Software Defined Anything, Network, Storage, and Security 1511_ 3/10/14 - Larry was getting the details of a big event from the president of the Communications Technology Professionals (CTP), Stephanie Lindquist. She is also an entrepreneur. She said, "Colorado’s top subject matter experts will discuss: Software Defined Anything – Network, Storage, and Security. What you need to know right now. Software defined is the next stage in the evolution of data centers and the cloud. It will dramatically alter the entire IT landscape. you will learn how to use software defined anything to empower IT and your company." The Panelists include Nagesh Anupindi – Founder & CEO, Apoorva; Mike Clark – CTO, Photobucket; Dave Frymier – VP and CISO, Unisys; Scott Hicar – SVP, Integration, DigitalGlobe; Pete Khanna – CEO, TrackVia; Mark Hughes – Moderator. Communication Technology Professionals (CTP) is a non-profit, communications technology organization that focuses on promoting growth, innovation and leadership of communications companies and individuals in Colorado. The organization accomplishes its mission through knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration amongst members of the communications ecosystem. RELATED LINKS: The Future of Technology Event || Communication Technology Pros || CTP Channel || Podcast Directory || KEYWORDS: Stephanie Lindquist, Communications Technology Professionals,
CTP, Future of Technology, Network, Storage, Security, Bandwidth, Fiber, Telecom, Networking Event, Nagesh Anupindi, Apoorva;
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End-to-end solutions for the cloud, data centers, telecom services, worldwide
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Here at the CTP's 'Technology Professional of the Year' awards gala, we're talking with Joel St.Germain, President and CEO, GCG. Joel founded Global Communications Group in 2002 after a successful career as a top producer for many of the leading carriers including AT&T and MCI. Global Communications Group, Inc. (GCG) is an award winning consulting firm. As President and CEO, Joel is in charge of all executive management responsibilities including the overall strategic direction of the company. Together with the GCG management team, Joel develops the sales and marketing strategies along with the support and value added applications that drive revenue and provide support for top performing agents and sales partners today and into the future. Larry asked about the biggest challenges organizations face today?, Joel said, "I think really it starts with people. Being able to go out and find the talent and bringing in the people that fit your culture, that are going to represent your brand. As a small business, and growing, they make or break...
RELATED LINKS:
Global Communications Group ||
Communications Technology Professionals ||
CTP Channel ||
EVENT PHOTOS ||
KEYWORDS: Joel St.Germain, Global Communications Group, GCG, Communications Technology
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Joel St.Germain, CEO, Global Communications Group
Hind sight is a beautiful thing! As we work to achieve our goals, the past may be holding the key to your success. The following stories are from 2010, 2011, 2012 and are archived on the w3w3.com website.
1598_ 8/11/14 - [archives/2010-02-15]
Each panelist had their own take at The Digital Broadband Migration 2010 Conference: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem. Read a few excerpts and then listen to the panel discussion. Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice moderates the panel ("What frightens me, makes me nervous - from the U.S. perspective losing our engineering talent, the Internet no longer being U.S. centric, patent litigation, a lack of cooperation among key players"); Meredith Baker, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission ("We have a pretty good broadband environment out there - it needs to be better, it needs to cover all of America, but we have an adoption problem and we need to figure out..."); Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group ("It's nice to hear that Microsoft has adopted a term that is popular, and constructs that have been around for about 15 years...") ; Dale Hatfield, Exec. Dir., Silicon Flatirons Center, Former Chief Engineer, Federal Communications Commission ("So I get a little suspicious of re centralization and I get suspicious of cloud computing if it infringes on my freedom in terms of this is what I need to do to turn a job around."); Larissa Herda, Chairman, President and CEO, tw telecom, inc. ("We are affected by all of these things and the growth of the Internet Ecosystem has been quite staggering...") ; Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity ("Why is it not done, because I don't know if it will ever be done. When you say what is driving it, absolutely technology first and foremost. Biggest concern is security and privacy.") ; Lisa Tania, VP and Deputy General Counsel for the Business Division, Microsoft Corporation ("Many people are referring to Cloud computing as the next frontier in technology and I think it's going to play an increasing important role over time"). Much more to listen to...
