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The Geek Within
Hi, I'm Jeremy Wood, and as someone who participates in several IT communities, I realized there are so many people with remarkable stories on how they happened to land in an IT job. So often these great individuals are the business owners, influencers, and event speakers where we hear about the latest products and services that can help us move our customers forward, but we don't hear about them, what they do, why they do it, and how they came to be where they are today. This podcast series…
Episodes
The Geek WithinEp211: Kaamil Khan
Today's guest is Kaamil Khan. He is the President of Makpar Corporation as he prepares to take over as the second generation of leadership at Makpar. I met…
The Geek WithinEp210: Ella O'Brien
Today's guest is Ella O'Brien. She is the Small Business Liaison Officer as well as the GWAC CM at SOSi. Ella works to bridge the gap between emerging small…
The Geek WithinEp209: Janet Clement
Today's guest is Janet Clement. She is the CEO of Jefferson Consulting Group. Janet has been focused on organizational change and efficiency within the GovCon…
The Geek WithinEp208: Ted Fells
Today's guest is Ted Fells. He the President and CEO of NucoreVision Inc., an Enterprise IT, Cyber, and Management Consulting Firm. Ted is also the cohost of…
The Geek WithinEp207: Carrie Kramer
Today's guest is Carrie Kramer. She is a Fellow from the ACT-IAC Partner's Program in 2017 and was a vice chair for Partner's in 2023. I have had the pleasure…
The Geek WithinEp206: Bethany Hsaio
Today's guest is Bethany Hsiao. She is an Application Developer at Dev Technology Group. Bethany is an ACT-IAC Associates 2024 graduate and was part of a team…
The Geek WithinEp205: Anil Chaudhry
Today's guest is Anil Chaudhry. He is the Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at U.S. Department of Transportation. Anil goes by Neal and has been a…
The Geek WithinEp204: Cheryl Waldrup
Today's guest is Cheryl Waldrup. She is a Principal Consultant at AIMC Consulting, which is a woman-owned business here in the DC area. Cheryl is also a…
The Geek WithinEp203: Shelley McGuire
Today's guest is Shelley McGuire. She is the owner and Events Curator for Shelley's Events, the Chief Strategy Officer for OrangeSlices, a realtor in Florida…
The Geek WithinEp202: Eric Twiggs
Today's guest is Eric Twiggs. He is a Founding Partner and President of The What Now Movement, author of The Discipline of Now: 12 Practical Principles to…
The Geek WithinEp201: Matt Payne
Today's guest is Matt Payne. He is the Founder of Outer Circle Foundation, which is focused on supporting Veterans and first responders during their most…
The Geek WithinEp200: Jeremy Wood
Today's episode is a little different. I asked my good friend Rima Reyes to interview me for my podcast so that I could share my own career journey. It is a…
The Geek WithinEp199: Brionna Mayo
Today's guest is Brionna Mayo. She is a Data Architect at Smart Synergies. Brionna has a lot of experience in the DoD contracting community. We met through our…
The Geek WithinEp198: Samuel Navarro
Today's guest is Samuel Navarro. He is a Strategic Account Executive for Health IT at Microsoft. Samuel previously worked for both GSA and the Army, and is an…
The Geek WithinEp197: Dominic Sale
Today's guest is Dominic Sale. He is the Managing Director at Code and Theory, which builds transformative digital experiences for federal agencies. Dominic is…
The Geek WithinEp196: Kate Livis
Today's guest is Kate Livis. She is the President of Livis Consulting, which is a small woman owned business specializing in IT consulting, agile management…
The Geek WithinEp195: Arfa Syed
Today's guest is Arfa Syed. She is on the Growth and Strategy team at Leidos. Arfa graduated from the ACT-IAC Voyagers 2022; she sat on the Cybersecurity board…
The Geek WithinEp194: Jonathan Hamlet
Today's guest is Jonathan Hamlet. He is a Senior Procurement Executive at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Jonathan has worked at six different federal…
The Geek WithinEp193: Beth A. Martin
Today's guest is Beth A. Martin. She is a UX Design and CX Subject Matter Expert in Digital Services at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Beth is also a…
The Geek WithinEp192: Jordan Ottaway
Today's guest is Jordan Ottaway. He is a Marketing Project Manager at Dallas-based Mortgage company. Jordan is a journalist turned marketer, which I am looking…
The Geek WithinEp191: Aaron Pujanandez
Today's guest is Aaron Pujanandez. He is the CEO of Delta Lima, a firm focused on data science and data analytics across the government. Aaron and I met…
The Geek WithinEp190: Alexa Tsui
Today's guest is Alexa Tsui. She is the Chief Operating Officer for G2Xchange, growth tool suite for government and contractors. Alexa and I met through…
The Geek WithinEp189: Tarrazzia Martin
Today's guest is Tarrazzia Martin. She is the Senior Advisor for Enterprise Technology Planning and Change Management at the Department of Housing and Urban…
The Geek WithinEp188: Doug Yates
Today's guest is Doug Yates. He is a Consultant and Advisor for Intelligent Information Management at Konica Minolta Business Solutions focused on DocPoint…
The Geek WithinEp187: Ratima Kataria
Today's guest is Ratima Kataria. She is the Chief Strategy and Growth Leader for Health Analytics, Research, and Technology Solutions at ICF. Ratima was…
The Geek WithinEp186: Chuck Grindle
Today's guest is Chuck Grindle. He is the Executive Advisor for Public Sector at Proofpoint. Chuck is an Army veteran and a previous Chief Information Officer…
The Geek WithinEp185: Chidilim (Chi) Okonkwo
Today's guest is Chidilim (Okonkwo) Oconkwo, better known as Chi. She is the Director of the Agency Financials Systems Office at NASA. Chi is also an ACT-IAC…
The Geek WithinEp183: Brett Fraser
Today's guest is Brett Fraser. He is the Executive Vice President of Technical Services at NSS, which is a women-owned small business technology solution and…
The Geek WithinEp182: Swamy Sriperumbudur
Today's guest is Swamy Sriperumbudur. He is the Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI Officer at Expedite InfoTech, Host of the Leadership in Crisis podcast, and…
The Geek WithinEp181: Kyle Dodd
Today's guest is Kyle Dodd. He is Vice President for Digital Modernization Capture at ICF. Episode 181 on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_Po4OLIlYt4 You can engage…
The Geek WithinEp180: Jason Adolf
Today's guest is Jason Adolf. He is Vice President Global Public Sector at Appian. You can engage Jason here: LinkedIn -…
The Geek WithinEp179: Douglas Hubbard
Today's guest is Douglas Hubbard. He is the Manager of the Power Apps Centre of Excellence (PACE) for Transport Canada. Episode 179 on YouTube…
The Geek WithinEp178: Justin Fessler
Today's guest is Justin Fessler. He is Vice President of Public Sector at LogicMonitor and a mentor for YearUp. Justin and I have known each other for a few…
The Geek WithinEp177: Gláucia Esppenchutz
Today's guest is Gláucia Esppenchutz. She is a Data Operations Engineer at AiFi Inc. and a Committer and Release Manager of the Apache Wayang incubator…
The Geek WithinEp176: Brian Chidester
Today's guest is Brian Chidester. He is the Head of Industry Strategy for Public Sector at Adobe. Brian is the host of The Government Huddle podcast. He is…
The Geek WithinEp175: Karlene Stecchi
Today's guest is Karlene Stecchi. She is an Executive Vice President at Tantus Technologies, which is focused on digital transformation within the government…
The Geek WithinEp174: Lauren Leulu
Today's guest is Lauren Leulu. She is the Founder and CEO of Leulu & Company which is focused on providing proposal graphics, marketing, and branding services…
The Geek WithinEp173: Sarah Jones
Today's guest is Sarah Jones. She is Principal Consultant at ShortList Recruitment Limited focused on their Microsoft Practice and Power Platform, BizzApps…
The Geek WithinEp172: Jennifer Bonner
Today's guest is Jennifer Bonner. She is the Senior Vice President of Client Delivery at RIVA Solutions. Jenny is a graduate of the ACT-IAC Partners in 2023…
The Geek WithinEp171: Cody Mruk
Today's guest is Cody Mruk. He is the Senior Director of Business Development at ECS Federal. Cody both met through our interactions in the DC area through…
The Geek WithinEp170: Pam DeGraffenreid
Today's guest is Pam DeGraffenreid. She is Senior Microsoft 365 Developer and Tech Lead at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy labs…
The Geek WithinEp169: Laura Bennett
Today's guest is Laura Bennett. She is a Partner at Catapult Growth Partners and a High Performance Coach at BDL Consulting, where she does executive coaching…
The Geek WithinEp168: Timothy Boettcher
Today's guest is Timothy Boettcher. He is Senior VP and Head of Go-To-Market Strategy for AvePoint, currently working out of AvePoint's Public Sector office in…
The Geek WithinEp167: Natalie Carey
Today's guest is Natalie Carey. She is the Director for Alliances and Ecosystem for Unqork Government. Natalie is also a co-founder and board member for…
The Geek WithinEp166: Scott Weiss
*** This is part 2 of a two-part episode. Watch last week's episode for part 1 *** Today's guest is Scott Weiss. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative…
The Geek WithinEp165: Scott Weiss
*** This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Come back next week for part 2 *** Today's guest is Scott Weiss. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at…
The Geek WithinEp164: Malcolm Harden
Today's guest is Malcolm Harden. He is the Chief Growth Officer at Safal Partners and the IAC Chair for ACT-IAC. It is through our years of volunteering for…
The Geek WithinEp163: David Wennergren
Today's guest is David Wennergren. He is the CEO of ACT-IAC, an amazing non-profit based in the DC area that helps government and industry collaborate to solve…
The Geek WithinEp162: Samara Schulman
Today's guest is Samara Schulman. She is the President of OnPoint Consulting, a technology and consulting services firm in the government contracting space…
The Geek WithinEp161: Frank Reyes
Today's guest is Frank Reyes. He is the Cloud Solutions Leader within the Technology and Consulting Services division at Maximus. Frank is also a graduate of…
The Geek WithinEp160: Sonia Mundra
Today's guest is Sonia Mundra. She is the President at Chenega Analytic Business Solutions, which is an 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation providing IT and…
The Geek WithinEp159: Jennifer Folsom
Today's guest is Jennifer Folsom. She is the VP of Growth at ICF Next. Jennifer is also a Customer Experience Advisory Member at the Richmond School of…
The Geek WithinEp158: Abbey Kos
Today's guest is Abbey Kos. She is the Digital Experience Leader of State and Local Government at Amazon Web Services. Abbey also did a stint with 18F, one of…
The Geek WithinEp157: Mitzi Mead
Today's guest is Mitzi Mead. She is President and CEO of Anakim Consulting, a women owned, HUBZone certified small business providing IT and business…
The Geek WithinEp156: Jon Meadows
Today's guest is Jon Meadows. He is the Owner of High-End Headshots and a Co-Founder of Creative Transitions which assists veterans as they transition out of…
The Geek WithinEp155: Will Manel
Today's guest is Will Manel. He is Competitive Strategy Director at Peraton and a graduate of the ACT-IAC Voyagers Leadership Development Program in 2021. You…
The Geek WithinEp154: Kristy Huang
Today's guest is Kristy Haung. She is the Business Development Manager at ABS Group, former President of AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders, AFCEA 40 under 40…
The Geek WithinEp153: Jen Jensen
Today's guest is Jen Jensen. She is a Partner at Applied Technology Solutions LLC. Jen and I met when we worked together at the Millennium Challenge…
The Geek WithinEp152: Janet Stevens
Today's guest is Janet Stevens. She is the Chief Talent Management Officer in the Office of Management at the Food Safety Inspection Service within the USDA…
The Geek WithinEp151: Jessica Price
Today's guest is Jessica Price. She is Director of Customer Success at NuAxis Innovations. Jessica is on the Emerging Leaders Board at AFCEA Bethesda and was…