasks, Vervoe is bringing AI and machine learning into the human resources department, radically transforming the way that businesses find new talent.

Host of UpTech, Alexander Ferguson learns that this is not just a simple resume screening process. Instead of hiring solely based upon someone’s background and the number of years they’ve spent working, Vervoe allows companies to find the candidate that is actually best able to perform the specific tasks that a job requires. They evaluate candidates based on hard skills, soft skills, and so much more.

Dec 14, 202124:30
Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Greener Future with Mike Kirkup of EnPowered

Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Greener Future with Mike Kirkup of EnPowered

In the face of climate change, how can businesses reduce their energy usage, save money, and transition to a more sustainable future?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Mike Kirkup. He’s the CTO leading the way at EnPowered, a cCleantTech electricity platform that helps organizations decrease their energy costs and upgrade to new sustainable energy solutions.

EnPowered is giving businesses the ability to make clean, smart energy choices that are actually good for the environment, without any significant upfront investment in new infrastructure. Their solution allows you to reduce energy costs while reinvesting in green technology at the same time.

The host of UpTech, Alexander Ferguson, is curious to learn more about the Texas power outage last winter, renewable energy, and the best ways to plan for the future. Is it possible to solve the various problems surrounding the current power grid and reduce emissions?

Dec 10, 202132:36
Workplace Collaboration & Data-Driven Driven Decision Making with Dave Landa of Kintone

Workplace Collaboration & Data-Driven Driven Decision Making with Dave Landa of Kintone

Kintone is an all-in-one workplace platform with a fascinating history, and in this edition of the UpTech report, we get into all of it. Host Alexander Ferguson has the CEO of Kintone, Dave Landa, on the show to talk about the wide range of solutions that they offer and what they’ve been up to all these years.

For starters, the platform empowers anyone within a company to build custom workflows and pick and choose the perfect apps for their department. Whether that’s a sales team that requires a CRM, marketers that require a calendar, or a human resources team that’s in need of an applicant tracking system, Kintone has you covered. Employees can select from dozens of different app templates, then customize them so that they work exactly how they want them to.

Plus, it’s all integrated together in a unified system making collaboration between different departments a dream come true. With Kintone, you’ll constantly be pulling in new, important data from every corner of your organization, allowing you to analyze your processes, make data-driven decisions, and increase ROI around the board.

Dec 09, 202146:38
Immersive Virtual Reality Training Technology & VR Content with Tom Symonds of Immerse

Immersive Virtual Reality Training Technology & VR Content with Tom Symonds of Immerse

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we connect with Tom Symonds, to talk about building a VR training simulator on his platform — Immerse.

It’s clear that virtual reality training is going to be one of the top ways employees are made job-ready in the future with companies such as Walmart already plowing full-steam ahead. If done correctly, VR training can actually be even more beneficial than traditional methods! However, it’s not just retail that can benefit.

Symonds walks host Alexander Ferguson through his personal journey of launching a VR training company and explains how he has seen this field change dramatically over time. What started as an idea surrounding language learning has now expanded into equipment training in the oil & gas industry, aviation instruction, and even surgery, just to name a few exciting use cases.

Instead of training in real-life dangerous environments, job seekers can now prepare themselves for their roles in a risk-free, virtual setting. The epic training experiences created on the Immerse Platform are fun, engaging, and most importantly, extremely effective.

Dec 08, 202148:21
Creating a Visual AI Interior Design Solution with Alon Gilady of Renovai

Creating a Visual AI Interior Design Solution with Alon Gilady of Renovai

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with the CEO of Renovai, Alon Gilady, to discuss AI in retail and how AI is changing the way that we approach home decor and interior design. Gilady tells his story of how he first came up with the idea for an AI design tool, plus everything that followed after.

Host Alexander Ferguson dives into all of it, learning about the wide array of fascinating functionality that Renovai’s AI interior design app provides to both businesses and customers.

It’s all about their “Shop The Room” technology.

The AI is essentially like hiring a virtual interior designer, giving you recommendations about exactly how you can organize and personalize your home decor to your liking. What items go together and where should they be placed in the room? Renovai decides based on your desired look and feel. Then you can visualize the room for yourself, navigate around it, and click on the items you actually want to buy.

