The Route to Networking

Send us Fan Mail  On today’s episode, Matt Ayres, our Head of Cloud Security here at Hamilton Barnes is joined by our special guest, Christopher Miles, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Aviatrix.   During the episode, they discuss a range of topics including the journey Christopher went on to take his CCIE and the sacrifices he had to make alongside some advice to those looking to take their CCI...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off, were joined by our host Oliver Linsley and special guest, Nicolas Muguet, Security Manager at Orange Cyberdefense.   During the episode, they discuss where it all started for Nicolas and his journey into the Security space.    Nicolas also shares some of the biggest challenges he’s facing currently as somebody in a high position...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Women in Tech spin-off series, we are joined by our host Maddy Norris, Principal Network Consultant here at Hamilton Barnes and our special guest, Hannah Murphy, Technical Security Design at BT, soon to be a Network Delivery Solutions Design and Delivery Engineer at Barclays.   During the episode, Hannah tells us about her unexpected start-up in the Netwo...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we are joined by Matt Ayres, Head of Cloud Security here at Hamilton Barnes and Andrew Jenkins, Principal at Sedna Systems.   During this episode, they discuss where it all began for Andrew and the journey he took to get to where he is today.  Andrew also shares some valuable advice to anyone who is looking to get into the...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we are joined by our Director, James Dean and our special guest, Rich Martin, the Director of Technical Marketing at Itential.  During this episode, they discuss Rich’s journey in the Networking space and his transition into the Technical Marketing field.  Rich also shares the biggest changes he’s seen since he first started h...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we had the pleasure of being joined by our host and Cyber Security Consultant, Oliver Linsley and special guest, Christa McHugh, Global Retail Architect at Palo Alto Networks.   During this episode, Christa talks to us about the inspiration behind her blogs and the psychology behind ‘if you can’t see it, you can’t be it’. ...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we’re joined by our Head of Cybersecurity, Lewis West and special guest, Chris Campbell, Solutions Engineer at HackerOne.   During this episode, Chris talks to us about some of the most important things he’s learnt during his journey into the security space. He stresses the importance of having a generalist mindset and sha...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we’re joined by our host and Cybersecurity Network Consultant, Oliver Linsley and special guest, Evgeniy Kharam, Consultant at Cyber Security and Media Consulting.  During this episode, Evgeniy talks through his journey into the security field and some of the highlights along the way including starting up his two podcasts and his motivations behind those.   He...

Send us Fan Mail  On today’s episode of our women in tech spin-off series, we were joined by our host Maddy Norris and Medina Aganovic, Service Owner & Deputy Team Lead of Network Technologies at SPAR ICS.   During today’s episode, the ladies discuss some pressing topics that are occurring in the industry at the moment.  Medina talks about her experience in the tech industry being a woman and...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by our host and Head of Cyber Security, Lewis West and our special guest, Joe Griffiths, Advanced Threat Services Team Lead at Fujitsu. During this episode, they discuss Joe’s starting point in his career all the way through to where he is today involving his transition into the security field. He also discu...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we are joined by Oliver Linsley, our host and Network Consultant and Chris Fuller, Principal Product and Solutions Architect at Obsidian Security. During this episode, Chris discusses some of the biggest changes he’s seen in the industry to date and how the transition to the cloud has given many cybersecurity organisations a lot of flexibility. He also shares w...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Women in Tech spin-off series, we were joined by our host and Principal Network Consultant, Maddy Norris who was accompanied by our guest, Andrea Caldera, a Security Consultant at Akamai Technologies.   During this episode, Andrea walks us through her journey in the tech field from where her career began, her time at university to the role she’s in today....

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Oliver Linsley welcomed Harry McLaren, Senior Product Manager at SenseOn.   During this episode, they discuss a wide range of topics including his start-up in the industry, his degree, and the position he’s in today.   Harry also shares some valuable advice with anyone who is looking for a career in the cybersecurity field.   Learn more from Harry:   https...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off, we were joined by our host and Network Consultant, Harry Bailey and our special guest, Jerry Stalick, Business Owner of J Stalick Consultancy Services.   During the episode, they discuss the best route to take into the Security industry and weigh up the value behind a degree and a certification.   They also delve into Jerry’s bus...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking, we were joined by our host, Ralph Marchant and special guest, Toni Pasanen the  Principal Network Architect at Fujitsu.    During this episode, they discuss Toni’s start in the Networking industry and the timeline from the start to where he is today with some background on how he got started writing books.    Toni also shares some val...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of The Route to Networking podcast, we were joined by our Head of RF, Louis Parratt and special guest, Bill Buchan, CEO at Marykirk.   During the episode, they discuss a range of topics from where he started in his journey to some valuable advice, he would give to anyone who’s starting out in the industry.   Bill delves into what his daily routine looks like as...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of our Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by our host Harry Bailey and Michael Worlund, the Senior Manager at Palo Alto Networks.    Michael has over 20 years of global expertise spanning multiple areas which he talks us through during this episode.    He walks us through where he started and his natural progression through the ranks and the 3 core...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of the Security Vendor spin-off series, we’re joined by our host, Jake Brown, and Lukasz Bargeiolowski, the Director of Global Support at F5.    During this episode, they discuss a variety of topics including his journey into the Security space and how he managed to get to his current position as the Director at F5.    Lukasz always shares some of the biggest ch...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode of our Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by our host, Jake Brown and our special guest, Stuart Borgman. Stuart has had an impressive career in the Security space, previously working for some big names such as Palo Alto and Juniper.   Over the last 3 months, Stuart has taken a career break to enjoy life outside of work but had the pleasure of watchi...

Send us Fan Mail On the 6th episode of our Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by Harry Bailey and Adonis Sardiñas, System Engineer at Fortinet.  During the episode, they discuss how Adonis made the transition from IT to Cybersecurity and shares what the best route to take is if you want to move into the Cybersecurity field.   He also talks about his role at Fortinet as a System Engine...

Send us Fan Mail On the second episode of our spin-off series, The Fibre Edition, we were joined by our host, Will Godmon and Barry Forde, ex-CEO and Founder Member of B4RN.  During this episode, the pair discuss where the Fibre industry is going and some of the main challenges that the Fibre space could be faced along the way.   They also delve into the skills that are missing in the industry at...

Send us Fan Mail On the first episode of The Route to Networking – The Fibre Edition spin-off series, we were joined by our host, Max Penn and our special guest, Andrew Tipping, the Director of Business Development at Zayo Group.  During this episode, they discuss some of the biggest changes Andrew has seen since he started his journey in the Telecoms/Fibre space and how the volume of data people...

Send us Fan Mail On the 5th episode of our Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by our host and Head of Cloud Security, Matt Ayres and our guest, Maurizio Abba, the Engineering Manager at Cloudflare.   During this episode, they discuss how his education played a part in getting him to where he is today and some of the skills he took and implemented day to day.   They also delve into som...

Send us Fan Mail On our 16th episode of our Women in Tech spin-off series, we were joined by our Network Consultant, Holly Staff and Ana Acevska, a 1st Line Networking Engineer at Virtual1.   During this episode, they discuss what it’s like being a woman in the technology space and some of Ana’s experiences growing up and her journey into the industry.  Ana also suggests some of the best technique...

Send us Fan Mail On the 4th episode of our Security Vendor spin-off series, we were joined by our Head of Cyber Security, Lewis West and our guest, Oliver Rochford, the Chief Futurist at Tenzir.  During this episode, they discuss some important topics in the cyber security space currently such as the skills shortage and some of the biggest challenges the industry is facing.  Oliver also tells us h...