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Special Guest, the legendary, Mr. Herman Bulls, joins our Host, Mr. Gerald Hector on #ItsEasySon! "Herman Bulls is Vice Chairman, Americas, as well as an International Director and the founder of JLL's highly acclaimed Public Institutions Division, which specializes in delivering comprehensive real estate solutions to federal, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions. Mr. Bulls works with the firm's largest public and corporate clients to devise and implement integrated real estate strategies to lower occupancy costs and increase productivity. During over 35 years at JLL, Mr. Bulls has worked in the areas of development, investment management, asset management, facilities operations and business development/retention. He provides thought leadership and strategic guidance to senior level executives. Mr. Bulls has served as an expert witness on real estate matters in court and testified before Congressional committees on real estate issues. Mr. Bulls co-founded and served as President and CEO of Bulls Capital Partners, a multi-family financing company. Additionally, he founded Bulls Advisory Group, LCC, a management and real estate advisory firm. Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Bulls completed almost 12 years of active-duty service with the United States Army. His last active-duty assignments were working in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management at the Pentagon and as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at West Point. He has completed the Army's Airborne, Ranger and Command and General Staff College courses and served overseas in the Republic of Korea. He retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves in 2008. Mr. Bulls received a BS degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School. Mr. Bulls serves on several public, private and not for profit boards. He is Chairman of Fluence Energy (NASDAQ: FLNC) and Vice Chairman of USAA. He is Vice Chairman of the West Point Association of Graduates and serves on the Department of Defense Policy Board. He also serves on the boards of Host Hotels (NASDAQ: HST), Comfort Systems, USA (NYSE: FIX) Collegis Education, the American Red Cross National Board of Governors, the Real Estate Advisory Committee for New York State Teachers' Retirement System. He is director emeritus of the Military Bowl, a NCAA sanctioned football bowl game played in the nation's capital each December. Mr. Bulls former board service includes Tyco International, Exelis, Inc., Computer Sciences Corporation, American Campus Communities, and Rasmussen, Inc. Mr. Bulls has received various awards including: 2023 Alabama Business Hall of Fame Award 2022 Marriott School of Business Brigham Young University International Executive of the Year 2020 Executive Leadership Council Achievement Award 2020 Savoy Magazine Most Influential Black Directors in Corporate America 2018 Savoy Magazine Most Influential Black Directors in Corporate America 2017 USAA National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Top 100 2017 USAA National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow 2015 Morgan State University Apex Award 2009 Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award 2008 Global Real Estate Diversity Conference Trail Blazer Award 2007 Commercial Real Estate News & Commercial Property News National Minority Leader of the Year 2007 African American Real Estate Professionals (AAREP) Passing the Torch Award courtesy of https://www.us.jll.com/en/people/herman-bulls

Meet Jean Lawrence - Head of Global Marketing at Nokia Cloud & Network Services. With 25 years of tech industry experience, she has held leadership roles at Oracle, Computer Sciences Corporation, Motorola, and T-Mobile. Jean is dedicated to helping businesses harness the power of 5G and cloud technology for automation, analytics, and new revenue models. On The Menu: 1. Fostering 5G and Cloud Adoption: Showcasing successful cases and ROI calculators to encourage traditional firms. 2. Unified Global Marketing: Creating a common purpose and leveraging diverse skills in marketing for global organizations. 3. Distinct Marketing Approaches: Tailoring messaging for enterprises and service providers, emphasizing industry-specific benefits. 4. Future-Proofing 5G: Adapting 5G networks to evolving customer needs, addressing challenges and opportunities. 5. Innovative 5G Opportunities: Exploring the potential of 5G technology across industries. 6. Sustainability & Responsibility: Nokia's commitment to sustainability and ethical practices, addressing ESG concerns.

In the second part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru is in conversation with Vadeesh Budramane,Founder and CEO of AlgoShack, shares his career journeyShares his thought processes on why a product company to be started He also shares the decision parameters that he considered and that's common across entrepreneursJourney to be gratifying to the founders and early employeesCelebrating every small milestone from ID issuance, website, logo and creating a sense of moving in the right directionAbility to make an impact in the automation - Vadeesh talks about creating an inclusive environmentVadeesh shares the principles in which AlgoShack is created in terms of usage of tools and techniques and democratization of quality engineeringHe further shares how AI is embedded in the test processVadeesh talks about creating fit-for-purpose solutions that's specific in the domainVadeesh talks about his advice to people joining the testing industryEnabling automation testers to modularise and optimise test cases constantly keeping users and non functional scenarios in mindVadeesh is currently CEO at AlgoShack and he has held several roles such as Senior Vice President at Sutherland Global Services,  Director & Head of Healthcare Vertical at Computer Sciences Corporation and Managing Director at FCG.Vadeesh has 32 years of experience focused on product engineering, innovation & IP creation. In his 15+ years of experience in senior leadership positions, Vadeesh has been responsible for strategic planning, end-to-end operations, and P&L. He has built globally competitive leadership teams, orchestrated strategic customer engagements, and created significant value for stakeholders.Vadeesh is a leader with experience in managing offshore delivery center and vertical delivery with a team size of 3000+ people & $250m P&L. He has experience across healthcare, ISVs, telecom, and real-time embedded systems industry verticals and North America, UK and Europe markets that include global delivery, customer engagement, business development and P&L responsibilities.A leader with hands-on experience in seeding and developing globally competitive leadership teams, developing competencies, transforming delivery organizations and driving business models for outcomes.Vadeesh can be contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadeeshbudramane/ 

In the first part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru is in conversation with Vadeesh Budramane, Founder and CEO of AlgoShack, shares his career journeyVadeesh talks about starting in the embedded programming with Time Division Multiplexing and has built and learnt numerous protocols and standardsHe has also multiplexed his time across different domains such as Automotive, Medical instruments, Healthcare and Telecommunication Vadeesh shares his experience why he started the firm AlgoShack focused on the QE Combat the challenge of building quality software by automating automation testingHe shares his experiences on how critical devOps processes in the medical field and thinking about holistic environment He shares how he has built a keen sense of understanding the domain of telecom with different protocolsWhile he took up assignments in Healthcare, the type of stakeholders and touchpoints has moved him back to a learner of the domainVadeesh shares his passion of teaching and learning and thanks his Wipro days to inculcate that and further strengthened while working for HCGVadeesh decided to start a firm in test automation for embedded systems and we will hear more about the start up journey in the next episode. Vadeesh is currently CEO at AlgoShack and he has held several roles such as Senior Vice President at Sutherland Global Services,  Director & Head of Healthcare Vertical at Computer Sciences Corporation and Managing Director at FCG.Vadeesh has 32 years of experience focused on product engineering, innovation & IP creation. In his 15+ years of experience in senior leadership positions, Vadeesh has been responsible for strategic planning, end-to-end operations, and P&L. He has built globally competitive leadership teams, orchestrated strategic customer engagements, and created significant value for stakeholders.Vadeesh is a leader with experience in managing offshore delivery center and vertical delivery with a team size of 3000+ people & $250m P&L. He has experience across healthcare, ISVs, telecom, and real-time embedded systems industry verticals and North America, UK and Europe markets that include global delivery, customer engagement, business development and P&L responsibilities.A leader with hands-on experience in seeding and developing globally competitive leadership teams, developing competencies, transforming delivery organizations and driving business models for outcomes.Vadeesh can be contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadeeshbudramane/ 

Acquiring expertise in any field is a tool that is sharpened over time, not overnight. This is especially true for the complex world of data and analytics. It takes drive, passion and experience to become a credible data leader.For this episode, Malcolm joins datazuum CEO and Founder, Samir Sharma, on the Data Strategy Show podcast to answer personal and professional questions that provide insight into who Malcolm is as a data thought leader both in and out of the office.Throughout their discussion, Samir asks a series of rapid-fire questions covering several topics including:Personal interestsMemorable life experiencesProfessional insightsOutlooks on the data spaceSources of inspirationLeadership qualitiesCurrent trends and happenings in the world of data and analyticsAnd so much more!Key Moments[1:30] Rapid-Fire Questions with Malcolm[8:30] Three Things Malcolm Can't Live Without[17:50] Current Inspirations in the Data Space[24:45] Malcolm's Professional Epiphany [45:14] Advice for Data Leaders[53:20] The Problems with Data Literacy[57:55] Malcolm's Highlight of the Year[1:01:25] Malcolm's Personal Leading Style[1:03:05] Common Data ChallengesKey Takeaways Current Data Inspiration with Blockchain (17:50)“I know we've been talking about blockchain for years. Gartner put it on the data and analytics time cycle in 2019 as this rocket ship that is going up and then two years later, it fizzles and it's gone. But I am bullish on blockchain in the service of data management and how business is run. It is coming. It's slow and business adoption is lagging, but there's something there. Is it going to solve all problems? Of course not…but there are some problems that are purpose-built for blockchain in the data management realm that, I think, are going to be very interesting, particularly when you fold in the notion of widespread data sharing. Blockchain is very good at creating ecosystems of shared data.” — Malcolm HawkerMalcolm's Professional Epiphany (24:45)“I can vividly remember…when I was moving up the corporate ladder. I'd been getting slow and gradual raises. Interestingly, I was bound to one company during my process of getting a green card in the U.S.…what I figured out was that I had an epiphany that was professional and personal, which was that I'm in charge. I am in charge. Hard stop. Period. There is nothing being done to me. I cannot blame this person or this person…or this situation for things that are happening to me. Everything that happens to me is a direct result of conscious or unconscious actions.” — Malcolm HawkerEssential Leadership Qualities (1:01:25)“Inspire. I want to inspire people. That's definitely one. I will say I am a hands-off leader. I hate being micro-managed which means that I am constitutionally required to be hands-off in my leadership style. And let's say supportive. I think that a lot of that has to do with setting clear expectations. That is the kind of support that I need. To me, as a very hands-off person, as a very self-driven person, as a very self-motivated person, just tell me what my boundaries are. Tell me my budget. Tell me my timeline. Tell me my constraints. Tell me your expectations of me. To me, that is the ultimate form of support…that is how I try to manage as a leader.” — Malcolm HawkerAbout Samir SharmaSamir Sharma is the CEO and Founder of datazuum, a data strategy, and analytics consulting firm. Advising businesses on how to prioritize data activities, identifying growth possibilities and using data to boost revenue and profit. His clients span the UK, Europe and North America while ranging from medium-sized firms to major multi-national corporations. Prior to datazuum, Samir worked at Computer Sciences Corporation, Accenture, Christie's and Vertex Business Services where he led the development of their data and analytics business. He writes on all things related to data strategy, roadmap development and how to execute the data strategy where he shares his experiences and lessons learned. He is a frequent keynote speaker and hosts the Data Strategy Show podcast, which was named one of the Top 10 Podcasts of 2022, as well as leading Ask Me Anything events with top data executives. EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES:Follow Malcolm Hawker on LinkedInFollow Samir Sharma on LinkedInVisit datazuum's websiteListen to the Data Strategy Show podcast

This episode of The Lazy CEO Podcast is about determining when it is time, as a Founder, to bring in an outside CEO to run the company. We have a gentleman named Nick Wilkinson. Nick was a CEO that was brought into a company called Binary Tree that one of our members Steven Pivnik had founded, and he was trying to position for sale and upgrade the talent. Nick was the guy he identified and ended up bringing into the company. Nick's Background Originally from the UK. After graduation from university, Nick spent the first 10 years of his career in the British Royal Air Force. After the Air Force, he joined what was then a pretty small company in the UK called Computer Sciences Corporation, CSC, which Nick subsequently spent the next 20, almost 25 years rising through the ranks of CSC from a consultant all the way through for various account management roles to ending up as a direct report to the CEO in, at that time was like a hundred thousand people company with 16 billion in revenue. With a great career in the UK. he was lucky enough to do some interesting jobs, which brought him to the States. He also lived in Australia for a few years and really assimilated a huge amount of knowledge and expertise on how to run large-scale organizations. Back in the early 2010s he was the CEO of a private equity-backed company backed by Bear Capital which was also in the IT services area. And that company and Steven's company oftentimes coexisted with clients. They didn't do the same thing, but they did, provided complimentary services.  Here is more of the conversation between Jim Schleckser, CEO of The CEO Project, and Nick Wilkinson. What was the size of the company, the training company, and the IT space prior to coming to Binary Tree? The private equity company was mid-market. It was of comparable size to Binary Tree. I made a decision when I left the large corporate world that I didn't want to go and do the same thing again, I wanted a change. I wanted to have more direct visibility of what I was doing and how it affected the business. I wanted to be a CEO. And I decided that I wanted to try that in a different financial structure, a different capital structure. And that's what led me into the private equity world. An important component of being able to step in as a CEO for a Founder is rolling your sleeves up and not needing somebody to do everything for you. In the founder-owned company, there aren't a whole host of staffers and people to do things for you.  A lot of entrepreneurs get dazzled by the resume. They see your big career and think, this guy's brilliant, but then they bring that individual in, and they can't do the big to small translation. You obviously made the transition successfully, but what would you characterize as the differences? Most people can't make that transition. You did. What were the differences and why were you able to do it where maybe others might not be able to? A big part of it is personality. And I'm trying to answer the question without blowing smoke in my own direction. You've got to be reasonably self-effacing and modest, the servant leadership things. I know what it felt like to be at this level, and then a mid-manager and the senior manager and management. I had walked a mile in other people's shoes, and I was always willing to empathize with them and try and see things from their perspective. I've always been someone who's espoused lifelong learning. In addition, the founder must have a certain willingness to change and to listen, but at the same time a clear sense of what it needed to be successful in his or her company. That chemistry is important. If I was trying to figure out if somebody had the right profile or didn't, what would you recommend as the two or three questions to figure out if they've got the profile with you? If you were faced with a new opportunity with a big customer because a CEO must be capable of going out and meeting with customers, what do you do? How do you approach that? Shortly after I arrived at Binary Tree, we traveled out to the middle of nowhere and gave the pitch. We didn't win the business, but the fact that I was willing to be the one who made the deck, I went to Kinkos to get it photocopied. I helped prepare the guy to give the pitch and everybody thought, if this guy isn't here just to tell us what to do, he's willing to do it himself. So, a question that gets a potential CEO to show that they would do it themselves, that they would be there in the trenches with people as opposed to telling them from back at HQ. That would be a good way to frame something How do you follow the legacy of the Founder and establish credibility? How do you establish a relationship with the team? Moving into a CEO role in a new company, not a company that you've been in for some time, promoted into, you must have a balance between the drive to implement the things that got you the job, with the need to really learn about the business, to respect the fact that your knowledge of it is superficial when you've been outside it. You must learn how it actually performs. Where's the value really created? Who are the heroes? Where are the tensions? Where are the hidden gems? How it really works. So, it's that balance between listening and doing, which is always the case for a CEO, but extremely important in those first 60, or 90 days. If you move too quickly, then the organizational will or the body will reject the organ transplant as one of my advisors once said to me but if you move too slowly, you've missed your opportunity, and your authority diminished. And people wonder, why did we make the change then? So, you must have a plan. And revisit the plan with the founder, hers, or his DNAs in the company, and who better person to give you feedback on whether well, that would work, but I wouldn't try that you need to keep that relationship going. It's really that balance between listening and doing that's essential.  How much of your original plans survived? Most things that I expected that we would do, we did. Did we do them in six months? No. One of the things that you must learn in smaller companies is that you must take smaller steps. The organization is not robust enough to do dramatic change. There are capital constraints. You must temper your ambitions with the, with the resources that you can muster. For more about the board, sacred cows, the difference between working with PE firms and Founder owned companies, and other lessons learned, listen to the full episode of The Lazy CEO Podcast. About our Guest - Nick Wilkinson After my initial period of military service in the Royal Air Force, I have enjoyed a successful career across a wide spectrum of the IT software and services industry: a proven CEO in private equity and founder-owned companies and extensive, global multi-functional leadership experience in a publicly traded corporation. I have also established myself in the entertainment industry as an author, screenwriter, and producer. In all my activities, I relish transformational challenges and managing through the lifecycle of devising strategy, establishing a vision and purpose, building, motivating, and sustaining an outstanding team, and executing for results. I cultivate win-win relationships with customers, partners, and colleagues. And, perhaps most importantly, I bring optimism and a healthy sense of humor and perspective to every situation.

Our understanding of data and its role within a business isn't the same as it was 20 years ago. As data leaders embark on a modern data strategy, it is important continually adapt to change while operating with agility. Malcolm interviews Samir Sharma, the CEO and Founder of datazuum, a data strategy and analytics consulting firm. Samir and Malcolm discuss many of the more significant challenges facing Chief Data Officers (CDOs) as they pursue their strategic priorities, with Samir providing a trove of useful and highly pragmatic guidance for any CDO looking to meet both short-term and longer-term goals. Early in the discussion, they dive into the unhealthy fascination data leaders have on implementing technology without first understanding the business problems it will solve. Malcolm and Samir also share CDOs need to clearly understand their organizations' existing operating model and their level of data and analytics maturity, as both are critical in defining a data strategy roadmap. Samir shares his framework for working with CDOs whose stated strategic goals require greater maturity but are often starting at ground zero — which involves taking an agile and pragmatic approach to testing the organization's ability to provide short-term business benefits around certain data use cases within specific engagement models. The conversation then shifts to the importance of the culture of an organization and how that impacts the ability of a CDO to deliver a data strategy. However, unlike more conventional approaches to delivering a data strategy that puts culture change as a dependency for CDO success, Samir makes a compelling argument to work best within the existing culture and find ways to deliver value and speak in a common language without requiring drastic cultural shifts. He outlines how developing a common language and a clear understanding of expected outcomes is key for allowing CDOs to work within the cultural constraints of a given business. Data literacy programs come under the crosshairs of both Samir and Malcolm, where it's posited that data literacy programs may often be a symptom of larger organizational dysfunctions. Rather than seeing data literacy as the solution, Samir makes a case for a broader focus on having CDOs and their teams more focused on developing knowledge of business processes and where those processes are architected — all with a deep understanding of the importance of data from the ground-up. CDOs focused on defining or executing their data strategies will find this episode of CDO Matters particularly useful, especially those frustrated with the speed or effectiveness of their efforts. This episode makes a compelling case for a more agile, iterative and pragmatic approach to a data strategy that removes major dependencies — such as culture change or a focus on literacy — to one focused on adapting to any existing culture and operating model. Key Moments [2:06] Top Takeaways from Big Data London Conference & Exhibition [7:28] Focusing on Business Outcomes and Building Data Technologies [11:35] Creating a Data Strategy [14:32] Data Ownership and Domain Retention [19:10] Business Maturity and Understanding Data Products [21:10] Assessing Your Data Strategy [28:44] Remaining Pragmatic and Operating with Agility [31:31] Maintaining a Business Culture and Preserving Data Values [36:11] Knowing Your Business Process [38:06] Deconstructing Data Literacy [41:10] Breaking Down Your Business Data Model [42:52] Making Changes to Drive Value Key Takeaways Building Data Technologies (10:07) “I think when I look at it, technology is easier than having to put together the notion of scratching your heads and wondering what you are going to do…I think this is just another iteration of the whole marketing movement for tooling…we had all of the various different terms that we were attempting to implement…all of those areas that which we're trying to improve how we work, but why have we got all this stuff? Because the systems can't integrate…we need to start with a data-focused view.” — Samir Sharma Is Data Ownership Relevant? (14:31) “I think it's okay to talk about ownership from the perspective of an individual application. But when you start talking about domains that are used everywhere, it's a horrible label…To me, the notion of ownership…not all data is created equally. I think the notion of ownership is misguided.” — Malcolm Hawker Launching Your Data Strategy (21:48) “There's got to be a certain amount of standardization…a certain amount of proof of value that you can start to show stakeholders who are going to invest in this thing long-term. I think that's one thing that many people forget. Before you go out and start thinking about centralization versus decentralization or a factory model or whatever you might want to have, you got to think about use cases…we want to prove value and we want to show how we can do it and want to show that early benefit to stakeholders.” — Samir Sharma Promoting an Adaptable Data Culture (35:06) “My view around culture is that there is one. We don't need to disrupt it. What we need to do is get better at engaging with each other. We need to set a foundation of ways of working that will use business language and be able to talk to somebody about the outcomes that they are looking for.” — Samir Sharma About Samir Sharma Samir is the CEO and Founder of datazuum, a data strategy, and analytics consulting firm. Advising businesses on how to prioritize data activities, identifying growth possibilities and using data to boost revenue and profit. His clients span the UK, Europe and North America while ranging from medium-sized firms to major multi-national corporations. Prior to datazuum, Samir worked at Computer Sciences Corporation, Accenture, Christie's and Vertex Business Services where he led the development of their data and analytics business. He writes on all things related to data strategy, roadmap development and how to execute the data strategy where he shares his experiences and lessons learned. Samir is a frequent keynote speaker and hosts the Data Strategy Show podcast, which was named one of the Top 10 Podcasts of 2022, as well as leading Ask Me Anything events with top data executives. EPISODE LINKS & RESOURCES: Follow Samir on LinkedIn Listen to the Data Strategy Show podcast Visit datazuum's website

Paul Sturm actually started writing poems as a teenager, attempting to impress young ladies, though to no avail except for a smile or two. Many years later, the author worked in a high pressure career prompting him to escape by reading and writing for the fun of it. The author's amusing sense of humor provided the perfect backdrop for his hilarious books. Another important aspect of his writing could be gleaned from an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' titled "Walking the Distance." In that episode, a traveling executive has car trouble on a country road. The man walks to the small town nearby where he was born and discovers himself as a boy once more. The author, in a manner, revels in writing amusing tales of his youth growing up in a small town, allowing him to be a spirited boy once more. Paul has a B.S. degree from the College of William and Mary, an M.B.A. degree from the University of South Florida, and is a Certified Public Accountant, a CPA. The author spent 2 years at the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, Inc., before accepting an offer from Computer Sciences Corporation, where he became a Vice President of Finance in 1986. The author enjoyed 37 exciting and adventurous years at Computer Sciences Corporation, including several overseas assignments in Malaysia, India, and Europe. The author has written 3 amusing, entertaining, and fun-loving books, including 'My Favorite Girlfriend,' 'Golfing Adventures with Frankie, the Witty Caddie,' and 'More Golfing Adventures with Frankie, the Witty Caddie.' Paul is married and has 3 children and 3 grandchildren, and lives just outside of Washington, D.C., in a Virginia suburb. You can learn more about Paul Sturm and his work at https://www.paulsturmauthor.com/    TOPICS OF CONVERSATION About his books Writing memoir The role of humor in his writing and in his life Surprising things he learned along the way What people are saying about Pauls Books CONNECT WITH PAUL STURM! Website is http://www.paulsturmauthor.com. Facebook URL is: https://www.facebook.com/paulsturmauthor/ LinkedIn URL is; http://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sturm-a41487190 Instagram URL is: https://www.instagram.com/paulsturmauthor/ Amazon URL for "My Favorite Girlfriend" is:  https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B08DBZPM1W Amazon URL for "Golfing Adventures with Frankie, the Witty Caddie" is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DG2XMH9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 Amazon URL for "More Golfing Adventures with Frankie, the Witty Caddie" is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08S3HLYJT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1    

Lee, the Senior Vice President for Training and Education at Hinz Consulting, has more than thirty years of experience in proposal development and program and contract management. Lee has served in the U.S. Air Force and then moved to the civilian side with stints at Computer Sciences Corporation and 3Com before becoming an independent proposal consultant in 1991.  While most of Lee's career has been in the IT and telecommunications field, his breadth of experience spans proposals as varied as helicopter maintenance to medical waste disposal. He has supported proposals for DoD, GSA, DHS, DISA, DOI, DLA, FAA and many other agencies. Lee is a graduate of Clemson University and George Mason University Law School. He was a member of the Virginia bar from 1991 until 2018.Support the show (https://pod.fan/scribble-talk)

In this episode of The Insurance Technology Podcast, Reid speaks to the father of insurance software Larry Wilson about his role in the transformation of insurtech from its humble beginnings to what it is today. Buckle up, grab the wheel tight, and get ready for a fascinating journey through time with the insurtech unicorn who started it all and continues to influence its future.Episode HighlightsLarry's journey into insurance (2:40)What makes insurtech so hard to master (9:07)Bringing it all together (17:50)The beginning of agency management systems (21:01)About the GuestLarry Wilson served as the chief executive officer of Policy Management Systems Corporation from 1981 until the company merged with Computer Sciences Corporation in 2000. Larry has served on the board of directors for several companies and organizations, including Duck Creek, Assured Partners, Worley Companies, Ventus Risk Management, and FINEOS. He has a bachelor's degree in marketing and a master's degree from the University of South Carolina. Larry is also a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter.Insurtech Boston is back! Same city, great venue. Join us May 7th, 2024. Visit insurtechboston.com for more info and to grab your tickets.

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 353, originally published in December 2013. John McAfee is in the news, as he is trying to create an NSA-proof gadget used for private internet browsing, called "Decentral." McAfee, original creator of McAfee Antivirus software was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Salem, Virginia, United States.  McAfee was employed as a programmer by NASA's Institute for Space Studies in New York City from 1968 to 1970. From there he went to Univac as a software designer and later to Xerox. as an operating system architect. In 1978 he joined Computer Sciences Corporation as a software consultant. Later, while employed by Lockheed in the 1980s, McAfee received a copy of the Pakistani Brain computer virus and began developing software to combat viruses. In 1987 McAfee founded McAfee Associates, a computer anti-virus company. He was the first to distribute anti-virus software using the shareware business model. In 1989, he quit Lockheed and began working full-time at McAfee Associates, which he initially operated from his home in Santa Clara, California.The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1992, and McAfee resigned from the company in 1994. Two years after McAfee Associates went public, McAfee sold his remaining stake in the company. Network Associates was formed in 1997 as a merger of McAfee Associates and Network General. This company later became Network Associates, a name it retained for seven years until it was renamed McAfee. Now a subsidiary of Intel corporation, McAfee remains today as one of the largest anti-virus companies in the world. Other business ventures that he founded included Tribal Voice, which developed one of the first instant messaging programs, PowWow. In 2000, John McAfee invested in and joined the board of directors of Zone Labs, makers of firewall software, prior to its acquisition by Check Point Software in 2003. In August 2009, The New York Times reported that McAfee's personal fortune had declined to $4 million from a peak of $100 million, the effect of the global financial crisis and recession on his investments. Beginning in February 2010, McAfee started a new venture in the field of bacterial quorum sensing. His company QuorumEx has its headquarters in Belize and is working towards producing commercial all natural antibiotics based on anti-quorum sensing technology. In 2013 McAfee started a new company, Future Tense Central, to produce a secure computer network device called the D-Central. Website: www.FutureTenseCentral.com www.JasonHartman.com/Properties

Neil W. Tyra is a solo practitioner and the driving force behind The Tyra Law Firm, LLC. His practice focuses primarily on estate planning, estate administration, guardianships, and adoption. Prior to creating The Tyra Law Firm, LLC, Mr. Tyra was an attorney with the Washington DC firm of Simeone & Miller, LLP.  Before entering law school, Mr. Tyra had a long and successful career in information systems and technology management for some of Washington D.C.'s largest technology firms, including Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr. Tyra is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Montgomery County Bar Association. Mr. Tyra is a graduate of the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. He received his undergraduate degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland. Mr. Tyra is also the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Law Entrepreneur. This podcast answers the questions “what they didn't teach us about running a business in law school”. The podcast is available on iTunes and is heard throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia to name a few countries. Mr. Tyra is a long time supporter of soccer in the Washington DC area. He was an original investor in Major League Soccer and sat on the Board of Directors for DC United for the first four years of the team's existence. In addition, he is a former member of the Board of Directors for both Soccer '94 and DC Scores (the predecessor of America Scores). He is also the founder of the Kenshin Karate School and has been an active practicing black belt in Japanese karate for over twenty-five years. Website- http://thelawentrepreneur.com Social Media Handles www.linkedin.com/in/tyralawfirm https://www.facebook.com/neiltyra @lawentrepreneur

Neil W. Tyra is a solo practitioner and the driving force behind The Tyra Law Firm, LLC. His practice focuses primarily on estate planning, estate administration, guardianships, and adoption. Prior to creating The Tyra Law Firm, LLC, Mr. Tyra was an attorney with the Washington DC firm of Simeone & Miller, LLP.  Before entering law school, Mr. Tyra had a long and successful career in information systems and technology management for some of Washington D.C.'s largest technology firms, including Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr. Tyra is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Montgomery County Bar Association. Mr. Tyra is a graduate of the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. He received his undergraduate degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland. Mr. Tyra is also the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Law Entrepreneur. This podcast answers the questions “what they didn't teach us about running a business in law school”. The podcast is available on iTunes and is heard throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia to name a few countries. Mr. Tyra is a long time supporter of soccer in the Washington DC area. He was an original investor in Major League Soccer and sat on the Board of Directors for DC United for the first four years of the team's existence. In addition, he is a former member of the Board of Directors for both Soccer '94 and DC Scores (the predecessor of America Scores). He is also the founder of the Kenshin Karate School and has been an active practicing black belt in Japanese karate for over twenty-five years. Website- http://thelawentrepreneur.com Social Media Handles www.linkedin.com/in/tyralawfirm https://www.facebook.com/neiltyra @lawentrepreneur

Using Technology to Create a Law Firm That Works for You, with Neil Tyra Neil W. Tyra is a solo practitioner and the driving force behind The Tyra Law Firm, LLC (www.tyralawfirm.com). His practice focuses primarily on estate planning, estate administration, selected family law cases, adoption and guardianship. Prior to creating The Tyra Law Firm, LLC, Mr. Tyra was an attorney with the Washington DC firm of Simeone & Miller, LLP. Before entering law school, Mr. Tyra had a long and successful career in information systems and technology management for some of Washington D.C.'s largest technology firms, including Computer Sciences Corporation. Mr. Tyra is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Montgomery County Bar Association. Mr. Tyra is a graduate of the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. He received his undergraduate degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland. Mr. Tyra is also the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Law Entrepreneur. This podcast answers the questions “what they didn’t teach us about running a business in law school”. The podcast is available on iTunes and is heard throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia to name a few countries. Mr. Tyra is a long time supporter of soccer in the Washington DC area. He was an original investor in Major League Soccer and sat on the Board of Directors for DC United for the first four years of the team’s existence. In addition, he is a former member of the Board of Directors for both Soccer ’94 and DC Scores (the predecessor of America Scores). He is also the founder of the Kenshin Karate School and has been an active practicing black belt in Japanese karate for over twenty-five years. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Neil’s total of 8 different careers led him to the practice of law, and how each of those careers has helped to build a practice that works for him The evolution of technology in law firms Using technology to reduce your work time Why you shouldn’t necessarily consider yourself locked into your current area of practice What the future setup of law offices may look like Advances in documentation preparation systems How artificial intelligence might affect the practice of law Resources: Website: http://thelawentrepreneur.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tyralawfirm Twitter:https://twitter.com/lawentrepreneur Email: neil@thelawentrepreneur.com Additional Resources: Internet Domination Bootcamp: https://www.pilmma.org/idb2021 The Mastermind Effect: https://www.pilmma.org/the-mastermind-effect/  PILMMA’s free Coronavirus Survival Kit: www.pilmma.org/free-resources/  PILMMA Join Page: https://pilmma.kartra.com/page/join-pilmma 

In the late 90s, hackers who discovered vulnerabilities would sometimes send an email to Bugtraq with details. Bugtraq was a notification system used by people with an interest in network security. It was also a place that might have been monitored by employees of software companies looking for reports of vulnerabilities pertaining to their software. The problem was - there wasn't an easy way to track specific vulnerabilities in specific products.  It was May 1999. Larry Cashdollar was working as a system administrator for Bath Iron Works under contract by Computer Sciences Corporation. Specifically, he was a UNIX Systems Administrator, level one. His team managed over 3,000 UNIX systems across BIW's campuses. Most of these were CAD systems used for designing AEGIS class destroyers. This position gave me access to over 3,000 various flavors of UNIX ranging from Sun Solaris to IBM AIX. Joining us in this week's Research Saturday to discuss his journey from finding that first CVE through the next 20 years and hundreds of CVEs is Akamai Senior Response Engineer Larry Cashdollar. The research can be found here:  MUSIC TO HACK TO: MY FIRST CVE AND 20 YEARS OF VULNERABILITY RESEARCH

In the late 90s, hackers who discovered vulnerabilities would sometimes send an email to Bugtraq with details. Bugtraq was a notification system used by people with an interest in network security. It was also a place that might have been monitored by employees of software companies looking for reports of vulnerabilities pertaining to their software. The problem was - there wasn't an easy way to track specific vulnerabilities in specific products.  It was May 1999. Larry Cashdollar was working as a system administrator for Bath Iron Works under contract by Computer Sciences Corporation. Specifically, he was a UNIX Systems Administrator, level one. His team managed over 3,000 UNIX systems across BIW's campuses. Most of these were CAD systems used for designing AEGIS class destroyers. This position gave me access to over 3,000 various flavors of UNIX ranging from Sun Solaris to IBM AIX. Joining us in this week's Research Saturday to discuss his journey from finding that first CVE through the next 20 years and hundreds of CVEs is Akamai Senior Response Engineer Larry Cashdollar. The research can be found here:  MUSIC TO HACK TO: MY FIRST CVE AND 20 YEARS OF VULNERABILITY RESEARCH

  Peter Strohkorb is the Owner and Director of Peter Strohkorb Advisory. After 20+ years in the corporate sector working for companies like Sony, 3M, Canon, Computer Sciences Corporation and Dell, Peter wanted a change. He had experienced a number of mistakes that small, medium and large businesses make when trying to accelerate their sales […]

Irene Masterton is the Finance Group Estates Director at Department for Work and Pensions (British Government). She has previously held senior global roles at Shell International Petroleum, Standard Chartered Bank, BT and Computer Sciences Corporation. In this third podcast in our 'Leadership' series, Irene discusses putting together global teams, surrounding yourself with experts, managing attention from the C-Suite and transitioning from the private to the public sector.

Guest: Shamika Minisee "Put Yourself On!" Shamika serves as a Contracting Officer for the United States Government. She aided in developing requirements with responsibility for contract negotiations, execution, and contract administration and production management activities needed in acquiring major equipment types, extensive technical/commercial services, and research and development programs for weapon systems and/or other equipment/components of like complexity. She also serves as the Vice President and Founding Member of Presidential Concrete LLC, a full service concrete contracting company. She is responsible for business development, networking, branding the business and overseeing all projects. Over the years the company has partnered with and completed projects for Alabama A&M University, Progressive Union Missionary, Baptist Church, Empire Fitness, University of Alabama Huntsville, Oakwood University, Audi Huntsville, Madison County Commission and Dollar General just to name a few. Prior to joining the US Army as a civilian she worked in the contracts arena for just about 7 years managing, negotiating and administering contracts at companies like Computer Sciences Corporation, Westar Aerospace & Defense Group and Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Corporate Division. She developed an interest in this field because of the service and law components. She likes the versatility that procurement and acquisition brings, i.e. negotiations, kick off meetings, building relationships and building the contracts. Lastly, she's partnered with an International Health & Wellness Company and our goal is to help every family create a safer environment for their children and their home overall. Her team is a group of committed business owners, individuals with a passion for helping others succeed. They are dedicated to helping others start and run successful businesses from home, and, at the risk of sounding boastful, her team has been quite successful hitting that goal, thus the reason for her peaked interest in business overall. She's been a resident of Huntsville for approximately 19 years now and am growing to love it. Her strengths and skills include mastering complex projects, exemplary planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation. She hold a bachelors degree in Business Administration and Management Information Systems from Alabama A&M University as well as a Masters in Management & Acquisition/Contract Management from Florida Institute of Technology, Level III Certified in Contracting, Program Level I Certification, and Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification. Memberships include: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, diversity leadership colloquium board member, sickle cell consortium National Board member, The Community Free Dental Clinic Board member Past board membership: North Alabama Sickle Cell Foundation, Progressive Union CDC, and North Alabama Kidney Foundation *** Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show*** To speak on one of the five building blocks: Entrepreneurship, Spirituality, Motherhood, Marriage, and Self-Development on this podcast visit: www.latishascott.com mommybiz@latishascott.com Find me on Social Media: Our podcast hashtag is #mommybusinesspodcast Instagram: @latishascott Twitter: @latishascott Facebook: @MommyandBusiness

Guest: Shamika Minisee "Put Yourself On!" Shamika serves as a Contracting Officer for the United States Government. She aided in developing requirements with responsibility for contract negotiations, execution, and contract administration and production management activities needed in acquiring major equipment types, extensive technical/commercial services, and research and development programs for weapon systems and/or other equipment/components of like complexity. She also serves as the Vice President and Founding Member of Presidential Concrete LLC, a full service concrete contracting company. She is responsible for business development, networking, branding the business and overseeing all projects. Over the years the company has partnered with and completed projects for Alabama A&M University, Progressive Union Missionary, Baptist Church, Empire Fitness, University of Alabama Huntsville, Oakwood University, Audi Huntsville, Madison County Commission and Dollar General just to name a few. Prior to joining the US Army as a civilian she worked in the contracts arena for just about 7 years managing, negotiating and administering contracts at companies like Computer Sciences Corporation, Westar Aerospace & Defense Group and Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Corporate Division. She developed an interest in this field because of the service and law components. She likes the versatility that procurement and acquisition brings, i.e. negotiations, kick off meetings, building relationships and building the contracts. Lastly, she’s partnered with an International Health & Wellness Company and our goal is to help every family create a safer environment for their children and their home overall. Her team is a group of committed business owners, individuals with a passion for helping others succeed. They are dedicated to helping others start and run successful businesses from home, and, at the risk of sounding boastful, her team has been quite successful hitting that goal, thus the reason for her peaked interest in business overall. She’s been a resident of Huntsville for approximately 19 years now and am growing to love it. Her strengths and skills include mastering complex projects, exemplary planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation. She hold a bachelors degree in Business Administration and Management Information Systems from Alabama A&M University as well as a Masters in Management & Acquisition/Contract Management from Florida Institute of Technology, Level III Certified in Contracting, Program Level I Certification, and Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification. Memberships include: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, diversity leadership colloquium board member, sickle cell consortium National Board member, The Community Free Dental Clinic Board member Past board membership: North Alabama Sickle Cell Foundation, Progressive Union CDC, and North Alabama Kidney Foundation *** Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show*** To speak on one of the five building blocks: Entrepreneurship, Spirituality, Motherhood, Marriage, and Self-Development on this podcast visit: www.latishascott.com mommybiz@latishascott.com Find me on Social Media: Our podcast hashtag is #mommybusinesspodcast Instagram: @latishascott Twitter: @latishascott Facebook: @MommyandBusiness

Alex Solsma has a conversation with the new principal at the Basilica School of Saint Mary, Dan Cinalli, on this edition of our podcast.  A longtime resident of Northern Virginia, Mr. Cinalli attended Catholic schools in the Diocese of Arlington from grades K-12. He holds a BA in English from George Mason University and also earned a Masters of Education Administration with a concentration in Catholic School Leadership from Marymount University. He most recently was the principal at Saint Michael School in Annandale, a role he had held since July 2016. He previously was assistant principal at Saint Timothy Catholic School in Chantilly, the second largest parish school in our diocese, from July 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Cinalli served as an English teacher at Paul VI High School in Fairfax for more than three years and worked for Computer Sciences Corporation of Chantilly before becoming an educator. Founded in 1795, the Basilica of Saint Mary in Old Town Alexandria is the first Catholic parish established in Virginia. Pope Francis named the church a minor basilica on December 6, 2017 due to its important role in the growth of the Catholic Church in North America.

There's a zeitgeist of 'fighting for attention' in today's online marketing. Strategy is the 1st step of my FastTrack for Social Marketing Methodology and without it...well, you're leaving money on the table. I've come across a lot of different strategies that work beautifully in marketing online for your business and this episode also details why strategy is soooooooo important. When I used to work for Price Waterhouse Consulting & Computer Sciences Corporation, multi-billion dollar companies...we would walk in on these multi-million dollar consulting engagements and the #1 KEY to success is having a project plan and a strategy in place. The return would be MASSIVE when you get this right. So, whether you're one person entrepreneur, or this big billion dollar company, one of the things that you start out with, and this is how I always start out my strategy calls with clients are these 3 things" 1. Goals (what are your goals/vision) 2. Current state vs future state 3. Funnel hack - "Who's got your customers" - find 5 of them and analyze what they are doing that works. If you want to be the 'first to know' when a new episode comes out - Sign up for FREE over at https://www.iampossibleradio.com/podcast Enjoy, Maria Gudelis P.S. I'd love to get your input - let me know your thoughts over on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/maria.gudelis/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/maria-gudelis/message

In November, 2006, the Mars Global Surveyor's mission came to an end.Systems engineer Andre Dress was on the team charged with figuring out why.In this 2-part interview with Andre Dress, co-moderators Tom and Eleanor learn how mission review teams are formed, the process they go through to figure out the program and how to prevent similar future mission mishaps.We also had some time to discuss some of the exciting new work Andre had been—and continues to be engaged in with NASA.This is part 2 of our interview with Andre Dress.++++++++++++++++++++Andre Dress began his professional career as a NASA contractor with Ford Aerospace on the Landsat 4/5 program and specialized in mission operations and attitude control.He began working with NASA contractor Computer Sciences Corporation in 1992 as the attitude control systems lead for the launch of the GOES 8 and GOES 9 spacecraft. In 1997, Dress served as the spacecraft manager for the launch of the GOES 10 spacecraft, joining NOAA after launch as the lead engineer for the GOES constellation. He was also the spacecraft manager for the launch of the GOES 11 spacecraft. In 2001, Dress began a detail as the NOAA GOES N-P Observatory Manager for NASA and transitioned to NASA in 2004. Dress is currently the Deputy Project Manager for the GOES N-P program and served as the NASA Launch Manager for the launch of the GOES 13 spacecraft. Dress holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science degree in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.When not working Andre' enjoys Camping, playing the trumpet, working out, playing racket ball, brewing beer, and spending time with his family.

In November 2006, the Mars Global Surveyor's mission came to an end.Systems engineer Andre Dress was on the team charged with figuring out why.In this 2-part interview with Andre Dress, co-moderators Tom and Eleanor learn how mission review teams are formed, the process they go through to figure out the problem and how to prevent similar future mishaps.We also had some time to discuss some of the exciting new work Andre has been—and continues to be engaged in with NASA.This is part 1 of our interview with Andre Dress.+++++++Andre' Dress began his professional career as a NASA contractor with Ford Aerospace on the Landsat 4/5 program and specialized in mission operations and attitude control.He began working with NASA contractor Computer Sciences Corporation in 1992 as the attitude control systems lead for the launch of the GOES 8 and GOES 9 spacecraft. In 1997, Dress served as the spacecraft manager for the launch of the GOES 10 spacecraft, joining NOAA after launch as the lead engineer for the GOES constellation. He was also the spacecraft manager for the launch of the GOES-11 spacecraft. In 2001, Dress began a detail as the NOAA GOES N-P Observatory Manager for NASA and transitioned to NASA in 2004. Dress holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science degree in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.When not working Andre' enjoys camping, playing the trumpet, working out, playing racket ball, brewing beer, and spending time with his family.

64 New Book on Engines, General Aviation Maintenance – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. 64 Max interviews Mike Busch, 2008 National Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year about his new book, Mike Busch on Engines. Mike founded Savvy Aviation, Inc, which includes a concierge maintenance management service, a prebuy management service, an engine monitor data analysis service, and a new 24/7 fast-response breakdown assistance service. His latest book, Mike Busch on Engines: What every aircraft owner needs to know about the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines, was published in March 2018. His first book was Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance. Mike was born in New York City and grew up in the northeast. After majoring in math in college, he did graduate work in math and business, and soon after moved to the West coast, where he’s been ever since. After college, he worked in the computer industry as a software developer, and he managed major software development projects for corporations including Computer Sciences Corporation, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, Phillips, and Visa. In 1995, he began working fulltime in the aviation industry, when he cofounded AvWeb.com, a well known aviation news web site. He’s also a prolific writer of articles on maintenance that have appeared in many General Aviation magazines including his monthly maintenance column, “Savvy Maintenance” in AOPA PILOT magazine. Mentioned in the Show Order Mike's New Book on Amazon: Mike Busch on Engines Order Mike's 1st Book on Amazon: Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance Mike Busch's 70+ EAA Webinars on YouTube Savvy Aviation - Mike Busch's main web site Please visit my new Patreon page and make a contribution to help me with my goal of improving the AviationNewsTalk.com website. Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do.  Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

A Technology FoundationFred Tuomi was born in Minnesota, and went on to attend high school and college in Georgia, receiving a B.A. in Business Information Systems and a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia State University. While working for the Computer Sciences Corporation doing consulting, Fred connected with John Lie-Nelsen of Consolidated Capital and Johnstown Properties. This opportunity led to Fred creating the very first automated, apartment management system.“The idea was, let's use these things called computers that make everything more efficient and increase productivity… Let's put it where we have most of our people. To really get the benefits of productivity enhancement, you have to make as many employees as possible productive, not just a few back at the home office.”When the Tax Reform Act of 1986 killed the real estate limited partnership business, Fred connected with John Williams and John Glover of Post Properties, and then eventually was invited to join Equity Residential by Doug Crocker.Equity ResidentialFred and his family moved from Atlanta to Chicago, where he became President of Property Management at Equity Residential.“We were trying to build two things. One was a uniform platform that was highly efficient… Second thing was to build a company culture.”Fred shares how Sam Zell, Founder, and Chairman of Equity Residential (see our interview with Zell in Season One of Leading Voices), influenced and shaped its culture. Under Zell's vision for acquiring irreplaceable assets, the company's goal evolved from a gross asset accumulation model to a highly refined portfolio and operational platform. Technology also played a critical role throughout the business, including in revenue management, allowing them to study the relationship of supply and demand in a way that hadn't been possible before.Entering and Exiting RetirementIt wasn't long after Tuomi retired to spend more time with his grandkids and family, that he was approached by Tom Barrack and Justin Chang of Colony Capital. They wanted his advice on translating his apartment management strategy to the single-family rental business. While many doubted that a long-term ownership and management platform for the single-family market was possible, Fred was able to bring his experience from rolling up assets in the multifamily business and over time saw the business coming together with efficiencies and metrics comparable to the apartment industry. Each asset was bought with an eye on the long-term growth of stabilized income streams which meant that with the various mergers of the Waypoint, Starwood, Colony and Blackstone Invitation Homes portfolios, the footprint didn't just get wider, it got more deep and dense, improving efficiency. Technology in the hands of the consumer and the front line employee also made these efficiencies possible.“We are now running 2,200+ homes from one centralized property management team similar to an apartment property office. In terms of headcount to assets, we are much more efficient than the apartment business. But we have to employ a lot more technology to bridge that gap.”The Future of the MarketFred sees Millennials entering the housing market society's increased longevity as signposts for long-term market growth, and emphasizes the importance of developers stimulating the housing supply if we don't want pricing to increase.

Educational Podcasting Today is a weekly podcast that celebrates podcasters and podcasting. It’s mission is to help educators learn how to create podcasts and amazing WordPress websites for their podcasts. For more information, please visit www.EducationalPodcasting.today (http://www.EducationalPodcasting.today) . Show TopicsInternational Podcast Day – September 30, 2015 – InternationalPodcastDay.com (http://www.InternationalPodcastDay.com) How can Podcasters Participate? How can Classrooms Participate? Netcast Studio – www.NetcastStudio.com (http://www.NetcastStudio.com) What Podcasting Equipment is appropriate for starting a podcast in the classroom or studio? About Our GuestSteve Lee is the owner of Announce Solutions a logistics and technology company. After retiring from the Air Force he worked as an IT Consultant for such companies as, Computer Sciences Corporation, Modern Technologies Inc., International Consultants and IBM. Steve is also the owner of an IT consulting firm, Waves of Tech, along with NetCast Studio Productions, Two Thumbs Up Media, Prescott Logistics, Building Market Place and the Chairman of International Podcast Day.  Dave Lee has been with the NetCast Studio network and International Podcast Day since Day One! Dave co-hosts the flagship show of the network, Waves of Tech, which launched in 2007. He has previously hosted the shows Sports Unleashed and Flash Past and has made several guest appearances on other podcasts. As co-founder of International Podcast Day, he will be launching the official International Podcast Day Show in the near future. His day job is working in the world of environmental and waste management, so his outlook on technology and podcasting comes with a bit of a slant. Outside of the world of the 9-to-5 and podcasting, Dave plays roller derby! He currently resides in Bakersfield, CA. Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast!Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home? Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email:  (mailto:info@teachercast.net) Voice Mail:  (http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail) Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! |  (http://www.slideshare.net/teachercast/an-educators-guide-to-podcasting-and-broadcasting-by-teachercast)  

Peter Mehit is a veteran of both the Fortune 500 and tech startups. He worked worldwide as a business process troubleshooter and outsourcing deal leader for Computer Sciences Corporation. He has also participated in internet and consumer product start-ups and has started four of his own companies. Today, Peter talks to us about why it's important to have a clear business plan. He also explains how important it is to know who you're selling to (demographically, psychographically, and physically). You also need to know what you're selling (and What's In It For Me). People want quick end results and they buy based on emotion, so know what problem you're solving and visualize what that is. Resources Killer Business Plan: Why You Need It, How To Write It (eBook) CustomBPS.com (Website) Peter Mehit (YouTube) phone number: 800-741-8444 Napoleon Hill's Master Key to Riches (Book)

Amb. Courtney and Dr. Paul discuss the themes in their recent article, "Firehose of Falsehoods: Russian propaganda is pervasive, and America is behind the power curve in countering it." They will refer to the RAND Corporation report on "The Russian ‘Firehose of Falsehood' Propaganda Model: Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It." This lecture was given at The Institute of World Politics on November 10th 2016. Amb. William Courtney is an adjunct senior fellow at the RAND Corporation and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. He is also president of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association, which represents U.S. exporters to and investors in Kazakhstan. In 2014 he retired from Computer Sciences Corporation as senior principal for federal policy strategy. From 1972 through 1999, he was a Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Department of State.He served as special assistant to the President for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; Ambassador to Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the U.S.-Soviet commission that implemented the Threshold Test Ban Treaty; and deputy U.S. negotiator in the U.S.-Soviet Defense and Space Talks in Geneva. Christopher Paul, Ph.D. is a Senior Social Scientist working out of RAND's Pittsburgh office, where is the principal investigator for a number of defense and security related research projects. He also teaches at Carnegie Mellon University and in the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Prior to joining RAND full-time in July of 2002, he worked at RAND as adjunct staff for six years. His current and recent research efforts include analyses supporting security cooperation, information operations, counterinsurgency, irregular/unconventional warfare, and operations in cyberspace.

On March 11, 2005, President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Griffin to serve as the 11th Administrator of NASA. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 13, 2005 and served until January 20, 2009. Griffin knew NASA well. He had been NASA’s associate administrator for exploration in the early 1990s, as well as its chief engineer. Griffin holds seven academic degrees—a BA in physics from Johns Hopkins University, a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, and a handful of Master’s degrees. He previously served as deputy for technology at the strategic defense initiative organization (SDIO) in the Pentagon.  Griffin’s career has also included academic and corporate positions. He was an eminent scholar and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama-Huntsville and space department head at the Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins. Griffin was also president and chief operating officer at In-Q-Tel, a private, nonprofit enterprise funded by the Central Intelligence Agency to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve national security interests. Griffin held leadership positions in as well as the Orbital Sciences Corp and technical positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at Computer Sciences Corporation. Time magazine named Griffin one of its 100 most influential people in 2008. In his spare time, Griffin enjoys flying and is a certified flight instructor. He’s also a voracious reader and an avid golfer. On August 14, 2012, the Schafer Corporation announced that Griffin would assume the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the company. Griffin has also been a guest lecturer at IHMC in Pensacola, where in 2009, he delivered a lecture entitled “What the Hubble Space Telescope Teaches Us About Ourselves:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMdORG8OyU. In this episode, STEM-Talk host Dawn Kernagis monitors an interview conducted by co-hosts Ken Ford and Tom Jones, both of whom have a long-standing professional relationship with Griffin. 1:09: Ford calls Mike Griffin “a remarkable fellow.” Griffin’s work has spanned academia, government and industry. He holds six graduate degrees and was working on his seventh when President George W. Bush selected him to serve as the eleventh NASA administrator. 2:35: Dawn reads a five-star iTunes review from “Meatballs Mom” entitled “Thumbs up.” “I downloaded this in order to feel intellectually superior to my peers. It’s totally working.” 3:00: Dawn describes Griffin’s career and educational accomplishments. 5:13: Dawn introduces Mike Griffin, along with hosts Ford and Jones. 6:03: Griffin’ interest in science was sparked by the first book, called “A Child’s Book of Stars,” that his mother gave him for Christmas in 1954, when he was five years old. 7:50: “I was already fully committed to a career in math and science and space long before I got to high school,” Griffin recalls, also noting an influential physics teacher in high school who encouraged him on that path. 8:25: “My career has gone back and forth between and among DOD space, civil space, robotic scientific space craft and missions and human space flight.” 8:50: Griffin notes that one of the highlights of his career was being chief engineer for the first space intercept mission accomplished against a booster in powered flight as part of early missile defense program under President Ronald Reagan. 12:08: “Possibly the coolest job that I’ve ever had,” Griffin says, was as President of In-Q-Tel, which he loosely categorizes as the CIA’s venture capital company. “The CIA didn’t have access to the hi-tech of Silicon Valley, so the non-profit was chartered by Congress to allow that access. It was an extraordinarily eye-opening and exciting adventure,” he says, adding that they helped create Google Earth. 14:22: Griffin had an early hunch that he would w...

01 : EATT Magazine startup Podcast E1 with Research Rockets Blast off with the first podcast from the EATT Magazine startup Podcast and join Paul Ayling from Research rockets.   02 : Podcast for startups with Helen from Busivid Join us and listen to the startup podcast with Cullen from EATT Magazine and Helen from Busivid and get insights into one of the new startup apps at  The CONNECT Expo In Melbourne   03 : EATT Magazine Podcast 3 – Retail design with Andy EATT Magazine Podcast 3 – Retail design with Andy and an introduction to this years podcast program.Andy Hennessy takes us through a designers view of retail merchandise and how an understanding of several principals can apply to the effects a design.   04 : EATT Magazine Podcast 4 – Silicon beach with Athula In part 1 of this series of podcasts around silicon beach for startups we join Athula Bogota in this remarkably candid interview on his role as the lead organizer for a silicon beach meetup.   05 : Podcast 5 – Interview with Phillip Ball Join us in this Interview with Phillip Ball sharing his thoughts on his new book Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen. Phillip shares some of his research into his next book he is currently working on and the window he is using capture the philosophy and engineering of this exciting project.   06 : EATT Radio at Carlton Connect with Tony Lloyd EATT Radio interview Part 1 with Tony Lloyd an Australian contemporary artist.Join Cullen the Editor of EATT magazine interviewing Tony Lloyd about his exhibiting works at “Baby it's hot outside!” – a ThoughtLAB-14 event presented by the Carlton Connect Initiative at The University of Melbourne.   07 : EATT Magazine podcast 7 with Pamela Bain Join us for the EATT Magazine podcast 7 with Pamela Bain part 1 of a 2 part podcast series.Pamela Bain is a practicing artist with over ten years exhibiting history. Working with materials and media such as acrylic, watercolour, pastel pencil, ink and collage, Pam is now exploring the application of digital manipulation to her painterly creations.   08 : Col. Chris Hadfield – First Canadian Astronaut to walk in space with Pamela Bain Podcast In Part 2 of this podcast Pam also talks about her life long passion for space travel history – a fascination recharged with each pilgrimage to NASA Houston.Hadfield conveys his interesting insights on art and communication pertinent to the ‘space' experience along with his unique views of earth from the International Space Station.   09 : Virtual Reality podcast with Stefan Pernar the director of Virtual Reality Ventures Podcast In this Virtual Reality podcast Stefan Pernar, president of the Australian Virtual Reality Industry Association and director of Virtual Reality Ventures, shares some of his experience in VR technology.   10 : Artists and Entrepreneurs with Cammy Davis from art on the airwaves.com Join us in this interview with Cammy Davis about Artists and Entrepreneurs.  Cammy hosts a show called Art on the Airwaves for KSKQ radio in Ashland Oregon.  The show is about art and the business of art, where she interviews a wide variety of guests from artists, to musicians, to magazine editors, to book authors and discusses topics relevant to “artists and entrepreneurs.”   11 : Join Dr Renee Beale at the Carlton Connect initiative podcast Peter Sharp and Dr Renee Beale, High and Low, 2013. Peter Sharp and Renee Beale created a couple of years ago called ‘High and Low' for an Insight Radical show in a gallery in Sydney – it tells a story of Chemistry from its roots in alchemy to more modern tech of today.   12 : An interview with Katie Demar – networker, accountant and photographer volunteering with Melbourne Silicon Beach Katie has previously been involved in volunteering with Melbourne Silicon Beach, has dabbled in trades from all areas and is always keen to get involved in new and exciting opportunities. Currently Katie has taken her love of networking to the web where she is aiming to utilise her skills to create the digital nomad lifestyle for herself and other people.   13 : Tim Sinclair the CEO of Ringr the new app podcast Tim Sinclair the CEO of Ringr the new app joins us from a very special event not yet revealed in this post but inside the interview itself and this is the first time EATT Magazine has used this technology during this call as a live test. Ringer has gained recognition from such companies as:   14 : Melbourne Silicon Beach with Sanjay from Random drinks and Sarthak from Getworm Join Sanjay at Melbourne Silicon Beach talking about his new meetup created by 2 random dudes, having random drinks, looking to meet random people, doing random things at a specific place on a Friday night! If I ask you to describe the relationship between a startup and early users, what would you say? Perhaps producer-consumer? What if I say they are both the same? What if I say they both can be described with “one word” from the dictionary, that is:   15 : DJ Main Event and Josh from AUUG at #SiliconBeachOz Join us with DJ Main Event and Josh from AUUG at #SiliconBeachOz.Main Event is a DJ, music producer, TV show host, songwriter and live MC act. He has performed the world over for concerts and multinational corporations as well as working with the best acts in modern entertainment.   16 : Cullen Pope and Martin Ball, Artist & musician with Cammy Davis Martin Ball is a multi-instrumentalist and composer living in Ashland, Oregon. His music varies through many different musical styles, combining elements of alternative, electronic, reggae, and world sounds into a unique and ever-shifting mix of dramatic and compelling music. His goal is to make music that captures the listener's imagination with beautiful melodies, catchy rhythms, and interesting sounds and instrumentation.   17 : International podcast day .com with Steve Lee #PodcastDay Join Steve Lee the owner of Announce Solutions an IT consulting firm. After retiring from the Air Force he worked as an IT Consultant for such companies as, Computer Sciences Corporation, Modern Technologies Inc., International Consultants and IBM.

