Cloud and Clear

Travis Hahler has an interesting background that paved his path toward his current role as Americas Change & Culture Lead at Google Cloud. After studying psychology and business, Travis worked for a wide variety of organizations ranging from small boutique firms to Deloitte before he started working at Google. In this episode, he discusses what PSO is all about, the importance of change management...

Relatively new to Google Cloud, Rob Harper leads Channel Sales for the organization in North Central. On this episode, we discuss what makes Google Cloud unique, why Rob moved across the country to take this role, what he's seen so far, and what he thinks the future holds. We also discuss what makes the alignment with partners so important in Google's go-to-market strategy, and what makes partners...

Jen Chason heads Enterprise Sales for Google Cloud for all of west (outside of Northern California). Being relatively new to the role, she has some unique perspectives on making the transition to Google Cloud after so many years. She also covers a massive geographic territory. With that type of responsibility, how does she create the best customer experiences in how they engage with Google, and wi...

Gary Danoff is one of those Googlers who comes from experience being in the partner's shoes! His perspective on what attributes the best partners have is a unique perspective. Public Sector is one of six verticals Google Cloud is really focused on, from a go-to-market standpoint. Why is that? And how has Public Sector now become one of the places that's experiencing some of the most innovation in...

Lisa Gluckstern is the Partner Sales Manager (PSM) for Google Cloud's corporate segment in North and South Central Markets, and Bradley Fisher, is the PSM for South Central Enterprise. Learn about their roles, how they engage with both partners, as well as Google Cloud's field sales organization, to ensure that every customer has the right partner engaged. How do these co-selling motions produce t...

How do you build a company culture that has been rated the Best Place to Work year after year? Head of People Operations, Orkideh Shahidi, has dedicated the past seven years of her career to making SADA a diverse and inclusive culture that hundreds of employees have joined. Orkideh believes while there are lots of moving parts, this all starts with living SADA's core values: Be Data Driven, Do the...

Kelsey Hightower has been leading a movement for customer, user, developer, and ops team empathy in Google Cloud's product and engineering organizations. Tune in to hear how he's navigating these complex waters and what it's like focusing on community versus technology. Kelsey is also an extraordinary leader in the exploding Kubernetes ecosystem and shares his thoughts on how the platform is matur...

Ben Howard has been in the Google ecosystem in various capacities for 6 years, and has a 360-degree perspective few people do: first at BetterCloud as an ISV, then within a Google Cloud consultancy, and now with Google running partner sales strategies and go to market. What is the value proposition partners need to bring to customers, and to Google Cloud in Corporate, Enterprise, and Select custom...

Fun-Gi is an independent game maker - who's first game, House Flip, has hit over 12,000,000 downloads, with 4.6 starts in a matter of just two years! Tune in to hear from both Alfred Fung, CEO and Jimmy Xu, Head of Product discuss going to market in a very crowded space - as they define a completely new category for mobile gaming. Thanks to the power and flexibility of GCP, and specifically App En...

Guest: Brice Challamel

Meet Chris Lehman, SADA's head of GCP Engineering. Coming from a varied background and entering the brave new world of Google Cloud, what are the learnings? What's different about GCP versus other cloud technologies Chris has worked in? What are our customers saying, and how do they get started? Tune in to find out! Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Chris Lehman Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com...

From one family-owned business to another, Tony converses with Jesse Nowlin, IT Manager of Westland Real Estate Group about strategic and cultural shifts of lifting a 40-year-old family-owned business up into the cloud and into the next generation of workplace collaboration through the use of G Suite, Voice and GCP. Host: Tony Safoian Guest: Jesse Nowlin Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com...

Harrison Lewis is one of the most visionary CIOs in the retail industry. See how one of the most prolific retailers is using Google Cloud Platform to transform the way it serves its customers. From groceries to financial services, the mission of Northgate is to bring high-value services to the under-served in the community. Knowing their customers from a 360-degree perspective is what makes it all...

A relatively recent addition to the Google Cloud team, Enterprise Head of Sales, Meg Tucker, reveals the merits of the super local market approach by gaining traction and credibility with large customers. She also discusses her role in building credibility through building community in the SoCal/Los Angeles markets. Now working alongside other powerful women at Google Cloud such as Jen Chason, Kir...

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Fresh off his ten year anniversary, Ian Kieninger, CEO of AVANT, shares his journey to AVANT's current state of growth and predicts what the next ten years look like. In an industry that's viciously competitive, how does AVANT distinguish itself from other master agents? Ian explains the key technologies and areas of growth for his agents as well as the interest around cloud solutions. Why was it...

Not many people get to transform three massive aspects of our industry in a single career, but Rajen Sheth is doing exactly that. Join us for this deep discussion around the democratization of artificial intelligence - not just the "how" but the "why" too. Rajen provides real examples that are moving the AI industry forward and explains the very important need for ethical guidelines, as well as ho...

Guest: Evan Macmillan   https://www.twitter.com/cloudnclear https://www.twitter.com/Safoian Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-macmillan-60716b71/  

Guest: Joe Kosco   https://www.twitter.com/SADA Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekosco/ Links: https://sada.com/blog/google-cloud/gcp-is-cheaper-than-your-data-center/ https://sada.com/blog/google-cloud/anthos/top-5-ways-google-anthos-is-different-from-aws-and-azure/ https://sada.com/blog/google-cloud/g-suite/5-ways-g-suite-helps-companies-at...

Guest: Tarun Bhatnagar   https://www.twitter.com/SADA https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ To learn more about SADA visit www. SADA.com.

SADA has been a proud sponsor of Steven Aghakhani, the Youngest Racer in Super Trofeo history, for years now. He joins us on this episode to talk about his determination, passion and undeniable talent for racing. The future looks very promising for this driven 16-year-old as he approaches the Laguna Seca on September 14th/15th. See how Steven and his team optimize racing and strategy based on tele...

Host: Tony Safoian Connect on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Safoian https://twitter.com/OD_usa https://www.linkedin.com/company/sada/ To learn more about SADA visit www. SADA.com.

Guest: Ryan Damm   https://www.twitter.com/SADA Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safoian/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdamm/