Today's guest is Ted Fells. He the President and CEO of NucoreVision Inc., an Enterprise IT, Cyber, and Management Consulting Firm. Ted is also the cohost of The 30 Minute Hour podcast, which is how we came to meet as I was a recent guest. Ted and I speak about helping others to consider what it means to start a business.

You can engage Ted here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-fells-6a32743/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Carrie Kramer. She is a Fellow from the ACT-IAC Partner's Program in 2017 and was a vice chair for Partner's in 2023. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Carrie via our joint participation in the ACT-IAC fellows community. We talk a bit about how more companies need to be open to hiring staff with non-traditional degree programs and how they can bring fresh ideas.

You can engage Carrie here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriebkramer/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Bethany Hsiao. She is an Application Developer at Dev Technology Group. Bethany is an ACT-IAC Associates 2024 graduate and was part of a team writing a whitepaper on Leveraging AI to Modernize Legacy Code in Federal Civilian Agencies, which is how we met. We talk a bit about the importance of speaking up and being an active participant within your company.

You can engage Bethany here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethany-h-59049a114/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Anil Chaudhry. He is the Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at U.S. Department of Transportation.

Anil goes by Neal and has been a Presidential Management Fellow, a graduate of ACT-IAC Partners 2022, and a White House Leadership Development Program Fellow. Neal and I met many years ago around our shared passion for emerging technologies and how the government can leverage them into the future.

You can engage Neal here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-neil-chaudhry/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Cheryl Waldrup. She is a Principal Consultant at AIMC Consulting, which is a woman-owned business here in the DC area. Cheryl is also a graduate of the 2012 ACT-IAC Partners program and we both met through our interactions with that organization. Cheryl and I have a shared passion for mentoring and its valuable impact on careers.

You can engage Cheryl here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylwaldrup/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Shelley McGuire. She is the owner and Events Curator for Shelley's Events, the Chief Strategy Officer for OrangeSlices, a realtor in Florida, and Co-owner of MSS Management, an accounting and wealth management company. On top of all that, Shelley is a former professor of Entrepreneurship, a former special education teacher, and a former Business High School teacher. We talked about how important it is to find a mentor and how it can transform your career.

You can engage Shelley here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-mcguire-62a12a57/

Podcast - https://orangeslices.ai/featured-interviews/

Website - https://shelleysevents.com/

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Eric Twiggs. He is a Founding Partner and President of The What Now Movement, author of The Discipline of Now: 12 Practical Principles to Overcome Procrastination, host of The 30 Minute Hour podcast, and a Certified Business and Life Coach. We talk a bit about Eric's passion for providing tools and ideas to entrepreneurs.

You can engage Eric here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erictwiggs/

Book - https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Now-Practical-Principles-Procrastination/dp/B07GFRP5QM/

Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@the30minutehourpodcast69

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Matt Payne. He is the Founder of Outer Circle Foundation, which is focused on supporting Veterans and first responders during their most critical moments. They champion PTSD awareness, suicide prevention, and their transition to new opportunities. Matt has a diverse background and has worked for several well known companies.

Listen or watch episode 201 here:

YouTube - https://youtu.be/M0d6O_QqVBc

Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geekwithin

You can engage Matt here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpayneocf/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's episode is a little different. I asked my good friend Rima Reyes to interview me for my podcast so that I could share my own career journey. It is a little weird to describe myself, but here goes - I am the Chief of Enterprise Architecture at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, I speak on government innovation and use of technologies, volunteer with the ACT-IAC Emerging Technologies Community of Interest as a government advisor, love opportunities to mentor those early in their career, and I am the host of this podcast, The Geek Within. This episode is a bit longer as I dive into my love of technology, lucky job opportunities, how I love public service, and some advice I would give my early career self.

You can engage Jeremy here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/geekwithin/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/

Today's guest is Brionna Mayo. She is a Data Architect at Smart Synergies. Brionna has a lot of experience in the DoD contracting community. We met through our shared love of networking in the DC area. Brionna and I talk a bit about your pipeline of growth and how hard it is to communicate what you know in the early years, and we need mentors to help us learn how to do that. On top of that, we need a better way of educating hiring managers and organizations that experience in many programming languages allows an applicant to switch and bring their experience to the language skills you need more easily.

You can engage Brionna here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brionna-mayo-cspo-3637a2225/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://www.thegeekwithin.net/