Two Voice Devs Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg Talk Alexa, Google Assistant, and More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 172

My guests today are long-time voice developers and well know
leaders in the developer community. Mark Tucker is senior
architect for voice technology at Soar.com and owner of Shazaml
Design. He is also an Alexa Champion, Bixby Premiere Developer,
and was named one of Voicebot's Top Leaders in Voice for 2019. He
has a degree in Management Information Systems from Brigham Young
University and 25 years of software development and architecture
experience. 


 


Allen Firstenberg is project guru for Objective Consulting also
with 25 years of software development experience. He earned a
degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI). Allen is a Google Developer Expert for Google Assistant,
IoT, Wearables, and other platforms. He first started developing
for voice on Google Glass and then was one of the early
developers on Google Assistant. 


 


Collectively Mark and Allen are the creators of the Two Voice
Devs podcast and YouTube channel where they go deep on topics of
interest to voice developers.