Cloud and Clear

Jim Anderson is a technology leader with 25+ years of management experience which creates a unique perspective on the cloud market today. As the Managing Director for Google Cloud - South Central Region, he joins this episode to discuss market trends, helping traditional customers transform amidst a pandemic, and how G Suite is the enabling platform for remote working. Anderson is part of the 2% o...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is not just the right thing to do, but it's a competitive advantage - says Frans Johansson, Co-Founder & CEO of The Medici Group, who has been a thought leader in this space for over 15 years. In this episode, Tony and Frans discuss workplace transformation with DEI and how it enables growth, innovation and talent. They also cover the humanization of technolog...

Sojern is a next-gen platform that uses proprietary data science methods to examine real-time information, that connects the world's travelers to their dream destination. When Sojern needed a new solution for data warehousing that provided the flexibility to move with demand fluctuations, they turned to Google Cloud. Senior Director of Engineering at Sojern, Dhaivat Pandit ("DP"), explains the 'ma...

AirAsia is one of the most innovative airlines in regard to their people, their management, and the technology they use. Mo Khurram Zia, Head of People Operations for AirAsia, joins Tony to discuss the reasons the airline chose Google Cloud, using G Suite to boost communication & productivity, and Big Query to enhance data analytics capabilities. Zia explains how People Ops is a "partner" of their...

This week is the first episode ever hosted by SADA COO, Dana Berg! He sits down with VP of Google Cloud PSO, Jason Martin, to discuss the world of Professional Services, why Google Cloud has built such a strong PSO organization, and how this fits into Google's broader strategy for client innovation. Martin dives into the importance of partners with this strategy. Discussion also covers Professiona...

ConnectAndSell is a patented cloud sales acceleration platform that solves the #1 B2B sales challenge: getting hard to reach decision-makers on the phone. CEO of ConnectAndSell, Chris Beall joins this episode to discuss their recent decision to migrate to GCP with SADA and the benefits they've experienced since switching. Chris also explains his company's findings when comparing GCP to AWS and wha...

On this episode, Tara Seppa, Regional Director, New England, Google Cloud, joins to discuss how companies are shifting to better serve their customers amisdt the current environment. COVID-19 has caused an even bigger wave of digital transformation in the enterprise space and Tara shares the changes she's seen over the past several months. She also uncovers the investments Google is making in fiel...

For this special episode that marks one year of Cloud n Clear, Kurt Donnell, President & CEO of Freestar joins us. As the leader of the #1 fastest growing private company in the 2019 Inc. 5000, he explains how he leads a dynamic team of industry experts that engineer cutting-edge monetization solutions and provide world-class customer service for website owners and app developers. He also does a d...

Embodied is doing incredible things with robotics - specifically, companion robots that feature software for supporting children's development of foundational life skills. Moxie, their companion robot, launched in April this year and Embodied CEO, Paolo Pirjanian, joins the show to discuss the technology used to create Moxie and how it differentiates from other technological learning tools for chi...

Nirav Sheth, Director of Channel Sales & Partnerships at Google Cloud, joins episode 50 to discuss the implementation of Channel partners in key strategic roles. He gives some guidance and feedback on what customers are looking for from Google Cloud partners and explains some of the key differences in partnering with a company like Cisco versus Google. Sheth also dives into how Google's strategy h...

Corey Quinn, Cloud Economist at the Duckbill Group specializes in helping companies improve their cloud bills by optimizing costs and adding value to their investments. Join this episode hosted by Miles Ward, CTO at SADA, to hear about Quinn's recent review of GCP, some cost-optimization advice customers could take value from, and where Quinn thinks folks could use the most help with their cloud i...

Francisco Irao has been involved in selling IT solutions for over 20 years, with 17 of them being at Google. Newly minted as Head of Channel and Direct Sales of Americas for Google Geo Enterprise and Google Maps Platform, Irao joins CnC to discuss how Google differentiates itself from an engineering and product standpoint, within a growing sea of Maps providers in order to support the narrative of...

