TubbTalk: The Podcast for Managed Service Providers

In this episode, Richard Tubb speaks to Luis Giraldo, the Chief Evangelist for ScalePad, a company that offers a collection of applications to help MSPs launch their growth. In the IT space, he is something of an MSP guru. He has also been an MSP, CEO, SaaS consultant and an active member of the CompTIA peer group. And in this interview, he tells Richard about his journey to his current role and h...

In this interview, Richard Tubb speaks to Todd Thibodeaux, President and Chief Executive Officer of CompTIA, a nonprofit organisation that supports MSPs and IT businesses. Todd explains how CompTIA supports MSPs, vendors and others in the tech space, how they change people’s lives, and shares his own journey with the organisation. Richard asks Todd to explain the CompTIA Research arm of the busine...

This episode was recorded live in Berlin, Germany at the Pax8 Beyond EMEA conference. Rob Rae is the Corporate Vice President of Community and Ecosystems for Pax8. Rob talks about how it feels to bring Pax8 Beyond to Europe and the decision to do so. He also discusses the MSP event industry in general, and shares his process for choosing keynote speakers. Richard asks how Pax8 partners answer the...

Time for another Team Tubb Travelogue! This time, Gudrun Lauret catches up with Richard Tubb and Lenka Koppova, who are in Berlin for Pax8 Beyond EMEA 24. Grab a cup of your favourite tea or coffee, relax and join them for a fun conversation about the highlights from this big event. Richard shares how the community rallied around when he lost his luggage. Lenka talks about how fantastic the event...

This episode was recorded live in Berlin, Germany at the Pax8 Beyond EMEA conference, and Richard Tubb speaks to Phylip Morgan. He’s the Pax8 Chief Revenue Officer EMEA, and they talked about what’s new at Pax8. Phylip talked the importance of the Pax8 cloud marketplace and why MSPs should embrace them instead of fearing them as the competition. He also explained how Pax8 work with their MSP partn...

In this interview, Richard Tubb speaks to Richard Tang, the founder and CEO of Zen Internet, consistently rated as the top internet service provider in the UK. Founded in 1995, the initial plan was to capitalise on the popularity of a new technology. Today, they provide broadband services to mainly business users. Richard explains how Zen does things differently, and how he juggles the needs of th...

In this interview, Richard speaks to Leigh Smith, Director of Growth and Happiness at AnswerConnect, a 24/7, live call-answering solution founded in 2002. The service enables MSPs to streamline issue resolution, manage tickets more efficiently, and maintain their SLA compliance. And they offer support with capturing and qualifying leads. Leigh explains why AnswerConnect specialise in working with...

In this interview, Richard Tubb speaks to Daniel Shone and Chris Gorman of Apex Computing: Daniel is the Managing Director and Chris is the CEO. Based in the North West, they support their clients with cybersecurity, hardware and software procurement, BDR and consultancy. They talk about how Apex got started, what it’s like running a business with a co-founder, and how they share the different rol...

In this episode, Richard Tubb speaks to David Brereton. David founded Myson Pages 25 years ago, while most of his peers were operating on a break/fix model. Today, he has 15 employees and supports SMEs with a range of IT requirements. David talks openly about how early challenges helped Myson become the company it is today and why they do managed services differently. He also shares the company cu...

Time for another Team Tubb Travelogue! This time, Gudrun Lauret catches up with Richard Tubb and Lenka Koppova, who are in London for UptimeLIVE. Grab a cup of your favourite tea or coffee, relax and join them for a fun conversation about the highlights from this big event. They share why UptimeLIVE is different from the usual MSP events, the new breed MSPs changing the industry and why the keynot...

In this interview, Richard Tubb speaks to Jason Kemsley and Bradley Munday, the co-founders of Uptime, a white-label, outsourced solution provider. They offer helpdesk, NOC, SOC and project support. They are also the organisers of a new MSP conference, UptimeLive. They tell Richard how Uptime helps MSPs and what their typical client looks like. Brad explains the new, emerging MSP model – where out...

In this interview, Richard speaks to Ben Rogers, a Sales Manager at Cloud Billing. Cloud Billing offers a solution that helps MSPs to automate their billing processes quickly, accurately, and comprehensively. Ben explains how they help MSPs with their billing and support them manage all of their responsibilities, as well the types of clients they work with and what integrations they have. Richard...

