David speaks with Norah Cullen , Senior Solution Engineering Manager at Salesforce, about driving people-based solutions, making sure you are present as a leader with remote teams, delivering solutions to customers who need to adapt quickly, and ensuring that diversity is also inclusive and is led from the top in a natural way. They also touch on the importance of data insights and collaboration to make business decisions and entering the tech industry without a tech background. Norah Cullen is ...
Feb 09, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Ash Gawthorp, Co-founder of Ten10, discusses the strategy behind creating an academy business, the disconnect between computer science and the computing requirements in business, using the academy model to build diversity in the workplace, and training in a virtual environment. Ash is one of the co-founders of Ten10 and has been with the business since 2008. He has 23 years experience across a wide range of engineering roles including hardware, software, performance and quality. Within Ten10 Ash...
Feb 02, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 4
David speaks to Mary McCormick , Senior Director of Sales at NetSuite Oracle, about the importance of passion as a sales leader, mastering different communication types in the post-COVID world, how 2020 was the year of connection, and how 2021 may be the year where we need to disconnect to prevent burnout. Mary McCormick, Senior Director of Sales at NetSuite Oracle, has a focus on rebuilding sales teams by improving talent, processes, and redirecting motivation to achieve improved net-new revenu...
Jan 26, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Matt Dorian and David talk about the mindset of a quality engineer and the importance of curiosity, the changing face of quality and automation, starting a new role in a virtual world, and using innovative technology to improve product quality. Matt is a leader in software engineering quality assurance, currently Director of Quality Engineering at Elsevier. Matt focuses on promoting best practice and building teams that ensure high quality in the fast-paced world of Agile/DevOps Software enginee...
Jan 19, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We're kicking off our season 2 with Dave Fenton , VP of Services at Ancoris, a Google Cloud services supplier. David sits down with Dave to talk about working in disruptive industries and future proofing your business, developing graduate communities within your business to keep your business fresh and competitive, and reacting quickly to business opportunities. The two Dave's also discuss the Google product set in the cloud, competition within the market, and learning from Google as a leader. D...
Jan 12, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
For our final episode of Season 1, David sits down with Peter Heath to discuss the resilience of the IT channel during economic upheaval, the changing role of a leader in a growing company, and the importance of focussing on the customer in a technology-based role. They also speak about how working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture can create excitement in a role. A senior executive with over 35 years’ experience in the IT industry, Peter is an engineer by trade who became a business owne...
Dec 01, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 19
We're excited to bring on Jason Briggs , Executive Director of RDK , to the Leaders Series this week. David and Jason discuss the definition of RDK as a technology and how collaborative innovation is changing the worlds of telecoms, wifi, and broadcast. They also talk about the experience of leading an open-source community during COVID, building product in a careful incremental way with a focus on problem solving, and the importance of having the right talent for projects in order to ensure the...
Nov 25, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 18
This week, David catches up with Martin Smale , the former CIO of Synamedia , about the changing role of CIO over the last few decades and the importance of IT and digital for modern business strategies. They also discuss creating a relaxed open culture in your teams and delivering what is necessary for a business... at minimum, a viable product. Martin has over 30 years’ experience of managing large multinational teams and projects in fast moving, commercially and technically demanding organisa...
Nov 03, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
It was a pleasure to have Joseph Blass on Episode 16. He is the CEO of Ezekia and Not Actively Looking , and is a leading innovator in the recruitment world. Joseph and David have a conversation about the importance of customer satisfaction, creating a strong team where everyone feels passionately about the product, and having an innovative mindset where you lead the market and compete with yourself. Joseph founded Toucan Telecom in 2003 and led the management team in the sale of the business to...
Oct 27, 2020•36 min
David sits down with Susan Maddison , Senior Manager at Discover Financial Services and talks about using psychology in leadership, developing automation to drive creativity and productivity in technology, and improving diversity in tech. They also discuss running global teams remotely and the importance of reacting quickly to challenges in business. Susan has 20 years of adventures in IT and currently oversees a cross-functional software delivery team based in UK, US and offshore. Her career st...
Oct 20, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Denise Magrath , a Senior Transformation and Change Manager, speaks about dealing with challenging transformation programmes, creating hybrid solutions for customers in a post-COVID world, and the improvement in diversity and equality in IT and the long road ahead before reaching a truly equal and inclusive environment. She also discusses with David the challenges of job searching in the present time, along with some valuable tips on how to navigate these difficulties. Denise is an experienced s...
Oct 13, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Dragomir Kovacevic, Founder of JPyramid, talks about the pace of innovation during lockdown, building secure and cost-effective data structures, developing complex solutions remotely, and Quantum technology and the advantages it brings for business. JPyramid is working with leading Retailers and Engineering Companies to transform their customer experience through the use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. Their solutions provide highly secure real-time, IOT connected services at the edge, ...
