This week's guest is Rob Lerner. He is the Vice President of Sales for Cloud at Databank Ltd and an entrepreneur who is always looking for his next venture. Listen as he talks about how his family started in the Soviet Union and that immigrating to America was like hitting the lottery, and how that has influenced his career.  

Rob and I met when he was in a relationship with my sister that brought him into the family. For as long as I have known him, he is a hard worker who is always looking for something new to get involved in and invests his time heavily into what he is trying to accomplish.   

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This week's guest is Mike Rice. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of CornerStone IT. Mike is also the author of "In Pursuit Business Development Life Cycle: The Framework". Listen as he talks about how his interest in technology and experimentation drove him to systems engineering and set him on the course of his career.  

Mike and I met while volunteering with the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest. We both have an interest in how technology can help us to achieve real change for the better. He is a great person who is always willing to lend a hand and just wants to make the world a better place.  

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This week's guest is Kelly Morrison. She is the Director of TBM Strategy and Engagement within the Digital Transformation & Management Service Line at Grant Thornton Public Sector. Listen as she talks about how she is a Michigan girl and how that attitude continues to be a driving force in her career.  

Kelly and I met when she was a vice-chair for the ACT-IAC Partners Program in 2018 and I have continued to stay connected and have great conversations as she moved through her career in government and now in the private sector.  

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This week's guest is Alec Longarzo. He is the Director of Business Development at Dcode. Listen as he talks about how growing up in a military family encouraged him to move around a bit himself before settling in DC for the opportunities it provides.  

Alec and I met while helping facilitate the ACT-IAC Associates 2021 leadership development program and I have enjoyed getting to know him via the virtual world COVID has flourished.  

You can engage Alec here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleclongarzo/ 

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This week's guest is Cayhan Movaghari. He is a Digital Transformation Executive at Appian and he is on the board at AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders.  Listen as he talks about his career journey and his passion project as a DJ and music creator.  Cayhan and I have interacted at a number of local networking events (shoutout to NXNE government). He is a focused individual with an engaging way of interacting and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for him and how his music will grow.  

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This week's guest is Scott Brewster, he is an Office 365 Subject Matter Expert at Leidos and a Community Organizer for the DC SharePoint User Group. Listen as he talks about his career starting in the Army and then transitioning to support government agencies in the DC area.   

I have attended a number of monthly meetings for the user group he helps organize and have gotten to know Scott virtually throughout COVID. He is someone to know and always passes on unique job opportunities that come across his radar.  

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This week's guest is Jillian Stiegmann, she is in Business Development and Operations at Ambit Group. Listen as she talks about being a Virginia native and having an accelerated education so that she was in the workforce early.  

Jillian and I met when she participated in the ACT-IAC Associates 2021 leadership development program. You can immediately tell that she has a powerful sense of who she is and what she wants to accomplish. Jillian will be someone to watch as she navigates her career in government/contracting.  

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This week's guest is Ray McCollum, DACS Policy Branch Chief at the National Science Foundation. Listen as he talks about being the one to do a lot of firsts for his family -

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Join me for a conversation with JoRob as he shares about how he got started in the music industry and the decisions that led to him starting his own set of companies for creation and management.    

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Join me for a conversation with Mark as he shares about the typical start he had via help desk and web development, and how that moved into SCRUM, which led to him launching his own company.  

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