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Traci Cox: The Value of Business Partnerships

Posted on November 28, 2020February 10, 2021 by Wylie Blanchard

Traci Cox, President of Temple & Associates, met with us to explore the value of business partnerships, managing partnership challenges and how partnerships enhance business opportunities. Questions that Traci answers: [2:50] What does Business Partnerships mean to you and how is it related to trust? [3:24] Can you share an experience where you had to create a partnership to me...
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Jason Patel: Moving from Individual Contributor to Business and Strategy Leader

Posted on October 24, 2020February 10, 2021 by Wylie Blanchard

Jason Patel, the Chief Technology Officer for Ensighten, met with us to discuss moving from being an individual contributor to overseeing, leading and guiding the work of others, new challenges that one faces and what he's learned over his career. Highlights: Defining a win as a business leader vs individual contributor.Motivations to move from a large firm to a startup company.Preparing y...
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Eric Livergood: Smart Technology Road Mapping

Posted on October 10, 2020February 10, 2021 by Wylie Blanchard

Smart Technology Road Mapping (Extended Episode) Eric Livergood

Eric Livergood, Chief Technology Officer for LeafLogix Technologies, met with us to explore how smart technology is guiding Leaflogix, a 5 year technology solutions startup servicing the cannabis industry, its industry and its business technology. Questions that Eric Answers: [2:02] What does smart technology road mapping mean to you?[2:44] Current/past projects that you've worked on.[...
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Sean T. O’Kelly: Leveraging Technology for Revenue Growth

Posted on October 4, 2020January 12, 2021 by Wylie Blanchard

Leveraging Technology for Revenue Growth (Extended Episode) Sean T OKelly

Sean T. O’Kelly, Chief Technology Officer for Meetings & Events International (MEI), met with us to explore how business leaders can utilize technology as a tool to drive customer and revenue growth. Questions that Sean Answers [1:15] Do organizations treat technology as a cost/expense or revenue generator? [3:10] How does technology fit within the regulatory compliance space? [5:5...
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Teneika Askew: Empowering Decision Making with Data Visualization

Posted on September 19, 2020January 12, 2021 by Wylie Blanchard

Empowering Decision Making with Data Visualization (Extended Episode) Teneika Askew

Teneika Askew, Head of People Analytics at Mozilla, met with us to explore how to utilize data for effective visualization and creating data stories that enable decision-makers to take action. Questions that Teneika answers: [1:50] What has changed in Business Analytics? [3:14] What is your approach to creating data visualizations? [5:38] Free/Low cost data visualization tools for sma...
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Chicago’s Public, Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leaders Develop $50 Million Program to Provide Free, High-Speed Internet for Four Years

Posted on July 4, 2020August 3, 2020 by Great Tech Pros

Chicago Launches Groundbreaking Initiative to Bridge Digital Divide, Providing Free High-Speed Internet Access to Over 100,000 Cps Students CHICAGO – Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today announced the launch of ‘Chicago Connected,’ a groundbreaking program that will provide free high-speed internet service to approximately 100,000 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students in their households. This f...
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Susanne Tedrick: Developing a Game Plan to Thrive as Technology Evolves

Posted on May 31, 2020October 12, 2020 by Wylie Blanchard

Susanne Tedrick, the award-winning author of Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators, met with us to discuss how women of color can jump-start, transition to or further evolve their career in technology. In addition, Susanne shares how tech professionals can stay relevant in today's rapidly evolving job market. In this conve...
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Chris Hyde: Making a Difference with Data Analytics

Posted on April 18, 2020September 21, 2020 by Wylie Blanchard

Chris Hyde, Data Analytics professional, met with us to share his experience with Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and Data Science. In this discussion Chris shares: Data can make a difference in people's lives. Increased use of statistics in data science. Programming languages used to query and manipulate data. The importance of a network and building relationships. Question...
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New City project “The 78” to bring new educational and economic opportunities to Chicagoans while highlighting the city’s tech economy

Posted on March 7, 2020August 4, 2020 by Great Tech Pros

Mayor Lightfoot joins Governor Pritzker, University of Illinois and Related Midwest to Announce New Discovery Partners Institute Headquarters in Chicago. CHICAGO— Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Governor JB Pritzker, the University of Illinois System and Near South Side community members to announce the University of Illinois’ Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) will anchor the first phase...
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