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197: Holy Watch Ultra ⌚️ Accessible Sensational, and Choosing Between ɑ or a
Send us a textWatch the video!https://youtu.be/f2II6FiUwKcIn the News blog post for May 16, 2025:https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2025/05/in-the-news778.html00:00 Hola! Puerto Rico Rainy ⛆01:08 Holy Watch Ultra17:32 Accessible Sensational30:16 FindMy Watch34:28 iPad Spotlight37:26 Blueteeth Updates39:24 Dogcow Updates42:30 Single Storey A45:24 In the Show! Shrinking Bot56:32 Brett’s Watch Tip: Change the Photo Album on your Apple Watch1:01:27 Jeff’s Watch Tip: Explore the Face Gallery on Apple WatchMarcus Mendes | 9to5Mac...
2025-05-17
1h 07
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
0407 RIZZO & JEFF SHOW: WE LOST DENNIS THE MENACE WHO HATED THAT SHOW AND HENRY WINKLERS HAMS MADE IT ON THE SHOW!
It's a wet and wild one today...Get out the slip and slide...Hit the bump and take a ride...Let's not wind up in a Chinese man box...It is Opening Audio time...We start it with some bad boy Canadian tongue...A Canadian man was not happy with a sign that was put up in front of his house overnight and he got a ticket...Old man newscasters got hot and saucy over a fire hydrant that was broken and the water was shooting out...A woman has just about had it when it comes to her ID...
2025-04-07
1h 38
Getting Unstuck – Cultivating Curiosity
Perspectives—The U.S. Home Front During WWII and the Lessons of History
Allan M. Winkler is the University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Miami University of Ohio. He has also taught at Yale University and the University of Oregon and, for one year each, at the University of Helsinki in Finland, the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In addition to his own books, he co-authored a college textbook and a high school textbook on American History. Summary In this episode, Jeff speaks with historian and author Alan Winkler about the importance of critical thinking in history education. They discuss how...
2025-02-11
46 min
Classic Conversations
Celebrating 50 Years of Happy Days with Brian Levant and Fred Fox, Jr.
A nostalgic deep dive into the world of one of America’s most beloved TV shows, Happy Days. This episode features legendary storytellers Brian Levant and Fred Fox, Jr., co-authors of 50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic. From their days as writers and producers on the show to the creation of this comprehensive visual masterpiece, Brian and Fred share memories, behind-the-scenes stories, and the cultural impact of Happy Days. Episode Highlights: The origin stories of Brian and Fred in television and their early work with Gary Marshall. A look at pivotal moments in...
2024-12-23
1h 09
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1126 Rizzo & Jeff Show... THE DOG CONTRACT and Elton's Pink Eye...
Hey mustard...Wanna ketchup? Opening Audio kicks off with a mother who was fired up at McDonald's...She got into an argument with a group of people she thought were pointing at her and she pulled a gun on them...Well the gun fell and went off and shot her 15 year old daughter in the shoulder instead...A man took a look at his Olive Garden breadstick and it had a stamp with a barcode on it...Elton John is having an issue with one of his eyes...Pink eye? Why is Ralph Macchio on TV again talking about the...
2024-11-26
1h 38
Stuff I Never Knew Trivia Game Show Podcast
LIVE TRIVIA! Featuring Serina Lewis Everett, MD. and Bob LeMent
Welcome to the "Stuff I Never Knew Trivia Game Show Podcast," the show dedicated to testing the limits of your knowledge while having a blast! I'm your host, Jeff Revilla, and today we have an electrifying episode featuring our special guests Serena Lewis Everett, MD, a primary care physician from Maryland, and Bob LeMent from Static Radio. This unique trivia game mixes perplexing questions with light-hearted banter, creating an entertaining and educational experience. As we explore an array of topics, the interactive format allows both guests and the audience to participate live. So, buckle up and prepare for an...
2024-11-26
36 min
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1125 Rizzo & Jeff visit 500K AVL LOO and Talk Splat the Tomato!!!
Rizzo started the show off as a souped up gym teacher to start the show...We also found out he wants to do ballet and that he has milky white legs...A guy re-did "eye of the tiger" as a yacht rock song and we found out Jeff is a parrot head...An algebra teacher lost it on a student after he could not understand any of the new lingo...A man was caught after he stole a car from a driving school...We went back through Jeff's experience when he went to driving school...Chuck Woolery didn't make it...
2024-11-25
1h 27
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1120 Rizzo & Jeff (A Dallop of Dolly, Leno takes a HUGE Tumble and Winkler LOVES a Meercat)
Let's start your day with a dollop of Dolly...Dolly Parton has a new eau de toilette...Hearing Dolly really uplifts our spirits...There is a guy going around to Target and hanging in the greeting card aisle and dumping his trauma on folks...Meet crack dad...A daughter wonders why her dad's crack is out whenever he is working on the car...That was Opening Audio today...Maybe some folks are just meant for final destination...Folks on a cruise were listening to the Titanic theme song play through the speakers, and then the ship started to tip sideways...W...
