https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-epic-podcast-with-canterbury-tech
Each episode will feature an interview with a tech leader, either discussing their or their company's journey, lessons they've learnt along the way or delving into a particular area of speciality.

Along with the interview content, we will include a community focus section, news, highlights and discuss upcoming events.]]>enTechnologyCopyright Andy Poulsenhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/03bb5afb5c5ca5661530c26193dd3c25.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/the-epic-podcast-with-canterbury-techSun, 17 Sep 2023 11:08:48 +0000Andy PoulsenAndy Poulsenfeeds@spreaker.comThe EPIC Podcast is a tech focused podcast being produced by Canterbury Tech, New Zealand's most active tech cluster group. Each episode will feature an interview with a tech leader, either discussing their or their company's journey, lessons they've...
Each episode will feature an interview with a tech leader, either discussing their or their company's journey, lessons they've learnt along the way or delving into a particular area of speciality.

Along with the interview content, we will include a community focus section, news, highlights and discuss upcoming events.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e08-ryan-higgs-onside--475686361a146885-17d7-47a8-8ba6-c1e1479d8562Sat, 20 Nov 2021 03:27:39 +0000Andy PoulsenFor this episode of The EPIC Podcast, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton (GM of Canterbury Tech) speak with Ryan Higgs, co-founder and CEO of Onside, who have developed a digital check-in app for farmers, growers and contractors with a fast growing user...1607canterbury,christchurch,epic,higgs,newzealand,nz,onside,podcast,ryan,startup,story,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e07-max-ferguson-nitrolabs--472513058fbd0b1a-0663-45da-9581-640716d188a9Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:56:50 +0000Andy PoulsenFor this episode of The EPIC Podcast, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton (GM of Canterbury Tech) chat with Max Ferguson, founder and CEO of Nitrolabs, discussing the creation of Lumin PDF and Nitrolabs, how they built a user base of 60 million, why their...2237canterbury,christchurch,ferguson,lumin,max,newzealand,nitrolabs,pdf,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e06-anya-anderson-redseed--4685911886245b6a-94f8-4848-9b51-a3d3a1c335cfThu, 07 Oct 2021 02:36:55 +0000Andy PoulsenFor this episode of The EPIC Podcast, Andy Poulsen and Helen Shorthouse chat with Anya Anderson, founder and CEO of RedSeed, discussing RedSeed's journey to date, their culture, their expansion into Australia, how COVID has affected their industry and...2552anyaanderson,canterbury,christchurch,epic,online,podcast,redseed,tech,technology,trainingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e05-julie-ryan-custom-d--46644090
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.]]>1870canterbury,christchurch,customd,epic,julieryan,networking,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e04-blair-cassidy-bill-stalker-phocus-software--457950142982822e-9d79-490f-b8f3-6cd3974de22aThu, 22 Jul 2021 04:10:37 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton are joined by Blair Cassidy and Bill Stalker from Phocus Software, a fast growing global business intelligence software company.2015business,canterbury,christchurch,epic,intelligence,phocus,podcast,software,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s03e03-david-barley-opmetrix--45335800758d41a0-a658-4913-ae63-950ab57a0a2eThu, 17 Jun 2021 04:10:32 +0000Andy PoulsenContinuing our series focused on some of Canterbury's tech success stories that aren't widely known, this episode Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton are joined in studio by David Barley, CEO of Opmetrix, who produce a mobile merchandising & CRM platform...2024canterbury,christchurch,epic,merchandising,mobile,opmetrix,podcast,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s3e02-paul-sibson-linc-technologies--44922314fa1be59b-1ab1-4c97-a1d5-319adb56fc21Thu, 20 May 2021 04:29:28 +0000Andy PoulsenContinuing our series focused on some of Canterbury's tech success stories that aren't widely known, this episode Andy Poulsen and Helen Shorthouse are joined in studio by Paul Sibson, co-founder and CTO of Linc Technologies. Linc produce HERO, the...2702cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s3e01-josh-flores-comet-backup--436962732de36f30-c288-4af7-8d55-4067424fee85Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:22:00 +0000Andy PoulsenWe're back with a new season of The EPIC Podcast. This series discussing the background behind some of Canterbury's tech success stories that aren't widely known. We kick off this series with an interview with Josh Flores, General Manager of Comet...1963backup,canterbury,christchurch,comet,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e6-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-6-a-discussion-with-joanna-norris--35356354
For the sixth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Joanna Norris (CEO of ChristchurchNZ), discussing her thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>1bbe6e56-79fa-42a6-bdbc-7786ee705e1fThu, 02 Jul 2020 06:56:34 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we continue our series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post-Covid19 Economic Recovery, where we are speaking with a number of business leaders, politicians and commentators on this subject. For the...
For the sixth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Joanna Norris (CEO of ChristchurchNZ), discussing her thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>2038canterbury,christchurchnz,covid,covid19,economic,joannanorris,newzealand,post,recovery,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e5-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-5-a-discussion-with-dr-megan-woods--32349965
For the fifth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with the Honorable Dr Megan Woods (MP), discussing her thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>fb777fef-9be2-4821-97e5-5c762293d220Mon, 22 Jun 2020 02:23:18 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we continue our series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post-Covid19 Economic Recovery, where we are speaking with a number of business leaders, politicians and commentators on this subject. For the...
For the fifth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with the Honorable Dr Megan Woods (MP), discussing her thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>1936canterbury,covid,covid19,economic,newzealand,paulspain,post,recovery,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e4-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-4-a-discussion-with-paul-spain--30729358
For the fourth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Paul Spain (entrepreneur, futurist and podcaster), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>58f2be36-d858-492f-83c4-7dd0d7cb69a9Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:23:42 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we continue our series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post-Covid19 Economic Recovery. Over the next few episodes we will speak with a number of business leaders, politicians and commentators on this...
For the fourth episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Paul Spain (entrepreneur, futurist and podcaster), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>1913canterbury,covid,covid19,economic,newzealand,paulspain,post,recovery,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e3-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-3-a-discussion-with-rod-oram--29535841
For the third episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Rod Oram (journalist and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>0a010bb8-f364-4f94-9818-f6345e7cd5a7Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:48:34 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we continue our series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post-Covid19 Economic Recovery. Over the next few episodes we will speak with a number of business leaders, politicians and commentators on this...
For the third episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Rod Oram (journalist and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>2461canterbury,covid,covid19,economic,newzealand,post,recovery,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e2-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-2-a-discussion-with-ben-reid--28608374
For the second episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Ben Reid (director of Memia, beachhead adviser with NZTE, board member, investor and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>7eb302e7-9cde-4b7c-aab4-c761a2f66402Fri, 29 May 2020 05:29:06 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we continue our series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post-Covid19 Economic Recovery. For the second episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Ben...
For the second episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Ben Reid (director of Memia, beachhead adviser with NZTE, board member, investor and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>1746canterbury,covid,covid19,economic,newzealand,post,recovery,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-s2-e1-the-role-of-technology-in-nz-s-post-covid-economic-recovery-part-1-a-discussion-with-ben-kepes--28007415
For the first episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Ben Kepes (board member, entrepreneur, investor and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>229442e1-7d80-44f3-b720-171223abb9b6Thu, 21 May 2020 23:17:57 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we start a new series on the EPIC Podcast discussing the Role of Technology in New Zealand's Post Covid-19 Economic Recovery. Over the next few episodes we will speak with a number of business leaders, politicians and commentators on this...
For the first episode of the series, Andy Poulsen and Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, speak with Ben Kepes (board member, entrepreneur, investor and commentator), around his thoughts on the best way forward for NZ in our post Covid recovery.]]>2427canterbury,covid19,economic,epicpodcast,newzealand,nz,recovery,techcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-9-agile-chch-2020-leon-maritz-jeremy-lawson-evan-leybourn-shane-hastie--234088535048eb04-0694-49b9-ab73-cd70e5dc64e8Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:31 +0000Andy PoulsenFor this episode of the EPIC Podcast Andy Poulsen heads to the Agile Christchurch 2020 conference and speaks with Evan Leybourn (CEO & Founder of the Business Agility Institute), and Shane Hastie (Chair of the Agile Alliance NZ), along with two of the...2931agile,canterbury,christchurch,new,tech,technology,zealandcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-8-lauren-peate-multitudes-neil-hamilton-canterbury-tech--20788038
Then Andy is joined by Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, to review the year that was and discusses some upcoming plans for 2020.]]>ca5c54ba-098e-4d9f-ab89-1dc2fff91d2bMon, 16 Dec 2019 10:11:15 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we wrap up our interviews from the Canterbury Tech Summit with Kris Herbert and Andy Poulsen chatting with Lauren Peate, CEO and co-founder of Multitudes, about her career to date and how to build an excellent culture inside...
Then Andy is joined by Neil Hamilton, GM of Canterbury Tech, to review the year that was and discusses some upcoming plans for 2020.]]>2511canterbury,christchurch,cluster,lauren,multitudes,peate,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-7-olivier-klein-aws-james-pearson-media-suite--205304879fda7894-9f49-487a-b018-630d89ed008cFri, 06 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we're again at the Canterbury Tech Summit with Kris Herbert and Andy Poulsen chatting with Olivier Klein, Head of Emerging Technology at Amazon Web Services, and then we feature an edited cut of James Pearson from Media Suite's...1830aws,canterbury,christchurch,media,suite,summit,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-6-sonia-cuff-microsoft-andrew-leckie-iot-devzone--20126491
Also included in this episode is a selected excerpt from Andrew Leckie of IoT Devzone's session at the Summit, about IoT and Machine Learning, and then we wrap up with some thoughts from a handful of summit attendees.]]>7b53d54e3a7b4d8ca525960e91818065Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:52:33 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we are live at the Canterbury Tech Summit again, with Kris and Andy interviewing Sonia Cuff (Cloud Advocate at Microsoft),  talking about her career journey, women in tech, technology and much more. Also included in this episode is a...
