Our speakers
Everyone who has joined James and Gerjon on the show so far, with their LinkedIn profile and the episodes they appeared in.
The hosts
Guests
Seda Akdemir
AI Strategy Lead EMEA North, Cisco
Talked about moving beyond AI as a shiny toy to secure AI factories and real business value.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Johan van Amersfoort
Chief Evangelist, ITQ (CTO Office)
VCDX #238, vExpert, public speaker, author and podcast host. In EP02 he explained how he built COBIE, a chatbot that replaced him during his holiday.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Erich Archer
Emmy-winning producer and generative AI video specialist; Executive Director, 1623 Studios
Talked about how AI is democratising filmmaking.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Simon Binder
Lead Architect, Advania Knowledge Factory
MVP, MCT, podcaster and storyteller; co-hosts the Knee Deep in Tech podcast. Talked about AI security, data integrity and data poisoning.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Dan Boyles
Founder, Hello AI Collective; AI adoption and implementation strategist
Known as The Copilot Guy. Organiser of the Hello AI Summit and a regular on the show about agents, adoption and real AI impact.
LinkedIn →3 episodes
Dave Brear
Account Technology Strategist, Citrix
Talked about the AI second brain and why chain of cognition matters.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Christiaan Brinkhoff
Cloud & AI Product Leader for Windows Cloud, Microsoft
Talked about going beyond Copilot: process-based permissions and autonomous IT.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Femke Cornelissen
Chief AI Transformation Officer (formerly Chief Copilot), Wortell
Copilot adoption expert. Joined us on Copilot and again for the EP50 panel.
LinkedIn →2 episodes
Lee Crossley
Consultant CTO and co-founder, Overshow
Talked about local AI models, privacy and who controls the model.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Joe Darkins
CTO, Burnley Football Club
Talked about aligning AI to real business problems, the CISO's changing role and agentic AI in football.
1 episode
Rob Fawcett
The Human CTO
Talked about the boring but necessary side of AI: governance, assurance and compliance.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Rich Gibbons
Head of FinOps, GreenOps and Microsoft Intelligence, Synyega
Talked about Microsoft's consumption-based AI licensing for Copilot, Cowork and Scout.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Dr. Nikita Golovko
Portfolio AI Architect, Siemens
Certified iSAQB architect and cybersecurity expert. Talked about industrial AI versus GenAI on the factory floor.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Nicola Graham
Founder, BEE Change Ltd
Change management expert and author of Build, Excite, Equip. Joined us on why companies are still bad at AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Stephen Gresty
Coaching and training consultant, applied positive psychology
Joined James live at the Hello AI Collective Summit to talk about amplifying humans instead of replacing them.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Adnan Hendricks
Microsoft Azure Security MVP
Focus on Azure, modern workplace, cloud and endpoint security. Joined us live at E2EVC.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Phil Hobden
Head of Customer Advocacy, Sage
Talked about realistic AI applications and limits: good data, human oversight and AI as a co-pilot.
1 episode
Daniel Horowitz
SEO Lead at Informatica
Talked about how search is evolving in the age of AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Louise Humpington
AI governance consultant and executive coach
Background in philosophy. Talked about accountability, diversity and adaptive AI governance.
LinkedIn →2 episodes
Mark Kelly
CCO at Alldus and founder of AI Ireland
Alldus does AI consultancy; AI Ireland is a community platform for AI. Talked about AI not replacing us, but someone using AI might.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Jits Langedijk
Manager Enterprise Platform & Partner Solutions Architect, Nvidia
Joined us for the Nvidia perspective on the AI revolution.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Emilie Lundblad
Head of AI at Umbil; Microsoft Regional Director and AI 3x MVP
Data and AI speaker, educator and board member. Talked about AI in healthcare.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Brian Madden
EUC and workplace AI analyst, writer and speaker; VP, Technology Officer & Futurist at Citrix
Our most frequent guest on workplace AI, from Microsoft Recall to AI predictions for 2025 and 2026.
LinkedIn →3 episodes
Michaell Magrutsche
Creativity-awareness educator, multimedia artist and author
Talked about AI and individuality, neurodiversity and why mistakes are essential for creativity.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Ryan Mangan
Cloud Technologist, author and founder of Efficient Ether
Public speaker focused on AI, cloud cost management and XaaS. Joined us on AI hallucinations and live at E2EVC.
LinkedIn →2 episodes
Leon McQuade
Co-founder and Chief AI Officer, ThinkCloud
Speaker and podcaster. Walked us through the World Economic Forum's top skills for 2030.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Jim Moyle
Principal Product Manager, Windows Cloud, Microsoft
Stepped in for James and talked about combining a second brain with agentic AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Matt Neal
Founder, Artificia One
Full-service AI consultancy for SMEs. Talked about AI as a business problem, ROI and training.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Alessandro Perilli
CEO and Chief of Research of a generative AI R&D lab
Discussed the limits of large language models, the ethical guidelines of centralised AI providers and the fear of deepfakes.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Thomas Poppelgaard
Technology Architect and CEO, Poppelgaard
Microsoft MVP (Azure & Windows), NVIDIA NEPA and VMware vExpert. Talked about building private AI with VMware and NVIDIA.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Magali De Reu
Founder, The Obvious Yes
Went viral with a screenshot showing LinkedIn is basically all Claude now. Talked about why AI can't fake being you.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Marius Sandbu
Cloud Evangelist
Talked about how people get lost in the flood of Microsoft Copilots, and about data quality, governance and security.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Bhaskar Sawant
Lead Engineer and Solutions Architect, AI/ML and cybersecurity
Azure and SaaS platforms specialist. Talked about not closing the front door on insecure, hype-driven AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Paul Slater
AI Enablement Advisor (formerly Principal AI Technologist), Adobe
Talked about the overlooked costs of AI, human control and the reverse Flynn effect.
LinkedIn →2 episodes
Matt Soltau
Global Director of Strategy and Operations, IntelliPaaS
Talked about the hidden energy crisis behind smart enterprises.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Jeroen van Steijn
Team Lead Data & AI, Delta-N
Shared real-life use cases of how AI is changing the world.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Ronni Holmvig Strøm
Co-founder, Privateers; digital-transformation consultant
Talked about design thinking, user adoption and finding concrete pain points for AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Dr. Maria Sukhareva
Principal Key Expert in Artificial Intelligence
Talked about the AI bubble: hype, money loops and what comes next.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Sairam Sundaresan
AI engineering leader and author of AI for the Rest of Us
Works on autonomous driving systems and AI education. Talked about autonomous vehicles, RAG, agents and the hidden costs of AI.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Steve Wilson
Chief AI & Product Officer, Exabeam
Active in AI and cybersecurity (OWASP, O'Reilly). Stepped in for Gerjon and talked about agents escaping the sandbox.
LinkedIn →1 episode
Josh Woodruff
Founder and CEO, MassiveScale.AI
Talked about shadow AI, agentic browsers and zero trust.
LinkedIn →1 episode