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CTWJ E6: DaNel Hogan, STEMAZing Project

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CTWJ E6: DaNel Hogan, STEMAZing Project
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DaNel Hogan The STEMAZing Project

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Pima County School Superintendent’s Office
200 N. Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 724-8395
danel.hogan@schools.pima.gov

DaNel Hogan is a professional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) educator. As the Director of The STEMAZing Project, she currently finds herself teaching teachers how to better engage students using STEM content. DaNel finds her creativity and imagination focused on #STEMontheCheap hacks – using inexpensive materials to provide students with rich STEM learning experiences. 

DaNel has had many STEM adventures from a couple of visits to Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, working with teachers at a STEM school in Egypt, performing an experiment on the Zero Gravity plane (30 parabolas at zero g), visiting a nuclear power plant in Japan, traveling 90 meters underground to see the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at the Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss/French border, and she recently traveled to both Liberia and Honduras to work with educators. She is also guiding the development and implementation of the STEMAZing Teacher Leader Program which is empowering PreK-8th grade educators to lead from the classroom with a reach beyond their own learning spaces. 

Connect with DaNel on Twitter and follow The STEMAZing Project on Facebook.

About Your Host

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Farmers Agent, Entrepreneur
2555 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 293-2900
joverturf@farmersagent.com

As a local Farmers® agent in Tucson, AZ, Jaime Overturf helps customers identify the insurance coverage that best fits their needs. This process is straightforward and personalized to help make them more informed about their insurance options.

Jaime has the knowledge and experience to help customers better understand their coverage options–whether that’s auto, home, life, business insurance and more. You can connect with Jaime on Facebook.

NFTC: Using Technology to Centralize Workforce Needs Ep3

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NFTC: Using Technology to Centralize Workforce Needs Ep3
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News from the Chamber

News from the ChamberFuture’s, Inc. 
4819 Emperor Blvd., Ste 305,
Durham, NC 27703

Geoff Cramer has been a leader in the workforce and talent optimization solutions space for almost twenty years. His ecosystem designs and technology solutions serve a broad spectrum of applications to meet the needs of industry, education, workforce development, corporate clients, and the military. His work is based on creating holistic ecosystem workforce development models that connect-the-dots between existing resources and stakeholders to more efficiently address the needs of students and job seekers, while at the same time, meeting the talent demands of industry for 21st century skills. 

As the founder of Futures Inc., Geoff designed the first cloud-based career exploration and talent matching technology built on a skill latticing architecture, not keyword search.  The platform is called Pipeline and has already delivered some of the most successful education and workforce development solutions in North America. 

Cramer designed the first universal transition and Veteran employment solution, branded H2H.jobs. This solution delivered the most successful workforce development program in U.S. history, documenting 252,121 hires in just 18-months. The Pipeline platform, used to power the H2H.jobs program, was awarded “Best of Breed Technology” by the Federal Government and is the only technology of its kind with documented performance across all branches of the Armed Forces, 54 states and territories, and all U.S. industries. 

He says his passion for helping people connect with rewarding careers comes from his years as a high school wrestling coach. Geoff founded a nonprofit, Futures for Kids (F4K), as a public/private partnership out of Duke University with lead partners Apple and Cisco.  

The original technology solutions focused on supporting underserved populations, reducing the skills gap, and reducing high school dropout rates by providing hope, relevance, and providing user-friendly career pathway resources for young adults. His original models and technology are now being utilized by more than 20,000 schools worldwide and his work has received international recognition. 

Geoff has been honored with numerous awards for innovation and social entrepreneurship. Some include the Most Innovative Technology Company (CED), Top Nonprofit Technology Organization of the Year (NCTA), Points of Light Award, and the Alumni Leadership Award (Duke University). 

He lectures on workforce economics and social entrepreneurship at business schools across the country and is an advisor for numerous nonprofits and youth education focused organizations. Geoff has a BA in Economics from UNC-Chapel Hill and an MBA from Duke University.

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About Your Host

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Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212

Amber Smith is the president and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber. In her role, she leads the Tucson Metro Chamber in implementing the goals and visions of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to champion an environment where business thrives and the Tucson community prospers. Focusing on growing business through workforce development, talent attraction, and public policy, the Tucson Metro Chamber is a strong community partner focused on making Tucson the ideal destination for business success. Amber’s goal is to lower the amount of poverty in Tucson by growing businesses.

A government relations professional by trade, Amber’s strength is building relationships between the public and private sector, while identifying ways to collaborate and partner to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Amber began her career working for Senator McCain where she became adept at retaining professionalism and decorum while navigating difficult and controversial policy matters.

Amber represented the real estate and land use industry on policy matters first as a lobbyist for homebuilders and developers and then for Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA). MPA’s foundation is creating balanced land use policies that stimulate economic development and reasonably preserves our natural environment. Amber has continued that philosophy of finding common ground through her work at the Tucson Metro Chamber.

