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The Landing Zone Podcast is a forum to help servicemembers, veterans, and spouses find their next career at UPS. Episodes will include transition stories from UPS Military Veterans, information about specific careers, resources from government, academia and nonprofit organizations.
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Send us a Text Message.For this episode, we are taking a step away from our normal transition focus as this is a very special episode in recognition of Memorial Day. Memorial Day honors the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service to our great country. These courageous individuals paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedoms. Memorial Day is a reminder that that the price of freedom is high and we as a country, community and company owe a debt of gratitude th...
Send us a Text Message.This episode features Krista deKryger and focused on the importance of networking. Krista works for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Talent Acquisition Programs and Partnerships Advisor and has substantial experience working for some remarkable agencies including as the Vice President of Education of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York; Director at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Librar...
Send us a Text Message.Join us to hear transition advice from retired Air Force Colonel David Goode. David is a Principal Operations Lead (Business Consultant) at Chick-Fil-A in Atlanta. David shares details on his very successful transition strategy including growing and engaging his network and using social media to tell his story.
Send us a Text Message.This episode features transition advice and our guest is John Phillips. John has had a storybook set of careers including in the United States Army where he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, Coca-Cola where he retired as Director and Financial Controller, and he didn’t slow down in his post-retirement life as he has remained steadfast and committed to serving veterans and their families. In addition to being the Vice President of VETLANTA, he serves as the Civilian Aide ...
Send us a Text Message.In Episode 12, we hear US Army Ranger & helicopter pilot veteran, Michael Francesconi's transition story which highlights his role as Vice President and Chief Counsel for UPS Airlines.
Send us a Text Message.This episode features Marine Corps Veteran, Houston Mills who is President of UPS Flight Operations and Safety and also introduces our listeners to Worldport and UPS Airlines.
Send us a Text Message.Sue Schmidlkofer is the Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for a global leader in logistics and the world's largest package delivery company, UPS. In this role, Sue helps oversee the company’s strategy to leverage the unique perspectives of more than 528,000 employees across the globe to foster an inclusive culture and equitable workplace. This global strategy is built on UPS’s ability to increasingly connect our customers, suppliers, employees and communitie...
Send us a Text Message.Join us for this episode as we talk with Air Force Captain Spencer Hardesty as we cover the Air Force Education With Industry (EWI) Program. Spence is finishing up his 10-month EWI Tour where he is assigned to the UPS Corporate Automotive Team. The Education With Industry (EWI) Program is a highly selective, competitive, career development program designed to improve the technical, professional, and management competencies of participating students by partnering wi...
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we hear from US Air Force Veteran and UPS Trade Direct Supervisor, Vanessa Ingersoll. Vanessa was the first veteran I hired in 2008 and she has worked various roles including Global Government Operations, Expo 2020 Support and Trade Direct.
Send us a Text Message.This episode features Scott Williams, US Army Veteran and Director of North America Marketing and Global Brokerage at UPS. Scott completed an internship at UPS after separating from the Army and completing an MBA and advanced up to the Director level.
Send us a Text Message.This episode features information on transitioning from the military and our guest is retired Army Command Sergeant Major Roger Roley who is a retired corporate executive and is the Southeast Regional Director for FourBlock.
Send us a Text Message.This episode features Air Force Veteran Tom Philpot. Tom is the Corporate Security Manager for the UPS Corporate campuses located in Atlanta, GA. His roles include oversight of three corporate campus facilities, provide support to the executive protection director, security oversite for the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, custodian for the classified records program, along with being a liaison for our government and law enforcement relationshi...
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we feature retiring UPS Small Package Car Driver, Greg Scheider. He provides details on his 30+ year UPS career as a driver and Lloyd and Jim share their stories about being awarded the Jim Casey Community Service Award.
Send us a Text Message.We feature Derrick Luzolo in this episode. Derrick is a Navy Veteran an Industrial Engineering Manager at UPS Capital. He also leads the UPS Corporate Veterans Business Resource Group.
Send us a Text Message.Hire Heroes USA Director of Client Service Delivery, Elena Comperatore is our special guest for this this podcast as we explore the challenges, advice and best practices to be more competitive in hunt for your next career.
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