Underserved

Yan Robert joins us as our guest for Episode #092 of Underserved. Yan grew up in Quebec like JP Beaudry, one of our previous guests, and even attended the same university in this small world. Yan was ahead of his time with an Internet directory he founded in the late 1990s. We talk about his ongoing work with SAP and the new chapter in his career surrounding it. Yan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanrobert/ SAPTopia website : www.sap-topia.com SAPTopia LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/saptopia-consulting-llc

Episode #091 features Sesh Tirumala, CIO of PagerDuty. Sesh is a podcast veteran, and shares with us his experiences implementing systems in 120-degree heat, being a technologist in Appalachia, and managing incremental IT costs. Sesh has felt the pain of having to justify IT's existence, proving it is a revenue generator and not just a cost center. We also talk about implementing charitable giving in small companies vs. large companies. Sesh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sesh-tirumala-449a93/ PagerDuty: https://www.pagerduty.com/ Sesh on CIO Classified Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/make-big-data-work-for-your-business-with-michael/id1528611923?i=1000558165883 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seshtirumala/

Our guest for Episode 090 of Underserved is Joe Frascati. Joe moved several times as a teen, honing his skills in quickly sizing up new social situations and identifying the players and roles. This skill served him well in his career, from a retail startup to the legendary Silicon Graphics and beyond. We also talk about Stevedoring, electric buses and their charging demands, and VTOL as the flying car that might actually come to be. CIO Marathon: https://www.ciseeducationfund.com/marathon Merritt College Cybersecurity Program: https://www.merrittsecurity.com/ Predictive Index: https://www.predictiveindex.com/ The StrataFusion Group: https://www.stratafusion.com/ And for your comedic pleasure - Coleco Football! https://youtu.be/FBLZY-cjJUs

The Underserved Podcast kicks off Season 8 with Rob Moore, recording from across the pond in the UK. Rob figured out there is no grad school application deadline if you apply overseas, and fell in love with England. Early in his professional career, his company developed a podcast marketing tool (of all things!), which we discuss in detail. Also covered - NBA data analysis for fun at Per Thirty Six, CoPilot as a productivity enhancer, and tech decision reduction. Churnkey https://churnkey.co PerThirtySix (Sports Analytics) https://perthirtysix.com My Twitter https://twitter.com/robmoo_re Wavve https://wavve.co

We cap off Season Seven with our guest Jason Oberg, Ph.D. Jason grew up in Hawaii surfing and enjoying the outdoors, but computer gaming brought him inside and online. After moving to California and earning three degrees, he left UCSB and UCSD to start a company in the hardware security space. We discuss American chip production, following the letter of the law on grant money, and the hardware root of trust.

• Jason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonoberg/
• Cycuity website: https://cycuity.com/
• Cycuity solutions: https://cycuity.com/solutions/
• Blog article on the history of hardware security https://cycuity.com/type/blog/history-of-hardware-security/
• Jason on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FNQjt4oAAAAJ&hl=en

Texas transplant Joe Forrester is featured in Episode #087 of Underserved. Joe wanted to be a pilot after watching the original "Top Gun", but colorblindness trumped his enthusiasm and determination. Instead, he cut his teeth in cellular billing software, which was followed by learning how to manage marketing data in the automotive industry. This skill treated him well for several years across many verticals, ultimately leading to a gig bringing this marketing horsepower to small and medium-sized businesses. Also covered: turning recalls into a positive experience, conquest campaigns, and the Great Flood of '17. Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeforrester/ First Job: www.convergys.com Second Job: www.acxiom.com Third Job: www.choreograph.com Current Job: www.choozle.com Guitar Youtube sites mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/@MartyMusic and https://www.youtube.com/@BrettPapa

David Rose walks the road less traveled. A serial entrepreneur for over 30 years, David has envisioned and built more products than most people can imagine. In Episode #086, we talk about his "oscillation lifestyle" - moving back and forth from learning to teaching, teaching to implementing, investing to being invested in, and many more aspects of life. By staying humble and open to learning, David has founded many successful companies, authored two books, won awards and patents for his inventions, and has become a pioneer in the Augmented Reality industry, aka the real-world Metaverse. David on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Rose David's latest book, Super Sight: https://www.supersight.world/ Clearwater AR: https://www.clearwater.ar/ Home Outside: https://homeoutside.com/ David's first book, Enchanted Objects: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Enchanted-Objects/David-Rose/9781476725642

Ben Hodson came in to record with us at Syrinx Studios in October. The first half of our conversation is Season Seven's Episode #085. We had a lot of ground to cover, and this bonus episode takes us from when we met one another at Monster up to the present day. Topics covered include the struggle to automate and version control relational databases, the jarring freedom of Prague, and how fast you can make a 1997 Supra go on Route 2. Best speaker system in the world! http://Www.sonos.com Info on the new Ariel EV https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a41053003/ariel-hipercar/ Active downforce EV sets record https://youtu.be/7BYfgjg2dyM Video including the Supra we discuss. It is the one with the plate &Uwish https://youtu.be/_02JY0j7qkw

I have known Ben Hodson for over 20 years, and when he came in to record we went over most of those years and back a few more in Episode #085 of Underserved. The first part of our conversation is this regular episode entitled "Ancient History." We start with Ben's step-grandfather cultivating Ben's curiosity and love of experimentation/iteration to find solutions. This theme would follow Ben through his career, from hardware stores to online job boards to smart speakers. We continue the conversation (including our overlapping Monster years) in the bonus episode entitled, "Modern History." Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-hodson-560b75/ Link to a nice article on my Step grandfather. https://www.nae.edu/29182/Mr-Frederick-J-Hooven Article about a paper he wrote about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart https://earharttruth.wordpress.com/tag/the-hooven-report/ Amazon book about my Step grandfather https://www.amazon.com/Planes-Trains-Automobiles-More-Inventions/dp/1735599921/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=5a95d530-e2f6-4ffe-a857-7dfd861b344b Some videos of drag racing the Firehawk. https://youtu.be/F0UGXlQ41Cg High school slasher film starring me as the psycho in the raincoat.. https://youtu.be/vAOUriJnNRQ