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032: The Communication Protagonist's Journey with Dave Michels
Heads In The Cloud - October 15, 2018 12:04 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham chat with Dave Michels, independent industry analyst and consultant focusing on IP PBX UC strategies and solutions as well as an avid blogger on telecom and related topics on his site: www.TalkingPointz.com. Dave identifies himself as a "Communication Protagonis...
031: SD-WAN & UCaaS: Match Made in the Cloud with Jeff Burchett
Heads In The Cloud - October 01, 2018 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham are joined by Jeff Burchett, Vice President of Sales and Co-Founder at Bigleaf Networks. Jeff has spent his entire career in the Telecom industry, and started Bigleaf with Founder and CEO Joel Mulkey in 2012. Bigleaf offers cloud-first SD-WAN technology services...
030: The Secrets to VoIP Success with Kevin Emahiser & Jeff Donatini of Propel-U-4-Ward
Heads In The Cloud - September 17, 2018 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode David and Graham interview Partners, Kevin Emahiser and Jeff Donatini from Propel-U-4-Ward. As Star2Star's #1 Partners in lead generation and most active users on the Partner Marketing Hub, Kevin and Jeff have many insights to share about how to successfully identify, attract, an...
029: The Challenges Of Running A Cloud Business with Michael Cromwell
Heads In The Cloud - September 04, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham are joined by special guest and Heads In The Cloud fan, Michael Cromwell, Founder and CEO of EagleTEQ Solutions, a technology business advisory firm. With over 27 years of experience in the field, Michael spent most of his career leading sales and marketing team...
028: Embracing New Technology In Healthcare with Jonathan Edwards
Heads In The Cloud - August 14, 2018 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDavid Portnowitz and Graham Potter are joined by Harvard and Oxford grad, Jonathan Edwards, live from the suburbs of London. Jonathan, a Healthcare IT expert, spent 14 years at Gartner as a Research VP on the healthcare team. He is a highly experienced advisor with expertise in building a global...
027: An Authentic Look Inside The Restaurant Business With Chef Christopher Covelli
Heads In The Cloud - August 01, 2018 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDavid Portnowitz and Graham Potter interview Graham’s next door neighbor, celebrity chef Christopher Covelli. Chris specializes in Classic French, Italian, and Spanish cuisine and is currently the senior chef instructor at Toscana Saporita Cooking School in Lucca, Italy, where he has been teachi...
026: An Expert's Guide To Successful Sales With Colin Johnston
Heads In The Cloud - July 16, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDavid Portnowitz and Graham Potter are joined, in-studio, by Colin Johnston, industry expert and Executive Vice President of Strategic Channels at Star2Star. Colin details the history of his telecom experience from his start with voice systems, to owning his own interconnect company, and working...
025: The Future Of The Telecom Industry With Agustin Argelich
Heads In The Cloud - July 02, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David Portnowitz & Graham Potter are joined by Agustin Argelich, live from Barcelona. Agustin is the Founder, President, and Principal Consultant at Argelich Network, an independent telecom consultant company that helps enterprises and government agencies use IT tools and networ...
024: Workplace Productivity, IT, & Travel with Chuck Lear
Heads In The Cloud - June 18, 2018 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode David and Graham interview Chuck Lear, Founder and Managing Partner of Lear360. They discuss workplace productivity collaboration, the current rundown on IT Enterprises, and their experiences with international travel. With 30 years of experience in the IT Strategy and Organizati...
023: Our Interview With Dr. Disruptive a.k.a. Jonathan Yarmis
Heads In The Cloud - June 04, 2018 11:04 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we talk tech with one of the leading experts in Advanced, Disruptive, and Emerging technologies and a veteran of 30 years in the tech industry. Jonathan Yarmis, also known as "Dr. Disruptive", is one of the earliest adopters of PC, internet, social networking, and a myriad of ot...
022: From Mainframes to the Marketplace: An Analyst's Memoir with Joel Wecksell
Heads In The Cloud - May 15, 2018 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham welcome expert analyst and possible X-Men, Joel Wecksell from The Skills Connection. Joel is the Founder of The Skills Connection, an industry advisory company that specializes in helping technology businesses prepare for and build relationships with analyst fir...
021: Wining, Dining, & All Things Consulting with J.R. Simmons
Heads In The Cloud - May 01, 2018 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, sponsored by VTech, DJ Potter brings in the beat and David gets to the meat of their interview with J.R. Simmons, President and Principal Consultant for COMgroup, Inc. COMgroup is the largest and most influential independent telecommunications consulting firm in the Pacific Nort...
020: 🤓 Catching Up On The UC Headlines with Tracy Venters
Heads In The Cloud - April 16, 2018 12:04 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, sponsored by VTech, David and Graham talk with Tracy Venters, Chief Strategist for Town Crier Consulting. Tracy's firm specializes in helping high-tech companies grow their brands and their revenue. She and Graham recount how they first met at Enterprise Connect for a meeting, f...
019: Exploring The Deskphones Of The Future With VTech’s C.H. Tong
Heads In The Cloud - April 02, 2018 12:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham interview C.H. Tong, President of VTech Telecommunications. Star2Star and VTech have been providing high-quality communications solutions and products together since 2016. C.H. discusses his role as President of the Telecom division and how VTech made their brea...
018: Talking Security With Harold A. Logan From Star2Star
Heads In The Cloud - March 19, 2018 12:04 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham invite Hal Logan, Star2Star's very own Director of Professional Services. They discuss Hal's career and experience in the world of professional services and security where he directs the engineering team responsible for custom development projects. Hal describes...
