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Ken Gray on Toronto, Entrepreneurship, and Sitecore
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Paul Williams on the United Kingdom, Language, and Career
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Jacqueline Baxter on Idaho, Marketing Strategy, and London
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Jason Wilkerson on Texas, Minnesota, Music, and Technology
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Roger Connolly on Mount Vernon (NY), Career, and Moving to Europe
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Rob Huffstedtler on North Carolina, Technology, Leadership, and Career
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Alison Sainsbury on Australia, Career, and Technology
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Ashley Cummings on Utah, Writing, and Career
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Michael Andrews on Arlington (VA), China, and Content Strategy
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Andrew Kumar on Vancouver, Fiji, and Entrepreneurship
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Lars Nielsen on Co-Founding Sitecore, Copenhagen, and a Life in Technology
September 27, 202158:35Lars Nielsen is a co-founder of Sitecore and is now an investor at Nordic Makers. In this episode, Lars talks about growing up in and around Copenhagen,...
Vojtěch Bořil on The Czech Republic, Endurance Sports, and Career
September 20, 202154:14Vojtěch Bořil is the Vice President of Growth & Marketing at Kentico Kontent. In this episode, Vojtěch talks about growing up in The Czech Republic, living...
Stacey Grant-Lewis on Immigrating to Florida, Race, Health, and Becoming a Technology Project Manager
September 13, 202138:45Stacey Grant-Lewis is a senior project manager at Konabos Consulting Inc. and the founder of Culture x Co, an online resource for anti-racism and cultural...
Konaverse Special: Guests on Advice to Their Younger Selves
September 6, 202125:25Featuring Sameer Maggon, Mostafa Hanafi, Mike Edwards, Matthew McQueeny, John West, Mark Servais, Anindita Bhattacharya, Hugo Santos, Dom Nicastro, Derek...
Matthew McQueeny on New Jersey, 9/11, and His Career in Content and Technology
August 30, 202156:50Matthew McQueeny works in digital and project management at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, he discusses growing up in New Jersey, his upbringing,...
Dennis Augustine On Being A Minister, Horrific Personal Tragedy, And Picking Up The Pieces
August 22, 202145:24Dennis Augustine is a Partner at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Dennis talks about Dominica, growing up in Oakville, Ontario, family, going to...
Akshay Sura Recaps Family Road Trip Across America (Part 2)
August 15, 202130:01Konabos Consulting Inc. Partner Akshay Sura recaps his early summer family road trip from California to Florida and back. Akshay talks about how the Tesla held...
Kamruz Jaman on growing up in England, Settling in Canada, and his Career in Technology
August 9, 202149:32Kamruz Jaman is a partner at Konabos Consulting Inc. and an eight-time Sitecore MVP. In this episode, Kam talks about his birthplace of Bangladesh, family,...
Marc Lamothe on Quebec, Career Pivots, and Grief
August 2, 20211:01:12Marc Lamothe is CMS Systems Admin at American Bath Group. In this episode, Marc talks about growing up in Quebec, career pivots, and the grief of losing his...
Kontent-Uniform Integration with Vojtech Boril & Tim Benniks
July 29, 202120:51Vojtech Boril, VP Growth & Marketing at Kontent, and Tim Benniks, Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform, join the show to talk about the exciting...
Dom Nicastro on Technology Reporting, Modern Journalism, and Gloucester, MA
July 26, 202148:13Dom Nicastro is a Boston-based senior reporter at Simpler Media Group, publisher of CMSWire and Reworked. In this episode, Dom talks about growing up in...
Mike Edwards Talks Southwest England, Career, Technology, and Passions
July 19, 202151:12Mike Edwards is the Director of Technology at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Mike talks about family, being a twin, growing up and staying in the...
Episode 12Sameer Maggon Talks India, Entrepreneurship, Search Technology, and Southern California
July 12, 202148:17Sameer Maggon is the Founder & CEO of SearchStax. In this episode, Sameer discusses growing up in India, catching the technology bug, entrepreneurship, search,...
Mostafa Hanafi On Growing Up In Egypt, Living and Working in Canada, and Finding His Career in Technology
July 5, 202140:24Mostafa Hanafi is Program Manager at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Mostafa talks about growing up in Egypt, his family, working in and adjusting to...
Episode 10Hugo Santos Talks Brazil, Quebec, and Entrepreneurship
June 28, 202141:01Hugo Santos is a Sitecore Technology MVP and the Head of Search Practice at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Hugo talks about growing up in and...
Episode 9Ravi on addiction and 18 years of sobriety
June 21, 202143:42Ravi joins to talk about working to become a dentist, and most importantly, his battles with alcohol and drug addiction. Ravi is the eldest brother of Akshay...
Episode 8Kanda Ganesan on the Pivot from Technology to Farming
June 14, 202147:35Anindita Bhattacharya is a Sitecore Solutions Architect at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, she joins with her husband - Kanda Ganesan - to talk about...
Episode 7Akshay Sura Talks Family Road Trip Across America
June 9, 202118:22Konabos Consulting Inc. Partner Akshay Sura talks about his upcoming family road trip from California to Florida. The discussion touches on the decision-making...
Episode 6Bruce Davis-Goff Talks New Zealand, Technology, and Losing a Loved One
June 7, 202154:54Bruce Davis-Goff is APAC Operations Director at Konabos Consulting Inc. In this episode, Bruce discusses growing up and life in New Zealand, odd jobs, finding...
Episode 5Martin Malenovsky on Kentico Kontent's Web Spotlight Update
June 2, 202118:05Martin Malenovsky, a product manager at Kentico Kontent, joins to discuss Kontent's new Web Spotlight functionality and the state of the Headless CMS....
Episode 4Andrew Hilts - COVID-19 & Mental Health
May 31, 20211:02:27Andrew Hilts is a senior front-end developer at Konabos Consulting Inc. Andrew talks about growing up in New Jersey, being a project manager for big...
Episode 3Derek Dysart - Career Change & Voice-Over Acting
May 24, 202148:30Derek Dysart is a Sitecore/CMS platform consultant and a Sitecore MVP. Derek talks about changing careers from Technology to Voice-Over acting, COVID-19...
Episode 2Mark Servais - Career, Caregiving & COVID-19
May 24, 20211:05:32Mark Servais is a Senior Applications Architect at Humana and a Sitecore MVP. Mark talks about Caregiving, family, automation, effects of COVID-19, and much...
Episode 1John West - Technology, Charity Work & Culture
May 24, 202144:38John West is a consultant for Contentstack, a headless CMS platform, and a Sitecore Lifetime MVP. John talks about his history in technology, his charitable...