The Geek Within

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

Today's guest is Ash Birk. He is an Operations Coordinator at Kulture and a freelance UX/UI designer.   You can engage Ash here: https://www.polywork.com/ash_birk https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-birk-65725a116/  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 Krithika Chandramouli. She is a Software Engineer at Meta and speaker at the upcoming Women Who Code - Connect Empower 2023 conference.   You can engage Krithika here: https://www.polywork.com/krithika_chandra https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckrithika/   More information on Connect Empower 2023: https://www.womenwhocode.com/connect-cfp https://hopin.com/events/connect-2023/r...

Today's guest is Jeff Gallimore. He is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, and Co-founder, at Excella.  He is also a writer and speaker within the DevOps community, where is also an organizer for DevOpsDays DC and a co-founder of DC Tech Community Champions.   You can engage Jeff here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgallimore/ https://twitter.com/jgallimore https://itsanicelife.co...

Today's guest is Alexandria Leary. She is a Cloud Security Consultant at ScaleSec. Alexandria has been busy and recently completed her Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification for Google Cloud, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional, better known as the CISSP, and her AWS Certified Solutions Architect for AWS.   You can engage Alexandria here: https://www.linkedin.c...

Today's guest is Martin Anderson-Clutz. He is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Acqueia and is a Triple Certified Drupal Expert for Drupal 7, 8, and 9 among a variety of other certifications and a member of the Drupal community for 17 years.   You can engage Martin here: https://www.polywork.com/mandclu https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandclu/  The Geek Within can be found on several podcast pl...

Today's guest is Teresa Holfeld. She is the CEO and Founder of the Hamburg Coding School, which provides courses on software development. Teresa is also the Co-Founder of Small and Modern, a software development company focused on web, mobile, and back-end development, along with machine learning and data science.    You can engage Teresa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-holfeld-...

Today's guests are Brian Anderson-Needham, owner and operator of Weapon Brand and Combat Athlete Performance Academy, and Jamie Anderson, CEO and co-owner of Weapon Brand.   You can engage Brian here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-anderson-needham-68a82922b/ http://www.combatathletepa.com/   You can engage Jamie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jammwow/ https://www.polywork.com/jami...

Today's guest is Erin Fitzgibbons. She is a Deputy Program Manager for USCIS at Octo Consulting Group. Erin is also the President-elect of the Emerging Leaders for AFCEA Bethesda and the Communications Chair of the Emerging Technology Community of Interest at ACT-IAC. Finally, she is also the gAp Chair and her class liaison. Erin and I interact frequently within the ACT-IAC community.   YouTu...

Today's guest is Matthew Kaulfers, he is an iOS Engineer at Willlowtree Apps, which is a digital strategy, design, development, and growth company focused on mobile technologies.   You can engage Matthew here: https://www.polywork.com/matthew_kaulfers https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewkaulfers/   The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/...

Today's guest is Shaun Gold. He is described as a lifelong entrepreneur, which is easy to see from all of the ventures he is involved in, including founder of YouTopian Journey and Gold's Code, an entrepreneur in residence at Baltic Sandbox, and a startup mentor at Founder Institute. He is also involved with Open VC, where you can read all of his articles on how to get started in your tech busines...

Today's guest is Anirudh Varma. He is the Associate Director of Engineering at SpotDraft, a company that focuses on streamlining the contract lifecycle and automation platform.    You can engage Anirudh here: https://www.polywork.com/anirudhvarma12 https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudh-varma/   List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes YouTube version: https://youtu.be/d5INK...

Today's guest is Geraldine Anello, someone who had her main career in music, but during COVID transitioned into tech recruiting. She is multi-passionate about both careers.   You can engage Geraldine here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldineanello/ https://www.polywork.com/geraldine_anello   Some links from Geraldine Handy Women Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/48277860230557...

Today's guest is Kitty Nix, she is a Senior Manager on the DHS Account Team at Amazon Web Services. Kitty and I met during the ACT-IAC Partners Program in 2018 and our cohort continues to stay connected.   You can engage Kitty here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittynix/   List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Kristina Britt, she is an Innovation Specialist at GSA and has also worked at Blackstone Technology Group and 1901 Group. I met Kristina through interactions within the ACT-IAC community, especially their leadership development programs.   You can engage Kristina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinabritt/   List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Andy Lieber, he is a Partner at Catapult Growth Partners. He has been involved with ACT-IAC and the Professional Services Council. Andy and I met and have gotten to know each other at numerous networking events in the DC area within the GovCon space. We both share a passion for bourbon AND for wanting to help the government to be better.   You can engage Andy here: https://ww...

Today's guest is Andrew McCoy, he is an Account Executive over Federal Scientific at Zivaro. We know each other from our work with ACT-IAC, especially in the confluence of emerging technology and workforce management. You can engage Andrew here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mccoy-6351494/ https://twitter.com/Ahoy_coy List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes