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Luca Ingianni

Luca Ingianni

Bio

An aeronautical engineer by trade (yes, an actual rocket scientist!), I worked my way up from being a regular software engineer to someone whose focus is much more on understanding how to make engineering teams work together well to create delightful products.

An agilist by necessity and DevOps person by happy accident (I discovered the practices before I discovered the term), I have well-reasoned prespectives and war stories to share on how to organise and run modern product development.

As someone who started out in safety-critical and embedded products, I have ample perspective to share on both.

I also host two podcasts myself, and frequently deliver trainings on a variety of subjects, so like to think I’m reasonably articulate.

Topics

  • Product development
  • Agile
  • Scaled Agile (e.g. SAFe)
  • Modern engineering practices
  • DevOps
  • Safety-critical
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Software engineering
  • Embedded systems
  • IoT
  • Systems Architecture
  • Team Structures

Questions

  • How to apply Agile?
  • Why should I apply Agile practices (or not)?
  • What’s DevOps?
  • How do I apply DevOps?
  • Typical mistakes in Agile?
  • How do I scale Agile practices across the entire enterprise?
  • How should I structure my teams for maximum success?
  • Does agile work for embedded systems?
  • Does agile work for safety-critical systems?

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Charles Read

Charles Read

Bio

Mr. Read’s companies have provided full-service payroll services, payroll tax services, and other payroll-related services since 1991.

Charles is an accomplished senior executive and entrepreneur with more than fifty years of financial leadership experience in a broad range of industries and the author of four books.

His latest book “The Payroll Book: A Guide For Small Businesses and Startups” is currently #25 in Small Business Books section on Amazon.

You can view his previous media appearances here: https://getpayroll.com/why-getpayroll/about-charles-read/

Topics

  • Payroll
  • Small Business
  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Veterans Affairs

Questions

  • I received a IRS notice. What should I do now?
  • Top 5 tips to avoid employment tax penalties
  • Why PEO sucks?
  • Payroll Disaster Recovery Plan:11 Point Checklist
  • Chinese Overtime: Is it for your company?
  • 5 Pre-Tax Deductions you should be aware of

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James Arnold

James Arnold

Bio

Change agent, adventurer, dog father, elite nerd, and drunken cooking master chef with a knack for finding purple squirrels, kine grindz, and hidden happenings.

Topics

  • Talent Acquisition
  • Job/Career Coach
  • Remote Working
  • Robotics
  • AR/VR
  • Gaming

Questions

  • How to get noticed by recruiters.
  • What to do when you get laid off.
  • Anything job search related.

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TJ Vorva

TJ Vorva

Bio

My Name Is TJ Vorva. I am a marketer with a background in digital marketing. In my free time, I coach high school and NCAA men’s volleyball for various teams in the St. Louis area. I am going into year 5 in the marketing industry. I have had many different clients in different industries including large companies, small businesses, politicians, unions, authors, sports teams, toy companies, and many more. Through my experience, I have learned that each client has a set of needs and challenges. A cookie-cutter marketing approach will not work. With the digital landscape changing every day, marketing efforts should also adapt.

Topics

  • Marketing trends
  • Small business marketing
  • Digital Marketing
  • Digital marketing trends
  • New software or tech in the marketing industry
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Volleyball

Questions

  • Why is social media marketing important?
  • How do I create a social media marketing strategy?
  • What social platforms are best?
  • What is event marketing?

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Derek Rowe

Derek Rowe

Bio

Some facts about me

I grew up on a farm. My father taught me what hard work is all about and I’m very grateful for the lessons, I love soccer and I’m a huge Liverpool supporter..

I was expelled from school at 14. Over the next 2 years I was in and out of different schools, I have no formal education from school.

I was infatuated with drug dealers since I was a young boy. The Reality of my life was, I didn’t like myself so I created a persona. I loved the hard work on my father’s farm, I was good at it but by the time I was 18, I could make way more from drugs I chose easy over hard.

At 21, I bought a house and left full time work to become an armchair drug dealer, using my phone to set all the deals up… I consumed cocaine most days as I was so unhappy with my life It looked like I had everything, flashy cars, clothes , money but on the inside, I had nothing..

I got to travel the world on vacations every few months in my twenties, thinking that would make me happy, it didn’t. Most days I had thoughts of suicide I lost everything by age 29 from gambling. I checked in to a treatment center for 10 months. By age 31 I was operating a successful personal training gym.

I went back taking cocaine. At age 32 I had my beautiful boy Leon. My self sabotage pattern was to build something successful, then destroy it on repeat over the next few years.. I was still unhappy everyday, until I met someone who changed my life at age 36, my mentor and now a close friend and confidante.

It has taken 3 years of hard work to start operating consistently at a decent level, especially mentally. I can’t express how important it is to invest in yourself, and invest into people who can open your eyes to the possibility of life’s offerings… I’m now 39 and becoming the man I know I can be, and always wanted to be. I have and will continue to lead and guide people to transforming their lives, through my skills and valuable life experience..

Life experience is so valuable. I have a PHD in it without the papers. Never give up; use your adversities to your advantage. The day will come when you can share your story and not be ashamed of your past. Use it with the best intentions to lead others in a positive way..

I always thought my life was over but now realise it’s only the beginning. Start your journey with an honest review of your life, it’s a good starting place. Build on it from there, failure is your biggest opportunity to keep going until you succeed. If I can do it, so can you…

We all have our own unique experiences. Life’s lessons may be harsh or maybe they are a test to see what we are made of. It takes some of us many years to realize we are worth more than how we think, speak, and operate in the world. Those who know they are destined for more will win eventually.

Have faith, you will succeed.

Topics

  • Empowering people. to transform their mind through mental fitness
  • Empowering people to use Training and Nutrition methods to experience themselves in their best shape.
  • Drug dealing and crime
  • Family life
  • The power of using social media to expand your business.

Questions

  • Tell them how your life story can inspire others to transform their lives.
  • How do your methods and principles change lives?
  • How do you effectively set goals and achieve them

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Teaching Artist Podcast

Teaching Artist Podcast

Show Description

Through conversations with teaching artists, an art educators’ support group, and resources like lesson plans and workshops, we are building community and sharing stories to connect our islands and make equitable liberatory teaching the norm.Teaching Artist podcast was started by Rebecca Potts Aguirre, an artist and educator. She interviews practicing artists who are also educators in K-12 and community settings. This podcast is dedicated to discussions of teaching art, making art, and how those things overlap and feed each other.

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Back 2 Brick LEGO Podcast

Back 2 Brick LEGO Podcast

Show Description

The Back 2 Brick LEGO Podcast focuses on, well, LEGO. I talk with fellow LEGO builders from around the world about their work and what inspired them to build. I also talk about the LEGO news each week (Bricking News) to catch up on all things the LEGO Group came out with during the week. But the overall goal is to talk about imagination and creativity. LEGO is a wonderful tool to encourage it, but what else in life does? I want to inspire people to realize that being creative is part of life, and that we need to keep the imagination alive!

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What’s Your Excuse?

What’s Your Excuse?

Show Description

I interview people who have overcome adversity or thrived in spite of difficult life circumstances; people who have struck out on their own to start unusual new businesses; people who have real world tested advice that helps my listeners get unstuck; and people that I personally find interesting or inspiring. My goal is that by the end of the show my audience will be saying to themselves if that person can do it, then what’s my excuse?

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Laura Matteson

Laura Matteson

Bio

Laura (she/her) is a visual translator who helps intuitive leaders take complex or jumbled ideas and organize them into understandable visuals to help them boldly take their next steps forward. She loves helping other visually-minded humans think and communicate in their own way so they can make an impact in their world.

Topics

  • Visual Communication
  • Neurodiversity
  • Client Experience
  • Client Empowerment
  • Seeing the big picture
  • Speaking visually
  • Visual ethics
  • Neurodivergent leadership

Questions

  • How do we include visual thinkers in the coaching process?
  • What kind of visual aids will support our clients online?
  • How do we know when your team/clients need visual support?
  • What is visual support?
  • Why accommodate visual thinkers?
  • How do we create visual communication that’s deep and real?

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Lois Hollis RN BSN REV

Lois Hollis RN BSN REV

Bio

Lois Hollis, RN BSN REV, shifts our opinion on one of the most forbidden subjects, shame and guilt. Depression, anxiety, 30 years of migraine headaches, and pain were Lois’ life until she learned the dangers of shame guilt (not shame and guilt.) She shares her 15 years’ experience as a Shame Guilt Educator, Counselor, Filmmaker, and author to offer health and spiritual maturity.

Lois entered the health field as a Nurse’s Aide at 12 and continues today at 78. As a trailblazer, she developed one of the first Kidney Hemodialysis centers in the USA. Today, she establishes shame guilt as an independent study. Lois lectured widely including the Wharton School at Univ. of Penn. Her I’m good films make shame guilt visible so we can understand its trickery and make friends with our inner critic. She is the author of three books and podcasts. “Now is The Time,” a collection of her soul readings, helps us stop the negative shame guilt energy.

Topics

  • Why are shame and guilt the most dangerous conditions for our health?
  • Grow Yourself to Grow Your Business.
  • How to release the shame guilt in traumas.
  • How to identify, release, avoid shame guilt behaviors to live in success.
  • Food Guilt.
  • How to have better relationships.
  • How to make friends with your inner critic?

Questions

  • How does shame guilt impact our lives?
  • Why is my definition of shame and guilt different?
  • Why is it necessary to identify, release, and avoid shame-guilt behaviors to have healing, health, and success?
  • How did you discover a NEW way to eliminate shame and guilt?
  • How do you release the shame and guilt in your life?

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