International podcast day .com with Steve Lee #PodcastDay SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Join Steve Lee the owner of Announce Solutions an IT consulting firm. After retiring from the Air Force he worked as an IT Consultant for such companies as, Computer Sciences Corporation, Modern Technologies Inc., International Consultants and IBM. Steve is also the founder of Modern Life Podcast Network, Modern Life Discussions, Two Thumbs Up Media podcast directory, Prescott Logistics, Building Market Place and International Podcast Day. Steve has been a four time Podcast Award finalist and with over 3,000 podcast episodes produced on his network. There is National IPA Day, National Waffle Fries Day, National Pancake Day, and National pretty-much-anything-you-want Day. In the summer of 2013, Steve Lee (founder of Modern Life Network) heard a radio announcement for National Senior Citizens' Day. Thinking that was pretty cool, it begged the question of why wasn't there a day of celebration for podcasting. That's when Steve said to himself “Let's create a Podcast Day!” So the adventure began and a collective team of podcasters put their heads together to establish methods for podcasters and podcast listeners to raise awareness for this great entertainment and education medium. After the overwhelming success of Podcast Day 2014 the event was rebranded to International Podcast Day to ensure the world is involved. “September 30th will be a day to celebrate podcast producers and a day to celebrate podcast consumers around the world,” said Steve Lee. “It's a day where we can educate the world about the wonders of podcasting.” As more and more mainstream broadcasters and celebrities start releasing podcasts, the market is booming and the download numbers don't lie. The entertainment system in the car you will be driving in as early as two years will be able to stream podcasts. Airlines have already stocked their “inflight entertainment” options with various podcasts flyers can listen to at 34,000 feet. It's like being in the early days of TV and Radio, but also it has provided an avenue to create audio and video information, education and entertainment, which can't be found through traditional media. It is thought that as podcasting becomes a more integral aspect of entertainment, education and self expression, the public needs to be familiar with the term and know what they are. This is where where International Podcast Day comes in. InternationalPodcastDay.com has been set up, not only as a resource, but also as a site where current podcasters, listeners or anyone curious about podcasting can go and learn about the industry, get the word out about this broadcast medium. Remember that podcasting is meant to be both educational and fun. Lee and his team want everyone to go out and spread the word; International Podcast Day is September 30. Let's Start The Conversation! http://internationalpodcastday.com/

Covering the GOP 2016 Presidential Primary Race & our guest About US Constitution Project, Inc. Our Constitution was respected around the world during its first hundred years. In the late 1800s, many American students went to Germany to earn advanced degrees, and became enamored with something called the German Theory of State.  The theory had been adopted by the German education establishment from a book titled The Theory of State, published in 1875 by a Swiss jurist.  It held that governments progress over time, hence the term ‘progressive’.  As the United States government was new relative to that of Germany, these students thought they had found the Holy Grail.  They returned with their doctorates and disdain for our constitution to take up positions in US institutions of higher learning.  The progressive theory was in a shambles by the time of Germany’s Third Reich, but by then it had metastasized in the United States and Woodrow Wilson had laid the groundwork for modern-day liberalism. It is their view that if young Americans knew and understood the differences between our Constitution and progressive doctrines, most would choose the Constitution.  It is their long-term mission to inform them. Norris S. Goff Norris was hired by the FBI during his senior year of high school.  Then he was drafted into the US Army in 1955, and served three years.  Following his discharge, he entered the computer sciences industry and advanced to become a senior computer scientist and project manager at Computer Sciences Corporation and the US Government. He earned an MBA from Southeastern University in Washington, DC. Since 2002, he and his wife have owned and operated University Learning Institute, Ltd, a project management training firm.  Their course material is licensed to several dozen colleges and universities throughout the United States. 

Doctor Prepper hosts Critical Preparedness Radio live talk show on Friday afternoon to help listeners become prepared or get better prepared for the uncertain future. Co-host Rich Fleetwood, owner of www.SurvivalRing.org, the largest preparedness content site on the Internet, adds more than 20 years of survival experience. Today's show will feature an interview with Col. (retired) Richard Earl Broome, a nationally recognized expert on the subjects of preparedness and survival. Richard entered the Army as a private and retired 27 years later as a full Colonel! His service included many diverse experiences including: serving in the 9th Infantry Div., working directly for General “Stormin Norman” Schwarzkopf, serving on the Staff/Faculty at West Point, and serving on the White House National Security Council staff and the crisis management leadership teams for 2 presidents. After military service, he held management positions at the NASDAQ, Computer Sciences Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton for the next 19 years. Richard is a prolific writer, having published 2 suspense novels about preparedness and survival, Leaving The Trees and Good Crazy. He has written more than 60 articles and major conference presentations about the many threats facing our society and how we can defend ourselves. His 3 most recent articles are: “The Coming Cyber War,” and “Building a Culture of Preparedness.” Currently a professor at Montana State, teaching courses about leadership, management, and professionalism.

Christine Clifford, CSP  Humorist, Author, Professional Speaker, President/Chief Executive Officer of Christine Clifford Enterprises? Her experience taught her how to market and sell products, services and herself. Now, Christine Clifford shares that message with others. Christine Clifford has definitely cracked the "glass ceiling" Mack Dryden motivational speaker and standup comedian who has appeared on dozens of TV shows including The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He's also acted in several movies and was a staff writer on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.  As a young backpacker, long before he was in show biz, he found himself caught up in a terrifying ordeal when he went to prison in Africa. He's written a book about it entitled, “Fluffing the Concrete: Making the Most of Foreign Prison—or Anything Else.”  Dave Jaros has worked at several successful software companies, most recently leading worldwide marketing programs and demand generation for SolarWinds (SWI), a publicly-traded, $200mm IT management software provider. Prior to that, Dave held marketing leadership positions at Blue Coat Systems and 724 Solutions. Dave has also worked as a management consultant in New York City and got his start as a software developer at Computer Sciences Corporation. Dave graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and received his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania  

John McAfee is in the news, as he is trying to create an NSA-proof gadget used for private internet browsing, called "Decentral." [read more] McAfee, original creator of McAfee Antivirus software was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Salem, Virginia, United States.    McAfee was employed as a programmer by NASA's Institute for Space Studies in New York City from 1968 to 1970. From there he went to Univac as a software designer and later to Xerox. as an operating system architect. In 1978 he joined Computer Sciences Corporation as a software consultant. Later, while employed by Lockheed in the 1980s, McAfee received a copy of the Pakistani Brain computer virus and began developing software to combat viruses.   In 1987 McAfee founded McAfee Associates, a computer anti-virus company. He was the first to distribute anti-virus software using the shareware business model. In 1989, he quit Lockheed and began working full-time at McAfee Associates, which he initially operated from his home in Santa Clara, California.The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1992, and McAfee resigned from the company in 1994. Two years after McAfee Associates went public, McAfee sold his remaining stake in the company.   Network Associates was formed in 1997 as a merger of McAfee Associates and Network General. This company later became Network Associates, a name it retained for seven years until it was renamed McAfee. Now a subsidiary of Intel corporation, McAfee remains today as one of the largest anti-virus companies in the world.   Other business ventures that he founded included Tribal Voice, which developed one of the first instant messaging programs, PowWow. In 2000, John McAfee invested in and joined the board of directors of Zone Labs, makers of firewall software, prior to its acquisition by Check Point Software in 2003.   In August 2009, The New York Times reported that McAfee's personal fortune had declined to $4 million from a peak of $100 million, the effect of the global financial crisis and recession on his investments. Beginning in February 2010, McAfee started a new venture in the field of bacterial quorum sensing. His company QuorumEx has its headquarters in Belize and is working towards producing commercial all natural antibiotics based on anti-quorum sensing technology. In 2013 McAfee started a new company, Future Tense Central, to produce a secure computer network device called the D-Central.

Wayne has written for The Village Voice, The Progressive, Counterpunch, Online Journal, CorpWatch, Multinational Monitor, News Insider, In These Times, and The American Conservative. His columns have appeared in The Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among others. Madsen is the author of The Handbook of Personal Data Protection (London: Macmillan, 1992), an acclaimed reference book on international data protection law; Genocide and Covert Operations in Africa 1993-1999 (Edwin Mellen Press, 1999); co-author of America's Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II (Dandelion, 2003); author of Jaded Tasks: Big Oil, Black Ops & Brass Plates; Overthrow a Fascist Regime on $15 a Day; and The Manufacturing of a President: the CIA's Insertion of Barack H. Obama, Jr. into the White House. Madsen has been a regular contributor on RT and PressTV. He has been a frequent political and national security commentator on Fox News and has also appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, and MS-NBC. Madsen has taken on Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity on their television shows. He has been invited to testify as a witness before the US House of Representatives, the UN Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and an terrorism investigation panel of the French government. Madsen has some twenty years experience in security issues. As a U.S. Naval Officer, he managed one of the first computer security programs for the U.S. Navy. He subsequently worked for the National Security Agency, the Naval Data Automation Command, Department of State, RCA Corporation, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Madsen was a Senior Fellow for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy public advocacy organization. Madsen is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the National Press Club.

