Tech in the Right Direction
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
How Women Can Negotiate and Advocate for More Equality
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
This week's guest is Peggy Martinus, VP of Sales & Marketing at Magenium Solutions - an organization focused on Microsoft-centered services and solutions that allows companies to increase revenue, reduce risk, and decrease costs. Peggy is a tenured leader with over twenty-five years of experience in IT and is an instrumental part of Magenium's partnership with Microsoft. She offers deep insight across all aspects of the business relationship and has helped grow the organization over the past ten years.
In today's episode, we talk about Peggy's career journey and how she found herself at Magenium. With a degree in Computer Science, Peggy found herself in coding right out of college, which eventually led her to the business side of IT. Peggy eventually grew within the business side of IT, which ultimately led her to a leadership position within Magenium. We also discuss how women can better advocate for themselves and negotiate their way into a more equal and deserving world.
You can learn more about Magenium Solutions here:
https://www.magenium.com/
We hope Peggy's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
How-to Achieve Work-Life Balance in Today‘s Remote World
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
This week's guest is Liz Aldridge, the Manager of Client Services at ApostleTech - an organization specializing in implementing, extending, connecting, and supporting Salesforce. Liz is passionate about developing processes and sales operations that provide substantial customer results and drive change. In addition, she has extensive experience in sales and cloud services, which has allowed her to grow within the ApostleTech team.
In today's episode, we talk with Liz about managing a team in a remote world and how-to handle your work-life balance. We also discuss the different ways you can navigate the challenges created in today's modern business world. Finally, we continue the discussion and talk about setting expectations within your work and at home - along with so much more.
You can learn more about ApostleTech here: https://apostletech.com/
We hope Liz's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
How Women Can Leverage the Unique Opportunities Created by the Pandemic
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
This week's guest is Sara Silver, the Founder and President of Silverware, Inc. - a Premier Microsoft Gold Partner focused on providing a library of solutions to help organizations drive efficiency and create growth. Starting in 1988, Sara has grown the company into a world-class organization and is now focused on using this growth to create more opportunities for women in tech.
In today's episode, we talk about Sara's career journey and what led her to become the Founder of Silverware, Inc. We also get into how women have changed the IT landscape and what we can do to expose more women to tech careers. We also get into the unique opportunity created from the pandemic for more women to enter the tech industry.
You can learn more about Silverware, Inc. here: https://www.silverw.com/
We hope Sara's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.