A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Erica Erica Rooney is a Keynote Speaker,  Executive Coach & HR Consultant, Chief People Officer and host of the Podcast, From Now to Next. She is on a mission to help women get seen, get heard, and GET PROMOTED by breaking out of their "sticky floors", and busting through the glass ceiling, to live a life filled with purpose and passion. As a top Culture Expert, Erica invigorates and educates organizations through change, driving a positive experience for employees, and guiding executives through the process of change to lead to massive success. Today We Talked About Erica's background Outcomes and New Year Resolutions Do The Work What's your Why? Why coaching? Write down what you love, and what you hate doing What are Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings? Lids and Labels Get me promoted Name it Question it Shift it READ Ask for direct feedback Connect with Erica Website Podcast From Now to Next LinkedIn Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Richard Richard Newman is an award-winning writer and speaker with expertise in leadership communication.  He is also the Founder and CEO ofBody Talk. Since 2000, Richard and his team have trained over 100,000 people worldwide in 46 countries. In the new hybrid world, there are more ways to communicate than ever before, but finding true connection and engagement still eludes many of us. Without the ability to effectively engage an audience and inspire action, new ideas struggle to be implemented, adding frustration and failure to the workplace. Richard transforms that failure into success, helping one client gain over $1 Billion in new business and winning 100% of the pitches he coached them on by applying the breakthrough strategies he teaches. Richard began his communication journey by living in a Tibetan monastery in India for six months, teaching English to monks. Body language and voice skills suddenly became absolutely essential to Richard's work, as the monks spoke no English when he arrived, so they had to communicate non-verbally. When he returned to the UK, Richard continued to study advanced communication skills while working as an actor on stage and screen. In 2000, Richard combined his passion for communication with his love of storytelling when he founded UK Body Talk Limited. Over the next 21 years, Richard and his team developed a new, science-backed coaching method designed to create real and practical results. Richard's breakthrough research on communication has been published in the Journal of Psychology. Richard's clients include CEOs, Vice-Presidents and leadership teams across many industries, including Virgin, Expedia, NYU , Microsoft and 3M. Richard documented his journey in his best-selling book, You Were Born to Speak, which debuted at #1 on Amazon for both Kindle and Hardback. In 2014, Richard was the recipient of the Cicero Grand Award, the most coveted prize in the world for speechwriting. Richard’s new book ‘Lift Your Impact’ explores how you can ‘Transform your mindset, influence and future, to elevate your work, team and life’. Today We Talked About Richard's background Living with the Monks for 6 months Congruency Much match the word with your body language, vocal tonality, etc. RBF - Resting "Blessed" Face Communication Improvement Reading Children's books Reading Famous Speeches Palms up vs. Palms down Mindset Values - Principles Value Shift Vision Shift Identities Archetypes Shield Sovereign Sage Servent Sprite Show Time   Connect with Richard Website Twitter LinkedIn Latest Book Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Rishabh Dr. Rishabh Poddar is the CEO and Co-Founder of Opaque Systems, a confidential computing platform for collaborative analytics, AI, and data sharing at scale. Rishabh holds several US patents and has authored over 20 research papers in computer security, systems, and applied cryptography. Rishabh received his PhD and MS degrees in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. Previously, Rishabh was a researcher at IBM Research and a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Today We Talked About Rashabh's background Encryption secure enclaves The Rise Lab Data Protection Encryption in Use Confidential computing 3 Step Process Encrypt your data Use Client through Browser to run Opaque View Results Data Collaboration The trouble with Encryption Connect with Rishabh LinkedIn Twitter Website Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Mar Marjolein (Mar) Duermeijer is an international innovator with a background in production, licensing and content development. She currently leads as Chief Content Officer at Ryff, an A.I. technology company in Virtual Product Placement that allows brands to place their products into video content. Mar has lead senior executive leadership teams working with creators and producers of Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, MasterChef, Big Brother, and over 700+ other shows. She is passionate about using technology to set new industry standards for end-to-end content creation. Today We Talked About Mar's background Communication Leadership Building Bridges in Operations Using Technology The Creative Process of Transformation Blending Content, Data and Technology for Innovation Data measurements Analytics Integrating Content Brand Protection New ways of advertising New ways of marketing Connect with Mar LinkedIn Website Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Faisal Faisal Hoque is an accomplished entrepreneur, noted thought leader, technology innovator, advisor to CEOs, BODs, and the US federal government, and an author with more than 25 years of cross-industry success. He is the founder of SHADOKA, NextChapter, and other companies. They focus on enabling sustainable and transformational changes. He is a 3 times winning Founder and CEO of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ awards. Throughout his career, he has developed over 20 commercial business and technology platforms and worked with public and private sector giants such as US Department of Defense (DoD), GE, MasterCard, American Express, Northrop Grumman, CACI, PepsiCo, IBM, Home Depot, Netscape, Infosys, French Social Security Services, Gartner, Cambridge Technology Partners, JP Morgan Chase, CSC, and others. What sets Faisal apart is the unique position and perspective he has always maintained, which is grounded in hardcore technology with deep roots in leading-edge management science. As a thought leader, he has authored a number of award winning books on leadership, innovation, mindfulness, resilience, organizational transformation, and entrepreneurship, including the #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Lift – Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change (Fast Company), and the #2 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Everything Connects – Cultivating Mindfulness, Creativity, and Innovation for Long-Term Value (Fast Company). His work has appeared in Fast Company, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fox, CBS, Financial Times, Mergers & Acquisitions, Forbes, Leadership Excellence, and Huffington Post among other publications. American Management Association (AMA) named him one of the Leaders to Watch. The editors of Ziff-Davis Enterprise named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology alongside leading entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Larry Page, and others. Trust Across America-Trust Around the World (TAA-TWA) named him one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders alongside global leaders such as Bill George, Doug Conant, Howard Schultz, and others. His book, The Power of Convergence (published by the American Management Association [AMA]), was released in April 2011 and almost immediately was named “One of the Best Business Books of 2011” by 800CEOREAD and CIO Insight. Two of his previous books, Sustained Innovation and Winning the 3-Legged Race (published by Prentice Hall), were also included in the “Top 5 Transformation Books” of the last few years, while Sustained Innovationalso ranked in CIO Insight magazine’s “Editor’s Picks: The 10 Best Business Books of 2007”. His highly acclaimed book The Alignment Effect (Financial Times) was published in 2002, and e-Enterprise (Cambridge University Press) in 2000. His broad areas of expertise include innovation, leadership, management, sustainable growth, transformation, strategy, governance, M&A, frameworks, and digital platforms. He holds a strong belief that it is through knowledge sharing that we may provide the greatest clarity on how to improve our collective future. As a globetrotter, he is passionate about nature, people, culture, music, and design, and he loves to cook. Today We Talked About Faisal's background Leadership Mindfulness - being aware of the present moment Creativity Innovation Empath Gratitude Transparency Intentionally Omnivores Peers Open Communication (one-on-ones) Leave it to the experts Self Leadership Must Lift yourself first Connect with Faisal Twitter LinkedIn Website Everything Connects Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.

About Steve Steven Mark Kahan has successfully helped to grow seven startup companies from early-stage development to going public or being sold, resulting in a total value of more than $4.5 billion. Bringing passion and positive energy, Steve inspires teams and their organizations to take on the impossible and succeed. He is best known for his ability to plan marketing strategy and execute it, so that companies can accelerate revenue, grow market share, and consistently deliver superior returns for shareholders. Steven currently provides marketing advisory services to startup businesses including several Insight Partners portfolio companies. In his previous position as Thycotic’s CMO and Chief of Staff, he has helped guide the company through incredible growth and a successful exit at $1.4B. It’s been a similar story with the other companies where he’s brought his talents over the past three decades, including KnowledgeWare, PentaSafe, Postini, Quest Software, and The Planet. A previous board member of Target Hunger in Houston, Steve is passionate about making the world a better place by helping those who need it most. Steve attended college at Illinois State University where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication. He’s an avid paddle boarder, and he taught himself to play the guitar. He and his wife of thirty years live in Texas. They have two children and two grandchildren. Today We Talked About What's been up? New Book? Finding your customers Thycotic Cyber Security Podcast Going through an acquisition Developers and digital marketing website best practices being good on Google Content is King Connect with Steve LinkedIn Website Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Jeff As a software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineer, Jeff designed and developed a lot of products and processes. Now Jeff builds people. This is where his joy and professional satisfaction comes from—being a part of helping others succeed and grow. Every person is unique and has different challenges. For years, Jeff has had the pleasure of supporting engineers and software