We’ve come a long way since computers took up the size of a room, and with every new advancement, from the smartwatch to the internet itself there have always been people who have loved tech more than anyone else. When answering the phone they skip the traditional ‘hello’ or ‘hi’, resorting instead to their mantra, ‘have you tried turning it off and on again?’ These people have gone by many names over the decades, but they are consistent in their calling. IT. They work in the shadows, dilige ...
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S3E3: BJ Beier - CIO Guardian Savings Bank
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48:09When it comes to IT, few things require better security than a bank holding our precious savings. BJ Beier started at the Guardian Savings Bank in an entry-level non-IT Position and worked his way to the top, obviously, he knows what he's doing. Join us to learn about running IT operations for a small-town regional bank, and what it takes to get th…
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S3E2: John Rodriguez IT at the Golden Globes and other fabulous events
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41:38Can you imagine running IT for a major Hollywood awards show? What about the leading video games event of the year? John has done both of these and way more, and is just getting started. Join us to hear his story of learning event IT, how to approach venues as a vendor, and what happens when the lights go out. Subscribe to our Youtube channel at yo…
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S3E1 New Name Same Great Show! Interviewing Freda Kreitzer
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45:11Supporting IT Support is now Heroes of IT! Same great show with more guests and a new name and an amazing new logo. With our new brand, we are expanding to include more than just IT support, but other areas within IT as well, and expanding into a video show. IT is an enormous field, and we are bringing you interviews with amazing business technolog…
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S2E8: Dr. Eric Cole - Cybersecurity Consultant and Virtual CISO
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58:13Dr. Eric Cole has a life story that sounds like it should be a movie. He starts out cutting his teeth on cybersecurity for the CIA, when he, get this, decides Cyber Offense is boring since there is always a way to break in. He goes on to become Sr VP and CTO of McAfee, Chief Scientist at Lockheed Martin and even consults on Cyber Security for Bill …
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S2E7: E.B. Batten EVP of Growth at BairesDev: What Comes Next?
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56:48Wow, can you believe this year is almost over?? With Thanksgiving now behind us, we are in the home stretch, and over here at tabGeeks things are heating up! In case you missed the announcement post, I have stepped back from my day job to focus more on building tabGeeks! We have already launched our newsletter which you can subscribe to at tabgeeks…
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S2E6 Dana Chamorro: Head of IT and Workplace at Benchling
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40:48tabGeeks is back! Been a few months with our heads down working on building the tabGeeks Network and it is finally coming together in an epic way. We partnered with some of the top names in tech to bring you amazing content to help keep you informed on today's technology. More info at tabgeeks.com! Dana Chamorro is a powerhouse in IT, well known in…
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S2E5 Justin Esgar: Founder and CEO of Virtua Consulting Group
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1:09:12In this episode, we talk to Justin Esgar about his story into IT as usual and how he met his wife working in IT, as well as what it's like running an MSP, and what to focus on for the future. This is a long episode but a ton of fun with lots of laughs. Justin is a businessman IT guy, using his skills to set up one of the top Apple consultancies in …
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S2E4 Steve Larsen: Google Evangelist and CIO at Chasyr
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45:12Happy New Year from all of us at tabGeeks! There is a ton in store for us this year, starting with a new podcast at workspacerecap.com so go and check it out! Our guest this week, Steve, is a wealth of knowledge on Google Workspace, runs the GSuite SubReddit, and is active in a number of different communities, always sharing his knowledge in SaaS m…
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S2E3 Troy Vail, Innovation Technology Manager Battleship USS Iowa Museum
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1:07:54In this episode we head out to sea, following our previous episode which was up in the air, and move from Planes to Ships because IT is everywhere. Join us as we learn what it takes to run cables and setup wifi on what was not so long ago, the most armored ship on the planet with every room essentially an isolated Faraday cage. Permanently berthed …
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S2E2 David Martinez, Sr Desktop Tech at Clay Lacy Aviation
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54:51Continuing our new format of interviewing interesting people in the IT industry, our guest in this episode is the Sr Desktop Tech for Clay Lacy Aviation, one of the largest private jet charter companies in the world with over 250 million miles flown. We explore David’s journey into IT, and as usual, it is unusual. David has a great ability to blend…
