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Jasmin Guthmann on Germany, Wanderlust, and Career Trajectory
Jasmin Guthmann is Vice President of MACH Alliance and Head Of Corporate Communication at Contentstack. In this episode, Jasmin discusses growing up in Germany, family, being an exchange student in Utah, travel, career, advice, and interests.
53:4830/01/2023
Jason St-Cyr on Ottawa (Canada), Music, and Leading Teams
Jason St-Cyr is Director of Developer Relations at Sitecore. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in Ottawa (Canada), family, interests, music, technology, video games, sports, leadership, and much more!
51:2123/01/2023
James Petillo on Long Beach (NY), The Pacific Northwest, and Content Management
James Petillo is a Content Management Specialist and Sitecore Digital Strategy MVP. In this episode, Jim talks about growing up in Long Beach (NY), family, career, interesting jobs, interests, and moving to the Pacific Northwest.
52:0916/01/2023
David Crouch on Rhode Island, Entrepreneurship, and Headless Commerce
David Crouch is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Ultra Commerce and was previously the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Slatwall Commerce. In this episode, David discusses growing up in Rhode Island, British parents, family, soccer, public relations, Syracuse University, entrepreneurship, business relationships, being a part of an acquisition, and so much more!
56:1109/01/2023
Martin Michalik on Ostrava (Czech Republic), Product Management, and Kontent.ai
Martin Michalik is Vice President of Product at Kontent.ai. In this episode, Martin talks about growing up in Ostrava, Czech Republic, family, video games, university, studying abroad in Belgium, painting, business, product management, technology, hobbies, and so much more.
50:0220/12/2022
Jon Gibbs on Boston, Partnerships, and E-commerce
Jon Gibbs is Senior Partner Manager at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Jon talks about growing up in Boston (MA), family, interests, career, technology, partner relations management, remote work, and so much more.
42:3012/12/2022
Mark Raymond on New Hampshire, Technology Sales, and Apple
Mary Raymond is an Account Executive at Strapi.io and has previously worked at Kentico and Kontent.ai. In this episode, Mark talks about growing up in small town New Hampshire, family, technology, confessions of an Apple Store associate, moving to California, community, and career trajectory.
01:06:0006/12/2022
Arthi Morekonda on India, Northern California, and Teaching
Arthi Morekonda is a Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Konabos. In this episode, Arthi talks about growing up in India, family, food, medicine, teaching, technology, emigrating to Northern California, and so much more.
49:3528/11/2022
Kontent.ai Horizons 2022 in New York City
Konaverse hits the road, as Akshay Sura and Matthew McQueeny were on hand at the Kontent.ai Horizons event at Glasshouse Chelsea in New York on November 17th, 2022. Guests include Ondrej Polesny, Developer Evangelist at Kontent.ai; Ondřej Chrastina, Developer Relations Leader at Kontent.ai; Thomas Murphy, Senior Customer Success Manager at Kontent.ai; Michael Andrews, Content Strategy Evangelist at Kontent.ai; Robert Yelle, Kontent.ai Sales Director USA East; Lauren Orlando, Kontent.ai Sales Director USA West; Ilya Kucherenko, Vice President of North American Sales at Kontent.ai; Brian McKeiver, Co-Owner at BizStream; and Vojtech Boril, VP of Growth & Marketing at Kontent.ai.
16:0221/11/2022
Gabriel Esuola on Chicago, Music, and Partnerships
Gabriel Esuola is Partner Manager at Recharge. In this episode, Gabriel discusses growing up in Chicago, family, education, music, sports, creativity, imagination, and partnerships.
36:5414/11/2022
Vaishali Dialani on Dubai, Hobbies, and Customer Experience
Vaishali Dialani is a Customer Experience Analyst at Konabos. In this episode, Vaishali talks about India, growing up in Dubai, family, college abroad in Birmingham (UK), customer experience, hobbies and interests, and so much more!
