CHIIPs

CHIIPS with Alper Yegin, LoRa Alliance on smart cities, industry & agriculture

In this episode, Caroline Hayes talks to Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, which this year is focused on awareness and education for the wireless technology’s capabilities. Caroline finds out how LoRaWAN differs from ZigBee, Bluetooth, 5G/5G and others and how it is used in smart cities, industry and agriculture around the world.

CHIIPs with Jan Peters, Katalytik, on engineering ideas & manufacturing troubleshooting

Why do companies and engineers need to communicate and understand differences to build a strong, productive team? Jan Peters, was an applications engineer and former president of Women’s Engineering Society and today is director of Katalytik. She shares some ideas and tips on how she helps people understand and connect, turn engineering ideas into reality and about troubleshooting in manufacturing to help engineers listen and understand, share and explain to avoid roadblocks ahead.
 
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CHIIPs with Rupert Baines and Dr Andy Sellars, on the UK’s semiconductor strategy

Caroline Hayes gets together with Dr Andy Sellars and Rupert Baines to pick their brains about the UK’s semiconductor strategy. The co-chairs of the DSIT’s UKTIN semiconductors Expert Working Group, bring a wealth of experience to the discussion. (Andy is an adviser at Compound Semiconductor Catapult and strategy director at the University of Southampton's Cornerstone silicon photonics rapid prototyping foundry and Rupert’s CV includes notable companies and is chair of Cambridge Tech Week 2025. (Caroline is the klutz who forgets to press ‘record’!)
 
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CHIIPS with Maggie Philbin, on her TeenTech charity helping youngsters explore STEM opportunities

In this episode of CHIIPs, TV personality, Maggie Philbin tells Caroline about her work today as co-founder of TeenTech, a charity that helps young people explore opportunities in STEM. Maggie is joined by two alumni of TeenTech who tell us about the technical and life skills they have developed through taking part in conferences and events. Maggie also looks forward to hosting Electronics Weekly’s Women Leaders in Electronics Awards which will be held in London (29 April).
 
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CHIIPs with Ash Madni on electronics design & managing productive workplaces

In this episode of CHIIPs, industry insights are provided by Ash Madni, a former RF engineer and management consultant. He shares his advice for electronics designers and managers to ensure a diverse and productive workplace.
 
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CHIIPs with Helen Duncan, Blueshift Memory, on career paths & non von Neumann technology

In this episode of CHIIPs (Caroline Hayes’ Industry Insights Podcasts) the CEO of Blueshift Memory discusses her career path, as an engineer and journalist, and how she is steering a company which introduced its non von Neumann technology to accelerate processing speeds and which is at the cusp of the AI revolution.
 
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CHIIPs with Paulette Watson, Academy Achievers, on helping BME girls succeed in STEM careers

The dynamic founder of Academy Achievers talks to Caroline Hayes about her passion for helping BME girls succeed in STEM careers. After leaving a successful career in banking to study and teach STEM, she shares her enthusiasm for making sure everyone is able to follow their passion.
 
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CHIIPs with Valerie Lynch & Nicola Thorn, AND Technology Research, on leading a company, from the 1980s & today

A family business, based in Essex, UK, provides design consultancy services to world famous electronics companies and startups. Valerie Lynch, the founder and chair of AND Technology Research joins Caroline with her daughter, ANDtr’s CEO, Nicola Thorn, to discuss the origins of the company in the 1980s and why today a diverse workplace and listening to engineers can advance more than just a design idea.
 
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CHIIPs with Harriet Green, on leading major companies and educational programmes

In the first episode of Caroline Hayes’ Industry Insights Podcasts, business leader, Harriet Green describes how she led major companies (IBM Watson IoT and Premier Farnell) during times of disruption in the electronics industry and how today she leads educational programmes, in particular encouraging young girls and is a judge for Electronics Weekly’s Women Leaders in Electronics Awards.
 
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