Interview with Katherine Dollar, Creative Marketing Storyteller and Communications Strategist

In this interview, I sit down with Katherine Dollar, a brilliant Creative Marketing Storyteller and Communications Strategist at Moxie Blue Media. We discuss the role of storytelling in marketing campaigns and speaking engagements and why this method of relaying information resonates in a way that creates a better connection with the audience and further helps a company in defining their brand and presence. We also discussed what it’s like for women in tech, her interests in Artificial Intelligence and Science Fiction literature and how she incorporates that creative aspect into her daily work on behalf of her customers.

Some great additional talks by Katherine –
How Content Affects Human Minds and Artifical Minds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRFhNZB2NBg
The Unappreicated Connection – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF4epHaXouo

Katherine’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/KRDollar
Katherine’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinedollar/

Moxie Blue Media – https://moxiebluemedia.com/

Interview with John Kindervag, the Godfather of Zero Trust Networking

Last month, I had the pleasure of spending a few minutes with John Kindervag, the industry-described “Godfather” and thought leader behind Zero Trust Networking. John developed these concepts during his tenure as Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.

Zero Trust, rooted in the principle of “never trust, always verify,” is primarily designed to address the threats of lateral movement within the network by utilizing micro-segmentation and by redefining the perimeter as that based on user, data and location.

We are at an inflection point in the industry where Zero Trust principles are starting to take hold, and many organizations are adopting these principles in order to adopt a stronger security posture. John eloquently describes these principles in this interview.

John’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/Kindervag

John’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kindervag-40572b1/

More background on Zero Trust architecture – https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/what-is-a-zero-trust-architecture

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Rob Jeffery

Had a chance to sit down with fellow Ambassador Rob Jeffery at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Rob is the Technical Director and CTO at Next Gen Security based out of the UK, with a heavy focus on bringing emerging network and security products into the marketplace.

We discussed his involvement in bringing automation and orchestration into his customer environments, as well as topics covered at NXTWORK such as AI, machine learning, Contrail, Northstar Controller and Self Driving Networks.

This is the second-to-last Ambassador interview I’ll be publishing before I switch over to my Lightboard series. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together!

Jeffery’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/bobj1983

Jeffery’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobj1983/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Said van de Klundert

Had a chance to sit down with Netherlands-based Fellow Juniper Networks Ambassador Said van de Klundert (JNCIE-SP #2573 and JNCIE-DC #26) at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Said is an incredibly knowledgeable network engineer, content developer and blogger, with a wealth of practical experience in the Service Provider, Data Center and Cloud arenas.

We spent a good portion of our time discussing one of my favorite topics — the JNCIE-DC exam, building out a JNCIE-DC lab environment, and his contribution to iNET ZERO’s JNCIE-DC Lab Preparation Workbook. In addition, we discussed his current work at IBM SoftLayer and his emerging interest around DevOps and automation tools such as Python and SaltStack.

Although I am continuously challenged to pronounce NXTWORK correctly, I really enjoyed this interview and hope you do as well!

Said’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/saidvandeklunde

Said’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/saidvandeklundert/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Dan Hearty

First of all, let me apologize for the long delay in getting this next Juniper Ambassador interview published. I had a death in the family in December and it consumed a good portion of my time these last two months, so I’ve had little time for social media activities.

Alas, I’m very excited about this next interview – I spent time with one of my favorite Juniper Ambassadors, Dan Hearty (JNCIE-DC #190) at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Dan is just an awesome guy all around, a brilliant technologist, and one of our most active Ambassadors.

We discussed his contribution to the 2018 Juniper Ambassador’s Cookbook, Contrail Enterprise Multicloud and his interest around VMware NSX integration with Juniper’s Data Center products, emerging trends in the Data Center space, specifically around network virtualization, overlays and abstration, and his life as an Ambassador.

Dan’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/danhearty

Dan’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-hearty-b6a38218/

Dan’s Blog – http://danhearty.net

Interview with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks

In this inverview, I sit down with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks. We discuss social media trends, thoughts around building out a social media and branding strategy, analysis of different social media platforms and analytics tools, and the democratization of video content. To top it off, we even get a chance to discuss our favorite burger joints!

Kevin’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/KevinOlivieri

Kevin’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjolivieri/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Nupur Kanoi

In our next Juniper Ambassador interview, I spend time with fellow Juniper Ambassador Nupur Kanoi at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. We discuss her life as an Ambassador, her engineering role at Virtela, her upcoming Day One Guide “MPLS Up and Running” scheduled for release next month, and her family life back home.

Nupur’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/nupur_kanoi

Nupur’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupur-kanoi-520/