The Bridgecast with Scott Kinka

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Dustin Young, EVP of Global Sales and Marketing at . We’re discussing whether it’s time for a VMware breakup and much more. is built on their TruCloud® Private Cloud Platform. Enzu solutions fuel...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Chris MacFarland, CEO and Chairman of . We’re talking about the importance of strategy in IT leadership, the upcoming advancements in AI and AGI and more. As a pioneer in software-defined...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Graeme Geddes, Chief Sales Officer at . We’re talking about the collaboration technology evolution, the role of Zoom as a communications platform and so much more. is an all-in-one collaboration...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Mark Houpt, the Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank. We’re talking about cybersecurity fundamentals—current challenges, the global landscape, why relationships and communication are...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Umesh Lakshman, Vice President of Solutions Architecture, National Mid-Markets and Channels at . We’re talking about how we’re moving head-first into a future that is decidedly up the stack and...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by AJ Kuftic, Product Manager at . We’re talking about the future of VMware and so much more. is a data center and cloud services provider offering infrastructure as a service (IaaS) with local...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Adam Weiner, Vice President of Technology at . We’re talking about using AI at scale and so much more. is one of the premier telecommunications solutions providers for businesses across the...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Scott Prater, Vice President of at Bridgepointe. We’re discussing customer experience optimization and the ongoing race to meet customer expectations. The team enables...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Eric Russo, Senior Vice President of . We’re talking about IT cost management and why it’s become a top priority, second only to cybersecurity. The team advocates for their client's success...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by our podcast producer, Gene Volpe, for a 2023 recap and discussion about the year that was. During our 2023 recap, we share the cliff notes of the more than 30 episodes we delivered in 2023, a year of...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Brian Thomas, Senior Manager, Segment Marketing at . We’re talking about hybrid cloud growth, repatriation and so much more. is the world’s digital infrastructure company™, enabling digital...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Melanie Thomas, Principal of . We’re talking about the evolving cybersecurity landscape and so much more. ’s Edge-to-Edge technologies provide phenomenal threat intelligence, collaborative...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Brad Reynolds, Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at . We’re talking about productivity AI and so much more. is a data centers and cloud services provider offering infrastructure as a...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by ’s own Mel Melara, VP of Sales. We’re talking about securing data center resources and more. Mel joined in 2019 and brought over 30 years of experience in network and data center infrastructure...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Brian Eichman, Vice President of Business Development at . We’re having an in-depth conversation about the changing make up of the data center in light of AI. , an American Tower company, provides...

For this episode of The Bridge, we’re bringing you part two of our live panel discussion from the 2023 Bridgepointe Tech Summit. We answer some of the most pressing questions about artificial intelligence and the pressure leaders currently...

For this episode of The Bridge, we’re bringing you part one of our live panel discussion from the 2023 Bridgepointe Tech Summit. For this practical discussion on the hype and realities of the artificial intelligence debate, I was joined by: ...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Tony Bishop, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Platform Solutions at . We’re talking about the data center economy and so much more. brings companies and data together by delivering the full...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Zachary Grant, Vice President of Solution Architecture and Engineering at . We’re talking about hybrid workforce solutions and so much more. is a leading provider of customized, integrated, and managed...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Artie Chang, President and CEO of PanTerra Networks. We’re talking about running blindly into the tech revolution while still serving the needs of the people who aren't maybe so revolutionary. is a...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Josh Henderson, Chief Technology Officer at . We’re talking about information security strategy and so much more. Managing security and compliance is a strategic, economic imperative directly impacting...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by my friend Kevin Sullivan, Director of Solutions Engineering at . We’re questioning how we do end user computing and more. partners with IT professionals to bring together their essential productivity...

http://www.bridgepointetechnologies.com | On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Renuka Nadkarni, Chief Product Officer at . We’re talking about building a next gen network and so much more. pioneered the concept of a cloud-first...

http://www.bridgepointetechnologies.com | On this episode of The Bridge, Roli Points, co-founder and VP of Strategic Alliances at , joins me. We’re talking about disrupting the managed service provider business model and more. was...

http://www.bridgepointetechnologies.com | On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Alvaro Gonalez, AVP of Alliances and Marketing Strategy at . We’re talking about business continuity and disaster recovery, and so much more. is a cloud and...

http://www.bridgepointetechnologies.com | On this week’s episode of The Bridge, I sit down with Geoff Bloss, CEO at , to discuss investing in voice technology, acquisitions, and more. is a leading provider of NextGen Communications and...

http://www.bridgepointetechnologies.com | On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Chris MacFarland, CEO of Comcast Business-Masergy. We’re talking about SD-WAN deployment and so much more! As a pioneer in software-defined...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Bill Welch, President and COO at . We’re talking about business communications and technology and how Talkdesk aims to transform the customer experience. is a global cloud contact center leader...