Dec 07, 202135:38
Professional Learning Communities for the Business World with Sam Jacobs of Pavilion

Professional Learning Communities for the Business World with Sam Jacobs of Pavilion

Professional networking has always been a challenge, but since we’ve been spending so much time out of the office recently, it’s gotten even harder! It’s clear that we need new ways of connecting professionally with industry leaders and colleagues, but what is the solution?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Sam Jacobs, CEO of Pavilion (formerly known as Revenue Collective) to talk about professional learning communities in the business world (PLCs) and business networking 101.

Our host, Alexander Ferguson, digs into how Jacobs first got started down this fascinating path with the community Revenue Collective, where they actually barred CEOs and investors from joining at first! You’ll find out why. Plus, Jacobs explains some of his own knowledge that he has acquired along the way while growing his own business.

Dec 03, 202140:13
The Best Productivity Tools for Remote Workers in 2022 with Kenzo Fong of Rock

The Best Productivity Tools for Remote Workers in 2022 with Kenzo Fong of Rock

In today’s tech world, employees often have to juggle dozens of different apps at once just to get work done. Imagine searching for files on Google Drive, so that you can update a Task on Trello, and communicating about all of it over Slack or Zoom. Often, messages, files, notes tasks, and video calls all require different apps that are completely mismatched. Kenzo Fong knew we needed a better, more unified way of doing things so he launched his SaaS company Rock.

“Rock is a new hub for getting work done. Messaging, tasks, files, notes, and meetings. All in one space. All for free.”

In this edition of the UpTech report, host Alexander Ferguson meets with Fong to talk about how Rock helps distributed teams to work more productively. He explains his full story from working at Google and Uber, leading globally distributed teams, and eventually, launching his own software company.

Dec 02, 202137:17
Manage a Household More Effectively Using a Home Management App with Elizabeth Dodson of HomeZada

Manage a Household More Effectively Using a Home Management App with Elizabeth Dodson of HomeZada

In this edition of the UpTech Report, Co-founder of HomeZada, Elizabeth Dodson, joins us to talk about her software company and its suite of home management apps.

At its core, HomeZada is a digital home management tool that will keep track of your estimated home value, equity, and expenses, as well as show you financial forecasts for the future.

Got a DIY project to tackle? Plan and budget all of your home improvement projects with their home renovation project planner. Plus, you can verify that you are properly insured with their home inventory template, allowing you to keep track of everything you own and document it with pictures in an organized fashion.

In this conversation, Dodson explains how she started her career working for a commercial construction project management software company. After she realized that there were no similar software solutions available for homeowners looking to manage a household, she decided to create HomeZada.

Dec 01, 202137:01
Creating an Automated Loan Origination System with Vladimir Kovacevic of Inovatec

Creating an Automated Loan Origination System with Vladimir Kovacevic of Inovatec

Is it possible to automate lending for equipment and automotive financing? In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with founder & CEO of Inovatec Systems, Vladimir Kovacevic, to learn how his loan origination technology company is helping lenders simplify lending processes.

To start, Kovacevic discusses his early days growing up in Serbia and how it set him on a unique entrepreneurial path. He talks about doing business in the United States and Canada, pursuing the American Dream, and starting his FinTech loan management software company — Inovatec.

Inovatec is a loan origination and loan management software provider that helps organizations  speed up the lending process and automate their lending business. With Inovatec’s software, lenders can automatically manage credit applications, lending decisions, documentation, onboarding, and reporting requirements all in one centralized hub. Through this technology, lenders can streamline their operations, lower expenses, maintain compliance, and book more deals.

Nov 30, 202142:18
Add an AI Chat to your Site to Convert Visitors into New Clients with Rebecca Clyde of Botco.ai

Add an AI Chat to your Site to Convert Visitors into New Clients with Rebecca Clyde of Botco.ai

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Rebecca Clyde, Co-Founder & CEO of Botco.ai Botco to discuss how adding an AI chat bot to your site can help your company to increase revenue and win over new clients. Sometimes, AI conversations can feel just as authentic as real ones.

Clyde talks about her journey growing her own tech company and some of the challenges that she has faced along the way. Plus, how was she able to differentiate her company from other AI chat tools on the market?

One of the major selling points of Botco.ai is that it is HIPAA Compliant, so healthcare organizations and doctors’ offices can use their chatbot as well. If visitors to a healthcare site have questions about the organization’s services, they can get them answered immediately with Botco.ai’s artificial intelligence web chat. Then, when the patient is ready, the AI will direct them to the proper appointment scheduling system.

