
interview

Ikea goes all in on Matter smart homes
Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea’s own hub. Starting in January, the Swedish furniture giant will release more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread smart lights, sensors, and remotes with “more new product types and form factors to come,”…

Nick Kathmann, CISO/CIO at LogicGate – Interview Series
Nicholas Kathmann is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at LogicGate, where he leads the company’s information security program, oversees platform security innovations, and engages with customers on managing cybersecurity risk. With over two decades of experience in IT and 18+ years in cybersecurity, Kathmann has built and led security operations across small businesses and…

Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation
What if data could help predict a patient’s prognosis, streamline hospital operations, or optimize human resources in medicine? A book fresh off the shelves, “The Analytics Edge in Healthcare,” shows that this is already happening, and demonstrates how to scale it. Authored by Dimitris Bertsimas, MIT’s vice provost for open learning, along with two of Bertsimas’…

TSMC SVP Kevin Zhang opens up on process technology development & evolving demands: Interview
We had the opportunity to interview TSMC’s Kevin Zhang, the deputy co-COO and SVP at TSMC, to discuss the latest trends in the semiconductor industry and how they impact TSMC’s strategy moving forward. Since its founding in the 1980s, TSMC’s business strategy has been to meticulously fulfill the needs of its customers, transforming itself in…

North Korean Hackers Spread Malware via Fake Crypto Firms and Job Interview Lures
North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview have set up front companies as a way to distribute malware during the fake hiring process. “In this new campaign, the threat actor group is using three front companies in the cryptocurrency consulting industry—BlockNovas LLC (blocknovas[.] com), Angeloper Agency (angeloper[.]com), and SoftGlide LLC (softglide[.]co)—to spread malware via…

Phillip Burr, Head of Product at Lumai – Interview Series
Phillip Burr is the Head of Product at Lumai, with over 25 years of experience in global product management, go-to-market and leadership roles within leading semiconductor and technology companies, and a proven track record of building and scaling products and services. Lumai is a UK-based deep tech company developing 3D optical computing processors to accelerate…

Arsham Ghahramani, PhD, Co-founder and CEO of Ribbon – Interview Series
Arsham Ghahramani, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Ribbon. Based in Toronto and originally from the UK, Ghahramani has a background in both artificial intelligence and biology. His professional experience spans a range of domains, including high-frequency trading, recruitment, and biomedical research. Ghahramani began working in the field of AI around 2014. He completed…

Evan Brown, Executive Director of EDGE at the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Evan Brown serves as the Executive Director of EDGE (Economic Development Growth and Expansion) at the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. With previous roles as Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy Director of Business Development and Legislative Director at the Department of Commerce, Evan brings a wealth of experience in public service and economic strategy. At…

Prof. Ami Moyal, President of Afeka College of Engineering – Interview Series
Prof. Ami Moyal is the President of Afeka College of Engineering and the newly elected Chairman of the Israeli Council for Higher Education’s Planning & Budgeting Committee. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and is an expert in automatic speech recognition. Before becoming Afeka’s President in 2014, he founded…

Joseph Mossel, Co-Founder & CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics – Interview Series
Joseph Mossel is the CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics. His career in the tech industry spans more than 20 years, starting off in software development and product management followed with leadership positions in startups, large multinational corporations and non-profits. Joseph has led products from inception all the way to maturity as multi-million-dollar businesses. He holds…