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Heroes of IT

Heroes of IT

By tabGeeks Network

We’ve come a long way since computers took up the size of a room, and with every new advancement, from the smartwatch to the internet itself there have always been people who have loved tech more than anyone else.

When answering the phone they skip the traditional ‘hello’ or ‘hi’, resorting instead to their mantra, ‘have you tried turning it off and on again?’

These people have gone by many names over the decades, but they are consistent in their calling. IT. They work in the shadows, diligently keeping operations from going dark.

These everyday heroes..... are known as Heroes of IT
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S3E3: BJ Beier - CIO Guardian Savings Bank

Heroes of ITFeb 19, 2022

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S3E3: BJ Beier - CIO Guardian Savings Bank

S3E3: BJ Beier - CIO Guardian Savings Bank

When it comes to IT, few things require better security than a bank holding our precious savings. BJ Beier started at the Guardian Savings Bank in an entry-level non-IT Position and worked his way to the top, obviously, he knows what he's doing. 

Join us to learn about running IT operations for a small-town regional bank, and what it takes to get there. Enjoy! 

 

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Feb 19, 202248:10
S3E2: John Rodriguez IT at the Golden Globes and other fabulous events

S3E2: John Rodriguez IT at the Golden Globes and other fabulous events

Can you imagine running IT for a major Hollywood awards show? What about the leading video games event of the year? John has done both of these and way more, and is just getting started. 

Join us to hear his story of learning event IT, how to approach venues as a vendor, and what happens when the lights go out.   

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S3E1 New Name Same Great Show! Interviewing Freda Kreitzer
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S2E8: Dr. Eric Cole - Cybersecurity Consultant and Virtual CISO

S2E8: Dr. Eric Cole - Cybersecurity Consultant and Virtual CISO

Dr. Eric Cole has a life story that sounds like it should be a movie. He starts out cutting his teeth on cybersecurity for the CIA, when he, get this, decides Cyber Offense is boring since there is always a way to break in. He goes on to become Sr VP and CTO of McAfee, Chief Scientist at Lockheed Martin and even consults on Cyber Security for Bill and Melinda Gates and family as well as many fortune 500 companies.

Join us as we discuss his amazing career, when is the right time to make a move professionally, cyber hygiene, his experience in the CIA, and of course what it's like working with Bill and Melinda Gates.

He has a new book out called Cyber Crisis, which is all about protecting your business from Real Threats in the Virtual World. I greatly enjoyed reading it, as well as hosting him on this episode of Supporting IT Support.

Continue the conversation and join our online experts community of IT professionals at www.tabgeeks.com

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Subscribe to our other amazing tabGeeks podcast discussing and analyzing Google Workspace updates at workspacerecap.com and stay tuned for other amazing tech content from the tabGeeks Network coming soon! Learn more at tabgeeks.com

Thank you to our sponsor for this episode Paladin Tech Solutions. Thank you for helping us keep these shows free and available to all!

Dec 15, 202158:13
S2E7: E.B. Batten EVP of Growth at BairesDev: What Comes Next?

S2E7: E.B. Batten EVP of Growth at BairesDev: What Comes Next?

Wow, can you believe this year is almost over?? With Thanksgiving now behind us, we are in the home stretch, and over here at tabGeeks things are heating up! In case you missed the announcement post, I have stepped back from my day job to focus more on building tabGeeks! We have already launched our newsletter which you can subscribe to at tabgeeks.com/newsletter, as well as new blog posts, adding video to our shows, and finally getting back to bringing you more amazing content! 

Starting off is an amazing episode with the EVP of Growth at technology solutions company BairesDev, and our topic is: What Comes Next?

E.B. and I discuss the challenges faced by businesses today heading back into the office, as well as the many ways companies are changing to adapt to the new normal. As Executive Vice President of Growth, E.B. is responsible for the strategic growth and maturation of BairesDev’s global presence. E.B. brings over a decade of leadership in a variety of revenue generation capacities for high-growth organizations in the technology space. He has a soft spot for manufacturing and IT engineering, the public sector, and emerging technology markets.

