Application Modernization: A Podcast for High-Growth Software Companies Shadow-Soft

Do you remember when George Jetson pushed a button and a salad came out of a box? Believe it or not, that future might be closer than you think. 

Born out of demand during the COVID pandemic to automate and digitize food supply, this manufacturing company has created an automated food delivery system that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction film. But it’s not just that it’s as fast as you think it is. Abram Simon, VP of Software Engineering at Hyphen, shares not only how close this technology is to becoming a staple of commercial kitchens, but also what it will do for order accuracy, labor flexibility, and what comes next.

Join us as we discuss:
Plate appeal - by a robot?
Automation and labor flexibility
IOT solutions for lowering the entry barrier

The emergence of digital spaces augmenting social interactions is taking over the planet. Avatars represent the true identity of the most important contributor to the internet. What happened to learning about the actual human being behind the keyboard or smartphone?
But what if we could make the internet more human? What if it felt like stepping into someone’s front door? Where you see their pictures, their books, their records, and get a good feel for who they are as a HUMAN, not an avatar.
Matt Shackleford is doing just that. Matt is a co-founder at Abode, and was a guest on the latest episode of Application Modernization. He talked to us all about:
The startup he’s launching aimed at bridging the gap between Web 2 and Web 3
Why he’s aiming to make the internet more human
How we can break free from being “content curators” and be “humans” online again


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Traditional hiring processes often place a lot of undue emphasis on GPA and alma mater, data points that, generally, aren’t very predictive of future performance. 
Aaron Myers, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, and the team at Suited have built a company around a better way to hire—using AI to measure personality traits, experiences, cognitive data, and other metadata so that companies and job candidates find the most suitable match. 
Aaron discusses how Suited works, how the company helps customers implement better hiring data practices, and what the future holds for technology like AI and ML. 
We discuss:
Leveraging AI to deliver better hiring outcomes
Onboarding, setting expectations, and defining KPIs
Explainable AI and the future of hiring and performance management 


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Many industries were forced to accelerate their digital transformation plans at the onset of the pandemic—none more so than the healthcare space.

Emily Carlson, Vice President of Technology at Divurgent, shares ho w her company supported large healthcare organizations in making the transition. Plus, she also talks about the steps the industry needs to take to bring more women into technology.

We discuss:
Standing up a Telehealth PBX in 72 hours
Why highly-regulated industries lag behind in modernization
What the future of technology in healthcare will look like
Broadening opportunities for women in tech



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Hazelcast is a real-time data platform that can run anywhere—from the edge to the data center to the cloud. In other words, it brings the computation to the data rather than moving the data to the computation. 
That enables the ability to connect insights to the real-time actions of the customer. 
Want to hear more about it? 
John DesJardins , Chief Technology Officer, and Mark Santos , Vice President of Worldwide Business Development, join the show to discuss how Hazelcast can accelerate business decisions, the role that Kubernetes plays in modern data processing, and why it’s important to have a good partner ecosystem.  
We discuss:
The variety of use cases for Hazelcast
Hazelcast’s strong alliances with other independent software vendors and hyperscalers
How Kubernetes is changing the way we process data
Advice for an up-and-coming technologist   


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Tony Stafford is a lifelong technologist.  
He got his first job in technology in high school. From there, he had stints in the military, government contracting, the Department of Defense, and at our company, Shadow-Soft . Currently, he’s a technology executive working with DOD customers. 
It’s that breadth of experience with technology that makes him the perfect person to talk with about technology trends. And that’s exactly what we do in this episode. 
We discuss:
The collision between physical and digital worlds in the metaverse
The world-changing potential of quantum computing
Qualities to look out for when building out a tech team  


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