The Project Login Podcast

David Delmar Sentíes Purpose-driven work, career discovery, equity in tech   Topics Discussed: David's early career inspirations and turning points Founding and growing Resilient Coders Why equitable access to tech careers matters Advice for young people exploring their own paths Links & Resources: David Delmar Sentíes Resilient Coders David’s TEDx Talk Connect with us: 💼 Follow the podcast for m...

Hannah Greene: Senior Workforce Development Specialist at Educate Maine. Contact: hannah@educatemaine.org. Expertise in registered apprenticeship programs and workforce development. Registered Apprenticeship: Registered Apprenticeship is an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, r...

Hayden Fielder, a senior from Londonderry, New Hampshire, is soon to enter his fourth year at Husson University. Attracted by the football program and the IT degree, Hayden has excelled both on the field and in academics. Recently awarded 2nd Team All Conference in the CCC football conference, Hayden's journey includes internships at various organizations, from Husson's Help Desk to renowned compa...

Project Login's Program Specialist Shelby Bryant interviews Michelle DeBlois. Michelle is a Maine-based former educator and Founder & CEO of the ReMo App. Michelle also happens to have been Shelby's 6th grade science teacher. Listen to learn how Michelle designed and developed this app and how she is working with schools to improve literacy.  https://remo.app/ Connect with us: 💼 Follow the podcas...

In this episode, Angela interviews Ashley Drexler. Ashley is a Software Engineer II oat Fieldstack in Portland, ME. She shares her education and career pat as well as  advice for young people looking to get into the field. A former UMaine Orono grad and woman in tech, she also tells us what her favorite place in Maine is. Note: Ashley also worked with me coordinating CS Connected programming durin...

Meet CTO Trevor Gionet from Omnic. AI Omnic. AI is a startup based in Brunswick, Maine focusing on developing a community of gamers who are gaining insights to their gameplay via the Forge platform and AI insights. Learn about Trevor's education and career paths that led him to where here is today. Trevor discusses the company, its culture and current opportunities.  Check out their careers page:...

In this episode, Reilly and Shelby chat with Ashley, Technology Compliance Analyst at Systems Engineering. Systems Engineering is based in Portland. Ashley shares how she got into this work and gives advice to people looking to get into the industry. Ashley is also featured on Project>Login's Circuts of Success . Connect with Ashley on LinkedIn and learn more: Systems Engineering is a 100% employe...

In this episode, Angela and Shelby chat with Anthony DeBery, the Chief Operating Officer at Garrand Moehlenkamp. Garrand is based in Portland. Anthony shares how he got into this work and advice for people looking to get into this work. Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn and learn more: Garrand Moehlenkamp (GM) is an independent brand-building agency in Portland, ME dedicated to Growing the World’s...

Just over two weeks ago we hosted a Data Science Exploration Night where students and young professionals heard from three panelists in the field: Jacob Sagrans (Tumblehome, Inc), Rachel Carpenter (Wex), and Sean Turner (IDEXX). This podcast was recorded live at the event and you will hear them provide advice to young people, educators, and anyone interested in data science. They also speak about...

Meet Kymberli Bryant ("Kym") in this weeks special episode. Kym is a computer science teacher at Spruce Mountain High School and she is a facilitator for Educate Maine/Project Login, training other teachers to teach CS. Kym  shares her education and career paths as well as her favorite place in Maine. Listen to learn about professional development and training options in Maine and recommendations...

Meet Shelby Bryant and Reilly Moncrief this week as you learn about their work on the Project Login team at Educate Maine; how they got here and learn about their education and training pathways. Discover their passions as well as their favorite places in Maine. They tell you all about upcoming events and places where Project Login staff will be traveling and presenting. Check out our events page:...

Meet Abby Grindle! Abby is a Software Support Specialist at Tyler Technologies. She started out part-time while she was going to college and then accepted a full-time role. Her day-to-day consists of helping clients troubleshoot issues and providing solutions to common errors, concerns and problems. When Tyler Technologies' municipal government clients need help, support specialists like Abby are...

This week, Angela interviews ReachMyTeach’s Co-Founders, Jeff Borland and Aidan Blum Levine, and COO Helen Bright-Cohen. ReachMyTeach was created to streamline communication between teachers and a student’s parent/guardian. The platform offers translation in over 130+ languages and has interpreters on-call for video chat, allowing parents to communicate in their preferred language.  Aidan was the...

