The Route to Networking

Send us Fan Mail For the first episode of 2022, George Barnes had the pleasure of being joined by John  Capobianco, the Senior IT Planner and Integrator at House of Commons Canada Founder and Lead Developer Merlin and Mind nMap. To check out Johns website: https://www.automateyournetwork.ca/ Follow his Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_Capobianco Connect via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j...

Send us Fan Mail This Thursday on the Route to Networking podcast, Head of Network Security, Zack Mount sat down with Denis Crowley, the Head of Operations at eCom Solutions.  Denis discusses why he chose to go into a leadership role and some of the daily challenges he’s facing at the moment.   He delves into the importance of having a healthy work-life balance and that people in the industry need...

Send us Fan Mail During this episode of The Route to Networking, Director of Telecoms, James Dean, was joined by Bram Peeters, the CTO at GÉANT. He talks through where it all began, how he handles managing multiple teams and some of the technologies that are sparking his interest at the moment.   He shares the top skills one needs to have to succeed in this industry and to make sure to keep up wit...

Send us Fan Mail On todays episode, George Barnes had the pleasure of being joined by Marko Tisler, the Director of Product Management- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at Extreme Networks.  Connect with Marko on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%98%81%EF%B8%8Fmarko-tisler-9702153/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast up...

Send us Fan Mail On the 30th episode of our Route to the Networking podcast, Harry Stephenson had the pleasure of being joined by Christopher Sigley, the Chief Technology Officer at Wisper Internet.  To connect with Christopher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-sigley/ Check out Wisper Internet: https://wisperisp.com/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedI...

Send us Fan Mail Today on The Route to Networking podcast, USA Senior IP Consultant, Harry Stephenson invited Ryan Coates, the VP of Infrastructure Project Development at Surf Broadband to the show.  They discuss his current position at Surf Broadband and what a day in the life of a VP does, his biggest Networking disaster and what’s next for him.  He discusses what it was like to start up his own...

Send us Fan Mail Our Co-Founder George Barnes welcomes Richard Greville, the Director at Opticore to the show.  They discuss what led him into the Networking space and more about his role at Opticore.  He delves into some of the biggest challenges they’re facing as a company at the moment with the new remote workforce and how they are tackling those problems.   Learn more from Richard: LinkedIn: h...

Send us Fan Mail This Thursday on the Route to Networking podcast, James Dean invites Guy Willner, the Co-Founder and Chairman at IXcellerate on to the show.  Find Guy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-willner-43a50a/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast updates! Head to: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-route-to-networking-p...

Send us Fan Mail During today’s episode Harry Stephenson, Senior Network Consultant on the USA team sat down with Richard Carpenter, the Senior Manager of Network Operations at EPB.  They discuss his time in the air force, the charity works he’s doing and the massive changes he’s seen in the last 10 years.  He goes into a little more detail on his biggest Networking disaster and some of the most i...

Send us Fan Mail On todays episode of the Route to Networking podcast, James Dean had the pleasure of being joined by Ruben Van Den Brink, the Chief Technology Officer at AMS-IX. You can connect with Ruben on LinkedIn via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-van-den-brink/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast updates! Head to: https://www.lin...

Send us Fan Mail On todays episode George Barnes, is joined by Richard Alexander, the Founder & Director of Benartie Limited.  You can connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richalex/ Or give him a follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechManRich Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast updates! Head to: https://www...

Send us Fan Mail On our 23rd episode of The Route to Networking, our Co-Founder, George Barnes, is joined by Alex Morrison, the CEO & Director at Bright Cloud Group.   Alex discusses a little more about what his role consists of at Bright Cloud Group, what they do as a company and some of the things they are working on.  He talks about some of the technologies that he can see as a huge game ch...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Route to Networking podcast, James Dean is joined by David Brazewell the Technical Director at QubeGB.  Connect with David on LinkedIn via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brazewell-59856a12/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast updates! Head to: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-route-to-networking-podcas...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, Senior Cyber Security Consultant here at Hamilton Barnes, Kieran Waite was joined by Stuart Fairchild, the Cyber Security Manager at C Spire.   Stuart discusses his non-traditional start-up in the Networking space and his journey through Networking and the transition he made into the Security space.   He also discusses some of...