Join nationally recognized multi-media radio talk show host and award winning producer Patricia Raskin, as she interviews Milo Shapiro, who after 15 years in Information Technology, took his ten-year passion for improvisation into business: using improvisation for teambuilding and to improve communication skills. He brings this work around the country to organizations like Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy, and Computer Sciences Corporation. More at www.IMPROVentures.com. As a professional motivational speaker (at Minolta, Pfizer, Wellpoint/BlueCross, and many more), Milo honed his knowledge of platform skills. He shares his knowledge with others through classes, coaching, and speeches about presentation skills. Though his company IMPROVentures™ and its public speaking division called Public Dynamicsä , he helps individuals organize and optimize their material, become more vibrant addressing groups, and make their storytelling more powerful.

Join nationally recognized multi-media radio talk show host and award winning producer Patricia Raskin, as she interviews Milo Shapiro, who after 15 years in Information Technology, took his ten-year passion for improvisation into business: using improvisation for teambuilding and to improve communication skills. He brings this work around the country to organizations like Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy, and Computer Sciences Corporation. More at www.IMPROVentures.com. As a professional motivational speaker (at Minolta, Pfizer, Wellpoint/BlueCross, and many more), Milo honed his knowledge of platform skills. He shares his knowledge with others through classes, coaching, and speeches about presentation skills. Though his company IMPROVentures™ and its public speaking division called Public Dynamicsä , he helps individuals organize and optimize their material, become more vibrant addressing groups, and make their storytelling more powerful.

Subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your other favorite podcatcher using the feed http://airspeed.libsyn.com/rss or listen to audio at http://airspeed.libsyn.com.Everyone knows that the orbiter of the Space Transportation System (or "STS," and more popularly called the "Space Shuttle) doesn't always land back at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Sometimes, it lands at Edwards Air Force Base and, if needed, it could land at White Sands or one of several other emergency landing sites around the world.That's great, but it puts the orbiter several thousand miles away from its launching facility at the cape.So how does the orbiter get around? Most of you know that the answer is that you mount it on the top of a specially-modified Boeing 747 called a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or "SCA." But, if you're like me, you probably didn't know much about the SCAs. How are they different from a stock 747? How many are there? What's it like to maintain an aircraft like that? What's it like to fly it?Well, if there's one thing you know about Airspeed, it's that we never pass up the opportunity to go right to the source to get real answers from the people closest to the aircraft. And that's just what we did for this special two-part series.First, a bit about the SCAs. There are two of them. NASA 905 (tail number N905NA) is a Boeing 747-100 and the other, NASA 911 (tail number N911NA) is a short-range Boeing 747-100SR.The two aircraft are very similar and have nearly identical operating characteristics. If you happen to be lucky enough to see one on the ramp but can't see the tail number, NASA 905 has two upper-deck windows on each side while NASA 911 has five.The SCAs have a maximum gross taxi weight of 711,000 pounds. A stock 747-100 weighs about 380,000 pounds empty and an SCA weighs even more than that. Once you add 180,000 pounds or more for the orbiter, you have less than 140,000 pounds or so left for fuel and other stuff. And there's precious little other stuff because even using the entire remaining 140,000 or so pounds for fuel only gives you about a 1,000-mile range.That's actually a little gratifying, because these are some of the same concerns that those of us who have flown ultralights, Cessna 152s, or light sport aircraft know a thing or two about. If you've ever left your flight bag, spare change, and shoelaces back at the FBO and still had to closely manage the amount of fuel in the plane to get two average-sized guys into a C-152 under max gross, you've had the same thing on your mind - at least at some scale - that our guest today deals with very frequently.We start off the series on the SCA by talking to SCA crew chief Pete Seidl. Pete started working with the SCAs in 1979. He's an employee of Computer Sciences Corporation (or "CSC") under contract to NASA's Shuttle Support Operations Office at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. He heads a team of five at NASA Dryden that does the regular maintenance on the two SCAs. Among other things, Pete was on the crew that took NASA 905 and the Enterprise orbiter to the Paris Airshow in 1983.Before we get going, a couple of notes for non-space-junkies.You'll hear us talk about hypergolic fuels. Hypergolic fuels ignite immediately when the two components of the fuel come together. They're very reliable, even if their components are sometimes highly toxic. Examples are hydrazine paired with nitric acid and monomethylhydrazine (MMH) paired with nitrogen tetroxide, the latter pair of which is used in the space shuttle's reaction control system. Early uses included a critical application for the Apollo program's lunar modules.One other insider point. Moving orbiters is complex enough with a crack team, lots of support, and only one orbiter at a time to move. But, in early 2001, NASA came within 37 minutes of having a formation flight of the two SCAs, each with an orbiter aboard.On February 20, 2001, Space Shuttle Atlantis unexpectedly had to land at Edwards. Atlantis needed to be received, processed, and ferried back to the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space Shuttle Discovery was undergoing upgrades at Boeing's facility in nearby Palmdale and needed to be at the cape in preparation for launch by March 8. NASA 905 was already in Palmdale awaiting mating of Discovery for the ferry flight, but NASA 911 was at Evergreen Air Center in Marana, Arizona undergoing maintenance.Two orbiters, two SCAs, an almost simultaneous deadline, and not much time to organize and carry out an amazingly complex set of operations. Pete and his team faced an unprecedented challenge. But, on March 1, 2001, the two SCAs, each with a national treasure mounted atop it, launched for Kennedy Space Center with NASA 905 and Columbia taking off at 11:00 a.m. local and NASA 911 with Atlantis taking off at 11:37. Although each encountered bad weather and other difficulties, each made it to Florida in time.The aircraft took separate routes and a formation flight would have been impractical and beyond the mission risk profile, but at least I'm not the only one to have allowed the thought to enter my head and think that that would have been a deeply moving picture.Anyway, on to the interview. We caught up with Pete Seidl at an office at NASA Dryden a mere 150 feet from the nose of NASA 905.[Interview audio.]Many thanks to Pete Seidl for taking some time out of his day to talk to us.Tune in next time for the view from the cockpit of the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with SCA pilot, project pilot, former astronaut, Shuttle Approach and Landing Test pilot, STS-3 pilot, and STS 51-F commander Gordon Fullerton._________________________________________A special note of thanks from the Airspeed crew goes out to a heroic listener who works for Apple. We redirected the feed for the podcast on Labor Day weekend over to Libsyn from a prior RSS provider. Apparently, whether due to a glitch in the RSS provider's system or iTunes, when we let the old forwarded feed go away, we winked out of existence on iTunes. Thanks to some fast footwork on the part of a listener and the willingness of the folks at iTunes to hustle the re-listing of the podcast through, we got back online quickly and lost little, if any, or our subscriber base that subscribes through iTunes.Thanks to Apple and to that heroic listener for helping us keep Airspeed up and available._________________________________________Image used per NASA's policy entitled Using NASA Imagery and Linking to NASA Web Sites (October 13, 2005) located at http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html.See more pictures of the SCA at http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/STS-Ferry/index.html.

Tune in as Joyce talks with Debbie Scott of New Castle, Delaware Vo-Tech and Leanne Thomas, HR Service Delivery Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation about the student business leadership program in Delaware.

In a refreshing different format, Foster cracks the audience with a twenty minute comedic dissertation of the past year in the information security industry. Performing standup, Foster will roast the year's worst companies' business mistakes, stereotypes, books, websites, Fucked Company security excerpts in addition to posing fun of those who don't have the dream job, boatloads of cash, the supermodel girlfriend, or cabana boy - boyfriend with humorous hints of how to get there. Wrapping up the session, Foster will make his 2006 security predictions. James C. Foster, Fellow, is the Deputy Director of Global Security Solution Development for Computer Sciences Corporation. Foster is responsible for directing and managing the vision, technology, and operational design for CSC's global security services. Prior to joining CSC, Foster was the Director of Research and Development for Foundstone Inc (acquired by McAfee). and was responsible for all aspects of product, consulting, and corporate research and development initiatives. Prior to joining Foundstone, Foster was a Senior Advisor and Research Scientist with Guardent Inc (acquired by Verisign) and an editor at Information Security Magazine(acquired by TechTarget Media), subsequent to working as an Information Security and Research Specialist for the Department of Defense. Foster's core competencies include high-tech management, international software development and expansion, web-based application security, cryptography, protocol analysis, and search algorithm technology. Foster has conducted numerous code reviews for commercial OS components, Win32 application assessments, and reviews on commercial and government cryptography implementations. Foster is a seasoned speaker and has presented throughout North America at conferences, technology forums, security summits, and research symposiums with highlights at the Microsoft Security Summit, BlackHat, MIT Wireless Research Forum, SANS, MilCon, TechGov, InfoSec World 2001, and the Thomson Security Conference. He also is commonly asked to comment on pertinent security issues and has been cited in USAToday, Information Security Magazine, Baseline, Computer World, Secure Computing, and the MIT Technologist. Foster holds degrees in Business Administration, Software Engineering, and Management of Information Systems and has attended the Yale School of Business, Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and is currently a Fellow at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Foster is also a well published author with multiple commercial and educational papers; and has authored, contributed, or edited for major publications to include Snort 2.0, Snort 2.1 2nd Edition, Hacking Exposed 4th Ed and 5th Edition, Special Ops Security, Anti-Hacker Toolkit 2nd Ed, Advanced Intrusion Detection, Hacking the Code, Anti-Spam Toolkit, Programmer's Ultimate Security DeskRef, Google for Penetration Testers, Buffer Overflow Attacks, and Sockets/Porting/and Shellcode.

Google Hacking returns for more guaranteed fun this year at Blackhat USA! If you haven't caught one of Johnny's Google talks, you definitely should. Come and witness all the new and amazing things that can be done with Google. All new for BH USA 2005, Johnny reveals basic and advanced search techniques, basic and advanced hacking techniques, multi-engine attack query morphing, and zero-packet target foot printing and recon techniques. Check out Google's search-blocking tactics (and see them bypassed), and learn all about using Google to locate targets Google doesn't even know about! But wait, there's more! Act now and Johnny will throw in the all new "Google Hacking Victim Showcase, 2005" loaded with tons of screenshots (and supporting queries) of some of the most unfortunate victims of this fun, addictive and deadly form of Internet nastiness. Think you're too uber to be caught in a Google talk? Fine. Prove your badness. Win the respect of the audience by crushing the live Google Hacking contest! Submit your unique winning query by the end of the talk to win free books from Syngress Publishing and other cool gear! Or don't. Just listen to your friends rave about it. Whatever. Johnny Long is a "clean-living" family guy who just so happens to like hacking stuff. Over the past two years, Johnny's most visible focus has been on this Google hacking "thing" which has served as yet another diversion to a serious (and bill-paying) job as a professional hacker and security researcher for Computer Sciences Corporation. In his spare time, Johnny enjoys making random pirate noises ("Yarrrrr!"), spending time with his wife and kids, convincing others that acting like a kid is part of his job as a parent, feigning artistic ability with programs like Bryce and Photoshop, pushing all the pretty shiny buttons on them new-fangled Mac computers, and making much-too-serious security types either look at him funny or start laughing uncontrollably. Johnny has written or contributed to several books, including "Google Hacking for Penetration Testers" from Syngress Publishing, which has secured rave reviews and has lots of pictures.

