Cut the $hIT

This week Bryan is joined by Ben Sinclair CTO of Tithe.ly, a provider of online giving and management tools for churches worldwide. The two talk about the IT challenges Tithe.ly has faced due to its rapid growth and internationally dispersed employee base. They also get into how he and his fellow company leaders think about core technology when its competitive advantage is software development and...

This week Bryan is joined by our very first international guest Steven Vynckier Co-Founder of Spotit, a cybersecurity managed services firm headquartered in Belgium. The two dive deep into everyone's favorite topic, cybersecurity specifically the similarities and differences between the United States and Europe Steven has seen since entering the US market.  Like watching your podcasts rather than...

This week Bryan is joined by Plow Networks' Founders Brian Law and Cameron Plato for another "After Hours" episode. The group needed a drink for this week's complex topic: Mergers and Acquisitions. More specifically, the strategic value that having IT involved in the conversation brings to the deal. It's never a dull moment with the After Hours crew, so sit back, grab a cocktail, and enjoy this we...

This week Bryan is joined again by Oracle CISO Scott Breece to follow up on their previous conversation around IT budgeting with an episode on the nature of IT as an investment. The two talk about how to frame up the expenditures of money on IT services, how to help businesses understand these investments, and how to measure the value of those investments over time. We hope you enjoy this week's e...

This week Bryan is joined by the VP of IT at Promises Behavioral Health, Jason Beaty. Jason, once a teacher, now spends his time as a VP of IT focusing on keeping the business secure. He uses his experience as an educator to break down the complexities of technology and teach people how to be as secure as possible when using it. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.  Like watching your podcasts r...

This week Bryan is joined by two guests, and Plow team members, Ryan Harris and Andy Bass to discuss the complex relationship between "business people" and engineers. Bryan dives deep into Ryan and Andy's history as colleges and how they have created a harmonious relationship between business and engineering, which is no easy feat. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.  Like watching your podcast...

This week Bryan is joined by author and CEO of the Character and Leadership Center, Mike Erwin. Mike is an expert on the topic of leadership. After graduating from West Point and serving in the military for seven years, Mike got a master's degree from Michigan in positive psychology and began working as a leadership development consultant. He's published two books about leadership and along the wa...

This week Bryan is joined by Premise Health's CIO Haden McWhorter to talk about the relationship between the IT and the business sides of the house, how it has evolved over his career, and what he has done to manage that relationship well. We hope you enjoy this episode.  Like watching your podcasts rather than just listening? Check out our YouTube channel where you can watch all of our episodes. ...

This week Bryan is joined by Jack Flanagan and Jason Griffith from Tennessee Retina. Jack is the organization's COO/CFO, and Jason is the IT manager. They talk about the relationship between CFO and IT manager, how each of them thinks about it in the context of the business of Tennessee Retina, and what they worry about regarding technology and their employees. Enjoy. Like watching your podcasts r...

This week Bryan is joined by Brian Law and Cameron Plato for the first after hours episode of the new year. Can you imagine a world without email? This week the guys share how they really feel about the platform and why they think it may be time to stop conducting business over email. We hope you enjoy.  Like watching your podcasts rather than just listening? Check out our YouTube channel where yo...

Bryan is off this week and Emily and Talia are back to kick off the 2023 season with some insight into how small businesses can take their marketing up a notch in 2023. They will be walking through a marketing tool kit they have put together that hopefully will make the job of marketing your business feel less daunting and more manageable, and overall give you some actionable steps to improving yo...

To wrap up the 2022 season, Bryan is joined again by Brian Law and Cameron Plato for the year's final "After Hours" episode. Today, the three talk about a grab bag of topics from the lengths salespeople will go to meet their end-of-year quota to layoffs and if they save companies money. We hope everyone had a great, successful year and that 2023 is just the same! Enjoy.    Articles referenced in t...

This week Bryan is joined by Cerner (now part of Oracle Health) Chief Security Officer Scott Breece to talk IT budgeting. Budgeting for IT at a company can be challenging and complex, so we hope after listening to this episode you will have a better understanding of the budgeting process and how you can make a better IT budget at your company. Enjoy.  Like watching your podcasts rather than just l...

