Konaverse

Akshay Sura & Matt McQueeny

A show about technology, work, careers and life in the Konaverse.
Jennifer Bernard on Mississauga, Philanthropy, and SickKids Foundation
June 30, 202549:42

Jennifer Bernard on Mississauga, Philanthropy, and SickKids Foundation

Jennifer Bernard is President & CEO of SickKids Foundation. In this episode, Jennifer discusses growing up in Mississauga, childhood interests, schooling, philanthropy, technology, leading the SickKids Foundation, and more.

Bertrand Lirette on Quebec, Customer Experience, and Breakdancing
April 29, 202543:50

Bertrand Lirette on Quebec, Customer Experience, and Breakdancing

Bertrand Lirette is Advisor, Customer Experience at iA Financial Group. In this episode, Betrand discusses growing up in Quebec, family, travel, breakdancing, sales, teaching and research, service design, customer experience, community, and much more!

Spencer Tyler on the Pacific Northwest, Movies, and Customer Experience
February 27, 202556:01

Spencer Tyler on the Pacific Northwest, Movies, and Customer Experience

Spencer Tyler is Director of Customer Retention | Subscription Strategy at Investor's Business Daily. In this episode, Spencer discusses growing up in the Northwest, Mercer Island, Seattle, the Grunge music era, family, movies, working in the commercials industry, producing music videos, bringing yo...

Ashish Garga on Life, Career, and Sales Leadership
January 27, 202551:50

Ashish Garga on Life, Career, and Sales Leadership

Ashish Garga is Regional Sales Director at Sharethrough. In this episode, Ashish talks about a childhood spanning India, Singapore, Dubai, and Toronto, family, education, assimilation, learning, sports, career, sales, communications, mental health, movies, and much more.

Bill Sedgwick on Entrepreneurship, the American West, and Ultra Commerce
January 07, 202553:55

Bill Sedgwick on Entrepreneurship, the American West, and Ultra Commerce

Bill Sedgwick is President - Americas and Chief Development Officer at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Bill talks about a peripatetic childhood as part of a military family, lessons from living and traveling to different places, Denver, aspirations of being a businessman, Colorado State University,...

Holly Keily, Ph.D. on Denver, Language, and Toastmasters
December 10, 202401:05:03

Holly Keily, Ph.D. on Denver, Language, and Toastmasters

Holly Keily, Ph.D. is Research and Analysis Department Manager at Toastmasters International. In this episode, Holly talks about growing up in Denver, family, childhood interests, french language, international business, communications, Hawaii, Milwaukee, Buffalo, career, and Toastmasters.

George Chang on Taipei, Dallas-Atlanta, and Sitecore
November 19, 202451:34

George Chang on Taipei, Dallas-Atlanta, and Sitecore

George Chang is Director, Web Platforms at Hexagon AB and an 8x Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Geoge talks about Taipei, Dallas, Atlanta, childhood interests, family, travel agencies, career, and a rich history with Sitecore.

Shailvi Wakhlu on India, Data Science, and Entrepreneurship in San Francisco
November 05, 202451:51

Shailvi Wakhlu on India, Data Science, and Entrepreneurship in San Francisco

Shailvi Wakhlu is an accomplished data leader with 17+ years of experience in Fortune 500 companies and startups. In this episode, Shailvi discusses growing up in India, childhood interests, swimming, education, moving to America, the quantified self, data science, and a career that has included sti...