Episodes: Masonry

136: Fred Chesnais, CEO of Atari: Leveling up with a new VCS and Cryptocurrency

What does Atari, the iconic video game maker and cryptocurrency have in common? Find out on this episode of Silicon Valley Insider when Keith Koo’s guest is Fred Chesnais the...

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135: A Blockchain Legal Pioneer on the State of DeFi and Crypto

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo’s guest is Jacob Farber, Co-Founder and Partner of Ouroboros, LLP.  Jacob is an early pioneer in legal matters regarding blockchain and...

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134: Adoraboos: Leveling Up Distance Learning by Gaming

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo talks to the founders of MyDream Interactive, Allison Huynh, CEO and Tammy Laverty, CMO. MyDream has built a series of free learning...

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133: Chooch A.I.: Innovating Visual A.I. on the Edge and in the Cloud

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is Emrah Gultekin, Co-Founder and CEO of Chooch A.I. a company innovating visual artificial intelligence on the edge and in...

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132: Upland the Top Blockchain Game: Monopoly Money as Virtual Currency

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is serial entrepreneur Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder of Upland a Monopoly-like mobile game built on blockchain that connects virtual worlds (called...

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131: Overcoming Burnout and Stress with Cathy Trinh

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s special guest is Cathy Trinh. Cathy is a seasoned executive recruiter with Logic Consulting group and focuses on filling executive roles...

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130: From Disruption to Digital Transformation with NTT DATA

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s returning guests are Eric Clark, Chief Digital Officer and Kris Fitzgerald, Chief Technology Officer of NTT Data. Eric and Kris discuss...

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129: ICON Foundation – Pubic & Private Partnerships on a Decentralized Network

Title: ICON Foundation – Public & Private Partnerships on a Decentralized Network On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is Min Kim, Co-Founder of the ICON Foundation,...

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128: Keeping FreshBooks Fresh with Mike McDerment, Founder and CEO

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo’s special guest is Mike McDerment, Founder and CEO of FreshBooks the billing and invoicing software used by millions in over...

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127: LinkedIn’s First Head of HR – Where does Work go from here?

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo very special guest is his friend, Steve Cadigan, Talent Hacker, and advisor. Steve and Keith have known each other for...

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126: Icecap – Tokenization of Investment Grade Diamonds

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is Jacques Voorhees, CEO of Icecap Diamonds a company that is creating a two-way marketplace for investment-grade diamonds using Non-Fungible...

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125: California’s Registered Apprenticeship Program a Model for the Future

Did you know that there are currently over 70,000 open and unfilled Cyber Security jobs in California? The market salaries for these jobs can range from $100,000 to $150,000. The...

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