Today's guest is Alyssa Blackburn. She is the Director of Information Management at AvePoint. Alyssa speaks on a variety of topics in the records, records management, information governance, and the information lifecycle.

You can engage Alyssa here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-blackburn-62344226/

AvePoint Jobs - https://www.avepoint.com/about/careers (** Don't forget to mention Alyssa as a referral!)

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Richard Klemmer. He is the President and Co-Founder of Black Box Strategies, which provides advice to organizations on strategic planning, account management, business development, and opportunity assessment and response. He is a former government and industry executive with extensive experience in government technology and strategy consulting. Richard is also a board member for the non-profit, Closing the Gap Year.

You can engage Richard here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-klemmer/

Non-Profit - https://www.closingthegapyear.org/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Edward Williams. He is a Senior Power Platform Developer at Andworx. Edward has served over 20 years in the Maryland Army National Guard.

You can engage Edward here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-williams-3b647641/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Sam Ziman. He is a Strategic Account Executive at Global CI, he is in his second year as a board member for AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders, and a graduate of the ACT-IAC Associates program in 2023, which is where we first met.

You can engage Sam here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-ziman-891b55b6/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Ace Kazkayasi. She is a narrative writer and director and was a BIPOC TV and Film 2023 delegate.

You can engage Ace here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ace-kazkayasi-1020641b5/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Sam Valme. He is the Senior Director for U.S. Channel Sales within the MSP Team at AvePoint, which is focused on optimizing SaaS operations and enabling secure collaboration. Sam and I have known each other for quite a few years within the Microsoft and AvePoint tech space.

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

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Louise Van Der Bill (Bijl). She is a UI and Web Specialist at Pure UI, which is her own consulting firm focused on user interfaces from WordPress to SharePoint to Custom Apps.

You can engage Louise here:

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

Website - https://www.pure-ui.co.za/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Rob Turman. He is the Director of Consulting Services at CGI Federal. His main focus is connecting CGI experts with the Department of State stakeholders to bring them smart solutions that work. When I asked him what else I should include in his introduction, he highlighted his two awesome sons and amazing wife, but also that he is a HUGE fan of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Rob and I also share a passion for bourbon, which always seems to get added into our conversations.

You can engage Rob here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-turman-2613721a/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Venkat Kodomudi. He is the Chief Technology Officer at Unissant Inc and a friend for many years. We met through our mutual work with the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest.

You can engage Venkat here:

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

Website - https://unissant.us/

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Dan Moore. He is the head of Devrel at FusionAuth and the author of "Letters To A New Developer", which is subtitled, What I Wish I Had Known When Starting My Development Career.

Episode 136 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1C1q-o6DtPU

You can engage Dan here:

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

Website - https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/

Book - https://www.amazon.com/Letters-New-Developer-Starting-Development-ebook/dp/B08FD7DG943

Substack - https://ciamweekly.substack.com

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

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes