TechBridge Talks

Happy New Year, listeners! We’re starting the new year off strong with Episode 16 of TechBridge Talks. 

On today’s episode , Adam sits down with Familes First CEO DePriest Waddy. Families First is a nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia that provides empowering solutions for Atlanta’s most vulnerable populations. They’ve been in operation for nearly 130 years, providing a variety of services to those in need. DePriest and Adam talk about adoption, building resilience within families, and how technology is crucial in understanding the stories of each person they help. Enjoy today’s show!

On this week's episode of TechBridge Talks, we talk with Tray Leslie, long-time TechBridge supporter, and board member. On the show, we talk about how important it is to be involved in the local community and how technology needs to grow and improve to serve those communities.

Raphael Holloway is the Chief Executive Officer of the Gateway Center, an organization that connects people experiencing homelessness with the support necessary to become self-sufficient and find a permanent home. In today’s episode, Raphael and Adam discuss the hidden truths and common misconceptions we need to know about homelessness.

Vish Narendra, CIO of Graphic Packaging International, is no stranger to technology or its capabilities. Today, we will be discussing where he sees technology as the key to the future of doing good, what he enjoys most about being involved with TechBridge, and where he hopes to see TechBridge go.  

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Vish attended Anna University, where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and the Illinois Institute of Technology, where achieved his MBA in Information Management. This degree and experience launched him into a career in IT and software roles at companies like GE and, now, Graphic Packaging International. Vish Narendra is an experienced technology and business executive with global experience in IT, business strategy, acquisition integration and digital business transformation with domain experience in consulting, software development, manufacturing and supply chain. In addition to his involvement with TechBridge as a board member and the sitting Board Chair, he also serves on the advisory boards for Georgia CIO and Greylock Partners. Vish has been involved with TechBridge since 2014, and he has been an integral part of the TechBridge community from the start. Vish has won many awards and earned many honors, one of which being the 2017 Georgia CIO of the Year ORBIE Award Winner | Global Category. We are honored to have him on our board and as a friend of TechBridge! 

On today's episode of TechBridge Talks, we will interview two co-founders of TechBridge - Scott Geller and Steve Linowes. We'll hear about where the organization started, why it was created, and where we're headed in the future. It's a great episode filled with great memories and an amazing vision.

“Technology is at the epicenter of how communities look at possibilities… Under-served communities can look at technology as their means of escaping income inequality and stagnation.”

This episode outlines what it looks like for Randstad, TechBridge, and corporations on the whole to be corporately responsible and to work with every person in the community in mind, as well as technology’s role within that space.

TechBridge has been around for more than 20 years now, and Clint Bailey has been a major part of the decision making and vision casting for TechBridge over the years. He has served on TechBridge’s Advisory Board for years and will now serve on our National Board as co-chair. Clint has had and will continue to have a huge impact on TechBridge, and we want to explore what forms that influence will take, where he hopes to see our organization go, and why he is still so deeply involved after over 15 years.