This week we are switching things up. Plow Networks hosted our first annual Cut the $hIT event: Securing your business without going crazy or broke, which included a panel of security experts. We recorded the panel and are bringing it to you this week in your podcast feed! Enjoy.  Like watching your podcasts rather than just listening? Check out our YouTube channel where you can watch all of our e...

This week Bryan is joined by former professional baseball player and coach, Alex Ochoa. The evolution of sports tech has changed the game for both players and coaches. The two discuss from Alex's perspective the impact technology has had on Major League Baseball both the good and the bad since he started his professional career in 1992. We hope you enjoy this episode.  If you enjoy the show we wou...

This week Bryan is joined by Plow Networks' newest Senior Engineer, Kevin Phillips. In honor of Kevin joining the company, Bryan wanted to have a conversation about his experience with the recruiting and hiring process in the technology industry since he just went through it himself. This wouldn't be a CT$ episode if they didn't talk about the good and the bad so we hope you enjoy this no "BS" tak...

This week Bryan is joined by the CEO of Trilliant Health, Hal Andrews. Hal is an attorney turned CEO who started his career in mergers and acquisitions and soon became active in the early stage of the Nashville healthcare scene in the mid-90s and hasn't looked back since. Bryan and Hal discuss his career and dig deep into the impact the internet and distributed computing has had and continues to h...

This week Bryan is flying solo. Across the country, companies are having to find ways to deal with inflation, this is no different for the tech industry. Bryan discusses the importance of adding value to combat increased costs and how companies can do that. It wouldn't be a September episode if we didn't talk a little football. Bryan gives you the inside scoop on how the most successful college fo...

This week Bryan is joined by Wake Forest University's Professor of Psychology Dr. John Petrocelli to talk about bull$hIT. Dr. Petrocelli is a social psychologist who specializes in the concept of bullsh*tting as a social behavior. BS does not just exist in politics and sales, it is everywhere so in this episode Bryan digs deep with Dr. Petrocelli on how to recognize and handle BS. We hope you enjo...

This week Bryan is back and is joined once again by Cameron Plato and Brian Law for another after hours episode. The guys are reading some of Reddit's most asked questions around careers in IT. From onboarding best practices to making a career pivot in your 30s Bryan, Cameron, and Brian talk about the lessons they have learned and offer some advice for people wanting to get into the technology spa...

Bryan is taking the week off this week so the marketing girls are back to host the show. If you remember, Emily and Talia hosted an episode a while back just the two of them about their journey's in the technology world as "non-technical" people. Well, this week they are joined by another woman in tech, Plow Networks' very own Director of Client Experience, Jana Speer. Jana is what you would call...

This week Bryan is joined by Michael Wier, a Technical Account Manager at Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro is one of the largest IT distributors in the country. Michael didn't have a precisely conventional path to his current role, but that is why we wanted to have him on the show. Prior to moving into technology, Michael was a classroom teacher. Spending almost a decade in the classroom Michael learned...

This week Bryan is solo reflecting on some of the predictions he made back in early January for trends such as cryptocurrency, the blockchain, and hybrid environments and where they currently stand as they pertain to today. Although Bryan is solo, there is a special guest appearance you won't want to miss. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.  If you enjoy the show we would greatly appreciate it...

This week Bryan is joined by Eve Halimi and Anam Lakhani, co-founders of Alinea, a fintech startup based in New York City. Eve and Anam, both former women of Wall Street share their stories of getting into the fintech world and eventually starting their company Alinea. Bryan discusses with them the process of launching and scaling a startup, the technologies they are using, and the importance of u...

This week Bryan is joined by ransomware expert Greg Edwards. Greg is the founder and CEO of CryptoStopper. A company using proven ransomware detection software to stop actively running ransomware infections. The two dive into what ransomware is and why the threat of a ransomware attack is continually rising for small and midsized businesses.  If you enjoy the show we would greatly appreciate it if...