The Route to Networking

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Women in Tech spin-off series, we’re joined by our host Maddy Norris and special guest Miriam Wiesner, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft. During today’s episode, Miriam shared how she initially got into the networking industry and how her interest in computers was always there from a young age. Miriam also talks about the importance of mentorship si...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Women in Tech spin-off series, we are joined by our host Libby Stein and special guest Sonia Lama, Cyber Security Analyst at Continental Finance Company. During this episode, Sonica shares her experiences relocating from Nepal to the USA and some of the trials and tribulations she faced along the way. The pair also discuss some of the exciting things Soni...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by our host Mitchell Cole and special guest Bruce Davie, Co-Founder, Author, and Publisher at Systems Approach LLC. During today’s episode, they discuss the inspiration behind starting Systems Approach LLC and some of the daily challenges they face as a business. Bruce also shares some valuable advice to aspiring...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Fibre spin-off series, we’re joined by our host James Hope and special guest, John Edwards, former Managing Director (now Consultant) at Jurassic Fibre. During today’s episode, they cover John’s history in the Telecoms space and each step he took to get to where he is today. John also shares the skills he’s gained along the way that was crucial in getting...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by our host Louis Parratt and special guest, Graham Wilde, Head of 5G Business Development at Three Group Solutions.   During this episode, Graham shares valuable advice for anyone looking for professional and personal development, how his psychology degree has been useful in the technology space, and how, in anot...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by our host Antonio Costa and special guest, Joe Clarke distinguished engineer at Cisco.  During this episode, Joe shares how he got started in networking over 25 years ago, finding his place within Cisco and how is considering becoming a part time flight instructor! Learn more from Joe:  https://www.linkedin.com/...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by our host Jordan Dyer and special guest, Grant Dall Head of Transformation – EMEA at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.    During this episode, Grant takes us through his industry career spanning over 30 years.    Grant also shares how his mentors have made him the person he is today, especially the mentors he had in hi...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we’re joined by our host and Director of Telecoms James Dean and special guest, Jon Benger the Commercial Manager at Altnets.    During today’s episode, Jon shares his journey in the Telecoms space from when he started out when he was 16 to where he is now.    Jon also tells us the advice he would give his 16-year-old self-knowing what he knows now.    Learn mo...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Women in Tech spin-off series, we are joined by Cyber Security Consultant Libby Stein and special guest, Tanya Janca, Founder, CEO and Security Trainer at We Hack Purple Academy.    During this episode, Tanya shares her experience starting in the tech space as a woman and the inspiration behind starting her own company.    Tanya also shares why she thinks...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we are joined by Louis Parratt, Head of the RF team here at Hamilton Barnes, and our special guest, Alan Stewart-Brown, Vice President EMEA at Opengear.     During this episode, Alan shares what an average day looks like for him alongside some things that you could find useful to implement into your daily life.     They also d...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we are joined by Aaron Singleton Martin and Sean Mitchell, Head of SOC Operations at NCC Group.    During today’s episode, they discuss Sean’s introduction into the cybersecurity field after a long career in the IT world.    Sean also shares more about his mentorship program and the inspiration behind starting this up.   ...

Send us Fan Mail   On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we’re joined by Ollie Linsley and Johnny Xmas, Technical Director at GRIMM.     During this episode, Johnny shares his journey of how he got into his role as a Technical Director and some of the trials and tribulations he faced during that period.     Johnny also talks about his biggest accomplishment to date during his...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by Mitchell Cole, Senior Network Consultant here at Hamilton Barnes and Daniel Teycheney, Senior Automation Engineer at Dragonfly Technologies.     During this episode, Daniel shares how he became to passionate about the world of Automation and the journey he’s been on in the Automation world to get to where he is...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, our host and Head of Cloud Security Matt Ayres was joined by James Freeman, Senior Technical Account Manager at AWS.    During the episode, James delves into more about how he became a published author and some of his short-term plans for the future.    James also shares with us how he got into his role as an empowerment c...

Send us Fan Mail  On today’s episode of our Women in Tech spin-off series, our host Libby Stein was joined by Kim Crawley, Cybersecurity Writer at IOActive.     During today’s episode, Kim shares with us what her typical day looks like at IOActive and some interesting projects she’s working on.     Kim talks to us about something she wishes she knew before starting her career in the cybersecurity...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Ollie Linsley was joined by Elvin Arias Soto, High Touch Engineer at Cisco.    During today’s episode, Elvin shares what he’s learned during his time in the Networking space and a lesson that he wasn’t taught in the books.     Elvin also gives us his recommendations on the best networking groups to join and how he lan...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Harry Baily was joined by special guest, Michael Bushong, Group Vice President, Cloud-Ready Data Centre at Juniper Networks.  During the episode, they dive into Michaels's time at Juniper, his 20+ years in the industry, how career growth isn't linear, and how being uncomfortable is good.   Learn more from Mi...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Harry Baily was joined by special guest, Roy Chua, Founder and Principal at AvidThink.   During the episode, they discuss Roy’s 20+ years of experience in the enterprise cloud infrastructure, networking, and security industry, his experiences as an entrepreneur in the tech industry, and the balance between family life...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, our host Harry Baily was joined by Jaime Buelta, Principal Software Engineer at Vectra AI.  During the episode, Jaime shares his experience getting into the industry and whether people should follow a similar route to him.   Jaime also talks about the biggest challenge he faced entering the industry and how it actually mad...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we’re joined by Harry Bailey, Head of Contract USA and special guest, Jeff Clark Systems Engineer at Fortinet.  During the episode, they discuss a wide range of topics including one of the most important things he’s learnt during his time in the industry.   Jeff also tells us more about what an average day looks like at Fortin...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Harry Baily was joined by special guest, Russ White, Senior Architect at Akamai Technologies, Author, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Colorado, and Co-Host of The Hedge podcast.   During the episode, they discuss Russ’ journey in the Networking space and his unexpected start in his career.   Russ also shares how...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we are joined by our host Matthew Ayres and our special guest, Alex Saroyan, CEO and Co-Founder of Netris.  During the episode, the pair discuss a variety of topics including his start in the Networking world and where his passion stemmed from.   Alex also tells us more about how he started up Netris and the services they...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Harry Bailey was joined by Girard Kavelines, Manages Services Systems Analyst at Helient Systems, CEO of Dynamic IT Solutions and Technical Writer and Blogger for TechHouse570.  During this episode, they discuss where it all started for Girard and the journey, he went on to get to where he is today.  Girard shares his...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, our host Harry Bailey was joined by our special guest, Alex Perkins, Senior Network Engineer at Presidio Federal.  During this episode, they discuss his history in the Networking space and some of the important things he’s learned along the way.   Alex also talks about the podcast that he co-hosts “Cables2Clouds” and the aim t...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking, our host James Dean was joined by Kashif Islam, Principal Architect at Red Hat.  During the episode, Kashif tells us what inspired him to get into the Networking industry and his journey to get to where he is today.   They also discuss the process behind the book he wrote and what inspired him to write a book in the first place.   Lea...