Episodes
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Episode 138: Converging Forces: The Next Wave in Networking
In this Meraki Unboxed podcast, Cisco and Meraki are converging to deliver unified networking solutions. The episode covers the transition between brands; the impact on customers and partners; and how a strong, collaborative culture drives continued success during change. Our guest, Cisco...
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Episode 137: Class Is in Session: E-Rate 101
In this Meraki Unboxed podcast, we’re getting schooled. Tune in to learn about the E-Rate program, a vital federal resource helping K-12 schools secure funding for internet connectivity. Join our host Sammy and guests Cedric Lockhart and Janell Tennyson as they discuss sales leadership…
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Episode 136: vMX Marks the Spot: Unifying the Cloud Frontier
In this Meraki Unboxed episode, we discuss something that’s very near and dear to our host Tanner’s heart (and team)—the new Meraki vMX! This virtual security and SD-WAN powerhouse unifies on-premises and cloud networks, tackles modern security challenges, and streamlines management with…
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Episode 135: Live and Let AI: Cisco Live 2025 Recap
Recap the highlights of Cisco Live 2025 San Diego in this episode of Meraki Unboxed. From exciting product announcements to the growing impact of AI on the Cisco portfolio, we explore how innovation and customer focus took center stage. Tune in for insights into the event’s dynamic culture,...
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Episode 134: Humans of Meraki: Helen Fream on Shaping Careers, Communities, and Confidence
In this Humans of Meraki episode, Helen Fream takes us on her dynamic Cisco journey—from designing the popular Meraki e-learning program to championing mentorship and leading Women of Meraki. With humor and heart, Helen shares how she’s created opportunities, mastered public speaking, and pursued...
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Episode 133: Picture-Perfect Protection: New Cisco Meraki MV Solutions
We’re back with another Meraki Unboxed episode where we unpack Cisco Meraki MV solutions and their role in blending physical security with IT networks. We’ll chat about how cloud-managed security and AI are making workspaces safe and introduce you to the new MV53X bullet and MV84X multi-imager...
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Episode 132: Humans of Meraki: Rishi Korada on Building a Successful Career with EQ, Mentorship, and Resilience
In this episode of Humans of Meraki, Rishi Korada, a Senior Solutions Engineering Manager at Cisco, shares her career journey from the Cisco Sales Associate Program to becoming a Meraki Sales Engineer. She shares insights on overcoming gender bias in a male-dominated field, the critical role of...
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Episode 131: Unveiling the New MS150 Switch and the Future of Cloud Management
Tune in to this Meraki Unboxed episode as we flip the script on cloud-managed switching. Discover the impact of the new Cisco Meraki MS150 access switch and its role in the Cisco portfolio—enabling exciting use cases with scalability and security. We’ll also discuss the latest developments in...
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Episode 130: Navigating Innovation: George Bentinck on Meraki Physical Security and Leadership
In our first podcast of 2025, we welcome George Bentinck, Vice President of Product Management – IoT and Edge Intelligence at Cisco Meraki. Join us in exploring George’s journey from engineer to product management, his career challenges and triumphs, and his leadership of the MV/MT product lines....
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Episode 129: Beyond Business: The Spirit of Giving at Cisco Meraki
The holiday season offers a wonderful opportunity for reflection, gratitude, and community giving. In this episode, we discover how Merakians are embodying these values through initiatives like Meraki Gives and the annual Movember fundraising event. Host Sammy Brenner, Virtual Sales Leader, Cisco...
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Episode 128: The Next Generation of Wireless: New Wi-Fi 7 Solutions from Cisco
In this special launch episode of the Meraki Unboxed podcast, we explore the new Cisco Wi-Fi 7 access points and how they redefine connectivity for modern workspaces. Discover how AI-enhanced technology boosts IoT connectivity and strengthens security and resilience. Tune in for insights into the...
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Episode 127: Securing the Future: Key Trends and Technologies for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
It’s almost October, which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In this special Cybersecurity Awareness Month episode of Meraki Unboxed, security experts discuss the evolution of cybersecurity, current trends, and key integration technologies. Tune in to learn about the importance of strong...