pros from new grads to executives. Having been on the front lines in the technical world, he has been able to map out the necessary skills for becoming a quality leader in the field. When you work with Jeff as your coach, you work with someone who has been where you are, and has the skills to get you where you want to go. Jeff would love to learn about you and the challenges you face. Please reach out to him on LinkedIn or email him at jeff@morethaneng.com. Today we talked about Jeff's background Jeff Doesn't really listen :) Giving and Receiving Feedback Newton's 3rd law Truth is a gift What's changing for Engineers How to grow into leaders? Mindset Delegation Belief Systems Find the Why Finding a mentor Who do you want to know Who do you know now Coaching Engagement https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/agl    Connect with Jeff Website Podcast LinkedIn I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Lucy Lucy Chow is a Canadian and has been an expat for for close to 25years. China, Hong Kong, New York and most recently, 16 years in Dubai. Appearing in Life on the Move and The Possibilities Project has given her the impetus to focus on writing her own book. Lucy contributes regularly to entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and investor events and forums as a speaker, moderator and judge. She is also passionate about developing entrepreneurial skills in students. You can find Lucy on LinkedIn, Instagram (Lucylschow), YouTube (lucychow, Facebook, or her website: lucychow.com Today we Talked about Life in Dubai Banking background Gaming Importance of gaming eSports Business, careers, education Connect With Lucy Twitter LinkedIn Website Instagram Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Jodi Jodi Daniels is a Certified Informational Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) with more than 20 years of experience helping a range of businesses from solopreneurs to multi-national companies in privacy, marketing, strategy, and finance roles. During her corporate career, she proved a valuable asset to companies like Deloitte, The Home Depot, Cox Enterprises, Bank of America where she most recently served as the privacy partner for Digital Banking and Digital Marketing. Ms. Daniels started her privacy career by creating the comprehensive privacy program at Cox Automotive. She launched an online advertising network for Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. Since launching in 2017, Red Clover Advisors has helped hundreds of companies create privacy programs, achieve GDPR, CCPA, and US privacy law compliance, and establish a secure online data strategy their customers can count on. Jodi makes privacy easy to understand by breaking it down into measurable steps using plain language her clients can relate to. She passionately supports the idea that privacy is more than just compliance and concern over fines. It’s a human right we all deserve. She has made it her mission to help businesses build trust and transparency with this core value at its foundation. Jodi holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband, two little girls, and a big fluffy dog named Basil. Today we talked about Jodi's background Data Privacy GDPR, CCPA, What's next? American Data Privacy and Protection Act Private Right of Action She Said Privacy/He Said Security Podcast Privacy Laws follow the customer International Privacy Laws and Enforcement Building Trust Holding CISO to legal actions (Uber) Mindset Shift about Customer Data Trust Data is personal to the individual Health, Financial, etc. Connect with Jodi LinkedIn Website Podcast I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Christopher Christopher is the President and CEO of Storewise, Inc., a technology company that builds automation software for food retailers. Over the past 24 months, during the height of the pandemic, Storewise nearly tripled in growth, and maintained a 99% customer retention rate, far exceeding the average for a software company. Plus, according to Glassdoor, 70% of the employees recommend the company and 100% approve of the CEO. Early in his career, Christopher served in many leadership roles at AT&T, Sprint and Symantec. He proved his early-stage know-how transitioning to a Silicon Valley based mobile technology company that he helped scale to a $220M, and then a $1.3B acquisition. He brings an entrepreneurial, core value mindset to every organization that he’s lead. Christopher authored the book, “8 Steps to Overcoming Everyday Adversity,” which was endorsed by several leaders including the former Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Bill Owens. In 2022, Christopher’s book received The Maxy Award’s runner-up in the inspirational/self-help category. Christopher holds an MBA from Florida International University (Miami), BA from The Catholic University of America (Washington DC), has completed 4 triathlons including a 70.3 Ironman, and lives in the Kansas City area with his wife, two kids, and rescue dog. Today we talked about Chris's background Risk Storewise Training Culture vs Compensation Recruiting Good Talent Data Analytics Advice for New Leaders Get to know your people Put them first Run to the explosion Relationship and Revenue Be responsible to each other What is a list of things you are observing? Healthy Conflict Herding Tigers Transparency Team building like Taco Tuesdays Leadership that gets along Culture and Core Values Embrace the Struggle Life is good.. and hard Connect with Chris LinkedIn Website Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! A2 Hosting I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2