In this episode, Richard speaks to MJ Shoer, the Chief Community Officer at CompTIA. After studying for a degree in computer science, he worked in sales for startup software and hardware companies. He taught himself everything he needed to know about technology and became an IT director. He went on to found his own successful MSP, which he sold to a competitor. After doing some consulting, he got...

In this interview, Richard speaks to Fiona Challis. She’s been in the IT industry for over 25 years, firstly in corporate and then running a sales training company. Now, she’s passionate about mindset, personal development and energetics. Feeling like she needed a change, Fiona left the sector to grow, explore and try new things. She’s been helping women with their development, and had a journey o...

In this episode, Richard Tubb talks to Dermot McCann. He’s the Executive Vice President and General Manager for Kaseya EMEA, having previously worked as General Manager for APAC in Australia. He tells Richard about his background as an MSP, why he rejoined Kaseya and how his new role will help the company to grow and develop in Europe. He talks candidly about Kaseya’s challenges and commitment to...

In this episode, Richard Tubb speaks to Victoria Blinova, a senior strategic partner manager at Google. She specialises in YouTube deals and leveraging her marketing skills to drive business growth. She is passionate about personal branding as a tool to boost visibility and reach.  Now as a start-up co-founder and advisor, Victoria is deeply engaged in the tech start-up scene all the way acro...

In this bonus TubbTalk episode, Richard speaks to Daniel Shone, the Co-Founder of Apex Computing, an MSP based in Manchester. He heads up the account management and sales and marketing teams. They have recently become Azure infrastructure certificated with the help of Pax8. Daniel tells Richard why he attends conferences like Dattocon, how the right vendors grow your MSP and what makes a good vend...

In this interview, Richard Tubb speaks to Arlin Sorensen, VP of Ecosystem Evangelism at ConnectWise. He’s been involved in the industry for almost 40 years. In that time, he started HTG peer groups, now IT Nation Evolve. He had a VAR MSP for 27 years, which he sold in 2012, and recently sold his ag-tech business which focuses on delivering precision technology to farmers. Arlin is passionate about...

Nadir Merchant is the General Manager and CTO for Kaseya’s MSP and IT operations Product Suite. He’s worked in DevOps, engineering and also held the role of chief technology officer for IT Glue, the documentation experts. Today, his work is focused on building out the engineering offer. In this bonus TubbTalk episode, recorded live at Dattoncon 2024, Richard asked Nadir to explain IT Glue and thei...

Robert Gibbons is Chief Revenue Officer at Aabyss, and Troy Midwood is the Chief Technology Officer. This interview was recorded with Richard Tubb live at Dattocon in Dublin in June 2024. Robert and Troy shared their experiences in the IT sector, and explained why they believe it’s important to attend conferences such as Dattocon, and why they even bring along their intern! Robert tells Richard wh...

In this episode, Richard speaks to Greg Jones, Vice President of Business Development at Kaseya Datto. A former MSP, he’s the executive council leader of CompTIA UK and Ireland Committee. Greg has led the way in encouraging modern MSP leaders to share their knowledge through video and social media. Grey shares his journey in the MSP space, going to work for a vendor and what the transition was lik...

In this episode, Richard talks to Stuart Ashenbrenner and Wes Hutcherson of Huntress. They share their advice on managing Macs for clients to prevent and manage hacks. Stuard is a staff macOS researcher, focusing on macOS security and development, with a ton of experience working as a macOS detections engineer and software engineer. He's spoken at various conferences about macOS security, and he i...

In this episode, Richard Tubb speaks to Eric Östlund-Folkeryd, the go-to market lead for Microsoft AI at Pax8 EMEA. He’s the business lead for Microsoft CoPilot and other AI tools. Eric worked in commercial AI and SaaS roles at multiple organisations, which makes him the ideal person to help MSPs make the most of the latest tools. He shares his journey in the sector and how he joined Pax8. Richard...

In this interview, Richard Tubb is joined by David Allen, the godfather of modern productivity. He’s the author of Getting Things Done, the best selling book that spawned the GTD movement, which is now a part of daily life for millions of people all over the world. David has over 40 years’ experience as a management consultant and executive coach, and they have earned him the titles of personal pr...

In this episode, Richard Tubb speaks to Juan Fernandez, the Global Channel Chief at SuperOps, the next-gen platform for MSPs. A former MSP and investor, Juan’s achievements have been recognised across the industry, winning a host of awards. Juan shares his journey in the MSP space, who SuperOps are and what Juan’s role involves, as well as how he came to be part of the company. Richard asks Juan t...