RELATED LINKS:
Silicon Flatirons Program ||
Silicon Flatirons Center ||
Communication Technologies Channel ||
Communication Technologies ||
Change ||
KEYWORDS: Dale Hatfield, Phil Weiser, Brad Feld, Lisa Tanzi, Michael Powell, Larissa Herda, Meredith Baker, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons, Internet's Ecosystem, Cloud Computing, CTP, bytes: 75084878 Chnl: CTP -
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Cloud Communications and Mobile Integration
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We are here at the CTP Future of Technology Conference, speaking with Yogi Simms, the senior channel sales executive at Telesphere a leader in cloud communications, telephony, managed services, network services and mobile integration. Yogi is also a board member of the Communications Technology Professionals. Larry asked what the biggest needs for organizations were today? Yogi said, "I think organizations are going for more of the outsourced solutions and obviously companies are migrating into the cloud for numerous reasons. For scalability, agility, and they are more cost effective at times for them and that's where Telesphere comes in, to deliver that solution for them." Telesphere provides businesses with the extensive communications services and features previously available only to larger corporations. All without the cost, hassle and limitations of traditional solutions. Here’s how we do it. Instead of dealing with the ongoing maintenance and costly hardware of a traditional PBX solution, we optimize your office with private, dedicated connections. It’s called cloud hosting and it’s changing the way companies do business. As they say, "Telesphere provides no-hassle premium voice and data services to any office, anywhere in the country. All without the need for confusing in-house servers or a costly support staff. Instead, we host it all centrally in a secure, fully redundant, power-protected environment so you can get back to what you do best; growing your business." BTW, Yogi came to the U.S. at the age of 3, be sure to Listen to the rest of the story....
RELATED LINKS:
Telesphere ||
Communications Technology Professionals ||
CTP Channel ||
PodCast Directory ||
In the News ||
A Precious Child ||
KEYWORDS: Yogi Simms, Telesphere, CTP Future of Technology Conference, Communications
Technology Professionals, Cloud Communications, Dedicated Connections, Fully Redundant, Power-Protected Environment, A Precious Child,
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Yogi Simms, Sr Sales Exec, Telesphere
and CTP Board Member
Encourage people to innovate and collaborate as a team
1519_ 3/24/14 -
Larry was talking with Stephanie Lindquist, CEO and Nina Parr, CCO, of PQCareers. They take a very different approach in their business. Stephanie is also President of the Communications Technology Professionals Association. Stephanie and Nina shared some very insightful ideas for building the careers of their clients and employers. Stephanie said, "PQcareers has many goals: 1.) We want to help people find a career they love. 2.) We want to help companies create a stronger workforce. We are going to do this by helping people first. People First: Life is about the people you meet. Our people make us happy. Our people make our world go round. Our mission is to help our candidates find a job they love. This is no easy task, and we do not take our jobs lightly. We want our candidates to be successful throughout all stages of the job search lifecycle and beyond. Our recruiters are amazing people and they are what make this possible. PQ recruiters are dedicated, talented, smart, responsive, and ready for anything. We promise this will be a recruiting experience unlike any other. 2.) Clients second. We focus on people first because..." and Nina said, "PQcareers was formed with a mission, to bring the humanity back to recruiting. In order to do this we put People First - PQ people, candidates, clients, and everyone in between. At PQ we do not operate with a hierarchical structure, we encourage people to innovate and collaborate as a team. We focus on sustainability, always looking toward the future. We help our people find success and feel abundance. We help our people spend more time with family and helping their communities. We help our people have fun at work and..."
