The Interxchange Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Interxchange Podcast, hosted by Hudson Interxchange CEO Tom Brown, offers interviews with clients, providers, and industry leaders and delves into a variety of topics, including industry trends and impacts. Keep checking back for new episodes. Enjoy!
This episode features a conversation with Joti Balani, a top tech influencer and Founder and Managing Director of Freshriver.ai. Joti discusses her rise from a village in India to a tech industry veteran, emphasizing the evolution of AI and its ethical implications. Discover how Freshriver.ai assists Fortune 500 firms in leveraging AI, and understand the criticality of AI adoption in the current digital era.
Dean Nelson, Founder & CEO of Cato Digital, and Founder & CEO of Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), returns to the program to talk about a new partnership between Cato Digital and Hudson Interxchange. Dean reveals why Hudson IX is the optimal location for the Cato Bare Metal solution, and provides an overview of how Cato Digital provides bare metal infrastructure at about half the cost of major cloud providers while also allowing companies to reduce their carbon footprint. You'll also hear details about Neu.ro, a company that specializes in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and why they chose to be the first company to run their platform on Cato's bare metal.
Phil Shih, Founder and Managing Director of Structure Research, joins the program to provide an overview of his organization and how Structure Research creates innovative summits that foster collaboration. Phil reveals the importance of creating events that provide opportunities for networking, as well as a forum to share research insights and high-quality content. He also discusses three disruptive events that have helped to shape the evolution of the cloud sector.
March is Women's History Month, and the Interxchange Podcast is celebrating by honoring some of the leading women in tech and telecom who are revolutionizing the industry and paving the path for future generations. This episode features a conversation with Carrie Charles, Cofounder and CEO of BROADSTAFF Workforce Solutions, as she discusses her career journey, which includes working in the financial services industry and being a life coach. Carrie offers advice for women on how to overcome the imposter syndrome and move out of their comfort zone. She also reveals a powerful tool that she uses to visualize what she wants to achieve, both for herself and her organization.
March is Women's History Month, and the Interxchange Podcast is celebrating by honoring some of the leading women in tech and telecom who are revolutionizing the industry and paving the path for future generations. This episode features an interview with Jezzibell Gilmore, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Connectbase as she discusses the benefits of having a diverse workforce. Jezzibell also reveals why collaboration is essential within the industry and the need to create customer-centric solutions. She also shares words of advice for women who are just entering the industry or looking to take the next step in their careers.
This episode features a conversation with Victoria Lamberth, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at ZenFi Networks, as Victoria discusses how she became involved in the telecom industry and the formative experiences that helped shape her as a leader. Victoria reveals the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and how she was able to lean in to her own style of leadership as a woman in a male-dominated industry. She also discusses the importance of mentorship and how men can best support their female colleagues.
March is Women's History Month, and the Interxchange Podcast is celebrating by honoring some of the leading women in tech and telecom who are revolutionizing the industry and paving the path for future generations. This episode features a conversation with Carrie Goetz, Principal and CTO at StrategITcom, and Amazon best-selling author of Jumpstart Your Career in Data Centers Featuring Careers for Women, Trades, and Vets in Tech and Data Centers. Carrie reveals the key attributes that are necessary for achieving success in the industry and how women and military veterans can best position themselves for a tech or telecom career. Discover some of the challenges that women leaders often face and the power of helping others.
March is Women's History Month, and the Interxchange Podcast is celebrating by honoring some of the leading women in tech and telecom who are revolutionizing the industry and paving the path for future generations.
This episode features an interview with Jackie Pasierbowicz, Sales Manager for Stulz USA. Jackie reveals how she got started in the industry and how she rose up to become a sales manager. She also shares details about an event happening later in 2023 which will focus on professional development and will feature 100% women-led panels. Jackie also discusses some of the challenges that women often face when networking, and the professional benefits of learning to play golf. She also talks about the importance of manufacturing in the United States, current industry challenges, and how to potentially alleviate supply chain issues.
This episode features an interview with Celina Berglund, "She-E-O" of BROGAV Solutions. Celina reveals why she started BROGAV Solutions and shares her perspective as a woman in the data center industry. Discover the importance of partnerships and how the industry can attract more women and applicants from diverse backgrounds. Celina also provides insights about industry trends and how BROGAV is meeting the challenges of lead times and sourcing.
Joseph Reele, VP Solution Architects for Schneider Electric, returns to the program to discuss how the exponential growth in digitalization, and the subsequent increased energy demand, will lead data center operators to rethink solutions for sustainability and power utilization. Joe reveals why solving these challenges will require collaboration and how to solve the need for sustainability while also adressing the ever-growing demand for increased bandwidth and speed. He also shares predictions about how data centers will come together as a community to address energy solutions.
