Channel Chat Podcast

#254 Tom Hockton: 75% of our revenue comes through the channel.

In this Channel Chat episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Tom Hockton, VP of BMC Helix UK & Ireland, to talk career growth, leadership, and channel strategy. Tom shares how he went from studying languages and working at Shanghai Radio to leading one of the most channel-driven enterprise software businesses in the UK.

#253 Lewis Pope: It's not about prevention — it's about resilience.

In this episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Lewis Pope, one of the Head Nerds at Enable, to explore the evolving world of cybersecurity, Reseller and MSP challenges, and what it really means to build cyber resilience in 2025 and beyond.

#252 Paul Hamilton: Scaling a business without a single investor is possible

In this episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Paul Hamilton, Founder & CEO of Halo, one of the UK's fastest-growing software companies — and the second most valuable privately-owned software company in the country.

#251 Julian Brownlow Davies: Threat actors don't wait for board approval to use AI

In this episode of Channel Chat, host Marc Sumner sits down with Julian Brown-O-Davies, Global VP of Security Services at Bugcrowd, for an in-depth conversation on cyber innovation, leadership, and the evolving world of offensive security.

#250 James Anderson: You have to do AI - it's not even a debate.

This week Marc sits down with James Anderson, Channel Director (International) at Abnormal AI. From starting out as a biochemistry graduate and aspiring rugby pro, James has built a career shaping channel strategies across Trend, Quest, Ivanti, Exabeam – and now Abnormal.