Konaverse: Recent Episodes
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Jennifer Bernard is President & CEO of SickKids Foundation. In this episode, Jennifer discusses growing up in Mississauga, childhood interests, schooling, philanthropy, technology, leading the SickKids Foundation, and more.
Bertrand Lirette is Advisor, Customer Experience at iA Financial Group. In this episode, Betrand discusses growing up in Quebec, family, travel, breakdancing, sales, teaching and research, service design, customer experience, community, and much more!
Spencer Tyler is Director of Customer Retention | Subscription Strategy at Investor's Business Daily. In this episode, Spencer discusses growing up in the Northwest, Mercer Island, Seattle, the Grunge music era, family, movies, working in the commercials industry, producing music videos, bringing your passions into your professional life, user experience, storytelling, five years living in New York City, Los Angeles, Investor's Business Daily, customer success, comparing business leadership to movie production teams, and advice to his younger self.
Ashish Garga is Regional Sales Director at Sharethrough. In this episode, Ashish talks about a childhood spanning India, Singapore, Dubai, and Toronto, family, education, assimilation, learning, sports, career, sales, communications, mental health, movies, and much more.
Bill Sedgwick is President - Americas and Chief Development Officer at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Bill talks about a peripatetic childhood as part of a military family, lessons from living and traveling to different places, Denver, aspirations of being a businessman, Colorado State University, career progression, Hawaii, an immersive travel experience in Australia, teaching volleyball, sales in the early internet age, Mapquest, becoming an entrepreneur, Oregon and the outdoors, hobbies of fishing, paddleboarding, and agate hunting, work-life balance, PinnacleCart, Acquisition by Ultra Commerce, Phoenix, and much more!
Holly Keily, Ph.D. is Research and Analysis Department Manager at Toastmasters International. In this episode, Holly talks about growing up in Denver, family, childhood interests, french language, international business, communications, Hawaii, Milwaukee, Buffalo, career, and Toastmasters.
George Chang is Director, Web Platforms at Hexagon AB and an 8x Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Geoge talks about Taipei, Dallas, Atlanta, childhood interests, family, travel agencies, career, and a rich history with Sitecore.
Shailvi Wakhlu is an accomplished data leader with 17+ years of experience in Fortune 500 companies and startups. In this episode, Shailvi discusses growing up in India, childhood interests, swimming, education, moving to America, the quantified self, data science, and a career that has included stints at Strava, Komodo Health, Salesforce, Fitbit, Prezi, Monster, and more. She also talks about enterpreneurship, investing, public speaking, and her process for writing a book.
Tony Frattaroli is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Pantheon Platform. In this episode, Tony discusses growing up in Ireland, family, music, coming to America, sales leadership, living in Florida, moving back to England for his son's pursuits, and so much more!
Jake Compton is VP of Sales US and Bryan O'Fiesh is Partner Manager at Umbraco. In this episode, Jake and Bryan talk growing up in North Carolina and Maryland respectively, childhood, education, career, sales, partnerships, Umbraco, and so much more!
Tom Kirkby is a GTM (Go-to-market) Leader with great experience in Sales, Partnerships, and RevOps. Tom has worked with companies like Squiz, Sitecore, Avanade, and Microsoft. In this episode, Tom talks about growing up in Chilliwack, British Columbia, family, early experiences with and building a passion for technology, navigating education, career, Seattle, moving into sales, Phoenix, his next moves, and so much more!
Rodrigo Peplau is Country Head in Brazil at Arke and a nine-time Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Rodrigo talks about growing up in Florianópolis and Brazil, family, childhood interests, his career in metal music and technology, Sitecore, engaging with American culture, community, and so much more!
Preston So is Vice President, Product of dotCMS. In this episode, Preston discusses growing up in the Mountain West region, cartography, his passion for language, school, Harvard, career, moving to the New York City area, writing, his hopes for his role at dotCMS, and much more!
Matteo Frana is Founder and Lead front-end at F2.net and ReactBricks.com. In this episode, Matteo talks about Bergamo, Italy, growing up, family, his start with techology, the advent of the web, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and stories behind the founding of F2.net and React Bricks.
Mick McGurk is Interim Chief Information Officer at Toastmasters International. In this episode, Mick discusses growing up in London, England, sports, photography, career, moving to America, Texas, leadership, technology, Toastmasters, and so much more!
Joel Varty is the Chief Technology Officer at Agility. In this episode, Joel talks about growing up in Douro-Dummer, Ontario, living and working on a farm, music and playing guitar, The Canadian Football League, building a career in technology, Toronto, the Agility story, advice to his younger self, and much more!
