Podcast
Careers for Women, Trades and Veterans in Tech and Data Centers
Hosted by Carrie Goetz · EN
This podcast series discusses jobs within and supporting the data center and tech industry with a focus on trades and opportunities for women, trades and vets that may or may not require a 4-year degree. Episode 1 discusses what trades are applicable and provides brief descriptions of the types of data centers and moves on to the trades and possible jobs once the facility is built. Further episodes include interviews with people that are currently working in the industry giving listeners a view into the daily duties of the jobs. We cover diversity, inclusion and fixing the talent shortage through certifications, schooling, and apprenticeships. We also discuss various places to get scholarships and some of the organizations working to fill the talent gap.
11episodes
Episodes
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Jessa Brixius, Emily Seward, and Anita Johnson discuss starting a new industry
Jun 5, 202400:28:14Tap to summarizeJessa Brixius, Emily Seward, and Anita Johnson discuss joining the tech/data center industry from outside and how anyone can start learning tech and contribute. Brogav Solutions is a data center and telecommunications equipment supplier and a women owned enterprise. Brogav is leading the way with women in tech and helping more women join the fold supplying customer driven solutions. The ladies discuss starting technical careers, how they learned and are continuing to learn, and the benefits they are seeing as members of the technology industry.
Transcribe →Joseph Alvararez GBA - Trades, Data Centers, and Football
Apr 24, 202400:30:35Tap to summarizeJoseph Alvarez is a Navy Veteran, the director of mission critical for GBA Builders and an advocate for women and veterans in business. He serves on several boards, including a director role for the 7x24 Exchange Midwest Chapter and is the Greater Kansas City AFCOM treasurer. In this episode, Joseph and I discuss increasing the presence of veterans and women in the data center market, the significance of having a career in the trades, what's happening in Kansas City (home of the Super Bowl Champions!) and AI's impact on the industry.
Transcribe →3.18 Casey Hasten VIP Recruiting
Mar 19, 202400:33:19Tap to summarizeMy favorite question to ask to accomplish this task is "what will make you happy to go to work everyday?" Casey is a VP with VIP consulting and the author of "Awaken Your Potential." Casey discusses how to find your "dream" job and steps people can take to unlock their employment potential. We discuss trades, apprenticeships, and how the right way to learn is TO learn. Casey discusses her journey to finding her dream career and how she mentors others to do the same.
Transcribe →Sabine Gedeon - Workforce and Talent Development
Dec 21, 202300:34:13Tap to summarizeWelcome Sabine Gedeon with the SheLeads network, champion of the next generation and outside the box career development. "It's time to reimagine how we train and educate our young women." Sabine discusses tips for workforce develpment, mentorship, apprenticeships, and how education is changing with the growth of tech and competition for people.
Transcribe →Sara Martin HED Design
Dec 5, 202300:25:40Tap to summarize12.5.23 In this episode we welcome Sara Martin Associate Principal | Market Sector Leader at HED Design. Sara discusses her journey and steps to success. She discusses the learning curve realized when you jump into a new industry and how her architectural degree spurned her career in data center project management. #womenintech #womenindatacenters #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters
Transcribe →Molly Rose Speed
Oct 19, 202300:21:48Tap to summarize10.19.23 Meet Molly Rose Speed, an advocate and champion helping #militaryspouses gain remote work with training. Molly discusses her own journey and the programs she has created to help military spouses enter the workforce as virtual assistants creating employment opportunties regardless of location. Her company offers a training academy fostering growth opportunties, business ownership blueprints, and others for spouses all while providing. businesses with fractional or full time virtual assistants. We discuss #parallelskills and #skills they bring to their table with a vast variety of expertise amongst miltary spouses. #veteranshelpingveterans #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #womenintech #womenindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters #remotework
Transcribe →Celina Berglund She-E-O Brogav Solutions
Sep 12, 202300:26:56Tap to summarize9.12.23 Celina Berglund, CEO (She-E-O) of Brogav Solutions, discusses starting her own tech business, challenges, finding her niche, and being graciously aggressive on your way to success. BROGAV provides new, surplus, and refurbished products for within the data center, along with installation and warehousing capabilities. They bring innovative and out-of-the-box solutions to their customers to improve lead times and options.
Transcribe →Kayla Bix OSP Engineer at Bluebird Network, LLC
Aug 9, 202300:25:17Tap to summarize8.8.23 Kayla Bix, OSP Engineer at Bluebird Network, discusses fiber optic lines and how the engineering takes place along with her career so far. She discusses routes and pathways and how that science works, as well as how she ended up in outside plant engineering at such a young age.
Transcribe →6.27.23 Fabiola Bordino - Head of Sustainability and Marcom Start Campus
Jun 27, 202300:35:04Tap to summarize6.27.23 Fabiola Bardino head of sustainability, marketing and communication with Start Campus in Sines, Portugal, talks about their sustainability efforts involving neighbors in a true outside of the box (data center) collaboration. She discusses their community interactions and projects and the strategic position of Portugal as the gateway to Europe.
Transcribe →Michael Morey - Bluebird Networks. - Fiber
Jun 8, 202300:21:33Tap to summarize6.8.23 Michael Morey, President and CEO of Bluebird Network discusses fiber, how they plan new fiber routes, jobs in the industry, data centers, and communications.
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