Send us Fan Mail This Tuesday on the Route to Networking, our Director James Dean is joined by Richard Patterson, the Technical Manager at Sky.  Check out NetLdn: https://netldn.uk  Connect with Richard via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-patterson-731a937/ Want to stay up to date with new episodes? Follow our LinkedIn page for all the latest podcast updates! Head to: https://www....

Send us Fan Mail This Thursday on The Route to Networking podcast, Senior IP Network Consultant on the USA team, Harry Stephenson, spoke to Vincent Berk, the Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Security Architect at Riverbed Technology.   Vincent talks about his time at university, his PhD and whether or not he found it useful to where he is today.   He also discusses some of the concerns he’s fin...

Send us Fan Mail  This Tuesday on The Route to Networking podcast, our Co-Founder George Barnes is joined by Daren Fulwell, the Network Automation Evangelist.   Some of the things you’ll expect to hear during this episode…  Daren walks us through where it all began for him and his passion for IT and computing from a young age, the top 3 skills that he believes one needs to be successful in this in...

Send us Fan Mail Coming up on today’s episode of The Route to Networking, James Dean, our Director at Hamilton Barnes sits down with Nick Ryce, the Senior Network Architect at Commsworld. They dive into Nick’s journey, starting as a Chef from the age of 15-16 to now being in a senior role in the Networking space.  Nick talks to us about his personal experience at university and the benefits of hav...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Route to Networking, George Barnes, the Co-Founder and Director at Hamilton Barnes, sits down with Houman Asefi, the Business Development Director at Cisco. During this episode, Houman speaks about his time at Cisco, how he left and then ended up coming back a few years later and where he sees the future of tech going.   Houman talks about his time at Cisco...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode on The Route to Networking, James Dean, the Director at Hamilton Barnes, sits down and speaks to Jody Botham, the Head of Networks at Brsk. Jody dives into his experiences starting in the industry, what he was doing before and where he sees himself in the next few years.   Jody has had quite the journey, starting as a builder and now the Head of Networks at...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode on The Route to Networking, Harry Stephenson, one of the USA consultants at Hamilton Barnes, sat down with Jill McDaniel, the Director of Network Planning and Deployment at Ritta Communications.   Jill has been in the networking industry since the early 2000s and it was a long road for her to get to the role she’s in today. She goes into that in more detail...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Route to Networking, Lewis West, the Head of Cyber Security as Hamilton Barnes, sits down to talk with Ian Tinney, the Chief Executive Officer at 4Data Solutions. Ian has been in the IT industry for 31 years now and has tonnes of experience under his belt and many stories to tell.   Ian speaks about leaving school at 16 and where his IT journey kickstarted....

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode on The Route to Networking, George Barnes, the Co-Founder and Director at Hamilton Barnes, sits down with Daim Eric, the Staging, and Installation Engineer at Highpoint Solutions. In this episode, they dive into Daim’s experience in the industry, university degree, and master’s degree.   He dives into his experiences with applying for jobs through university...

Send us Fan Mail On episode 11 of the Route to Networking, Charlie Draper, our Benelux Network Consultant is joined by Nigel Van Houten, the Manager Infrastructure at Ecko NL. Nigel talks us through his journey through the networking industry and his current position in leadership and touches on his blog/vlogs and what inspired him to do that.  Nigel dives into his career at Ecko and the company’s...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode on The Route to Networking, George Barnes, the Director, and Co-Founder at Hamilton Barnes speaks with Deirra Footman, the Founder of CCIE by 30. Deirra talks us through her journey through the networking space and what sparked her interest in the industry.   In 2016, she decided to start up her blog called “CCIE by 30”, the meaning behind the name says exac...