Nov 24, 202133:53
Internal Comms Strategy For Boosting Employee Engagement with Tarek Kamil of Cerkl

Internal Comms Strategy For Boosting Employee Engagement with Tarek Kamil of Cerkl

Which communication messages are trending within your organization and who’s clicking on what? In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with Tarek Kamil, CEO of Cerkl, to learn how managers can make smarter, data-driven decisions with Cerkl’s internal communication suite, Cerkl Broadcast.

With Broadcast, you can create beautiful emails and content for your targeted employee audiences.

Kamil explains how not everyone responds to the same type of message in the same way. Why not vary it based on language, their preferred form of delivery, interests, and other attributes?

Broadcast helps internal communications teams modernize their digital employee experience by delivering the content your employees want, on the channel of their choice.

Nov 23, 202141:54
AI Social Media Marketing and Content Creation Tools with KD Deshpande of Simplified

AI Social Media Marketing and Content Creation Tools with KD Deshpande of Simplified

What if you could automate almost all of your social media and content marketing? Would that make your life as a business owner and content creator simpler?

In this edition of the UpTech Report, we meet with KD Deshpande, the CEO of Simplified to discuss how his company is helping marketing teams to design and collaborate more effectively by using AI technology.

Simplified offers “all the content-creation tools you'll ever need, in one app”. Instead of logging onto all of the various different social platforms and content creation resources on your own, your team can collaborate and create posts for all of these services, all at once.

The technology can generate blogs, videos, graphics, and more.

Are you launching a new product line? You’re in luck. With Simplified, you can pull pictures from a royalty-free service such as Pixabay, write the advertising copy using an AI copywriting generator, and then instantly post to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and more, all with the click of a button.

Nov 19, 202130:15
SaaS Entrepreneurship Journey and Subscription Analytics with Brian Sierakowski of Baremetrics

SaaS Entrepreneurship Journey and Subscription Analytics with Brian Sierakowski of Baremetrics

In this edition of the UpTech report, we meet with Brian Sierakowski, CEO of Baremetrics, to pick his brain on everything he knows about growth. His entrepreneurship story began when he had a novel idea for a shared password manager a little over a decade ago, and shortly after, his first company Team Password was born.

From startup to exit, he helped the company to expand at an incredible rate until they were ultimately acquired. His experience makes him an expert in growing a SaaS business and the startup acquisition process.

These days, though, he is leading the charge in a new industry — SaaS subscription analytics.

As CEO of Baremetrics for around a year now, Sierakowski is helping to change the way that Software as a Service companies analyze their data to increase profits. When you simply offer one subscription plan, tracking metrics is easy. However, what if you have dozens or even hundreds of different subscription products with various add-ons?

Baremetrics will help you to track and analyze your subscription data and key performance indicators (KPI metrics), providing you with deeper insights into your business and what to do in order to increase sales.

Nov 18, 202149:25
Host a Virtual Meeting or Event Using Video Technology with Pedro Góes of InEvent

Host a Virtual Meeting or Event Using Video Technology with Pedro Góes of InEvent

In this UpTech Report, CEO Pedro Góes of InEvent explains how his company offers everything you need to host a successful virtual event online using video technology. It started with some creative virtual event ideas, a talent for app development, and a dream. Now, they are one of the top event management software companies in the world.

Want to build a beautiful landing page for your event with online registration, meeting scheduling, plus many other important features? InEvent has you covered. They can also help create QR codes, design event staff badges, and prepare financial reports! It’s all included on their exciting hybrid and virtual event platform.

The best part is, there’s no coding required. Just utilize their easy-to-use drag and drop interface and you’ll have your event ready to go in minutes.

Nov 16, 202125:17
Buying a Home by Harnessing the Power of AI and Cutting-Edge Technologywith Omer Granot of Localize.city

Buying a Home by Harnessing the Power of AI and Cutting-Edge Technologywith Omer Granot of Localize.city

Are you thinking about buying a home for the first time? Record numbers of people began their search for a new property online in 2021, but sorting through the thousands of new listings that go up daily can be a huge challenge. Traditionally, real estate has been a heavily human-intensive industry. You need agents to track down properties and set up tours, and inspectors to dive deep and dig up all the hidden info about a property. But going into 2022 and the future, is there a better way for homebuyers and their agents?