Angela interviews Benny Boas in this week's episode. Benny is the CEO and founder of Upright Education. We learn about Benny's own education and training pathways and what led him to apprentice under a mentor and then start and launch  a training academy to upskill others. Learn about how Upright Education partners with higher education to deliver high quality short term trainings to increase the...

We had a great conversation about Matt's role(s) at Tyler Technologies. He is a Software Engineering team Manager and the director of the Maine App Challenge . Educate Maine and Project>Login have partnered with Tyler on the Maine App Challenge since 2015.  "Study hard, learn and prosper!" ~Matt Jones' Dad https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-jones-cste-uxc-78793957/ http://maineappchallenge.com/ http...

In this special episode we sit down with Dylan Bulmer at the Foster Center for Innovation at UMaine in Orono. Dylan is a student about to graduate from the University of Maine and is working on so many projects as a software engineer that Project>Login's director may have lost count. He is an advocate and champion for K-12 CS education as well and is helping Project>Login with expanding Girls Who...

Erin Bond is a software engineer who works at Mentor Collective coding tools and products to help connect students in higher education with industry mentors. Erin has a background in education and then switched careers by taking a full-stack developer bootcamp through Ada Developers Academy. A six-month intensive training followed by a 6-month internship in industry.  This former educator now has...

Jacob Bazinet sat down to talk with Project>Login Program Director Angela Oechslie about his role at CGI, his education and training pathways and transitioning from intern to full-time hire. We talk about #esg, #fintech, #blockchain, #wallstreet, and #globalbanking He also shares his favorite place in Maine. Take a listen to learn more about the skills Jacob uses daily and what the company culture...

Excited to introduce listeners to Election Bridge co-founders in this episode. Ackeem Evans and Jermaine Hartsfield, MSOD chat with Project>Login Program Director Angela Oechslie. We met at The Roux Institute in Portland where their company is part of the 2022 Founder Residency Program. Originally from Georgia the two men developed the company and are digitizing civic engagement with their app. El...

Tyler Smith is about to graduate from Husson University. Tyler works at Sephone as a lead font-end developer. He is excited to launch his career by helping businesses with marketing and technology needs. Learn about his training and educational pathway. In this episode, he also tells us his favorite place in Maine! Connect with Tyler on LinkedIn .  Check out Sephone's website ! Learn more about Hu...

Nick Havas is a Nick is an XR Artist, graphic designer and VR & Metaverse veteran specializing in 2D and 3D design, direction and management with a special focus in metaverses and online games. Nick works with a great group of people at Standard Magic creating cool stuff in the area of XR extended Reality. Learn where Nick's  favorite place in Maine is and his career path into this exciting career...

Kemal Turksonmez is a full-stack developer working on projects and coding solutions for HighByte. HighByte is a fairly new company in Maine.    Connect with Kemal on LinkedIn and follow HighByte too! Learn more about careers at HighByte: https://www.highbyte.com/careers.html   Connect with us: 💼 Follow the podcast for more inspiring career stories 📩 Have a guest suggestion? Reach out to Shelby@e...

Alan Jamieson is new to Maine in the last 2 years. Here arrived from Maryland to The Roux Institute to be a teaching professor of computer science.  On this episode we get Alan's advice for young people looking to pursue computer science pathways. More information about The Roux Institute and programs of study by visiting the website: https://roux.northeastern.edu/ Connect with Alan on LinkedIn: ...

These are some Organizations/Resources that Caroline wanted to share with listeners: BlockBeam A free Blockchain education program for undergrads to help them launch into Blockchain and Fintech careers https://www.blockbeam.io/ Darshan.io is a inclusive global talent community for gig and full time job seekers that incentivizes learning and sharing with crypto https://darshana.io/ XRWOMEN https://...

We're back! After a long hiatus, we sat down this week to chat with a software engineer. This new episode  features an interview with Sara Strasner, who works at Olive AI Sara is interested in closing the gender gap in tech and providing young women and girls an opportunity to get into coding and computer science. She will be volunteering with us this summer as a facilitator and mentor at our Girl...