Ten Thousand Feet, the Vervint Podcast

What does it mean to find your purpose at work? Why is it important? In this episode, we talk to President and CEO Meredith Bronk about how she makes time for reflection and celebration. Bronk also talks about how leaders have worked to maintain culture and collaboration with employees working in places across the country and the globe. What does it mean to feel connected to something bigger than...

In this episode, Andy Van Solkema looks into his crystal ball and offers his take on what the future of work looks like. The way he sees it, in the past, life used to fit into work. Now, work fits into life. How can people set up time to be creative and time for deep work? Does Andy see the work from home trend continuing? Tune in to the episode to find out all of this and more.

In this episode, Data and Technology Leader and Architect Alex Tweedy shines a light on our new cost optimization offer. At the start of a cost optimization engagement, we will work with clients to discover: what are your goals? Why did you launch a connected product in the first place? What is working well? Learn more about what a cost optimization engagement looks like, an exciting project Tweed...

In this episode, we chat with OST’s Andrea Bloemendaal about mobile accessibility. Learn more about web and industry standards as well as what technologies you can expect to see coming your way soon.

Renowned Leadership Coach and Author, Barbara Rapaport believes that the answers are always in the room. It's a tenet of her coaching practice and a thread that applies throughout her work locally, nationally and globally with leaders. Andrew Powell  sat down with Barbara to talk about leadership and  how she views its future in a post-pandemic world.  For more information about Barbara, check out...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote healthcare (also known as telehealth ) was gaining some traction and popularity, but once the pandemic hit, remote doctor visits suddenly became the default. Telehealth expert  Joe Brennan  is confident that trend is here to stay. On this episode, Joe is interviewed by CIO, Jim VanderMey. They discuss how telehealth is now simply considered healthcare and the...

Like most of you, we've spent the past year dialing into Zoom meetings to connect with coworkers, collaborate, plan our work and even record our podcasts. It's been a huge shift for us, but for people like Liam Martin, working remotely has been a way of life long before the pandemic. In this episode, we interview Liam Martin, the founder of  TimeDoctor.com ,  Staff.com  and the world's largest rem...

It's officially been a year since we all abruptly left the office to  shelter at home from COVID-19 and it's safe to say the way we work has changed forever.  While some may be headed back in the office, many have embraced the flexibility of working remotely.  Solutions Expert, Chad Willaert, and Chad Ruel, Cloud Solutions Architect make up our Modern Workplace team and help us break down the new...

Managing your task list? Making dinner? Doing homework? The principles of the Agile Manifesto, while typically applied to accomplishing a development sprint, can apply to more than you think.  On this episode, Andrew Powell interviews Elizabeth Wilson (who you'll recognize from past Ten Thousand Feet episodes on Agile) and Delivery Practice Team Lead, Brett Fitzgerald. As you'll hear on this episo...

As IT evolves to deliver value to the business, product development is likely inevitable. But doing so successfully requires organizing in a way that you can both develop a great product AND support it.   Brian Hart, VP of IT Internal Business Solutions at Amway shares his insights on this topic and why it's really more of a practice than a destination.  Brian is interviewed by our Chief Innovatio...

Zoom meetings, Slack conversations and Microsoft Teams have allowed us to continue to make progress in the Covid-19 era. They aren't new tools, but their usage has become more the rule than the exception.  They have allowed us to continue to build our work relationships and maintain momentum. But for those starting a new job, those tools are being relied on to create relationships where no momentu...

A zombie, while decidedly undead is certainly not alive. As we come off the Halloween season, we wanted to point out another kind of undead, yet not alive being: the IoT Zombie.  On this episode, Andrew Powell interviews two of our connected product experts: Aaron Kamphuis and Jen Nowlin. Jen has been in IoT for 20 years, before it was really a ‘thing’, and is now a Principal Consultant helping ou...

