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Welcome to Months and Millions

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Months and Millions is a podcast about big bold ideas and people who make them real with help of emerging technologies. The host of the show is Alex Babko, a professional tech leader focusing on innovation and emerging tech projects for more than a decade. As a Program Management and Innovation Director I bridge the gaps between strategy, innovation, design and engineering to bring futuristic ideas to life. With my guests we talk about lessons learnt from experience, human and business sides of innovation and how to deliver value with help of emerging tech.

This is a trailer for my new podcast Months and Millions where I invite industry professionals to have unfiltered, practical and inspiring conversations about emerging tech, innovation, personal stories and trade secrets of the design, business and engineering kitchen. We talk about lessons learnt, discuss what inspires us, talk about ups and downs and how to turn big ideas into profitable business. Each week I meet a new guest and together we discuss what’s next and search for the recipes how self-made professionals can invest months into making millions.

This is a personal podcast. The views and opinions expressed here are only those of the author and do not represent those of any organization or any individual with whom the author may be associated, professionally or personally.

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Introduction to 'Months and Millions'

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Hey! see You are listening to the Months and Millions podcast. I'm Alex Papakol. Months and Millions is a new show about big, bold ideas and people who make them real with the help of emerging technologies. With my guests, we talk about lessons learned from experience, human and business sides of innovation, and how to deliver value with the help of emerging technologies.

The Trifecta: Time, Cost, and Quality

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As project leaders, we always balance the pyramid, time, cost and quality. So, I invite my guests as main contributors to the quality to talk about two other components. namely, months and millions.

Host's Background in Tech and Innovation

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Although it's an interview podcast, I have a point of view, strong hands-on experience with emerging tech and personal stories about making innovation real. And my first guest is actually me. Let me introduce myself to you. For more than a decade, I've been focusing on innovation and making tech projects.
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As a program management director at EPAM, I bridge the gaps between strategy, innovation, design and engineering to bring futuristic ideas to life. With my teams, we create innovative smart devices, AI solutions, IoT, digital twins, AR and VR experiences. I'm also working with spatial computing, gamedev, drones, midiverse, VEP3 and many other emerging technologies that impact our life and are just fun. Back in the days, my career started on Manhattan streets as a pedicab driver during summer holiday. Later, I coupled my business university degree with media and communication as a PR manager at Volkswagen. and Afterwards, I joined Wargaming to lead a global team of special project ninjas to run cutting-edge R and&D and innovative projects.

Adventures in VR, AR, and Computer Vision

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I very well remember year 2014, when I got a hands-on experience with Google Cardboard, a grandfather of modern VR headsets.
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That was a pivotal point for me to start exploring VR, AR, computer vision and other emerging technologies. Since then, with my team, we did cutting-edge R&D with spatial computing and augmented reality gaming, recreated historical vehicles in AR and VR for world-known historical museums and events, and even partnered with International Space Station. I am a big podcast listener myself, and enjoy inspiring shows with innovators and entrepreneurs.

Podcast Goals: Sharing Practical Insights

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When I listen to a podcast or attend a session at a conference, I expect experts to share best practices, lessons learned, practical and inspiring insights from the implemented projects and how to make business with it. However, quite often, this is not the case, and real innovation heroes and their true stories are left in the shade. I'd like to change the status quo and bring those emerging tech ninjas to the spotlight.
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We'll make guests with assertion for valuable insights that practitioners can use in professional

Launch Announcement and Future Episodes

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life. So, I'm launching my own podcast, Months and Millions, where I invite industry professionals to have unfiltered, practical and inspiring conversations about emerging tech, innovation, personal stories and trade secrets of the design, business and engineering kitchen. We talk about lessons learned, discuss what inspires us, talk about ups and downs, and how to turn big ideas into profitable business. Each week, I meet a new guest, and together we discuss what's next and search for the recipes how self-made professionals can invest months into making millions. If you want to reach out, please send me a message to monthsandmillions at gmail dot.com. Thank you for listening, stay tuned for new episodes, please subscribe and goodbye.
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