Women In Linux Podcast

Timothy Serewicz is Senior Instructor and Curriculum Developer at The Linux Foundation. With almost 20 years of experience working with the latest technologies including Cloud, NoSQL and Hadoop, he has trained countless professionals in their use. He currently maintains the Kubernetes Administration and OpenStack Administration courses among others. In addition to The Linux Foundation, Tim is a certified trainer for Red Hat, Couchbase, MapR, Oracle University, and other startups.Additional Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serewicz__________Classes Tim teaches and developed for The Linux Foundation https://training.linuxfoundation.org/ :Kubernetes- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-administration/ (LFS458)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-fundamentals/- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-for-app-developers/ (LFD459)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/kubernetes-for-developers/ (LFD259)OpenStack- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/essentials-of-openstack-administration/ (LFS452)*****Online - self paced: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/openstack-administration-fundamentals/Open Source Virtualization- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/open-source-virtualization/ (LFS462)Service Mesh for Kubernetes with Envoy, Istio and Linkerd - Coming Soon - In Development (LFS243)Free courses on emerging technology, like Kubernetes, blockchain and others- https://www.edx.org/school/linuxfoundationx

Amy Rich has been an Ops person for over 25 years at a variety of companies, helped ship Firefox to hundreds of millions of users, owned her own consulting business, helped organize multiple conferences for USENIX, and written professionally on the topic of UNIX systems administration. In her head, she frames what she loves about her job as "bringing order from chaos."  Amy values being able to use her technical and professional skills to make a positive difference in the world.These days her job title reads "Director of Engineering" at Nuna, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association. In her spare time she’s a board/card game addict, Star Wars LEGO nerd, horrible guitar player, fan of music, books, and movies, and enjoy taking pictures of the places traveled.Additional Links: Leadership & Management Educational Recommendations- https://goo.gl/f3x5xtGeneral Management Resources by Amy Rich - https://goo.gl/s7P4Lp

Ithan Payne is in the business of providing creative brand identity, advertising and graphic design. Ithan is a self-taught graphic designer with over 20 years working in international multimedia, marketing and print design. Join us as we discuss his journey and tools needed to pursue a career in Visual Design. Additional Links: Website: www.IthanPayneCreative.comInstagram: @ithanpaynecreative

Vladimir Vivien is a software engineer and technical author. Vladimir has work in diverse industries including technology, publishing, financial, and healthcare. After years of building enterprise systems using Java, Vladimir came to Go for its simplicity and stayed for its concurrency and fast build time. Vladimir continues to use Go as his primary language to build and create open source software. Additional Links: Blog: https://medium.com/@vladimirvivienTwitter: @vladimirvivienBooks from Vladimir Vivien: https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/authors/vladimir-vivien- Learning Go Programming- Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects- JavaFX 1.2 Application Development

Derrick Thomas is currently a Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where he performs IT security audits for internal clients. Derrick is also an adjunct professor of information technology at South University. He is a graduate of the University of Tampa with a BS in Management Information Systems, a Masters in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a JD in law from Stetson College of Law. Derrick also various technical certifications such as Network+, iNet+, Security+, Cloud+, CISSP, GMOB, CIPT and CIPP/US certification.Derrick’s technology career includes IBM, AT&T, GE, Citigroup, and Accenture. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Amnesty International, President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of (ISC)2, Chairperson for B-Sides Tampa and the Co-Chair of IAPP Central Florida Knowledgenet. Derrick’s hobbies include tinkering with electronics, breaking stuff, traveling, cooking and doing CrossFit. Additional Links: Website: http://bsidestampa.net/Twitter: @BSidesTampa(ISC)² Tampa Bay: http://isc2chapter-tampabay.org

Quiessence Phillips is a Cybersecurity professional with 10 years of experience working in the financial industry. She co-founded an non-profit EdTech, JOURNi, building an authentically inclusive tech ecosystem in Detroit. In efforts to get more women into Cybersecurity, Quiessence started Securing Your Path. She is a mom, mentor, coder, hacker, strategist, and change agent. Additional Links:Website: www.itsquiessence.comTwitter: @itsquiessenceJOURNi: www.journi.org/Securing Your Path: http://www.securingyourpath.com/