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Episode 126: Back-to-School With Lake Forest Academy
It’s back-to-school season. In this Meraki Unboxed podcast episode, we chat with Christopher Kozlov, Director of Information Technology at Lake Forest Academy. Tune in to hear how Cisco Meraki technology is transforming the technology on this college prep campus. Host Sammy Brenner, Virtual Sales...
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Episode 125: Driving Growth: The Impact of Enterprise Agreements and Cisco Secure Connect
In this episode of Meraki Unboxed, we explore the role of Cisco Enterprise Agreements in driving growth. We also delve into the evolution and expansion of Cisco Secure Connect and our guest shares valuable leadership strategies, customer feedback, and future plans for success. Host Sammy Brenner,...
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Episode 124: Simplify 5G Fixed Wireless Access and Scale Secure Connectivity to More Places
Tune in to this Meraki Unboxed podcast and explore the power of the new Meraki MG52 and MG52E cellular gateways. Learn how these devices, managed through the Cisco Networking Cloud, are revolutionizing branch connectivity for businesses. Experience always-on, 5G-connected experiences, connecting...
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Episode 123: Level Up Your Network Game: The Esports Revolution
Tune in to this episode and step into the fast-paced world of Esports with this Meraki Unboxed episode. Hear from a Cisco Esports authority and a Meraki employee, alongside her Esports scholarship-winning son. Tune in to discover how the Meraki platform elevates gaming with revolutionary…
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Episode 122: Cisco’s Journey With OneTen for Inclusive Hiring
In this episode, we welcome Aleta Howell, Global Director, DEI Business & Recruiting Strategy at Cisco. Join us as we delve into Cisco’s collaboration with OneTen, a company that is disrupting traditional hiring practices to unlock career opportunities for diverse talent across the U.S. Discover...
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Episode 121: Staying Ahead of Challenges with the New Cisco Catalyst 9300-M
In this episode, we’re discussing the new Cisco Catalyst 9300-M switches. We’re joined by Kevin Regan, Director of Product Management, Cloud Networking and Security, at Cisco Meraki. Join us and discover how new Catalyst features are empowering secure, sustainable, and high-performance...
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Episode 120: The New World of Networking With Brink Sanders and Jen Kirkpatrick
In this episode, we sit down with Brink Sanders, Vice President of Global Networking Experience Sales at Cisco and Jen Kirkpatrick, Vice President of Global Sales at Cisco Meraki, to dive into the world of networking. Listen in as we learn all about Cisco Networking Experiences (NX). We discuss...
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Episode 119: Revolutionizing the Retail Experience With Marketplace Partner Cloud4Wi
On this episode, we’re joined by Ivan Muccini, Vice President of Product at Cloud4Wi, a Meraki Marketplace ecosystem partner. Tune in as we delve into Cloud4wi’s impact on the retail industry, the transformative power of data, and exciting developments on the horizon. Request a demo today Host...
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Episode 118: What’s New With the Meraki Learning Hub?
Want to advance your IT career? Look no further than the Meraki Learning Hub, where you can access courses and certifications to help you get the most out of your Meraki products and services while boosting your IT cred. Take a listen and hear from Philip Coburn, Senior Technical Trainer at Cisco...
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Episode 117: Empowering Automation—The Red Hat Ansible Collection for the Meraki Dashboard
In this episode, we dive into the exciting world of automation with the new Ansible collection for the Meraki dashboard API. Developed in collaboration with open source leader Red Hat, this automation platform opens up a world of possibilities for network admins and those interested in…
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Episode 116: Humans of Meraki—Celebrating Veterans With Anna Chow
November is Veterans month. To celebrate, we’re talking with Anna Chow, Senior Technical Recruiter here at Cisco Meraki and leader of the Meraki Veterans employee resource organization (ERO). Anna spent 12 years in the Navy as a recruiter and human resources specialist before coming to Meraki. In...
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Episode 115: Access Control With Marketplace Partner Kisi
In this episode, we talk with Bernie Mehl, CEO of Meraki Marketplace partner Kisi, a cloud-based access control company. An expert in managing space growth using innovative and scalable technologies, Bernie has helped hundreds of organizations understand the operational, financial, and cultural...