A Texas native, Amber moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from Eller College. Married to a second-generation Tucsonan, Amber’s husband Robert is a Tucson Fire Department Captain, who also owns a small business. Amber and Robert have three young sons, 11 goats, four dogs, three donkeys and some chickens and they enjoy the quiet life on their small ranch.

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Dr. Nelson Pizarro with GSU & EgoStatic Industries LLC and Elijah Sullivan & Jasmin Chestnut with Social Entrepreneurship Club

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Dr. Nelson Pizarro with GSU & EgoStatic Industries LLC and Elijah Sullivan & Jasmin Chestnut with Social Entrepreneurship Club
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Nelson Pizarro is the Director of B.I.S. in Social Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at GSU. He is also the CEO at EcoStatic Industries LLC. He received his DBA in Business Administration at Grenoble Ecole of Management, France. He also received an MBA from the University of Florida and a BBA from Washington State University. His primary research interest is opportunity finding, entrepreneurship education and sustainability in organizations. Dr. Pizarro has published in journals, such as Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, New England Journal of Entrepreneurship and Economies et sociétés. He helped start up 6 companies including business consulting, consumer electronics, consume electronics refurbishing, and automatic vehicle location systems. In April of 2012, he launched EcoStatic Inc. He has done business in 46 countries. He also has experience in a corporate environment working for multinational companies such Brother International and Uniden. In the government sector, he worked for Americorps as a full time volunteer, Miami Dade Community College, and at the City of Gainesville, FL, as the Small and Minority Business Development Coordinator. Currently, he teaches full time at California Lutheran University entrepreneurship courses. When he is not teaching he meditates, practice yoga and bikes. https://www.ecostaticinc.com/

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Elijah Sullivan is a Junior at Georgia State University studying Computer Information Systems and Mathematics. He founded and currently resides as president for the Social Entrepreneurship Club and works with Henry Health, a digital health startup aiming to provide culturally competent therapy for black men. Interests include blockchain, investing, data science and education.

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Jasmin Chestnut is a film student at Georgia State University who aims to use film as a tool to bring people together. She sees social entrepreneurship as a way for people to put their minds together to solve the problems we see in our everyday lives.

 

Richard Phillips with J. Mack Robinson College of Business at GSU, Luis E. Ferrer-Labarca with BitCraft and Jeanine McDonald with Suzi Soma Chokers

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Atlanta Business Radio
Atlanta Business Radio
Richard Phillips with J. Mack Robinson College of Business at GSU, Luis E. Ferrer-Labarca with BitCraft and Jeanine McDonald with Suzi Soma Chokers
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Richard D. Phillips was appointed the seventh Dean of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in July 2014. He is also the C.V. Starr Professor of Risk Management and Insurance. Under Phillips’ leadership, Robinson is pioneering a new kind of business education, one uniquely capable of developing people from all backgrounds into talented business leaders who create value in an era of digital transformation. Emphasizing the establishment of strategic research relationships and the development of emerging leaders who never stop striving for impact, Robinson helps businesses meet the real and emergent needs of rapidly changing global markets. An expert on risk management, Dean Phillips has produced more than 50 scholarly publications. He has received several research awards, including twice receiving the Robert 1. Mehr Award given to an articlejudged to have had the greatest impact on insurance economics 10 years after publication. Beyond the university, Phillips is a corporate director at Munich American Reassurance Corporation anda senior consultant with Charles River Associates. From 2017-2018 he was president of the American Risk and Insurance Association, he is a past-president of the Risk Theory Society, and he serves as a trustee for the S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education. Phillips serves on non-profit boards for the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and for The Swift School – one of Georgia’s largest private schools serving dyslexic children. Phillips’ doctoral and master’s degrees in managerial economics are from the Wharton School. He graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Mathematics.

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Luis E. Ferrer-Labarca is originally from Venezuela, son of entrepreneurs, started his entrepreneurial life selling chocolate chip cookies when he was 6. Luis moved to the US in 2014. Co-founder of Panther Hackers, one of the biggest tech student organizations in GSU. Been to 17+ hackathons and achieved Top 5 in the first Atlanta Startup Battle hosted by Tech Square Labs with Upet, a pet rental service during my junior year. In late 2017 started BitCraft, a software development agency specializing in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, which later switched focus to DevOps and cloud infrastructure. Studied Computer Science with a minor in Entrepreneurship at GSU and graduated in May 2018. Currently working as a Software Engineer at Rigor, one of the most mature startups in Village, while hustling with BitCraft on the side. Ideating a lot more projects on the daily, Motivated to make others’ lives better and sharing the impact that entrepreneurship has had in his life. Inspiring others to find out a way to live fulfilling lives on his Instagram. Serving as an advisor for, and might jump in as a team member, Observe, a digital shadowing experience for people to better decide what careers will fulfill them the most.

