What to Expect When You're Connecting
What to Expect When You're Connecting includes interviews with a wide range of industry subject matter experts who share their journey, advice, and the mistakes they've made along the way in IoT. If you're adding connectivity to your products for the first time or seeking to optimize and scale your existing connectivity operations – welcome to the conversation.
Episodes
29 episodes
How Product Design Influences User Adoption and Data Quality with Withings Health Solutions
In this episode of 'What to Expect When You're Connecting,' host Ryan Carlson sits down with Antoine Robillard, Vice President of Health Solutions at Withings. They discuss the power of design in healthcare devices, the evolution of connectivit...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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53:37
Building IoT Hardware to Leverage Multiple Radio Networks with Blues Inc
In this episode of 'What to Expect When You're Connecting,' host Ryan Carlson interviews Brandon Satrom, Senior Vice President of Product and Experience at Blues Inc. They delve into the challenges and innovations in IoT connectivity, discussin...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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38:34
Improving Medication Compliance with a Smart Pill Bottle Cap
In this episode, the discussion revolves around digital healthcare, specifically PatchRx. Andrew Aertker, CEO and co-founder of PatchRx, elaborates on their smart cap enabled platform aimed at tackling medication non-adherence—a major issue in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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58:23
Seamlessly Blending Cellular and Satellite Networks for Remote IoT Devices (with Tarun Gupta and Kenta Yasukawa)
We discuss how to increase access for remote IoT devices using satellite as primary or secondary connectivity with the same radio infrastructure. Guests Tarun Gupta of Skylo Technologies and Kenta Yasakawa of Soracom explain how recent advancem...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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33:47
Connecting Remote Work Sites and Digitizing Legacy Systems with Jamie Lyle
The conversation dives into the challenges and opportunities in digitizing industries with legacy systems, particularly focusing on the oil and gas sector. Jamie Lyle of Muddy Boots Online shares his journey from 20 years in field operations to...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:36
Managing Remote Patient Monitoring Operations for Rural Populations (with Darby Davenport, UAB)
A conversation with Darby Davenport, the Manager of Operations for Telemedicine at UAB Health Systems. The discussion focuses on UAB's advanced telehealth initiatives, especially in the context of rural Alabama. Davenport shares insights into h...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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46:59
Bringing Connected Products and Services to Market with Chris Whitaker
Navigating IoT Connectivity Challenges: Insights from Chris WhitakerThis episode of 'What to Expect When You're Connecting' features host Ryan Carlson in conversation with Chris Whitaker, a seasoned expert in the telecommunication...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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41:31
Bridging Connections in IoT: An In-depth Talk with Ryan Chacon of IoT For All
Exploring IoT Challenges and Opportunities with Ryan ChaconThis episode features Ryan Chacon, CMO and co-creator of IoT For All, delving into the world of Internet of Things (IoT) from a connectivity and industry perspective. Host Ryan ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:00:32
Unlocking the Potential of eSIM Technology: A Discussion with Titu Botos
Overcoming Challenges with Embedded SIMs in IoT DevicesThis episode of 'What to Expect When You're Connecting,' hosted by Ryan Carlson, features Titu Botush from Neuronic Works discussing the benefits of embedding SIM cards direc...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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36:58
Replacing Wi-Fi with Cellular Connectivity in Self-Service Kiosks (Electron2Go)
This conversation is with Nasim, the founder of Electron2Go. The discussion revolves around the journey of developing Electron2Go, a phone charging hardware solution for schools, airports, stadiums, and public spaces. Nasim opened up about the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:52
Deploying Multi-Tenant Monitoring Systems in Dense Urban Environments
We talk with ProSentry's founders Nadav and John, discussing their company's development, practical applications, and technological challenges of deploying their connected products throughout New York City multi-tenant housing properties....
