Following Your Passion: How Doug Dixon went from Modern Languages University Student to Cloud Services CEO

Career Advice That Gets Results

English - December 22, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB
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Our guest today is Doug Dixon, CEO of Catalyst Cloud.

Doug walks us through how he has followed his gut along with his commitment to his own mental health to let his diverse interests drive his career path (or as he puts it, his 3 different careers so far).

Doug started out studying about different languages and cultures at university, then later he became interested in technology, and now he has brought those two things together to become very passionate about data and data sovereignty especially for indigenous peoples.

As CEO of Catalyst Cloud, Doug leads the first New Zealand-based cloud services provider that maintains all of its data within the country's borders. You can hear the passion in Doug's voice when he talks about the importance of having an onshore data option, both for national security reasons, as well as to be a good ally for Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Doug shares with us why he believes self-awareness and empathy are the keys to everything, some of his setbacks and how he overcame them, why your mental health needs to be the most important thing you look after and what should you be looking at to know you're succeeding (it's not what you think). And he might be the only CEO you ever hear to will tell you, "don't install work email on your phone" and that "work is never the most important thing".

You can learn more or get in touch with Doug via LinkedIn or learn more here about what Catalyst Cloud is doing to enable Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital economy while promoting the country's security, sovereignty, inclusion, and prosperity.

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