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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 WithinPassion Project Ep6: Seamus Kearns
This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job. This…
The Geek WithinEp89: Casey Harris Custardo
This week's guest is Casey Harris Custardo, she is a Senior Federal Partner Marketing Advisor at Microsoft. She also volunteers with ACT-IAC as the Programs…
The Geek WithinEp88: Laura Smith
This week's guest is Laura Smith, she is the Director of Marketing at Ardent. Laura is a big supporter of mentorship and loves to mentor others, which is why…
The Geek WithinPassion Project Ep 5: Holly Barnett
This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job. This…
The Geek WithinPassion Project Ep4: Sarah Gilbert
This week's guest is Sarah Gilbert, she the Community Manager for Microsoft Public Sector Tech Community. Today's conversation is on how she got started with…
The Geek WithinEp87: Kathleen Cowles
This week's guest is Kathleen Cowles. She is a Partner at Deep Water Point, serves on the board of AFCEA International and president of AFCEA Bethesda, and has…
The Geek WithinEp86: Reeba Magulick
This week's guest is Reeba Magulick. She is a Founding Senior Partner at d8 Group and a volunteer with AFCEA NOVA. She hosted an interesting podcast series…
The Geek WithinEp85: Charlotte Lee
This week's guest is Charlotte Lee. She is the Strategic Lead for CX and Innovation at Granicus and the Chief Executive Officer at Monday Design Company…
The Geek WithinPassion Project Ep3: Bianca Kahlenberg
This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job. This…
The Geek WithinEp 84: Jennifer Yang
This week's guest is Jennifer Yang. She is the President at Inflexion LLC, and an Entrepreneur in Residence at McDaniel College. She is also the Founder of…
The Geek WithinPassion Project Ep2: Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza
This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job. This…
The Geek WithinEp83: Deon Norals
This week's guest is Deon Norals. He is the President and CEO of iHealth Innovative Solutions and is a big supporter of organizations that help people and…
The Geek WithinEp82: Patrick Doran
This week's guest is Patrick Doran, he is a Front-End Development Lead and UX Design Manager working on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint at the North Carolina…
The Geek WithinEp81: Savin Joseph
This week's guest is Savin Joseph, he is the Senior Director of Business Development at ICF. He is an ACT-IAC Fellow and participates with AFCEA and HiMMS, all…
The Geek WithinEp80: Sandy Barsky
This week's guest is Sandy Barsky, he is the Executive Program Director for Government and Education at Oracle. He is a prolific volunteer with ACT-IAC, the…
The Geek WithinPassion Project Ep1: Ioana Tanase
This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job. This…
The Geek WithinEp 79: Chuck Riddle
This week's guest is Chuck Riddle, he is a Senior Advisor to the CTO at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Chuck and I met many years ago when he…
The Geek WithinEp78: Tom Suder
This week's guest is Tom Suder, he is the Chief Executive Officer at the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, better known as ATARC. Tom and I met a…
The Geek WithinEp77: Jonathan Alboum
This week's guest is Jonathan Alboum. He is the Federal CTO at ServiceNow, is a previous IT executive in government, serves as an advisor to numerous…
The Geek WithinEp76: Christian Buckley
This week's guest is Christian Buckley. He is the Brand Alliance Director at AvePoint, a Microsoft Regional Director, and an MVP for Microsoft Office Apps and…
The Geek WithinEp75: Theresa Kinney
This week's guest is Theresa Kinney. She is the NASA SEWP Director of Operations and Communications at NASA. Listen as she talks about her journey to NASA and…
The Geek WithinEp74: Marshall Heard
This week's guest is Marshall Heard. He is the Chief Operations Officer at Thermopylae Sciences + Technology. Listen as he talks about an unexpected…
The Geek WithinEp73: Becky John
This week's guest is Becky John. She is the Vice President of Business Development at ECS. Listen as she talks about her unexpected journey into the technology…
The Geek WithinEp72: Ashley Nichols
This week's guest is Ashley Nichols. She recently achieved a goal and contrary to my introduction is now a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of…
The Geek WithinEp 71: Ioana Tanase
This week's guest is Ioana Tanase. She is an Accessibility Program Manager at Microsoft, an author of two books, and a shoemaker - she has a business making…
The Geek WithinEp70: Akanksha Sharma
This week's guest is Akanksha Sharma. She is the Senior Advisor on Human Capital Technology Transformation at the Office of Personnel Management. Listen as she…
The Geek WithinEp69: Sharon Weaver
This week's guest is Sharon Weaver. She is the founder and CEO of Smarter Consulting. Listen as she shares about how she has always been a "nerd" and a problem…
The Geek WithinEp68: Don Lovett
This week's guest is Don Lovett. He is the Founder, CIO, and Principal Consultant at ProjectBits Consulting. Listen as he shares about his background growing…
The Geek WithinEp67: Bethany Aquilina Brez
This week's guest is Bethany Aquilina Brez. She is the Managing Director of Strategic Execution at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation…
The Geek WithinEp66: Mary O'Connor
This week's guest is Mary O'Connor. She is a Program Management Office Coordinator at Agile Defense and a 2021 graduate of the ACT-IAC Associates leadership…
The Geek WithinEp65: Jeremiah Akinbohun