Balaji Kandasamy is Practice Director at CEI, a 4x Sitecore MVP, a Digital Experience Community MVP, and Organizer of PGHSUG and PGHDOTNET. In this episode, Bala discusses growing up in Tamil Nadu, schooling, childhood interests, family, running a 100-employee garment company as a young man, finding his place in technology, moving to America, San Diego, Pittsburgh, food reviewing, community, Sitecore, and so much more.
Brian McKeiver is Co-Owner at BizStream, a Microsoft Azure MVP, Kentico MVP, Kontent.ai MVP, Speaker, Podcast Host, and much more. In this episode, Brian talks about growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, family, sports, the Detroit Lions, technology, the BizStream story, great partnerships, building a culture, exercise, selling SaaS, and so much more.
Bill Rogers is CEO and Co-founder of ai12z and has founded several companies, notably Ektron among them. In this episode, Bill talks about growing up in Massachusetts, family, childhood interests, electrical engineering, and a life of startups and entrepreneurship, beginning with a firewood company as a youngster, and moving through hardware and software as an adult and in industries like healthcare and video conferencing solutions. He breaks down how Ektron came to be and what it was like in the early days of the Content Management System. Lastly, he discusses his history with conversational AI and his future with next-generation AI.
Jason Cardillo is a Global Marketing Executive who has held such roles as Vice President Experience and Digital Marketing at Emplifi and Director Of Web Marketing at Sitecore. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in Upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio, family, childhood interests, Elmira College, hockey, moving to California, career trajectory, marketing, Emplifi, Sitecore, and so much more.
Ben Haynes is the CEO & Co-Founder of Directus. In this episode, Ben talks about growing up in Connecticut, family, entrepreneurship, military service, mergers and acquisitions, business leadership, the intersection of technology and design, personal pursuits and interests, and so much more!
Mickey Aharony is a Director of Content who has worked at Uniform, Cloudinary, among others. In this episode, Mickey talks about growing up in Delaware, family, archaeological digs in Israel, traveling the world, business school, owning a moving company, living around America, entrepreneurship, content strategy, imposter syndrome, restlessness, and so much more!
Jesper Ravnsgaard is CEO & Founder of Copenhagen Mist ApS. In this episode, Jesper talks about Copehagen, family, childhood interests, technology, entrepreneurship, Sitecore, and so much more!
Recorded in person and on location in Nashville, Tennessee on Day 2 of Kentico Connection 2023, we welcomed several members of Kentico's North American team, including new Chief Revenue Officer Bill Cunningham, Channel Growth Managers Dan Ardelan, Dean Mavrikos, and Andrew Aquilini, Senior Customer Success Manager Michael Hennessey, and Account Executive Brendan Maseda.
Stay tuned for more of our coverage of Kentico Connection 2023, including video interviews from Day 1!
Jenda Perla is VP Marketing at Kentico. In this episode, Jenda discusses his name, growing up in Brno, journalism, politics, being a social media "maniac," digital marketing, community, leadership, technology, family, and so much more!
Petr Klouda is VP Global Sales at Kentico. In this episode, Petr discusses growing up in Czech Republic, the shift from communism to capitalism, family, Northern Ireland, sales, doubt, Kentico, and so much more!
Debbie Tucek, PhD is Director of Product at Kentico. In this episode, Debbie talks about growing up in Australia, childhood interests, education and learning, teaching, living and traveling the world, a career in product and technology, artificial intelligence (AI), working at Kentico, and so much more!
Sean Wright is Lead Product Evangelist at Kentico and Founding Partner of Craft Brewing Business. In this episode, Sean talks about Akron, Ohio, living in the home he grew up in, LeBron James, family, entrepreneurship, remote work, mathematics, Kent State, diabetes, career trajectory, moving outside your comfort zone, starting and continuing to run a digital craft beer publication, the publication industry and content management systems, the beer industry, Kentico's MVP program, how he came to work at Kentico, digital Experience platform evangelism, and much more.
Christian Bach is the Co-founder/CSO at Netlify, Board Member at MACH Alliance, and angel investor. In this episode, Christian talks about growing up in Copenhagen, family, childhood struggles with Asthma, creative pursuits, storytelling, digital strategy leadership, career trajectory, entrepreneurship, investing, co-founding Netlify, and so much more.
Malena Manterola is a Senior Software Engineer at Konabos. In this episode, Male discusses growing up in Argentina, family, childhood interests, educational pursuits, finding her career in technology, community, and world travel, including her whirlwind past year working and traveling around Europe and North America.