Bryan Liles works on the Cloud Engineering team at Capital One. When not helping a huge bank move to the public cloud, he gets to speak at conferences on topics ranging from machine learning to building the next generation of developers. Additional Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlilesGithub: https://github.com/bryanlTwitter: @bryanl

Darlene Gillard Jones is the Chief Community Officer, a Partner and founding team member of digitalundivided (DID), a social enterprise that fosters economic growth through the empowerment of Black and Latina women entrepreneurs using innovation as a tool. In addition to providing leadership to DID’s staff and key stakeholders, Darlene oversees all community partnerships and events for the organization. She is part of the leadership team behind some of DID’s signature programs and events including the recently launched BIG Innovation Center and BIG Incubator program - the first and only space and tech accelerator program dedicated to the training and support of Black and Latina women founders of high-growth tech companies.Darlene has more than 20 years of experience managing large-scale projects for brands such as Disney, eBay, BlogHer, Conde Nast, Time Inc., and the International Downtown Association. Prior to DID, Darlene was the founder Gillard Jones Agency, a public relations and event planning firm offering a full range of services devoted to image development, increased brand awareness and effective marketing and has held senior leadership positions at several national media outlets for women including Women’s Wear Daily, W, Essence, and Elle Magazine.Additional Links:Website: https://www.digitalundivided.comTwitter: @digundivLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlene-gillard-86500baTwitter: @gillardjones

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Nigel Kersten & Deepak Giridharagopal, PuppetNigel Kersten, Chief Technical Strategist, was responsible for the development of the initial versions of Puppet Enterprise and has since served in a variety of roles, including head of product, CTO, and CIO. He has been deeply involved in Puppet's DevOps initiatives, and regularly speaks around the world about the adoption of DevOps in the enterprise and IT organizational transformation.Deepak Giridharagopal, CTO & Chief Architect, guides Puppet's technical development. He has played an integral role in every version of Puppet and Puppet Enterprise shipped since joining Puppet in 2011. Over the years, Deepak has overseen development of major versions of core projects, including the Puppet language, Facter, PuppetDB, Puppet Server, and major features such as application orchestration. Deepak's work has helped Puppet achieve the massive increases in performance and scale that Puppet users depend on.Additional Info:website: https://puppet.com/Recommended Reading:*- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, Marshall B. Rosenberg - How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie- Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman- The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error', Sidney Dekker- Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, Richard RumeltLeadership- The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success, Jim Dethmer- Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, General Stanley McChrystal & Tantum Collins**Purchase your books with AmazonSmile- https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-5061018Amazon donates 0.5% of your AmazonSmile purchase price to the charity of your choice. Support your favorite charity by starting your shopping at AmazonSmile.

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Val Bercovici, SolidFireValentin (Val) Bercovici, a longtime NetApp executive and member of the Office of the CTO, is SolidFire CTO. The SFOCTO engages with and explores the latest technology communities, ecosystems and stacks, delivering strategic technical guidance in support of SolidFire’s largest and most complex customer and partner deployments. Bercovici, a pioneer in the Cloud industry, introduced the first International Cloud Standard to the marketplace as CDMI (ISO INCITS 17826) in 2012 and has several patents pending around data center applications of augmented reality.Additional Links: Website: https://www.netapp.com/us/products/cloud-storage/index.aspx http://netapp.io/Lean Cloud: https://twitter.com/valb00/status/719614776519725057Gartner Catalyst Conf: https://www.gartnereventsondemand.com/ ***Update: Val is now the Founder of Peritus.ai - a virtual expert which automates the workflow of your most critical support cases led by your most scarce escalations experts.Now Hiring: Data Scientists, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Full Stack & Distributed Systems Developers