RELATED LINKS:
PQ Careers ||
Communications Technology Professionals ||
CTP Channel ||
PodCast Directory ||
In the News ||
KEYWORDS: Stephanie Lindquist, Nina Parr, PQ Careers, Communications Technology
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Each panelist had their own take at The Digital Broadband Migration 2010 Conference: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem. Read a few excerpts and then listen to the panel discussion. Phil Weiser, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice moderates the panel ("What frightens me, makes me nervous - from the U.S. perspective losing our engineering talent, the Internet no longer being U.S. centric, patent litigation, a lack of cooperation among key players"); Meredith Baker, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission ("We have is a pretty good broadband environment out there - it needs to be better, it needs to cover all of America, but we have an adoption problem and we need to figure out..."); Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group ("It's nice to hear that Microsoft has adopted a term that is popular, and constructs that have been around for about 15 years...") ; Dale Hatfield, Exec. Dir., Silicon Flatirons Center, Former Chief Engineer, Federal Communications Commission ("So I get a little suspicious of re centralization and I get suspicious of cloud computing if it infringes on my freedom in terms of this is what I need to do to turn a job around."); Larissa Herda, Chairman, President and CEO, tw telecom, inc. ("We are affected by all of these things and the growth of the Internet Ecosystem has been quite staggering...") ; Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity ("Why is it not done, because I don't know if it will ever be done. When you say what is driving it, absolutely technology first and foremost. Biggest concern is security and privacy.") ; Lisa Tanzi, VP and Deputy General Counsel for the Business Division, Microsoft Corporation ("Many people are referring to Cloud computing as the next frontier in technology and I think it's going to play an increasing important role over time".) Much more to listen to... Related Links: Silicon Flatirons Program || Silicon Flatirons Center || Communication Technoloies Channel || Change || Keywords: Dale Hatfield, Phil Weiser, Brad Feld, Lisa Tanzi, Michael Powell, Larissa Herda, Meredith Baker, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons, Internet's Ecosystem, Cloud Computing, CTP, bytes: 75084878 Chnl: CTP - 2/15/10 LISTEN to Digital Broadband Migration Panel Discussion
Solving problems often require a multiple disciplinary approach
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Larry is up at the University of Colorado, in the Wolf Law building, to meet with long time favorites Phil Weiser (Dean of the Law School) and the enigmatic Dale Hatfield. We're talking about some acknowledgement coming up for Mr. Hatfield. It's all about the spirit of giving. That philosophy is what Phil Weiser associates with Dale Hatfield. And, one he feels he has learned a lot about from Dale who is, as Phil tells us, incredibly generous. Being such a humble man, it took cunning and skill to bring Dale here to share with us what motivates him and how he operates. To begin with Dale says, "It makes me feel good... when you're helping people - especially when there are challenges and people are dealing with difficult policy issues." The second thing Phil associates with Dale, after his spirit of generosity and giving is inter disciplinary analysis. Earlier Larry jokingly referred to Dale as a lawyer, and Phil points out, Dale knows more about telecom than the lawyers he work with... "Your career as an engineer and telecom technologist have added a lot to the world of telecommunication policy and business. When did you get this appreciation for inter disciplinary problem solving and what would you share with people about why that matters so much." (If you know Dr. Weiser, you recognize how he pulls information to help teach the rest of us, from the wise and experienced souls he regularly brings to his students and community, people like Dale Hatfield.) Dale said, "I began to learn fairly early in life that solving problems often required a multiple disciplinary approach. Decisions are just better when you have people from different backgrounds contributing to it. Especially in today's world where so many issues are not just technical but they have privacy implications, all these other things, economic implications for our economy..." Phil pointed out, "We are now receiving a very generous gift from Dale - the Hatfield Professorship, to someone who will teach, in the spirit that you embody of public service. This is going to be another legacy of what Dale has helped us build here at the University of Colorado. We also have a Hatfield Scholars and Research program that helps students do stints in public service as an intern. That is a program that Dale has shaped and just underscores his spirit of generosity. In the process of making this very generous gift Dale has alluded to what his next gift is going to be in supporting international education and engagement." There's more...