Nishant Patel is CTO & Founder of Contenstack. In this episode, Nishant talks about growing up in India, family, childhood hobbies, emigrating to Columbus, Ohio as a teenager, Ohio State University, calculators, entrepreneurship, moving to California, building a career in San Francisco, starting technology companies, Contentstack, and so much more!
Lauren Johnston is Manager Strategic Partnerships at XTM International and a Growth Council Member at the MACH Alliance. In this episode, Lauren talks about growing up, family, Liverpool, interest and hobbies, language and localization, travel, teaching English in Bogotá, Colombia, career, education, and so much more!
Rasmus Leth Skjoldan is Chief Evangelist at Magnolia. In this episode, Rasmus talks about growing up, Copenhagen, Buffalo (NY), childhood interests, family, the creative process, business, technology, Apple, and so much more!
Paul Bratslavsky is a developer advocate at Strapi. In this episode, Paul talks about growing up in Russia, family, moving to America, Connecticut, education, interests, parenthood, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, technology, Austin (Texas), Coding After Thirty, and so much more!
Dawn Bobeck is the Chief Executive Officer of Vintage Tub & Bath. In this episode, Dawn talks about Northeast Pennsylvania, childhood, family, schooling, career, entrepreneurship, leadership, and so much more!
Bob Cotton is a Consultant and Executive Coach in the Technology industry. In this episode, Bob talks about growing up in Great Yarmouth (UK), travel, education, University of Nottingham, International Business, BP, Supply Chain, Oracle, living in America, hobbies, and so much more.
Sheila Armitage, Ph.D. is Principal at Sheila Armitage: Wind Horse Journey. In this episode, Sheila discusses growing up in England, family, education, law, moving to the United States and Austin, Texas, career, executive coaching, leadership, and so much more.
Dominik Pinter is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kentico. In this in-person interview recorded in New Hampshire, Dominik talks about growing up in the Czech Republic, family, technology and entrepreneurship at an early age, education and schooling, his evolution with Kentico, the five years he stepped away from the company, leadership, and so much more!
Chris Byrne is the CEO of Sensorpro. In this episode, Chris talks about growing up in Ireland in a big family, interests as a child, college, starting his career in America, returning to Ireland, entrepeneurship, sea swimming, Generative AI, and so much more!
Paul Abdool is Global Director of Partnerships at dotCMS. In this episode, Paul discusses growing up in the Greater Toronto Area, Guyana, family, interests, career, the importance of relationships, and so much more.
Janel Joseph is Owner/Founder of JE Joseph Consulting and has worked for the likes of Apple and Dell. In this episode, Janel discusses growing up in Colorado, family, education, interests, a career in Human Resources, psychology, executive coaching, and so much more!
Chris Bryce is CEO, Digital Foresight & Innovation, at Dotfusion. In this episode, Chris talks about growing up in Canada, childhood interests, getting his start in technology, California, building a B-Corporation, hobbies, and so much more!
Justin Sanders is Vice President of Strategy at BlueModus. In this episode, Justin discusses growing up in Mississippi, early political aspirations, entrepreneurship, sales, strategy, finding a career in technology, remote work, and so much more!
Casper Ninteman is VP Global Sales at Enonic. In this episode, Casper talks about growing up in South Africa, The Netherlands, and Scotland, family, school in England, growing a career in technology sales, moving to Norway, buying a farmhouse built in 1789, managing a farm that goes back thirteen generations, and so much more.
Michael West is an Application Architect at Concentra and nine-time Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Michael talks about growing up in La Porte, Texas, family, childhood interests, college at The University of Texas at Dallas, working at Blockbuster, finding a career in technology, Sitecore, parenthood, and so much more.
Alan Anderson is Transformation Strategy & Partner Alliances Lead at Kontent.ai. In this episode, Alan talks about growing up in Northern Ireland, family, working in print, career in technology, digital transformation, parenting, community, and so much more.
Suresh Devanan is Founder & CEO of Nishtech. In this episode, Suresh discusses growing up in India, family, education, interests, coming to America, Cincinnati, starting and sustaining a technology business, , Sitecore, and so much more.
Lasse Fredslund is Product Owner at Umbraco. In this episode, Lasse talks about growing up in Denmark, military service, teaching, career in technology, music, entrepreneurship, parenting, community, and so much more.
Peter Navarra is Vice President, DXP Solutions at SearchStax. In this episode, Pete talks about growing up in Indiana and Tennessee, family, interests, Oreo stacking contests, career, turmoil, moving to Boston, politics, mental health, and so much more.
Guillermo Rauch is the CEO and Founder of Vercel. In this episode, Guillermo discusses growing up around Buenos Aires, Argentina, family, childhood, business and technology in his teenage years, entrepreneurship, community, San Francisco, advice to entrepreneurs and his younger self, and so much more!