49:3307/11/2022
Matthew Weil on Philadelphia, Self-Fulfillment, and Career
Matthew Weil is a Digital Business Strategist based in California. In this episode, Matt talks about growing up in suburban Philadelphia, baseball, interests, being a radio host in the military, and an amazingly varied career (so far)!
51:5401/11/2022
Mason Ameri, PhD on Elizabeth (NJ), Identity, and Career
Mason Ameri, PhD is Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School. In this episode, Mason discusses growing up in Elizabeth, NJ, family, identity, career, academia, and so much more.
24:4024/10/2022
Søren Spelling Lund on Denmark, Career, and Ucommerce
Søren Spelling Lund is CEO and Founder at Ucommerce. In this episode, Søren talks about growing up in Denmark, family, interests, military service, career trajectory, and building a business in the e-commerce technology sphere.
52:3917/10/2022
Matias Caballero on Argentina, Family, and Technology
Matias Caballero is a Fullstack developer at Konabos. In this episode, Matias talks about growing up in Argentina, family, interests, getting started in tech, and what he sees next for himself.
35:0611/10/2022
Barry D'Arcy on Ireland, Career, and Storyblok
Barry D'Arcy is Vice President of Partners at Storyblok. In this episode, Barry talks about growing up in Ireland, family, living in Australia and Vancouver, career, food, hobbies, and his current position with Storyblok.
47:3803/10/2022
Ken Gray on Toronto, Entrepreneurship, and Sitecore
Ken Gray is a Digital CX Strategist at Konabos and a two-time Sitecore Strategy MVP. In this episode, Ken talks about family, Toronto, growing up, career, entrepeneurship, and so much more.
44:5226/09/2022
Adrian Colarusso on Princeton (NJ), Wealth Management, and Career
Adrian Colarusso is a Wealth Advisor at Target Rock Wealth Management. In this episode, Adrian talks about growing up around Princeton NJ, attending Princeton University, family, career, wealth advising, entrepeneurship, hobbies, parenting, and so much more.
01:13:0819/09/2022
Janus Boye on Denmark, Travel, Career, and Building Community
Janus Boye is host, lead, coach at Boye & Co. In this episode, Janus talks about growing up in Denmark, being a foreign exchange student in America, career, his love of travel, building a networking community, sports, interests, and so much more.
47:5811/09/2022
Morgan Blackett on Barbados, Marketing, and Aspirations
Morgan Blackett is a Marketing Specialist at Konabos. In this episode, Morgan discusses growing up in Barbados, family, Toronto, community, investing, aspirations, and so much more.
39:5506/09/2022
Michael Reynolds on Massachusetts, Education, Reading, and Sitecore
Michael Reynolds is a Sitecore Developer at TEKsystems. In this episode, Mike talks about growing up in Massachusetts, his love of reading, education, career, technology, Sitecore, coffee, and so much more.
45:5629/08/2022
Hedipo Menezes on Brazil, Family, and Technology
Hedipo Menezes is a Senior Sitecore Develper at Konabos. In this episode, Hedipo discusses growing up in Brazil, family, hobbies, finding his way to technology, and more.
40:1523/08/2022
Brian Milea on New Jersey, Design, Family, and Career
Brian Milea is Chief Creative Officer at Square360. In this episode, Brian talks about growing up in central New Jersey, family, creative pursuits, entrepeneurship, anxiety, fatherhood, work-life balance, learning, vegan donuts, remote work, and so much more.
51:0116/08/2022
Niels Kühnel and Chris Nash on Relevant Edge, Sitecore, Life, and Career
Niels Kühnel and Chris Nash are the cofounders of Relevant Edge, a BI (business intelligence) and data visualization platform company. In this episode, the two talk about growing up, Denmark, career, Sitecore, how they met and ultimately started Relevant Edge, and so much more.
51:4908/08/2022
Matthew Hyland on England, Australia, Ecommerce, and an Ascendant Career
Matthew Hyland is CEO at Ultra Commerce. In this episode, Matt talks about growing up in England, relocating to Australia, business, career, family, ecommerce, leadership, and so much more.
58:5125/07/2022
Kontent.ai CEO Bart Omlo on $40M Investment From Expedition Growth Capital
On July 13th, 2022 headless CMS Kontent.ai announced that it raised a $40m investment from Expedition Growth Capital (EGC) as it becomes a standalone enterprise for the first time. Bart Omlo, CEO of Kontent.ai, joins to discuss the investment; what it means for the company, customers, and partners; and how Kontent.ai is plotting the way forward with its hybrid model of work.
25:3119/07/2022
Mark Stiles on Massachusetts, Sitecore, and Family
Mark Stiles is Technical Director at Velir. In this episode, Mark talks about his last name, growing up in Massachusetts, family, childhood hobbies, finding his way into technology, Sitecore, video work and interviews, and so much more.
41:4818/07/2022
Chelsea Brown on Writing, Introversion, and Finding Your Voice
Chelsea Brown is an author and podcaster. In this episode, Chelsea talks about growing up, moving around America in a military family, introversion, writing, interests, personal travails, and so much more.
45:2111/07/2022
Deane Barker on New Zealand, America, Career, and Content
Deane Barker is Global Director of Content Management at Optimizely. In this episode, Deane talks about his birthplace of New Zealand, growing up in California and South Dakota, family, bullying, the love of reading, career, technology, building a business, and so much more.
01:07:0005/07/2022
John Schneider on Connecticut, Career, and Technology
John Schneider is Chief Technology Officer at Whereoware. In this episode, John talks about growing up in Connecticut, family, college at Penn State, Red Auerbach and interning with the Boston Celtics, career, finding his place in technology, travel, Atlanta, storytelling, and so much more.
01:00:2528/06/2022
Nancy Smullen on Candy, North America, and the Creative Business
Nancy Smullen is the Owner of Square360, a design, development, and strategy firm. In this episode, Nancy talks about growing up in several North American locales, candy, family, creative design, business, entrepreneurship, remote work, hobbies, and so much more.
42:1220/06/2022
Paul Williams on the United Kingdom, Language, and Career
Paul Williams is a Marketing and IT Manager based in Belgium. In this episode, Paul discusses growing up in the United Kingdom near the border of England and Wales, family, education, language, the shift to digital in the publishing industry, exercise, work-related stress, technology, career, and so much more.
01:03:5813/06/2022
Marek Musielak on Poland, Technology, and Endurance Sports
Marek Musielak is a Sitecore Freelance Developer. In this episode, Marek discusses growing up in Poland, family, education, endurance sports, technology, parenting, and so much more.
45:5607/06/2022
Jacqueline Baxter on Idaho, Marketing Strategy, and London
Jacqueline Baxter is a Senior Digital Strategist, DX at Sitecore. In this episode, Jacqueline talks about growing up, Idaho, marketing strategy, books, TV, moving to London, and so much more.
51:4931/05/2022
Joel Franks on Tennessee, Growing a Business, and Routines
Joel Franks is the Owner of Windward Digital. In this episode, Joel discusses growing up in Tennessee, family, technology, routines, exercise, growing a business, parenting, and so much more.
50:3523/05/2022
Jason Wilkerson on Texas, Minnesota, Music, and Technology
Jason Wilkerson is a Sitecore MVP / Sitecore Architect at Wilkerson Consulting Inc. In this episode, Jason talks about growing up in southeastern Texas, music, faith, technology, Austin, moving to Minnesota, and so much more!
54:2116/05/2022
Molly Bolte on Military Upbringing, Austin (Texas), and Public Administration
Molly Bolte, MPA is Division Manager Public Works for the City of Austin (Texas). In this episode, Molly talks about her very notable birth date and location, growing up in a military family in Texas, school, interests, Austin (Texas), working in government, and so much more!
51:5909/05/2022
Mamie Cruse on Minnesota, Washington DC, and a Career in Partnerships
Mamie Cruse is VP, Global Partnerships at SearchStax. In this episode, Mamie talks about growing up in rural Minnesota, family, college and formative years in Washington, DC, working in federal government, career pivots, and so much more.
