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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 WithinEp35: My Le
Join me for a conversation with My as she shares how she was studying psychology and did a side IT job that turned into a full career. You can engage My here…
The Geek WithinEp34: Todd Hager
Join me for a conversation with Todd as he shares his journey starting as a hotel opener. You can engage Todd here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thagerdc/…
The Geek WithinEp33: April Dunnam
Join me for a conversation with April as she shares how she went from her own consultancy to working for Microsoft. You can engage April here…
The Geek WithinEp32: David Gutierrez
Join me for a conversation with David as he shares how he was raised with technology and followed in his father's footsteps. You can engage David here…
The Geek WithinEp31: Ron Thompson
Join me for a conversation with Ron as he shares about his excitement for what IT can do for an organization. You can engage Ron here…
The Geek WithinEp30: Sheena Burrell
Join me for a conversation with Sheena as she shares how she thought she would work in communications, especially in the fashion industry, but instead found…
The Geek WithinEp29: Grace MacJones
Join me for a conversation with Grace as she shares her journey from Nigeria to Virginia, to Texas, and then to Seattle to work at Microsoft. You can engage…
The Geek WithinEp28: Ryen Mac
Join me for a conversation with Ryen as she shares her journey from the military to Microsoft. You can engage Ryen here: https://twitter.com/Ryen_Mac…
The Geek WithinEp27: Rima Reyes
Join me for a conversation with Rima as she shares how she got into IT and then ended up at Microsoft. You can engage Rima here: https://twitter.com/rimazima…
The Geek WithinEp26: Sarah Patrick
Join me for a conversation with Sarah as she shares her decision to go into IT and how she encourages girls to pursue STEM careers. You can engage Sarah here…
The Geek WithinEp25: Heather Newman
Join me for a conversation with Heather as she shares how she started as a theater major and ended up at Microsoft. You can engage Heather here…
The Geek WithinEp24: Jay Leask
Join me for a conversation with Jay as he shares how he went from being in the liquor industry to information technology. You can engage Jay here…
The Geek WithinEp23: David Yang
Join me for a conversation with David as he shares about growing up with tech and how it shaped his decision to work in IT. You can engage David here…
The Geek WithinEp22: iAsia Brown
Join me for a conversation with iAsia as she shares how she "reverse-engineered" her way into a job at Microsoft. You can engage iAsia here…
The Geek WithinEp21: Jeff Shen
Join me for a conversation with Jeff as he talks about starting out as technical, moving to managing people and programs, to leadership at a company level. You…
The Geek WithinEp 20: Dawn Winters
Join me for a conversation with Dawn as she talks about needing to move from paper to the web brought her into the IT world. You can engage Dawn here…
The Geek WithinEp19: Jamie Willis-Rose
Join me for a conversation with Jamie as he talks about his early job that required HTML on his way to becoming a Power Platform person to follow. You can…
The Geek WithinEp18: Sharad Gumaste
Join me for a conversation with Sharad as he talks about his journey into IT and then his transition to starting his own company, Red Cedar Consultancy. You…
The Geek WithinEp17: Shona Bang
Join me for a conversation with Shona as we hear about her journey to IT and the creation of the amazing HumansOfIT community. You can engage Shona here…
The Geek WithinEp 16: Sarah Carpenter
Join me for a conversation with Sarah as we learn about her to IT and how she decided to start her own company. You can engage Sarah here…
The Geek WithinEp 15: Peter Anih
Join me for a conversation with Peter as we learn his path to IT and how he became a CTO. You can engage Peter here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-anih/…
The Geek WithinEp 14: Francisco Salguero
Join me for a conversation with Francisco as we learn about his journey into IT that has brought him into a CIO role in government. You can engage Francisco…
The Geek WithinEp 13: Sarah Gilbert
Join me for a conversation with Sarah and how an opera singer ended up in an IT job. You can engage Sarah here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/singtech/…
The Geek WithinEp 12: Anna Chu
Join me in getting to know Anna and the amazing Microsoft Tech Community that she created. You can engage Anna here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annachu08/…
The Geek WithinEp 11: Matt Wade
Join me in getting to know Matt and learn how SharePoint's release changed his career path. You can engage Matt here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatmattwade/…
The Geek WithinEp 10: Dona Sarkar
Join me for a conversation with Dona Sarkar as we learn the path that brought her to Microsoft, but more importantly how perseverance can overcome the failure…
The Geek WithinEp 9: Sean Bugler
Join me for a conversation with Sean Bugler, Cloud Architect, Speaker, and Technology Evangelist, as we learn more about how his experience as a trainer set…
The Geek WithinEp 8: Michael Drescher
Join me for a conversation with Michael Drescher, Business Development Executive at TCG, as we hear how he got into IT and his thoughts on the future. You can…
The Geek WithinEp 7: Dux Raymond Sy
Join me for a conversation with Dux Raymond Sy, Chief Brand Officer at AvePoint, as we learn about his background and his entry into a career in information…
The Geek WithinEp 6: Justin Herman
Join me for a conversation with Justin Herman, Global Head of Public Sector at Twilio Inc. as we talk about where he is from, how he got into IT, and where he…
The Geek WithinEp5: Roxy Ndebumadu
Join me for a conversation with Roxy Ndebumadu, Customer Success Lead at Microsoft, and Councilwoman for the city of Bowie Maryland. You can engage Roxy here…
The Geek WithinEp4: Darryl Peek
Join me for a conversation with Darryl Peek, the Head of Federal Strategic Partnerships at Google. You can engage Darryl here: Twitter -…
The Geek WithinEp3: Sudha Venkateswaran
Join me as I learn about Sudha Venkateswaran, Senior Director at Collabralink Technologies. As someone who participates in several IT communities, I realized…
The Geek WithinEp2: Amie Seisay
Join me as I learn about Amie Seisay of Seisay IT Solutions. As someone who participates in several IT communities, I realized there are so many people with…
The Geek WithinEp1: Raza Latif
Join me as I learn about Raza Latif, President at NuAxis Innovations. As someone who participates in several IT communities, I realized there are so many…