The Project Login Podcast

Meet Pamela Perkins, a Senior Manager, Administrative Coaching, within the Coaching & Training Services department at athenahealth. Learn about Pamela's education and training pathway into this technology role. A former teacher, Pamela has been at athenahealth for 8 years. She is an experienced healthcare IT consultant specializing in the optimization of revenue cycle processes to achieve financia...

Michael is serving as Senior Vice President/CIO at Bowdoin College, one of the country’s oldest and most well regarded liberal arts colleges. Reporting to the president and as a member of the President’s Senior Staff, the SVP/CIO facilitates all aspects of information technology strategy, fosters innovation, and guides the institution to discover new ways to use technology to support its mission....

Jen  Hughes is the Employee Success Manager at Systems Engineering in Portland, ME. Systems Engineering is an employee-owned, managed  IT services and consulting company. Jen is passionate about creating dynamic opportunities for individuals to reach their full potential. She believes that organizations should be a place where people can bring their whole selves to work. As the Employee Success Ma...

In this episode, we meet Ken Grady, the Chief Information Officer at IDEXX. Ken is also the chair of Educate Maine's board of directors. Learn about his non-traditional pathway into IT and technology.  An innovation leader in every industry, IDEXX follows its Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water fo...

Jeffrey Jordan works in the Office of Information Technology at the State of Maine as a Director of Enterprise Data Services. In this episode, we chat about how young people may not think that there are opportunities to work in IT within government, but you would be surprised at just how many options there are.  Jeff shares his education and training that led to his career path in IT. We discuss l...

Dani McAvoy LaMarca is a software engineer at Code.org, a national non-profit partner of Educate Maine and Project>Login. Dani shares a bit about her education and career path. Dani is a graduate of Bowdoin College and a former teacher and facilitator. Dani is a strong supporter and advocate for computer science education for all Maine students and a founding member of the CS4Maine Coalition . Lea...

Laura Gurney, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Technology at Husson University. In this episode, we learn about Laura's career path and her education & training pathways. Laura is a volunteer of Project>Login and a member of Mainely Tech Women . We also learn about Laura's involvement with Maine Robotics and the First Lego Robotics League Championships. To learn more about Husson Uni...

In this episode, we meet Carli Carter - a software engineer at Tyler Technologies, based in Yarmouth, ME.  Carli is from the Ellsworth, Maine area. Carli interned at Tyler Technologies first and then was hired into a full-time role after graduating from Thomas College. Carli shares her education pathway and what it's like to work at Tyler. She also talks about the JA Challenge and her involvement...

Jessica Luttrell explains what it is like to work on project teams at IDEXX in the Operation Excellence department. She shares her pathway to her career in IDEXX and how her work embodies the company values. Learn Jessica's favorite place in Maine and about the leadership development program within IDEXX. Visit the IDEXX careers page for information on internships and jobs: https://careers.idexx.c...

Charles Lever discusses his unique pathway within Bangor Housing and what being a life-long-learner means to him. Charles tells us what his favorite place in Maine is and gives advice for young people looking to get into the IT field. For folks interested in earning a CompTIA A+ certification more information can be found here:  https://www.comptia.org/faq/a/what-is-comptia-a-certification Connect...

Learn exactly what an Identity Access Management Engineer does from Leah Dorman. She shares her career pathway and experiences which led her to her current role. Leah also volunteered with Project>Login when she worked at Northern Light Health. (we chat a bit about that company too!) Leah explains the differences in identity access management within Information Technology departments in higher edu...

In this episode, Bill Pierce, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) explains his career pathway which led him to his current role. Learn about Bill's leadership style and the company culture at JAX.  Bill also gives some excellent book recommendations and tells us about his favorite places in Maine. We invite you to learn more about the educational opportunities, inte...

Katy Desjardins works remotely in Maine for a natural gas utility company. We chat about her non-traditional pathway to project management.   Also in this episode, we discuss the Your Pace program at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. We invite you to learn more about careers at Summit Utilities by visiting their website: https://www.summitutilitiesinc.com/careers Katy also tells us her abso...

Josh is the Waterville, Maine center director. CGI Inc., more commonly known as CGI, is a Canadian global information technology consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, and solutions company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Maine operations are located at 173 Main St. in Waterville. Josh talks about community collaboration and his favorite places in place. Learn about careers via t...

The goals of the podcast include: 1. Expose listeners to various technology jobs at Maine companies by people who do the work. 2. Raise awareness of education & training pathways into those careers. 3. Raise aspirations of young Mainers to pursue high-wage, in-demand tech careers. Project>Login decided to launch this podcast in 2020 as a way for folks to learn from people who do the jobs they migh...

Barry Driscoll is our guest on this episode. Learn about a CIO's career pathway to working at one of the 100 fastest-growing publicly traded companies as named by Fortune magazine. Wex, Inc. is based in Portland, Maine. WEX is a financial technology company.  There are many great internships and job opportunities at this fintech company. We invite you to explore their careers page on their website...