Channel Chat Podcast

Back on home soil, Marc speaks to the Group Sales and Marketing Director from Enable X, the group that encompasses Pragma Distribution, Techland Systems and Candio  

This week, Marc join's the CEO of CAE Technologies, Justin Harling for a catch up in their UK headquarters in Hertfordshire.  Channel Chat On Tour.  

In this weeks episode Marc joins Richard Behan, one of the owners of CAE Technologies, in thier HQ in Hemel Hempstead in the first Channel Chat On Tour sessions.  

This week is joined by the Sales Director of Braze, Ilana Simons.  They discuss: the challenges associated with moving from an individual contributor role to leadership the skills necessary to make an effective sales leader the challenges of getting more women into tech and are leaders born or can you learn the skills necessary?    

In this week's episode, Marc is joined in the studio by Matt Poulton of ForeScout They discuss his career from a start in recruitment to where he is today via photocopier sales at Xerox Matt has also been involved in both VC / PE-backed acquisitions and Matt discusses the different approaches both tend to take. 

This week Marc is joined in the Channel Chat studio by the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Telev8; Tara-Jane Sloane.  

Marc is joined in the virtual studio by the Global CTO from Westcon-Comstor, Rakesh Parkhoo.  

Marc is joined in the studio by James Hunnybourne the CRO from Ultima Business Solutions.  

Brian joins Marc in the virtual Channel Chat studio all the way from sunny Austin Texas. They discuss Brian's career, the reason he is so passionate about cyber security and end point security in particular and the growth happening at Malwarebytes.  

In the studio this week Marc is joined by channel legend Sarah Goodchild.   They discuss her career journey; starting as a recruiter and the choices she has made to get to the role she is in today as well as the secrets behind building a successful partner program.      

Marc is joined in the channel chat studio by Holly Anschutz the Director of Channels from Extreme Networks.  

Marc is joined in the studio by Jenny Hicks the Head of Technology from MIDWICH GROUP PLC.   

Today in the Channel Chat studio, Marc was joined by the CEO of Kocho Des Lekerman. They discuss his early career, starting in a finance role, before the recession in the early 1990s forced his hand into starting his first tech. business Eurodata. Bringing his story right up to date they discuss his purchase of TIG, growing the business from 30 people to over 300 today, the rebrand to Kocho and su...

Marc Sumner meets the Founder and CMO of Akari Solutions in the Channel Chat virtual studio. Margaret discusses her background in the technology sector, how she got into the industry, and her experience as a Microsoft partner. She also talks about the importance of creating an inclusive environment and how Akari has implemented initiatives to promote diversity and accessibility. Margaret talks abo...

Craig Hume joins Marc in the Channel Chat 'virtual studio' He discusses the company's history, which began as a computer repair store, and how it has grown into a successful PC builder. He explains how social media has helped Utopia compete with bigger competitors and how the company differentiates itself by offering the best computer systems in the world. Hume also talks about the challenges of s...

Marc Sumner is joined in the studio by the CEO of Assured Data Protection, Simon Chappell. Channel Chat is sponsored by Dell Technologies. AV powered by Convergent Technologies.

In todays episode Marc is joined in the studio by the CEO of Redstor James Griffin.

Marc was joined in the Channel Chat studio by one of the Founders of Arco Cyber, Matt Helling.  Matt enjoyed a long and successful career with Softcat before leaving to start his own business in 2022. Marc and Matt discuss the challenges of starting a new business, the risk involved, the beauty of operating outside your comfort zone whilst also dealing with dyslexia and ADHD.    

For the first episode of our tenth season Marc Sumner was joined in the studio by the current CFO at Softcat. They discuss Graham's early football career and how a Cambridge Science Graduate has become the CEO elect at the largest VAR in the UK.    

In this week's episode, Marc is joined in the studio by Matt Reeve, CEO at Modern Networks.

On this week's episode, Marc is joined in the Channel Chat studio by Johnny Ellis, EMEA Channel Director at Arctic Wolf.

On this weeks episode Marc is joined in the Channel Chat studio by Gavin Jones the Director of Wholesale Channel at BT Wholesale.

Coming to you from the recent HPE Partner Event in Leek, Staffordshire.  The second Channel Chat live was recorded in September 2022.

Coming to you from a field in Surrey, Channel Chat live was recorded in September 2022 direct from the HPE Partner Event.

On this weeks episode Marc is joined in the Channel Chat studio by Carlene Jackson the CEO from Cloud9 Insight.