This episode features a conversation with Jonathan Eaves, Founder and CEO of Edge Centres, creators of the world’s only off-grid data centers. You’ll hear about Jonathan’s unique career journey, which includes being part of a build team for Disney cruise ships, and the evolution of his company. Jonathan discusses how an increase in the global population, and the subsequent increase in IoT devices, will fuel the growth of edge data centers. He also reveals how and why his company came to develop 100% solar powered edge data centers and whether he believes that hyperscale data centers will ultimately remove their generators. Discover Edge Centres’ plans for expansion and the benefits of the partnership between Hudson Interxchange and Edge Centres.
This episode features a conversation with three CEOs: Anthony Hidalgo of Hidalgo & Co., Keith Muller of Interactive Telecom Solutions, and J.P. Panzica of Accelerate Partners. Anthony, Keith, and J.P. discuss their respective businesses', partnerships with Hudson IX as well as their collaborative efforts across the newly launched eighty8networks, a company that provides a platform for clients to access each of their areas of expertise while also promoting collaboration and master ecosystems.
This episode features an interview with Frank McDermott, Founder and CEO of Carma, as Frank discusses Carma’s key partnership with Hudson Interxchange. Frank reveals his career journey into telecom and how Carma helps solve industry problems that derive from fragmented and poor quality data. Discover how Hudson Interxchange partners with Carma’s Network and Digital Infrastructure Platform (NDI) to form the fully integrated core of its operations, engineering, customer service and customer facing portal. For more information, visit https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220811005652/en/Hudson-Interxchange-Leverages-the-Carma-Network-Digital-Infrastructure-NDI-Platform
Tune in for a conversation between Tom Brown, President and CEO at Hudson Interxchange and Steven Marshall and Benn Mikula from Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited in this first episode of the rebranded podcast. Steven and Benn reveal why Cordiant made the decision to acquire DataGryd and the unique value provided by Hudson Interxchange. You’ll also discover details behind the rebrand of the podcast and the values represented by the new logo.
Bill Winsininski, CEO and Co-Founder of Confluence, joins the program to discuss his background and his passion for the data center space. Bill reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his company and the paradigm shift that has occurred in the past 18 months. Discover how Cofluence is helping customers adapt to digital acceleration.
Prasad Dorbala, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer for Avesha, joins the program to discuss his career journey and an overview of his company. Discover the role of data centers in providing specialized processing at the edge and the growing call for providing infrastructure on demand.
James Patrignelli, Director of Sales for Liquid Technology, returns to the program to discuss the impact that the pandemic has had on his business and how companies have adapted to meet new challenges.
Eric Bell, founder of Baxtel, joins the program to discuss his career journey and the advantages of using the Baxtel website. Eric reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated utilization of his website and shares his insights on industry trends. Discover the efforts that are being made to provide the workforce talent to keep up with data center demand.
Rob Hirschfeld, Founder and CEO at RackN, joins the program to discuss his perspective on how the world is changed and the increased focus on automation. Rob also discusses RackN's Digital Rebar solution, a single API that orchestrates everything in your data center, regardless of vendor.
Joe Reele, VP, Data Center Solution Architect at Schneider Electric, and Dean Nelson, Founder and Chairman of Infrastructure Masons and CEO of Virtual Power Systems, join the program to discuss digital acceleration and industry trends. Joe and Dean also share their advice for the next generation of workers entering the technology space.
John Ghirardelli, Senior Vice President at Macquarie Group, joins the program to discuss some of the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and the infrastructure that is most needed at this time. John reveals his predictions regarding the future of digital real estate, and the impact that AI, 5G and IoT will have on the market.
Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, takes a look back at the challenges and opportunities we faced in 2020, reveals his thoughts about some of the episodes recorded last year, and shares words of inspiration for the year ahead.
Peter Judge, Global Editor at DatacenterDynamics, joins the program to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry, and reveals predictions and trends heading into 2021.
Vinay Nagpal, President and CEO of InterGlobix, returns to the program to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has been a pivotal moment for the internet infrastructure. Vinay also shares his thoughts about synchronous bandwidth utilization, as well as making sure that data is available in a safe and scalable manner.
Tanja Lewit, CEO of AlternateEsource, returns to the program to discuss how their smart sensors are helping businesses and organizations operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tanja also reveals some of the latest innovations and industry trends.
Monique Stone and Joe DeSantis from Unitas Global join the program to provide an overview of their company and how they help customers with their IT transformation journey by offering software-defined connectivity across strategic interconnections with leading networks and cloud providers over a broad range of geographies.
Mark Thiele, CEO and Founder of Edgevana, joins the program to share his perspective on the importance of data centers, providing custom solutions to clients, and what makes the market thrive.
Tanja Lewit, CEO of AlternateEsource, joins the program to discuss how her company has pivoted during COVID-19 to develop critical monitoring solutions for businesses. Discover how smart sensors are being used as employees return to their physical work environments, and how these technologies can be used to support data centers.
Frank Rey, Senior Director of Global Network Infrastructure for Microsoft, joins the program to discuss his perspective on the increase in network traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how Microsoft has responded to the increased demand. He also shares his thoughts on network security, and some of the trends that he believes will persist even after the crisis has subsided.
