Avanade Nordic

Being secure in the cloud is a business priority that will enable your organization to leverage the value of the cloud to reach your business goals. But what do you focus on when creating secure cloud solutions? Join in on the conversation with Lars Syberg, Nordic Security Lead, and Pelle Kokholm Andersen, Infrastructure and Security Architect, where they share their experiences and security knowledge with Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, full stack developer.

During the episode we will discuss:

• The history of Microsoft Security
• The security skills needed today
• The value of going to going to the cloud
• Examples of real-world cyber attacks

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How do you have a continuous focus on innovation in a time where most of us are working remotely? Get inspiration and insights into how to foster an innovative culture in this episode of our Nordic podcast series. Listen in to a discussion between our host and Full Stack Developer, Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, Andreea Natapov, Global Innovation Program Manager, and Ramon Miranda, Europe Innovation Lead.

During the episode we will discuss:

• What is a culture of innovation and how do you build it?
• Avanade’s different innovation initiatives
• Why investing in, and developing your talent is so important 

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Meet our Software Engineers, Part 3:

Olav Alexander Lende works as a Full Stack Developer at Avanade Norway and is a part of our Software Engineering Talent Community. (At Avanade, each person is part of a Talent Community, which is a team of employees working with similar skills within the same Microsoft Technology.)

In this episode, you will get to know the Software engineering team in Norway and get an understanding of what life as a Software Developer in Avanade is like.

During the episode we will discuss:

• What technology they use every day
• The best thing about working in Avanade
• The opportunities inside of Avanade
• International collaboration with software development expertise across the world
• The social life

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Meet our Software Engineers, Part 2:

Alfred Sköld works as a Full Stack Developer at Avanade Sweden and is a part of our Software Engineering Talent Community.

(At Avanade, each person is part of a Talent Community, which is a team of employees working with similar skills within the same Microsoft Technology.)

In this episode, you get to listen to Alfred and Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, Full Stack Developer, where they talk about the opportunities Avanade has in store for a software developer and get a glimpse into their professional life inside of Avanade.

During the episode we will discuss:

• What it has been like starting at Avanade
• The international collaboration in Avanade
• Social life at Avanade
• The support for healthy personal growth as a developer and consultant

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Meet our Software Engineers, Part 1:

Petri Karjalainen works as an Application Architect at Avanade Finland and he has been working in our Software Engineering talent community at Avanade for 10 years.

(At Avanade, each person is part of a Talent Community, which is a team of employees working with similar skills within the same Microsoft Technology.)

In this episode, Petri shares his experiences with Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, the host and a Full Stack Developer. What does he think is the best thing about Avanade and what kind of opportunities are there?

During the episode we will discuss:

•  The network of software developers inside of Avanade
• Cross country collaboration
• Avanade’s focus on career progression
• The social life inside of Avanade

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How do we increase the number of women in infrastructure? In this episode you’ll get an insight into what’s it like being a woman in Infrastructure Consulting in Avanade, their advice to drive your career both from a junior and senior employee perspective, and what they get inspiration from. Join in on an interesting discussion with Linda Andersen, Senior Cloud Engineer and Talent Community Lead, Pernille Olesen, Infrastructure Consultant, and Anne Greenwald, Solution Area Lead and Nordic Talent Community Lead.

During the episode we will discuss:

• Sharing our experiences and advice on working remotely
• How and why they started at Avanade
• What’s life like for an infrastructure consultant at Avanade
• Advice to drive a career within IT and infrastructure

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Get to know the new Nordic General Manager. Antonio shares his story from a small village in Italy and a dream of living a global life, to today living in Sweden and being the leader of Avanade Nordics and Sweden. This episode is moderated by Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, Full Stack Developer.

During the episode we will discuss:

• The transition from a technical role to a business leader
• His best career advice
• Keys to a successful career
• How cross collaboration ensures even wider success for Avanade

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We all know that starting a new job can be challenging, but how is it to start a new job in the middle of a global pandemic? Listen in on a discussion on this topic together with Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, Full Stack Developer, Ahmad El-Houri, Solution Architect, and Niklas A. Gustafsson, Full Stack Developer, where they share their stories on their experiences in moving countries to join Avanade Norway.

During the episode we will discuss:

• Joining Avanade in the middle of a pandemic
• How to get to know your new colleagues and community virtually
• Getting to know your new home
• How important it is to have the right mindset when joining a new company

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Did you study something other than IT, but now interested in a career in IT? Finding out that you want to transition from the specialized area you studied at the university to working in IT is not that unusual. Our two colleagues Marino Bråthen Grønseth, Data Scientist, and Stephanie Buadu, Backend Developer, did just that. In this episode they share their advice in how to get into IT when coming from a different background. The episode is moderated by Mats Lundell-Nygjelten, Full Stack Developer.

During the episode we will discuss:

• Marino and Stephanie’s stories on how they transitioned into IT
• What opportunities you might leave behind
• Different ways of successfully transitioning into IT consulting

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