The Geek Within

Today's guest is Dan Moore. He is the head of Devrel at FusionAuth and the author of "Letters To A New Developer", which is subtitled, What I Wish I Had Known When Starting My Development Career. Episode 136 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1C1q-o6DtPU You can engage Dan here: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mooreds/ Website - https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/ Book - https://www...

Today's guest is David Hemmat. David is the founder and CEO at Blue Coding, a software development firm focused on nearshore development in Latin America. He started his career as a telecom engineer, transitioned to software development and later became an entrepreneur. Aside from running Blue Coding, David teaches Innovation for Entrepreneurship at Barna Management School, where he got his MB...

Today's guest is Erika Flora. She is the CEO of Beyond20, a woman-owned IT consulting and training company on a mission to Change Work Life. Erika is lead editor and co-author of the ITIL 4 book, Digital and IT Strategy and a longtime executive and coach. She is also a fierce advocate for opening doors to women and minorities in STEM. You can engage Erika here: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin....

Today's guest is Jeff Kramer. He is the Vice President for DHS Portfolio at Karsun Solutions. Jeff and I met during our journey through the ACT-IAC Partners program in 2018. You can engage Jeff here: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-kramer-924b019/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu List of past episodes: https://tgwli...

Today's guest is Haris Jaliawala. He is a Senior Product Manager at Vivante Health where he is interested in the intersection between technology and business, especially in how it can be leveraged for large scale problem solving. Haris started Angel Investing to learn more about how funding works. You can engage Haris here: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harisjaliawala/ Polywork - http...

Today's guest is Rachel Irabor. She is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Developer, she's a Power Platform Advocate, the host of A Girl in Love with Tech Podcast, and she posts YouTube content on a variety of Microsoft topics, especially on the Power Platform. You can engage Rachel here: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelirabor/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Richie4love The Geek...

Today's guest is Lauren Maffeo. She the author of "Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up" through The Pragmatic Programmers, she is a Service Designer at Steampunk (which is a human-centered design firm serving the federal government), the Founding editor of Springer's AI and Ethics journal, and an Adjunct Lecturer of Interactive Design at The George Washington University....

Today's guest is Nick Hayden. His consulting firm, Alderman Hayden, helps eCommerce companies build resilient websites. Nick also has the Codercise YouTube Channel with content on being the best engineering manager you can be. You can engage Nick here: Website - https://aldermanhayden.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@CoderciseYT LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhayden-au/ Poly...

Today's guest is Kevin Skolnik. He is a Product Manager at Capitol One, former Peace Corp, and we both worked together at the Millennium Challenge Corporation for about two years. This is a two-part episode so go listen to episode 127 for the beginning of Kevin's story. You can engage Kevin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinskolnik/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast plat...

Today's guest is Kevin Skolnik. He is a Product Manager at Capitol One, former Peace Corp, and we both worked together at the Millennium Challenge Corporation for about two years. You can engage Kevin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinskolnik/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/epis...

Today's guest is Maciek Palmowski. He is a Development Advocate Analyst at Kinsta, helping to create and maintain contact with developers. Beyond work, Maciek hosts a Code and Coffee show and finds interesting news for his newsletter. You can engage Maciek here: https://www.polywork.com/palmiak https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejpalmowski/ https://codeandcoffeeshow.dev/ https://wpowls.co/ The G...

Today's guest is Michael Fasanello. He is the Crypto Compliance Officer at AnChain. AI and spent 10 years working within the public sector with the Department of Treasury and the Department of Justice. You can engage Michael here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bl0ckchain/ https://www.anchain.ai/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu L...

Today's guest is Jay Rosenthal. He is the founder of CPSprotect Consulting Services, which is a first of its kind consulting firm helping families across the United States prepare for and navigate Child Protective Services investigations. You can engage Jay here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-m-rosenthal-ba44b866/ https://www.polywork.com/jay_rosenthal https://cpsprotect.com/ The Geek Within...

Today's guest is Lisa Wetzel. She is the President of Vikint Inc, which is a professional services and consulting company focused on business process efficiency through creative solutions and techniques. You can engage Lisa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-wetzel-mhr-6b88a62b/ https://vikint.com/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W...

Today's guest is Nick Shrimankar. He is the Founder of Elasticity LLC, an IT Services and Consulting firm located in the Washington DC area. Nick have gotten know each other over the last few years through a variety of networking organizations and events. You can engage Nick here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhavalshrimankar/ https://elasticityllc.com/ The Geek Within can be found on several p...

Today's guest is Brian Wilson. He is an Organizational Change Manager at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He is also the CEO and Founder of the Founder both Brian Adrian Photography and Tonkyman Productions LLC. You can engage Brian here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianadrian85/ http://photographicbrian.com https://www.tonkyman.com/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast...

Today's guest is Nick Hodges. He is a Developer Advocate at 1Password, an author of three books about the Delphi programming language, and he continues to write on a variety of topics. You can engage Nick here: https://nickhodges.substack.com/ https://nickhodges.medium.com/ https://www.nickhodges.com/ https://www.polywork.com/nickhodges https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhodges/ The Geek Within c...

Today's guest is Evelyn Lee. She is the Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack. She is also the Founder of Practice of Architecture, which I am looking forward to learning about. Evelyn is also a co-host of the Practice Disrupted podcast. You can engage Evelyn here: https://practiceofarchitecture.com/ https://www.polywork.com/evelyn_lee https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynlee/ https:...

Today's guest is Ben Tobin. He is a Tech Career Coach at Ben Tobin Coaching and formerly worked at Amazon as a Software Development Manager. You can engage Ben here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tobin-acc-11351210/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Nithin. He is the Founder of Synaps QA, which is a community space for test automation professionals and software quality advocates. Nithin is also an Engineering Manager for QA at Fave. You can engage Nithin here: https://www.polywork.com/nithinss https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithin-ss/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/...

Today's guest is Kenji Japra. He is the CEO of PLGA LLC, which is focused on building out a fully featured financial suite for churches. You can engage Kenji here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjij/ https://www.polywork.com/kenjij The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Alexandria Degree. She is the Founder and CEO of AskDegree, which is focused on comprehensive and cohesive compliance management by optimizing FinTech Products, Systems, and People. Alexandria is also involved in Banking as a Service, which is such an interesting concept. You can engage Alexandria here: https://www.polywork.com/alexandria_degre https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex...

Today's guest is Eddie Hinkle. He is the Engineering Manager at Glassdoor and the host of the WebJoy podcast. Eddie has a goal to help spread joy and empathy in the tech industry and enjoys mentoring those who want to get into tech. You can engage Eddie here: https://www.polywork.com/eddiehinkle https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardhinkle/ The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms...

Today's guest is Ted Neward. He is a Principal at Neward & Associates and most recently the Director of Tech Culture at Rocket Mortgage. Ted is also a Guest Lecturer for the iSchool at the University of Washington Information School.   You can engage Ted here: https://www.polywork.com/tedneward http://www.newardassociates.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedneward/ https://twitter.com/ted...

Today's guest is Amanda Eamich. She is a Senior Director of Business Development at ICF and a former civil servant.   You can engage Amanda here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aeamich/   The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu   List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes