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We take a personal look into the lives and minds of executives, doctors, engineers, musicians and entrepreneur to get their views on technology, music, downtime, what makes them smile, what is truly valuable in life, our future and where they see us headed in a post pandemic world
Mar 13, 2023 CHICAGODuring one of our Light-board sessions in Chicago I ran into two of my colleagues from Veeam and we had a chance to discuss Veeam 12, Cloudian S3 Object Storage and the tight integration between Veeam and Cloudian - the video is a little dark, because of where we shot it, but this will also be on my PodCast next week as well featuring Mark Mason, and Ben Judd of Veeam
Regina is a Computer Sales Leader with experience at building sales organizations with a focus on high growth. Unique educational background with a Computer Science degree, MBA and Law Degree creates a style is that is competent, experienced and able to sell at the highest levels of organizations.That brief tag line from her profile does not even begin to scratch the surface of all she brings to the table. An amazing leader, amazing woman and incredibly passionate human being that always champions the success of others.
VP of Sales , Commercial Sales & Cloud Service Providers Veeam Software
Over 15 years of building and leading high performance technology sales and marketing organizations that consistently exceed targets as a result of providing exceptional value to clients and partners alike. Proven track record accelerating sales, profits and revenue streams within the technology field by driving excellence in organizational strategy, development, staffing, execution, and process excellence.
Over the next few weeks we will focus on exams, certifications, prepping and how to pass your certification exam - there will be LOTs of additional content to follow this one so be sure to look for them - the take away from this Ninja Cast with Joe, Eric and Rasmus is the education site from Rasmus. Passing Your Exam
Today's guest is a longtime friend and collegue. Join us as we talk about Cyber attacks, early days at VMware, career choices and sharing some thoughts for the younger career seekers. You WILL be surprised at the amazing career Willl has been blessed with - hardwork and determination = Success
Enjoy!
Alliance Manager for Cloudian, Husband, Father, Collegue and good friend - not to mention education junkie and just the nicest guy yiu ever want to meet - let's dig into Amit, his thoughts and his career advice today on the Ninja Cast
Great chat with Jose - we talk about creating content, Veeams Government Services, his love for beautiful cars, and some very good advice for those looking to advance their careers.
As Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for Product Strategy, Danny is responsible for Veeam's global product roadmap and strategy group, and for spearheading the company's technology vision as the #1 provider for Backup solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection. He partners with global enterprise customers and large Service Providers to assess and ensure long-term industry success. With more than 20 years of software technology experience, he is passionate about solving customer problems and software innovation.
Previously, Danny was CTO of Desktone, a software platform for cloud service providers offering hosted desktops which was acquired by VMware. Earlier in his career, Danny was Director of Security Research at IBM and a member of the Security Architecture Board where he co-authored the IBM Secure Engineering Framework. He holds multiple software patents in the cloud and security field.
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Gary Ogasawara is Cloudian's Chief Technology Officer, responsible for setting the company's long-term technology vision and direction. Before assuming this role, he was Cloudian's founding engineering leader. Prior to Cloudian, Gary led the Engineering team at eCentives, a search engine company. He also led the development of real-time commerce and advertising systems at Inktomi, an Internet infrastructure company. Gary holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, specializing in uncertainty reasoning and machine learning.
Some details from Shawn
I am fortunate enough to serve as World Wide Technology's Vice President of State & Local Government and Education. I am collaboratively responsible, along with a talented group of functional leaders, for the development and execution of all go-to-market strategies and activities including field sales hiring and enablement, integrated field marketing, contract capture, vertical business development, partner and solution execution, and overall growth. Prior to joining World Wide Technology I served in similar leadership capacities at Forescout Technologies and Splunk.
I started my sales career in various sales and leadership positions, all state & local government and education focused, with NetApp and Nortel Networks. I have been passionate about SLED for over 20 years! As a result I have had the honor and privilege of serving on many boards and committees with organizations such as NASCIO, COVITS, and the Commonwealth of Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Science, among others, and currently serve on the State & Local Government and Education Executive Council for CompTIA.
I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I live in the Richmond, Virginia area with his wife, Melanie and we love to spend time together at the beach in the Outer Banks of NC!
I think it's a perfect fit that Jon is on the 20th episode of the Ninja Cast! He gives us quite a perspective from his family (all girls) to his career with Cloudian, and his love of sports! Check it out
I'll have several of these "Advice" issues over the coming months, with thoughts and advice from some of the most successful, and brightness minds in technology and their career fields today. Take a few minutes to listen to these wonderful points of advice, and I encourgae you to share them with your kids in college, headed to college, not sure if college is for them - just let them know there are options, and the most important career choice is to be HAPPY.
I am an Independent Technology Analyst & Content Creator. I focus on IT infrastructure and information security, along with IT architecture and seeing the complete picture. I'm also a big believer that technology is the easy part of your career, and soft skills are the hard part. You can read all about it in my book, IT Architect Series: The Journey. You can find out all of her latest adventures at vMiss Website
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and of course following her on Twitter @vMiss
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she is avaliable to consult on your vMware needs, Ransomware and Diaster Recovery projects/needs
Friend, Collegue, fellow Hockey Fanatic, Veeam Guru and the Sr. Technical Partner Manager for Veeam in the NE - this is a GREAT conversation.