Related Links:
About Silicon Flatirons ||
Dale Hatfield Profile ||
Phil Weiser Profile ||
Communication Technology Channel ||
Digital Broadband Migration conference ||
Mini-roast while Passing the Baton ||
In the News Channel ||
Keywords: Dale Hatfield, Phillip Weiser, Silicon Flatirons, Executive Director,
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CTP - 2015 Future of Technology... 1693_ 3/16/15 -
Technology Executive of the Year with photos to prove it 1619_ 10/6/14 - Larry is talking with Michael Clark, CTO of Photobucket, at the gala awards presentation as he is honored as the CTP 2014 Technology Executive of the Year! From overseeing day-to-day technical operations, such as web and mobile services, as well as planning Photobucket's software development, Clark not only serves as CTO, he built the infrastructure that Photobucket's virtual world stands on. Photobucket.com is now a household name in image hosting, sharing and printing with well over 110 million registered users. As chief architect and first executive hire for the company, Clark continues to strive to not only keep the platform he built safe for users, Photobucket is considered the web's "cleanest" photo file sharing service, and is strictly monitored. With the passion of one of the best CTO's in the business, Michael Clark helps make the preservation of clients' memories his number one priority and his life's work, which is one of the many reasons for being named the 2014 Technology Executive of the Year! As you might know, w3w3.com has a strong relationship with Photobucket. Check out Photo Events pages. RELATED LINKS:
Photobucket ||
Michael Clark background ||
CTP Channel ||
Communication Technology Professionals ||
EVENT PHOTOS ||
KEYWORDS: Michael Clark, Photobucket, Communications
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Michael Clark, CTO, Photobucket - 2014 Recipient of the Technology Executive of the Year, awarded by the Communications Technology
Professionals
2014 Technology Executive of the Year
1614_ 9/29/14 - Join us in honoring Michael Clark, CTO of Photobucket, as the Colorado Technology Professionals' 2014 Technology Executive of the Year on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014, from 6 - 9 PM at the Denver Art Museum. Click on the event link below for complete details and to register! As you might know, w3w3.com has a strong relationship with Photobucket. Check out Photo Events pages RELATED LINKS: Michael Clark background || CTP Channel || Communication Technology Professionals || Photobucket ||
Changing Telecommunications Environment
1586_ 7/21/14 - This special, interdisciplinary course provided students with an opportunity to join international managers and policymakers from around the world in an intensive seminar focused on the challenges of managing in a telecommunications environment in an era of technological change. Larry Nelson was the opening keynote speaker with a popular topic, "Mastering Change" and Dale Hatfield, Adjunct Professor in the Future Disciplinary Telecom Program, headed up the entire project with his team. There were 25 USTTI participants (from 13 different countries) along with 5-10 CU students. RELATED LINKS: Program Info || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Telecommunications, Managing Effectively, Changing Environment,
Interdisciplinary Course, USTTI, Mastering Change, Dale Hatfield, University of Colorado, Ruscha Bellefleur Cohen, Larry Nelson,
She advocates for folks connecting and networking with one another
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Larry and Pat attended key event, put on by the Communications Technology Professionals (CTP). Larry interviewed Kira Swift who is a Vice President at CTP and also on the board at A Precious Child. Kira is the owner of Swift Technology Advocates and the Director of Global Consulting for Global Communications Group. She was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most powerful Salespeople in Colorado by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2013. Kira serves on three different Board of Directors seats, and is the 1st VP for CTP for 2014. She is also on the Advisory Board for “A Precious Child”. Kira’s practice is around connecting technology leaders with technology buyers and help them vet and compare the costs to ensure that competition brings a healthy understanding of the most current and best solution in the tech space. Larry asked Kira, what advice she would give a person in high tech, who may be wondering about their organization. What steps should they take or where should they go? Kira said, "Well I think it's always good to do your research. So understanding what options are out there, partnering with someone who has a good handle on the tech community, networking with the partners that are out there. C-Level and technology people don't stay well networked. Then as things move and shift they find themselves, sometimes not ready for that next step in their careers - and so, I advocate for folks connecting, networking with one another at that level."
