Exciting episode this... Jennifer Reed is a highly trusted and well respected cloud professional. She is also founding member of D3clarity [formerly ViqtorDavis] who have been helping enterprise customers with their cloud journey for # of years now.  In this episode, Jennifer shares her fascinating career journey starting from being in US Marin Corp to then working in very diverse technology roles and eventually becoming a trusted cloud networking and security  professional assisting many large enterprise customers. Some key points: 1. Why taking an architectural approach is so critical in a rapidly evolving cloud world. 2. Why CSR's doesn't work in cloud.  3. Jennifer also talked about D3clarity specialization in working with heavily regulated industries helping customers all the way from cloud migration to a fully secure, compliant and high available cloud infrastructure. 4. Advise to Netsec professionals : Learn at least one cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle]  and do ACE trainings to get ramped on cloud networking quickly https://aviatrix.com/ace/ 5. Key message : Never let a CSP lock you in. Ask deeper questions on various traffic flows and how to secure connections b/w various regions , cloud and on-prem.  6. Jennifer view of how Aviatrix brings flexibility, security, repeatability and visibility as key value adds to enterprise cloud environments..  Enjoy !!