Carrie Hane is Principal Evangelist at Sanity.io. In this episode, Carrie talks about growing up in Dearborn, Michigan, family, childhood interests, college, swimming, politics, Washington, D.C., a career in content management and operations, and so much more.
Kimberly McCabe is Senior Director, Solutions at Icreon. In this episode, Kimberly talks about the unbelievable tale of her upbringing, including adoption, her Indigenous Canadian mother, and a Canadian policy called the "Sixties Scoop," where indigenous children were taken and given to Christan families from the 1950s to 1980s. Kimberly recounts her life growing up in Toronto, how she found her way into a marketing and technology career, moving around the world, coming to grips with her past, and becoming a mother herself.
Randy Woods is SVP North America, Strategic Growth Opportunities at Valtech and was Co-Founder of Non-Linear Creations. In this episode, Randy talks about growing up in Listowel, Ontario, family, entrepreneurship, schooling, hobbies, growing an internet business in Canada in the 1990s, expanding globally, leadership, acquisition, and so much more!
Oleh Voronko is Chief Product Officer at Drafter AI. In this episode, Oleh discusses growing up in Ukraine, family, history, competitive swimming, career, AI (Artificial Intelligence), ChatGPT, being displaced by war, and much more.
Mark Cassidy is Director Technology Solutions - Sitecore Practice Head EMEA at EPAM Systems. In this episode, Mark talks about growing up in Denmark, family, finding his way to computers and technology, community, gaming, career, Sitecore, virtual reality, cars, hobbies, interests, and so much more!
Dan Berry is CEO at UNRVLD. In this episode, Dan talks about growing up in Britain, publicans, family, The Isle of Man, interests and hobbies, career, becoming a businessman, leadership, and so much more!
Jasmin Guthmann is Vice President of MACH Alliance and Head Of Corporate Communication at Contentstack. In this episode, Jasmin discusses growing up in Germany, family, being an exchange student in Utah, travel, career, advice, and interests.
Jason St-Cyr is Director of Developer Relations at Sitecore. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in Ottawa (Canada), family, interests, music, technology, video games, sports, leadership, and much more!
James Petillo is a Content Management Specialist and Sitecore Digital Strategy MVP. In this episode, Jim talks about growing up in Long Beach (NY), family, career, interesting jobs, interests, and moving to the Pacific Northwest.
David Crouch is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Ultra Commerce and was previously the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Slatwall Commerce. In this episode, David discusses growing up in Rhode Island, British parents, family, soccer, public relations, Syracuse University, entrepreneurship, business relationships, being a part of an acquisition, and so much more!
Martin Michalik is Vice President of Product at Kontent.ai. In this episode, Martin talks about growing up in Ostrava, Czech Republic, family, video games, university, studying abroad in Belgium, painting, business, product management, technology, hobbies, and so much more.
Jon Gibbs is Senior Partner Manager at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Jon talks about growing up in Boston (MA), family, interests, career, technology, partner relations management, remote work, and so much more.
Mary Raymond is an Account Executive at Strapi.io and has previously worked at Kentico and Kontent.ai. In this episode, Mark talks about growing up in small town New Hampshire, family, technology, confessions of an Apple Store associate, moving to California, community, and career trajectory.
Arthi Morekonda is a Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Konabos. In this episode, Arthi talks about growing up in India, family, food, medicine, teaching, technology, emigrating to Northern California, and so much more.
Konaverse hits the road, as Akshay Sura and Matthew McQueeny were on hand at the Kontent.ai Horizons event at Glasshouse Chelsea in New York on November 17th, 2022.
Guests include Ondrej Polesny, Developer Evangelist at Kontent.ai; Ondřej Chrastina, Developer Relations Leader at Kontent.ai; Thomas Murphy, Senior Customer Success Manager at Kontent.ai; Michael Andrews, Content Strategy Evangelist at Kontent.ai; Robert Yelle, Kontent.ai Sales Director USA East; Lauren Orlando, Kontent.ai Sales Director USA West; Ilya Kucherenko, Vice President of North American Sales at Kontent.ai; Brian McKeiver, Co-Owner at BizStream; and Vojtech Boril, VP of Growth & Marketing at Kontent.ai.
Gabriel Esuola is Partner Manager at Recharge. In this episode, Gabriel discusses growing up in Chicago, family, education, music, sports, creativity, imagination, and partnerships.
Vaishali Dialani is a Customer Experience Analyst at Konabos. In this episode, Vaishali talks about India, growing up in Dubai, family, college abroad in Birmingham (UK), customer experience, hobbies and interests, and so much more!
