Today's guest is David Hemmat. David is the founder and CEO at Blue Coding, a software development firm focused on nearshore development in Latin America. He started his career as a telecom engineer, transitioned to software development and later became an entrepreneur. Aside from running Blue Coding, David teaches Innovation for Entrepreneurship at Barna Management School, where he got his MBA. In his free time, he enjoys riding motorcycles and Brazilian jiujitsu.

You can engage David here:

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

Website - https://www.bluecoding.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

Today's guest is Erika Flora. She is the CEO of Beyond20, a woman-owned IT consulting and training company on a mission to Change Work Life. Erika is lead editor and co-author of the ITIL 4 book, Digital and IT Strategy and a longtime executive and coach. She is also a fierce advocate for opening doors to women and minorities in STEM.

You can engage Erika here:

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

Website - https://www.beyond20.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

Today's guest is Jeff Kramer. He is the Vice President for DHS Portfolio at Karsun Solutions. Jeff and I met during our journey through the ACT-IAC Partners program in 2018.

You can engage Jeff here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-kramer-924b019/

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 Haris Jaliawala. He is a Senior Product Manager at Vivante Health where he is interested in the intersection between technology and business, especially in how it can be leveraged for large scale problem solving. Haris started Angel Investing to learn more about how funding works.

You can engage Haris here:

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

Polywork - https://www.polywork.com/haris_ja

Website - https://www.harisjaliawala.com/liawala

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 Rachel Irabor. She is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Developer, she's a Power Platform Advocate, the host of A Girl in Love with Tech Podcast, and she posts YouTube content on a variety of Microsoft topics, especially on the Power Platform.

You can engage Rachel here:

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

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Richie4love

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 Lauren Maffeo. She the author of "Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up" through The Pragmatic Programmers, she is a Service Designer at Steampunk (which is a human-centered design firm serving the federal government), the Founding editor of Springer's AI and Ethics journal, and an Adjunct Lecturer of Interactive Design at The George Washington University. On top of that, Lauren is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, which is where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions.

You can engage Lauren here:

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

Polywork - https://www.polywork.com/lauren_maffeo

Book - https://pragprog.com/titles/lmmlops/designing-data-governance-from-the-ground-up/

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 Nick Hayden. His consulting firm, Alderman Hayden, helps eCommerce companies build resilient websites. Nick also has the Codercise YouTube Channel with content on being the best engineering manager you can be.

You can engage Nick here:

Website - https://aldermanhayden.com/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@CoderciseYT

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhayden-au/

Polywork - https://www.polywork.com/nick_hayden

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 Kevin Skolnik. He is a Product Manager at Capitol One, former Peace Corp, and we both worked together at the Millennium Challenge Corporation for about two years.

This is a two-part episode so go listen to episode 127 for the beginning of Kevin's story.

You can engage Kevin here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinskolnik/

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 Kevin Skolnik. He is a Product Manager at Capitol One, former Peace Corp, and we both worked together at the Millennium Challenge Corporation for about two years.

You can engage Kevin here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinskolnik/

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 Maciek Palmowski. He is a Development Advocate Analyst at Kinsta, helping to create and maintain contact with developers. Beyond work, Maciek hosts a Code and Coffee show and finds interesting news for his newsletter.

You can engage Maciek here:

https://www.polywork.com/palmiak

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejpalmowski/

https://codeandcoffeeshow.dev/

https://wpowls.co/

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

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