Guest host Larry Smalheiser talks with Bethany Orozco, Statewide Recruitment & Communications Director at EnCorps STEM Teachers Program. EnCorps recruits the best and brightest science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals to teaching, providing meaningful opportunities to impact disadvantaged students.

Show Links

EnCorps
https://www.encorps.org

Bethany Orozco
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethany-orozco-386bb468

Lawrence Smalheiser
https://www.linkedin.com/in/smalheiser

San Diego Tech Hub Website
https://sandiegotechhub.com

San Diego Tech Hub Slack Workspace
https://app.slack.com/client/sandiegotechhub

San Diego Tech Hub Event Registration
https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoTechHub

More San Diego families than ever are finding it difficult to put food on the table right now. So they’re turning to the San Diego Food Bank in rapidly increasing numbers.

Please take a few minutes to hear how food insecurity affects fellow San Diegans, young and old, from all walks of life, and how the San Diego Food Bank runs an enormous operation to fill the gap.

If you find yourself in a food insecure situation right now, or you would like to donate or volunteer to help others, please visit the San Diego Food Bank website. Everything you need to know is right here:

https://SanDiegoFoodBank.org/response

We talk with Steve Romeo, who heads up the Programs and Event department at the San Diego Tech Hub. He recaps the February meeting and fills us in on some of the exciting speakers and events coming up in the weeks and months ahead. We also hear from Tanya Hertz, who’s launching an innovative new startup incubator for entrepreneurs at Miramar College in San Diego.

Show Links

San Diego Tech Hub Slack Workspace
https://app.slack.com/client/sandiegotechhub

San Diego Tech Hub Event Registration
https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoTechHub

Regional Entreprenuership Center at Miramar College
https://www.sdmiramar.edu/programs/entrepreneurship/rec

Other Organizations Mentioned

Women in Cyber Security
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wicys-women-in-cybersecurity-socal-affiliate-26373278643

First California Robotics (Teen Robotics Challenge)
https://cafirst.org

EXPO Summit 2020
Experimentation and Optimization Conference
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expo-summit-2020-tickets-90357091493

Baseball Hack Day (3/21)
http://www.baseballhackday.com/sandiego

San Diego Designers Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/_SDDD_

ProductCamp San Diego
https://www.productcampsd.org

Open Source Saturday
https://sandiegotechhub.com/open-source-saturday

February Meeting Preview
The theme for this month’s meeting is “Maximize Your Career: Identifying and Developing the Right Skills for Personal Growth.” Hear from the keynote speaker Adi Mopidevi, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ AdtechCorp. Also, Outdoor Outreach will be joining us. Hear from their Senior Director of Development, Annie Sawyer.

Around The Hub
Martin and Dori talk about some of the events coming up as well as jobs posted on the San Diego Tech Hub’s Slack workspace.

Community Showcase
Last month, Alden Domini from the San Diego Food Bank came to our meeting and gave a great presentation. In this episode we talk to James Floros, the CEO of the San Diego Food Bank.

Show Links

San Diego Tech Hub Slack Workspace
https://app.slack.com/client/sandiegotechhub

San Diego Tech Hub Event Registration
https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoTechHub

San Diego Food Bank
https://sandiegofoodbank.org

Outdoor Outreach
http://www.outdooroutreach.org

Other Organizations Mentioned

San Diego Code School
https://www.sdcs.io

Women in Cyber Security
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wicys-women-in-cybersecurity-socal-affiliate-26373278643

BSides San Diego
https://www.bsidessd.org

EXPO Summit 2020
Experimentation and Optimization Conference
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expo-summit-2020-tickets-90357091493

Startup San Diego
http://sandiegostartupweek.com

At the January meeting we heard from Alden Domini, Community Partnership Manager at the San Diego Food Bank in North County. I was so impressed with her presentation that I asked her for an interview. Well, she suggested that I go straight to the top instead and interview their CEO, James Floros. To my delight he agreed! So, here’s the full interview with James Floros, CEO of the San Diego Food Bank.

Each San Diego Tech Hub meeting highlights one or more community organizations that work to improve the lives of people in the San Diego region. Outdoor Outreach is one of those organizations, and I’m pleased to report that they’ll be joining us this month. Here are a few words from Annie Sawyer, the Senior Director of Development at Outdoor Outreach of San Diego.

Around The Hub
Ryan Rusnak started the phenomenally successful San Diego Tech Talks. Find out why it’s so popular.

Community Showcase
Softstack Factory is a non-profit code school that makes technology careers accessible to everyone by providing affordable, relevant training. Harold Gottschalk and Peter Horton tell us how they do it.

The Pulse
Co-hosts Martin Danner and Dori Gillbert fill you in on the event and jobs around San Diego County, then talk about a two interesting LinkedIn reports: the Emerging Jobs Report for 2020 and Skill Companies Most Need in 2020.

Show Links

San Diego Tech Hub Slack Workspace
https://app.slack.com/client/sandiegotechhub

San Diego Tech Hub Event Registration
https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoTechHub

San Diego Tech Talks
https://sandiegotechhub.com/san-diego-tech-talks

SoftStack Factory
https://www.softstackfactory.com

LinkedIn: 2020 Emerging Jobs Report
https://business.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/business/en-us/talent-solutions/emerging-jobs-report/Emerging_Jobs_Report_U.S._FINAL.pdf

LinkedIn: Skills Companies Need Most in 2020
https://learning.linkedin.com/blog/learning-thought-leadership/most-in-demand-skills-2020

Other Organizations Mentioned

Women in Cyber Security
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wicys-women-in-cybersecurity-socal-affiliate-26373278643

San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design
https://www.meetup.com/a11ySD

San Diego Code School
https://www.sdcs.io

San Diego Tech Women’s Summit
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-diego-tech-womens-summit-tickets-88726313793

Open Source Makers Labs
https://www.opensourcemakerlabs.com

This is our first episode of the 2020 season. In this episode you’ll hear about the latest San Diego Tech Hub events and opportunities, Claude Jones will tell us about the January meeting and Chelsea Asaro will fill us in on a local program that gives marketable hi tech skills to young people with autism. So tune in, check it out, and let us know what you think! Your co-hosts for this episode are Martin Danner and Dori Gilbert.

Show Links

San Diego Tech Hub Slack Website
https://app.slack.com/client/sandiegotechhub

San Diego Tech Hub Event Registration
https://www.meetup.com/SanDiegoTechHub

NFAR Tech – Vocational Tech Training for Young People With Autism
https://www.nfar.org/what-we-do/nfar-tech.html

If you’d like a look around, check out the OSML Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/OpenSourceMakerLabs/photos