Season 2 Episode 03 - Sr. Generative AI Specialist for Google Cloud with Luis Lopez

On today's show we are speaking with Luis Lopez.

Luis is a Sr. Generative AI Specialist working at Google Cloud, with experience having led teams focusing on AI and other emerging technologies at Amazon, Stripe and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Luis migrated from Ecuador to America and his parents were his role models, creating opportunities for Luis and giving him positive examples to follow. Luis has been a empathetic and curious technologist who asks himself those deep philosophical questions that have guided his career path from selling used motorcycles online to selling Google's most powerful Generative AI solutions to its top enterprise customers. I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Luis, so let's get on to the show.

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Links to the podcast and LinkedIn Newsletter (link)

Luis Lopez's LinkedIn (link)

On today's show we are speaking with Tina Tran. Tina is the global leader for Business Development and Gaming at TikTok. She's previously had roles as a Business Development executive at Microsoft and has led enterprise virtual reality partnerships globally for Meta's Reality Labs, formerly Facebook Reality Labs. 

She is a graduate of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a partnership between the George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Lyndon Johnson presidential libraries and has had the honor of being one of 43 immigrants and refugees that President George W. Bush painted in his 2022 book of portraits titled, “Out of Many, One.”

She'll speak to us today about the importance of agency while also providing valuable career insights. I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Tina, so let's get onto the show.

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Tina Tran's LinkedIn
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20 Minutes with Bronwyn with Bronwyn Saglimbeni
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Hoffman Process
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Professional Services Delivery Management Lead for the US Central Region for Google Cloud with Charles Sherrard Jr. (Season 2 Episode 01)

On today's show we are speaking with Charles Sherrard Jr. Charles is the Professional Services Delivery Management Lead for the US Central Region for Google Cloud Consulting. He has multi-cloud experience having also led a delivery teams as a practice manager at Amazon Web Services. In addition to cloud, he's taken on consulting and project management roles across companies like KBR, Exxon, Alert Logic and more.

Charles is a native Houstonian and uniquely talented as an author, writer and producer for television and film. He's lived abroad in many diverse cultures including The Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Budapest, Kuwait, and Dubai. He has a loving family who has poured into him and is also nice on the 1s and 2s (DJ turntables). I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Charles, so let's get on to the show.

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Charles Sherrard Jr's LinkedIn
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IntelliGents
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Our guest on todays show is Brandon Middleton. Brandon leads AI & Web3 business development at AWS with prior business development, sales and engineering experience across Cisco, Slalom, Microsoft and Google. Brandon is also an adjunct professor, who lectures at both Stanford University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he leads courses on the intersection of design, technology and social impact. Brandon was formally educated at University of California, Berkeley and Univ of Illinois where he received a Master's in Business Administration and an engineering degree.

Brandon has advised companies like Twitch and Uber on their path to becoming leading tech companies and currently sits on multiple boards for advancing education, the under-represented and young professionals in tech. Brandon is also a father, a son, a brother and most importantly a man of integrity.

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About Podcast

Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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Beinvenido al podcast emergente. Our guest on todays show is Sandra Lopez, an industry recognized Technology Executive with extensive experience in delivering and marketing next generation solutions. She's been a Chief Marketing Officer at Fortune 500 enterprises like Adobe, Intel, Microsoft and others. Sandra also cares deeply about creating diverse and inclusive cultures in the workforce.

As a female Mexican American in tech, Sandra has been the recipient of numerous recognitions, including 

“Most Powerful Latina (Association of Latino Professionals For America)”, 

“Most Powerful Women in Tech” (National Diversity Council), 

“Top 10 Latina Executives” (LatinaStyle), 

“Top 100 Most Influential Latina” (Latino Leaders) , 

“Game Changer” (Sports Business Journal). 

In addition, Sandra has been featured on CNN, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Fast Company, NBC, SxSw and more.

We talk about her journey to marketing, her love of Bad Bunny's music, the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and future of Hispanics in the enterprise.

