The Great Indoors

Welcome back to the Great Indoors season 8! We are back in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress 2024. In this inaugural episode, you’ll hear from four exciting guests, one of whom is Gil Rosen, joining Matt Roberts as a guest host. They will be joined by Lara Dewar, CMO at GSMA to discuss the conference itself, the implications of new technology like GenAI and how MWC is engaging young people. Y...

In the finale of season 7, Matt welcomes back Shelly Palmer to discuss the biggest story of 2023: Generative AI. Shelly is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at the Newhouse School of Public Communications, CEO of The Palmer Group and a technology expert and advisor. He and Matt discuss the history and legacy of artificial intelligence, the impact of the explosion of Gen AI, and the spac...

In April of 1945, Canadian soldiers liberated swaths of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. John A. Brink was five years old when his village was liberated, and the experience convinced him he would one day move to Canada. He fulfilled this dream in 1965, and eventually became a serial entrepreneur. Matt sits down with John to discuss his incredible journey, including his path to becoming Presid...

Welcome back to the Canadian series of The Great Indoors! Host Matt Roberts is joined by Stephanie McLarty to discuss the circular economy and e-waste in the telecommunications industry. Stephanie is the Head of Sustainability at Quantum Lifestyle Partners, a company that operates state-of-the-art recycling and re-using programs for e-waste. She is also a speaker, lecturer and host of The Circular...

In the final episode from MWC Las Vegas, guest host Mike MacDade dives into interviews with guests from two very different companies, to uncover their differences and similarities. First he speaks with Brandon Simas, the founder of Continuously, a stealth communications company that is only a year old. He then speaks with Amber Kerr of Union Wireless, which was incorporated in 1914. Continuously d...

Welcome back to MWC Las Vegas. In this episode, guest host Mike MacDade, Chief of Staff to the CPO, is joined by two special guests!  First, he sits down with Caroline Chan, VP of the Network and Edge Group at Intel to discuss the use cases and human value to 5G, the intersection of evolution and taking a conservative approach, and the future of 5G edge.  He is then joined by Matt Hatton...

Explore the path ahead for private networks and 5G over the next 12 months and beyond. Join The Great Indoors at MWC Las Vegas for a conversation with Joe Constantine, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at JMA Wireless. In this episode, Joe, alongside guest host Mike MacDade, provides insights into the telecom industry in the United States and globally.  Discover JMA Wireless's efforts to...

Welcome back to MWC Las Vegas! Guest host Mike MacDade, Chief of Staff to the CPO and co-host of Amdocs’ Your Career: Is it choice or chance? podcast is back! In this episode, he sits down with Juan Carlos Garcia, SVP of Technology Innovation and Ecosystems at Telefonica. Juan’s title contains both the words Ecosystem and Innovation- but how are these related to each other and to the broader telec...

Welcome to our first interview at MWC Las Vegas 2023, with guest host Mike MacDade, Chief of Staff to the CPO and co-host of Amdocs’ Your Career: Is it choice or chance? podcast. Mike and his colleague Jacob Thomas, VP, Account Business Executive, Amdocs sit down with Massimo Peselli, the Chief Revenue Officer of Global Enterprise & Public Sector, Verizon Business. They dive into all things 5G...

In this episode focusing on Canadian Telecommunications, host Matt Roberts sits down with Robert Ghiz, President and CEO of the Canadian Telecommunications Association and former Premier of Prince Edward Island. Robert and his organization promote the industry to government, policymakers and the general public. Canada is a country that is huge in landmass, but small in population, which presents u...

