In this episode of The Digital Executive Podcast, Brian Thomas sits down with Andrew Coppin, co-founder and CEO of Ranchbot, to discuss how remote monitoring is transforming water management in agriculture. With deep roots in rural Western Australia and decades of experience in finance and agritech, Andrew shares how his team at Ranchbot—and his other venture, Farmbot—are solving an age-old challenge: checking water systems across vast and remote ranches. With over 4,000 ranches now using Ranchbot technology and 12,000 users logging in weekly, the impact is measurable: significant time savings, tens of thousands of dollars in reduced operational costs, and peace of mind for hardworking producers.

Andrew also talks about the cultural and practical challenges of tech adoption in agriculture and how Ranchbot’s plug-and-play simplicity helps overcome them. From easy installation to intuitive dashboards with red-yellow-green alerts, the platform is purpose-built for the realities of life on the land. Looking ahead, Andrew shares how Ranchbot is exploring AI, satellite-driven virtual fencing, and non-invasive cattle monitoring—making the company a key player in shaping the future of agri-food systems.

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In this episode of The Digital Executive podcast, host Brian Thomas sits down with Charlie Thomas, a veteran tech leader known for scaling startups to $100M+ in recurring revenue. Now at the helm of Mitiga, Charlie shares his approach to building exceptional teams, anticipating market shifts, and mentoring founders—several of whom have led companies to billion-dollar exits. His emphasis on culture, go-to-market excellence, and strategic timing has been central to repeated success across the cybersecurity landscape.

Charlie also dives into Mitiga’s mission to redefine cyber resilience for the cloud era. With organizations relying on increasingly complex, multi-cloud environments, Mitiga offers a real-time platform that integrates hundreds of SaaS applications and cloud systems into a unified security view. As attackers grow more sophisticated—often using AI—Mitiga empowers defenders to keep pace with smarter, faster threat detection and response.

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In this episode of The Digital Executive podcast, host Brian Thomas speaks with Jim LaRoe, a uniquely skilled leader whose background spans engineering, law, and entrepreneurship. As CEO of Symphion, Jim shares how his diverse experience has shaped a high-performing culture centered around relentless work ethic, continuous innovation, and uncompromising customer service.

The conversation dives deep into Symphion’s flagship offering—Print Fleet Cybersecurity as a Service—a fully managed, vendor-agnostic solution protecting one of the most overlooked attack surfaces in enterprise networks: printers. Jim explains why these complex devices pose major security risks, especially in industries like healthcare, and how Symphion is leading the charge to close this critical gap.

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