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Today's guest is Kristan LeBaron, Ad Industry Veteran An advertising industry veteran, Kristan has held positions on the client-side, the agency-side, and the media sales-side. This pro is versatile. And she has a unique 360 degrees of perspective, positioning her as an insightful strategist for her clients - most of whom are ad agencies who hire her when they need extra expertise in media plannin...

Today's guest is Ryan Collins, SEO & Data Professional Ryan Collins PhD is the founder of After Your PhD, a website and passion project that helps academics explore careers outside of academia. He graduated from Indiana University in 2021 with a degree in Media Arts and Sciences. His dissertation involved interviewing evangelists and advocates at tech companies. Ryan began exploring careers ou...

Today's guest is Adam Zimmerman - Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Product Manager, and Software Engineer. Adam's mission is to improve health-span through biotechnology, data, product and business. Adam has built data pipelines and dashboards for pharma and biotech stakeholders for the last 3 years, during which time he also earned a Master's Degree in Biotechnology. Adam is looking for a role where...

Today's guest is Tamara Waters-Manville - HR & Talent Professional Tamara (Tammy) has been in HR and Talent for nearly a decade. For the past one and a half years, she has been a Technical Sourcer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, after seven years as a Manager of HR and Talent at Envision Education in Oakland. As HR Manager for Envision Education, a small, service-driven network of low-incom...

Today's guest is Peter Timothy Brown (also known as “Tim"), Learning and Development Professional. He began his career in 2000 as Retail Sales Consultant in the Northern California Market. He has held various positions in his 20 years with AT&T including Retail Sales Manager, Sr. Training Manager Delivery, Lead Training Manager, Performance Leader, Regional Associate Director, and Associate Di...

Today's guest is Gary Levy, Top Problem Solver & Executive Leader Meet Gary D Levy from Long Island, NY, whose entire career has been in Financial Services Middle-Office Operations. Gary has previously held senior roles at firms such as Citi, Ivy Asset Management (which is an Affiliate of BNY) and TIAA, where he revolutionized their business operations by visualizing, designing, and implementi...

Today's guest is Lynn Debilzen, Strategic Leader. Lynn Debilzen has been building and scaling programs for 15+ years. Most recently, she worked across 500+ community partners in a place-based collective impact initiative to improve outcomes on behalf of 55K youth. She's also led a national pilot and scaled a program by 600% in eight months, delivered inspiring professional development to thousands...

Today's guest is Lex Steele, Graphic Designer Lex is a graphic designer based in Northern California and holds a BS in graphic design coupled with 5 years of design experience. She has worked on a wide range of projects, including: multi-asset marketing campaigns, UI/UX systems, and illustrative work. Her love of collaboration and creation ensures that each touchpoint is carefully considered with...

Today's guest is Melody Pancheri, Learning Experience Designer. Melody is an accomplished acting coach, classroom educator, and business owner. She is looking to transition into the Learning and Development field as a Learning Experience Designer, where she can create engaging content for a variety of learners and industries. Melody has a practical knowledge of adult learning theories, learning te...

Today's guest is Barrett Ziegler, Legislative Specialist. Barrett Ziegler is a law school graduate with 5+ years' experience, primarily in the legislative and compliance space. While working with state-level policy, they helped stakeholders understand and act upon coverage parity for telehealth services, "Sunshine Act" public meeting access, tariff changes on Canadian lumber, and other issues that...

Today's guest is Chris White, SHRM Certified Professional Chris is a driven professional drawing from his over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry as a chef to create equitable organizational solutions. His understanding and experience with systemic inequality led him to become a certified DEI practitioner and HR Professional. As a recent Organizational Psychology graduate, understa...

Today's guest is Lauren Hernandez - Tech Recruiter. Hello! I'm Lauren Hernandez (she/her) in Austin, Texas. I encompass 20 years of full time industry experience, working at a variety of Fortune 500 companies. I began working full time the day after my 16th birthday, and with that, I have gained a wide variety of skills & expertise. What makes me happiest at work is solving problems, being abl...

