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In Episode 21 of Tattoos, Code, and Data Flows, Matt Rose interviews Brian Lowy, an application security expert that has extensive experience in the industry for decades. Brian Lowy has been in the internet space since 1993 with companies such as PSInet, DIGEX, BBN, Genuity, Akamai, and Savvis. Brian also ran his own business in the financial sector, which was sold off in 1992! Brian has most recently been focused on Quantum Safe Encryption solutions. He has been hugely successful in his roles as an engineer, sales director, and now as a director of client assurance information security. Brian and Matt talk about: ↳ Analyzing current and emerging risk factors ↳ Dealing with audits (SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI, Client) ↳ Interconnectivity between security products ↳ Quantum Computing and it's importance/future And so much more. Be sure to listen to this episode, and so many of our other great episodes by hitting the follow button. Make sure to like and subscribe to the episode. We hope you enjoy it!
This engaging #NomadFuturist podcast takes listeners on an exciting ride with Phill Lawson-Shanks, a fearless IT innovator whose insatiable curiosity, daring, and ability to see patterns led him to insights and accomplishments that have helped advance the world of IT and critical infrastructure—including the development of some of the earliest instances of edge and cloud computing as well as advancements in data center efficiencies. Lawson-Shanks, who found out later in life that he is dyslexic, was “released” from university into the real world where he started his journey as a security guard for British Airport authorities. Despite not having the typical academic credentials, he quickly won a slot to receive computer training. His natural aptitude for pattern recognition and for what he characterizes as 3D thinking led to a career in programming, followed by network development. Since then, Lawson-Shanks has partnered with CEOs at various firms on the forefront of innovation and is now the Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned Energy where groundbreaking developments in cooling efficiency are transforming the data center space. Lawson-Shanks believes that dyslexia may have given him an edge in his career. “I don't understand sequential thinking, so I just jump and go and do things. I don't take no for an answer.” Lawson-Shanks is modest and playful as he engages with Phil and Nabeel, touching on his involvement with the transition from mainframes to minicomputers, to networks, to the Internet, to data centers, the edge, and sustainability. He describes how he moved from company to company as he took on exciting new challenges. “I don't thrive in large corporations. I like the scrappiness of the startup, the turnaround, the smaller entity. I like bringing it to that stage, that pivot point where it's going to become something enormous and then look for the next thing.” Lawson-Shanks has a constant childlike excitement and expectation about what we can do and where we can go. He sees many areas as important to the future including augmented reality, IoT, 5G, machine learning and the circular economy. He is extremely optimistic about the future of the industry. “Data centers are truly the engines of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And there's so much going on that you can do to help the people who are changing how we all live and breathe.” What does he see as critical skills for success? “It's the ability to recognize context and jump—being prepared to buckle down and do what needs to be done, but also, if there's an opportunity to do it differently, to be able to convince whoever that power broker is that there's a better or different way… so communication skills are important, being able to read people, and timing.” Phill Lawson-Shanks has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions in the U.S. and abroad. As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned, Lawson-Shanks is responsible for the management of revenue generation and profitability objectives, as well as championing key innovation, technology, and sustainability strategies aimed at maximizing new business development. Prior to joining Aligned, Lawson-Shanks served as Chief Innovation Officer at EdgeConneX, where he was instrumental in driving strategies focused on creating the next generation of network edge-based data centers for the digital content ecosystem. Throughout his career, Lawson-Shanks has also served in numerous senior executive-level positions at Virtacore, Alcatel-Lucent, Savvis (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions), and MCI (now Verizon Digital Media Services). He currently holds eight active technology patents and serves on the Board of Directors for Netrality Data Centers as well as the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Advisory Board.
While pursuing digital transformation, you can’t overlook the importance of resilience, flexibility and scalability. In this two-part episode of IT Availability Now, we take look under the hood of Sungard AS’ new Private Cloud solution to see how it delivers these benefits to customers:· Part 1: Shawn Nelson, Senior Director of Cloud Services at Sungard AS shares an overview of the new Private Cloud offering, what differentiates it from the competition, and the business challenges it solves.· Part 2: James Valdez, Director of Private Cloud Services at Sungard AS is joined by Dell Technologies’ Tom Willwerth and VMware’s Sean Smith to discuss the underlying technologies that make up Sungard AS’ Private Cloud offering, why those technologies were selected and what benefits they bring to customers. Brian Fawcett is a Senior Manager of Global Sales Engagement at Sungard AS. With over 15 years of experience in a range of industries, he specializes in forming enterprise-wide global talent and learning development programs. Brian has enriched corporate learning culture by matching organizational vision and core values to curricula, leading to application and impact.Shawn Nelson is Senior Director of Product Management for Private Cloud and Managed Services at Sungard AS. She is responsible for a team of product managers who oversee product development, implementation, launch, lifecycle management and support for services related to private and application cloud offerings plus managed services. As Director of Private Cloud Services at Sungard AS, James Valdez is responsible for the continued development and promotion of our Private Cloud solutions. Since moving to the cloud computing world in 2008, James has undertaken roles developing private cloud and grid computing solutions for Qwest Communications, Savvis, and CenturyLink Communications.Tom Willwerth has spent his extensive career working with leading technology manufacturers within the storage, networking and information security sectors. Since joining Dell Technologies in 2017, Tom has been focused entirely on driving joint go-to-market solutions with several of Dell’s leading MSP and CSP partners in the U.S., leveraging “best of breed” hardware, software and services from both Dell Technologies and VMware. Ensuring positive outcomes for Dell’s most valued business partners, as they deliver transformational initiatives for their end customers via cloud-based delivery models, is Tom’s principal objective. Sean Smith has had extensive experience in helping providers build out and deploy leading edge solutions in the communications and IT spaces in several countries around the world. He is currently focused on helping VMware Cloud Provider Partners accelerate both their and their customer’s digital transformation journeys. Focusing on the key partners in the program helps him to ensure they are able to take advantage of a more direct hands on approach to the adoption of leading edge solutions.
Listen to Jonathan Crane address the High Tech Prayer Breakfast at the bottom of the 2008 recession about our need for God in an age of corruption. He related his experience relying on God to lead him through the trying experience as a top executive at WolrdCom through its bankruptcy. Jonathan Crane has been a communications industry leader for more than 35 years. Jonathan has held numerous executive positions in corporations such as ROLM, Savvis, Lightstream, Marcam Solutions and MCI. He was one of the key architects of the early success of MCI, and was brought back to lead the troubled Worldcom out of bankruptcy. As the Chief Strategy Officer, he orchestrated the acquisitions of key strategic assets. Most recently, Jonathan was the Chairman of the Board and President of Savvis.
Solutions for Customers - The Sales Engineering & Customer Success Podcast
Today we sit down with arguably one of the best Solution Architects in the industry, Brad Loomis. Based in Boston, he is the Director of Solution Architecture at Cloud Technology Partners a HP company. Brad talks about early beginnings as a SA with Exodus Communications (later SAVVIS) who first commercialized the colocation and managed hosting business as we know today. He shares tips and tricks on how to control your learning curve and ways he consumes material quickly.There are a couple of stories Brad shares around how to deal with sticky sales situations and building relationships anyone could learn from regardless of your tenure level in the industry. About the Host, Gary SloperFor 20 Years, Gary Sloper has led high-performing Tech Sales Engineering and Customer Success teams Globally. Growing up as a programmer and eventually a Sales Engineer, he explores the scrappy environments people in these roles face and the fun they have. After years of being nudged by his colleagues to come speak to the masses about the inner workings of supporting customers in fast-moving Tech, it's now here for all to listen and interact with. Please join future topics!Connect, chat and interact with Gary on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsloper/ or email: solutions4customers@gmail.com
Diana Kelley is the Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft and a cybersecurity thought leader, practitioner, executive advisor, speaker, author and co-founder of SecurityCurve. Ed Moyle is currently Director of Thought Leadership and Research for ISACA. Prior to joining ISACA, Ed was Senior Security Strategist with Savvis and a founding partner of the analyst firm Security Curve. Diana and Ed join us this week for an interview on Paul’s Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episdoe54 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/securityweekly Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comsecurityweekly
Diana Kelley is the Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft and a cybersecurity thought leader, practitioner, executive advisor, speaker, author and co-founder of SecurityCurve. Ed Moyle is currently Director of Thought Leadership and Research for ISACA. Prior to joining ISACA, Ed was Senior Security Strategist with Savvis and a founding partner of the analyst firm Security Curve. Diana and Ed join us this week for an interview on Paul’s Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episdoe54 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/securityweekly Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comsecurityweekly
Lenny Zeltser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyzeltser) is a seasoned business and tech leader with extensive information security expertise. As a product portfolio owner at a Fortune 500 company, he delivers the financial success and expansion of his orgnization's security services and SaaS products. He has also been a national lead of the security consulting practice at Savvis (acquired by CenturyLink), where he managed the US team of service professionals, aligning their expertise to the firm’s cloud solutions. Lenny helps shape global infosec practices by teaching incident response and malware defenses at Minerva Labs (https://www.minerva-labs.com/) . Lenny’s approaches to business and technology are built upon his work experience, independent research, as well as a Computer Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA degree from MIT Sloan. His expertise is strongest at the intersection of business, technology, and information security, and spans incident response, infosec cloud services and business strategy. To get a sense for Lenny’s thought process and knowledge areas, take a look at his blog (https://zeltser.com/) . In this interview we will discuss why he is passionate about security, stagnating in information security and going back to grad school, public speaking, who has inspired him, his personal challenge asking for advice, early failures in technology, why he developed REMnux to make malware analysis accessible to as many people as possible, cloud security, writing better job descriptions, refining communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences, how to use certifications as a signaling mechanism, building industry relationships, and much more. I hope you enjoy this discussion. Please leave your comments below! Where you can find Lenny: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyzeltser) Twitter (https://twitter.com/lennyzeltser) Lenny's Blog (https://zeltser.com/) REMnux (https://remnux.org/)
Starring:Host: Robbie FergusonCo-Host: Hillary Rumball Robbie and Hillary speak with Dave Shacochis from SAVVIS (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions) about their recent partnership with VMWare and what it means to users of their services. Read the complete show notes, comment or rate this episode, view pictures and obtain links from this episode at https://category5.tv/shows/technology/episode/316/ Running time: 1 Hour 48 Seconds