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Jeanine McDonald is the founder of Suzi Soma Chokers with a mission to remind women that they are limitless! Jeanine designs chokers and chains paired with original affirmations to inspire women to focus their dreams into reality. When Jeanine is not hand crafting Suzi Soma Chokers, she is studying Social Entrepreneurship at Georgia State, directing marketing campaigns with the farm-to-skin spa, Iwi Fresh, and letting Beyonce remind her to make lemonade out of lemons.

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Brennen Dicker with Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) at GSU and Dave Beck & Quinn Randel with Foundry 45

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Atlanta Business Radio
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Brennen Dicker with Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) at GSU and Dave Beck & Quinn Randel with Foundry 45
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Brennen Dicker, a film and video professional with 25 years of experience, is Executive Director of the Creative Media Industries Institute at Georgia State University. Before joining Georgia State, Brennen was the general manager of Atlanta operations for SIM International, a company that provides production and post-production services to the film industry. In that role, he worked with companies such as HBO, Warner Bros. Television, AMC and Netflix. He also was the chair of the Atlanta Advisory Council for the Savannah College of Art and Design. As chair, he helped to create a television festival to showcase trends in design and innovation for television production and intensive 48-hour media production workshops for students. He has served as an executive board member of the Georgia Production Partnership and is the former chair of its government relations group. Through the organization, he has been an industry liaison for the state legislature and govemor’s office. In addition, he has been chair for both 2018 and 2019 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, which is the largest film festival in Georgia. He is a member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Brennen appointment as executive director of the CMII is playing a key role in Georgia State’s efforts to fulfill its strategic plan, aimed at elevating the university’s reputation for excellence and innovation in research, scholarship and creative endeavors. The CMII aligns with a strategic goal to highlight the arts and media, and to use the university’s strengths to create opportunities for exploration of the intersections among creativity, technology and entrepreneurship as metro Atlanta’s media industries in film, television, gaming and more form a vital part of the regional economy.

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Dave Beck is founder and Managing Partner at Foundry 45, an Atlanta-based company that helps brands train their teams and tell their stories through Virtual and Augmented Reality. His company has built over 200 experiences for notable clients such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Delta. Before starting Foundry 45, Dave served as the Chief Operating Officer at Equip Codes, a mobile SaaS and Augmented Reality company. Dave also serves on the board of the MAK Historic District and is very active in the Georgia Tech community as a board member, mentor, and frequent guest speaker. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Wake Forest University and his MBA from Georgia Tech.

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Quinn Randel is a second-year student at Georgia State University who’s dual majoring in film and Journalism. He has worked for Foundry 45 for over a year and used his digital media skills to market the B2B company.

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Samir Patel Instructor of Entrepreneurship at GSU and Owner at Thrive Logistics, Dr. Paul Lopez with TiE Atlanta and Sigourney Chavez with Zen Pod

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Atlanta Business Radio
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Samir Patel Instructor of Entrepreneurship at GSU and Owner at Thrive Logistics, Dr. Paul Lopez with TiE Atlanta and Sigourney Chavez with Zen Pod
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Samir Patel is the Owner at Thrive Logistics and Instructor of Entrepreneurship at Georgia State. Investor that focuses on turning around failing companies. It has led a handful of startups himself. He is a military veteran, West Point graduate and native of Atlanta. 

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Dr. Paul Lopez is the President of TiE Atlanta. TiE is the largest non-profit global organization focused on entrepreneurs with 13,000 members at every stage of business in 61 chapters across 14 countries, of which Atlanta is ranked as a “Top 5” chapter in the worldwide network. Dr. Lopez is also the co-founder and partner in 11-11 Ventures which is one of the most active venture capital firms in the Southeast US investing in and growing early stage technology companies. 11-11 Ventures is headquartered at Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center. Paul has been an entrepreneur and worked for major corporations in banking and high tech with 41 years of business experience. He has been a faculty member at Kennesaw State University and California State University. Paul holds a doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University, an MBA from the Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calcutta, India.

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Sigourney Chavez started Zen Pods along with Rosemary Somefun to ensure that college students have a chance to experience a peacful enviroment to unwind, sleep, and do homework in a private closure. Their goal is to reach every possible college campus to establish a place where students can find their zen amongst daily stress in their personal pod.

