BragTalks

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Ed Burns about how to incorporate standards leadership into your technical career journey. Ed shares his experiences and the impact that his participation in standards has had on his career. Listen to hear about how he approached getting involved and how he developed his leadership in this area. Season 7 is about...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Patrick Chanezon about participating in standards and open source projects &/or communities. Patrick shares his experiences and the impact this participation in the projects and communities has had on his career. Listen to hear about how he approached getting involved and even some of the mistakes made along th...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Emily Jiang about mentorship and communities. Emily shares her experiences with mentorship and engaging in communities. Listen to hear about how she approached mentorship and the impact it made in her career. Season 7 is about sharing the experiences of technical professionals and building on the interviews from th...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Mary Grygleski about participating in user group communities. Mary shares her vast experiences engaging in communities and some tips for getting involved in user group communities. Listen to hear about how she approached participation and the impact it made in her career. Season 7 is about sharing the experiences of...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Eileen He about continuous learning and developing new skills quickly. Eileen shares her experience learning about machine learning and artificial intelligence. Listen to hear about how she approached learning and applied it in her career. Season 7 is about sharing the experiences of technical professionals and buildin...

Season 6 (episodes 36-40) is hosted by Heather VanCura. These episodes are all about achieving and sharing personal accomplishments. Hear from a range of professionals about how they accomplished their goals of becoming a leader, writing a book, completing marathons around the world or completing challenging mountain summits in Africa. Learn how this benefits your career when you complete these ex...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Debasmita Dey about her summit of Mount Kilimanjaro,  located in Tanzania. If you don't know it, it is the highest  mountain in Africa  and the  highest single free-standing mountain above sea level  in the world: 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and about 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base! Deb graciously...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Arun Gupta about his career journey to Vice President. Heather and Arun have been friends and colleagues for many years, and share many experiences together and separately in their technical careers. Listen to hear about their technical leadership insights. Season 6 is all about sharing stories of personal accomplishments...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura interviews Jennifer Marie Pelfini about her career story and recent book. Heather and Jenn have been friends and colleagues for many years, so this is a fun episode! Season 6 is all about sharing stories of personal accomplishments and Jennifer has an inspiring story to share. She talks about her journey and tips on making bold moves,...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠ , host Heather VanCura and her guest and co-author, Bruno Souza, share about their achievement of publishing a book. Bruno shares about the process of writing a book and Heather discusses with him how the book creates a new category in the careers genre combining knowledge and career insights from industry experts in the technical careers space. Season 6 is al...

Season 5 (episodes 30-35) is hosted by Heather VanCura. These episodes are all about varying pathways to promotion. Hear from a diverse range of professionals from career coach, executives, developer advocate, voice over actor, and more as they share their unique journey to fulfilling careers.

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠ , Melissa Kullander shares her achievement of running a marathon on the North Pole (90 degree North) with host Heather VanCura. Melissa talks about how she started a passionate journey to run a marathon on all seven continents, plus the North Pole! Season 6 is all about sharing stories of personal accomplishments and Melissa has an inspiring story to share. List...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Nichole Scott shares her career path from the technology space to voice over artist with host Heather VanCura. Nicole is a talented voice over professional who worked with Heather for many years at Sun Microsystems and Oracle - listen to the story Nichole shares about how she took a leap and created her journey from working in a traditional role, to the fr...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Carmen Delgado shares her career path to the technology space with host Heather VanCura. Carmen is a member of the Java developer community and she shares how her journey from working in a traditional financial role, to a fintech role, to technical developer community management. Season 5 is all about sharing stories of pathways to promotion and Carmen has a...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠⁠ , Stefani Boyd shares her journey to becoming CEO with host Heather VanCura. Stefani shares how she created her own journey from a criminal investigator to owning her real estate and mortgage company and being her boss. Season 5 is all about sharing stories of pathways to promotion and Stefani has an inspiring story to share. Listen to learn how to chart your un...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠ , Ix-chel Ruiz shares her pathway to promotion to becoming a developer advocate with host Heather VanCura. Heather has known Ix-chel for many years through mutual participation in the Java developer community. In this episode Ix-chel shares how she created her own journey to achieve her career goals, how attending conferences and ultimately speaking at conferences...

In this episode of  ⁠⁠BragTalks⁠⁠ , Shari Begun shares her pathway to promotion with host Heather VanCura. Heather met Shari through their Chief core group in 2022 and this is a particularly exciting and engaging session where we learn about Shari's recent promotion and how she achieves her career goals, how the peer coaching and networking support of other women boosted her techniques, and st...

In this first episode of season 5 of  BragTalks , Melissa Carson shares about some of her pathways to promotion. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 5 is all about sharing stories of pathways to promotion and Melissa is a shining example of how to chart your unique path to success and promotions using examples from some of her clients. Biography: Having worked in HR for several high-...

Season 4 (episodes 21-29) is hosted by Heather VanCura. We cover all aspects of establishing your health and wellness routines in 2023, from preventing burnout, learning to work smarter, connecting your head with your heart, cycles of life, mindset shifts , building a fitness routine and meditation practice, sustainable product design and healthy diet choices, we cover all the bases to keep you on...

In this episode of  BragTalks , Belinda Ellsworth shares about some of her systems and practical knowledge used in her career helped her to make healthy lifestyle changes. She shares how she incorporates healthy eating choices into her busy schedule. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness as it relates to your career advancement, and this episode highl...

In this episode of  BragTalks , Urvashi Bhatnagar shares about sustainable product design and the sustainability scorecard she developed for companies to utilize in their product development lifecycle. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness, and this episode highlights some of the important health implications happening at the intersection of corporate...

In this episode of  BragTalks , Tinuola Awopetu shares about how she has developed her meditation practice, and offers some tips for building your own practice in a way that works for you. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness, and this episode highlights Tinu's journey and experience with meditation and spiritual growth, as well as some powerful...

In this episode of  BragTalks , Anouk Pascale shares about how she prioritizes health, wellness and fitness into her lifestyle, and how you can incorporate a fitness routine into your life. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness as it relates to your career advancement, and this episode highlights best practices for making time in your busy life for a...

In this episode of BragTalks , Alex Brueckmann shares four mindset shifts to overcome fear, avoid burnout and bring more joy to your life. Alex is a strategy facilitator and author who shares his story of how he overcame doubt and the lessons he learned coming out of multiple life challenges. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness as it relates to...

In this episode of BragTalks , Hannah Austin shares how to connect your head with your heart for success. Hannah is as leader, management professional and author. This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura. Season 4 is all about health and wellness as it relates to your career advancement, and this episode highlights why it is so crucial to consider both our head and our heart in order to lead...