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This week on The Route to Networking podcast, Ben Davies is joined by James Garcia, Director of Data Centre Management at RunPod. James shares his journey from growing up around networking equipment in his garage to helping build AI-ready infrastructure at scale.

He talks about scaling Speedtest’s global network from thousands to tens of thousands of servers, the shift to IPv6, and how that experience prepared him for the demands of modern AI workloads.

At RunPod, James is focused on building high-performance GPU clusters and serverless inference platforms that can spin up in minutes and scale to extreme demand. He explains why hardware, cloud and AI skills are now more connected than ever.

James finishes with practical advice for young engineers, why simplicity and trust shape his leadership style, and the episode wraps up with the quick-fire round.

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In this APAC edition of Route to Networking, host Mitchell Cole sits down with Tulin Sevgin, a senior leader in cybersecurity risk and advisory. Tulin’s career spans hands-on technical roles, high-frequency trading, and building a cyber practice within a major law firm.

She shares how her early interest in IT and building PCs led her into cybersecurity before it was a defined career path, including intense social engineering projects that shaped her approach to risk and resilience. Her time in high-frequency trading taught her how to make decisions under pressure in environments where speed often outweighs security.

Tulin also speaks openly about being a woman in cyber and why listening, communication, and storytelling have been key to her leadership style. Now leading a growing cyber practice, she explains what it really means to build a business inside a business and support clients through high-stress incidents.

The episode wraps up with a quick-fire round covering career advice and common myths about cybersecurity. A practical and honest listen for anyone building a career in cyber.

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This week on the Route to Networking podcast, Ben Davies is joined by Roman Kapp, AI Implementation Lead at Gcore. Roman shares his journey from corporate learning to entrepreneurship and now enterprise AI. His career has been shaped by trial and error, constant experimentation and a drive to build things people actually use.

He talks about how a psychology background shaped his approach to testing ideas, the breakthrough moment that came from launching an onboarding chatbot and why small language models, blockchain infrastructure and affordable robotics will shape the next phase of AI.

At Gcore, Roman’s mission is to bring AI to every desk. He explains why the biggest challenge is not the tools, but the lack of structured knowledge inside organisations. He also discusses why prompt engineering is fading and why context engineering is becoming the key skill for anyone working with AI.

Roman finishes with practical advice for the next generation of AI professionals: start small, learn the basics and build real projects. The episode wraps up with the quick-fire round, where he reveals the ideas, moments and influences that shaped his career.

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