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Season 2! Interviewing Tanya Janca, Author of Alice and Bob Learn Application Security
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1:03:05Welcome to the launch of Season two, our 20th episode, and the most fun I have ever had on a podcast episode! Introducing an updated format, interviewing amazing people from the IT Community, sharing their stories, lessons, and giving back to the community. Our first guest of Season 2 is Tanya Janca, author of her new book Alice and Bob Learn Appli…
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Zero Trust and SaasOps - Colin McCarthy: VP of Global IT at Essence
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1:00:28IT Should be as simple as turning on the tap and water coming out. Hear more about this and other amazing insights from Colin McCarthy, a global IT leader. Hear his story on how he got into IT, and where his career has taken him. Like many of us, he got his start tinkering with something his parents brought home when he was a kid. We discuss a newe…
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Pandemic I.T. - Todd Smith - IT Manager at Snap Inc
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51:10We are living in unprecedented times. Digital transformation is happening at lightspeed at many of our companies thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic and even the users most resistant to change are begging for newer systems and technologies to enable them to continue working from home. My guest is Todd Smith, the IT Manager from Snap Inc, a well-love…
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IT Architecture - Scott Lawson - Director of IT Architecture at Q.A.D. Inc
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51:12Understanding your IT infrastructure is critically important. Whether it's for cybersecurity purposes, business continuity, understanding spend and budgets, or just plain being organized, a map of the tools and products your company uses and who has access has many benefits. Join me and Scott Lawson in learning about the multiple uses of knowing yo…
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IT Project Management - Rose Layton - Strategic Technology Partner at Strada Education Network
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56:50Most IT Support pros at small/medium-size businesses are overworked, underpaid, and as a result, often overwhelmed. We are given projects and tasks constantly, which have to somehow balance on top of the regular everyday onslaught of our ticketing systems. Putting proper project management in place will not only help you keep track of everything yo…
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Happy Teams! - Tami Reiss - SVP of Product Produx Labs
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40:48Bad managers are the #1 reason people leave companies. I am sure you have heard this before and usually, it's true. If you're a manager, and even if you're not, you are going to want to pay attention to this episode. Tami shares her secrets to developing and maintaining Happy Teams, and what you can do if you are not a manager but still want a Happ…
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GDPR, CCPA, WTF?? - Kathy Winger - Lawyer Law Offices of Kathy Delaney Winger
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59:39Ok, this week's topic is a bit of a doozy. Our guest this week is Kathy Winger, a lawyer who specializes in Cybersecurity Law. We discuss how she got into focusing on tech in her legal career, and got down in the weeds of the coming privacy laws, specifically CCPA which goes into effect January 1, 2020, and has many of us trembling in our gaming ch…
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Burnout - It's more common than you think: Sonia Cuff - Cloud Advocate Microsoft
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50:56IT is usually a thankless profession. When everything is working people forget about us, and when something breaks everything is our fault. This, combined with an almost obsessive sense of duty to keep things humming day and night often leads to burnout. This podcast gets real and examines what burnout looks like, some things you can do to combat i…
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Public Speaking in IT: Emily Edgeley - Public Speaking Coach in Tech
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45:30Public Speaking..... That's the third time I have mentioned it, are you sweating yet? Not many things make hardened IT Support Professionals stomachs turn, but the minute you mention public speaking... Ok ok, I'll stop, I'm sorry. By now you can guess what this week's podcast is about. Emily has gone from a career in cybersecurity to a career in he…
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Building an Innovative IT team in the Educational Space: Marques Stewart - Sr Director of Network Infrastructure Achievement First
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52:17We're Back! We took a bit of a hiatus to get the tabGeeks conference operations side of the business ramped back up preparing for tabGeeks20 this coming April. More about that at www.tabgeeks.com/tg20 Being responsible for IT in the education space comes with it's own set of special challenges. Instead of being free to make upgrades on your schedul…
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IT Support on the City Level: Jeanne Holm - Deputy CIO City of LA