Welcome to Season 7 of The Great Indoors! This season host Matt Roberts is joined by a new and exciting roster of guests. In this episode, he sits down with Chris Madan, Director, Digital Sales at TELUS and Saeed Otufat-Shamsi, Director of Information Services at TELUS. Matt is also joined by co-host Neeraj Kanojia of Amdocs. They discuss how the TELUS team is ‘internally disrupting’ itself to sta...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with their last three guests at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Lara Dewar, CMO at GSMA, Jillian Kaplan, Telecom & 5G Thought Leadership at Dell Technologies, and Sandro Tavares, Director of Telecom Solutions Marketing at Dell Technologies. They discuss the importance of bringing a diversity of voices to the table...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs and his co-host Liliana Schwartz-Brunner, GM and Division President of North America Telcos at Amdocs, sit down with their next guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Marissa Mathews, Leader at Amazon Web Services. They discuss how 5G could be the impetus of the next industrial revolution, and how it will serve as the underpi...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with his next two guests at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Chris Silberberg, Research Manager for European Telecommunications Insights at International Data Corporation (IDC), and Jeff Yee, CEO of Airwaive. Chris shares a few of his key takeaways from the congress, including his thoughts on AI, ChatGPT and the Metave...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Issa Cabreira, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Globe. Issa shares her opinion on the impacts of tech for good on communities like those in the Philippines. She explains how the pandemic period contributed to a more tech-savvy community for the Philippines, and ho...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Jerónimo Diez de Sollano, CIO of AT&T Mexico. Jerónimo kicks off the episode by providing listeners with an overview of his background and current role at AT&T. Then, he shares an example of how he and his colleagues are doing tech for good, and what he hop...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Kevin Shatzkamer, Digital Transformation Officer at Google and Meg Knauth, VP of Application Development and Operations at T-Mobile. First, Kevin discusses how generative AI is here and how safeguards need to be put in place so that it is used to better society. Ne...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs and his co-host Shahar Dumai, Digital Brands Marketing at Amdocs, sit down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Calvin Collett, CEO and co-founder of Melon Mobile. To kick off the episode, Calvin explains the story behind Melon, and what makes it unique from other telco companies. He explains that the idea behi...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Catherine Borda de Castro, Assistant Vice President of Connectivity & Convergence at Cox Communications. Together, Matt and Catherine discuss new technological innovations that will make a tangible impact on people’s lives, and why technology is becoming more c...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs and his co-host Gil Rosen, CMO of Amdocs, sit down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Ernest Cu, CEO at Globe Telecom. Together, they discuss how the Philippines is unique and ripe for innovation and how Globe has been involved with improving the lives of Filipinos.  They also discuss recent examples of...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs and his co-host Liliana Schwartz-Brunner, GM and Division President North America of Telcos at Amdocs, sit down with another guest at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain: Debika Bhattacharya, Chief Product Officer at Verizon Business. To kick off the episode, Debika shares more information about her recent promotion, including what...

In the first episode of The Great Indoors, Season 6, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with two guests at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. He’s joined by Francesco Venturini, Corporate VP of Communications Media Industry at Microsoft, and Dror Kalush, President of Amdocs International. They kick off the episode by discussing the recent news of Microsoft and Amdocs expandin...

In this special bonus episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with his next two guests at Futurecom in São Paulo, Brazil. Futurecom is Brazil’s biggest telecom and technology show, bringing together some of the best and brightest in tech and communications. In this episode, Matt sits down with Paulo Rufino, the author of 6G: The Road to the Future Wireless Technologies 2030 , for a discussi...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with guests at Futurecom in São Paulo, Brazil. Futurecom is Brazil’s biggest telecom and technology show, bringing together some of the best and brightest in tech and communications. In the inaugural episode, Matt sits down with TV host and personality Zeca Camargo, Brazil's first-ever MTV VJ, and now the host of Brazilian game show 1001 Quest...

In this episode, host Matt Roberts of Amdocs sits down with his next guests at the Las Vegas Convention Center MWC 2022 for a discussion on interesting 5G use cases, the plethora of technologies coalescing around the 5G revolution, and much more. First, he sits down with Michael Anderson, CEO at Expeto, who provides an overview of some of the progress the company has made over the past 12 months,...