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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46:02
The New Frontier of Trustworthy AI with Rajeev Dutt of AI Dynamics
In this episode, our host Ryan Carlson talks with Rajeev Dutt, a theoretical physicist and the founder and CEO of AI Dynamics, to discuss the world of artificial intelligence (AI), its defining characteristics, and the challenges of AI governan...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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43:02
Juggling Multiple Cellular Data Carriers (with Allen Boone)
In today's episode, we're joined by Alan Boone, CEO and founder of Simetric to delve into the intricacies of managing multiple carriers and how technology is revolutionizing cost savings. We'll explore how innovations are streamlining operation...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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38:53
The Power of Alternative Solutions Brainstorming (Motivo)
We're talking about the idea that there are alternative ways of arriving to a solution, especially in product development involving new technologies and creative engineering.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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42:47
Smart Solutions Integrating Blended Networks (with John Hubler)
We are talking with John Hubler of the BHIOT group about the use of blended networks in smart products and building out device ecosystems. What is a blended network? It's when you're trying to make a bunch of internet of things, devices all com...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:56
Connecting in Difficult Remote Locations Over Cellular
What to expect when you're connecting in difficult remote locations where bandwidth and hardware constraints are working against you. We are joined by Andrew Jarman, CTO of Toku systems and Kenta Yasukawa, CTO and co-founder of Soracom.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:17
Tactics For Reducing Cellular Data Costs
Today we’re talking about how cellular IoT projects can reduce their data costs. We’re joined by Steve, a Customer Reliability Engineer at Soracom who spends every day working through support tickets submitted by customers. Most of these reques...
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Episode 13
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33:16
How Micro-Partnerships Build Stronger People Networks and Better Products (with Kurt Schmidt)
In this interview, we’re talking about connectivity of a different sort - stepping up your networking game. No, not computer networking - professional networking, the cornerstone behind personal and professional success. The same mindset for in...
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Episode 12
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44:31
Monitoring the Health and Wealth of 45,000 Connected Kiosks (with Eric Hoersten)
We're talking with Eric Hoersten who started his career as the internet was taking its shape and how connectivity has always been a core aspect of the technology solutions he's been involved with. Eric learned a lot about the complexities of ma...
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Episode 11
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53:52
Benefits of an IoT Optimized Cellular Network (with Felix Hsieh and Richard Halliday)
This is a recording of an internal conversation between Soracom product manager and customer reliability engineer Felix (Shay) Hsieh, and Soracom partnership manager Richard Halliday during one of Felix’s monthly AMA office hours calls in which...
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Episode 10
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30:49
Making Private Network Connections Over Cellular IoT Networks (with Felix Hsieh)
This was originally an internal conversation that I had with Felix Hsieh, a product manager and customer reliability engineer at Soracom. The discussion was during a monthly AMA (ask-me-anything) virtual office hours call. I came to the call wi...
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Episode 9
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29:54
Asset Tracking and Narratives That Drive Product Adoption (with Tom Dever)
Learn about asset tracking from an industry insider and building product narratives that drive adoption across a value chain. This conversation is with Tom Dever from
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Episode 7
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25:13
How 3D Scanning Technology Makes Digital Twins More Accessible (with Brittany Schramm of Matterport)
Today we're talking about a technology that gets us a few steps closer to the holodeck from star Trek, or the construct from the matrix, which if you remember, was that virtual environment used by Morpheus and Neo to learn kung fu and control a...
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Episode 6
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19:08
How Connectivity is Shaping Digital Display Experiences with Sheldon Downey
This week we’re diving deep into a niche industry that has started to become reliant on connectivity to keep its content fresh, relevant, up-to-date, and maintain consistency across hundreds of thousands of devices. We’re talking wi...
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Episode 5
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39:11
Special Presentation - Solving Unique Connectivity Challenges in the Oil and Gas Industry with Kenta Yasukawa
This special episode is the audio from a previously recorded onstage presentation by Soracom CTO, Kenta Yasukawa given at the IoT in Oil and Gas event hosted by the Energy Conference Network in Houston, Texas. Kenta's presentation shares a numb...
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29:47
