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Ep 78 / PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS / Vince Menzione, Ultimate Partnerships LLC Dec 21, 2020

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In the midst of all the transformation that the world is currently going through, partnerships are more critical to success now than ever before. Vince Menzione, Founder of Ultimate Partnerships LLC, has made it his life's work to build successful partnerships to transform businesses in the tech industry. In this episode, Vince discusses the importance of having the right mindset towards partnerships during these times of transformations and sheds light on some guiding principles on partnering for success.

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Ep 77 / DEVELOPING THE WORLD'S LARGEST NETWORK WITH GOOGLE CLOUD / Lakshmi Sharma, Google Cloud Dec 14, 2020

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With decades of expertise in driving digital transformation and Cloud Adoption, Lakshmi Sharma is now Director of Product Management, Network Experience, Performance, Reliability & Solutions at Google Cloud. She joins this episode to talk about developing the world's largest network with Google Cloud. Lakshmi shares what's changing in Google Cloud in terms of hybrid networking, including a new rollout that helps mission critical applications. They also discuss leading by example and the importance of hiring with diversity and inclusion at the forefront to enable ideas and perspectives for a global population.

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Ep 76 / UNLOCKING NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR TELCO, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT WITH GOOGLE CLOUD / Teena Piccione, Google Cloud Dec 07, 2020

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Teena Piccione has spent over 18 years helping enterprises innovate by strategically determining better ways of working through Agile or DevOps environments and finding new monetization opportunities with data. Now the Managing Director for Telco, Media & Entertainment at Google Cloud, Teena joins this episode to discuss how Google Cloud is unlocking new possibilities in the TMEG (Telco, Media & Entertainment, Gaming) industry by helping customers better utilize data in order to remain competitive.

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Ep 75 / DIGITAL OPTIMIZATION SUCCESS BUILT ON CULTURE OF 'FANTASTICALLY DELIGHTFUL' CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE / Mario Ciabarra, Quantum Metric Nov 30, 2020

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In 2015, Mario Ciabarra founded Quantum Metric, a platform for Continuous Product Design, which is a fundamentally new approach that helps organizations deliver digital products with greater impact, speed and confidence. In this episode, Mario explains how Quantum Metric solves for customer experience problems and why Google Cloud is unique in their success. He also dives into empowering teams from a leadership perspective and attributes that are critical for team culture.

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Ep 74 / ENABLING SPEED & AGILITY IN TRADITIONAL ENTERPRISES & NEW REGIONS WITH GOOGLE'S INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS / Stacy Trackey Meagher, Google Cloud Nov 23, 2020

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With 25 years experience of modernizing traditional enterprises, Stacy Trackey Meagher, Managing Director for North Central Region at Google Cloud, discusses how new technologies such as AI & ML are transforming companies like never before. She also dives into her strategy for building out new markets and territories, and why cultivating partner relationships plays such a huge role in their development.

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Ep 73 / THE BENEFITS OF REAL TIME DATA ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION WITH GOOGLE CLOUD / Manish Sood, Reltio Nov 17, 2020

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Manish Sood, Chief Technology Officer, Founder and Chairman at Reltio joins to explain why bringing data management to the cloud was critical to the enterprise clients' performance and customer experience. He also touches on how they built an API-first platform to leverage the power of cloud. Sood discusses Reltio's unique customer problem-solving methodologies, the effects of the democratization of data, and gaining speed and agility from a microservices architecture.

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Ep 72 / XMATTERS REDUCES FRICTION AND BOOSTS SUCCESS WITH GOOGLE CLOUD / Troy McAlpin, xMatters Nov 09, 2020

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CEO of xMatters, Troy McAlpin, joins this episode to discuss xMatters' transition onto GCP, what uniquely differentiates them from other competitors, and how GCP enables them in such a way that no other Cloud Provider can. McAlpin also touches on his customer experience philosophy and how earning and exceeding customer satisfaction, day in and day out, should be the top priority for any SaaS company.

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Ep 71 / THE EXISTENTIAL NECESSITY OF LONG-TERM ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SUCCESS / Nick Mehta, Gainsight Nov 03, 2020

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Nick Mehta, CEO at Gainsight, joins this episode to discuss the current and future state of the cloud and the impact these trends have on customers. Mehta also describes how his leadership style and the culture at Gainsight has evolved during these uncertain times.

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