The Wired Garage with Pops | Digital Innovation

The Wired Garage with Pops — the place where technology, outdoor activities, music, mixed with a few stories and a good pour of bourbon all meet.

The Wired Garage with Pops is a technology-driven podcast that blends deep IT expertise with real-world storytelling. Hosted by Pops — an enterprise architect, IT leader, and tech storyteller — the show explores how people and organizations navigate the evolving digital landscape.

Each episode dives into topics such as ServiceNow innovation, digital transformation, agentic AI, and the intersection of IT operations and business strategy. The show highlights not just the technology itself, but the human side of building, leading, and adapting in complex enterprise environments.

Listeners include IT professionals, executives, and technology enthusiasts who want practical insights and authentic stories from experts shaping the future of work and technology. Conversations are engaging, thoughtful, and often spiced with Pops’ down-to-earth humor and passion for the craft — whether that’s tech, BBQ, or leadership.

Contributors

Host

Brian Clayton

Christian, husband, and proud girl dad, Pops is the heart of The Wired Garage with Pops. A lifelong techie, musician, and storyteller, he brings a grounded, human voice to deep conversations about technology, leadership, and life.

When he’s not architecting enterprise solutions or exploring the frontiers of AI and IT operations, you’ll find him on the porch with a good pour of bourbon, a fishing pole in hand, or a griddle fired up for friends and family. Pops blends his love of people, purpose, and problem‑solving into every discussion — whether it’s about technology, teamwork, or the simple joys that spark great ideas.

Co-host

Steele Harding

A world‑builder at heart — crafting meaningful, magical experiences where technology meets imagination. Fueled by a passion for blending creativity with innovation, he harnesses AI, cloud platforms, and workflow automation to design systems that don’t just work — they inspire.

As co‑host of The Wired Garage with Pops, Steele brings a visionary lens to every conversation, pairing technical mastery with a deep curiosity about how people and technology shape one another. He believes that great design and brilliant engineering share the same purpose: to make the complex feel simple and the ordinary feel extraordinary.