Jessa Brixius, Emily Seward, and Anita Johnson discuss joining the tech/data center industry from outside and how anyone can start learning tech and contribute.  Brogav Solutions is a data center and telecommunications equipment supplier and a women owned enterprise.  Brogav is leading the way with women in tech and helping more women join the fold supplying customer driven solutions.  The ladies discuss starting technical careers, how they learned and are continuing to learn, and the benefits they are seeing as members of the technology industry.  

Joseph Alvarez is a Navy Veteran, the director of mission critical for GBA Builders and an advocate for women and veterans in business. He serves on several boards, including a director role for the 7x24 Exchange Midwest Chapter and is the Greater Kansas City AFCOM treasurer. In this episode, Joseph and I discuss increasing the presence of veterans and women in the data center market, the significance of having a career in the trades, what’s happening in Kansas City (home of the Super Bowl Champions!) and AI’s impact on the industry.

My favorite question to ask to accomplish this task is "what will make you happy to go to work everyday?"  Casey is a VP with VIP consulting  and the author of "Awaken Your Potential."  Casey discusses how to find your "dream" job and steps people can take to unlock their employment potential.  We discuss trades, apprenticeships, and how the right way to learn is TO learn.  Casey discusses her journey to finding her dream career and how she mentors others to do the same.  

Welcome Sabine Gedeon with the SheLeads network, champion of the next generation and outside the box career development.  "It's time to reimagine how we train and educate our young women."  Sabine discusses tips for workforce develpment, mentorship, apprenticeships, and how education is changing with the growth of tech and competition for people.  

12.5.23 In this episode we welcome Sara Martin Associate Principal | Market Sector Leader at HED Design.  Sara discusses her journey and steps to success.  She discusses the learning curve realized when you jump into a new industry and how her architectural degree spurned her career in data center project management.  #womenintech #womenindatacenters #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters 

10.19.23 Meet Molly Rose Speed, an advocate and champion helping #militaryspouses gain remote work with training.  Molly discusses her own journey and the programs she has created to help military spouses enter the workforce as virtual assistants creating employment opportunties regardless of location.  Her company offers a training academy fostering growth opportunties, business ownership blueprints, and others for spouses all while providing. businesses with fractional or full time virtual assistants.   We discuss #parallelskills and #skills they bring to their table with a vast variety of expertise amongst miltary spouses.  #veteranshelpingveterans #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #womenintech #womenindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters  #remotework

9.12.23 Celina Berglund, CEO (She-E-O) of Brogav Solutions, discusses starting her own tech business, challenges, finding her niche, and being graciously aggressive on your way to success. BROGAV provides new, surplus, and refurbished products for within the data center, along with installation and warehousing capabilities. They bring innovative and out-of-the-box solutions to their customers to improve lead times and options.   

8.8.23 Kayla Bix, OSP Engineer at Bluebird Network,  discusses fiber optic lines and how the engineering takes place along with her career so far.   She discusses routes and pathways and how that science works, as well as how she ended up in outside plant engineering at such a young age.  

6.27.23 Fabiola Bardino head of sustainability, marketing and communication with Start Campus in Sines, Portugal, talks about their sustainability efforts involving neighbors in a true outside of the box (data center) collaboration.  She discusses their community interactions and projects and the strategic position of Portugal as the gateway to Europe.  

6.8.23 Michael Morey, President and CEO of Bluebird Network discusses fiber, how they plan new fiber routes, jobs in the industry, data centers, and communications.