Episode 76

Episode 76 - Alex Shan - CEO of Jolera

Join us in an insightful interview with Alex Shan, the CEO of Jolera. Alex shares his journey from his early days at IBM to establishing Jolera as a pioneering Global Systems Integrator. Over the past 20 years, Jolera has evolved from an MSP to a master MSP, managing complex business problems with technology. Alex dives into the origin of the company's fixed-price IT service model, his approach to hiring and maintaining talent, transitioning from technical to sales roles, and the importance of maintaining client relationships. He also candidly discusses the challenges and lessons learned in the fast-paced tech industry. Perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and MSP professionals looking to gain valuable insights into scaling a tech business.

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Evgeniy Kharam

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekharam/
Evgeniy has the opportunity to spend more than 40,000 hours working in cybersecurity,
providing pre and post-sales support in various technologies and later as an architect and principal consultant.
Evgeniy is very passionate about technology, vendors, and architecture. He brings a lot of knowledge about VAR, MSSP, and technical pre-sales. He believes in connected infrastructure that there is a significant need for vendor consolidation and the ability for security control to integrate and share information.
Evgeniy is proficient in speaking on most cyber security technical domains, which include: Endpoint Security, Network Security, SIEM/SOC/SOAR, SASE/SEE, VMS, and many more.
In 2020, Evgeniy co-hosted a Security Architecture Podcast. The podcast format focuses on architecture and vendor integration into the customer environment
In 2022 he founded the Cyber Inspiration podcast; the podcast explored the minds of CTOs and CEOs when they started their cyber security company!
Personal: Evgeniy has four kids, a daughter, a son, and twins (boy and girl) . Twins are a great way to learn to multitask, and nothing scares me anymore :)(besides snakes)
Hobbies: Photography, podcasting, public speaking, snowboarding, whitewater canoeing, SUP, mountain biking, motorcycles, breathing techniques, and gadgets