The ANS Podcast

In a one-off, bonus episode of The ANS Podcast, Olivia and Anthony catch up with this years' WIT Ambassador, Megan Corlett and special guest, Beckie Taylor, Co-Founder of skills and development training provider, Tech Returners. They talk about overcoming imposter syndrome, closing the digital skills gap and understanding the 'Power of Yet' when it comes to a change in career or return to work.

The season 1 finale has landed and CEO Paul Shannon is in the podcast green room with Anthony and Olivia to talk all things leadership and success. Listen to find out why Paul was kicked out of university, what it's been like leading a company through a pandemic, why you should always be out of your comfort zone and the mantras Paul lives by.

In the penultimate episode of season 1, Anthony and Olivia catch up with ANS Legend and Chief Architect Jamie Sinclair to find out about our recently launched ACE program. Jamie is part of a team developing a suite of career development roadmaps designed to challenge and guide our top techies onto the next phase in their career. Whether that be in DevOps, Data & AI or Networking (with more paths on the way), we want to hlep build the next generation of digital thought leaders.

The past few months have been busy at ANS as we all rack up points during our latest CSR campaign. This week, Anthony and Liv catch up with James and Sheryl who are 2 people in the team championing the initiative. We're making it our mission to see out lockdown right by keeping moving, giving back, staying social and protecting the planet. Listen to the episode to find out how it works.

This week Anthony and Liv talk to ANS Product Manager, Ben Potts. He's only been with ANS a year and he's already making a positive impact on his own team and the rest of the business. They caught up to find out more about Ben's role, why a Product Manager is so important in the customer journey and what exciting things are on the horizon for ANS services.

This week, Ant and Liv invited Solution Architect, Adrian Woodrup onto the show to talk about how driving a digital culture is important in the world of App Dev. Our teams are helping customers create a modern working environment that centres around the use of technology. Adrian is passionate about culture and technology to say the least so we wanted to hear what he had to say about combining the two. And if you want to see that video Anthony is talking about, head to our YouTube page. 

This week Ant and Liv are joined by some special guests from our partner charity, The HideOut Youth Zone. Having launched in September 2020, the road to opening definitely wasn't smooth for the staff at HideOut. We caught up with Emily & three young ladies who attend the youth zone to find out how HideOut supports the young people of Manchester and the opportunities it has offered to our guests. To find out more about the amazing work they do at HideOut, head to their website.

The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award is given by Microsoft to "technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community." But sharing their knowledge is just the start. Here at ANS, we have an MVP right in our midst. Solutions Architect, EY Kalman joins Anthony and Liv this week to discuss not only the exclusive access MVPs receive but more importantly, why he is so passionate about giving back to and educating the tech community he loves to be a part of. 

This week, Anthony and Olivia catch up with ANS Technical Director, Joe Wolski. Joe's time at ANS stretches 7 years and has recently stepped up to join Liv on the board. Find out how he arrived at ANS, his first strange experience of an ANS Christmas party, what's in store for the future and what trends he sees on the horizon in the tech industry.

We're back! Anthony and Olivia are kicking off 2021 the best way they know how, by talking to one of the most formidable women at ANS, Rachel Wood! Rachel has been Head of Professional Services for 4 years now and has made some huge changes in that time. Anthony and Olivia catch up with her to find out how she took the best parts of the Agile methodology and made it into her own, transforming the ANS PS team into squads, the challenges she found on the way and why it was the best decision they ever made.