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51:23There are 4 million people in the City of Angels, home to the largest port in the western hemisphere, the first city to fully roll out 5G, and sitting on a massive fault line waiting to be all shook up at any moment. This week's guest Jeanne Holm is no stranger to big data, managing IT and teams doing social good around the world. We talk about her…
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IT Business Alignment: Jeffrey Strauss - Sr. Manager IT Operations Tinder
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54:46The time has come for IT to have not only a seat at the planning and operations table, but to shine into the incredible business partner our teams can be. In this week's episode Jeffrey and I discuss how to get there, and what to do when you are stuck just outside the door. It sounds a bit odd, but Jeffrey explains why every IT Department should ha…
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The Path to the Blue Team: Ty Atkin - Co Founder Full Metal Cyber Security
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59:32One of the things we highlight on this show is peoples path into IT. Ty's path was to sign up for the US Navy and be trained in InfoSec. This week's episode is his story, and how he used his experience to go from knowing fairly little about IT, to defending our nation on the digital front, as well as a successful career in information security. We …
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Tech, Innovation, and What's Next: Avi Greengart - Techsponential
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45:43Technology moves at an insane pace. Often we are left wondering what the heck a company was thinking with their latest release. This weeks guest Avi Greengart is a Tech Analyst, which means his job is basically to figure that out, and be consumer reports for the people who make and sell the hardware we love. Join us for a fascinating look both back…
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Enabling and Empowering a Security Culture: Ayman Elsawah - Cloud Security Labs
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54:18Cyber Security is a huge part of IT today, and is something that not only spends a lot of time on our minds, also tends to keep us up at night. In this week's episode we discuss empowering your company culture with a security mindset, and of course tools and techniques to keep your business secure. You don't need security in your title to do securi…
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Fear of Failure: Olivia Liddell - Cloud Bakers
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50:22People often forget that people skills are a huge part of our jobs in IT Support. One of the major ongoing themes of this podcast is soft skills, or as we prefer to call them, critical skills. This week's guest is former teacher and current Cloud Training Specialist Olivia Liddell tackling a difficult constant in many of our lives: The Fear of Fail…
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Cybersecurity on a Tiny Budget: Steph Ihezukwu - NRF
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58:57This weeks podcast discusses one of the many things that keeps us up at night: How the hell am I going to keep my company secure, when I am just managing to keep systems humming. I don't have the budget for this! Never fear, InfoSteph is here! In this episode we go through a bunch of low budget tricks you can use to keep your company safe, affordab…
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Taking $#*! working with the C Suite: Colleen Alaimo - Excella
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32:11This weeks podcast discusses the challenges we as IT Heroes often face in working with the executive suite. This episode is fast paced, entertaining and full of nerd references. We reference amazing IT Management and culture books such as Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo, Powerful by Patty McCord, and The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, George Spaffo…
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SaaS Management from A to Z: Mousa Hamad - Pushpay
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48:08This weeks podcast covers everything you need to know to properly manage your SAAS applications, whether you use one app, or hundreds. Mousa Hamad is the Director of Technology at Pushpay, and has led a fascinating career starting in IT through a suggestion because he was good at googling. We discuss his journey, tips for finding, negotiating, and …
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Important Cloud Security Protocols every IT Manager should follow: Reggie Davis - Home Depot
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38:50This weeks guest is Reggie Davis, a Cyber Liability Engineer for Home Depot. We discuss his journey into tech (hint, it’s unusual), what it’s like working cyber defense for Home Depot, and Cloud Security best practices. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabgeeks/message…
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What being involved in a professional community can do for your career: Michael Bender - Microsoft
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33:34What being involved in a professional community can do for your career. Also, tips for networking as an introvert, and tricks for getting started. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabgeeks/message
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