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On this episode, Avi talks with longtime friend Jezzibell Gilmore. Jezzibell is the Chief Commercial Officer at PacketFabric, and works toward revenue goals. She and Avi discuss: <ul><li>How Jezzibell entered the networking industry after not enjoying the world of law</li><li>Moving into operations and deployment at Akamai and then transitioning to enterprise</li><li>Differences between enterprise and service provider</li><li>The networking community, bringing people in and developing their skills</li></ul>

Jezzibell Gilmore is the Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer for PacketFabric. She is a technology industry veteran with more than 20+ years of diverse experience in operations, marketing, strategy, business development and Sales management. She was an early employee of AboveNet Communications (acquired by Zayo) and Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) through a period of rapid growth and innovation. Jezzibell served as VP Operations at RoamData (acquired by Ingenico, EUROnext: ING). As VP of Corporate development at IX Reach (acquired by IIX/Console), she fostered global partnerships with data centers, carriers, hyperscalers and major Internet Exchanges. Prior to founding PacketFabric in 2015, Jezzibell was VP Business Development for GTT Communications (NYSE:GTT) where she was responsible for negotiating global strategic partnerships. Gilmore is deeply involved in the networking industry having served four years on the Board of Directors of the North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG) and led its Development Committee as Vice Chair. She is a champion for women in technology and frequently speaks on the topic.


Jezzibell Gilmore

Chief Commercial Officer and co-founder at PacketFabric

Chief Commercial Officer Jezzibell Gilmore sits down with Avi to discuss her career in the networking industry, sales enablement and networking procurement, and cutting through networking confusion by asking questions.


Networking procurement and the merits of asking questions with Jezzibell Gilmore

On this episode, Avi talks with longtime friend Jezzibell Gilmore. Jezzibell is the Chief Commercial Officer at PacketFabric, and works toward revenue goals. She and Avi discuss how Jezzibell entered the networking industry after not enjoying the world of law. They also talk about moving into operations and deployment at Akamai and her transition to enterprise, as well as differences between enterprise and service provider. And, Avi picks Jezzibell's brain about the networking community, bringing people in, and developing their skills


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Episode overview

Jezzibell's role at PacketFabric as Chief Commercial Officer

Transitioning from law to networking for AboveNet

Being in the Bay area and how that helped shape Jezzibell's career

Investing in sales enablement and learning to support the customer base

How Jezzibell thinks about her interest understanding technology and policy, and the role of foundational questions

The path from AboveNet to Akamai, and transitioning to technology sourcing and procurement

Jezzibell on the differences between service provider cultures and enterprise cultures

Avi and Jezzibell discuss innovation in the network space, and what will drive real edge compute

Being authentic, asking questions, and gaining a wider perspective on networking

Learning communities and conferences, and engaging with passionate people about networking 

Jezzibell's advice for new networkers entering the industry

Connecting with Jezzibell, and parting advice