017: Looking Out For The Latest UC Trends with David Mario Smith
Heads In The Cloud - March 05, 2018 13:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David is joined by special guest host, Frederick Philip von Weiss, Executive Producer of Heads In The Cloud and Creative Director at Star2Star. David and Frederick interview David Mario Smith, Founder and Principal Analyst at InFlow Analysis. They discuss David's illustrious car...
016: Welcome To Our (Master Agent) World with Chris O'Brien, & Phil Keenan
Heads In The Cloud - February 15, 2018 13:04 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, David and Graham talk shop with Chris O'Brien, Head of Sales, and Phil Keenan, President at MicroCorp. As a business with 30 years in the communications space, MicroCorp has seen everything from the days of selling long distance to the value-added recurring revenue services of t...
015: In A Podcast Far, Far Away... with Paul Hoffman
Heads In The Cloud - February 01, 2018 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we travel to a galaxy far, far away to interview Paul Hoffman, President of SouthTech IT, a long-term Star2Star partner. Paul takes us back through SouthTech's founding, originally started within a CPA firm, and tells us how a few SouthTech employees eventually branched out to b...
014: Breaking News! Alan Foy On The Star2Star & Blueface Merge
Heads In The Cloud - January 16, 2018 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsGet to know Star2Star's new CEO, Alan Foy, as we host him on our breaking news episode of Heads In The Cloud. We recently merged with Blueface, a pan-European UCaaS company, which Alan also directed as CEO. Hear how this all came about from Alan himself, where the new Star2Star/Blueface Group is...
013: Why Blockchain Is 'Off The Chain' In 2018
Heads In The Cloud - January 02, 2018 12:14 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHappy New Year, friends of the pod! For our first podcast of 2018, we speak with Joseph Williams, an analyst and consultant in the UC industry. With specialties in the channel and UCaaS, Joseph provides us with his take on the top trends from 2017 and what to look forward to this year. Key h...
012: Extra, Extra, Read All About It! UCaaS & CPaaS Are On The Front Page Of The Internet
Heads In The Cloud - December 19, 2017 12:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we interview Doug Green, Publisher at Telecom Reseller. As a leading news service since 1989 with over 40,000 readers, Telecom Reseller continues to connect key players with the latest updates and trends in the industry. The team reports on unified communications (UC), cloud, an...
011: Heads In The Game
Heads In The Cloud - December 05, 2017 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we speak with Steve Shenbaum, Founder and President of Game On Nation, an interpersonal communications and leadership training firm. Game On has worked with small-to-large companies including big names like Honda, Gatorade, NASCAR, the NY Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, LA Lakers, ...
010: We're Not Here For A Long Time, But A Real-Time
Heads In The Cloud - November 15, 2017 12:01 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we switch bodies to greet HITC's first international guest--but only one part of that is true. Our guest, Tsahi Levent-Levi, calls in from Israel to discuss his passion, Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC). Tsahi is an Independent Analyst and Consultant for WebRTC with over 15...
009: The Wheel, The Telephone & 5G: The World's Greatest Inventions
Heads In The Cloud - November 01, 2017 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss the latest advancement in wireless technology, 5G, with Gregory H. Collins, Founder & Principal Analyst at Exact Ventures. Exact Ventures is an independent market intelligence firm who focuses on developments in technologies such as telecom, wireless, and networking. ...
008: This One's All About Marsha, Marsha, Marsha--And Media Management
Heads In The Cloud - October 17, 2017 13:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we interview one of our very first customers, Marsha Friedman from Event Management Services (EMSI), the guaranteed media firm. Marsha's relationship with Star2Star goes back to September of 2007, when she first met our Chief Knowledge Officer, Graham Potter. She describes her e...
007: Chaos Is A Ladder
Heads In The Cloud - October 03, 2017 12:04 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we talk shop with one of our very own--a first for the Heads In The Cloud podcast. As our first ever in-studio guest, John Roth, VP of Established Channel Sales at Star2Star, discusses what we do and how we do it. John’s career has focused exclusively on the channel, from sellin...
006: Keep True To The Dreams Of Your Youth (Pumpkin)
Heads In The Cloud - September 19, 2017 11:04 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we chat with Evan Kirstel, renowned social media influencer and 5th most influential B2B marketer in the US. Evan shares his expertise in digital communications to shed light on some of the most forward-thinking trends in UC. We discuss the fortunes and futures of today's ground...
005: Collaboration Innovation, What's Your Implication?
Heads In The Cloud - September 05, 2017 21:10 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we chat with Shawn Puddester, VP of Global Service Providers at Polycom. Star2Star has a long-standing relationship with Polycom and Shawn going back to our founding in 2006. Since then, the market has seen many shifts and game-changing developments. Shawn shares his experience ...
004: Digital Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye
Heads In The Cloud - August 25, 2017 15:59 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we chat with leading UC analyst and strategic consultant, Sheila McGee-Smith. Having covered the industry since 1990, Sheila provides storied insight into how contact centers address digital transformation. She describes the importance of tracking the customer journey, and how a...
003: We Like To Merge It, Merge It
Heads In The Cloud - August 10, 2017 17:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we chat with VP of Digital Transformation at Frost & Sullivan, Elka Popova. We discuss changes in the UCaaS space including the Mitel/ShoreTel merger and hypotheses for future M&As. Elka shares her insights regarding churn in the partner community, embedded communications, and t...
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