RELATED LINKS:
Global Communications Group ||
Communications Technology Professionals ||
CTP Channel ||
PodCast Directory ||
A Precious Child ||
Future of Technology Event Recap ||
KEYWORDS: GCG, Global Communications Group, Kira Swift, Software Defined Technology,
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Kira Swift, Director, Global Consulting, GCG
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Vice President, CTP
Master Data Management, enterprise architecture & IT governance
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We are at the Future of Technology Conference where they are discussing 'Software Defined Technology' and our next guest Michael Wall and his organization are sponsors of the Communications Technology Professionals. We like to see organizations that are really involved with the community as a whole. Michael tells us that is important to them "A Precious Child and non profits, we like to help those companies that are giving back to the community as well." So we asked Michael to tell us about his organization. He said, "Apoorva is an IT consulting company but it concentrates on three foundations within IT, master data management, enterprise architecture and IT governance. Not treating each one individually, but intertwining the three together when we come in to the solution. Effectively we come in and find where you might be having data integrity issues - clean up the data, make sure you have better performance and can trust the data that sits in front of you.' While every situation is different, the process used is the same - but each client is different because they have customized data and different data needs. Enterprise architecture and master data management typically has been done by some larger consulting companies. But, it's on page 7 or 8 of their 'services provided'. So they're not really providing the due diligence and the focus that you need in master data management. That is our only focus, so my job is to reach out to different companies to educate them on different ways to do master data management and of course, architecture as a consultant and also bring in our CEO who is just a genius when it comes to identifying areas of risk...
RELATED LINKS:
Apoorva ||
Communications Technology Professionals ||
CTP Channel ||
A Precious Child ||
w3w3.com Blog ||
In the News ||
KEYWORDS: Michael Wall, Client Services, Apoorva, Communications Technology
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Michael Wall, VP, Client Services, Apoorva
and
CTP Sponsor
Software Defined Anything – What you need to know Right Now - Network, Storage, and Security- 1521_ 3/24/14 -
Colorado’s top subject matter experts discussed: Software Defined Anything – Compute, Network, Storage, and Security. What you need to know right now. Software defined is the next stage in the evolution of data centers and the cloud. It will dramatically alter the entire IT landscape. Use software defined anything to empower IT and your company. With the unequivocal emergence of the cloud and virtualization, a simple... Event Photos
Highest standard of leadership, vision and social responsibility 992_ 3/28/11 - John Malone, Chairman of Liberty Global said, "I have worked closely with Mike for over a decade and was involved in many of the international operations he helped start and manage long before this. I continue to be impressed by his energy, drive and his leadership as CEO of Liberty Global, and proud of the contributions he's made to Colorado... This award is well deserved." The CEY award recognizes the Colorado communication executive that demonstrates the highest standard of leadership, vision and social responsibility. Mike Fries will be honored at the CTP annual awards dinner on April 7th at the Brown Palace. Larry asked for an overview of Liberty Global. Mike replied, "...80% of our revenue comes out of Europe. In the last ten years, we've actually re balanced the business pretty considerably. Ten years ago, if we were doing this interview, we would have been in 26 countries with about $11.3 Billion in revenue. Today we're in 14 countries with $9 Billion in revenue. We've focused on markets and on regions where we could achieve great scale, and that's typically for us been in Europe. A year ago we exited Japan, that was a very substantial and long term investment for us. We redeployed that money into our own stock but also into Germany early in 2010 and then we just announced yesterday another acquisition in Germany. So we spent $9 billion buying German cable operations in the last 12 months. But that's because we see great potential in that part of the world and for us concentrating in that part of the world brings lots of benefits. So hopefully being in Denver is the center of our world, we are in four or five continents and Denver is the center of anything, but more and more a corporate focus in Europe. I've been doing this for over 20 years. I was founding equity partner with Gene Schneider when we founded UIH, shortly after United Cable was sold to TCI. So I've essentially been doing this type of job, international cable, for 20+ years. I've been CEO of Liberty Global for six years, as part of a merger between UGC, a company we had formed and Liberty Media International. Mike went onto 'lessons learned' and info on new innovations being released this year. Listen for more... Related Links: Liberty Global, Inc || CTP's 11th Annual Communications Executive of the