Matthew Weil is a Digital Business Strategist based in California. In this episode, Matt talks about growing up in suburban Philadelphia, baseball, interests, being a radio host in the military, and an amazingly varied career (so far)!
Mason Ameri, PhD is Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School. In this episode, Mason discusses growing up in Elizabeth, NJ, family, identity, career, academia, and so much more.
Søren Spelling Lund is CEO and Founder at Ucommerce. In this episode, Søren talks about growing up in Denmark, family, interests, military service, career trajectory, and building a business in the e-commerce technology sphere.
Matias Caballero is a Fullstack developer at Konabos. In this episode, Matias talks about growing up in Argentina, family, interests, getting started in tech, and what he sees next for himself.
Barry D'Arcy is Vice President of Partners at Storyblok. In this episode, Barry talks about growing up in Ireland, family, living in Australia and Vancouver, career, food, hobbies, and his current position with Storyblok.
Ken Gray is a Digital CX Strategist at Konabos and a two-time Sitecore Strategy MVP. In this episode, Ken talks about family, Toronto, growing up, career, entrepeneurship, and so much more.
Ken Gray is a Digital CX Strategist at Konabos and a two-time Sitecore Strategy MVP. In this episode, Ken talks about family, Toronto, growing up, career, entrepeneurship, and so much more.
Adrian Colarusso is a Wealth Advisor at Target Rock Wealth Management. In this episode, Adrian talks about growing up around Princeton NJ, attending Princeton University, family, career, wealth advising, entrepeneurship, hobbies, parenting, and so much more.
Adrian Colarusso is a Wealth Advisor at Target Rock Wealth Management. In this episode, Adrian talks about growing up around Princeton NJ, attending Princeton University, family, career, wealth advising, entrepeneurship, hobbies, parenting, and so much more.
Janus Boye is host, lead, coach at Boye & Co. In this episode, Janus talks about growing up in Denmark, being a foreign exchange student in America, career, his love of travel, building a networking community, sports, interests, and so much more.
Janus Boye is host, lead, coach at Boye & Co. In this episode, Janus talks about growing up in Denmark, being a foreign exchange student in America, career, his love of travel, building a networking community, sports, interests, and so much more.
Morgan Blackett is a Marketing Specialist at Konabos. In this episode, Morgan discusses growing up in Barbados, family, Toronto, community, investing, aspirations, and so much more.
Morgan Blackett is a Marketing Specialist at Konabos. In this episode, Morgan discusses growing up in Barbados, family, Toronto, community, investing, aspirations, and so much more.
Michael Reynolds is a Sitecore Developer at TEKsystems. In this episode, Mike talks about growing up in Massachusetts, his love of reading, education, career, technology, Sitecore, coffee, and so much more.
Hedipo Menezes is a Senior Sitecore Develper at Konabos. In this episode, Hedipo discusses growing up in Brazil, family, hobbies, finding his way to technology, and more.
Brian Milea is Chief Creative Officer at Square360. In this episode, Brian talks about growing up in central New Jersey, family, creative pursuits, entrepeneurship, anxiety, fatherhood, work-life balance, learning, vegan donuts, remote work, and so much more.
Niels Kühnel and Chris Nash are the cofounders of Relevant Edge, a BI (business intelligence) and data visualization platform company. In this episode, the two talk about growing up, Denmark, career, Sitecore, how they met and ultimately started Relevant Edge, and so much more.
Matthew Hyland is CEO at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Matt talks about growing up in England, relocating to Australia, business, career, family, ecommerce, leadership, and so much more.
On July 13th, 2022 headless CMS Kontent.ai announced that it raised a $40m investment from Expedition Growth Capital (EGC) as it becomes a standalone enterprise for the first time.
Bart Omlo, CEO of Kontent.ai, joins to discuss the investment; what it means for the company, customers, and partners; and how Kontent.ai is plotting the way forward with its hybrid model of work.
Mark Stiles is Technical Director at Velir. In this episode, Mark talks about his last name, growing up in Massachusetts, family, childhood hobbies, finding his way into technology, Sitecore, video work and interviews, and so much more.
Chelsea Brown is an author and podcaster. In this episode, Chelsea talks about growing up, moving around America in a military family, introversion, writing, interests, personal travails, and so much more.
Deane Barker is Global Director of Content Management at Optimizely. In this episode, Deane talks about his birthplace of New Zealand, growing up in California and South Dakota, family, bullying, the love of reading, career, technology, building a business, and so much more.