2024-11-20
1h 29
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1107 Rizzo & Jeff Show "Jing-a-di-jing hee haw hee haw...It's Dominick the Donkey" IS NC's #1 X MAS SONG by iTUNES and The Fonz Kills Drew
Pull out your #2 Ticonderoga pencil and pencil in the chin as we kick off this Thursday edition of the show...We will get to Leno later...In Opening Audio we once again talk about the seniors...A woman is 95 years old and plays pickleball and tackle football...Happy Exploding Whale Day...A look back at the day they blew up a whale in Oregon and the blubber went everywhere...Henry Winkler let Drew Barrymore choke...He was on her show and she started choking and he just took over the show instead...The North Koreans that were sent to Russia...
2024-11-07
1h 31
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1104 Rizzo & Jeff Chat "Oprah's Favorite Things... Sadly we learned TOO MUCH" oh and we SPOKE TO BUTTERBALL!!!
Kicking off this election week with Elmer Fudd to kick off opening audio as a man pretended to be him to get out of a ticket...A woman slept with over 100 men in one day...Her advice is to cheat to keep your relationship healthy...Michael Jackson almost did not do "We are the world" ...We are the children Mikey Jackson...Steve Harvey is planting Harvey seeds on The Feud...We contend the guests on his show are planted there by him...What in the world would Louie Anderson think about this? WWLD? What would Louie do...We have had o...
2024-11-04
1h 18
Classic Conversations
Happy Days at The Office and Matlock with Linda Purl
Linda Purl takes listeners on a fascinating journey through her career in both acting and singing. From her childhood in Japan, where she trained at the prestigious Toho Gyno Academy, to becoming a Hollywood star, Linda reflects on the experiences that shaped her path. She shares stories about her time on iconic shows like Happy Days, Matlock, and The Office, along with behind-the-scenes moments with Hollywood legends such as Henry Winkler and Andy Griffith. Linda also dives into her passion for live music, explaining how performing on stage has been a constant source of joy throughout her life.
2024-10-28
52 min
Celebrity Jobber Podcast with Jeff Zito
Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito - Henry Winkler
On Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito this week, Henry Winkler. What would have been if Henry never got his big break? What type of work would he be doing if not for being the Fonz, and so much more? Many celebrities will tell you that if not for that one lucky break or meeting, they would be a police officer, or working as a roadie somewhere. They may have been just a jobber. Thanks for listening, Please rate, review, and subscribe to the Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito wherever you get your podcasts.
2024-10-25
16 min
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
1017 Rizzo & Jeff Helping The Community After Helene Thursday 10/17 DONT Make the Rizzy WRONG LIST!!!
80 percent of the water has returned!!! We spoke on the show today with Clay Chandler who is the spokesperson for the water department of the city of Asheville, and he didn't want to commit but he did feel that we should be at 100% in the next 72 hours...As fast-food restaurants now re-open, can we leave the workers alone and not attempt to go viral with them? A simple discussion about Henry Winkler brought some levity to the show...It involved Jelly Roll, Taylor Swift and a list of 80's professional wrestlers...We learned Mariah Carey has a secret grunge album...
2024-10-17
1h 44
FRUMESS
What Goodfellas Got Right About Garlic | Frumess
It’s one of the most iconic scenes in one of the greatest movies in American history, and it has almost nothing to do with the rest of the plot. It’s mob capo Paulie Cicero, played by the late Paul Sorvino. He’s in a minimum-security prison with the rest of the wise guys. They’ve bribed the guards so they can have all the stuff they need for a proper Italian dinner, which they are about to cook themselves: Vinnie’s making the tomato sauce, his meatballs a mixture of veal, beef, pork, and too many onions; Johnny Dio...
2024-09-11
34 min
Reaching Max Potential
Episode #71: Understanding the Power of Grit in Achieving Your Biggest Goals
Join us in Episode 71 of The Reaching Max Potential Podcast as we uncover the transformative power of grit in achieving your biggest goals. Discover how grit—a blend of passion and perseverance—can propel you to new heights in self-improvement, life mastery, entrepreneurship, fitness, and high performance. Drawing on extensive research and real-life examples, we explore why grit is more critical than talent and how you can cultivate it to overcome challenges and achieve long-term success. Tune in for practical tips, inspiring insights, and the science behind the relentless pursuit of your dreams.Follow Jeff on Inst...
2024-08-16
10 min
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
0710 Rizzo & Jeff PROVE Henry Winker is a Liar and LOTS about THE BACK DOOR from Drinks to Opening Bottles
The Winky is a big fat liar!! We started off the show listening to Henry Winkler fib to us that the FBI showed up on his doorstep while he was being a bad boy smoking the green, and they said they were just there to meet "The Fonz" ...We also had Dave that called and informed us The Fonz never drove a motorcycle...Meet Matt Pancake...Matty Pancake decided to break into pet stores and set the pets free...When Pancake was found in leopard pajamas he had 4 hamsters in his pants...Kim Kardashian spinning the big wheel?...