Year and Ascent Award || || Communication Technologies || Keywords: Mike Fries, Liberty Global, John Malone, CTP Exec of Year,
, Cable Industry, Ascent Award, Liberty Media, UIH, United Cable, TCI >
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From MULTICAST to Video-anywhere UNICAST 908_ 10/11/10- The program held at the Cable Center was called, 'From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-anywhere (UNICAST)'. The Closing Keynote Address was Michael T. Fries, President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Global, Inc. And isn't technology great, especially when you're giving the closing keynote address at a high powered industry conference and the A/V equipment decides to be difficult. Well it was good for us, We got an impromptu delivery from our local global seer. He was funny, direct, poignant and just plain fun. Giving us a view of who Liberty Global is; How they fit in Malone's eco system; Their business in Europe; What's driving their business and Mike put it, "the meat of it, Liberty's view as to how they see this industry evolving... In particular television and Liberty Global's role in television space - the whole down pipe theory. Couple of facts many of you may not know: Liberty Global is the second largest operator in the business today, after Comcast. We've been in this business for 20 years, I (Mike) was the fifth employee back in 1990. We had $20 million and the vague notion that people outside of the U.S. might actually want to watch CNN and MTV and stuff like that. That's pretty much how we got started. Over that period, our industry has reinvented itself, and we had something to do with that. We were one of the first companies on the planet to launch voice and data services over video network. We actually coined the phrase 'triple play' back in 1997; we were taking our European subsidiary public, in the good old days, as you'll remember. Michael also pointed out, "We're helping people fall back in love with television. There's a lot to be proud of in this industry and it's our opinion with this kind of initiative that we can actually get to the point where consumers love us." He also shared some interesting and some startling information about 'From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-anywhere (UNICAST)'. It's information that is interesting to us at a personal level and has a great impact on business as a whole. There's much more... Related Links: Liberty Global || Silicon Flatirons || Cable Center || Communication Technologies || Keywords: Mike Fries, Liberty Global, Silicon Flatirons, , Cable Center, From Broadcast (MULTICAST) to Video-Anywhere (UNICAST), John Malone - 10/11/10 bytes: 20512394
Listen to: Mike Fries, President & CEO, Liberty Global
Digital Hygiene: Critical in today's environment 800_3/1/10 - At the Digital Broadband Migration 2010 Conference: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem, Larry interviewed Michael Powell Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Sr. Advisor, Providence Equity. Michael participated in many ways including being on a panel that offered varied controversial discussion points on The Internet Ecosystem in Perspective. Looking back at his days with the FCC, Michael Powell says he is blessed. He always told everyone that he had a front seat at the revolution. Everything we increasingly take for granted today, the rise of the Internet. Michael was at the FCC in the late 90's, early 2000, the Internet had only been commercial a handful of years. The ecstatic way we talked about it was really melodramatic, but no one fully appreciated the transformational nature of it. Michael talks about some specific lessons shared by his father, Colin Powell, an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. Listen there are some great points. During his panel discussion, Michael mentioned, "digital hygiene". Larry asked him to explain what he meant. "It comes from being a parent and from having an appreciable understanding of how powerful technology is in the lives of our children. Their world is permanently interactive, it's anytime anywhere and it's very pervasive. But at the same time it's a world in which they can put much at risk in terms of their own privacy, their own behavior, we read these stories everyday where kids are getting in trouble doing things inappropriately whether texting or accidents they have using technology while driving a car." Michael offers some specific advice for parents, teachers, in fact all adults. Listen... Related Links: Providence Equity || Silicon Flatirons Program || SF Home || Communication Technologies || Event photos link || Keywords: Michael Powell, Digital Broadband Migration, Silicon Flatirons, Internet's
Ecosystem,CTP, Digital Hygiene, Interactive, Colin Powell >> bytes: 5916006 Chnl: CTP LISTEN to Michael Powell, Former Chairman of the FCC
