Cloud and Clear

Welcome back to the #CloudNClear podcast! We are hosted by Michael Ames, Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Simon Margolis, VP of Engineering, at SADA. They are joined by Amol Kher, VP of Engineering, and Tai Yu, Software Engineer, at Vida Health. In this conversation, we learn more about Vida Health's work helping organizations manage healthcare costs with the technology they're buildi...

NEW! #CloudNClear returns this week with host Tony Safoian, CEO, SADA, and special guest Mike Ford, CTO, Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI). This discussion will shed some light on how SPI has been applying #digital technologies to its work in #film and #gaming, and it will delve into how the company is setting the standard in terms of creating #opensource technology that is being used industry-wide....

OUT NOW! Listen to our newest episode of the #CloudNClear podcast featuring Gary Saarenvirta, CEO, Daisy Intelligence, one of our Canadian-based customers that specializes in autonomous #machinelearning and #AI platforms that transform #retail and #insurance operations. Tony Safoian, CEO, SADA joins as host once again to ask Gary some questions about his background and the company's transformation...

Today on #CloudNClear, Tony Safoian, CEO at SADA, returns to host this episode with special guest Anil Jain, Managing Director of Media & Entertainment at Google Cloud. You'll hear a bit of Anil's background, get his perspective on how Google is competing in the media and entertainment industry, how SADA and Google Cloud are helping M&E organizations meet today's audience demands with agility, and...

In our newest episode of #CloudNClear first-time host Patrick Monaghan, CLO at SADA sits down with Sebastian Goodwin, CISO at Nutanix, an enterprise computer software company focused on elevating #IT and focusing on #security applications/services that help mitigate enterprise risk in the #cloud. Sebastian discusses his passion for #informationtechnology and how his career got started in enterpris...

Today on #CloudNClear, we're excited to host special guest Dave Duvall, CIO at Discovery — one of the top media & entertainment companies in the world. Discovery partnered with SADA to rollout #GoogleWorkspace globally. Dave joins our host Tony Safoian, CEO at SADA, to share their journey to Google Workspace, discuss the partnership with SADA, and give insights into the lessons learned by taking o...

Join #CloudNClear with Bill Smith, Chief Sales Officer at Virtru, a 25-year veteran focused on building high-performance, innovative sales teams that deliver immediate value to the commercial and public sector markets. He discusses the success of Virtru over the past 8 years, delves into how they're revolutionizing the #emailsecurity market, and provides insight into how they're enabling organizat...

Next up on the #CloudNClear podcast is Rich Hoyer, Director of Customer FinOps at SADA, and a longtime management and software industry professional, who leads our brand-new FinOps group. The focus of Rich and his team is around developing and delivering services designed to help clients monitor, measure, and improve the value of their #GoogleCloud services. Dana Berg, COO at SADA, joins as host f...

Presenting GrandPad as our next customer spotlight on the #CloudNClear podcast! GrandPad is a consumer electronics company that is improving the lives of millions of super seniors by removing technical barriers and frustrations of connecting them with their families. The key is a great product that totes a simple interface and choosing SADA to help them scale their #cloud capabilities.  Scott Lien...

Episode 100 of Cloud N Clear starring SADA customer, Block.one. A software publisher specializing in high-performance blockchain technologies that help to build a more secure and connected world. Their mission is to provide technology and products that enable trust in transactions, transparency in systems, and efficiency in how our world works. Tony Safoian, CEO at SADA is back to host this very s...

Cloud N Clear often features SADA Alliance Partner customers who have built successful companies offering innovative solutions on Google Cloud. This week episode 99 of the Cloud N Clear spotlights Crux Informatics, a SADA customer focused on removing the friction between data suppliers and consumers. Host Miles Ward, CTO at SADA, and guest Mark Etherington, CTO at Crux Informatics, discuss Crux's...

On the next Cloud N Clear episode Miles Ward, CTO at SADA sits down with Director of Solutions Architecture at SADA, Kyle Moschetto to discuss the current landscape of solutions architecture, our passion for driving customer success, and the incredible value we provide as end to end partners. A t SADA we partner with organizations to help them achieve their business goals, through exceptional Solu...

