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Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

December 14, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM.

Kanya Jones is the Senior Business Development Manager for Information Technology at Vaco Technologies. Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business.

Connect with Kanya on LinkedIn and follow Vaco on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Sandy D. Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman. Connect with WIT on Twitter, and follow Sandy on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

November 10, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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Jim Palumbo is Founder and Chief Employment Officer, and Liddie Miller Palumbo is a Presenter of College and Corporate programs at PIVITU.

About PIVITU – “If you can dream it, you can achieve it. You can have everything in life you want… if you will just help other people get what they want”.

Dedicated to fulfilling the career aspirations of thousands of college students, veterans and athletes. The PIVIT team navigates the current career landscape through the optics of Start-Up entrepreneurs, cultivated by experience building four early stage Private Equity funded investments that pioneered new technologies. The PIVIT Team brings a collective passion for disrupting the job search status quo with a customized blueprint combined with a transformational delivery model that defines success with only one metric – OUTCOMES. A career versus a job.

Specializing in hands on programs targeting veterans, athletes and college students to execute their career search. Live on site initiative using 20+ years sales experience in business as the springboard & acceleration to employment. Using unconventional methods to empower the candidate’s ability to sell themselves. Doing the work WITH the veteran/athlete/student during a highly competitive boot camp, small group or one on one to prepare and elevate their personal brand. Delivering outcomes faster with higher incomes. Follow PIVITU on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Pat Hurston is WIT’s Resource Development Director. Connect with Pat on LinkedIn and with WIT on Twitter.

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

September 14, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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Today’s episode of Women In Technology was made possible because of the generosity of Ricky Steele with Steele Technology Partners. Learn how you can help tell a story like this one here.

The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Tamika Curry Smith is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) at Mercedes-Benz USA, where she is responsible for the formulation and implementation of the company’s diversity and inclusion strategy.In this role, Tamika’sworkson aligningMercedes-Benz’s internal and external D&I initiatives, with a focus on connecting the company to its employees, customers, dealers, and communityandleveraging D&I to drive business outcomes.

Prior to her role at Mercedes-Benz, Tamika was President of The TCS Group, Inc., a firm that provides human resources and diversity and inclusion (D&I) solutionsto a broad range of clients in a variety of industries.

Tamika started her career with Deloitte & Touche, where she obtained her CPA license and performed accounting and auditing services. She then joined Deloitte Consulting, where she gained experience in both general management and retail consulting on client engagements focused on strategy, operations, supply chain, and process improvement.

Tamika then took on the role of Director of Diversity Programs for Deloitte Consulting, where her responsibilities included leading the design and execution of Deloitte’s diversity strategy in the Americas and coordinating initiatives with senior management.

After Deloitte, Tamika became the Director of Diversity at Target Cororation, where she was responsible for developing and driving the diversity strategy for Target’s corporate headquarters, stores, and distribution centers and leading the organization’s focus on diversity recruitment, retention, awareness, communication, and measurement.

Ms. Curry Smith earned a BBA in Accounting with High Distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. She also obtained an MBA in Organizational Behavior, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management.

Tamika has shared her expertise as a speaker and facilitator for many organizations, such as the Conference Board, the Society for Human Resource Management, the Natural Science Foundation, and the Georgia Diversity Council. In addition, Ms. Curry Smith has been quoted in numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, DiversityInc, and Adweek.

Tamika has received various awards, among them AZ Business Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Women in Arizona Business, Phoenix Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, the Peak Achievement Award from INROADS, and the Chairman’s Award from the National Black MBA Association. Ms. Curry Smith is an Aspen Institute Leadership Program alumna, a YMCA racial justice facilitator, a career coach for The Posse Foundation, and a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association. She currently serves on the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Alumni Board of Governors and on the Board of Directors of Grand Canyon Bank (Proposed). She is also a former member of the Board of Directors of Teach for America – Kansas City. Connect with Tamika on LinkedIn.

Pat Hurston is WIT’s Resource Development Director. Connect with Pat on LinkedIn and with WIT on Twitter.

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

August 10, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Kara Brown is Founder and CEO of SmithBrown Marketing and has spent more than a decade building a marketing skill set specific for the B2B software market. She has worked for startups and large firms, and her expertise ranges from PR to enterprise data management.

In 2006, Brown was one of the first employees of Echo Global Logistics [NYSE:ECHO]. A one-woman marketing department, she managed all brand, image, and marketing initiatives for the company. In 2009, Brown worked with sales and IT leadership to develop and launch www.myfreight.com, Echo’s self-serve LTL website. She was also responsible for driving traffic to this new revenue stream.

In late 2008, Brown to took on the role of Investor Relations. On October 9, 2009, Echo held a successful IPO and Brown was the company’s first Director of Investor Relations, at 26.