John Schneider is Chief Technology Officer at Whereoware. In this episode, John talks about growing up in Connecticut, family, college at Penn State, Red Auerbach and interning with the Boston Celtics, career, finding his place in technology, travel, Atlanta, storytelling, and so much more.
Nancy Smullen is the Owner of Square360, a design, development, and strategy firm. In this episode, Nancy talks about growing up in several North American locales, candy, family, creative design, business, entrepreneurship, remote work, hobbies, and so much more.
Paul Williams is a Marketing and IT Manager based in Belgium. In this episode, Paul discusses growing up in the United Kingdom near the border of England and Wales, family, education, language, the shift to digital in the publishing industry, exercise, work-related stress, technology, career, and so much more.
Marek Musielak is a Sitecore Freelance Developer. In this episode, Marek discusses growing up in Poland, family, education, endurance sports, technology, parenting, and so much more.
Jacqueline Baxter is a Senior Digital Strategist, DX at Sitecore. In this episode, Jacqueline talks about growing up, Idaho, marketing strategy, books, TV, moving to London, and so much more.
Joel Franks is the Owner of Windward Digital. In this episode, Joel discusses growing up in Tennessee, family, technology, routines, exercise, growing a business, parenting, and so much more.
Jason Wilkerson is a Sitecore MVP / Sitecore Architect at Wilkerson Consulting Inc. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in southeastern Texas, music, faith, technology, Austin, moving to Minnesota, and so much more!
Molly Bolte, MPA is Division Manager Public Works for the City of Austin (Texas). In this episode, Molly talks about her very notable birth date and location, growing up in a military family in Texas, school, interests, Austin (Texas), working in government, and so much more!
Mamie Cruse is VP, Global Partnerships at SearchStax. In this episode, Mamie talks about growing up in rural Minnesota, family, college and formative years in Washington, DC, working in federal government, career pivots, and so much more.
Roger Connolly is Vice President, Product Management at Sitecore. In this episode, Roger discusses growing up in Mount Vernon (NY), family, college, sports, working at Victoria's Secret, career trajectory, technology, moving to Belgium, and so much more.
Rob Huffstedtler is Vice President of Alliances, Commerce at Sitecore. In this episode, Rob talks about growing up in rural North Carolina, Nashville (TN), finding his way into technology, leadership, career pivots, 9/11, and so much more.
Dan Ganancial is Head of Global Partner Marketing at Contentful. In this episode, Dan talks about growing up, family, military, extreme sports, investing, technology, and so much more.
Donovan Brown is a Partner Program Manager, Azure Incubations at Microsoft. In this episode, Donovan discusses growing up, his early years in Germany, family, Houston (Texas), career, air hockey, hobbies, cars, entrepreneurship, and so much more!
Konabos team members Stacey Grant-Lewis, Anisa Stoli Sanipe, Arthi Morekonda, Candela Aznarez, and Hannah Cormier discuss their experiences coming up in technology, business, and marketing.
Alison Sainsbury is Senior Director of Digital Experience for Sitecore. In this episode, Alison discusses Australia, growing up, family, career, technology, motherhood, and so much more.
Ashley Cummings is a freelance writer specializing in e-commerce, marketing/advertising, and SaaS. In this episode, Ashley discusses growing up in Utah, missionary work in Russia, family, career, books, freelancing, writing, community, and so much more.
Heather Margolis is a marketing executive, entrepreneur, part-time foodie, and SVP of Marketing at 360insights. She is formerly founder and CEO of Channel Maven Consulting and Spark Your Channel. In this episode, Heather talks about Massachusetts, sports, Colorado, entrepreneurship, channel marketing, Babson College, coaching/mentorship, acquisition, and so much more.
Polly Pospelova is Digital Marketing Director at UNRVLD. In this episode, Polly talks about growing up in Ukraine, family, England, technology, digital marketing, snowboarding, and much more.
Michael Andrews is Content Strategy Evangelist at Kentico Software. In this episode, Michael talks about growing up in Arlington, VA, education and studies, China, content strategy trends, reading, and much more.
Anisa Stoli Sanipe, Konabos Marketing Director, and Stacey Grant-Lewis, Konabos Senior Project Manager, host their first episode of the Konaverse. Discussion touches on growing up, race, belonging, children, and the global experience.
Andrew Kumar is Director of Platform Strategy at Contentful. In this episode, Andrew talks about growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, his parents immigrating from Fiji, college, entrepreneurship, moving to Toronto, and much more!
Michael Thompson is Enterprise Account Executive at Optimizely. In this episode, Michael discusses growing up in New Hampshire, family, technology, sales, why he and his family moved to North Carolina, and much more!