Oct 06, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 13
We welcome Hannah Smith , Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Vitech Systems Group to the series. David and Hannah speak about the changing face of talent in the post-Covid world, using these opportunities to create more diverse workforces, developing and delivering successful Talent and staffing projects, and the importance of the onboarding process. Hannah is a Sr. Recruiter, managing a variety of searches and placements across the corporate sector. She specializes in technology recruiting...
Oct 02, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 12
We have Jack Godau from VRR Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt) discussing consulting in a remote environment, a digital evolution rather than transformation, going digital in the public sector, and GDPR and trust in the digital world. Jack talks about the upturn we'll see in digital projects in the fall as many companies had put them on hold during the peak of the pandemic. But the need for companies to go digital is still there. Jack Godau is an expert on Digital Evolution with over 20 years of...
Sep 29, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Karl Harris from Westcoast Limited joins us on this episode to talk about developing a high performing team, working within a highly adaptable workplace, the importance of cybersecurity in keeping a business safe, and opportunities for businesses as lockdown eases. Karl is responsible for driving forward efficiencies and operational excellence within the group from an IT perspective. In his role of providing IT Leadership to the group, Karl has over 15 years’ experience delivering major projects...
Sep 25, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We had the pleasure of having Michael Garcia join us from Enable Technology . David talks to him about creating an outcome-driven business, the battle for cloud superiority, and the growing influence of MSteams, the latter of which he mentions in the clip below. By utilizing these platforms to its fullest potential, he says, you can get the most value from your investment. Michael has spent his entire career working in the IT industry in various leadership roles. He started Enable Technology in ...
Sep 22, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Connor Heaney joins David on episode 8 of our Leaders Series! They discuss how important it was to create a workforce management strategy for remote teams at CXC Global , even before the pandemic. He speaks about his own experience delegating and creating an international leadership team and explains how they have built a new platform that streamlines onboarding processes across different locations while taking international compliance into consideration. Having spent the majority of his career ...
Sep 18, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We catch up with Zac Shander-Kelsey, Co-Founder of CONNEX. Zac speaks about how they took the restrictions they were given and turned it into an opportunity. As a smaller startup, one can take advantage of the ability to make quicker decisions will less red tape to go through, resulting in faster actions being taken to change directions when necessary. We also discuss the recruitment landscape for grads, working from home, and leading by active listening. Zac Shander-Kelsey graduated from The Un...
Sep 15, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In Episode 6 of our Leaders Series, David sits down with Kevin Lester , Managing Partner at Validus Risk Management , to discuss creating a remote business, dealing with crisis & risk management, and the current climate in the fintech industry. Kevin explains how they are working to disrupt a typical business model with data-driven decisions and automation, while still believing that a human element will always be necessary. Kevin is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Validus Risk Manage...
Sep 11, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We get to chat with Dave McGovern , Owner/Director of Whitepit Consulting, in our 5th episode this season. With experience in managing major projects in large corporations like Liberty Global , Dave shares with us how he deals with change management and in dealing remotely with those in and outside of the business during challenging times. He explains how he can see the tech recruitment landscape changing in different ways but remains a firm believer that real human interaction will still be at ...
Sep 08, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
David Bloxham sits down with leading industry expert, Ken Morse , CEO of Technology Managed Today, Ltd. As a seasoned veteran in the Broadcast Industry, he touches on his experience in both startup & corporate environments and how innovative technology has changed the current landscape. Ken has been working in the broadcast and video industry for over 30 years. He has been a founder of four companies and held executive technology positions at PowerTV, Scientific-Atlanta, Cisco, and Synamedia...
Sep 04, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On Episode 3 of our GCS Connect: Leaders Series, we sat down with Rory K. , CTO & Co-Founder of Nearshore Agile . Rory shares his thoughts on working from home, how virtual reality and augmented reality will play a key role in delivering a better and more well-rounded customer experience, and how the future might look quite positive for smaller businesses & digital services. Rory Kermack is an award winning software engineer & CTO. Having worked with FTSE 100, major financial institu...
Sep 02, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3
David Bloxham sat down with Salman A. Hashmi from Ericsson to go over how the industry is changing in the current climate and what we might come to expect in the future. Salman says digital strategies/transformation will be the deciding factor of whether or not businesses will survive during this time. Salman spent 20 years of his services in the field of Telecom & IT. He has been working in Ireland since 2009 as a Technology Consultant & Senior Solution Architect in the domain of IP/Clo...
Aug 28, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
We had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Tatham , Managing Director from Westcoast Limited . With his personal experience in navigating previous recessions, he shares his advice on the best ways to help your businesses thrive (and survive) during this uncertain time. Our CEO, David Bloxham , and Alex discuss key focuses during COVID-19, ways he has had to change as a leader, and his thoughts on how recruitment will look in the aftermath. Westcoast is the UK's largest privately owned technology ...
Aug 25, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