The Hire Me Podcast has been LIVE for over a week, and it's time to see what's going on in the job market. Join Heather Balcerek and Chris Lin as they discuss who they've interviewed, what they've learned so far, and the impact they're making to support job seekers in this confusing labor market. They're also joined by special guest, Tech Recruiter, Lauren Hernandez to discuss how artificial intel...

Today's guest is Susan Woodard, Growth Marketing Executive. Susan has dedicated her career to driving corporate growth through innovative sales and marketing strategies. She has both B2B and B2C marketing expertise with her most recent roles focused on tech-enabled healthcare solutions. Most recently, she worked for Hallmark Health Care Solutions and Telescope Health, where she helped build out ma...

Today's guest is Sarah Hempel, Global Learning & Talent Development Professional. Sarah is a Global Learning and Talent Development Professional with over a decade of experience in a variety of industries including tech and education. Every day she strives to make a difference and help others be successful. Learn and Be Curious are a way of life for Sarah as she believes knowledge unlocks the...

Today's guest is Jacob Stevens - Mobile App Development Leader. Focused on empowering people through data-driven decisions, Jacob Stevens is a senior leader of products, process, projects and people. He has has broad technical aptitude supplemented with strong curiosity, empirical rigor, diligence and accountability, along with strong emotional intelligence, communication, problem-solving, project...

Today's guest is TaShona Jones - Strategic HR Professional TaShona is an HR Professional with 20+ plus years of experience. She is a resourceful professional offering diversified HR service. Having extensive experience and knowledge in all facets of HR such as: employee communications, recruitment functions, payroll/benefits administration, compliance, change management, employee relations, perfor...

Today's guest is Krista Fernandez - Project Manager With over 5 years in hybrid Project/ Account Management-client-facing roles, and more than 8 years experience as a trainer, and 10+ years as a Health Educator. Created and taught in-person and virtual trainings. Have balanced multiple digital and print projects for a diverse portfolio of clients/ accounts from enterprise-level brands to start-ups...

Today's guest is Sandhya Yadav: Business Finance Operations Executive Sandhya Yadav is a 10 year professional with expertise in financial risk management, Contract negotiations rating, operations management, BAU management, project handling, and team collaboration. Some of her talents include the execution of strong and successful policies to mitigate risk at each process's level and established c...

Today's guest is Mike Gresham, Senior Product Manager. Hi, I'm Mike Gresham. I'm a product manager with nearly a decade of experience across various technologies and problem spaces. I'm a strategic thinker, bridge-builder, and problem solver; thriving at the nexus of user needs, business goals, and organizational development. I'm an excellent partner to my design and engineering peers and believe...

Today's guest is Robert Walters, Project Manager and Web Developer. Robert started his career on Wall Street as a vice president of fixed income sales and bond data analyst at both JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank. From there he co-founded Big City Design where he managed the design and development of over 150 hours seat time of online learning for companies like UBS, IBM, Jackson Hewitt & Sims Met...

Listen to the launch of the Hire Me Podcast, where Heather Balcerek and Chris Lin discuss a groundbreaking new video podcast series that showcases today's top available talents. Whether you're a recruiter, hiring manager, or simply interested in networking with the top talent in your field, the Hire Me podcast is the perfect resource for you. -------- The Hire Me Podcast is dedicated to elevating...

Today's guest is Heather Balcerek, Leadership and Talent Development Professional. Connect with them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherbalcerek/ ------ The Hire Me Podcast is dedicated to elevating today's top talent in a new way. Each episode introduces an amazing, talented professional by learning who they are, what they do, and what they value in under 10 minutes. Check us out at...

Today's guest is Chris Lin, Talent and Development Professional. Connect with them at https://www.linkedin.com/in/leadwithchris/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hire Me Podcast is dedicated to elevating today's top talent in a new way. Each episode introduces an amazing, talented professional by learning who they are, what they do, and what they va...

What is the Hire Me Podcast and what are we doing? Hear from Heather Balcerek and Chris Lin as they are thrilled to announce the launch of the Hire Me podcast, a groundbreaking new video podcast series that showcases today's top available talents. Whether you're a recruiter, hiring manager, or simply interested in networking with the top talent in your field, the Hire Me podcast is the perfect res...