In a refreshing different format, Foster cracks the audience with a twenty minute comedic dissertation of the past year in the information security industry. Performing standup, Foster will roast the year's worst companies' business mistakes, stereotypes, books, websites, Fucked Company security excerpts in addition to posing fun of those who don't have the dream job, boatloads of cash, the supermodel girlfriend, or cabana boy - boyfriend with humorous hints of how to get there. Wrapping up the session, Foster will make his 2006 security predictions. James C. Foster, Fellow, is the Deputy Director of Global Security Solution Development for Computer Sciences Corporation. Foster is responsible for directing and managing the vision, technology, and operational design for CSC's global security services. Prior to joining CSC, Foster was the Director of Research and Development for Foundstone Inc (acquired by McAfee). and was responsible for all aspects of product, consulting, and corporate research and development initiatives. Prior to joining Foundstone, Foster was a Senior Advisor and Research Scientist with Guardent Inc (acquired by Verisign) and an editor at Information Security Magazine(acquired by TechTarget Media), subsequent to working as an Information Security and Research Specialist for the Department of Defense. Foster's core competencies include high-tech management, international software development and expansion, web-based application security, cryptography, protocol analysis, and search algorithm technology. Foster has conducted numerous code reviews for commercial OS components, Win32 application assessments, and reviews on commercial and government cryptography implementations. Foster is a seasoned speaker and has presented throughout North America at conferences, technology forums, security summits, and research symposiums with highlights at the Microsoft Security Summit, BlackHat, MIT Wireless Research Forum, SANS, MilCon, TechGov, InfoSec World 2001, and the Thomson Security Conference. He also is commonly asked to comment on pertinent security issues and has been cited in USAToday, Information Security Magazine, Baseline, Computer World, Secure Computing, and the MIT Technologist. Foster holds degrees in Business Administration, Software Engineering, and Management of Information Systems and has attended the Yale School of Business, Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and is currently a Fellow at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Foster is also a well published author with multiple commercial and educational papers; and has authored, contributed, or edited for major publications to include Snort 2.0, Snort 2.1 2nd Edition, Hacking Exposed 4th Ed and 5th Edition, Special Ops Security, Anti-Hacker Toolkit 2nd Ed, Advanced Intrusion Detection, Hacking the Code, Anti-Spam Toolkit, Programmer's Ultimate Security DeskRef, Google for Penetration Testers, Buffer Overflow Attacks, and Sockets/Porting/and Shellcode.

Don't get caught. Building off of Foster's log manipulation and bypassing forensics session at BlackHat Windows 2004, James C. Foster and Vincent T. Liu will share over eighteen months of continued private forensic research with the Black Hat audience including ground-breaking vulnerabilities and key weaknesses in some of the most popular tools used by forensic examiners including EnCase, CA eTrustAudit, and Microsoft ISA Server. Watch live demonstrations as Foster and Vinnie detail how to leverage these weaknesses to avoid being detected, and discover the theory and practice behind the most effective and cutting-edge anti-forensics techniques. Finally, learn how to turn a forensic analyst's training against himself by joining the speakers in a lively discussion of the "Top 10 Ways to Exploit a Forensic Examiner". This talk should be required viewing for all those on both sides of the fence, so come prepared to watch trusted forensics tools crumble. James C. Foster, Fellow, is the Deputy Director of Global Security Solution Development for Computer Sciences Corporation. Foster is responsible for directing and managing the vision, technology, and operational design for CSC's global security services. Prior to joining CSC, Foster was the Director of Research and Development for Foundstone Inc (acquired by McAfee). and was responsible for all aspects of product, consulting, and corporate Rresearch and developmentD initiatives. Prior to joining Foundstone, Foster was a Senior Advisor and Research Scientist with Guardent Inc (acquired by Verisign) and an editor at Information Security Magazine(acquired by TechTarget Media), subsequent to working as an Information Security and Research Specialist for the Department of Defense. Foster's core competencies include high-tech management, international software development and expansion, web-based application security, cryptography, protocol analysis, and search algorithm technology. Foster has conducted numerous code reviews for commercial OS components, Win32 application assessments, and reviews on commercial and government cryptography implementations. Foster is a seasoned speaker and has presented throughout North America at conferences, technology forums, security summits, and research symposiums with highlights at the Microsoft Security Summit, BlackHat, MIT Wireless Research Forum, SANS, MilCon, TechGov, InfoSec World 2001, and the Thomson Security Conference. He also is commonly asked to comment on pertinent security issues and has been cited in USAToday, Information Security Magazine, Baseline, Computer World, Secure Computing, and the MIT Technologist. Foster holds degrees in Business Administration, Software Engineering, and Management of Information Systems and has attended the Yale School of Business, Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and is currently a Fellow at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Foster is also a well published author with multiple commercial and educational papers; and has authored, contributed, or edited for major publications to include "Snort 2.0", "Snort 2.1" 2nd Edition, "Hacking Exposed" 4th Ed and 5th Ed, "Special Ops Security", "Anti-Hacker Toolkit" 2nd Ed, "Advanced Intrusion Detection", "Hacking the Code", "Anti-Spam Toolkit", "Programmer's Ultimate Security DeskRef", "Google for Penetration Testers", "Buffer Overflow Attacks", and "Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding". Vincent Liu is an IT security specialist at a Fortune 100 company where he is responsible for assessing the security of the enterprise network infrastructure and participating as a member of the global incident response team.Before moving to his current position, Vincent worked as a consultant with the Ernst and Young Advanced Security Center and as an analyst at the National Security Agency. His specialties include penetration testing, web application assessments, incident response, binary reverse engineering, and exploit development. Vincent holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Vincent taught courses on operating system implementation and C programming, and was involved with DARPA-funded research into advanced intrusion detection techniques. He is currently a contributor to the Metasploit project, and is a contributing author for Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding. Vincent has also studied at the University of Maryland and the University of Kentucky.>

Google Hacking returns for more guaranteed fun this year at Blackhat USA! If you haven't caught one of Johnny's Google talks, you definitely should. Come and witness all the new and amazing things that can be done with Google. All new for BH USA 2005, Johnny reveals basic and advanced search techniques, basic and advanced hacking techniques, multi-engine attack query morphing, and zero-packet target foot printing and recon techniques. Check out Google's search-blocking tactics (and see them bypassed), and learn all about using Google to locate targets Google doesn't even know about! But wait, there's more! Act now and Johnny will throw in the all new "Google Hacking Victim Showcase, 2005" loaded with tons of screenshots (and supporting queries) of some of the most unfortunate victims of this fun, addictive and deadly form of Internet nastiness. Think you're too uber to be caught in a Google talk? Fine. Prove your badness. Win the respect of the audience by crushing the live Google Hacking contest! Submit your unique winning query by the end of the talk to win free books from Syngress Publishing and other cool gear! Or don't. Just listen to your friends rave about it. Whatever. Johnny Long is a "clean-living" family guy who just so happens to like hacking stuff. Over the past two years, Johnny's most visible focus has been on this Google hacking "thing" which has served as yet another diversion to a serious (and bill-paying) job as a professional hacker and security researcher for Computer Sciences Corporation. In his spare time, Johnny enjoys making random pirate noises ("Yarrrrr!"), spending time with his wife and kids, convincing others that acting like a kid is part of his job as a parent, feigning artistic ability with programs like Bryce and Photoshop, pushing all the pretty shiny buttons on them new-fangled Mac computers, and making much-too-serious security types either look at him funny or start laughing uncontrollably. Johnny has written or contributed to several books, including "Google Hacking for Penetration Testers" from Syngress Publishing, which has secured rave reviews and has lots of pictures.

Don't get caught. Building off of Foster's log manipulation and bypassing forensics session at BlackHat Windows 2004, James C. Foster and Vincent T. Liu will share over eighteen months of continued private forensic research with the Black Hat audience including ground-breaking vulnerabilities and key weaknesses in some of the most popular tools used by forensic examiners including EnCase, CA eTrustAudit, and Microsoft ISA Server. Watch live demonstrations as Foster and Vinnie detail how to leverage these weaknesses to avoid being detected, and discover the theory and practice behind the most effective and cutting-edge anti-forensics techniques. Finally, learn how to turn a forensic analyst's training against himself by joining the speakers in a lively discussion of the "Top 10 Ways to Exploit a Forensic Examiner". This talk should be required viewing for all those on both sides of the fence, so come prepared to watch trusted forensics tools crumble. James C. Foster, Fellow, is the Deputy Director of Global Security Solution Development for Computer Sciences Corporation. Foster is responsible for directing and managing the vision, technology, and operational design for CSC's global security services. Prior to joining CSC, Foster was the Director of Research and Development for Foundstone Inc (acquired by McAfee). and was responsible for all aspects of product, consulting, and corporate Rresearch and developmentD initiatives. Prior to joining Foundstone, Foster was a Senior Advisor and Research Scientist with Guardent Inc (acquired by Verisign) and an editor at Information Security Magazine(acquired by TechTarget Media), subsequent to working as an Information Security and Research Specialist for the Department of Defense. Foster's core competencies include high-tech management, international software development and expansion, web-based application security, cryptography, protocol analysis, and search algorithm technology. Foster has conducted numerous code reviews for commercial OS components, Win32 application assessments, and reviews on commercial and government cryptography implementations. Foster is a seasoned speaker and has presented throughout North America at conferences, technology forums, security summits, and research symposiums with highlights at the Microsoft Security Summit, BlackHat, MIT Wireless Research Forum, SANS, MilCon, TechGov, InfoSec World 2001, and the Thomson Security Conference. He also is commonly asked to comment on pertinent security issues and has been cited in USAToday, Information Security Magazine, Baseline, Computer World, Secure Computing, and the MIT Technologist. Foster holds degrees in Business Administration, Software Engineering, and Management of Information Systems and has attended the Yale School of Business, Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and is currently a Fellow at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Foster is also a well published author with multiple commercial and educational papers; and has authored, contributed, or edited for major publications to include "Snort 2.0", "Snort 2.1" 2nd Edition, "Hacking Exposed" 4th Ed and 5th Ed, "Special Ops Security", "Anti-Hacker Toolkit" 2nd Ed, "Advanced Intrusion Detection", "Hacking the Code", "Anti-Spam Toolkit", "Programmer's Ultimate Security DeskRef", "Google for Penetration Testers", "Buffer Overflow Attacks", and "Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding". Vincent Liu is an IT security specialist at a Fortune 100 company where he is responsible for assessing the security of the enterprise network infrastructure and participating as a member of the global incident response team.Before moving to his current position, Vincent worked as a consultant with the Ernst and Young Advanced Security Center and as an analyst at the National Security Agency. His specialties include penetration testing, web application assessments, incident response, binary reverse engineering, and exploit development. Vincent holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Vincent taught courses on operating system implementation and C programming, and was involved with DARPA-funded research into advanced intrusion detection techniques. He is currently a contributor to the Metasploit project, and is a contributing author for Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, and Coding. Vincent has also studied at the University of Maryland and the University of Kentucky.>

Joining Joyce is John Walsh, vice president of United States Federal Service Delivery and chief information officer for CSC's Federal Sector. Discussed on the show is the successful partnership between Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and Computer Sciences Corporation's (CSC) Federal Sector.

Joining Joyce is Gus Siekierka, Corporate Vice President, Human Resources for Computer Sciences Corporation. Since joining CSC in 1973, Mr. Siekierka has managed the full spectrum of human resources functions, including HR strategy, employment, compensation and benefits, human resources development, employment and labor relations and policy formulation.

Ralph Baker, Vice President Finance & Administration for the Federal Sector of Computer Sciences Corporation joins Joyce.