At the UpTech Report, we were lucky enough to interview Localize President & COO Omer Granot. His company Localize.city provides a comprehensive solution for prospective homebuyers and their agents looking to navigate the complexities of the current housing market.

Localize aims to make homebuying better for everyone and uncovers data that you wouldn’t find easily online. How much natural light does a home get in summer and winter?? Is there a history of bedbugs at the property? These are some of the important questions answered by their Localize.city marketplace that you won’t find on other popular sites like Zillow, Redfin, StreetEasy, or Trulia.

Nov 12, 202128:25
Commercial Real Estate Investing Using AI with Shayne Skaff of Blooma

Commercial Real Estate Investing Using AI with Shayne Skaff of Blooma

In commercial real estate investing, less than 10% of all deals ultimately end up getting approved after due diligence is done. This means that for CRE underwriters, approximately 90% of their time is wasted. However, in this interview from the UpTech report, CEO of Blooma, Shayne Skaff, explains how his company’s underwriting platform is helping CRE lenders to evaluate deals using the power of AI instead.

Perhaps the creditworthiness of the potential buyer isn’t up to par, the property has hidden issues, or the listing price is actually way higher than the appraised value. Or maybe, it’s actually the perfect deal!

Blooma is helping real estate analysts to make better decisions and answer these risk-related questions by using artificial intelligence.

Nov 11, 202133:08
Conversion Rate Optimization Through Split Testing with Andres Glusman of DoWhatWorks

Conversion Rate Optimization Through Split Testing with Andres Glusman of DoWhatWorks

Smart split tests can help drive tremendous growth for companies looking to increase sales and conversions. But how do marketing teams know what to test? CEO Andres Glusman of Do What Works gives us some expert guidance on marketing funnel strategies in this interview from the UpTech Report.

Is your marketing funnel optimized or is there still room for improvement? Do What Works recommends that instead of going down this road alone, you draw inspiration from industry giants. They’re helping marketing and product teams do just that to optimize their growth funnels by “doing what works”.

They’ve studied thousands of split tests run across 40+ different industries, analyzing what the top 1600 companies are testing to see what is currently working the best. You can then use these same insights to drive growth in your own business.

They advertise themselves mainly as a Conversion Rate Accelerator, or in other words, a growth team’s dream come true.

Nov 10, 202130:12
Exploring Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Games with Alexander Fernandez of Streamline Media Group Inc.

Exploring Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Games with Alexander Fernandez of Streamline Media Group Inc.

In this UpTech Report, CEO Alexander Fernandez of Streamline Media Group meets with us to talk about Metaverse games and the future of virtual reality.

At its core, Streamline Media Group is in the business of Metaverse video game development, building beautiful interactive worlds and Metaverse games for entertainment companies. However, calling them just video game developers is only scratching the surface.

For starters, Fernandez talks us through how his company recently helped a top fashion brand launch their Fall ‘21 catalog online in a virtual world. It gives us a small taste of what is going to be possible with VR marketing in the coming years.

We also discuss what it takes to start a professional video game company in 2022. If you want to become a video game developer, the trend is definitely leading towards immersive digital worlds and VR development. Just check out Roblox, Minecraft, or Fortnite if you want to get an idea of the incredible popularity of some of these platforms.

Although, as Metaverse technology continues to improve and evolve, we are going to see more and more players joining in.

Nov 09, 202128:32
AI Written Stories Using GPT-3 Deep Learning with Ankur Pandey of LongShot.ai

AI Written Stories Using GPT-3 Deep Learning with Ankur Pandey of LongShot.ai

CEO of LongShot.ai Ankur Pandey joins the UpTech Report for a conversation about long-form content generation using artificial intelligence.

We learn that there are numerous AI content generators on the web currently, but very few successful long-form AI writers. Pandey explains how generating well-researched long-form content that is both authentic and natural is a much more difficult problem to solve than simply generating short snippets of text.

However, LongShot’s new AI writing tool is attempting to take on the challenge. It can generate thousands of words of written content with the click of a button on any topic or keyword desired, saving marketers and long-form content writers tons of time.

Humans then look over the results and pick out the best bits and pieces, do some basic editing, and congratulations! You have a fully written blog post or report in a fraction of the time that it typically takes to create one.

Nov 05, 202131:29
The Future of AI and Data Analytics Explained with Sean Byrnes of Outlier

The Future of AI and Data Analytics Explained with Sean Byrnes of Outlier

Companies such as Snowflake and Palantir have been making headlines lately in the tech world as more and more industries catch on to the fact that data is king. Data-driven decision-making is the way of the future, but have you heard of Outlier.ai yet?

In this episode of the UpTech Report, data analyst and CEO of Outlier.ai Sean Byrnes joins us to discuss exactly why business data analysis has been getting so much attention recently in the media.

Think of it as a Data Analytics 101 crash course. First, Byrnes shares how his company sifts through mountains of data using machine learning to produce novel insights for businesses about consumer behavior and purchasing habits. Then he dives into where this fascinating technology is heading.

Nov 04, 202138:33
Converting Free Trial Users to Paid Users in SaaS Business with Tim Geisenheimer of Correlated

Converting Free Trial Users to Paid Users in SaaS Business with Tim Geisenheimer of Correlated

In this interview, the CEO of Correlated Tim Geisenheimer explains to the UpTech Report how his company is helping to simplify the sales process for SaaS businesses. It’s all about managing relationships. Correlated helps maintain data and records on all of your various customer accounts, alerting you to the immediate action steps you need to take to turn free trials into paid subscribers.

When you have hundreds or thousands of people in the system, it can be quite challenging to remember exactly what part of the sales process each of them is currently occupying. However, Correlated allows you to reach out to the proper accounts at the right time with a targeted message based on a multitude of different factors. It’s similar to a CRM like Salesforce or HubSpot, but with much more product usage data involved.

Nov 03, 202126:15
Big Data Governance and Data Security for a Safer Future with Balaji Ganesan of Privacera

Big Data Governance and Data Security for a Safer Future with Balaji Ganesan of Privacera

Is your business’s data secure? How to implement data governance in an organization is one of the most important questions in tech this year. However, collecting, storing, and utilizing data effectively and safely is no easy task, especially when it comes to managing it at scale.

In this Uptech Report, we meet with Balaji Ganesan, CEO of Privacera to learn how they are helping companies with the problem of data management. It’s about storing data in a way that allows for usability without compromising on privacy regulations.

What are the data governance best practices in 2022 and how can we store data safely while still being able to utilize it for analytics purposes? These are just a few of the questions that we are hoping to tackle today.

Nov 02, 202130:60
A Collaborative AI Development Tool with Tommy Dang of Mage

A Collaborative AI Development Tool with Tommy Dang of Mage

Machine learning and AI has grown from novelty technology to essential requirement. But unfortunately, most smaller tech companies don’t have the expertise among their staff to implement these solutions—and sometimes don’t even understand how they work. 

This is why Tommy Dang co-founded Mage, which offers a collaborative AI development tool to help companies stay on the cutting edge.

Oct 26, 202128:06
AI Weapons Detection with Mike Lahiff of ZeroEyes

AI Weapons Detection with Mike Lahiff of ZeroEyes

The sad reality is that mass shootings have become commonplace in modern America. This new threat poses a special challenge for schools, workplaces, movie theaters, and anywhere the public gathers. But new threats also mean new protections. Learning that no one monitored the security cameras at his daughter’s school, Mike Lahiff realized that new technologies could monitor them automatically. 

And ZeroEyes was born—a technology startup that offers an AI weapons detection system that can quickly identify threats and escalate them to the appropriate security officials for rapid response.

Oct 21, 202136:27
A Virtual Medical Specialist Platform with Julian Flannery of Summus

A Virtual Medical Specialist Platform with Julian Flannery of Summus

Coming from a family of doctors, Julian Flannery understands the world of medicine. With differing perspectives and needs, primary care physicians and specialists form a complex ecosystem. 

Ultimately deciding against becoming a physician himself, Julian entered into the medical space in a different way by helping to manage that ecosystem with his company, Summus, a technology startup that offers a virtual specialist platform, allowing doctors, patients, and employers to connect online to offer fast and effective consultations.

Oct 20, 202128:28
Laser-scanned Facilities Modeling with Ken Smerz from Zelus

Laser-scanned Facilities Modeling with Ken Smerz from Zelus

Ken Smerz had a brilliant idea for a company. What if you could take highly detailed laser scans of a facility and create a 3D digital twin so that contractors and developers could safely and quickly plan out upgrades and renovations. “And who wouldn't want to do that?” Ken thought. It turned out, nobody wanted to do that. 

