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Rachel Bakker

Social Media Advocacy Manager

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Rachel Bakker is a Social Media Advocacy Manager who began her career in Channel Marketing and ecommerce. Being a Cisco Champions Program Manager is Rachel’s dream job, as it feeds her passion for connecting people to people. Rachel began her tech adventures with the now defunct but never forgotten Palm, Inc., makers of the PalmPilot handheld and Treo Smartphone. She heartily admits to being biased, but Rachel considers Palm the grandfather of mobile computing. When Rachel isn’t celebrating Cisco and the #ciscochampion team she enjoys staying active in the local theater scene, throwing pottery (on a potter’s wheel, not the wall), and eating chocolate of all kinds.

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June 18, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep16 Cisco Champion Radio @CiscoLive!

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists hosted by Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week 25 Cisco Champions gather in a small room (aka the white box) at the Moscone Center. Topics: Cisco Live (#CLUS) and being a Cisco Champion. Listen to the Podcast Learn about the Cisco Champions Program HERE Cisco […]

June 17, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep15 OpenStack at OpenStack

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists hosted by Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Ed Saipech, Director of Applied Research at Savvis joins Cisco Champions Josh Atwell and Jeremiah Dooley. The topic is OpenStack. Listen to the Podcast Subject Matter Expert: Ed Saipetch (@edsai), Director of Applied Research at Savvis Cisco […]

June 13, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep14 How to survive Cisco Live and what the heck is DevNet

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. This week Susie Wee, Cisco VP/CTO Networked Experiences, joins Cisco Champions  Sam Womack and Tom Hollingsworth. Topics are surviving Cisco Live and an intro to the new Cisco DevNet. Guest host Lauren Friedman (@Lauren) guest hosts. Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: […]

June 2, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep13 New collaboration with Akamai

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Mike Korenbaum, Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco, joins Cisco Champions Rick Vanover (@RickVanover) and Peter Revill (@CCIERants). The topic is the new collaboration with Akamai. Cisco’s Lauren Friedman (@Lauren) guest hosts. Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject […]

May 13, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep12 Value of the Partner Eco-System

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Dominick Delfino, VP Systems Engineering at Cisco, joins Cisco Champion and Senior Pre-Sales Engineer Ahmad Manzoor. The topic is the Value of the Partner Eco-System. Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Dominick Delfino, VP […]

May 6, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep11 Mobility and Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX)

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Bob Friday, VP CTO Mobility at Cisco, joins Cisco Champions Sven Kutzer and Stephen Rodriguez. The topic is Mobility and Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX). This week Cisco’s Lauren Friedman (@Lauren) guest hosts. Listen to the Podcast […]

April 29, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep10 Cyber Security

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week Chris Young, SVP Security Business Group Cisco, and Bill Carter, Senior Network Engineer and Cisco Champion, talk about Intelligent Cyber Security for the real world. Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Chris Young, SVP […]

April 23, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep9 Cisco TACOPS

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Cisco TACOPS (@CiscoTACOPS) which connects the unconnected in the middle of crisis, anywhere in the world. Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Rakesh Bharania, Network Consulting Engineer on TACOPS Team (@densaer) […]

April 8, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep8 IWAN

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Intelligent WAN (IWAN) with guest moderator, Cisco’s Lauren Friedman (@lauren) Listen to the Podcast Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Hugo Vliegen, Director of Technical Marketing Highlights: How IWAN benefits business IWAN and Security IWAN […]

April 1, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep7 IoT

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) with...

March 25, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep6 UCS

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about UCS. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Robert Novak (@gallifreyen), AJ Kuftic (@ajkuftic) Cisco Subject Matter Experts: Scott Hanson (@CiscoServerGeek) Highlights: How Scott Hanson discovered the value of UCS Advantages of […]

March 26, 2014

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Thank you for your Excellence #CiscoChampion Team

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The Cisco Champions Program is based on 5 key principles, the most important being its people. Recruiting top notch team members and giving them the opportunities they care about is what makes this program thrive. Thank you Cisco Champions for your excellence. In the words of @CommsNinja you are true Unicorns. Learn about the Program […]

March 18, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep5: UCS Invicta

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about UCS Invicta. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Trevor Roberts (@vmtrooper), Matt Oswalt (@mierdin) Cisco Subject Matter Experts: Maxwell Riggsbee, Todd Brannon Highlights: How Invicta will allow UCS infrastructure to deliver resourcing Four […]

March 4, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep3: Cisco Networking Academy

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about the Cisco Networking Academy. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Richard Grotegut (@OhloneRich), Ike Ozurumba (@IkeNetworkGuy) Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Suzanne Jonas (@hitechzippy) Highlights: The early days of NetAcad and how it […]

March 11, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep4: Cisco Certifications

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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Cisco Certifications. Listen to the Podcast Featured Guests: Cisco Champion: Stephen Rodriguez (@WiFiJanitor) Cisco Subject Matter Experts: Antonella Corno, Errol Hayward (@errolhayward), Matt Saunders (@citylifematt) Highlights: Developing Cisco Certifications from the outside in, looking at currrent job roles in the […]

February 25, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep2: Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

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Welcome to Episode 2 of #CiscoChampion Radio, a podcast series by and for Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Application Centric...

February 18, 2014

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#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep1: InterCloud, Cloud in 2014

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Welcome to #CiscoChampion Radio, a podcast series by and for Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about Cisco’s InterCloud announcement and where Cloud is going in 2014. Listen to the Podcast. Featured Guests: Cisco Champions: Eric Wright (@discoposse) and Jonathan Davis (@subnetwork) Cisco Subject Matter Expert: Mark Loesel […]