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Sam Jevans, our head of Enterprise Networking at Hamilton Barnes, was joined by Joel Desaulniers. Joel is a  Solutions Architect who designs cloud-based, technical solutions for the Canadian Federal Government.

Joel talks to us about all things Cloud. We learn about the best qualifications to get you started in this space, to how he sees Cloud technologies advancing in the future.

He gives us insight into the essential soft and technical skills for success in this field.

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This Thursday, our USA Consultant Harry Stephenson was joined by Marlon Bledsoe. 

Marlon has been at Frontier Communications since 2014 where he started as a Senior Network Planning Engineer, since then he has worked his way up the grapevine and is now the Director. 

In such a technical space with technology constantly evolving and advancing, how do you keep your skills current? 

Marlon shares his tips and tricks on how to keep on top of the tech, as well as how creativity and out-of-the-box thinking can help you excel within your career.

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For our 63rd episode, George Barnes was joined by Danny Wade, an Engineer atNetCraftsmen. 

Danny has been working within the Enterprise Networking space for almost 10 years now and is skilled in Cisco Networking, Cisco DNA Center, Python, and REST API.

Danny talks to us about what drove his initial passion for Networking, and the skills he's learned along the way. He helps the younger listeners understand what they can expect when first starting out their career,  that you won't get taught in the books.

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Today on the Route to Networking podcast, our Co-Founder & Director George Barnes, was joined by Tim McConnaughy, the Customer Solutions Architect at Aviatrix.

Tim has been in the Networking industry for 22 years now, where he started out as a Technical Support Representative at Continental Visinet. Since then he has progressed into senior roles at  Cisco, and is now at Aviatrix where he has been since February this year.

Tim walks us through why he decided to make the decision to move from Cisco to Aviatrix. We learn about the challenges he is facing within Cloud and where he sees this technology going.

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In today's episode, our Senior USA Consultant Harry Green was joined by John Cavanaugh. 

John has been in the industry for nearly 40 years now, he walks us through his experience working at Cisco during the early 90s, learning about his time participating in some of the companies' huge developments which had led them to be in the position they are today. 

Later in his career, he transitioned into the Cyber Security space and is now the Cheif Technology Officer at Netcraftsmen. 

He helps us understand how he thinks we can work towards fixing the huge skills gap within the Cyber Security space right now, as well as highlighting his main concerns within this field right now including this increase in ransom attacks that continue to occur. 

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This Thursday on the Route to Networking podcast, our Co-founder & Director George Barnes was joined by Guy Morrell, the CISO and Head of Networks at The Francis Crick Institute.

 Guy has been at The Francis Crick Institute for 7 years now, originally starting out at a Network Team Lead back in 2015, working his way up to Chief Information Security Officer. He has been in the networking industry for 17 years now, starting off as a System Engineer at RM Education and ever since then he’s progressed into a higher position and a very respected man in his line of work. 

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Welcome to the first episode of our spin-off series of the Route to Networking, orientated purely around women in the Networking space.

For our first episode, our host Maddy Norris was joined by Lexie Cooper, the 
Avionics Integration Engineer at Blue Origin. 

Lexi talked us through her experiences as a woman in the Networking industry, and the struggles she has faced making her way up. It helps us understand that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done in making it more inclusive for women. We learn that technical skills aren't always enough to be successful in this field, and that having soft skills can be equally as vital.

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Today on The Route to Networking podcast, our Senior Fibre Consultant, Max Penn, is joined by Richard Jackson.

Richard has been at Openreach for 4 years now.  Richard started off as the Head of Programme Management Office, and has moved his way up in the company to the Principal of the Fibre First Strategy and Transformation.

Richard helps us put in perspective how important Fibre has been since the start of the pandemic, with the demand now being higher than ever before. He encourages those without any experience in this field to consider a career in this ever-growing and successful market. 

If you have any questions for Richard, or you are interested in a career in the Fibre space, send him a message on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-jackson-242b5755/#experience

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On this episode of the Route to Networking podcast, our USA Consultant Harry Green was joined by Jeff Edstrom.

Jeff has had over 20 years experience in the Networking industry, starting off as a Network Administrator at Excalibur Technology back in November 2000. Since then, he has worked his way up the ladder, with numerous different roles at some impressive companies, now being the Director of Infrastructure at AccessIT Group. 

The pair have conversations surrounding hiring and the importance of always seeing the bigger picture, they discuss what does and doesn't make a good employee within the tech space. 

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In today's episode, our Head of Enterprise Networking Security, Zack Mount, was joined by Adrian Brookes.

Adrian is a Networking Security Expert and has been in the industry for over 30 years.  He is currently working at Fortinet working as a Principal Consultant.

The pair discuss all things Networking Security, including some of the biggest challenges the industry is facing, the best certifications to get you started out, and the current skills gap. 

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