From there Brown was recruited by OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics), at the time a $2B Nashville based global supply chain provider with clients like Apple, Starbucks, Samsung, Sony, and Remington.

PE firm Welsh Carson was preparing the company for an IPO exit and Brown was to lead IR when the time came. In the spring of 2011, Brown weathered a major communications crisis with almost no market exposure. In 2015, OHL was bought by GEODIS.

In 2012, Brown set up a consulting practice, SmithBrown Marketing where she was the outsourced CMO for six transportation and transportation technology companies. She executed all things marketing, including lead sourcing, scoring, marketing automation, CRM implementation and management, tradeshow execution, collateral development, PR, website development and management, search engine optimization, and social media engagement. She uses her skill set, expertise in logistics and relationships to execute well-designed marketing strategies for her clients, usually on a very limited budget.

In 2015, Brown took the risk on a trash startup in Atlanta, Rubicon Global. Brown built a five person marketing team from scratch, delivered an entirely new revenue stream with more than $100k in revenue, and built a new website with a 400% improved conversion rate.

Brown is now back to consulting in Atlanta after falling in love with the weather. She is an Ironman athlete and is wrapped up her MBA from Dominican University in the Spring, 2017. You can connect with Kara on LinkedIn and Twitter .

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

July 13, 2017 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.
Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Tina Frausto is SVP – Business Design and Transformation at Equifax. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

Ruth Manlapas is Vice President, Core System Engineering at Equifax. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Colleen Jones with Content Science and Toni Pashley with Sharecare

July 4, 2017 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Colleen Jones with Content Science and Toni Pashley with Sharecare

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Colleen Jones, CEO of Content Science and a Star Wars fan, regularly advises top organizations on becoming Jedi Masters of effective content. Colleen spearheaded the development of ContentWRX, a software product that has collected more than 90,000 data sets to assess content effectiveness for a wide range of companies. Content Science also publishes the online magazine Content Science Review and runs Content Science Academy, an online training portal to equip professionals with modern content knowledge and skills.

Colleen wrote the cornerstone content book Clout: The Art and Science of Influential Web Content. She speaks at conferences and client events around the world to make content a force in marketing, user experience, sales, and customer satisfaction. Learn more about Colleen and Content Science on their website, and follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Toni Pashley is Senior Vice President of Product at Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, where she leads product strategy and design with a human-centered approach.

Prior to Sharecare, Pashley worked at CNN leading major product initiatives including 2008 Presidential Elections, mobile applications and strategy for the networks’ product experience.

Pashley has always worked at the intersection of design and technology, leading many high-profile projects for CDC, NCR, AT&T and a number of startup ventures. Her work has won several product design awards, and she was instrumental in leading the product design team for Sharecare’s award-winning AskMD mobile app, which won the 2014 and 2015 Appy for Best Medical App and was a Webby Award Honoree in both 2014, 2015 and 2016 for Best Health App.

Pashley currently sits on the boards of several technology start-ups as a strategic advisor and served on the Executive Board for CHI Atlanta, a special interest group on Computer-Human Interaction. She has a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. Connect with Toni and Sharecare via their website, and on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

WIT Atlanta Features Jeffery Tobias Halter with YWomen and Serena E. Sacks with Fulton County Schools and 2015 WIT Women Of The Year Award Winner

January 14, 2016 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Tech Leaders

WIT Atlanta Features Jeffery Tobias Halter with YWomen and Serena E. Sacks with Fulton County Schools and 2015 WIT Women Of The Year Award Winner

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.

Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Jeffrey Tobias Halter/Gender Strategist

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Jeffery Tobias Halter is the country’s leading male expert on advancing women and engaging men. Jeffery is a consultant and the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership issues. YWomen focuses on driving actionable business plans and strategies to help organizations create Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategies. Jeffery is the former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company. He has extensive knowledge of the consumer package goods, retail, food service and hospitality industries and is sought after speaker at industry forums and corporate programs.

Jeffery is the author of two books, WHY WOMEN, The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men(April, 2015) and Selling to Men, Selling to Women. He was a Panelist at the World Diversity Leadership Summit at Harvard University and led workshops at the Global Summit of Women in Athens Greece. His current clients include two Catalyst Award winning companies, The Coca-Cola Company and Kimberly-Clark. He has led best practice work with companies such as McDonald’s, Deloitte, Publicis Groupe, GE and Clorox. He recently keynoted the opening session for Walmart’s International Women’s Day celebration.

Combining 30+ years in corporate America – from the sales front line to the corporate headquarters and his passion for integrated leadership strategies, Jeffery connects with leaders at all-levels of the organization to create sustainable change and impact to the bottom line. His dynamic and engaging presentations garner positive reviews from stakeholders and attendees. He is available for keynotes, workshops, conference breakout sessions, panel moderation and long-term consulting opportunities.

