Jon Myer Podcast

Welcome to the Jon Myer Podcast, powered by Myer Media! Fresh off the keynote stage at AWS re:Invent 2025, we sit down with Nathan from Metal Toad, an AWS partner helping organizations navigate digital transformation and cloud-native deployment. We unpack the biggest announcements from today's keynote, why they matter, and how these innovations translate into real-world opportunities for enter...

Welcome to the Jon Myer Podcast, powered by Myer Media! Fresh off the keynote stage at AWS re:Invent 2025, we sit down with David from Metal Toad, an AWS partner helping organizations navigate digital transformation and cloud-native deployment. We unpack the biggest announcements from today's keynote, why they matter, and how these innovations translate into real-world opportunities for enterp...

Joining us today is Jeff Barr, Chief Evangelist for AWS, recorded live at AWS re:Invent 2025. For two decades, Jeff has documented the evolution of cloud computing through the AWS blog, sharing insights on everything from the launch of EC2 instances to the latest breakthroughs in generative AI and machine learning. In this episode, we explore what's next in the AI-assisted workplace, where this te...

Recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, this episode features Matt Kaminski, an educational technology leader who challenges conventional thinking about remote vs. in-person learning. Matt shares his innovative approaches to bridging the gap between physical and virtual classrooms while doing more with less. In this episode, Matt discusses:✅ AI challenges: Finding the right tools while manag...

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Jeff Martinez from Rackspace Technology discusses building a culture of cost accountability, the importance of doing with institutions rather than doing for them, and how gen...

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Patricia Clay shares her community college perspective on restoring trust, embedding AI into curriculum thoughtfully, and removing friction from student experiences while pro...

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Gabe Akisanmi tackles the complex challenge of shadow AI in higher education, explaining how institutions can build trust by providing secure, governed AI tools that protect...

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Charron Andrus shares her perspective as a CISO on restoring trust in higher education, the personal liability security leaders now face, and how institutions must protect da...

Conversations in Higher Education explores the critical challenges and innovations shaping the future of colleges and universities through candid discussions with leaders on the front lines of transformation. In this episode, Patrick Frontiera from AWS discusses what comes after migrating student information systems to SaaS, how institutions can complete their digital transformation journey, and t...

Recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, this episode features Milos Topic, a higher education technology leader, discussing the fundamental challenges and opportunities facing colleges and universities today. In this episode, Milos discusses:✅ Why restoring trust is an opportunity, not just a challenge✅ Education as the great equalizer and leveling the playing field✅ Building leadership te...

Welcome to Conversations in Higher Education! 🎓Recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, this episode features Carrie Shumaker, a higher education CIO, for a candid conversation about the critical challenges facing colleges and universities today. In this episode, Carrie discusses:✅ Why higher education has lost public trust and how to restore it✅ The growing disconnect between what institut...

Welcome to Conversations in Higher Education Technology! 🎓In this episode, recorded live at EDUCAUSE 2025 in Nashville, Jeff Martinez sits down with Dr. Vanessa Keenan, EDUCAUSE Ambassador from UT San Antonio, to discuss the top priorities shaping the future of higher education technology. Dr. Keenan shares insights on:✅ How DegreeWorks is empowering students to self-direct their academic journe...

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Kevin Greenway, CTO of 10ZIG, for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of endpoint management, thin and zero clients, and how modern VDI infrastructure is transforming hybrid work environments. From security challenges to AI workloads, discover what IT leaders need to know about securing and simplifying their infrastructure.🔑 KEY TOPICS COVERED:What is e...

In this episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, we dive deep into the cloud infrastructure revolution with Todd Robinson, Founder and President of OpenMetal. As businesses grapple with escalating cloud costs and vendor lock-in, Todd shares how open-source technologies are leveling the playing field.🎯 What You'll Learn:Why the Broadcom VMware acquisition is forcing companies to rethink their cloud st...

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Arthur Hitomi, CEO and Co-founder of Numecent, to explore how application containerization is revolutionizing software deployment and solving critical legacy application challenges. With Windows 10 end-of-life looming and organizations struggling with legacy systems that can't be upgraded, Arthur shares how Numecent's CloudPaging technology is helping com...

Join Jon Myer as he sits down with Paul Speciale, CMO of Scality, to explore the cutting-edge world of storage technology. In this deep-dive conversation, we unpack how multidimensional scaling and disaggregated architectures are revolutionizing how organizations handle massive data volumes in the age of AI.From unpredictable AI workloads that scale from millions to trillions of tokens, to the cha...

Netwrix CEO Reveals How to Lead AI Transformation Without Fear: Building Future-Ready Organizations🚀 Exclusive Leadership Insights: Netwrix CEO Grady Summers shares his proven strategies for leading organizational transformation in the AI era! In this powerful episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, we dive deep into what it really takes to build future-ready tech organizations. Grady brings 25+ years o...

🚀 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenOps CEO Amit Saar drops exclusive news about dozens of new integrations with leading FinOps platforms including IBM Cloudability, Broadcom CloudHealth, and Flexera! In this episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, we dive deep into how OpenOps is revolutionizing cloud operations automation and creating the new standard for FinOps workflows. Discover how their open-source strateg...

In this episode, Jon sits down with Jacek Marmuszewski, founder of Let's Go DevOps, to explore the evolution of DevOps from its chaotic early days to today's specialized platform engineering landscape. Broadcasting from Krakow, Poland's thriving tech hub, Jacek shares his 15+ year journey from Java developer to building a 20+ person DevOps consultancy that addresses some of the most co...

In this episode of The Jon Myer Podcast, I'm joined by Christopher Belford, Senior Director at EPI-USE Services for AWS, to discuss the critical challenges and opportunities in enterprise payment processing. We dive deep into real-time reconciliation, fraud prevention, and the future of payment systems for large organizations. Christopher shares valuable insights on how outdated manual processes c...

Ep#233 Control Your AI Destiny with OpenOps' Game-Changing BYOAI Approach

In this episode of The Jon Myer Podcast, Jon sits down with Amir Peres, CTO of Yuki Data, to discuss how their middleware solution optimizes Snowflake environments. Amir explains how Yuki applies DevOps principles to data engineering, automatically routing queries to the optimal warehouse size based on metadata analysis. We explore resource management in cloud data platforms, security consideratio...

In this episode of The Jon Myer Podcast, I chat with Gabriel Sandoval, Manager of Cloud Engineering at Skechers, and Alon Maimoni, CRO at N2W, about simplifying AWS data protection. Gabriel shares how N2W's backup and recovery solution has provided Skechers with a fluid system for disaster recovery, while Alon explains how N2W helps customers save money, time, and potentially their jobs when d...

In this episode of The Jon Myer Podcast, we explore the critical importance of Digital Employee Experience (DEX) in modern healthcare with Marcel Calef, Americas Field CTO at ControlUp. Marcel explains how DEX transforms the way healthcare IT supports clinicians and ultimately impacts patient care. The average healthcare employee spends a staggering 30 minutes per day waiting for IT systems to res...

In this episode of The Jon Myer Podcast, we tackle the critical issue of cybersecurity in healthcare with Jeff Warren, Chief Product Officer at Netwrix. With healthcare organizations increasingly becoming targets for cyberattacks, Jeff shares insights on why these institutions are vulnerable and how they can better protect sensitive patient data. A staggering 84% of healthcare organizations faced...