This week's guest is Jeremiah Akinbohun. He is a Technical Specialist at Dev Technology Group and a 2021 graduate of the ACT-IAC Associates leadership…
The Geek WithinEp64: Jessica Alfaro
This week's guest is Jessica Alfaro. She is a Managing Director of Technology Solutions at Acuity, Inc. and a 2021 graduate of the ACT-IAC Voyagers leadership…
The Geek WithinEp 63: David Patrick
This week's guest is David Patrick. He a Subject Matter Expert at DSA working in the SharePoint space. He is an adjunct professor and volunteer with several…
The Geek WithinEp62: Rob Lerner
This week's guest is Rob Lerner. He is the Vice President of Sales for Cloud at Databank Ltd and an entrepreneur who is always looking for his next venture…
The Geek WithinEp61: Mike Rice
This week's guest is Mike Rice. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of CornerStone IT. Mike is also the author of "In Pursuit Business Development…
The Geek WithinEp60: Kelly Morrison
This week's guest is Kelly Morrison. She is the Director of TBM Strategy and Engagement within the Digital Transformation & Management Service Line at Grant…
The Geek WithinEp59: Alec Longarzo
This week's guest is Alec Longarzo. He is the Director of Business Development at Dcode. Listen as he talks about how growing up in a military family…
The Geek WithinEp58: Cayhan Movaghari
This week's guest is Cayhan Movaghari. He is a Digital Transformation Executive at Appian and he is on the board at AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders. Listen as…
The Geek WithinEp57: Scott Brewster
This week's guest is Scott Brewster, he is an Office 365 Subject Matter Expert at Leidos and a Community Organizer for the DC SharePoint User Group. Listen as…
The Geek WithinEp56: Jillian Stiegmann
This week's guest is Jillian Stiegmann, she is in Business Development and Operations at Ambit Group. Listen as she talks about being a Virginia native and…
The Geek WithinEp55: Ray McCollum
This week's guest is Ray McCollum, DACS Policy Branch Chief at the National Science Foundation. Listen as he talks about being the one to do a lot of firsts…
The Geek WithinEp54: JoRob
Join me for a conversation with JoRob as he shares about how he got started in the music industry and the decisions that led to him starting his own set of…
The Geek WithinEp53: Mark Wavle
Join me for a conversation with Mark as he shares about the typical start he had via help desk and web development, and how that moved into SCRUM, which led to…
The Geek WithinEp52: Susan Hanley
Join me for a conversation with Susan as she shares how she went to school with a specific goal of getting into consulting with degree mix between phycology…
The Geek WithinEp51: David Cassidy
Join me for a conversation with David as he shares his journey started in the UK, learning valuable lessons about business, and then transitioned to the US and…
The Geek WithinEp50: Joy Apple
Join me for a conversation with Joy as she shares how she started in the finance industry, moved to help desk work, and slowly was pulled into the SharePoint…
The Geek WithinEp49: David Hernandez
Join me for a conversation with David as he talks about how he ended up in IT consulting. This interview was fun as David had to move locations multiple times…
The Geek WithinEp48: Becca Andersen
Join me for a conversation with Becca as she talks about being a linguist stuck in DC without a job during COVID, which led her to a role that has brought her…
The Geek WithinEp47: Tracy Van der Schyff
Join me for a conversation with Tracy as she talks about how hard work will help you overcome obstacles and make you successful, and some training never hurt!…
The Geek WithinEp46: Elijah Biggs
Join me for a conversation with Elijah as he talks about starting his career studying bioengineering and unexpectedly took a turn into Health IT and how it can…
The Geek WithinEp45: Shak McCants
Join me for a conversation with Shak as she talks about her journey moving around the country and getting into government consulting following a…
The Geek WithinEp44: Nica De Leos
Join me for a conversation with Nica as she talks about graduating high school at 15 and going straight to college for nursing before switching to computer…
The Geek WithinEp43: Frederic De Vaulx
Join me for a conversation with Fred as he shares his journey from France, his involvement in research, and how he has a passion for leveraging technology to…
The Geek WithinEp42: Tony McGovern
Join me for a conversation with Tony as he shares how he started as a full-time musician and leveraged down time to learn about policy and economics which…
The Geek WithinEp41: Joseph Dunn
Join me for a conversation with Joseph as he talks about starting as a linguist in the Navy and how he ended up in a SharePoint career. You can engage Joseph…
The Geek WithinEp40: Melissa Sassi
Join me for a conversation with Melissa as she talks about how she acquired the Chief Penguin title and all the other activities she is involved in. You can…
The Geek WithinEp39: Erica Toelle
Join me for a conversation with Erica as she shares how she grew up in a small town and what brought her to the Microsoft Compliance world. You can engage…
The Geek WithinEp38: Jon Levesque
Join me for a conversation with Jon as he shares how he moved from the east to the west coast, and how that move brought him to where he is today. You can…
The Geek WithinEp37: Rupal Lamorena
Join me for a conversation with Rupal as she shares how she started with Accenture right out of college and is still with them today. You can engage Rupal…
The Geek WithinEp36: Pete Tseronis
Join me for a conversation with Pete as he shares his passion for making government better. You can engage Pete here: https://twitter.com/tseronis…