ATL Career Journey

What does it look like when life knocks you off course — and you keep going anyway? In this episode, Paul sits down with Jess Mints, a Georgia Tech grad, Navy veteran, and cancer survivor whose journey is anything but straight. From pivoting majors to military service to rebuilding after personal setbacks, Jess shares how faith, resilience, and the right people in your corner can redirect any deto...

From Benin City, Nigeria to the halls of Amazon — Jackson Aimiuwu's career journey is proof that grit outpaces a head start. Jackson shares how he went from never touching a keyboard to crushing computer science, navigating three countries, and building a career in cloud solutions. His advice? "The map from Point A to Point B never shows you the terrain." Come for the story, stay fo...

My guests for Episode 58 is Alan Swan and Maria Babilon from Province Data Solutions. Alan is the Managing Partner and Maria is a Partner at PDS and they've joined me today to talk about the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence. We discussed the differences between Traditional AI and Generative AI and how each are solving real world problems. Alan reviewed the background on market dem...

My guest for Episode 57 is Robert Lescano, who I worked with at Amazon Web Services. He was the East Area Director in the AWS ProServe consulting division.  He had a long and successful career in technology and was fortunate to retire in 2023 to travel and enjoy quality time with his family. We talked about his experience growing up in Peru and the challenges he faced once he moved to the US. Robe...

My guest for Episode 56 is Stacy Borocz , who is the owner of etuHOME.  She has an incredible story about courage and perseverance from her start in New York to college at UGA and ultimately owning her current business.  She always demonstrated creativity and a passion for the arts.  In addition, Stacy loves to travel and that not only created inspiration through her college years but later provid...

My guest for the 55th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Jacqui Chew, who is known as an innovation enthusiast and has been a successful presence in the Atlanta start up community.  She has more than two decades of experience delivering creative, data-driven strategies for venture-backed, high-growth companies.  Jacqui is also a TEDx Licensee, active mentor, and board member of several o...

My guest for this episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Amanda Anderson, who is the owner and executive producer at Circa Twenty Four Pictures.  I first met Amanda when she was in IT recruiting and she had already explored a couple of careers.  She started out wanted to be a doctor, wound up working as a researcher and then realized she missed social interactions that are core to her person...

My guest for Episode 53 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Laura Hunnicutt, who is a User Experience Lead at EY.  I met Laura at Manheim but we also spent time at Delta Air Lines.  We talked about how her college experience as well as trip through Europe changed her perspective on life.  We also talked about what user experience actually is and how she got her start.  Along with being a great hu...

My guest for Episode 52 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Jackie Hoffman, who is the Founder and Managing Director of CMB Associates.  I worked with Jackie at Manheim on some projects in their digital space and saw her work ethic and customer focus in action.  She took a couple of different paths before her corporate life took shape and now she's leveraging those experiences as a small bus...

My guest for Episode 51 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Steven Julian, who is an Independent  Financial Advisor as well as a Radio and Podcast Host.  I met Steven through a mutual friend and he gave me some great advice when I started this podcast.  Steven's career journey has several chapters and he walked me through the ups and downs to get where his is today.  We also discussed some v...

Welcome to the 50th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast!  Today's guest is Missy Pitcher, who is Co-Owner and President of CMIT Solutions of Atlanta Northeast.  I've worked with Missy twice in my career at EarthLink and at Equifax and we both got started early in the project management arena.  Her original dream was to be a lawyer but her career went through a few iterations before...

My guest for Episode 49 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Daniel Guelzo, who is the Regional Recruiting Director at Optomi.  I met Daniel at a networking event and was very impressed with his knowledge of the recruiting industry as well as his knowledge of social media networking.  He hosts the recurring "What's Your Plan B" networking event and is always willing to share his kno...

Welcome to Episode 48 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Jonathan Salkoff, who is responsible for Business Solutions at ServiceMax.  I've known Jonathan for over 25 years since we worked together at Sprint.  Jonathan is smart, hardworking, customer focused, and a great servant leader.  He's a Naval Academy grad / military veteran, podcaster, and has recently gotten...

My guest for Episode 47 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Doug Isenberg, who is the founder of the GigaLaw Firm.  Doug and I worked together at the International Olympic Committee when we were part of Meridian Management.  He was one of the few people there that really understood technology and the potential legal implications that the internet could pose.  I always found Doug to be incredibly...

My guest for Episode 46 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Chris Day, who is VP of Operations at ADP.  Chris and I met while we were at Equifax and led software development teams in their Commercial division.  We helped bring several groups into the work of agile development and really enjoyed working with him.  Chris is smart, hardworking, and is willing to go the extra mile to get the job done...

My guest for Episode 45 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Kelly Vogel, who is a Product Manager at Rali.  I first met Kelly when I was at Manheim and we worked together in their online division.  I found Kelly to be smart, collaborative, and extremely customer focused.  We took different paths into our Product Management careers and Kelly was generous enough to share her journey.  She shared he...

Welcome to Episode 44 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Jed Fearon, who is a Director of Content Marketing at ProviDyn.  I met Jed when I was working with the International Olympic Committee and his company sold us managed IT services to help run our online applications.  In addition to being smart, driven, creative, Jed understands the value of a sales partnership with his...

Welcome to Episode 43 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Lauren Feldhaus, who is happily retired now but was previously a Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach.  Lauren and I worked together at Assurant to help transform their software development team to embrace agile and lean principles.  She is a tireless worker, understands the big picture between the business and IT, and t...

Today's guest is Nicole Siokis, who is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at TechCXO.  I first met Nicole when we worked together at Sprint and she was one of our amazing military veterans that Sprint hired.  I remember her having such a great work ethic, very motivated, highly customer focused, and demonstrated servant leadership.  Her career progressed in telecom before pivoting to focus o...

Welcome to Episode 41 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Tom Fucci, who is the  Division Captain at Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.  Tom and I grew up in Fort Lauderdale and I've made him an honorary member of the ATL podcast community.  He started his career in law enforcement and eventually pivoted to fire rescue and investigation.  We talked about the paths that led hi...

Welcome to this episode of the Atlanta Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Angela Nation, who is Chief Executive Officer at Silver Hammer Systems.  I first met Angela when she was an executive in the talent acquisition industry and always found her to be smart, dedicated, hardworking, and very customer focused.  Her career in the recruiting and technology community eventually led to laun...

My guest for Episode 39 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Anne Game, who is the Managing Director and Head of the Atlanta Market at North Highland Consulting.  Anne is incredibly smart, she's a strategic thinker, and understands business at every level.  She's delivered amazing results at North Highland and I truly enjoyed my time working with her.  In this episode, Anne talks about t...

This 38th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Molly Mazzolini, who is a Partner and Brand Integration Director at Infinite Scale sports marketing and design firm.  Molly and I met when we were working in brand management for the US and International Olympic Committees.  I found her to be smart, engaging, humble, customer focused, and just a lot of fun to work with.  She taught me a lot ab...

My guest for the 37th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Svein Romstad, who is the Vice President of Sales and Leasing for the Loudermilk Companies. My friendship with Svein dates back to 1997 when we both worked at Meridian Management. I was brand new to the Olympic Movement and Svein was an Olympic veteran who had been a coach for the US Luge team as well as the Secretary General of th...

My guest for the 36th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is John Verret, who is the Regional Director for Matrix Resources. John and I have known each other for over 10 years and I've found him to be an excellent sourcing partner regardless of the industry or job type. We have collaborated a lot over the years while he's been a Matrix and he's been a great partner, friend, an...