A significant amount time has passed since the dawn of Coronavirus. It's been long enough that we've moved through several phases of business change. It started with putting out fires and then reprioritizing efforts, allowing us to move into a new phase where we can respond to opportunity.  Design Director, Brian Hauch, interviews VP of Digital Strategy and Experience to discuss this next phase of...

There's a difference between making a product and designing a product experience. We all know what it's like to use something that you don't necessarily want to use again - and a key aspect of that is design.  On this episode, we welcome Lisa Helminiak, Founder and CEO of Azul Seven, a design team based in Minneapolis that recently joined us. We're happy to welcome Lisa and her team as they help u...

During the global recession of 2007 & 2008, Apple launched the iPhone and Netflix began their streaming services - two formative technologies of our lifetime that would go on to reshape our lives.  As we move forward through this pandemic, companies are looking to harness that same creativity to innovate. A couple months ago, we hosted a roundtable discussing how businesses can actually thrive in...

X as a service (XaaS) has become a popular consumption model for organizations. There are a lot of benefits, including variable costs, flexibility, and freeing up resources to create and innovate.  On this episode, our new VP of Enterprise Solutions, Mitch Prust, joins Account Executive, Dan Frank to discuss XaaS. They break down the considerations and dive in to HPE's Greenlake Cloud Services.  E...

This episode is part two of Meredith Bronk’s interview with entrepreneur and innovator, Shannon Cohen. On this half of our interview, we discussed racial equity in America and how organizations can move forward genuinely and authentically to be part of a solution from the place they are today. In light of possibly the largest movement in U.S. history, Shannon shares her advice on how to move forwa...

"The people who left your office before the pandemic are not the same people who are coming back." Shannon Cohen, Founder and CEO of Shannon Cohen, Inc., her company focused on helping leaders thrive at the intersection of joy and purpose. Shannon is an author, a speaker and also runs an online retail shop with greeting cards and other inspirational goods.  Shannon is joined Meredith Bronk on the...

We talk about being a people-first organization. We value our employees and our families so much that it's baked into our company values.  Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee (DEI) exists to help OST deliver on that mission for all employees, especially those that haven't been traditionally represented in technology industry. On this episode, we talk with Kiran Sood Patel, Dave VandeWaa...

On this episode, we share the second half of our conversation around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with John Vancil and Dave Trayers. This part is all about implementation. John & Dave have consulted on several ERP implementations and share a few common pitfalls and tips to set you up for a successful launch. Enjoy!

Enterprise Resource Planning. It's possibly one of the largest enterprise software categories in existence, helping businesses manage day-to-day activities from a single database.  Our resident ERP experts, John Vancil and Dave Trayers discuss all things ERP in our two-part ERP series. This is the first intallment, featuring an overview of ERP and how we help companies select the right ERP Solutio...

The time for telehealth has arrived, and along with it, a global pandemic.  Telehealth expert, Joe Brennan, and CIO, Jim VanderMey have a discussion about what coronavirus has done to the telehealth industry. They cover why hospitals are scrambling to implement remote visits and ways to take advantage of this change in healthcare needs.  Enjoy

A couple months ago, working remote was a perk. While definitely gaining momentum, it was still considered a luxury for most companies...one that they hadn't totally figured out how to support at scale. But, times changed. Quickly. On this episode, we talk with Elizabeth Wilson, our resident SAFe & agile expert about the challenges and opportunities companies face with suddenly being forced apart...

Launching new technology is almost never easy, but it's particularly nuanced in the healthcare space. Rightfully so, as doctors and patients often rely on these technologies in critical ways. That's why regional health system, ProMedica, partnered with the healthcare technology experts at Kapios Health to launch new technology that improves patient care.  On this episode, we talk with the Presiden...

One of the top industries experiencing the change and opportunities of digitization is Manufacturing. From new efficiencies and possibilities, to an unprecedented connection with their customers, business today is not what it once was. On this episode, we get into that topic with Pat Carey, Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth at Stratasys, the global leader in 3D printing and additive manufa...