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  • LIU009: Navigating Cybersecurity Careers

    LIU009: Navigating Cybersecurity Careers
    Feb 26 2026
    Alexis and Kevin sit down with Mike Miller to discuss what brought him from the back of a garbage truck to his current position as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (VCISO). He breaks down how a VCISO differs from a CISO, and discusses the two types of clients looking for VCISO services: those looking... Read more »
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    49 min
  • LIU008: Breaking Barriers: Thriving as a Woman in Tech

    LIU008: Breaking Barriers: Thriving as a Woman in Tech
    Feb 12 2026
    Kevin and Alexis sit down with Melissa Brooks, a Senior Cloud Engineer at Aritzia, to discuss how she went from being a “terrible waitress” to going back to school for a diploma in network security. They explore how she used a strategic, “reverse engineered” approach to goal setting to land on a career in tech.... Read more »
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    1 h
  • LIU007: From Track to Tech: Navigating Career Change with Resilience

    LIU007: From Track to Tech: Navigating Career Change with Resilience
    Jan 29 2026
    Ifeanyi Otuonye was a decorated track and field athlete at Kansas State and even competed professionally. Then he made the leap to a Technical Account Manager role at Amazon Web Services. Alexis and Kevin sit down with Ifeanyi to discuss the difficulties of that career change. Ifeanyi explains why he chose cloud engineering, what he... Read more »
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    59 min
  • LIU006: Stay Technical While Expanding Your Influence

    LIU006: Stay Technical While Expanding Your Influence
    Jan 15 2026
    Is it possible for IT professionals to remain technical when moving into roles that expand influence, scale, and reach? Matt Starling, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Ekahau and co-founder of the WiFi Ninjas podcast, joins Alexis and Kevin to share how your career can evolve beyond on-call operations without losing the technical core. His... Read more »
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    58 min
  • LIU005: The Importance of Community In a Networking Career

    LIU005: The Importance of Community In a Networking Career
    Dec 11 2025
    AJ Murray joins Kevin and Alexis to share his unique journey into tech, pivoting away from aviation maintenance into networking. Together they explore the importance of person-to-person networking and building a community in order to be successful. They also talk about the reality of burnout, which ultimately led AJ to step away from his podcast.... Read more »
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    52 min
  • LIU004: From Fast Food to Leading Operations at an ISP

    LIU004: From Fast Food to Leading Operations at an ISP
    Nov 13 2025
    Think you need a degree or a ton of certificates to succeed in tech? Think again. Matthew Oborne joins our hosts Alexis Bertholf and Kevin Nanns to discuss how he went from working fast food to leading operations at an ISP. Your starting point doesn’t define your ceiling; resilience, adaptability, and a willingness to learn... Read more »
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    1 h et 2 min
  • LIU003: A Chat With ‘The Cloud Therapist’

    LIU003: A Chat With ‘The Cloud Therapist’
    Oct 30 2025
    Your background and experiences outside of tech can become a significant factor in your tech career. Guest Chris Williams is a good example; he talks about how his undergraduate and graduate studies in psychology influenced his work as a Developer Relations Manger at Hashicorp. Hosts Alexis Bertholf and Kevin Nanns chat with him about how... Read more »
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    44 min
  • LIU002: Do You Need a College Degree to Succeed in IT?

    LIU002: Do You Need a College Degree to Succeed in IT?
    Oct 16 2025
    A college degree can be a useful stepping stone into a tech career, and it certainly doesn’t hurt to have it on your resume. But do you really need that college degree to succeed in IT? Maybe, maybe not. Today’s guest is Wes Noonan, whose non-traditional path into and through a career in IT has... Read more »
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    1 h et 2 min