rvatech/Talks
Conversations w/ the gurus of RVA's tech scene, including start-up founders, corporate execs, and world-class engineers. Hosted by deep learning diver + armchair movie critic - Zak Brown.
Episodes
58 episodes
Brett Truelove + Collin McCarter
Join Zak this week as he talks with Brett and Collin about differentiating data-centric roles in organizations at various stages of data maturity!Guests:Collin McCarter, Data Scientist and Brett Truelove, Analytic Engineer from Nort...
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Jules Damji, Lead Developer Advocate on the Ray team at Anyscale
In this weeks episode, I’ll be talking with Jules Damji, Lead Developer Advocate on the Ray team at Anyscale, about the ever evolving landscape of enterprise grade distributed computing. From Hadoop to Spark and now to Ray, we talk all things c...
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Alex Miller - Founder and Organizer of The Strange Loop Conference
Your new rvatech/Talks host Zak Brown kicks off season 3 by talking with Alex Miller, founder and organizer of the Strange Loop conference. Join us as we discuss what it takes to build out a truly "Strange" tech community that can withsta...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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36:48
On the Stage at ProductFest RVA
ICYMI - ProductFest RVA sold out for the first year, so catch the lunchtime roundtable episode hosted LIVE on the stage with Richmond's Product Gurus: Devin Smith - Experience Principal at Active Digital, Isaiah Harvin - S...
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Season 2
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Episode 55
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Subhash Jaini - Managing Director - Innovative Data Solutions at Keiter CPAs
Subash is an energetic and inspiring individual who can make anybody a believer in how valuable their data is. They see value in data when others just see it as a thing to retain and archive. When Subash hears of a company using an application ...
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Season 2
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Episode 54
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2022 Data Summit Live - Panel Discussion on Data Privacy & Governance
Panelists Include: Ford Prior, Principal Cloud Engineer – CarMax (Moderator & Podcast Host)Marcus Thornton, Deputy Chief Data Officer – Virginia Office of Data Governance and AnalyticsSouj Narasimhacharya, Senior Vice Pre...
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37:11
Roundtable Talk On All Things Data
Panelists include: Host Ford Prior at CarMax Subhash Jaini at KeiterJerome Dixon at CANA Advisors Sam Portillo at Ippon
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52:38
Todd Florence - Chief Information Officer of Estes Express Lines
Todd is the Chief Information Officer at Estes Express Lines, which is North America’s largest, privately owned freight carrier. He’s responsible for directing and developing Estes’ IT management functions to not only deliver outstanding res...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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1:06:42
Roundtable Talk on Product Management
With hosts Ford Prior & Julia Barnhart at CarMax and Guests Susan Stavitski & Amy O'Callaghan at CarMax, Travis Bjorklund at Capital One, and Jennifer Atkins at Cix Health
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1:17:51
Ankit Mathur - Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Product Officer at RoundTrip
Ankit has over 20 years of experience in software engineering and product development. In 2010, he built one of the first Health Information Exchanges (HIE) in the State of Virginia to connect physicians, hospitals, and federal agencies through...
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Chris Busse - Chief Digital Officer at Terazo
With a passion for the ways in which technologists build solutions for people, Chris helps Terazo's clients find strategic success with their digital initiatives.Having worked in the IT industry for 20+ years, he recently helped launch t...
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Mahwish Hamlani - Managing Director at Accenture
Mahwish has over 13 years of experience in leading and delivering large, complex technical and business programs for Accenture's commercial and federal clients. Her goal is to help their clients pivot to the New by implementing emerging techn...
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Tech Round Up
In this episode, our Co-Hosts, Julia Barnhart and Ford Prior, sat down with three technologists in the Richmond area to discuss the current trends in technology. This panel includes Andrea Goulet, Scott Ford, and Greg Patrick.
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Marty Rodgers - Senior Managing Director, Market Unit Lead at Accenture
Martin “Marty” Rodgers is Accenture’s market unit lead for the US South as well as the office managing director for the Washington, D.C. Metro Area, the company’s largest office in North America. Leading more than 17,000 people in the South Mar...
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