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Welcome to the ATL Career Journey podcast! I'm your Atlanta-based host Paul Varnedoe and created this podcast to help mentor and share experiences and career pivots of successful people. Whether you are in high school, college, or have started your career, this podcast can help get you inspired with your career journey.
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My guests for Episode 58 is Alan Swan and Maria Babilon from Province Data Solutions. Alan is the Managing Partner and Maria is a Partner at PDS and they've joined me today to talk about the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence. We discussed the differences between Traditional AI and Generative AI and how each are solving real world problems. Alan reviewed the background on market demand and the importance of good data to help drive these models. Maria discussed the impact these techn...
My guest for Episode 57 is Robert Lescano, who I worked with at Amazon Web Services. He was the East Area Director in the AWS ProServe consulting division. He had a long and successful career in technology and was fortunate to retire in 2023 to travel and enjoy quality time with his family. We talked about his experience growing up in Peru and the challenges he faced once he moved to the US. Robert also talked about his role in leading male allyship in his organizations and the value of...
My guest for Episode 56 is Stacy Borocz , who is the owner of etuHOME. She has an incredible story about courage and perseverance from her start in New York to college at UGA and ultimately owning her current business. She always demonstrated creativity and a passion for the arts. In addition, Stacy loves to travel and that not only created inspiration through her college years but later provided a platform for etuHOME. Her career has taken her through several industri...
My guest for the 55th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Jacqui Chew, who is known as an innovation enthusiast and has been a successful presence in the Atlanta start up community. She has more than two decades of experience delivering creative, data-driven strategies for venture-backed, high-growth companies. Jacqui is also a TEDx Licensee, active mentor, and board member of several organizations. Her career journey started in Singapore, landed in Hawaii for schoo...
My guest for Episode 53 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Laura Hunnicutt, who is a User Experience Lead at EY. I met Laura at Manheim but we also spent time at Delta Air Lines. We talked about how her college experience as well as trip through Europe changed her perspective on life. We also talked about what user experience actually is and how she got her start. Along with being a great human being, Laura is great at what she does and I was happy to have her share ...
My guest for Episode 52 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Jackie Hoffman, who is the Founder and Managing Director of CMB Associates. I worked with Jackie at Manheim on some projects in their digital space and saw her work ethic and customer focus in action. She took a couple of different paths before her corporate life took shape and now she's leveraging those experiences as a small business owner. Jackie shared some of her keys to success that include knowing your stren...
My guest for Episode 51 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Steven Julian, who is an Independent Financial Advisor as well as a Radio and Podcast Host. I met Steven through a mutual friend and he gave me some great advice when I started this podcast. Steven's career journey has several chapters and he walked me through the ups and downs to get where his is today. We also discussed some valuable career advice, including the importance of mentors, honoring commitments, ...
Welcome to the 50th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast! Today's guest is Missy Pitcher, who is Co-Owner and President of CMIT Solutions of Atlanta Northeast. I've worked with Missy twice in my career at EarthLink and at Equifax and we both got started early in the project management arena. Her original dream was to be a lawyer but her career went through a few iterations before she settled in corporate life. Missy ultimately wanted to be a business owner and she...
My guest for Episode 49 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Daniel Guelzo, who is the Regional Recruiting Director at Optomi. I met Daniel at a networking event and was very impressed with his knowledge of the recruiting industry as well as his knowledge of social media networking. He hosts the recurring "What's Your Plan B" networking event and is always willing to share his knowledge and genuinely cares about helping people succeed. Daniel has taken an interesting journey...
Welcome to Episode 48 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Jonathan Salkoff, who is responsible for Business Solutions at ServiceMax. I've known Jonathan for over 25 years since we worked together at Sprint. Jonathan is smart, hardworking, customer focused, and a great servant leader. He's a Naval Academy grad / military veteran, podcaster, and has recently gotten into voice-over work for audiobooks and corporate projects. We discussed the importance of ...
My guest for Episode 47 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Doug Isenberg, who is the founder of the GigaLaw Firm. Doug and I worked together at the International Olympic Committee when we were part of Meridian Management. He was one of the few people there that really understood technology and the potential legal implications that the internet could pose. I always found Doug to be incredibly smart, humble, hardworking, and insightful. He had a great way of breaking d...
My guest for Episode 46 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Chris Day, who is VP of Operations at ADP. Chris and I met while we were at Equifax and led software development teams in their Commercial division. We helped bring several groups into the work of agile development and really enjoyed working with him. Chris is smart, hardworking, and is willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. Some of his tips for success include taking risks, being confident, speaki...
My guest for Episode 45 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Kelly Vogel, who is a Product Manager at Rali. I first met Kelly when I was at Manheim and we worked together in their online division. I found Kelly to be smart, collaborative, and extremely customer focused. We took different paths into our Product Management careers and Kelly was generous enough to share her journey. She shared her tips for success that include taking risks, obtaining mentors, deliver high...
Welcome to Episode 44 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Jed Fearon, who is a Director of Content Marketing at ProviDyn. I met Jed when I was working with the International Olympic Committee and his company sold us managed IT services to help run our online applications. In addition to being smart, driven, creative, Jed understands the value of a sales partnership with his customer. We discussed the pros and cons of changing jobs and how the power of your ne...
Today's guest is Nicole Siokis, who is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at TechCXO. I first met Nicole when we worked together at Sprint and she was one of our amazing military veterans that Sprint hired. I remember her having such a great work ethic, very motivated, highly customer focused, and demonstrated servant leadership. Her career progressed in telecom before pivoting to focus on executive recruiting. She eventually became owner and operator of Mom Corps Atl...
Welcome to Episode 41 of the ATL Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Tom Fucci, who is the Division Captain at Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Tom and I grew up in Fort Lauderdale and I've made him an honorary member of the ATL podcast community. He started his career in law enforcement and eventually pivoted to fire rescue and investigation. We talked about the paths that led him to each of these careers, his experience working with the Miccosukee Indian Tribe, an...
Welcome to this episode of the Atlanta Career Journey podcast. Today's guest is Angela Nation, who is Chief Executive Officer at Silver Hammer Systems. I first met Angela when she was an executive in the talent acquisition industry and always found her to be smart, dedicated, hardworking, and very customer focused. Her career in the recruiting and technology community eventually led to launching her current cybersecurity firm. Angela and I talked about the importance of netw...
My guest for Episode 39 of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Anne Game, who is the Managing Director and Head of the Atlanta Market at North Highland Consulting. Anne is incredibly smart, she's a strategic thinker, and understands business at every level. She's delivered amazing results at North Highland and I truly enjoyed my time working with her. In this episode, Anne talks about the importance of mentors, leveraging your intuition, and not being afraid to ask for help.&n...
This 38th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Molly Mazzolini, who is a Partner and Brand Integration Director at Infinite Scale sports marketing and design firm. Molly and I met when we were working in brand management for the US and International Olympic Committees. I found her to be smart, engaging, humble, customer focused, and just a lot of fun to work with. She taught me a lot about sports marketing and brand management and went on from the USOC to help start ...
My guest for the 37th episode of the ATL Career Journey podcast is Svein Romstad, who is the Vice President of Sales and Leasing for the Loudermilk Companies. My friendship with Svein dates back to 1997 when we both worked at Meridian Management. I was brand new to the Olympic Movement and Svein was an Olympic veteran who had been a coach for the US Luge team as well as the Secretary General of the Luge Federation. Svein was gracious enough to educate me about sponsorships, activation, and ho...
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