On this week’s episode of The Bridge, we sit down with Jeff DeVerter, CTO at to talk about achieving better business outcomes whether through leveraging new technology, hybrid work models or AI. is the multi-cloud solutions expert. Their...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Swapnil Jain, CEO and Co-Founder of . We’re talking about the rise of AI and solutions that are making real-world changes right now. is the fastest way to boost contact center performance with live...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Jason Carolan, CIO at . We’re talking about how the label of the day is for people and workloads is ‘hybrid’, and what it really means to be a digital-first company. empowers the IT...

On this week’s episode of The Bridge, I sit down with David McAbee, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions here at , to discuss leveraging the business process outsourcing model. helps mid-market and enterprise clients make quicker, more informed...

On this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Gary Sorrentino, CIO at . We’re talking about how 2020 changed everything and what the future of collaboration and productivity looks like in today’s world. ’s frictionless communications...

In this episode of The Bridge, I’m joined by Dante Orsini, Chief Strategy Officer at . We’re talking about building cyber resilience and the aftereffects of the rush to pivot workforces during the pandemic. is a managed infrastructure...

On this week’s episode of The Bridge, my guest is Avi Longstein, CEO of . We’re talking about the idea that just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should, secure access service edge (SASE) and so much more. AireSpring is a...

Hi, and welcome to the Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode of the Bridge is Terry Barbounis. He's the Director of innovation and Strategy at Lumen, or A director of innovation and strategy at Lumen. By his explanation, he gets...

Here are the links to two new CoreSite videos, mentioned in this episode: OCX Demo: Native Cloud On Ramps: Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode is Maile Kaiser. She's...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. My guest on this episode is Chris Reaburn, the Chief Marketing Officer of Nextiva. He's a Chiefs fan, and I'm recording this intro a day after the Super Bowl; one for the ages, and one of my Eagles did not win. So, as...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode is Mark Palmer. Mark is the Vice President of Managed Services at Granite. Mark is a telecom lifer. His dad worked at Bell Atlantic. He was a service splice technician...

This is a SPECIAL EDITION of the Bridge Podcast with Scott Kinka. Over the last 6 months and 14 episodes, Scott has gotten the opportunity to ask some of the best minds in technology a plethora of questions, including "what is your favorite app" and...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. On this episode, we meet PPT Solutions, Dennis Weikle, who's the CEO, and Scott Casson, the Senior Vice President of Delivery. So, why PPT Solutions? Well, in full disclosure, Bridgepointe...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. My guest on the pod this week is Sanjay Srinivasan. He's the Senior Vice President of Solutions Engineering for Vonage. In his distant past, he served as the Chief Architect for Simple Signal....

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode is D.R. Carlson. He's the Director of Segment Marketing for Equinix. We joked a little bit, I asked him what D.R. meant, he said “disaster recovery”. D.R. has been at Equinix...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode is Ashish Seth. He's the Vice President of Product Management at RingCentral. Ashish is a recent addition to RingCentral. He's got a legacy and contact center and that's his...

Hello and welcome to The Bridge. I'm Scott Kinka. My guest today is Emil Sayegh. He's the CEO of Ntirety, and a really interesting guy, Lebanese guy, Austin, Texas, UT grad, four kids, two of whom were in college, one at his alma mater, the other...

The Bridge Podcast - Cannon Intro Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. This episode was a special one. First, because it was in person. I don't get to do a lot of those. And second, because it was with one of our own from...

Hi, and welcome to the Bridge. I'm Scott Kinka. In this episode, I speak with Craig Patterson. Craig is the Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales for Aryaka. He’s an interesting high energy, great guy, hockey dad, technologist. He runs his...

Hi, and welcome to the Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. My guest on this episode is Chris Sharp. He's the CTO of Digital Realty. It's not that often that I get to meet someone for the first time on the podcast, but here we were meeting on camera...

Hi, and welcome to the Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. My guest this week is Chris Jones of AT&T. He's the AVP of channel sales. For AT&T and ACC business. Chris has been with AT&T for 28 years. We laughed a little bit about one or two...

Hi, and welcome to The Bridge. I'm your host, Scott Kinka. This week I interviewed Tim Allen, Executive Vice President and Founding Partner of EvolveIP. Tim and I have been friends for nearly 25 years through a couple of companies, and in the interest...