Building Resilient Families

TechBridge Talks S2 E1 "Building Resilient Families" featuring Families First CEO DePriest Waddy

Happy New Year, listeners! We’re starting the new year off strong with Episode 16 of TechBridge Talks.  On today’s episode , Adam sits down with Familes First CEO DePriest Waddy. Families First is a nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia that provides empowering solutions for Atlanta’s most vulnerable populations. They’ve been in operation for nearly 130…

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Community Involvement and Technology Growth

TechBridge Talks S1 E5 "Community Involvement & Technology Growth" featuring Southern Company renewable development manager of customer engagement Tray Leslie

On this week’s episode of TechBridge Talks, we talk with Tray Leslie, long-time TechBridge supporter, and board member. On the show, we talk about how important it is to be involved in the local community and how technology needs to grow and improve to serve those communities.

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Homelessness: What It Is and What It Isn’t

TechBridge Talks S1 E14 "Homlessness: What It Is & What It Isn't" featuring Gateway Center CEO Raphael Holloway

Raphael Holloway is the Chief Executive Officer of the Gateway Center, an organization that connects people experiencing homelessness with the support necessary to become self-sufficient and find a permanent home. In today’s episode, Raphael and Adam discuss the hidden truths and common misconceptions we need to know about homelessness.

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Advocacy and Impact

TechBridge Talks S1 E13 "Advocacy & Impact" featuring BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama CIO Scott McGlaun

Scott Mcglaun has led BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) as their CIO for years, and he continues to utilize his expertise, wisdom, and skill to better TechBridge as an integral part of our board. This week, we’ll discuss advocacy and impact with this longtime supporter of our mission!

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Closing the Technology Skills Gap

TechBridge Talks S1 E12 "Closing the Technology Skills Gap" featuring Graphic Packaging International LLC CIO Vish Narendra

Vish Narendra, CIO of Graphic Packaging International, is no stranger to technology or its capabilities. Today, we will be discussing where he sees technology as the key to the future of doing good, what he enjoys most about being involved with TechBridge, and where he hopes to see TechBridge go.

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TechBridge’s History and Legacy

TechBridge Talks S1 E11 "TechBridge History & Legacy" featuring PartWorks LLC president Scott Geller & O8 Partners strategic advisor & consultant Steve Linowes

On today’s episode of TechBridge Talks, we will interview two co-founders of TechBridge – Scott Geller and Steve Linowes. We’ll hear about where the organization started, why it was created, and where we’re headed in the future. It’s a great episode filled with great memories and an amazing vision.

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Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders in Tech

TechBridge Talks S1 E10 "Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders in Tech" featuring TechBridge career program administrator Joseph Perry

Workforce development is one of TechBridge’s four pillars, and one of the main ways we work in this area is through our Technology Career Program (TCP). On today’s episode, we get to talk with Joseph Perry, who was a part of the first class of TCP and now works at TechBridge, mentoring students.

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Corporate Community Impact

TechBridge Talks S1 E9 "Corporate Community Impact" featuring Randstad director of community impact Keith Brown

“Technology is at the epicenter of how communities look at possibilities… Under-served communities can look at technology as their means of escaping income inequality and stagnation.”

This episode outlines what it looks like for Randstad, TechBridge, and corporations on the whole to be corporately responsible and to work with every person in the community in mind, as well as technology’s role within that space.

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Why Social Justice Matters, and What We Are Doing

TechBridge Talks S1 E8 "Why Social Justice Matters and What We Are Doing" featuring TechBridge director of social justice Samantha Sanchez

Social justice is a topic on all of our minds. Whether we are thinking about issues close to home or in other parts of the country, we can all agree there is work to be done here. TechBridge works in Social Justice through our products like JusticeServer and by providing technology and services to social…

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Where We’re Going & Where We’re Growing

TechBridge Talks S1 E7 "Where We're Going & Where We're Growing" featuring Hunter Technical Resources managing partner & vice-president of sales Clint Bailey

TechBridge has been around for more than 20 years now, and Clint Bailey has been a major part of the decision making and vision casting for TechBridge over the years. He has served on TechBridge’s Advisory Board for years and will now serve on our National Board as co-chair. Clint has had and will continue to have a huge impact on TechBridge, and we want to explore what forms that influence will take, where he hopes to see our organization go, and why he is still so deeply involved after over 15 years.

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