The Digital Executive

Coruzant Technologies

Best 10-minute, daily tech podcast on emerging technologies, hundreds of Silicon Valley CEOs, Influencers and Celebrities. Hosted by technology executive and creator of Coruzant Technologies.

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Nov 27, 2025 · 19 min
Dr. Hany Demian on Regenerative Medicine, AI Diagnostics & Ending Chronic Pain | Ep 1156
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Dr. Hany Demian, physician innovator, regenerative medicine pioneer, and CEO of the Biop Spine Institute. With over 20 years of experience treating chronic pain, Dr. Demian has shifted away from traditional pain management toward a groundbreaking model that blends AI-driven diagnostics, cellular-level therapies, and microinvasive procedures—all aimed at restoring the body rather than simply masking symptoms. Dr. Demian s
Nov 26, 2025 · 19 min
Scaling Agentic AI with Chirag Agrawal | Ep 1155
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Chirag Agrawal, a senior technologist and AI infrastructure expert with deep experience building large-scale platforms, distributed systems, and multi-agent orchestration for Alexa. With over a decade in advanced AI systems, Chirag shares his perspective on what it really takes to move from “having a model” to running resilient, scalable AI agents in production. Chirag explains why models should be treated as dependencies—not
Nov 25, 2025 · 14 min
Illuminating Leadership: Jack Griffin on Storytelling, Humility & Transformative Communication | Ep 1154
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Jack Griffin, CEO of Light Up Ventures and bestselling author of Luminary. As a certified executive coach with experience supporting leaders at Google, Meta, Amazon, and Yahoo, Jack specializes in helping tech executives strengthen their leadership through compelling storytelling, systems thinking, and personal development. Jack shares the defining moment that inspired Light Up Ventures: witnessing a senior leader lose an enti
Nov 24, 2025 · 15 min
Jesse Lipson on Reinventing Relationship Marketing for Small Businesses |Ep 1153
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Jesse Lipson, founder and CEO of Levitate, a relationship marketing platform helping small businesses build genuine, human connections at scale. A seasoned entrepreneur, Jesse previously founded ShareFile, growing it to millions of users before its acquisition by Citrix, and has since become a key leader in North Carolina’s tech ecosystem. Jesse shares the inspiration behind Levitate—observing firsthand how traditional C
Nov 24, 2025 · 18 min
Decentralizing Trust: Mike Miglio on Reinventing Insurance for the DeFi Era | Ep 1152
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Mike Miglio, CEO and founder of DEIN, the decentralized marketplace transforming how risk and insurance function across the DeFi ecosystem. With a deep history in crypto law, blockchain protocols, and decentralized innovation, Mike brings firsthand insight into why insurance—at its core—is really about trust. Mike explains how DEIN aims to replace reputation-driven DeFi risk assessment with transparent, on-chain market dynamic
Nov 23, 2025 · 16 min
Reinventing Recruiting: David Windley on AI Agents, Human Judgment, and Future of Talent | Ep 1151
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with David Windley, CEO and Executive Chairman of HootRecruit, the AI-powered talent sourcing platform reshaping how companies find and engage top talent. With a distinguished HR leadership background at Yahoo and Microsoft, David brings decades of expertise to his mission: transforming recruiting through intelligent automation—without eliminating the human touch. David explains how advancements in AI inspired him to rethink
Nov 21, 2025 · 28 min
Rethinking Ads with Dr. Duane Varan | Ep1150
In this episode of The Digital Executive, Brian Thomas welcomes Dr. Duane Varan, CEO of MediaScience and MediaPet, and one of the world’s most published researchers in advertising science. Dr. Varan shares the remarkable story of how a call from Disney unexpectedly pulled him from academia into commercial research—leading to the creation of the Disney Ad Innovation Lab and ultimately the rise of MediaScience as a global leader in audience measurement. Dr. Varan explains how neuro metric tools—s
Nov 20, 2025 · 30 min
Deleting Meeting Madness: Erik Braund’s Mission to Rebuild Human Connection at Work | Ep 1149
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Erik Braund, founder and CEO of Katmai—a groundbreaking virtual office platform designed to restore spontaneity, human connection, and real collaboration in the age of meeting overload. Erik shares his journey from music and video production to building one of the most innovative remote-work platforms on the market. He discusses how his creative background, love for hardware, and pandemic-era problem-solving led to Katma
Nov 18, 2025 · 16 min
Daniel Burrus on Hard Trends & Future-Ready Leadership | Ep 1148
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes renowned futurist, bestselling author, and strategic advisor Daniel Burrus. As the creator of the Hard Trends methodology and the Anticipatory Organization model, Daniel teaches leaders how to predict disruption before it happens—and turn certainty into a competitive advantage. Daniel breaks down the power of distinguishing hard trends (future facts) from soft trends (assumptions), explaining how this clarity reduces uncertain
Nov 17, 2025 · 23 min
Leading the AI Shift with Santosh Kaveti | Ep 1147
In this episode of The Digital Executive, Brian Thomas welcomes Santosh Kaveti, CEO and founder of ProArch, a leader in cloud, data, app modernization, and cybersecurity solutions. With over 18 years of experience as a technologist, entrepreneur, investor, and advisor, Santosh shares the pivotal lessons that shaped his approach to building technology services—including the realization that technology alone is never the solution; people, processes, and change management are the true drivers of su