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Lee Jones, Clear Idea Labs Lee Jones is the CTO and Co-Founder of Clear Idea Labs a lean startup focused custom software development company specializing in mobile and web based solutions. He is a recognized subject matter expert in mobile and web technology. His experience includes work for brands like, Microsoft, Motorola, Intel and Adobe.Additional Info:website: http://www.http://clearidea.us/

Denise W. Barreto is an entrepreneur, author and TEDx speaker with over 20 years of leadership and marketing experience across multiple industries. As founder and managing partner of Relationships Matter Now her firm serves businesses of all sizes, non-profit and government agencies who want to better leverage their relationships to grow their bottom line through strategic planning, HR system infrastructure, organizational and leader development and inclusion and diversity strategy. In addition to her business, she is committed to serving her community currently serving on the Illinois Business Enterprise Program Council and the Evanston Parks and Recreation board.Additional Links: Website: www.relationshipmatternow.comTwitter: @DeniseWBarretoLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisewbarretoFacebook: www.facebook.com/relationshipsmatternowLocal Artist: A'Driane Nieves Website: http://www.addyeb.com/shopInstagram: @addyeb_art

Jerome Hardaway is the Executive Director of #VetsWhoCode a veteran operated 501c3 charitable non-profit dedicated to filling the wide chasm between technical expertise needed and available with early stage transitioning veterans and active duty military spouses through software development training and education.His work has been featured in Huffington Post as well having been invited to the White House, DreamForce, and Facebook for his work with veterans.Additional Links:Website: http://www.vetswhocode.io/Twitter: @VetsWhoCodeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromehardawayTwitter: @JeromeHardawayPodcast: https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues

Lynn Langit creates big data and cloud architectures with AWS, Microsoft, Google, and OpenStack technologies. She also works with SQL Server, MongoDB, Google Big Query, Redis, Neo4j, and Hadoop.Lynn is also the cofounder of Teaching Kids Programming, and has spoken on data and cloud technologies in many countries. She is an ACM Distinguished Speaker.Please see additional links:Twitter: @lynnlangitYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SoCalDevGalSlideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/lynnlangitGithub: https://github.com/lynnlangit/consultingBlog: https://lynnlangit.com/NonProfit: TeachingKidsProgramming.comSubscription CoursesLynda: https://www.lynda.com/Lynn-Langit/3308983-1.htmlPluralsite: https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/lynn-langit

Mike McGarr is the Engineering Manager for the Netflix Developer Productivity team. He is also a co-host of the Ship Show Podcast. He has been developing Java/JVM-based applications for most of his career and been known to dabble in other languages as well. He is passionate about building quality software through automation. Mike can frequently be found talking about Agile, Continuous Delivery,DevOps, or build and test automation. Prior to joining Netflix, Mike was the Director of EngineeringOps at Blackboard and the founder of the DC Continuous Delivery meetup.Please see additional links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SonOfGarrBlog: http://www.mikemcgarr.comGithub: https://github.com/jmcgarr Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/jmcgarr/presentations The Ship Show: http://theshipshow.com/Netflix (Now Hiring): https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs

As the Community Manager for Taos, Julie spends the majority of her time attending tech conferences nationwide: speaking and developing relationships with technology professionals and businesses. Relationship builder extraordinaire she loves connecting the dots between people, business and technology to help foster community growth. Julie's Links: Twitter: @Julie_GundDevOpDays Boise: https://www.devopsdays.org/events/2016-boise/program/ Jag754 Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCemXlxP9AKX1Q8WijN6E5FAVisit Boise: http://www.boise.org/Taos Careers: http://www.taos.com/it-talent/opportunities/Taos Twitter: @WeSolveTheHow

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Yvette Pasqua, MeetupYvette is the CTO of Meetup. She leads the engineering team with a focus on continuous learning, innovation, and using data to launch software that brings people together around the world to do what matters to them. Her team’s work enables 27+ million members in over 180 countries to organize, build community, and meetup around the world. Website: https://www.meetup.comNow Hiring: https://www.meetup.com/jobs/Women in Tech Internship: https://www.meetup.com/jobs/women-in-tech-internship-(summer-2017)-502997

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Teddy Matheu, CEO/Co-Founder, Clear Idea LabsTeddy has more than twenty five years of Information Technology (IT) experience, responsible for Clear Idea Lab's strategic direction. Prior to his role at Clear Idea, Teddy served as the founder of Guident, a big data analytics provider to the federal government.Website: http://clearidea.us/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmatheuTwitter: https://twitter.com/fmatheuFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/clearidea/

Rachel Chalmers VP of Marketing at Unitive and VC is on a mission to help companies around the world bring their hiring processes into alignment with their core values. She has over twenty years’ experience as a VC, technology industry analyst and journalist to apply to the problem. Recommended Reading: - Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors, Brad Feld- Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City, Brad Feld- Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur, Brad Feld- Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, Brad FeldRachel welcomes anyone to chat with an interest in entrepreneurship, software, hiring, the psychology of being a women in the tech industry or any of the topics discussed in this episode. Twitter: @rachelchalmers

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Eric Sites, Co-Founder & CTO of Meros. Eric is a veteran CTO with over 20 years of experience in technology. Formerly CTO of ThreatTrack Security, he built large-scale DevOps systems processing petabytes of data daily. As CTO of Sunbelt Software, he and his team created some of the best-known brands in security, including VIPRE, CounterSpy, Ninja Email Security and many more. Previously, he was the CTO for AskSam, where he built the world’s first XML database, and developed a next-generation free-form database for Windows. Eric attended Florida State University, where he majored in computer science and math.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsites

#WomenInLinux CTO Series: Bryan Helmig, Co-Founder & CTO of Zapier. Bryan navigates us through his journey from developer to CTO.Website: https://zapier.com/Twitter: @bryanhelmigBlog: http://bryanhelmig.com/GitHub: https://github.com/bryanhelmig

The Karen Hunter Show teaches the keys to entrepreneurial success in the industries of sports, politics, entertainment and so much more, directly from the celebrities and civilians who have personally created brands from the ground up. Women In Linux Founder, Tameika Reed, shares her views on lack of diversity in tech, and how Women In Linux is bridging the gap in tech eduction.

Monika Jo: VR/AR Producer, Marketer, Evangelist. She’s addicted to start-ups in the tech sector and has been part of pioneering and innovative teams in virtual reality and natural language processing.

Steve Buchanan is a regional solutions director with Concurrency, a five-time Microsoft Cloud & Data Center MVP, and author of several technical books focused on the System Center platform. Steve has been an IT Professional for over 15 years with various positions ranging from infrastructure architect to IT Manager. Steve is focused on transforming IT departments through service management, systems management, and cloud technologies. Steve has authored the following books: - System Center 2012 Service Manager Unleashed - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 - Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010 Steve holds the following certifications: A +, Linux +, MCSA, MCITP: Server Administrator, MCSE: Private Cloud, and ITIL 2011 Foundation. Steve's Links: Website: http://www.buchatech.com/Twitter: @buchatechAzure: http://www.buchatech.com/2016/05/write-once-deploy-anywhere-azure-or-azure-stack/My Life in Tech: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2142558

We have a great talk with Emily Bender of University of Washington. Where she details and highlights information about Computational Linguistics. Currently a Professor in the Department of Linguistics, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the faculty director of the CLMS program, and the director of the Computational Linguistics Laboratory, current Chair (2016-2017) of the Executive Board of NAACL as well as a member of the ICCL (the committee responsible for Coling). Emily received her PhD from the Linguistics Department at Stanford University, where she joined the HPSG and LinGO projects at CSLI.Please see additional links:Planning ahead page: http://www.compling.uw.edu/admissions/prep/ACL Anthology: https://aclweb.org/anthology/Our jobs database: https://vervet.ling.washington.edu/db/livesearch-job-form.php