Conversations with technology leaders
shaping the future of business connectivity.

Industry practitioners share real-world strategies for building
resilient networks, supporting distributed operations,
and scaling digital infrastructure.

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Technology Trends

Exploring the technology shaping modern business infrastructure. In this series, CIOs, CTOs, and industry leaders discuss emerging trends in networking, cloud architecture, AI, and digital transformation.

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The Connected Kitchen

Restaurants are rapidly becoming technology platforms. This series looks at how connectivity powers modern POS systems, online ordering, kitchen automation, and real-time data that help restaurant brands scale and operate more efficiently.

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The Digital Jobsite

Construction and field operations are going digital. Technology leaders share how connectivity, mobile networks, and cloud applications are transforming how teams collaborate and manage projects across the modern jobsite.

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The Future of Connected Care

Healthcare increasingly depends on resilient connectivity. This series explores how healthcare IT leaders are enabling telehealth, remote care, and secure digital infrastructure across hospitals, clinics, and distributed care environments.

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Banking on Connectivity

Financial institutions rely on secure, reliable networks to serve customers and protect sensitive data. Banking on Connectivity explores how technology leaders are modernizing infrastructure to support digital banking, branch connectivity, and evolving security requirements.

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The Connected Kitchen

The Connected Kitchen: Restaurants Are Now Technology Companies

Featuring Jim Basar, VP of Enterprise Business Group at Intwine Connect, LLC

Episode 39

Jim Basar of Intwine Connect explains how cloud POS, IoT sensors, and hybrid connectivity have made reliable internet the backbone...

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Tech Trends

Connectivity Insurance Strategy: Protecting Revenue Before It Disappears

Featuring BJ Olson, Founder at twenty7 Technology Group, and Ryan Bowden, Technology Consultant at twenty7 Technology Group

Episode 38

BJ Olson and Ryan Bowden of twenty7 Technology Group explain why businesses that treat connectivity as operational insurance stay running...

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The Future of Connected Care

The Future of Connected Care: Why Incremental Change Wins in Healthcare

Featuring Falko Buttler, Chief Technology Officer at Lantern

Episode 37

Falko Buttler, CTO at Lantern, explains why healthcare modernization works better in small steps, how fragmented data creates real operational...

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The Digital Jobsite

The Digital Jobsite: The Wireless Backbone of Modern Construction

Featuring Thomas Berrington, Chief Information Officer at French Brothers Homes

Episode 36

Thomas Berrington explains how wireless connectivity and owned data power the digital jobsite and scalable modern construction.

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ABOUT US

What is Go Beyond the Connection?

Go Beyond the Connection is a podcast featuring technology leaders who design, operate, and secure the networks that power modern business.

Each episode explores the real-world challenges behind enterprise connectivity, including SD-WAN strategy, hybrid WAN architecture, cloud networking, and digital infrastructure resilience.

Powered by Bigleaf Networks, the show brings together CIOs, IT strategists, and infrastructure leaders to share practical insights on building reliable connectivity for distributed organizations.

Meet Your Host:

Steve MacDonald

Steve MacDonald is a technology and marketing executive with more than 15 years of experience leading B2B SaaS organizations. As a CEO, CMO, and advisor to high-growth technology companies, he has spent his career helping businesses scale through smarter strategy and digital transformation.

Through the Go Beyond the Connection podcast, Steve interviews CIOs, IT leaders, and technology executives to explore how modern connectivity, network architecture, and digital infrastructure are shaping the future of business.

About Our Guests

Go Beyond the Connection features technology leaders responsible for building and operating the systems that keep modern businesses running. Our guests include CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT strategists who are shaping how organizations deploy infrastructure, manage connectivity, and support digital operations.

We regularly speak with leaders from industries where reliable connectivity is mission-critical, including:

Healthcare and medical transport
Construction and field operations
Retail and quick-service restaurants
Enterprise technology organizations
Managed service providers and technology partners

Each conversation explores the real decisions behind network architecture, cloud adoption, security strategy, and operational resilience.

Guests have included technology leaders from organizations such as Dell Technologies, Radiology Partners, Life Flight Network, and Fortune 50 enterprises.

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