Nov 16, 2025 · 22 min
Building People, Not Just Tech: Nicolas Genest on AI, Talent, and the Future of Work | Ep 1146
In this episode of The Digital Executive, Brian Thomas sits down with Nicolas Genest, veteran CTO, two-time CEO, and founder of CodeBoxx Technology Academy. With a career spanning multiple hypergrowth startups—The RealReal, ModCloth, Veepee (Vente Privée), and Walmart—Nicolas shares the turning point that shifted his mission from building companies to building people. Nicolas explains how years of leading high-performing teams revealed a core truth: success in technology is never about the stac
Nov 14, 2025 · 19 min
Quantifying AI Risk: Yakir Golan on Turning Cyber Threats Into Business Intelligence | Ep 1145
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Yakir Golan, CEO and Co-founder of Kovrr, a global leader in cyber and AI risk quantification. Drawing from his early career in Israeli intelligence and later roles in software, hardware, and product management, Yakir explains how his background shaped his holistic approach to understanding complex, interconnected risk systems. Yakir breaks down why quantifying AI and cyber risk—rather than relying on subjective, color-coded s
Nov 12, 2025 · 17 min
Matt Maher on AI, Search, and the Future of Human-Centered Innovation | Ep 1144
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with futurist and founder of M7 Innovations, Matt Maher. Named one of Vogue’s Top 100 Innovators of 2024, Matt shares how his journey from major media firms to launching M7 positioned him at the forefront of AI, immersive tech, and the evolving internet. He discusses how brands can thrive in the new age of AI-powered search through his “Align, Design, Refine” framework, and why spatial computing could help us reclaim our atte
Nov 11, 2025 · 22 min
Dr. Robert B. Kerstein on Smarter Dentistry | Ep 1143
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Dr. Robert B. Kerstein, a pioneer in digital occlusal analysis and long-time advocate for advancing dental science through technology. A former Tufts University professor and prosthodontic expert, Dr. Kerstein has spent decades perfecting how dentists measure and correct the human bite using T-Scan technology—the world’s first computerized system for analyzing occlusal forces in real time. Dr. Kerstein explains how early tools
Nov 9, 2025 · 19 min
Building Digital Trust: Kaarel Kotkas on the Future of Identity Verification | Ep 1142
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Kaarel Kotkas, founder and CEO of Veriff, a global leader in digital identity verification trusted by brands like Uber and Bumble. Kaarel shares how a childhood experience on a small island in Estonia sparked his lifelong mission to make the internet safer. What began as a teenager’s curiosity about online IDs evolved into Veriff, a company now protecting millions of users worldwide through AI-driven, video-based verific
Nov 7, 2025 · 25 min
Preserving the Digital Self: Charles Lambert on Continuity, Legacy, and Life on the Blockchain | Ep 1141
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Charles Lambert, founder and CEO of Digital Life Box, a secure SaaS platform built to preserve what defines us—our memories, assets, and identity—across generations. Charles shares the personal story that inspired Digital Life Box: a realization that our growing digital lives—from crypto wallets to cloud photos—often have no plan for continuity. He explains how his platform bridges the physical, emotional, and digital worlds,
Nov 5, 2025 · 20 min
Automating Knowledge Work: Alberto Rizzoli on Building Trustworthy AI and the Future of Work | Ep 1140
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Alberto Rizzoli, serial entrepreneur and CEO of V7, a UK-based company pioneering AI systems to automate knowledge work across industries like healthcare, finance, and insurance. Alberto shares his journey from creating AI Poly, a groundbreaking app that empowered the visually impaired, to leading V7, where AI agents now handle complex, document-heavy workflows with accuracy, traceability, and compliance at scale. He explains
Nov 3, 2025 · 14 min
AI-Powered Translation at Scale: Bryan Murphy on Smartling’s Global Impact | Ep 1139
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling, the leading AI translation platform powering global communication for brands like British Airways, DoorDash, Verizon, and MasterCard. Bryan shares how Smartling is transforming translation and localization from a slow, manual process into a fully automated, enterprise-grade solution—delivering human-quality translations six times faster and at half the cost. He explains how Smartling’s cus
Nov 2, 2025 · 17 min
The Future of Digital Trust: Tim Callan on Certificates, Cryptography, and Identity | Ep 1138
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Tim Callan, Chief Experience Officer at Sectigo and one of the leading voices in SSL and PKI technology. With over 20 years shaping the standards of digital trust, Tim unpacks how the invisible infrastructure behind certificates and encryption keeps our digital world secure. Tim explores the coming shift toward shorter certificate lifespans, why automation is essential for enterprises, and how post-quantum cryptography (
Nov 1, 2025 · 18 min
Challenging the Status Quo: Andrea Luoni on Disrupting Insurance with Integrity and Transparency | Ep 1137
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas welcomes Andrea Luoni, founder and CEO of Rate Craft, who’s redefining transparency and ethics in the insurance industry. Andrea shares how her lifelong instinct to defend others fuels her mission to protect clients from hidden costs and industry abuse. She explains why too many businesses accept rising premiums without question—and how getting a second opinion can save millions. From her front-row view of the industry’s consolidation