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Episode 114: Humans of Meraki—Journey Into IT With Ricardo Duque
Ricardo Duque is a technical solutions architect with over 18 years of experience in pre-sales with a focus on design, planning, implementation, configuration, technical support, and consulting for IT and networking devices. Listen in to learn more about his unique and inspirational journey into...
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Episode 113: Keeping Networks Running in Harsh Environments
In this episode, we discuss networking in harsh environments with guest Brock Richards, Senior Solution Architect at Nutrien—the world’s largest provider of crop inputs, services, and solutions—and Meraki Technical Marketing Engineer Leader Brennan Martin. Listen as they share the unique…
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Episode 112: From Swagger to OpenAPI v3: The Meraki Dashboard API Journey
Our API has evolved significantly since embracing Swagger, now OpenAPI v2. This integration has greatly streamlined our API development process, ensuring a smooth experience for developers. Now, we're advancing even further with OpenAPI v3, emphasizing our commitment to a high-quality API…
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Episode 111: Unlock Your Mobile Superpowers With the Meraki App
With the Meraki mobile app, you get everything you need for IT and network operations wherever you are. You can quickly access devices, identify problems, and easily navigate between networks and organizations. Tune in to learn more about the mobile app and hear which features exist today, which...
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Episode 110: Lessons in Leadership
Francisco “Panch” Ramirez is a Cisco Meraki leader with over 20 years of experience in sales engineering. Tune in to this episode to gain insights into his unique career journey. Discover lessons that have shaped his distinctive leadership style, unlock strategies for building and managing an...
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Episode 109: Helping Businesses Build a 5G Branch Networking Strategy
Wireless access takes business networking by storm. Meraki cloud-managed 5G wireless WAN offers businesses numerous advantages in campus, data center, and branch networking. In this episode, learn how businesses can take full advantage of 5G in their branch networks using the Cisco Meraki MG51…
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Episode 108: Next-Gen Guest Wi-Fi With Cisco Meraki & Splash Access
In this episode, we sit down with Tim Ormrod, Founder of Splash Access, and Shannon Nagel, Cisco Meraki Sales Leader, to discuss the benefits of using Splash Access to authenticate secure internet access and explore their recent wins in higher education. Splash Access allows you to automatically...
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Episode 107: Transforming Experiences With Unified SASE
With cybersecurity threats lurking in every part of the digital landscape, connecting users to what they need securely and seamlessly is vital to supporting an efficient, productive, and happy workforce. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offers IT a smart solution. Unified SASE takes simplicity…
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Episode 106: The Power of Meraki Pride: Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace
Pride month is an opportunity to celebrate our differences, find connection in our humanity, and elevate our LGBTQIA+ community. In this episode, we hear from members of the Queers and Friends at Meraki (QFAM) employee resource organization (ERO). Learn about their unique experiences navigating...
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Episode 105: Meraki Switching: Effective Port Management at Scale
Effective port management is crucial for optimal and secure network operations, but it can be complex and difficult to scale across sites. Does port management have to be a headache? Absolutely not. In this episode, Cisco Champions and Meraki switching experts will dive into best practices for...
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Episode 104: Driving Social Justice with Innovative Community Programs
Cisco’s workforce is a diverse group of talented folks whose roles drive real impact across communities. Tune in to this episode to learn more about Nadine James, a global social impact leader with over 15 years of experience designing, launching, and scaling innovative community programs. We…
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Episode 103: Delivering Partner-Led Managed Services
Our ability to give customers the power to monitor, manage, and secure their networks in a quick and easy manner is key to a successful managed services strategy at Cisco Meraki. Listen in as Alexandra Zagury, Vice President, Partner Managed and As-a-Service, Global Partner Sales, discusses how...