At least, not at first. Ken learned the hard way that succeeding in business takes so much more than an awesome idea. Eventually, they learned to demonstrate the value of their product and how to communicate it to contractors and developers. And now, ZELUS is working with clients on projects around the globe.

Oct 19, 202135:56
A Donation Incentive Platform with Andrew Forman from Givz

A Donation Incentive Platform with Andrew Forman from Givz

Andrew Forman has spent much of his life pondering how to make the biggest positive impact on the world. Becoming a volunteer or funding the volunteers? The quest for an answer led him down many paths that eventually inspired him to found a company aiming to make it easier for people to donate to charity. 

But though the ambition was sound, the lift was heavy. It turned out his company, Givz, was only the first step toward a better solution. Now Givz offers Shopify stores donation incentives as an alternative to discounts, helping eCommerce sites increase conversions and value by offering their customers to choose their favorite charities.

Oct 14, 202140:55
Using AI for Better Conversations with Noah Zandan from Quantified

Using AI for Better Conversations with Noah Zandan from Quantified

Working on Wall Street in investment banking, Noah Zandan learned a lot about finance and quantitative analysis—and nothing about leadership. The thought of living his life in spreadsheets terrified him, but he found a dearth of guidance on how to be a leader. His searches for a leadership coach turned up questionable characters and outlandishly expensive consultants. 

Knowing he wasn’t alone, he realized this was a bigger problem than he originally expected. And he spent years exploring a science-driven solution. The ultimate result was Quantified, a “conversation intelligence and coaching platform” that uses artificial intelligence and behavioral science to understand your communication effectiveness and train you to be better, whether you want to be a leader, salesperson, or high-performer in any role

Oct 13, 202133:40
Better Online Learning with Andrew Scivally from eLearning Brothers

Better Online Learning with Andrew Scivally from eLearning Brothers

Like many promises of the digital age, online learning has loomed large—but not always lived up to its expectation. It seemed that surely the online medium could be used for learning, training, compliance, and onboarding, but no one quite figured out the right way to do it.   The content was dull, the effectiveness questionable. 

Andrew Scivally was attempting to figure this out as an online learning specialist for JP Morgan Chase when an opportunity arose for him to start a company with his brother, who was also in the online learning space for Wendy’s.   

And eLearning Brothers was born. Now they offer a custom LMS, “gamification,” and even VR solutions to industries ranging from healthcare to FinTech to pro sports.

Oct 12, 202132:56
Suggested: Transform B2B with Social Networking | Conrad Smith from Graphite Systems

Suggested: Transform B2B with Social Networking | Conrad Smith from Graphite Systems

Social networking has been one of the more significant aspects of 21st century life—and yet, it has largely remained exclusive to individuals. Businesses, though, have a need to connect that is perhaps even greater. The survival of buyers and sellers depends on their ability to find one another. 

Conrad Smith has stepped in to fill this void with his company, Graphite Systems. More than just a way to forge B2B connections, his company helps manage these relationships with data integration tools and a host of other features.

Oct 07, 202139:42
Productivity Insight for the Manufacturing Industry with John Joseph, Datanomix co-founder and CEO
Oct 05, 202130:58
Creating Better Marketing Emails with Peter Clark from Journey

Creating Better Marketing Emails with Peter Clark from Journey

While working in marketing for B2B startups, Peter Clark had a simple but powerful revelation. The more emails sent in a campaign, the higher the conversion rate—but you can only send so many emails before they’re all ignored. At that point, the quality of the emails becomes the decisive factor. But writing quality emails isn’t easy. 

His bigger revelation was that a way could be developed to help people build more compelling material. This led to the creation of Journey, a platform that helps marketing, sales, and communications teams craft messaging through storytelling.

Sep 28, 202132:30
The Future of Holographic Computing with Joe Ward from IKIN

The Future of Holographic Computing with Joe Ward from IKIN

The largest frontier of computer technology has always been the interactivity. When Apple introduced the mouse and GUI, it turned an esoteric business machine into a common home appliance. Now VR headsets are turning computers into fully immersive experiences. What’s next? If you ask Joe Ward, co-founder and CEO of IKIN, it’s holograms. 

IKIN is developing the first 3D smartphone with a limitless range of personal and business applications. In this edition of UpTech Report, Joe discusses the origins of this technology and the many places they’re taking it.

Sep 23, 202138:36