386_ 6/7/10 - Liberty Global - Leading-Edge Coupled with Ultimate Integrity Michael Fries, CEO and President of Liberty Global grew up with a large family, 7 brothers and sisters. Mike said, “In many ways I think my skills perhaps in listening to people, managing people and having a pretty good EQ or a sense of where people are coming from is partially related to the fact that I grew up in a big family." Mike reflected on his early work career, "I’ve only had two jobs. I’ve been lucky to work for, at least in my cable career, two really fantastic entrepreneurs and business people. The first was Gene Schneider, really one of the pioneers in the cable industry – just a fantastic individual. A great leader of men but more than anything has great integrity. And of course, John Malone, our current chairman, and I don’t think you could have a better partner or individual to be working with, who is far-and-away one of the smartest business people I’ve ever come across. But on top of that is a great human being, a really nice individual, loyal and generous and really loves and is excited by this business. It’s kind of TCI-2. So I’ve been lucky to work for some really great individuals. Sue Wyman and Larry did some more probing. Related Links: Liberty Global Home || Communication Technologies || Jivaro Group || Find It ||
772_ Internet change is dramatic Sue Wyman joins Larry in this interview with Liberty Media, Sr. Vice President, Michael Zeisser. Michael is European, half French and half German. He has spent the last 23 years here in the US, most of his professional career. He came to Liberty Media six years ago and is responsible for Liberty's Internet, digital media, ecommerce companies and initiatives. Michael was asked, "What do you consider the most far reaching technological innovation today?" He has much to point out, but here is part of it. "I think the biggest innovation is the Internet itself. I think is very important for people building businesses on the Internet to recognize that in spite of its frankly short life, it has gone through three or four dramatic shifts itself, and I think it is very important to be mindful of the degree and the ferociousness with which these innovation shifts occur on the Internet because they have tended to destroy businesses that haven't been able to adapt to them. And they've created opportunities for others to come into the market. There is a lot of discussion about what the Internet companies are doing to newspapers or the music industry - yet one that is discussed less frequently is the change that occurs within the Internet industry itself. The second shift occurs a few years later when we went from directory based navigation to search based navigation. If you recall, big portals like Excite and Yahoo were primarily directory based. Then Google emerged. The rate of change in the Internet environment is so much higher and for this reason Internet companies need to be organized differently." There's much more... Related Links: Liberty Media || || Communication Technologies || Mastering Change || Silicon Flatirons || Keywords: Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media, CTP, , Sue Wyman, Digital Media, Ecommerce Companies, Internet, Innovation > Channel: CTP 13283932 bytes 1/11/10 LISTEN to Michael Zeisser
Dan Caruso: Support the growing needs of consumers 1061_ 8/15/11 - We are here with one of the most explosive companies around! Of course, I meant that in a good way - we're talking with Dan Caruso about his company, Zayo. Dan actually said explosive was a good word to describe what Zayo does... because Zayo is in the bandwidth business and the need for bandwidth is exploding. As people use wireless devices, such as droids, iPhones, iPads or watch video over the Internet, there's an infrastructure behind that, that is necessary to support all that explosion. That's basically what Zayo does. Zayo builds fiber net ropes and turns that into raw bandwidth capacity in support of large carriers and content companies as well as hospitals and educational institutions so that they can provide the Internet and data capacity to support the growing needs of consumers. Larry said, "We've been following you since 2007. You've done a number of very interesting things, and you've gone through some challenging times in terms of the business environment during that time frame. What are the biggest challenges today for entrepreneurs in business?" Dan replied, "So I was around in the earlier days of telecom and it was boom days in the late 90s and then we went through our own meltdown in the early 2000s. We had to learn what to do when our entire industry just shuts down, how to survive and how to revive. In the broader economy today that very challenge is affecting most businesses. From a Zayo perspective, fortunately our business is driven less by the macroeconomic environment and more by just the fundamental need for bandwidth. So we are somewhat protected from the very difficult economic times that we're in. When I think more generally with my entrepreneurs, other businesses that I'm involved with, and the entrepreneurial community, the biggest issue is funding. There's lots less funding available for companies built on ideas and future passion. The economic climate, there's a lot of unrest, issues unsettled, a lot of uncertainty. So whether you're you looking for equity or debt funding, if you are a newer company or a fast growing company that needs to consume capital, it's very difficult to raise money and get that support. Larry then asked, "What are some of the biggest and best opportunities for business today?" Dan then said... Listen to what he has to say... Related Links: Zayo || || Communication Technologies || Rockies Venture Club || Keywords: Dan Caruso, Zayo, , CTP, Bandwidth, Fiber, Telecom, Wireless Devices, Droids, iPhones, iPads, Economic Climate, Capital - 8/15/11 bytes=6844816 Listen to: Dan Caruso, Zayo
Entrepreneurs and large organizations 890_ 10/18/10- Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS, and ITP present Greg Maffei and Michael Zeisser as the featured entrepreneurs with moderators Brad Feld, Foundry Group and Brad Bernthal, Clinical Law Professor and Director, Silicon Flatirons. Both Brads asked some intriguing questions and dug deep into the entrepreneurial realm and their relationship with big organizations. Gregory Maffei is President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation. He leads the team transforming this diversified company with interests in media, technology, and telecom into a more focused operating company to maximize shareholder value and compete in the digital age. Liberty's assets include some of the world's most respected media companies including DIRECTV, QVC, Starz, Overture Films, SIRIUS XM, GSN, Expedia, and the Atlanta Braves. Mr. Maffei became CEO of Liberty in March 2006. Previously, Mr. Maffei has served as president and CFO of Oracle, CEO of 360networks Corporation (a regional broadband carrier), CFO of Microsoft, and chairman of Expedia. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and an AB from Dartmouth College. Mr. Maffei serves as a director of DIRECTV, Electronic Arts, SIRIUS XM, Zillow.com, and 360networks. Michael Zeisser is Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, a leading media holding company. Michael oversees Liberty Media's activities in eCommerce, interactive gaming and digital media. At Liberty Media, Michael has led numerous M&A transactions and oversees Liberty's eCommerce Group of companies. Michael has served on the boards of IAC/InterActiveCorp.(Nasdaq:IACI), Fun Technologies (TSX:FUN), OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV), QVC Inc., Provide Commerce, BuySeasons Inc., Backcountry.com, BodyBuilding.com, CommerceHub, GSN/The Network for Games, GoPets Ltd, and SlingMedia. Prior to joining Liberty Media in 2003, Michael was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, where he co-founded McKinsey's Internet Practice, and was a member of McKinsey's Media & Entertainment and Private Equity practices. Fascinating discussion about entrepreneurs and large companies...Listen now... Related Links: Liberty Media Corporation || Silicon Flatirons || ATLAS at CU || FeldThoughts || Podcast Directory || Entrepreneurs Unplugged Event Photos Keywords: Greg Maffei, Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media Corporation, Entrepreneurs Unplugged,
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815_ 3/29/10 - Building a multi-million dollar business The youngest of nine siblings, a father who died of polio and a mother who was extremely influential in shaping his values and outlook on the world was the beginning pathway to national and international business success. Sue Wyman and Larry interviewed David Leonard for the w3w3.com Profile of a Leader series. Dave is also CTP's 2009 Executive of the Year. Recently David negotiated the sale of WildBlue to ViaSat, but we wanted to learn about the experiences that created the fiber in this winner (no pun intended). Dave said, “From a career perspective, I've had the great fortune to work with many brilliant people. Among them was Gene Schneider at United Cable Television, certainly John Malone, Liberty Global and Liberty Media, and really in Europe and Latin America, I've had the good fortune to meet many dynamic entrepreneurs and leaders of organizations who've all influenced me. There comes a time in every executive's life when you have to assess whether you are in the right position and able to overcome an obstacle and are willing to make the personal commitment in terms of time and energy to do that, in order to lead people and have them follow you. That's harder than you may think. And sometimes organizations outgrow executives and it's time for them to move on. We all have to face the fact that there are limitations to our abilities. . I would say do a careful self-assessment and if your are willing and able to make the time and have the skill set to overcome the challenges that face you, then do that. If not, be dispassionate and impartial and say, 'you need to bring in someone else." Dave went onto discussing the turning point in his career along with some other great business advice. Listen for more... Related Links: Communications Executive of the Year || || Communication Technologies || PodCast Directory || Profile of a Leader Series || Keywords: David Leonard, WildBlue, ViaSat, CTP, Executive of the Year, John Malone,
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