This week on the Cloud N Clear podcast SADA CEO, Tony Safoian sits down with author, coach, Keynote Speaker, and Founder of WOW, David JP Phillips. They take time to discuss the distilled art and science of storytelling, what the key components are, what role it has played in human evolution, and how it can be used to convey impactful information. This episode is an opportunity to dive deeper into...

We have been running a series on Cloud N Clear featuring SADA Alliance Partners and customers who have built successful companies offering valuable solutions on Google Cloud. This week we feature Managecore, a leading provider of SAP technical managed services, particularly SAP migrations to Google Cloud. First-time host and previous guest Courtney Graham, Managing Director of Sales, Central & Sou...

Transparency, speed, flexibility, and ease are not typical terms you would use to explain networks made up of bare-metal and Software Defined Networks (SDN). PacketFabric aims to change that by offering Network as a Service, built on Google Cloud. PacketFabric, a SADA partner, connects colocation, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud on flexible terms in minutes. In this Cloud N Clear, we...

As cloud infrastructures become larger and more complex, challenges emerge in the areas of FinOps and DevOps. In this episode of Cloud N Clear, host Miles Ward, CTO, SADA, discusses these challenges with Sasha Kipervarg, Co-Founder & CEO of Ternary Inc., and Lukas Karlsson , Cloud Architect / Developer Advocate , Broad Institute. Ternary, a partner of SADA, is looking to solve these issues. Ternar...

With the impact of COVID on remote working, Google Workspace is leading the charge on productivity and collaboration tools that are reshaping modern work culture. In this Cloud N Clear episode, we meet SADA's newest Google Workspace evangelist Rowan Manson who shares with the host and CEO of SADA, Tony Safoian, his passion and belief in Google Workspace and why it is the leader. Rowan highlights s...

Cloud N Clear sees out Women's History Month with one last special installment featuring women leaders around SADA. In this episode, hosted by Tony Safoian, CEO at SADA, we welcome Catherine Adou Abdallah, National Partner Leader, Telecom Media & Entertainment, Gaming (TMEG) at Google Cloud. Also joining them is Andy Wright, Client Partner Executive at SADA. In this 3-way conversation, we learn ab...

Continuing the celebration of Women's History Month, we introduce SADA's first ever Chief of Staff, Michelle Ambrose, on this week's Cloud N Clear. Michelle has held numerous Chief of Staff positions throughout her career and previously spent ten years working at Google. She joins to explain her move to SADA and how it strengthens the alignment with Google. The addition of Michelle is not only a l...

We continue to celebrate Women's History Month with another special edition of Cloud N Clear, hosted by Orkideh Shahidi, VP of People Operations. Joining Orkideh are other SADA women leaders: Annette Davidson, Head of Talent and Development, and Meredith Mitnick, Training and Development Consultant. In this episode, we hear how they have helped SADA take great strides in the areas of training and...

Narine Galstian, CMO at SADA, hosts this special edition of Cloud N Clear to celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day. Women technical leaders at SADA join the podcast to share their experience of working in male-dominated high tech, and how they have navigated it. They share their varying journeys and stop on important moments that helped them become inspiring women tech lead...

Priyanka Vergadia, Senior Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, has a profound passion for helping people learn cloud computing through visualization and art. In this episode she reveals the value of visual thinking and how she found the perfect balance of art, design and technology at Google. Hear how she uses visualizations to help make tough business decisions, drive real value and create true un...

Chris Schembra is the bestselling author of "Gratitude and Pasta: The Secret Sauce for Human Connection", chronicling his adventures as one of the most sought-after dinner hosts in the World. He's also the Founder and Chief Question Asker of 7:47, an advisory firm which helps companies give the gift of community and belonging to their VIP clients and partners. Chris joins to discuss how the pandem...

Part of SADA's 'secret sauce' is our PM team. This week's Cloud N Clear SADA's Head of PMO Sharif Naqib walks us through what makes our PMO organization not only unique, but best in class. Tune in to hear his methodology for building the PMO organization at SADA and getting customers to the market as fast as possible.   Host: Dana Berg Guest: Sharif Naqib   Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/...

Lak Lakshmanan, Director for Data Analytics and AI Solutions at Google Cloud, joins this episode to talk about his experiences leading a team that specializes in building revolutionary software solutions for businesses using Google Cloud's data analytics and machine learning product. Tune in to hear how data science is getting increasingly easier and faster in the cloud and how companies can drive...