45:4102/05/2022
Roger Connolly on Mount Vernon (NY), Career, and Moving to Europe
Roger Connolly is Vice President, Product Management at Sitecore. In this episode, Roger discusses growing up in Mount Vernon (NY), family, college, sports, working at Victoria's Secret, career trajectory, technology, moving to Belgium, and so much more.
56:4725/04/2022
Rob Huffstedtler on North Carolina, Technology, Leadership, and Career
Rob Huffstedtler is Vice President of Alliances, Commerce at Sitecore. In this episode, Rob talks about growing up in rural North Carolina, Nashville (TN), finding his way into technology, leadership, career pivots, 9/11, and so much more.
45:0518/04/2022
Dan Ganancial on Growing Up, Extreme Sports, Investing, and Technology
Dan Ganancial is Head of Global Partner Marketing at Contentful. In this episode, Dan talks about growing up, family, military, extreme sports, investing, technology, and so much more.
59:2311/04/2022
Donovan Brown on Life, Career, and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Donovan Brown is a Partner Program Manager, Azure Incubations at Microsoft. In this episode, Donovan discusses growing up, his early years in Germany, family, Houston (Texas), career, air hockey, hobbies, cars, entrepreneurship, and so much more!
49:1304/04/2022
Women's History Month Special with Stacey Grant-Lewis, Anisa Stoli Sanipe, Arthi Morekonda, Candela Aznarez, and Hannah Cormier
Konabos team members Stacey Grant-Lewis, Anisa Stoli Sanipe, Arthi Morekonda, Candela Aznarez, and Hannah Cormier discuss their experiences coming up in technology, business, and marketing.
34:2131/03/2022
Alison Sainsbury on Australia, Career, and Technology
Alison Sainsbury is Senior Director of Digital Experience for Sitecore. In this episode, Alison discusses Australia, growing up, family, career, technology, motherhood, and so much more.
01:05:0028/03/2022
Ashley Cummings on Utah, Writing, and Career
Ashley Cummings is a freelance writer specializing in e-commerce, marketing/advertising, and SaaS. In this episode, Ashley discusses growing up in Utah, missionary work in Russia, family, career, books, freelancing, writing, community, and so much more.
42:5621/03/2022
Heather Margolis on Massachusetts, Babson College, Entrepreneurship, and Channel Marketing
Heather Margolis is a marketing executive, entrepreneur, part-time foodie, and SVP of Marketing at 360insights. She is formerly founder and CEO of Channel Maven Consulting and Spark Your Channel. In this episode, Heather talks about Massachusetts, sports, Colorado, entrepreneurship, channel marketing, Babson College, coaching/mentorship, acquisition, and so much more.
47:1414/03/2022
Polly Pospelova on Ukraine, England, and Digital Marketing
Polly Pospelova is Digital Marketing Director at UNRVLD. In this episode, Polly talks about growing up in Ukraine, family, England, technology, digital marketing, snowboarding, and much more.
42:4607/03/2022
Michael Andrews on Arlington (VA), China, and Content Strategy
Michael Andrews is Content Strategy Evangelist at Kentico Software. In this episode, Michael talks about growing up in Arlington, VA, education and studies, China, content strategy trends, reading, and much more.
52:2627/02/2022
Anisa Stoli Sanipe and Stacey Grant-Lewis on Life, Race, and the Global Experience
Anisa Stoli Sanipe, Konabos Marketing Director, and Stacey Grant-Lewis, Konabos Senior Project Manager, host their first episode of the Konaverse. Discussion touches on growing up, race, belonging, children, and the global experience.
38:1821/02/2022
Andrew Kumar on Vancouver, Fiji, and Entrepreneurship
Andrew Kumar is Director of Platform Strategy at Contentful. In this episode, Andrew talks about growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, his parents immigrating from Fiji, college, entrepreneurship, moving to Toronto, and much more!
43:0414/02/2022