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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 45

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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 45
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Supply Chain Now Why Georgia

“Why Georgia for Supply Chain”
SCNR – Episode 45
Learn more about the 2019 Georgia Logistics Summit: https://www.galogisticssummit.com/ 

Matt MarkhamMatt Markham is the Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics, which helps companies take advantage of the state’s world-class logistics industry, so that they can improve supply chain efficiencies, support growth, and increase global competitiveness.  Matt brings to the position more than a decade of experience in transportation policy at the state of Georgia, having served in leadership roles at the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, the State Road and Tollway Authority, and as a policy advisor to Lt. Governor Casey Cagle. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree from Hampden-Sydney College and a Master of Public Administration degree from Georgia State University. Learn more about the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics: https://www.georgia.org/about-coi-logistics.  

David NuckollsDavid Nuckolls is the Global Account Manager for Marketing and Operations working in support of two divisions within the Georgia Department of Economic Development – the Centers of Innovation and Rural Georgia Initiatives. 

In his current position, David is responsible for the marketing management, strategic communications, and divisional operations for the five industry teams within the Centers of Innovation. In this role, he also directly manages the Centers of Innovation Operations team which includes the Marketing Coordinator and Program Analyst positions. Beginning April 2018, David also serves as the Account Manager for the newly created Rural Georgia Initiatives division, where he supports the team with their marketing and communications needs. Since joining the Department in August 2012, David has successfully led the Centers of Innovation through a rebranding and messaging initiative, produced three award winning videos (15 total), and has helped the Centers earn more than 1 billion media impressions through more than 500 different outlets including many of the nation’s top tier media. He has also earned 7 different industry awards during this time. David previously served the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce as their communications coordinator where he expanded their capabilities across social media, integrated communications, and digital marketing, including the launch of their monthly publication, Momentum. He is a third-generation graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia where he was also a scholar in the Chick-fil-A Foundation’s leadership development program, the WinShape College Program. David is currently a Fellow in the Zell Miller Leadership Institute. He has completed GeorgiaForward’s Young Gamechangers program in the Fall of 2017, graduated from the Georgia Academy for Economic Development in 2014, and is midway through his process in becoming a Georgia Certified Economic Developer through the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government which he anticipates completing by 2020. David is a member of Newnan First United Methodist Church where he also serves as a Sunday School leader, Chair of the Stewardship Committee, a member of the Church Council, Finance Committee, and the Worship Committee. David, his wife Anna, son Henley, and daughter Adalynn Grace reside in Newnan, Georgia.

Will HarawayWill Haraway is Founder & Lead Evangelist at Backbeat Marketing. Will has 20 years of executive experience in B2B Technology Marketing. Will is a certified analyst relations practitioner by the Knowledge Capital Group and has helped companies including Manhattan Associates, Aptos, Atlantix Global Systems, American Software and Rubicon Global improve their brand reputations with marketing results that help increase sales. Will also serves as a member of the APICS Atlanta Executive Advisory Board and serves as co-host of the popular #SupplyChainCity series on Supply Chain Now Radio. The Backbeat team includes lead generation, digital marketing, media relations and content marketing specialists with a combined 50 years of experience in their chosen disciplines. Connect with Will on LinkedIn and learn more about Backbeat Marketing here: www.backbeatmarketing.com  

Scott LutonScott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests-Tom and Amanda with OptimumEd and Paul Comfort with Trapeze

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Pensacola Business Radio: Guests-Tom and Amanda with OptimumEd and Paul Comfort with Trapeze
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At Optimum Ed, we are higher education and life coaches who are college planning experts, helping families and students identify the right educational and career path and financial aid options to maximize their financial investment in higher education, insuring value and a fulfilling and rewarding career.

It’s all about identifying the Right College at the Right Cost, leading to the Right Career.

We provide a comprehensive and defined process beginning with a career and academic assessment at the onset of high school to determine the appropriate path of secondary and higher education. Whether it is a college degree or technical certification, we help determine the best means to attain the desired education for the smallest investment by analyzing the family’s financial position, the merits of the student and financial aid opportunities.

Optimum Ed offers a complete menu of services that assist the family in planning for and executing an education plan for their child. Find out more here.

We create a comprehensive tracking system to make sure the right things are done in the right way at the right time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul W. Comfort, Esq.

An expert on leadership, transportation infrastructure and transit trends, Paul Comfort Esq., former CEO of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), most recently led a revolutionary change from a 50-year-old antiquated transit system to the world-class BaltimoreLink, an efficient, high-frequency, connected rail and bus transit system in Baltimore Maryland.

Mr. Comfort has spent a career in public transit and local government, having served as County Administrator for two suburban counties in Maryland and was elected as a County Commissioner. He has also worked in business development and operations management for many public and private transit operations.

He is currently Vice President of Business Development for Trapeze Group serving as a brand ambassador to the transit industry, ensuring C-level success with their technology products and services and speaking and writing on transit trends and solutions. He also hosts a national podcast “Transit Unplugged” interviewing top Public Transportation Leaders about their lives, operations and transit trends.

You can contact Mr. Comfort via LinkedIn.  Click the link at the top of the home page.

 

 

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