In the first episode hosted by SADA CMO, Narine Galstian, special guest Kayla Spiess, Head of Partner Marketing, Americas at Google Cloud, joins to discuss pivoting partner marketing during a time of crisis. Despite the disruption COVID-19 has caused, now is a great opportunity for organization's to reevaluate their digital marketing strategy and fine their tune priorities. Spiess explains how Goo...

Eric Rosenkranz is an award-winning software industry leader with a record of sustained performance leading teams, closing complex commercial deals, and landing break-through opportunities. For the past three years, he's been at Google Cloud focusing on building and managing high-performing partnerships across North America. In this episode, Eric discusses the development of the partner ecosystem...

When it comes to storing big data, the two most popular options are data warehouses or data lakes--but what's the difference between the two? Ashish Thusoo, Co-Founder and CEO of Qubole, breaks down everything you need to know about data lakes and how they can create more value for customers by accelerating digital transformation. In this age where "data is the new oil", how are companies like Qub...

Jeff Brown, Strategic Business Executive at G Suite, is one of the most experienced professionals helping government agencies transform and innovate with Google Cloud. He discusses how organizations that have already made the investment into cloud are more prepared to adapt amidst a global pandemic and how cloud technology helps the public sector to continue to function during a crisis. He also di...

A fireside chat with Carolee Gearhart, VP of Worldwide Channel Sales and Global SMB Sales at Google Cloud, recorded at SADA's 2020 All Hands Kickoff. In this special episode, hosted by Tony Safoian, Carolee shares with us her journey so far and her appointment to the new global role at Google Cloud focusing on Channel success. Carolee also describes Google's mission to democratize data and how the...

Paul Friedman, CTO of Streetlight Data, discusses how Google Cloud's infrastructure and power is critical to their ability to process and offer DAAS to government organizations of all sizes. Streetlight Data provides transportation data and insights for optimizing urban planning and management of transportation resources to improve efficiency. Paul discusses his satisfaction in going with GCP and...

Companies worldwide have recently issued Work From Home orders, and for newly remote employees, it can be difficult to adapt to. SADA's Digital Transformation Manager, Heather Summers, has over eight years of experience as a G Suite consultant and has helped organizations shift towards a digital paradigm. In this episode, Summers puts her change management skills into action and uncovers some best...

Brandon Jung, VP of Alliances at GitLab (the world's largest fully remote company,) delves into GitLab's company culture and the necessity for hyper transparency provided through the GitLab handbook. Before joining GitLab, Brandon helped build the Google Cloud ecosystem that includes technology companies as diverse as Red Hat, Docker, Cloudera, Pivotal and Tableau. Tune in to hear him also discuss...

Nathan Rader is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Parsable, but has spent more than 20 years in technology, with 11 of those years being at Google Enterprise. In this episode, we discuss Nathan's extensive background in the industry, how the enterprise software business model has evolved, and how to enable customers to become self-sufficient. Creating the best product is no longer enough; in...

SADA's Head of Product and PI, Patrick Skoglund, discusses his journey and role in building the practice at SADA. The practice has developed the applications ATOM and dotMaps that are enterprise asset management applications for large governmental and utility organizations. Patrick explains the features and benefits, and what lies ahead for the solutions. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Patrick Skoglund...

Justin Slaten is an accomplished technology executive with over 20 years of experience taking cutting-edge approaches to building products, improving business processes, scaling businesses and teams, and increasing productivity. As a longtime client and friend of SADA, Justin discusses his experiences at Netflix and TrueCar and how he helped them embrace the cloud. He delves into what his time at...

SADA Alumni, Kyla Hunts, leads PSO Partner Programs at Google Cloud and is based out of the Spruce Goose office in Los Angeles. In this episode, we discuss the importance of expanding the talent pool in high tech, growing up in Silicon Valley, how to break into the industry, and Google Cloud PSO's partner strategy for 2020. With the new program launch of Partner Success Services, Google gears up f...

SADA's Director of Google Enterprise Search, Chad Johnson, is responsible for the growth of the Google Enterprise Search line of business, including the transition to Google's Cloud Search replacement for the Google Search Appliance. He joins this episode to discuss how he got into the world of Search, how Enterprise Search has transformed over the years, customizations that improve the customer e...