ASCII Anything

Shaun McAdams, VP of Data & Analytics at Moser Consulting, joins us for a recap of the conversations we've hosted covering Data & Analytics this season, in addition to giving a sneak peek of what we'll be talking about next season with our Data & Analytics team.

Gather around the campfire, or pull a blanket over your head and light a flashlight under your chin, as we share some of the hair-raising, bone-chilling, goosebumps-inducing true tales of terror from our consultants' careers and time they spent at the haunted help desk. There are no simple "Blue Screen of Death" stories here. Too common. Too mundane. From an enigmatic, problematic,...

Workplace Empathy, Part 2 of 2: This week we continue our discussion with Liesel Mertes, an acclaimed workplace empathy expert. Having experienced her own loss and struggle, Liesel emerged with a deep understanding of what employees need to feel supported at work after a disruptive life event. As the Founder of Handle With Care, Liesel works with groups that want to boost employee satisfaction as...

This week's guest is Liesel Mertes, an acclaimed workplace empathy expert. Having experienced her own loss and struggle, Liesel emerged with a deep understanding of what employees need to feel supported at work after a disruptive life event. As the Founder of Handle With Care, Liesel works with groups that want to boost employee satisfaction as well as attract and retain better talent.    Lie...

Shaun McAdams and Warren Siffre continue their discussion about the five pillars of Data & Analytics. This is part 5 of 5 and covers the final pillar: Data Engineering. Shaun and Warren talk about what companies should be looking for and thinking about when it comes to their data engineering.

ASCII Anything is taking a small break to let our host, Angel Leon, have time to welcome his new son to the world. We'll be back next week, maybe a little sleepy, but definitely ready to dive deep once again with our resident experts at Moser Consulting.

This week's episode brings back Shaun McAdams and Warren Sifre to continue their discussion on the 5 Pillars of Data & Analytics. This time their focus is tech, all the equipment, systems, gadgets, and doodads required to meet your Data & Analytics needs.

Honesty is the best policy and in business, it's legally required. Moser Consulting's Marketing Lead, Malinda Lowder, stops by this week to discuss lies and the lying liars who tell them. So, grab your fireproof pants and tune in.

Every recruiter dreams of finding that elusive Purple Unicorn. In this week’s episode of ASCII Anything, we talk to Michelle Nash, Moser Consulting’s Resource Manager, about candidates, culture fit, interviews, and getting hired.

In this episode, we discuss Ransomware with Jim Timberman, the Managing Director of Managed Services at Moser Consulting. We cover what it is, how it works, its effects, and what you can do to make yourself and your business a less convenient target.

This week's episode picks up where last week's episode left off during the discussion from a CIO Roundtable hosted by Dynatrace and Moser Consulting. The panelists include Grant Dawson, Vice President of IT for T2 Systems, Nirav Shah, Vice President of IT for Republic Airways, Michael Loggins, Global Vice President of IT for SMC, and Moser Consulting's very own, Shaun McAdams, our V...

This week's episode shares the discussion from a CIO Roundtable hosted by Dynatrace and Moser Consulting. The panelists include Grant Dawson, Vice President of IT for T2 Systems, Nirav Shah, Vice President of IT for Republic Airways, Michael Loggins, Global Vice President of IT for SMC, and Moser Consulting's very own, Shaun McAdams, our Vice President of Data and Analytics. This is part...

This week we are joined by cyber-security expert, Jason Lowmiller. He is currently a senior security consultant for CyberSheath Services International, a cybersecurity firm in the defense supply chain industry and is a former assistant professor of cybersecurity at Anderson University.

Moser Consulting Scrum Master and teaching veteran Jody Bergman joins us this week for a talk about tech as much of the country either heads back, or prepares to head back, to school.

Moser Consulting is a long-time partner of Habitat For Humanity. Last week, we hosted a panel build in the parking lot of our HQ in Castleton, Indiana. In between hammer strikes, ASCII Anything talked with Paula Moser about our company's involvement with this particular charity. We also spoke with Amy, our build's Habitat For Humanity rep, and Alicia, the future owner of the house Moser...

This week we are joined by Dan Horwich, the CEO of CAMP IT Conferences. Dan's family literally owes its continued existence to networking and he's eager to share the story of his family, and his company, with as many people as possible.

In the kickoff episode of SEASON 2, we talk with Dr. Krista Longtin, Associate Professor of Communication Studies & Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at IUPUI in Indianapolis, about using Applied Improvisation to improve communication and become a more interesting and engaging presenter.

We hope you enjoy this trek down memory lane as we present some of the best bits from Season 1 of ASCII Anything. Grab the cheesecake out of the fridge and meet us on the lanai as we channel our inner Golden Girls to squeeze one more episode of Season 1 out of our existing material. Host Angel Leon does his best Dorothy Sbornak and keeps everything organized and on track while Producer Brian digs...

Organizations face increasing pressure to fast-track the introduction of new products and services to maintain their market positions. This could mean that It is time for executives to look at enterprise-level solutions to get results with digital transformation. Today, host Angel Leon is joined by Moser expert Marcus Reed and Atlassian's Ken Urban to discuss this pressure and the solutions A...

Listen in on one of our Tech Talk Thursday panels as Ansible Experts answer questions submitted from our Tech Talk Thursday audience.

In this week's episode we explore the favorite vacation spots of some of Moser's consultants. We sent out an employee survey to learn our colleagues' favorite spots when it comes to taking time off and unwinding. Producer Brian joins Angel to discuss the survey and they are joined by 3 of Moser's consultants who drop in to discuss their favorite places.

Moser's VP of Data & Analytics, Shaun McAdams, talks about the evolution of Data Architecture for Analytic Workloads with Tim Lortz, a Senior Solutions Architect from Databricks, a data and AI company that helps data teams solve the world’s toughest problems.

This week, Shaun McAdams and Warren Sifre continue their discussion of the pillars of Data & Analytics. This time their focus is on the people who fill the teams that address each of those pillars. Who to recruit, what to look for, and how important keeping those people is once you find them are all covered in this week's episode of ASCII Anything.

One advantage of having so many tech experts at Moser Consulting is that a lot of us have cool friends in our network. Debbie Schilling is one of those friends. Debbie retired a couple of years ago after spending her career in development. She's a former VP of Development at Orchard Software, a world-traveler, and a gardener. She joins us today to talk through the evolution of opportunities f...

President and CEO of Moser Consulting, Ty Moser, joins us today to talk about our company's 25th anniversary and how Moser has evolved throughout the years as one of Indiana's powerhouses in IT consulting. We cover his origins in tech, what led him to start his own consulting company, and some of the lessons he's learned over the past 25 years.