Channel Chat Podcast

Today we are sharing the full audio from this year's Channel Chat live event that took place earlier this year.

You can catch up with:

Penny Williams, Vice President of Sales at CDW;

Rob Tomlin, VP of UK Channel at Dell Technologies, 

David Watt, Managing Director at TD SYNNEX UK.

Donavan Hutchinson, CRO at Trustmarque.

They share their views on a wide range of subjects, including AI, diversity, social responsibilities, future trends likely to impact the technology industry, and a wide range of questions that were asked by our audience.

Today Marc chats with the CEO and Founder of Netsurit, Orrin Klopper.

Today in the Channel Chat studio, Marc meets up with the Sales Director at Threatscape, Paul O'Sullivan.

Today in the Channel Chat studio Marc meets up with Sheffield's own Daniel Bumby who is the founder and MD of MSP Simoda.

A Sheffield United season ticket holder Daniel joins Marc in London to discuss his journey from working in the music industry to growing a technology focused business.

Today's special guest in the Channel Chat studio is Rod Tonna-Barthet CEO at KYOCERA Document Solutions.

Today's special guest is David Weeks the VP of Partnership Experience from N-Able.

Back on home soil, Marc speaks to the Group Sales and Marketing Director from Enable X, the group that encompasses Pragma Distribution, Techland Systems and Candio

This week, Marc join's the CEO of CAE Technologies, Justin Harling for a catch up in their UK headquarters in Hertfordshire.  Channel Chat On Tour.

In this weeks episode Marc joins Richard Behan, one of the owners of CAE Technologies, in thier HQ in Hemel Hempstead in the first Channel Chat On Tour sessions.

This week is joined by the Sales Director of Braze, Ilana Simons. 

They discuss:

• the challenges associated with moving from an individual contributor role to leadership
• the skills necessary to make an effective sales leader
• the challenges of getting more women into tech
• and are leaders born or can you learn the skills necessary?

In this week's episode, Marc is joined in the studio by Matt Poulton of ForeScout

They discuss his career from a start in recruitment to where he is today via photocopier sales at Xerox

Matt has also been involved in both VC / PE-backed acquisitions and Matt discusses the different approaches both tend to take. 

This week Marc is joined in the Channel Chat studio by the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Telev8; Tara-Jane Sloane.

Marc is joined in the virtual studio by the Global CTO from Westcon-Comstor, Rakesh Parkhoo.

Marc is joined in the studio by James Hunnybourne the CRO from Ultima Business Solutions.

Brian joins Marc in the virtual Channel Chat studio all the way from sunny Austin Texas.

They discuss Brian's career, the reason he is so passionate about cyber security and end point security in particular and the growth happening at Malwarebytes.

In the studio this week Marc is joined by channel legend Sarah Goodchild.  

They discuss her career journey; starting as a recruiter and the choices she has made to get to the role she is in today as well as the secrets behind building a successful partner program.

Marc is joined in the channel chat studio by Holly Anschutz the Director of Channels from Extreme Networks.

Marc is joined in the studio by Jenny Hicks the Head of Technology from MIDWICH GROUP PLC. 

Today in the Channel Chat studio, Marc was joined by the CEO of Kocho Des Lekerman.

They discuss his early career, starting in a finance role, before the recession in the early 1990s forced his hand into starting his first tech. business Eurodata.

Bringing his story right up to date they discuss his purchase of TIG, growing the business from 30 people to over 300 today, the rebrand to Kocho and subsequent growth plans for 2023 and beyond.

Marc Sumner meets the Founder and CMO of Akari Solutions in the Channel Chat virtual studio.

Margaret discusses her background in the technology sector, how she got into the industry, and her experience as a Microsoft partner. She also talks about the importance of creating an inclusive environment and how Akari has implemented initiatives to promote diversity and accessibility.

Margaret talks about the challenges in trying to break through the 'glass-ceiling' and expanding the company and the exciting plans for 2023 and beyond.