The DroidDevCast

Esper's 2020 Year End Recap

On today’s episode of The DroidDevCast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver is joined by Esper COO Shiv Sundar, Esper CEO Yadhu Gopalan, Esper VP of Customer Success Chris Stirrat, Esper Director of Cybersecurity Jasmine Henry, and Esper VP of Technical Sales Keith Szot. Together, these members of the Esper team discuss some of the trends we’ve seen this year in terms of Android devices and Android software development and the Android ecosystem, AOSP, and trends they saw in 2020.

An Introduction to Blazor: A C# Based Client-Side Web App Framework

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Deployed Principal Software Developer and Manning Publications author of Blazor in Action [https://www.manning.com/books/blazor-in-action] Chris Sainty [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-sainty] to learn more about Blazor, a C# based front-end framework created by the ASP.NET development team at Microsoft. Blazor blends HTML markup and C# components for use in front end web development, giving developers the the ability to also run C# in the browser. IN THIS EPISODE OF THE DROIDDEVCAST: 00:55 - How did you get started with Blazor? 04:43 - What are some of the key benefits to working with Blazor for developers? 08:39 - What are ways that Android developers can benefit from using the Blazor framework? 10:46 - How can developers build and work with APIs using Blazor? 11:55 - What are some of the other ways that Blazor helps developers leverage the power of API-based solutions? 14:03 - What’s your favorite thing you’ve built with Blazor? 16:48 - What’s a piece of advice that you would give to someone that was interested in getting started with Blazor?

Omnichannel and Contactless Payment Solutions with WorldNet Payments

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver spoke with Conn Byrne [https://www.linkedin.com/in/conn-byrne-7019aa51/], Senior Vice President of Sales, North America and Europe at Worldnet Payments. Throughout the conversation, they touched on WorldNet’s history in the payment industry, the evolution of contactless payment solutions, and what solutions businesses can put in place to ensure that their own kiosk and retail offerings are leveraging the full capabilities and security of contactless payment solutions.

Ordermark CEO Alex Canter: Ghost Kitchens and the Evolution of the Restaurant Industry

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver sat down with Alex Canter [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-canter-ordermark], CEO at Ordermark [https://www.ordermark.com/], and Esper COO Shiv Sundar to discuss the evolution of the restaurant industry, ghost kitchens, and bringing new technology and logistics into the restaurant ordering and management experience. As a fourth-generation owner of the famous Jewish Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, Canter focused his energies on not only incorporating new technology into the restaurant, but in revolutionizing the order experience via third-party delivery options such as Uber Eats, GrubHub, and Doordash. It was through using these systems, which were designed independently, that spawned the idea for what is now known as Ordermark, a unified, single source of truth that manages all incoming orders to a restaurant kitchen, regardless of the third-party delivery system the order originated from. IN THIS EPISODE OF THE DROIDDEVCAST: 00:40 - Ordermark’s journey over the last few years 03:18 - The inspiration for creating Ordermark 05:27 - What are the food delivery and restaurant trends that will continue even after the Covid-19 pandemic? 08:12 - What was the message that resonated with restaurant owners? 13:01 - What are the benefits of having a ghost kitchen, and what are they? 16:37 - Words of advice for our listeners that may be in the restaurant industry as to why they should check out Ordermark

Technology Startup Observations with Adam Schoenfeld

On this episode of The DroidDevCast podcast, Esper Platform Evangelist Rin Oliver sat down with Adam Schoenfeld, VP of Strategy at Drift. Adam is well known for his role as the Co-Founder & CEO of the B2B Marketing startup Siftrock, a bootstrapped email and marketing service that Schoenfeld later sold to Drift. As a three-time founder, Schoenfeld is no stranger to both success and failure. He currently leads Drift’s strategy and product development roadmaps, in addition to leading the company’s efforts to develop new product lines. In addition to his role at Drift, Adam also is the Host and creator of the, ‘Built in Seattle’ podcast, which features guest speakers from the startup community within Seattle, Washington. Throughout the episode, Schoenfeld highlights not only his expertise in the startup ecosystem, but offers advice to other entrepreneurs, starting with a need to focus on solving problems for the customer.