Konaverse

Akshay Sura & Matt McQueeny

A show about technology, work, careers and life in the Konaverse.
Mick McGurk on London, America, and Toastmasters
March 26, 202401:07:1161.54 MB

Mick McGurk on London, America, and Toastmasters

Mick McGurk is Interim Chief Information Officer at Toastmasters International. In this episode, Mick discusses growing up in London, England, sports, photography, career, moving to America, Texas, leadership, technology, Toastmasters, and so much more!

Joel Varty on Douro-Dummer, Canadian Football, and Agility
March 11, 202453:0048.55 MB

Joel Varty on Douro-Dummer, Canadian Football, and Agility

Joel Varty is the Chief Technology Officer at Agility. In this episode, Joel talks about growing up in Douro-Dummer, Ontario, living and working on a farm, music and playing guitar, The Canadian Football League, building a career in technology, Toronto, the Agility story, advice to his younger self...

Balaji Kandasamy on Tamil Nadu, Pittsburgh, and Sitecore
February 20, 202448:5944.88 MB

Balaji Kandasamy on Tamil Nadu, Pittsburgh, and Sitecore

Balaji Kandasamy is Practice Director at CEI, a 4x Sitecore MVP, a Digital Experience Community MVP, and Organizer of PGHSUG and PGHDOTNET. In this episode, Bala discusses growing up in Tamil Nadu, schooling, childhood interests, family, running a 100-employee garment company as a young man, findin...

Brian McKeiver on Grand Rapids, BizStream, and Kentico
February 05, 202454:3249.96 MB

Brian McKeiver on Grand Rapids, BizStream, and Kentico

Brian McKeiver is Co-Owner at BizStream, a Microsoft Azure MVP, Kentico MVP, Kontent.ai MVP, Speaker, Podcast Host, and much more. In this episode, Brian talks about growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, family, sports, the Detroit Lions, technology, the BizStream story, great partnerships, buildin...

Bill Rogers on Massachusetts, Ektron, and Artificial Intelligence
January 09, 202447:3643.62 MB

Bill Rogers on Massachusetts, Ektron, and Artificial Intelligence

Bill Rogers is CEO and Co-founder of ai12z and has founded several companies, notably Ektron among them. In this episode, Bill talks about growing up in Massachusetts, family, childhood interests, electrical engineering, and a life of startups and entrepreneurship, beginning with a firewood company...

Jason Cardillo on Cleveland, Career, and Marketing Leadership
December 06, 202356:0751.41 MB

Jason Cardillo on Cleveland, Career, and Marketing Leadership

Jason Cardillo is a Global Marketing Executive who has held such roles as Vice President Experience and Digital Marketing at Emplifi and Director Of Web Marketing at Sitecore. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in Upstate New York and Cleveland, Ohio, family, childhood interests, Elmira ...

Ben Haynes on Connecticut, Entrepreneurship, and Work-Life Balance
November 29, 202353:4849.28 MB

Ben Haynes on Connecticut, Entrepreneurship, and Work-Life Balance

Ben Haynes is the CEO & Co-Founder of Directus. In this episode, Ben talks about growing up in Connecticut, family, entrepreneurship, military service, mergers and acquisitions, business leadership, the intersection of technology and design, personal pursuits and interests, and so much more!

Mickey Aharony on Delaware, Entrepreneurship, and Content Strategy
November 20, 202350:1145.97 MB

Mickey Aharony on Delaware, Entrepreneurship, and Content Strategy

Mickey Aharony is a Director of Content who has worked at Uniform, Cloudinary, among others. In this episode, Mickey talks about growing up in Delaware, family, archaeological digs in Israel, traveling the world, business school, owning a moving company, living around America, entrepreneurship, con...