Between Fires and Futures: Real Conversations for Tech Leaders Navigating What’s Now—and What’s Next

Is your IT budget quietly bleeding while you’re too busy putting out fires to notice? In this episode, Tonya welcomes back Leslie Bonsett of Global Consulting Group for a deep dive into IT cost optimization. If you’ve ever said, “We don’t have the budget for that,” this conversation will open your eyes to how much hidden spend is draining your resources. From runaway cloud costs to copper lines qu...

AI is moving faster than the infrastructure that powers it. While headlines focus on breakthrough models and business outcomes, CIOs and IT leaders are running into the real bottleneck: data centers, power capacity, and sourcing. In this episode, Tonya sits down with Joel St. Germain, founder of Global Consulting Group and CEO of DataCenters.com , the world’s largest marketplace connecting enterpr...

In this powerful and candid conversation, host Tonya Turrell sits down with three trailblazing women from GCG — Lara Mayes, April Armijo, and Leslie Bonsett — to explore how female leaders are reshaping the future of tech. Together, they unpack the shifts happening in leadership today, why traditional models are breaking down, and how empathy, adaptability, and emotional intelligence are becoming...

Want to know what automation strategies are actually working for real enterprise teams? Automation may be one of the most overused buzzwords in IT—but it’s also one of the most underutilized solutions. In this episode, we sit down with Chris Miller, CTO of Advizex, whose journey from building an ISP at 19 to leading enterprise automation strategy has given him rare, hands-on perspective on what ac...

Is your IT leadership evolving fast enough to meet the demands of today’s human-first, AI-driven future? In this episode, Tonya sits down with Jason Frame, CIO of the Southern Nevada Health District, to talk about what it truly means to lead IT in a post-COVID, AI-driven world. Jason brings decades of experience and a radically human-centered approach to IT leadership. From rethinking how we defin...

Is your cloud bill out of control—despite doing “all the right things”? You’re not alone. In this episode of Tonya sits down with Martin Hauskrecht, Head of Engineering at Labyrinth Labs and curator of the TLDR DevOps newsletter, to unpack the cloud cost dilemma. With over 1.25 million readers, Martin is a trusted voice in the DevOps space, known for designing scalable cloud infrastructures and cu...

Are your AI pilots technically successful—but still not going anywhere? You’re not alone. So what’s really holding back AI adoption in enterprise environments? In this episode of Between Fires and Futures , we sit down with AI transformation experts Danny Jones and Steve Grosso from Advizex to unpack one of the biggest challenges IT leaders are facing today: the AI buy-in gap . Spoiler—it’s not th...

Ever wonder why tech buying feels broken—and what could actually fix it? In this episode, host Tonya Turrell, founder and CEO of TechnologyMatch.com, pulls back the curtain on the legacy lead generation system that’s failing tech leaders—and shares the bold vision behind the company she built to change it. Tonya recounts her journey from tech sales and marketing to launching an agency just weeks b...

In this premiere episode of Between Fires and Futures , host Tonya Turrell sits down with Dell Technologies’ Chief Technology Strategist, Allen Clingerman, to cut through the AI noise and get clear on what tech leaders actually need to know. With over 30 years of enterprise tech experience, Allen shares what’s really happening in the field—from major fires IT leaders are putting out daily to the c...