In this special episode of The Interconnect Hub, you'll hear from Megan Brown, a cardiac nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, as she reveals what it's like to be a frontline healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic. Megan also shares a message of hope and what she's learned from her experiences so far.
Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank, and Joe Scattareggia, Executive Vice President of Wholesale Solutions at Windstream, join the program to discuss how network demand has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the industry response. Raul and Joe share their thoughts about lessons learned from the pandemic, and which markets have seen the greatest increase in demand.
Rich Miller, editor of Data Center Frontier, joins the program to discuss the critical role that data centers play, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rich discusses the shift towards remote work and learning, and the implications for data centers.
Erick Contag, Executive Chairman at GlobeNet, joins the program to share his perspective on emerging technologies including 5G and IoT. Discover the connection between global connectivity and economic development, as well as how the growth patterns in Latin America will impact their need for data centers, subsea cables and terrestrial networks.
Dave Tomassoni, Senior Strategic Account Director at PacketFabric, joins the program to discuss how PacketFabric is redefining how companies build and use network services. Dave also shares his thoughts on DataGryd's partnership with PacketFabric and the benefits for customers.
Cade Lever, Technical Director at Codecom, joins the program to discuss the work that his company does to provide custom-fit cabling and cabling connectivity products for telecommunications and data center companies. He also shares his perspective on the services that DataGryd provides and why Codecom has partnered with Dataygrd.
Joe Reele, Vice President, Datacenter Solution Architects at Schneider Electric, joins the program to share his perspective on the edge, as well as where DataGryd fits in a hybrid environment. He also shares his thoughts on the crucial role of the network and power in all areas of life and business.
Greg Nugent, CEO of Global InterXchange, joins the program to discuss the work that his company is doing to provide the lowest latency to key financial, telecom and colocation facilities in and around Northern New Jersey and lower Manhattan. He also discusses the benefits of Global InterXchange's partnership with DataGryd.
Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, discusses the crucial role that turnkey data centers will have in edge computing. This episode originally aired as an interview on the Thought Cloud Podcast.
MIke Vignato, Executive Vice President of Sales for Evoque Data Center Solutions, joins the program to discuss the importance of customer service, and how they have used partnerships to create growth over the past year. He also shares his thoughts about the unique benefits that DataGryd provides for customers and how to prepare for the data needs of the future.
Rhonda Binda, Co-Founder & COO for Venture Smarter and Executive Director of the Smart Regions Initiative, joins the program to discuss the progress that has been made towards developing smart cities, and what still needs to happen to bring smart city solutions to communities in the U.S and around the world. Discover the "hub and spoke" approach to the development of smart cities, and the power of partnerships.
Christian Koch, Director of Special Projects at PacketFabric and co-founder of the New York Network Operators Group (NYNOG) joins the program to discuss new developments at PacketFabric and dispels myths about the iconic 60 Hudson Street building. He also discusses how DataGryd is uniquely positioned to meet the technology needs of the future.
Ryan Schmidt, New Account Growth Executive for MCIM, joins the program to discuss his company, and the unique benefits of their holistic critical facility engineering and operations information management tool. Discover why DataGryd has partnered with MCIM and the benefits for customers. Ryan also discusses how MCIM is staffed with military veterans and how veterans can find out more about the industry.
James Patrignelli, Director of Sales for Liquid Technology, reveals how his company helps organizations save money and reduce their impact on the environment. Discover why DataGryd has partnered with Liquid Technology and the benefits for customers.
Tim Hoffman, Co-Founder and CTO at Lynk Lab and Principal at Edge Reach Consulting, joins the program to discuss the work that his company is doing to enable vendor-agnostic monitoring of optical networks. Discover why DataGryd is uniquely positioned to meet the challenge of cost effective interconnectivity, as well as growing power demands.
This episode features a conversation with Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, and Jeff August, Chief Strategy Officer for UpStack. Jeff reveals why he decided to join UpStack, the benefits of the platform, and shares his thoughts on how edge computing is changing IT infrastructure. Tom also discusses why DataGryd made the decision to be featured on UpStack's platform.
This episode features Vinay Nagpal, President of InterGlobix LLC, a global solutions company focused on the convergence of datacenters, terrestrial and subsea fiber. Vinay reveals his perspective on DataGryd, and how DataGryd's services match up with industry needs and trends.
In this episode you'll discover the benefits of the partnership between DataGryd and NYI. Phil Koblence, COO and Co-Founder of NYI joins Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, to discuss the rationale behind the partnership, and how the companies’ combined capabilities and expertise can address any combination of infrastructure, network connectivity, colocation, cloud, hybrid IT, and managed services.
Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, and Art Valhuerdi, SVP of Operations for DataGryd, discuss what makes DataGryd unique when it comes to power. Discover some of the key features of DataGryd's power infrastructure and the benefits for customers.
In this first episode of The Interconnect Hub, you'll hear from Tom Brown, President and CEO of DataGryd, as he shares the story behind DataGryd, and what makes it so unique. Discover what you can expect from future episodes, and why DataGryd decided to launch their own podcast.