Also included in this episode is a selected excerpt from Andrew Leckie of IoT Devzone's session at the Summit, about IoT and Machine Learning, and then we wrap up with some thoughts from a handful of summit attendees.]]>2807canterbury,iot,learning,machine,summit,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-5-stephen-scheeler-digital-ceo-brooke-roberts-sharesies--20126492
Also included in this episode is a selected excerpt from Brooke Roberts of Sharesies session at the Summit, taking us through the Sharesies story and how they defined their values early on to set the purpose for the organisation.]]>e9d4fbd63e994b21b07e084d6de46908Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:02:47 +0000Andy PoulsenThis episode we are live at the Canterbury Tech Summit, with Kris and Andy interviewing Stephen Scheeler, the Digital CEO (and ex-CEO of Facebook Australia & NZ), the Summit keynote speaker, with his insights into leaderships, recruitment, trends he's...
Also included in this episode is a selected excerpt from Brooke Roberts of Sharesies session at the Summit, taking us through the Sharesies story and how they defined their values early on to set the purpose for the organisation.]]>2057canterbury,summit,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-4-andy-millard-link-engine-management-michael-trengrove-feliuai-liu-digital-future-aotearoa--2012650087ee520642d24399984b33eda91d418bSun, 01 Sep 2019 11:57:22 +0000Andy PoulsenIn Episode 4 of the EPIC Podcast, Andy Millard discusses the Link Engine Management story, along with some insights into succession planning, changing organisational culture, funding and expansion, and more. In the second part of the episode Michael...2503cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-3-reuben-bijl-smudge-apps-paul-claridge-canterbury-angels--20126501
In this episode we feature Reuben Bijl from Smudge Apps discussing their story, where apps are heading and more, and then Paul Claridge from Canterbury Angels chats about the local angel investment activity, followed by Neil Hamilton from Canterbury Tech with an update on the Summit and cluster meetings.

We'd love your feedback, please email it to podcast@canterburytech.nz]]>b7c229b937524bf49ad47caa0142da6fFri, 02 Aug 2019 02:12:00 +0000Andy PoulsenWe're proud to release Episode 3 of the EPIC Podcast, as presented by Canterbury Tech. In this episode we feature Reuben Bijl from Smudge Apps discussing their story, where apps are heading and more, and then Paul Claridge from Canterbury Angels...
In this episode we feature Reuben Bijl from Smudge Apps discussing their story, where apps are heading and more, and then Paul Claridge from Canterbury Angels chats about the local angel investment activity, followed by Neil Hamilton from Canterbury Tech with an update on the Summit and cluster meetings.

We'd love your feedback, please email it to podcast@canterburytech.nz]]>2687canterbury,christchurch,epic,podcast,tech,technologycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-2-sarah-heal-information-leadership--20126496
Following the interview we chat with Marian Johnson from Ministry of Awesome, and Neil Hamilton from Canterbury Tech.]]>1f3f8bb32a92425697c0f4784b24c58bSun, 30 Jun 2019 22:59:24 +0000Andy PoulsenIn episode 2 of the EPIC podcast series journalist Kris Herbert interviews Sarah Heal, Director & co-founder of Information Leadership. We talk about their journey so far, their team, how they became Microsoft's exclusive partner for information...
Following the interview we chat with Marian Johnson from Ministry of Awesome, and Neil Hamilton from Canterbury Tech.]]>2463canterbury,christchurch,ecosystem,epic,techcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epic-podcast-ep-1-shaun-ryan-sli-systems--20126506
In part 2, Andy Poulsen chats with Canterbury Tech General Manager Neil Hamilton, covering Tech Week, the Hi-Tech Awards, the Muslim Hackathon and some news about the new Canterbury Tech Mentor Scheme plus the upcoming Tech Summit.]]>bc5b152aa2a843ba86d977f5a951f93bThu, 06 Jun 2019 03:06:51 +0000Andy PoulsenFor the pilot of the EPIC podcast series we feature journalist Kris Herbert chatting with Shaun Ryan, co-founder of SLI Systems, discussing his journey so far. In part 2, Andy Poulsen chats with Canterbury Tech General Manager Neil Hamilton, covering...
In part 2, Andy Poulsen chats with Canterbury Tech General Manager Neil Hamilton, covering Tech Week, the Hi-Tech Awards, the Muslim Hackathon and some news about the new Canterbury Tech Mentor Scheme plus the upcoming Tech Summit.]]>2450canterbury,new,sli,systems,tech,technology,zealandcleanfull