Tech in the Right Direction

How AI and 3D Modeling is Changing the Apparel Industry

This week's guest is Whitney Cathcart, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at 3DLOOK. This AI-first technology company has built a patented mobile body scanning technology that measures fully dressed people with the highest precision of accuracy in seconds. Their fit-tech solution is allowing the fashion and apparel industry to catch up with modern times.
Today we talk about Whitney's move from the applications space into the fit-tech industry and how 3DLOOK is helping modernize fashion and apparel. We also talk about how women are becoming a driving force in technology and how staying curious can keep this drive going.
Thank you for listening; we hope Whitney's story helps inspire others to seek or grow their tech career.

Venture Capital Pursuit

Sit with Jennifer Didier and Jean Anne Booth as they discuss the world of Venture Capital.  After a great career and millions of dollars made, Jean Anne Booth come out of retirement for a corporate adventure that would change the life of loved one and those like her. 
As a serial entrepreneur, Jean Anne Booth has 30 years of experience in high technology. Her background spans from P&L business unit management to marketing; product definition; systems, software, and applications engineering; silicon development engineering; and operations and product engineering. Jean Anne was the founder of Luminary Micro, the creators of the Stellaris® microcontroller (MCU) platform and the first to market with ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontroller solutions. Luminary Micro was purchased by Texas Instruments in May 2009. Jean Anne left TI in November 2011 after serving as the General Manager for TI’s Stellaris family of products. Early in her career, Jean Anne worked with AMD’s embedded microprocessor products for 10 years in a number of management, marketing and engineering roles. Jean Anne holds a BSEE from the University of Texas and an MSCE degree from National Technical University.
Reach her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanannebooth/
Website: https://www.unaliwear.com/

Technology Certifications can give you a hiring edge.

Jennifer Didier speaks with Darshini Santhanam bout her road to success in the technology world. She shares extensively about the importance of certifications and how to know which are the best ones to move you to a better hiring position.
 
More about Darshini Santhanam:
A global leader with 17 years at Google and Microsoft, building and leading highly skilled international teams to solve skills gaps & knowledge barriers• Proven track record of turning complex problems into sustainable and measurable learning interventions ranging from impact at leading multinational corporations to the developer community at large, delivering award-winning work• Exceptionally-rated people manager with a mind for business; coach; sponsor of diversity initiatives; currently pursuing an Executive Masters in Change from INSEAD• An active member of women's organizations internally at work and in the industry, serving as a sponsor, mentor and coach• Passionate about lifelong learning, personal fitness, experiments in the kitchen and upcycling• Proud parent of two young children and two older dogs
 
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsanthanam/

Investing In Yourself to Create Future Opportunity

This week's guest is Jennifer O'Brien, the Founder of Accounting Business Solutions by JCS - a solution provider that focuses on the implementation, training, and technical assistance for accounting software.
Today we talk about Jennifer's career journey and how she dove headfirst into tech during the early part of her career journey. Jennifer's headfirst attitude developed because she knew she would see a return on the investment in herself. This investment in herself became a realization after Jennifer figured out that she could help small businesses with the accounting side of their organization, which led her to create Business Solutions by JCS.
Learn more about Accounting Business Solutions by JCS here: https://www.jcscomputer.com/
Thank you for listening; we hope Jennifer's story helps inspire others to seek or grow their tech career.

The Significant Impact Women Have on a Global Economy

This week's guest is Andrea Stevenson Conner, the Principal of Stevenson Conner Global Strategies - an organization that collaborates with game-changing, innovative leaders of regional/global nonprofit and for-profit organizations with missions for gender equity that seek significant impact extending to the 7th generation. Andrea is a consultant who knows how to build the team around critical initiatives and serves as an agent of change. She moves innovative initiatives forward from an idea, creates alignment of strategy, and focuses on team building with a global lens.
Today we talk about Andrea's experiences throughout the world and how they helped her develop her approach to making significant positive changes for women. Andrea also shares what she attributes her success to. We also talk about how women significantly impact the global economy and the influence they wield.
Thank you for listening; we hope Andrea's story helps inspire others to seek or grow their tech career.

A Journey to find a way after college

In this episode Jennifer Didier interviews Jennifer Murray. Jennifer Murray shares her journey from graduating college with a Marketing degree, navigating it through a technical job she received.  From there she found her purpose and started her own company.  
She discovered that small and medium businesses could create the same industry-leading employee programs by leveraging proven principles and program frameworks to increase employee engagement for the long-term.
She earned her BBA in Marketing from The College of William and Mary and attended the Poole School of Management at NCSU to earn her MBA. She is actively involved in RMSHRM as VP of Membership, mentors, and volunteers with Dress for Success and St. Mary Magdalene Church in Apex, NC.
Jennifer adopted a servant leadership style while leading and developing a team of sales professionals at Cisco Systems and working cross-functionally to launch Channel Partner training programs to hundreds of team members at both Cisco Systems and AT&T. She launched the first college hire sales program at Cisco Systems – immersing over one hundred recent college graduates in a multi-year training program in preparation for independent field sales positions. She and her partners believe that organizations of all sizes can create a strategic advantage to win and retain top talent.
You can reach Jennifer Murray on her website www.onboardwithus.com  Or by email: Jennifer@onboardwithus.com 

From Academia to Technology

Join Jennifer Didier as she interviews Lynn Letukas and Melissa Hortman. Listen as Lynn and Melissa share with us their journey from the world of Academia to their current place in the world of technology. 
Lynn Letukas:
For more than 17 years, I have dedicated my career to leveraging technology to build innovative programs, products and learning. Dynamic leader with expertise in learning and development, talent development, training delivery, scaling programs and products, and using data to drive and inform decision-making. Insights featured in: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Business InsiderSpecialties: team leadership, learner success, education strategy, learning and development, user experience, data analytics, strategic planning, product management, product strategy, secondary/post-secondary education, assessment, edtech, learning management, credentialing. Reach out to Lynn Letukas on LinkedIn to find out more. 
 
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-letukas/
 
Melissa Hortman: 
Melissa Hortman, EdD is an experienced higher education leader and innovator who has expertise in leading digital transformation and accelerating academic research in U.S. higher education. Dr. Hortman is passionate about empowering faculty innovation and student resiliency to make higher education more agile and stronger during disruptions now and in the future.Dr. Hortman spent over 12 years in higher education working in student success and institutional transformation at community colleges, liberal arts, and academic medical centers. She has presented over 30 sessions in the past five years at regional, national and international conferences along with being featured as a keynote speaker as well as in various podcasts and blogs. Dr. Hortman is passionate about empowering faculty innovation and student resilience to make higher education more agile and stronger during disruptions now and in the future. As a “realistic visionary”, she will push the boundaries but make sure there is a practical plan for the future.
Dr. Hortman can also be reached on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissahortmanedd/
 

The Importance of Mentorship in Your Career Journey

This week's guest is Sarah Haggard, the Founder and CEO of Tribute. A peer-to-peer mentorship platform that enhances team collaboration, learning, and productivity by creating real-time access to knowledge sharing via micro-mentorship. Sarah is an innovative people and business leader who has led multiple start-up initiatives within her decade-long career in Product Marketing at Microsoft, raising $40M to scale her last business. She is an expert in P&L management, enterprise software, and GTM strategy. Sarah's tenacity and drive for results led to her being recognized as a turnaround expert and new business incubator.
Today we talk about Sarah's beginnings in the tech industry and what led her to found Tribute. We also talk about the importance of mentorship and how it can help shape your career.
Thank you for listening; we hope Sarah's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.