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Today on the Route to Networking podcast we were joined by the George duo, our Co-Founder & Director George Barnes, and George Koukis, the Lead Exam Program Manager at Cisco. 

George Koukis talks to us about how he found moving to the UK and adapting to the culture after moving from Greece, as well as why he decided to make this change. He also provides advice to anyone thinking about stepping out of their comfort zone and pursuing a career in an unfamiliar place. 

Since then George has been involved in some exciting stuff at Cisco, including the creation and evolution of the DevNet certifications. He walks us through why they were developed and how they have changed over the years to tailor to recent technology advancements. 

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Today our host Maddy Norris welcomed Silvia Saldana, the Transport network manager at Telia Company onto our Women in Tech spin-off series.

Silvia talks to us about her unique perspectives, including that being a minority isn't nessecairly a bad thing. With her positive outlook, she shares with us how being a minority can be used to your advantage, by enabling you to stand out. It allows you to be instantly recorgnised, without needing to have to try and get people's attention.

She shares with us what makes a good leader, some of the traits being empathy and good listening skills. 

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This Tuesday on the Route to Networking podcast, Louis Parratt our IP UK Consultant was joined by Muhammad Rafi a Sr. Network Engineer at Cisco.

Muhammad has worked in the networking space for over 10 years now and is passionate about all things tech, however in particular Network Automation.  Although his job role does not involve automation, he talks to us about the importance of being 'hungry' and always being keen to learn more - which will ultimately drive success in this space. 

We learn that after graduating the best move is to get yourself a CCNA, and to really delve into understanding how the tech actually works through getting your hands dirty. Find out what other advice he gives us in the full episode.

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This Thursday our DACH Network Consultant, Charlie Draper was joined by Christian Scholz,
the Senior Consultant Network & Security (Juniper).

Christian talks to Charlie about some of the exciting technology he's working with including home IoT systems. He tells us some exciting stories about how he's programmed it in his house and uses it for everything from switching lights on and off, to automating the temperature. 

We learn that being a Networking Engineer just isn't enough anymore, and the importance of being a generalist. 

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This Tuesday our SVP Antonio Costa was joined by David Alicea, the Systems Architect at Cisco.

David started his Networking journey back in 2005 as a Helpdesk Technician at DeVry University, where he worked his way up the ranks over the course of 6 years. Since then he’s been in a couple of Network Engineer roles until he fell into his current position. 

David talks to us about his transition into a more sales-based role, and how his previous experience working in the space, has led him to be able to understand and relate more with his customer's needs. We understand the level of satisfaction you can get from this type of role and whether it's something you should consider if you're currently in a technical role. 

We learn about all the current trends happening within the space, from hiring expectations changing for junior roles, to how the Networking Security space will evolve in the future. 

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This Thursday on the Route to Networking podcast, Ben Davies our Principal Network Consultant at Hamilton Barnes was joined by Vikash Ramnewash.

Vikash Ramnewash is the Managing Director at Deutsche Telekom. Vikash has had an interesting history in the Networking space. He’s been part of a variety of impressive companies such as BT and Juniper Networks.

From Vikash being in a management role, and Ben's recruitment experience, the pair discussed the key skills that they would look for when hiring young Networking Engineers- including both technical and soft skills. 

They delve into understanding the technology trends from a customer perspective and predict what tech will be the game changer in the future.

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This Tuesday our Networking & Security Consultant - Jake Brown, was joined by Dmitriy Ashmarin, the Site Reliability Engineer at Cisco. 

In today's episode, Dmitry talks to us about his journey into the world of networking, from when he first got started which led him to where he is today. 

Jake & Dmitry get stuck into the tech, talking about how to get started in Python, and what learning resources you should be looking at to learn this skill. They discuss how the cloud will advance in the future and what impact this will have, along with the importance of understanding automation.

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This Thursday on the Route to Networking our Head of Enterprise USA was joined by Betal Ozkan, the Principal Architect at Presidio.

Betal talks to us about his career, including the transition from working at AWS to a Networking Security based role. 

We learn about what technology you should be keeping your eye on if you're just starting out in the space, as well as what tech is the most in-demand right now and how he delivers his customer's needs. 

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Coming up in today's episode, our Head of Enterprise USA was joined by Mladen Milanovic, the Vice President of Engineering of Presidio. 

Mladen and Harry discuss how much weight being client-facing holds,  and whether this is an essential part of building new and strong professional relationships. As Mladens focus is on Contact Centres, which is revolved around being remote, it was interesting to understand his perspective on this. 

The pair also discuss the cloud space and how relevant cisco as part of it in the future.

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This Thursday on the Route to Networking podcast, our Vice President Antonio Costa was joined by Jason Gooley.

Jason has over 25 years of experience in the industry and currently works as a Technical Evangelist for the Worldwide Enterprise Networking Sales team at Cisco Systems.

Alongside his role, Jason is a  Public Speaker, a 6 x published Cisco Press Author, a developer of CCIE exams, training and blogs for Learning@Cisco.

 Jason also organizes and is a member of the Program Committee Board for the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG). Jason is the founder and host of @MetalDevOps which is a YouTube video show about the intersection of metal music and technology.

We were very lucky to get the opportunity to talk with him about his tremendous career and learn about what drove his success. 

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