Chris Samila is a passionate advocate and leader in the partnership program space. He shares his insights into the growing opportunities in partnership teams within organizations and advice on specific skills to build to accelerate success. With his genuine presence and focus on empathy, it is no surprise to see his career rocket trajectory.

Valinda Kennedy, a long time IBMer and leader, shares her inspiring journey. From a small town in West Virginia, Valinda walks us through how her passion to learn and absorb information, coupled with taking risks, has truly created a rocket trajectory in her career. She has practical tips and insights for anyone to be able to take action on.

Sue Hallen, our first world record holder guest, shares her fascinating journey starting out as a structural design engineer and evolving into AI and IP management. Along the way, she has made it into the Women’s Hall of Fame for powerlifting and Highland Games.

We change it up a bit in this episode. Since the importance of networking has come up multiple times by our previous guests, we sync up with Jayant Khadilkar who is a very successful entrepreneur, his approach to networking. Though he has built a wealth of relationships throughout his career, he claims he does not focus on building a network. How?

The most listened to episode of Career Rocket to date, Cindy Dunkley, a former VP of Brooks Brothers and startup CEO, reflects on how she has leveraged public speaking, resourcefulness, and courage to drive her career.

A man driven by curiosity and a passion to learn, Matt Gardner, shares his career journey which has been a rocket like trajectory. The first to go to a university from his family, he earns a PhD and goes on to work at cutting edge companies around the world.

An IBM marketing director, artist and foodie influencer, Amber Sundell shares her journey from working in customer service at a small cruise line, landing a consulting position in Australia, to moving up in IBM.

A leader in A/B testing and analytics, a passionate artist, and a tremendous role model for women, Kenya shares a ton of practical advice on how to accelerate your career trajectory. We also get into diversity issues that plague our work environment.

Ka ka ka. A digital marketing guru with the most distinguished laugh, Dan London, cuts to the chase that for those that want to move up need to forge their own paths and be fearless.

The wise, thoughtful, kind, and gracious David McBride shares his interesting career journey which takes him and his family all over the country as he emerges as one of the digital analytics leader recognized by so many in the industry.

One of the coolest, smartest, and most chill data scientist around, Geoff Lewis drops some practical tips on how to accelerate one’s career in the digital analytics space. Spoiler alert, ride your bike to work.

The ridiculously smart and talented data scientist, Reid Bryant, shares his take on the paradox of success and in spite of being a huge UNC fan, how he has managed to become so successful.

Career advice from digital analytics and optimization leader David Bacon. Besides having a super cool last name and being incredibly smart, he shares his take on how to live an abundant life that encompasses both the personal and work world.

Our first Career Rocket guest! William Thomas, a long time IBM consultant, shares his thoughtful assessment of what it takes to make your career take off. He is now the co-founder of Empathetic Machines, a platform where industry leaders discuss hot topics of the intersection of technology and ethics.