214- From Printers to the Cloud: John Massie’s Colorful Career Navigating Ever-Changing IT Landscapes.

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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John Massie John Massie is an accomplished IT leader with over 20 years of experience. Currently serving as IT Director at Journey Group, he previously held director roles overseeing operations for companies in multiple industries. An expert in infrastructure, security and process improvement, John has implemented solutions to assess needs, increase efficiency and optimize service delivery. He brings a well-rounded perspective across sectors and focuses on meaningful impact through strategic and innovative technology applications. From Printers to the Cloud: John Massie’s Colorful Career Navigating Ever-Changing IT Landscapes. In this episode, tech strategy expert John Massie opens up about his eclectic career journey, offering a rare look inside his diverse experiences spanning industries and roles. Discover pivotal moments from John’s travels navigating wave after wave of technological change. Be prepared to learn how embracing new business domains and cultivating crucial soft skills empowered John to flourish no matter the environment.

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0:00.0	Well, welcome back to another episode of Dissecting Popular IT Nerds, where we're allowed to geek out with fellow nerds and there's no eye scrolls or loss of consciousness as people's eyes roll into the back of their skulls.
0:19.7	So today I'm proud to introduce John Massey,
0:22.6	who has recently started with Journey Group. John, take it away and let us know a little about who you
0:28.1	are and what your first smartphone was. First smartphone. Well, first, Mike, actually,
0:36.0	thanks for having me on the podcast. I appreciate it.
0:38.4	Secondly, first smartphone. So I would say the very first one I had was, and I can't quite
0:44.5	remember the model, but it was a Motorola Windows phone that my company piloted before we went to
0:51.0	BlackBerry. So that was interesting time.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:57.0	I remember some of those.
0:58.8	I started off with Samsung's,
1:01.0	but I remember the Windows M.E or,
1:04.0	God,
1:04.3	it wasn't M.E.
1:05.0	It was Windows mobile prior to the Blackberry
1:07.7	and thinking that Blackberry,
1:09.3	wow, these things,
1:10.4	they let you inside
1:11.4	the network and everything. Yeah, the, I remember the biggest thing was Blackberry Messenger and
1:19.2	the ability that our email was almost instantaneous. I didn't have to sync. And so, yeah,
1:25.4	it was a good transition. We moved away and decided that probably Windows phones weren't the way for us to go.
1:30.8	But, yeah, I do remember those early days.
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