Grace Hussein is Vice President, Head of Digital Product Management at a global investment manager. In this episode, Grace talks about growing up in Queens, family, her time in the military, living in different U.S. cities, getting into web and digital, hobbies, adoption, and much more.
Today, Sitecore announced its 2022 Sitecore MVPs. Konabos team members earned eight Sitecore MVP awards. On this episode, six of our MVPs - Kamruz Jaman, Akshay Sura, Dennis Augustine, Hugo Santos, Rachna Gupta, and Mostafa Hanafi - join to talk about the accomplishment, give tips on how to get involved in the Sitecore community, and celebrate with one another. Notably, Kamruz earned his 10th, while Rachna and Mostafa were first-time winners.
Bart Omlo is Managing Director at Kontent by Kentico. In this episode, Bart talks about growing up in the Netherlands, family, twelve years in the military, leadership, and his life in the technology business.
Bill Snyder is Co-Founder & Vice President, Strategy and Relationships at Charley. In this episode, Bill talks about growing up in Livingston, NJ, family, finding his passion in creative pursuits, college in Iowa, Vietnam War, working in television, starting companies, and much more!
Tamas Varga is Manager, Community Programs at Sitecore. In this episode, Tamas discusses growing up in Hungary, the switch from communism to capitalism, education, technology, travel, Sitecore, community, family, sailing and much more.
Konabos Partners Kamruz Jaman, Akshay Sura, and Dennis Augustine talk about how Konabos began, the current state of the company, effects of COVID-19, pivots, and what the future holds as Konabos turns five years old in 2022.
Hosts Akshay Sura and Matthew McQueeny are joined by Executive Producer Morgan Blackett to reflect on the first six months of the Konaverse podcast.
Rich Carroll is Director, Partner Enablement at Sitecore. In this episode, Rich talks about growing up in Chicago, family, photography, sales, and working in technology.
Petr Palas is the Founder and CEO of Kentico. In this episode, Petr discusses growing up in the Czech Republic, his passion for technology, how he started Kentico, the transition to headless/jamstack, and much more!
Michael D'Orio is the Vice President of Marketing at American Bath Group. In this episode, Michael talks about growing up in Maine, college in Tennessee, continuous learning, endurance sports, the transformation at American Bath Group, farming, and much more!
David M. Wright is Founder & CEO of Disruptive Innovations. In this episode, David talks about growing up in New Jersey, family, technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, and sales.
Mark Demeny is the Director, Product Management at Optimizely. In this episode, Mark talks about emigrating to Canada from Hungary, language, growing up in technology, strategy, the marketplace's pivot to Jamstack/Headless, curling, and much more!
Pieter Brinkman is Senior Director Technical Marketing at Sitecore. In this episode he talks about growing up in The Netherlands, how he came to technology, Sitecore, raising children, windsurfing, and home automation.
Anisa Stoli Sanipe is Digital Marketing Director at Konabos. In this episode, she discusses growing up in Greece, moving to Canada at 12 years old, learning languages, teaching, entrepreneurship, and the plan to move back to Greece with her own growing family.
Brad Gustavesen, CMO, and Jon Gibbs, Partner Program Manager, of Slatwall Commerce join the podcast to discuss Ultra Commerce's acquisition of Slatwall and Slatwall's integration with Kontent by Kentico.
Chirag Patel is a director at Avanade. In this episode, Chirag discusses emigrating to America from India, growing up in Virginia and the Midwest, military experience, and finding his way in technology.
Adam Alson is the founder of DoubleDown.Digital. In this episode, Adam talks about the effect technology had on his early life, learning sales and product development from his father, working in professional sports, and building his own company.
Andrew Hilts, Hannah Cormier, and Brenden Yip are part of Konabos' "Content Army." The three talk about how they know each other, gaming, creating a business unit, Jamstack and Composable DXP, and the trio's eclectic backgrounds.
Swinburne Augustine, Ph.D is a Research Microbiologist/Immunologist. Swinburne talks about growing up in Dominica; a varied career that has included banker, police officer, radio news reporter, airborne soldier, Ph.D; and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lars Nielsen is a co-founder of Sitecore and is now an investor at Nordic Makers. In this episode, Lars talks about growing up in and around Copenhagen, family, finding his passion in technology, the origin story of Sitecore, entrepreneurial stories, and so much more!
Vojtěch Bořil is the Vice President of Growth & Marketing at Kentico Kontent. In this episode, Vojtěch talks about growing up in The Czech Republic, living through his country's shift to capitalism, family, business, endurance sports, and so much more!