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Serena Sacks/ 2015 WIT Women of the Year Award Winner

Chief Information Officer | Fulton County Schools

Serena Sacks has been a transformational business and Information Technology leader for more than 25 years across corporate, non-profit, and government sectors. She has gained a comprehensive perspective through a variety of executive leadership positions and C-level consulting roles, working for organizations such as IBM, Walt Disney World, Harcourt, Wyndham, Florida Virtual School, and, now, Fulton County School District in Atlanta. Ms. Sacks earned her B.A. and M.S. in an accelerated program at SUNY Stony Brook, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and had the honor of being selected as a Presidential Management Intern. She holds certifications in Enterprise IT Governance from ISACA, Six Sigma/LEAN Process Excellence, and Professional Project Management (PMI) and has extensive training in Strategic Execution through the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. Appreciated for her strategic vision, excellence in operational delivery, and strong relationship skills, Ms. Sacks has effectively driven top line growth, customer satisfaction, and cost savings programs – depending on the needs of the organization.

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Sandy Welfare / WIT

Sandy D. Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

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WIT Atlanta Features James Dallas on Atlanta Technology Leaders Special Episode

December 17, 2015 by ryanredhawk

Atlanta Tech Leaders

WIT Atlanta Features James Dallas on Atlanta Technology Leaders Special Episode

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James Dallas is The 2015 Georgia CIO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

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H. James Dallas/Author Management Consultant

Mr. Dallas is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience as an agent of change in large domestic and international corporate settings. He has successfully implemented over 10 transformational and turnaround initiatives, 15 acquisition integrations, and 5 operations/quality shared services centers of excellence. Mr. Dallas has over 30 years’ experience in General Management/business operations roles as well as Chief Information Officer positions. He recently retired in September 2013 as Senior Vice President of Quality, Operations and IT at Medtronic, Inc., a global medical technology company that employs approximately 45,000 people and does business in more than 120 countries. Mr. Dallas also served as a member of Medtronic’s executive management team. Prior to joining Medtronic in 2006, Mr. Dallas was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a global forest products company that employed over 55,000 people. In his 22 years at Georgia Pacific, Mr. Dallas held a series of progressively more responsible information technology and operating roles. He also served as a member of Georgia Pacific’s executive management team. The majority of Mr. Dallas’s career has been focused on bridging the gap between strategy and execution, using IT for competitive advantage, and leadership development. Mr. Dallas serves on the boards of for-profit and non-profit organizations. He has been named one of the most powerful black men in corporate America several times in his career by Black Enterprise and Savoy magazines. Mr. Dallas is a native of Atlanta, GA. He and his wife Celest have been married for 33 years and have three daughters.

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Sandy Welfare / WIT

Executive Director

Sandy D. Welfare was recently appointed as the Interim Executive Director for Women In Technology (WIT), a non-profit organization that supports women at every stage of their STEM careers, from the classroom to the boardroom. Prior to joining WIT, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after school program dedicated to the empowerment of low-income girls.

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the operations controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including from 1999-2000 serving as accounting and treasury manager in Singapore and then from 2000-2002 as senior operations manager in Australia and New Zealand. Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as senior manager global financial services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as director of operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as managing director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail. Two years later, Sandy returned to the Atlanta area and was asked to chair the Cool Girls’ Board of Directors. In 2009, Sandy was offered the Executive Director position which she accepted and led the organization until stepping down in October 2014.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband Cliff and son Soloman.

Ben Hendrick, Managing Director, Global Delivery – Enterprise Systems & Networking for the Dell Corporation

November 18, 2015 by Ricky

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Ben Hendrick, Managing Director, Global Delivery - Enterprise Systems & Networking for the Dell Corporation

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As always it was an honor and privilege to have Ben Hendrick join me in Booth 61 at the GCLA 2015 CIO of the Year breakfast. I met Ben in 2006 or 2007 while he was earning his MBA at Kennesaw State University. Ben and I became more than friends. Many call us Brothers from different Mothers. 🙂

I am in awe of what Ben has accomplished since joining Dell in 2009. Everyone knows who Michael Dell is and the great success of his company. In 2009, I did not know anyone who worked at Dell nor did I ever see anyone from Dell at industry events. Within a year of Ben joining the company he became the Face of Dell in Atlanta. There were not 10 CIO’s in Atlanta who could have given you the name of their sales executive from Dell in 2009. Today there is not a CIO in Atlanta who does not know and respect Ben Hendrick. Ben is the Face at TAG, TechBridge, WIT and so many other organizations in our community. The Dell After-Party at the annual Techbridge Digital Ball is legendary.

If you don’t know Ben Hendrick, I hope you will listen to this short interview and then connect with Ben on LinkedIn or other social media. You will connect with one of the greats!