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Episode 102: Achieve Business Outcomes with Meraki APIs and Ecosystem
Join our discussion about Meraki APIs and the Meraki solution application marketplace. Learn how these tools can help bring your products to customers and move the needle toward achieving successful business outcomes. We will introduce the breadth of APIs and the Meraki Marketplace, share…
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Episode 101: A "Teachworthy" Moment with Morgan
Tune in to this episode to hear from Morgan Teachworth, a founding member of the Meraki engineering team and current SVP of Hardware Engineering at Cisco. He is responsible for leading hardware and supply chain for the Cisco wireless and Meraki portfolio. Learn about his amazing journey, what led...
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Episode 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes - The Future of Meraki
In this episode, we celebrate where we’ve been, where we are today, and where we’re going–as a podcast series and as an organization. You’ll hear from key Meraki employees—covering talent acquisition, sales, and technical support—and gain insights into their unique experiences and perspectives on...
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Episode 99: Creating 5G Connected Experiences Anywhere
Today’s episode is delivered to you in collaboration with the Cisco Champion Radio podcast—a series that brings together Cisco Champions and our best Cisco experts to talk about technology. Tune in to hear more about the first-ever 5G cellular gateway from Cisco Meraki and discover how Meraki...
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Episode 98: The World of Sales Operations
In this episode, we chat with Erin Myers, Director of Sales Operations at Cisco Meraki. She’s been with Meraki since 2015, and played a crucial role in helping grow the business from $500 million to almost $5 billion in annual revenue. Erin talks about her journey to leadership, overcoming…
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Episode 97: Meet NTT, Our 2022 Meraki Hackathon Winners
Today on the podcast we’re chatting with the 2022 Cisco Meraki Hackathon winners to learn about the solution they created. You’ll meet Simon Blondieau, Jean-Philippe Cabay, and Pascal Mathis who all work on the same team for Meraki channel partner NTT. The winners will open up about their...
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Episode 96: A Network Overhaul to Future-proof Learning
The Forest of Dean Trust, an education provider in the UK, and their preferred reseller, Redway Networks, recently decided to upgrade to Meraki. We discuss their journey to overhaul an outdated network and how that resulted in reduced IT notifications and better security, blocking more than 150...
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Episode 95: A look into Network Support @ Cisco Meraki
Today we’re chatting with Tanner Yehlik, Network Support Engineer (NSE) at Meraki. He walks us through a day in the life of an NSE, discussing his unique approach to problem solving. Tanner opens up about how he remains cool, calm, and collected in the midst of high -stress situations, even…
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Episode 94: Learnings from the Blackhat Cybersecurity Event
The Blackhat event series began in 1997, and is widely known in the cybersecurity world. In 2022, Meraki powered the networks that underpin the events, and it’s no soft option, as you’ll hear in this episode. We reflect on the experiences, lessons learned, and unique challenges these events...
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Episode 93: The Rise of Cellular WAN
Cellular technologies have transformed the way we connect with one another, first with consumer devices, and now with powering full-on networks. We’re in conversation with Pratik Desai from Meraki Product Marketing, who helps provide a perspective on what we can do with cellular technologies and...
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Episode 92: First Attempt in Learning
Today we're sitting down with Archit Sachdeva, an incredible employee who's a part of Meraki's apprenticeship program. Learn a bit more about what the program entails by listening to Archit's unique story. He shares how he's been able to step outside the box, storytell on a daily basis to our...
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BONUS Episode 91: Milestones on the Meraki Journey
In another bonus episode, we celebrate a Meraki milestone by tracking down Lawrence Huang, recently named SVP/GM of Cisco Networking, Meraki, and Wireless. Lawrence returns to the podcast to share a story of growth, and more importantly, of solving more and more of our customers’ problems. We’d...
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Episode 90: Mighty Simple. How big companies learn from small
A very positive trend in IT has been the democratization of enterprise-class features across organizations of every size. New and emerging small businesses are the growth engines of our economies, and have a lot to teach larger organizations about efficiency and speed. In this episode we’re...
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BONUS Episode 89: A Foundation for Esports
Learn how Meraki powers Ottawa’s multiple campuses and championship esports program. Guest host Kaelie Lund, Global Customer Stories Manager for Cisco Meraki, speaks with Adam Caylor, Chief Technical Officer at Ottawa University. Explore the "entrepreneurial side of IT" and learn how launching an...
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