In this first episode of several with Dell Birch, Ph.D., we discuss his background as a consultant, business strategist, and ministry leader. Dell takes us on a journey from childhood to adulthood where he overcame childhood adversity to become truly a trusted advisor to leaders in business and ministry alike. This episode is enlightening and inciteful and a must listen to both the believer and non-believing leader alike.

Dell's Background:
Dell is currently an executive in the automotive industry.  He is responsible for strategy and strategic development for the division including market intelligence, industry research and outlook.  Previously, Dell served as a senior consultant for many firms across multiple industries globally.  He has held executive roles in software development, high tech firms, and service industries. 

 Dell has also served in bi-vocational aspects including ministerial leadership.  In ministry, Dell has led the design and development of campus development globally, new church launches, church expansions, and ministry development on a strategic and tactical level.  He is also an ordained pastor and has served in pastoral leadership roles.  He is also chairman of the board of a non-profit agency that provides afterschool support and development for middle school and high school students in Zimbabwe.

 Dell holds a Ph.D. in Organization and Management, an M.S., and a B.S. in Technology Management.  He holds a Lean Master, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification, and an Airframe and PowerPlant license.  He has developed a curriculum on soft skills for STEM leaders and has co-authored articles on mentoring, leadership, and small business development.  He also serves as a visiting professor for business and global supply chain management courses at DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management.

Many high performing student-athletes envision the day that they get the call with that high-level offer for a college scholarship. Many view the high-level college career as a stepping stone to a professional career. Very few find themselves in the very enviable position where they have a choice between a full college scholarship OR a contract to play professional ball.

This podcast explores the life of Adam Godwin, Head men's soccer coach at Randolph College. We delve into Adams's progression and how he found himself with the opportunity to achieve his life's ambition of playing professional soccer. What led Adam to choose college over pro sports you may ask? Listen to this podcast in its entirety and share it to hear his story, go on the journey with him, and see how ultimately he found his way smack dab in the will of God.

In honor of our 20th episode, I wanted to take on a serious topic today. Today I discuss some of the lingering effects of Covid-19 from the perspective of a survivor. That survivor is none other than my youngest son Malik Abraham. Malik contracted the virus in June, was given a clean COVID free clearance by the doctor on July 1st, but has still dealt with lingering symptoms.

Malik lost his sense of taste and smell as many have with COVID and today he talks to us about the psychological impact of dealing with that. Parents, you want to make sure that your college-age kids listen to this episode.

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This is an absolutely fun episode to listen to. This conversation has a lot of "throw back" feel to it as we discuss everything from AOL, Novel Netware, Atari 2600, and much much more. The entire discussion leads up to Charles introducing us to a new BSD based PenTesting OS called SecBSD. 

If you are a gamer, you really want to listen to this and see how Charles got his early start as a gamer which lead to system administration, and ultimately to a threat hunter/offensive security researcher. 

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We are BACK!!

This is a fun episode with 2 returning guests, Jalen and Malik Abraham.

We discuss:

• Show off some "heat on our feet"
• Discuss Miami Heat rise in the East
• Steve Nash landing Nets coaching job
• Who are the top 5 point guards?
• Who are the top 5 players?
• In between, we watch clips of Game 6 between Boston and Toronto

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The video of this podcast will be shown on the website tomorrow.

Episode 17 of From Curious 2 Learners explores topics of interest to those who are curious about coding for offensive and defensive security solutions. This is an engaging yet sometimes technical discussion as our guest, Mark Baggett, inspires us with personal anecdotes which are sure to please.

Mark is a Senior SANS Instructor, author, lecturer, former CISO, and all-around friend of geek. Mark is the author of the SANS SEC573 course which is Pentesting with Python. I HIGHLY encourage everyone to use your training budget to take this course. You can register for this course at sans.org.

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If you are a developer, coder, software engineer, or if you aspire to be this episode is for you. We talk to none other than Kelsey Hightower from Google to gain some real insight into what it takes to make it in this industry.

Kelsey shares his journey to becoming a sought after conference lecturer, author, and avid coder in multiple languages and systems. Kelsey explains the mindset that it takes to thrive and grow with personal anecdotes and pearls of wisdom that must be heard more than once.

The video portion of this podcast will be released later in the day on Wednesday.

BIO:
@kelseyhightower - Twitter

Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech but most enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happen and shipping software. Kelsey is a strong open source advocate focused on building simple tools that make people smile. When he is not slinging Go code, you can catch him giving technical workshops covering everything from programming and system administration to his favorite Linux distro of the month.

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Are you curious about digital transformation in government contracting? Listen to this episode to become a learner in this area.

In this episode, our guest is Brian Chidester and we engaged in a wide-ranging discussion culminating in an insightful talk about digital transformation with the public sector and government contracting space.

Topics Include:

• Brief Ice Breaker
• Brian's BIO
• Brian's Background
• Becoming a Professional Athlete
• Discipline over Motivation
• Digital Transformation in Government Contracting

BIO:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abchidester/
@ChidesterAB
Public Sector SME and Marketing Executive
Former Professional Soccer Player
Has run at least 3 Marathons

Award-winning, industry marketing executive, and expert integrated messaging strategist. Results-driven public sector executive with experience in content marketing and automation, public relations, advertising, branding, and market research. Strengths include marketing automation, lead generation, and integrated marketing communications strategy development and execution. 

Listen to the Government Huddle Podcast Show on all major podcast platforms.

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CEO Angela Weathers of Train Up A Champion and her husband Ray Weathers who serves as Executive Director sits down for a very engaging conversation. Angela shares with us the origin of Train Up A Champion which is a vision that she gave birth to 13 years ago. Angela and Ray are supreme examples of professional athletes who successfully make the transition from sports to business. This conversation is filled with incredible anecdotes and stories from their days competing and the journey that it took to get them there. Lessons learned along the way and from athlete, sports agent, and educator gave Angela the insight and wisdom needed to found TUAC or Train Up A Champion.

BIO:
Angela Weathers

•  Certified Digital Specialist for EdPuzzle, Canvas Learning Management, &

        UofMN Creative Problem Solving/Google Educator 1 Trained

• Skyline Education Eagle Award Winner
• National Association of Professional Women Business Woman of the Year
• Southland Conference Women's Basketball 2X Nominee and Player of the Year, Named All Decades 2000's WBB Team
• Wold Champion Super Cup/NWBL World Champion

Ray Weathers

•  CEO Ray Weathers Enterprises
• TUACSports Leadership Executive Director
• Skyline Education Eagle Award Winner
• Former 13 Year NBA/EURO Pro

TUAC Mission:
 The mission of TUAC is to provide participants with distinct, relatable performance-based institutional varieties of courses, experiences, and programs to prepare, equip, grow and enhance them in servant leadership

Email TUAC at  [email protected]
Website:  http://www.trainupachampion.net/

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Taiye Lambo is a visionary, thought leader, lecturer, serial entrepreneur and now he adds author to that long list of attributes and titles. Taiye was the very first CISO for the City of Atlanta and now serves as Virtual CISO for select organizations. Taiye is also the founder of the Holistic Information Security Practitioners Institute or HISPI.

In this fun and engaging conversation, Taiye takes us on a journey spanning four continents enabling us to peek into his thought process and how he became the visionary and leader that he is today. Taiye shares with us the expectation that his parents, both professionals placed on all of the Lambo children to succeed. 

Taiye has a new blog post up at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/life-after-ciso-vciso-service-provider-taiye-lambo.. HISPI can be found at www.hispi.org. Check the website for upcoming training events.