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Trip Hawkins — If You Can

 
One of the creators of the modern computer game, Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts and is a living legend that still loves to learn and to discover. He talks to Sound*Bytes about his passions and his newest creation, an educational product called “If”.
 
 

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Idit Harel — Globaloria

 
An exciting concept in digital education from an award-winning expert in
making 21st Century technology accessible to kids. Idit Harel, creator of
Globaloria, talks with Jan Ziff about how student-created computer games are
opening new doors in classrooms around the world.
 
 

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John Ingram — Ingram Content Group

 
Ingram Content Group has its hand in all types of media content, and
chairman John Ingram is excited about its print-on-demand operations. Jan
Ziff with John about this expanding field and how it’s bringing down costs
and encouraging the spread of new ideas.
 
 

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Jon Phillips — Dell Computer

 
Remember “Dude You’re Getting a Dell?” The industry’s come a long way since
those days, but Dell is still very much a player, with high hopes for
expansion in the education sector. Jan Ziff talks with Jon Phillips, Dell’s
Managing Director of Education Strategy about his company’s new strategies
for the classroom.
 
 

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Stewart Alsop — Alsop Louie Partners

 
Stewart Alsop is a man of firm opinions. Venture capitalist, man of ideas,
and former editor of Inforworld, he’s got a lot to say about the future of
technology and education — and he shares his thoughts with Jan Ziff and
Allan Davidson in this wide-ranging interview.
 
 

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Guy Kawasaki — Chief Evangelist Canva

 
If it’s cool, Guy’s around.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1954 Guy has written 12 books, has started and run at least four companies. He is one of the most immediately recognizable heroes of social media with 1.43 million followers on Twitter, 6.6 million followers on Google + and he’s also on Pinterest and Instagram!@!

Today he is Chief Evangelist for Canva, a Sydney based graphic design company that he says has the goal of democratizing design. “I love the democratization of stuff,” writes Guy, “Apple for computers, Google for information, eBay for commerce, and now Canva for design.”
 
 

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Megan Smith — US CTO

 
US CTO appointed by President Barak Obama September 2014.

Previously Megan was an executive at Google – VP Google X and VP Business Development.
Megan is brilliant – Born in 1964 in Buffalo, NY., she graduated from MIT in 1998 with degrees in Mechanical Engineering. She was even a member of the MIT student team that designed, built and raced a solar car 2000 miles across the Australian outback in the first cross-continental solar car race. She’s worked for Apple, General Magic and was CEO of Planet Out before joining Google in 2003. Megan was behind Google’s acquisition of the technologies that became Google Earth, Google Maps and Picasa. She is a passionate advocate for the increased role of women in technology.
She spoke to Sound*Bytes in July 2014.