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About Podcast

Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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We are blessed to have our guest on todays show, Omoju Miller, the Founder and CEO of a Web3 services company, Fimio. In the past, she was Technical Advisor to the CEO at GitHub, spent time co-leading non-profit investment in Computer Science Education for Google, and served as a volunteer advisor to the Obama administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow. Omoju has expertise in the area of machine learning and computational intelligence. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Omoju holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science Education from UC Berkeley.

Omoju has an infectious personality that will make you instantly feel like her friend when you meet. She also loves Afrobeats and has a philanthropic heart with a consistent history of enabling others.

We talk about building trust in Web3, Omoju's journey to becoming a founding CEO, how the future of global music is African and much more.

0:00 Intro

0:31 Questions to Introduce Omoju

05:02 Start of Career Discussion with Omoju

42:00 Omoju's Journey to CEO

1:07:14 Omoju's Part ing Words

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About Podcast

Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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On today's show I speak with Tanya Mahan-Rogers, a Director of Customer Success at Microsoft covering the financial services sector. She is also the chair of Blacks at Microsoft, an employee resource group with over 4,000 employees and 22 chapters spread globally. Tanya has previously held leadership roles as an account manager, project manager, business development executive and client relationship manager with Pitney Bowes, TCG Consulting, Microsoft and others.

Tanya shares her life's story detailing her journey to becoming the unapologetically authentic and bold leader she is today. I know you all are going to enjoy this conversation with Tanya we are calling "Becoming w/ Tanya Mahan-Rogers."

0:00 Intro

0:24 Non-Career Questions for Tanya

4:19 Career Discussion with Tanya

53:38 Tanya's Personal Story

1:13:36 Tanya's Parting Words

Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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On today's show I speak with Jonathan Martindale, a trusted and awarded technical leader with over 20 years of experience in consulting and sales in the data space globally. He is currently a Senior Sales Engineer at Snowflake Computing focusing on mobilizing the world's data, and has previous Sales Engineering experience at Collibra and Informatica. His consultation experience was built across roles at Accenture, KPMG, Hitachi and Informatica with a focus on a range of industry sectors, including the public sector where Jonathan has had prior experience working with the United States Department of Defense and Australian Government.

Jonathan is world traveled, having lived in Europe in his formative years and Australia for over eight years for work. He believes in continued education with 12 certifications from Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, Snowflake and others, post graduating college. Jonathan is also passionate about helping others and has worked for a plethora of non-profits and sits on the Computer Science Advisory board at the historically black college, Prairie View A&M University. Jonathan is also a decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu master having secured multiple medals across the Sydney Open and other competitions.

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On todays show, I speak with Lekan Elesin, a technologist who has successfully delivered analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions across multiple continents and industry segments. He is currently the Director Data Platform and Architecture at HRS Group, helping to drive their strategy and vision for advanced analytics. Lekan previously led product direction for Data Science and AI Platforms as a product manager.

Lekan is a competitor at heart, a gifted speaker, a storyteller and an empathetic leader who pushes his team to be the best versions of themselves. He also draws power from his family and takes pride in his role as a present father and husband. 

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Olalekan Faud Elesin on LinkedIn (link)

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On todays show, I speak with C. Ryan Jones, a Senior Director of Enterprise Industry Sales at Microsoft. He has a depth of sales experience and is currently leading a team of customer obsessed account managers focused on selling into Microsoft's top enterprise accounts. Ryan has previously led sales to the Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense at Verizon's Wireless and Enterprise Solutions divisions, and also provides sales coaching in the Adapt & Advance business he founded to help clients grow revenue, maximize profits and expand their business operations.

Ryan is a servant leader, a board member on a youth development non-profit that has helped hundreds of children, a board member on the Blacks at Microsoft (BAM) affinity group supporting the continued growth of black and brown people across Microsoft and a thoughtful husband and father. 

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• YouTube
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• Soundcloud
• Amazon Music

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Links & Show Mentions

• Ryan Jones on LinkedIn (link)
• Beacon House in Washington, DC (link)
• Pulse 2018 - How Microsoft Is Building the World's Largest Customer Success Team (link)
• Roar Podcast w/ Lakecia Gunter (link)
• Executive Leadership Council (link)

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