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Hosted by Matt Egan · business · EN
First Person is the show where we meet the most interesting people in IT, and learn from them what makes them tick by focusing only on their firsts. First job, first great boss, first failure or first pet. Learn from interesting people talking about serious things in a not-serious way. Contact matt_egan@foundryco.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchFirst Person is the show where we meet the most interesting people in IT, and learn from them what makes them tick by focusing only on their firsts. First job, first great boss, first failure or first pet. Learn from interesting people talking about serious things in a not-serious way.
First Person, with Matt Egan is hosted by Matt Egan. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep 22: Cameron Clarke - Co-Founder and CEO - Sunderstorm" (3 November 2025, 37 minutes), "Ep 21: Manu Gopinath - President, UST" (20 October 2025, 37 minutes), and "Ep 20: Mike Vaughan - CDO, Brown & Brown" (13 October 2025, 26 minutes).
First Person, with Matt Egan publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for First Person, with Matt Egan is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. First Person, with Matt Egan requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. First Person, with Matt Egan's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for First Person, with Matt Egan are IT Services & Software Development. First Person, with Matt Egan has a business audience.
Matt Egan hosts First Person, with Matt Egan, a business podcast with 22 episodes published.
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First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Cameron Clarke who explains how he studied computing after being inspired by early PCs, but immediately pivoted into industry where his software engineering skills could be put to immediate, practical use...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Manu Goppinath, who tells us how he transitioned from spending his early years in a small town in India, to being President of a global organization with 30,000 employees. He explained how he wasn't initially...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Mike Vaughan, chief data officer of a large organization in the financial sector, and in his words blessed with a wonderful family and work life. Mike tells us how he got into technology through coding for...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Hal Lonas, CTO of Trulioo and a recognized innovator in cloud security and machine learning. Hal is a long-standing champion of automation technology, having worked in C-suite roles for multiple household...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Dr Francis Goh - academic, author and CEO. In a storied career Dr Francis Goh has been an innovator and technical expert. A strategist, board ember, leadership mentor and sought after public Speaker. He tells...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Stephen Kaufman, who has spent 25 years architecting solutions on behalf of Microsoft. Stephen tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and how his first memory was of taking things apart and...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Office of the World Food Council. Magan tells us how he started out in software engineering but transferred into data when his bosses recognised his talent for connecting technology...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Greg Finnigan, who has navigated a career through hardware to security software and on to cloud; large corporates and startups. Greg tells us about how he found a career he loved through working with the...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Ian Mountford, a governance, risk and compliance consultant who transitioned into cyber security late in his career after being the victim of a hack. Ian talks about his rich and varied career before cyber...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Mel Migrino, an infosec and cybersecurity titan who in late career has pivoted to advocacy. Mel tells us how she got into software development in order to make money, then pivoted to infosec after a friend...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Chris Fuller, a reluctant student with dyslexia who was hand-picked to do a paid PHD. Chris spent time in the UK intelligence community before emerging to work in cyber security startups. Chris advises...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Derek Ashmore, a career-long consultant who says the first thing we need to know about him is that he learns for a living. Derek talks about a fortuitous entry into the industry when accountancy turned into...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Eamonn O'Neill, founder and CTO of Lemongrass. Eamonn tells us that he is a technologist first and foremost, as excited about tech today as he was decades ago when he got his first Spectrum computer. He...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Linus Hakansson, who became a Chief Product Officer by way of developing mobile apps, architecting cloud solutions, and a spell of consultancy. Throughout his career Linus has succeeded by applying technology...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Aaron Momin, a seasoned cybersecurity and cyber risk professional with over 30 years of experience in managing cyber and technology risk. Aaron tells us how he studied computing at college after becoming...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Paul Preiss, the CEO and founder of the IASA, the not-for-profit professional association for all business technology architects. In our conversation Paul describes himself as unbelievably passionate person...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Emma Philpott MBE - academic, cyber security expert and business leader. Emma tells us how her career has meandered to a good place, and that is okay. That when she was underestimated and frustrated early in...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Daniel Avancini, an academic turned entrepreneur, analyst and business person turned coder. He tells us about how he doesn't always know his final destination, but he understands the direction in which he...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet Dr CJ Meadows - from the US, based in Singapore, having worked around the world from Japan to India and beyond. An accountant by training and IT pro by practice, CJ is an entrepreneur, consultant, and...
First Person, with Matt Egan
<p>We meet David Jones - a chief architect, CTO and CIO who describes his work as elevating business technology strategy through architectural excellence. David introduces himself as someone who loves collaborating...
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Head of Sales and Operations, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Principal Product and Solutions Architect, Influence Leadership, Inc.
instructor, consultant, and executive coach with McClaskey Excellence Institute, South Carolina House of Representatives District 5
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