IT Career Energizer
IT Career Energizer is a weekly podcast hosted by technology consultant Phil Burgess. If you’re looking to advance your career in tech, learn from over 300 industry professionals and experts about their career experiences and career development advice. Listen in to add to your skillset and invest in your own tech career success.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 369
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
267: Build Better Business Relationships And Welcome Feedback Gratefully with Doug Arcuri
Phil’s guest on the show this time is Doug Arcuri, a Software Engineering Manager for IBM who has worked in the IT industry for 15 years. His interest in computers began when his parents purchased a…
266: Listen To The Voice That Guides You And Don’t Be Afraid To Speak Out with Brad Finkeldei
Phil’s guest on today’s show is Brad Finkeldei, a former IT professional who is now on a mission to help 10,000 people-pleasers become confident, and to do what they love. He teaches his clients how…
265: The Potential Of Technology To Unite People with Kris Howard
Phil’s guest on today’s show is Kris Howard, a Solutions Architect Manager at Amazon Web Services in Sydney, Australia. Her achievements include creating a serverless application that creates an iCa…
264: The Power Of Having A Clear Plan with Ramona Shaw
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Ramona Shaw, the former VP of a global equity firm, who now leverages her analytical, results-driven approach, personal leadership e…
263: Look For Opportunities To Get Better with Boris Paskhaver
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Boris Paskhaver, author of 'Pandas in Action' and a full-stack web developer who builds apps in React and Ruby on Rails. He is also …
262: You Have To Understand The Tools At Your Fingertips with Ramzi Marjaba
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Ramzi Marjaba, Senior Sales Engineer for Keysight Technologies, where he helps customers to diagnose problems and then build a visio…
261: Manage Your Manager and Learn to Interview and Network Well with David Bishop
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is David Bishop. He is a technologist, consultant, researcher, entrepreneur, and instructor with experience across telecommunications, …
260: Be Ready for the Next Big Tech and Stick to Your Plan with Broadus Palmer
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Broadus Palmer. He is a Google Cloud Training Architect and Cloud Career Coach. Broadus is focused on helping individuals who are st…
259: What IT Professionals And Bridge Builders Should Have In Common with Tom Gilb
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Tom Gilb, the author of ten books and hundreds of papers on requirements, design, project management and related subjects. His ideas…
258: Refocus Regularly to Stay Relevant and Shoot for the Top with Joe Carson
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Joe Carson. Joe is a cybersecurity professional with over 25 years’ experience in Enterprise Security & Infrastructure. He is a Cer…
257: Consider Zigging Instead of Zagging and Set Clear Career Goals with Austin Belcak
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Austin Belcak. He teaches people how to land jobs they love in today’s market without traditional ‘experience’ and without applying …
256: How to Make the Best Career Decisions and Work on Impactful Projects with Nyari Samushonga
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Nyari Samushonga. Nyari is the Chief Executive Officer of WeThinkCode_ where her primary responsibility is to gear the organization …
255: Share What You Know and Be Willing to Have Your Views Challenged with Bret Fisher
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Bret Fisher. Bret is a freelance DevOps and Docker consultant, Udemy Instructor, trainer, speaker, and Open Source volunteer. He te…
254: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Learn Soft Skills with Chani Simms
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Chani Simms. She is an award-winning cybersecurity leader and keynote speaker with more than 17 years’ experience in the IT industry…
253: Take Responsibility for Your Career and Work on Things You Enjoy with Dan Shappir
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Dan Shappir. He has been involved in software development for more than 25 years, having worked in a variety of different roles incl…
252: Use Informal Mentors and Be as Hands-on as Possible with Krista Seiden
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Krista Seiden. She is an experienced leader in the digital analytics industry. She has led analytics and optimization at companies …
251: Understand the Fundamentals Stay Curious and Never Give Up with Tobias Macey
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Tobias Macey. He currently manages and leads the Technical Operations Team at MIT Open Learning where he designs and builds cloud in…
250: Focus on the Core Principles and Keep Reinventing Yourself with Sanjeev Sharma
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Sanjeev Sharma. He was an early practitioner and coach of the Scrum methodology and has become a world-renowned expert and thought l…
249: Network with As Many People as Possible and Teach What you Know with Chris Ferdinandi
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Chris Ferdinandi. He is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program and hos…
248: Own Your Career Use a Mentor Set Goals and Make a Plan with Bob Belderbos
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Bob Belderbos. He is a software developer at Oracle, co-author of the 100 Days of Code in Python course and co-founder of PyBites, a…