"First come the spikes. Then you see the kindness. Because kindness shown too early is sometimes mistaken for weakness!" — Natalia Matviychuk, Head of Wholesale at GlobaHub AG, in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal
From a 16-year-old exchange student in the United States...
to working night shifts at a telecom company to keep her English alive...
to becoming one of the most recognisable faces in the global wholesale ecosystem -
Natalia's journey is one of grit, adventure, and spectacular reinvention!
In this episode of Humans of Telecom, Natalia opens up about:
💪 Joining us from Kyiv - the capital of courage and freedom - and what it means to build a global career while navigating the realities of war at home
🎓 The exchange year in the US that changed her English - and the night shift customer support job that accidentally launched a 13-year telecom career
🥁 The early 20s spent playing drums in a heavy metal band - with dreams of touring Europe as a rock star - and how she is kind of doing that now, just representing GlobaHub instead
🎿 A passionate snowboarder who has completely fallen in love with the slopes - the one place where emails simply cannot follow her
🎯 The sniper rifle she learned to shoot at a war museum in London - and then decided to take seriously back home in Ukraine
✈️ A pilot license on her five-year plan - complete with schools already googled and a mother who jokes she needs a plane more than an apartment
💇 Six months in COVID lockdown during which she dyed her hair green, blue, purple and red - because if no one can see you, why not?
❤️ And her philosophy - kindness is never weakness, but sometimes it needs a little boldness covering it
From Kyiv to Chicago to every telecom conference in between - Natalia is proof that the best careers begin by accident, and the best lives are lived with courage, curiosity, and absolutely no regrets!
🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform, and follow Humans of Telecom for more extraordinary voices shaping the industry and inspiring the human spirit!
