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Ep 08 / HOW TO RUN AND AWARD WINNING SMART CITY WITH G SUITE, MAPS & CLOUD / Ted Ross, City of Los Angeles Aug 13, 2019

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Meet Ted Ross, CIO for the City of Los Angeles. During Ted's tenure, Los Angeles has embraced the power of Google Cloud. As the leader of an IT organization with 40,000 employees, the City Council and the Mayor's office, how does one manage this complexity while supporting your end-user base of over 4 million LA residents when implementing new cloud solutions? Listen to Ted as he explains what it means to be a smart city, and how cloud is enabling local government to manage civil services, infrastructure, and resources more efficiently.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Ted Ross

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Ep 07 / WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION: PEOPLE DEFINE SUCCESS, NOT TECHNOLOGY / Jessica Sanders, SADA Aug 06, 2019

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Making the journey to G Suite is far more about culture change than it is about technology. There is a reason Thomas Kurian calls this part of Google Cloud "Workforce Transformation". Jessica Sanders leads the team at SADA that focuses entirely on Training, Adoption, Change Management, and Transformation as a competency - from being involved in pre-sales to actual project execution. Hear about her 8-year journey at SADA and everything we've learned about this aspect of G Suite.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Jessica Sanders

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Ep 06 / HOW MADHIVE LEVERAGED THE CLOUD TO DISRUPT THE DIGITAL ADVERTISING INDUSTRY / Aaron Brown, MadHive Jul 30, 2019

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Meet Aaron Brown, Chief Scientist at MadHive - an end-to-end advanced advertising solution for digital video that leverages cryptography, blockchain, and AI to deliver evidence-based business outcomes. Aaron walks us through how Madhive, relative 'outsiders' to the media industry, are transforming the way Ads run at scale using these new strategies. Aaron also talks about how the Google Cloud Platform helped satisfy the largest, most traditional audit firm solve a $1M audit problem.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Aaron Brown

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To learn more about SADA visit www.SADA.com.

Ep 05 / HOW GOOGLE ENTERPRISE TURNED INTO GOOGLE CLOUD AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS / Michael Lock Jul 23, 2019

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Meet Michael Lock, an Enterprise Software veteran and the man who ran Google Enterprise's sales organization at the very start! Michael is a passionate advocate for the use of technology in the Business Cloud with a proven track record of building B2B SaaS companies. He helped start Google Cloud and with the assistance of great partners and an outstanding team, he built that business from its infancy to over $1B. He has run large sales organizations and small startups. Take a ride down memory lane and look into the future from one of the true veterans in this nascent ecosystem.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Michael Lock

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To learn more about SADA visit www.SADA.com.

Ep 04 / ANTHOS, THE "INTER-CLOUD", AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS / Miles Ward, SADA Jul 16, 2019

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SADA's new CTO, Miles Ward shares his journey from running global cloud solutions at Google to joining SADA as CTO. Miles shares what he is excited about in this new role, what does the future hold for cloud and more specifically Google Cloud? Miles and Tony discuss the competitive landscape and where Google Cloud excels and how SADA supports with services. Also, learn more about the "inter-cloud" and Google's Anthos. Don't miss this informative episode.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Miles Ward

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To learn more about SADA visit www.SADA.com.

Ep 03 / MARKETING'S ROLE & IMPACT ON BRAND & SALES IN CLOUD ERA / Narine Galstian, SADA Jul 09, 2019

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Marketing plays a huge role not only in increasing brand awareness but also in driving lead generation and sales. Sit down with SADA CMO, Narine Galstian, as she discusses how SADA positions itself in the Google Cloud ecosystem to align with executives' vision for the cloud. Walk through how marketing works with branding, demand generation and sales tactics, and digital efforts in an integrated marketing approach aligned with Google Marketing teams and solutions selling. In the digital era, marketing is no longer a one-touch approach and Narine explains how SADA's GTM strategy with Google is not only a top-down approach but also bottom-up.

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Ep 02 / CLOUD TRANSFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC CLOUD SECTOR USING ENTERPRISE TACTICS / Morgan Reed, State of Arizona Jul 02, 2019

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Morgan has served as the CIO of the State of Arizona for about three years, and has taken on some major initiatives. From deprication of most of the traditional data center footprint, to selecting and deploying G Suite. How does a leader in a large and complex environment push the envelope of innovation in the midst of inertia? Listen to find out.

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Morgan Reed

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To learn more about SADA visit www.SADA.com.

Ep 01 / PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCELLENCE IN A GOOGLE CLOUD WORLD / Dana Berg, SADA Jun 25, 2019

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Fresh off of his 1 year anniversary as SADA's COO, Dana focuses on Services 2.0 - How is it Really Unique in Cloud? Having spent many years running services organizations in enterprise consultancies like Hitachi and Perficient, what has it been like to dive headfirst in the brave new world of Google Cloud?

Host: Tony Safoian

Guest: Dana Berg

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To learn more about SADA visit www.SADA.com.

Introducing Cloud N Clear Jun 21, 2019

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Introducing the Cloud N Clear podcast where we will be exploring the journey of SADA at the tip of the spear in helping organizations transform the way their people work, and the way their industry goes to market in the context of Google Cloud.

Host: Tony Safoian

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