Stacey Grant-Lewis is a senior project manager at Konabos Consulting Inc. and the founder of Culture x Co, an online resource for anti-racism and cultural education for adults and children. In this episode, Stacey discusses immigrating to Central Florida at ten years old, the experience of racism, her early love of art history, technology, and health.
Featuring Sameer Maggon, Mostafa Hanafi, Mike Edwards, Matthew McQueeny, John West, Mark Servais, Anindita Bhattacharya, Hugo Santos, Dom Nicastro, Derek Dysart, Bruce Davis-Goff, Andrew Hilts, Marc Lamothe, Dennis Augustine, and Kamruz Jaman.
Matthew McQueeny works in digital and project management at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, he discusses growing up in New Jersey, his upbringing, family, NYU, being in New York on 9/11, the New Jersey Nets, content, technology, and so much more!
Dennis Augustine is a Partner at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Dennis talks about Dominica, growing up in Oakville, Ontario, family, going to seminary and being a minister for a decade, technology, horrific tragedy, picking up the pieces, and so much more.
Konabos Consulting Inc. Partner Akshay Sura recaps his early summer family road trip from California to Florida and back. Akshay talks about how the Tesla held up, crazy rain showers, conversations on the road, close calls, family, unplugging from work, good food, and so much more.
Kamruz Jaman is a partner at Konabos Consulting Inc. and an eight-time Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Kam talks about his birthplace of Bangladesh, family, growing up in England, finding his way into technology, and growing his own family in Canada.
Marc Lamothe is CMS Systems Admin at American Bath Group. In this episode, Marc talks about growing up in Quebec, career pivots, and the grief of losing his wife to pancreatic cancer.
Vojtech Boril, VP Growth & Marketing at Kontent, and Tim Benniks, Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform, join the show to talk about the exciting announcement of Uniform for Kentico Kontent integration.
Dom Nicastro is a Boston-based senior reporter at Simpler Media Group, publisher of CMSWire and Reworked. In this episode, Dom talks about growing up in Gloucester, Massachusetts, finding his passion and coming of age in journalism, Boston sports, digital reporting, and much more.
Mike Edwards is the Director of Technology at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Mike talks about family, being a twin, growing up and staying in the Southwest of England, personal training, technology, motorbikes, remote work, career, and much more!
Sameer Maggon is the Founder & CEO of SearchStax. In this episode, Sameer discusses growing up in India, catching the technology bug, entrepreneurship, search, and building his life and business in Southern California.
Mostafa Hanafi is Program Manager at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Mostafa talks about growing up in Egypt, his family, working in and adjusting to Canada, raising two young girls, finding his place in technology, and much more.
Hugo Santos is a Sitecore Technology MVP and the Head of Search Practice at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Hugo talks about growing up in and returning to Brazil, living and working in Quebec for six years, technology, search, entrepreneurship, parenthood, and hobbies.
Ravi joins to talk about working to become a dentist, and most importantly, his battles with alcohol and drug addiction. Ravi is the eldest brother of Akshay Sura, a partner at Konabos Consulting Inc.
Anindita Bhattacharya is a Sitecore Solutions Architect at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, she joins with her husband - Kanda Ganesan - to talk about their move to the countryside and Kanda's change of career from technology consulting to farming.
Konabos Consulting Inc. Partner Akshay Sura talks about his upcoming family road trip from California to Florida. The discussion touches on the decision-making process, traveling with kids, unplugging from the normal day-to-day, and using an electric vehicle (Tesla) for the trip.
Bruce Davis-Goff is APAC Operations Director at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Bruce discusses growing up and life in New Zealand, odd jobs, finding his way into technology, losing a loved one and working through profound grief.
Martin Malenovsky, a product manager at Kentico Kontent, joins to discuss Kontent's new Web Spotlight functionality and the state of the Headless CMS.
https://kontent.ai/blog/web-spotlight-visual-website-building-headless-cms
https://github.com/Kentico/kontent-smart-link#add-button
Andrew Hilts is a senior front-end developer at Konabos Consulting Inc. Andrew talks about growing up in New Jersey, being a project manager for big construction jobs as a teenager, emigrating to Canada, finding his place in technology, his mental struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns, and much more.
Derek Dysart is a Sitecore/CMS platform consultant and a Sitecore MVP. Derek talks about changing careers from Technology to Voice-Over acting, COVID-19 challenges, advice to his younger self, and much more.
Mark Servais is a Senior Applications Architect at Humana and a Sitecore MVP. Mark talks about Caregiving, family, automation, effects of COVID-19, and much more.
John West is a consultant for Contentstack, a headless CMS platform, and a Sitecore Lifetime MVP. John talks about his history in technology, his charitable work in Laos, and so much more.