Every wonder what it would be like to work woth the data from the space telescopes, Hubbel and more - let's find out! We'll also learn that your college eduction and career path beginninhg, may no always be where you end up - and that NOT a bad thing!
Doug Marks is a musician, guitarist and guitar instructor. He is the founder and owner of Metal Method Video guitar lessons. Marks founded Metal Method in 1982. Metal Method is both one of the longest established and worlds most popular video guitar lessons having taught well over 100,000 guitarists to date.
Doug Marks as the Instructor: Doug Marks Lessons - Founder Metal Method
Metal Method Lessons: MM Lessons
Metal Method You Tube Channel: Doug Marks You Tube
Just a great conversaton with a highly skilled, and always memorable technical trainer and Veeam Channel Guru. Be sure to check out his "ride along" video series, always a great listen!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3sPH7q0DUjzICYwkfYk40A
As the VP of Global System Engineering for Cloudian Inc., Stobart is responsible for leading the technology team to drive sales and brand awareness of Cloudian and cloud storage solutions, providing education to customers, partners and press and ensuring technical due diligence is adhered to during the sales and deployment processes.
Stobart brings 22 years' experience in developing technical storage and systems architecture solutions with time served at Nexenta, Dell, Compellent, Hitachi Data Systems, MaXXan, Morse and Woolwich Building society covering all aspects of data storage and management technologies including; SAN, NAS, Object, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, backup, storage networking, capacity planning and performance analysis as well as Cloud computing, Open Systems computing, thin client, data networking and application infrastructure design.
Stobart has held several senior consulting and leadership roles working with some of the largest technology companies in the industry and providing guidance and advice to major commercial organisations globally, on best practises and economic considerations of data storage technology deployment.
Here are a few of the "Business" creds that Mike holds - Global go-to-market leader and growth accelerator with 25 years of success building and scaling businesses at technology startups and industry giants. High-performance team builder and revenue accelerator while leading sales, partnerships, and technology in Enterprise, Commercial and US Federal markets. Expertise in sales, engineering, leading change, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, cloud, software, SaaS, data management, and IT management. Strong executive presence and communication. Bold yet humble, passionate about people and culture, and driven by great customer outcomes and exceeding performance targets.
The other side of Mike is the amazing person, friend, father and mentor he is - just to mention a few. Give this one a good listen - such a great guy
What a great conversation with my colleague and published author Andrea Johnson - below is a link to her profile on Amazon where you can pickup a copy of her latest book.
Author Profile
It's not very often, or even ever, that you get to hear a candid conversation with the CEO and Co-Founder of such an amazing company like Cloudian - this is your chance to get some real insight and advice from a true visionary, and hear his advice on what makes Cloudian successful.
Besides being just a really nice guy, Jeff has an amazing resume, and someone that you should hear LIVE if you ever get the opporitunity.
In addition to his latest book on the topic of cyber security, Jeff authored speeches for FBI executives and has been published in The Kansas City Star, Ingram's Magazine and on the FBI National Web site. Jeff consulted for academy award winning director Ang Lee during the production of “Ride with the Devil”, and he has provided regular consulting services for television and movie production in Hollywood at Steele Films and Granfalloon Productions. Jeff was a major contributor and appeared on camera in a recent episode of The History Channel's, “America's Book of Secrets”. He was featured in the companion documentary to the major theatrical release “Runner - Runner”, which stars Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. Jeff has been featured in television commercials on the topic of fraud prevention. Jeff was recruited by the FBI from Xerox Corporation, where he was a Computer Systems Analyst. He has an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven (Connecticut) and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas.
Contact Jeff at his website: https://thelanzagroup.com/
Shelley is a serious veteran of the fitness industry, a driven personal trainer, and motivator. She's also a wife, mother, and a wonderfully gifted conversationalist. As ell as trainer and guardian of Eli the wonder dog. Our normal 30 minute Ninja Cast went to almost an hour as we talked about recovering from surgery, Cancer, motivastion, life goals, growing up and even the Milkman! Make sure to grab your breakfast and join us as we have an amazingly insightful conversion about things in life that matter. You can catch her on her twitter feed @shelspins
Always has a smile on her face, a kind word, up for anything to make the event fun and exciting. You just could not ask for a better "People" person than Debra
Someone that I truly admire, and one of my trusted sounding board members. She is all about education, and helping to find the best way to connect the material to the student for maximum retention
Such a great conversation with a fellow guitarist, engineer, gear designer and a truly all around nice guy - Tom Murtaugh
Join us on the latest Podcast with Rick "Rickotron" Vanover of Veeam as well talk about saving the world, one backup at a time - not really. We do talk about managing your data, but VeeamON 2022, another side of Rick and managing a team of incredibly independent / intelligent Engineers/Specialist/Analysts
Our special guest today is Dave Russell, VP of Veeam! Such a fountain of knowledge and just a really great guy - join me on this mornings conversation with Dave and get some wonderful insights into Dave, Veeam and his take on data
Joining me today is our special guest Rachel Tuller, Head of Global Channels & Alliances at Cloudera - we talk Harley Davidsons, road trips, women in IT and how to build a true relationship with your teamand coming back to the top of the heap after a long time away - what does it take to come back ontop