If you have more questions for EB, you can find him on LinkedIn by clicking here

Continue the conversation and join our online experts community of IT professionals at www.tabgeeks.com

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Dec 01, 202156:48
S2E6 Dana Chamorro: Head of IT and Workplace at Benchling

S2E6 Dana Chamorro: Head of IT and Workplace at Benchling

tabGeeks is back! Been a few months with our heads down working on building the tabGeeks Network and it is finally coming together in an epic way. We partnered with some of the top names in tech to bring you amazing content to help keep you informed on today's technology. More info at tabgeeks.com!

Dana Chamorro is a powerhouse in IT, well known in several tech communities, and has had some amazing experiences in her journey through IT. And she's just getting started. From starting out at CompUSA, moving over to Apple, and becoming tech #4 at Slack, and managing the growth as they went going public, Dana has learned some incredible lessons along the way. Today she manages both IT and Workplace at Benchling and continues to be an amazing resource in the community. 

Continue the conversation and join our online experts community of IT professionals at www.tabgeeks.com

You can also find me on Twitter @MrJNowlin and Dana @danajc

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S2E5 Justin Esgar: Founder and CEO of Virtua Consulting Group
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S2E4 Steve Larsen: Google Evangelist and CIO at Chasyr

S2E4 Steve Larsen: Google Evangelist and CIO at Chasyr

Happy New Year from all of us at tabGeeks! There is a ton in store for us this year, starting with a new podcast at workspacerecap.com so go and check it out! 

Our guest this week, Steve, is a wealth of knowledge on Google Workspace, runs the GSuite SubReddit, and is active in a number of different communities, always sharing his knowledge in SaaS management and Google Workspace specifically. He has quite a story and is just getting started! 

Join us as we explore some of the behind the scenes of Google Workspace back when it was Google Apps, and our chance meeting in person years ago at Google, and learn how Steve got into tech with a Tandy 1000 EX with an Intel 8088 processor and endless computer manuals and built his career from there. 

If you would like access to the folder of Google Workspace resources Steve has put together, Documents can be found in the Workspace Admins [Public] (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ANkIXd3coZwTUk9PVA) shared drive which can be accessed by joining the Google Group (https://groups.google.com/a/workspaceadmins.org/g/workspace-admins-community-comment) which gives you comment access to all the files there.

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Pandemic I.T. - Todd Smith - IT Manager at Snap Inc
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IT Architecture - Scott Lawson - Director of IT Architecture at Q.A.D. Inc
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IT Project Management - Rose Layton - Strategic Technology Partner at Strada Education Network
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We're Back! We took a bit of a hiatus to get the tabGeeks conference operations side of the business ramped back up preparing for tabGeeks20 this coming April. More about that at www.tabgeeks.com/tg20

Being responsible for IT in the education space comes with it's own set of special challenges. Instead of being free to make upgrades on your schedule and spread things out over the year, you do mostly breakfix during the school year and then there is a marathon to get all the upgrades and new tech and refurbishing of tech that has to get done over the summer break. Sounds exhausting just thinking about it. 

This week's guest is Marques Stewart, who goes into what it takes to survive in such harsh conditions, and to build a team that thrives from it. 

Enjoy and Subscribe!

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This weeks podcast discusses the challenges we as IT Heroes often face in working with the executive suite. This episode is fast paced, entertaining and full of nerd references. We reference amazing IT Management and culture books such as Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo, Powerful by Patty McCord, and The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, George Spafford, and Kevin Behr. 

Apparently we really like books. Perhaps we should start a tabGeeks Book Club. What do you think?

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This weeks podcast covers everything you need to know to properly manage your SAAS applications, whether you use one app, or hundreds. Mousa Hamad is the Director of Technology at Pushpay, and has led a fascinating career starting in IT through a suggestion because he was good at googling. We discuss his journey, tips for finding, negotiating, and managing all your SAAS applications, and more.
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