S1E5: Alex Morales Pt. 2

This is the fifth episode of the Engage series and it’s a special one it’s part two of two episode with IAUG New York City chapter leader Alex Morales.

Nick Kwaitkowski joins us in a hallway at 2019 Avaya ENGAGE and if you’re wanting a dose of tech talk, this is the episode. We talk about the new possibilities of cloud and the business strategies surrounding it, controlling your destiny in the telecom world, and getting people connected with a local user group.

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S1E4: Alex Morales Pt. 1

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to take a fledgling IAUG chapter and make it one of the most vibrant, you’ll want to listen to this episode. Alex Morales went from being a message board regular behind the keyboard to an IAUG powerhouse of a chapter leader and speaker and we get into Alex’s transformation in this episode.

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S1E3: Tyler Preder

This is the third episode of the Engage series and it features IAUG member Tyler Preder. He works at the University of Washington and he

We talk about how Tyler got into the telecom industry, his quick brush with going to school for mathematics and how that applies to telecom, his passion for stopping robocalls and spam and much more!

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S1E1: Valentine Matula

The IAUG Insider Podcast will start with a series with interviews from IAUG Engage from Austin, Texas. We’ve had some great conversations with Avaya higher-ups and community members who share their industry expertise, opinions, and overall interesting conversations.

And like any good publication, we want to know what you’re interested in and what you want to hear. If you have any suggestions, please let me know on Twitter @IAUGMatthew or @IAUG.

The first conversation is with Avaya CTO and VP of Emerging Products and Technology, Valentine Matula. I brought along IAUG member Nick Kwiatkowski along for the chat to lend his voice to the conversation as well. We had this conversation in a hallway at Austin Convention Center and I think you’ll enjoy it.

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