2024-07-10
1h 35
Rizzo and Jeff in the Morning
0613 Rizzo & Jeff Show "May we introduce you to Leroy Mr. Sugar Daddy Nasty Time?"
Can Pittsburgh get a plumber? Preferably with crack showing? How is there only one working water fountain in the entire city? Can we have Blossom back on Jeopardy? The easiest question in final Jeopardy was asked last night...So many questions to start with this morning...Like this one...Why was Henry Winkler at a Motel 6 in Ireland? Well luckily, he escaped a fire at said hotel...Let's blow up a whale! That's what one community wants to do with a beached whale...The last time this happened folks were injured with blubber...May we introduce you to Leroy Mr...
2024-06-13
1h 40
Living Vine Chronicles
The Fortress
Send us a textIn this episode we will take a journey to The Fortress, where we encounter The King. References: Psalm 62, Psalm 18: 2, Psalm 23:6 If you enjoy your experience with Living Vine Chronicles, please subscribe and follow me, so more people can share in the journey. Thanks so much. You can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechroniclesLVC website link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309250
2024-04-01
09 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Victory in Palms
Send us a textThis episode explores why Palm Trees symbolize victory. References: John 12:13 Revelation 7:9 John 20:27 Isaiah 49:16 Micah 7:19 https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/P/palm-tree-christian-symbolism-of.html Thanks for spreading the word about LVC. You can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechroniclesLVC website link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309250
2024-03-27
08 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Victory in Palms
This episode explores why the Palm Tree is known to represent Victory. I hope you enjoy this opportunity to abide with Christ. Subscribe or follow me if you are enjoying your Living Vine Chronicle experience. That helps to share it with others. Thanks follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechronicles
2024-03-25
08 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Two Kingdoms
Send us a textJoin me as we explore two different Kingdoms. Scriptural references: Colossians 1:9-14 , Ephesians 1:3-23 , Isaiah 61:10 , Psalm 107:14 , John 6:37 , 2 Peter 3:9 , Romans 10:13 , Matthew 20:28 If you enjoy what you are hearing, please subscribe and follow me, so others can discover this experience. Thanks so much. You can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechroniclesLVC website link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309250
2024-03-18
09 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Healing Waters
Send us a textThis episode, we embark of a healing journey, searching for healing water. I welcome you to join me on this biblically based guided meditation. Scriptural references: John 4:14 John 5: 1-15. I hope you enjoy and share. You can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechroniclesLVC website link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309250
2024-03-11
11 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Intro to LVC and Meditation Engraved on His Hands
Send us a textIn Episode 1, find out my LVC why and experience a biblically based guided meditation as we encounter Jesus, who has engraved your name on His hands. Scriptural References for this episode: Isaiah 49:16 1 Corinthians 11:24 Micah 7:19 1 John 3:16 1 Corinthians 13:5 Ephesians 1:13 Shout out to honor those who have helped me make this podcast possible: Logo: Jeff HilliardEngineering: produceperform.comMusic: Lucas Winkler and Justin McGrawYou can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechroniclesLVC website link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2309250
2024-03-04
13 min
Living Vine Chronicles
Living Vine Chronicles Trailer
Send us a textLiving Vine Chronicles is your abiding Christ connection, a place to start your week off with intention and rest - a place to encounter Jesus - a place of reset. We will be journeying together through biblically based guided imagery meditations. You can follow me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingvinechronicles. I want to give a shout out to Lucas Winkler, sound engineer of produceperform.comMusic: Lucas Winkler and Justin McGraw Logo Design: Jeff Hilliard You ca...
2024-03-01
00 min
Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce
Jeff Winkler - Why Virtual Cycling is Ruining the Sport - Ep111
Jeff Winkler - Why Virtual Cycling is Ruining the Sport - Ep111 A discussion about indoor cycling with former professional and coach Jeff Winkler, AKA “Why I think virtual cycling is ruining the sport”. My intent was to come out swinging with all the reasons I think virtual cycling is a bad choice, and then have Jeff rebut me. This more or less worked out as I thought, except Jeff had some great points I had not fully anticipated. So in the true spirit of my Geminii nature, I can see both sides. Jeff is the p...
2023-07-31
1h 57
Chasing Squirrels
#202 - Ben Zittlau, CTO at Parakeeto.com (Hiring: Senior Data Engineer; based in Canada))
Ben is currently looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Parakeeto team. Parakeeto is based in Canada so the applicant would preferably be based in Canada. This is a remote role and a very unique role for someone that would like to learn the skill set of being a technical cofounder. While this isn't a cofounder role, you would be working side by side with Ben who has himself, been involved in several startups and mentored many more in their growth journey. If you want to have a seat at the table and work side by s...
2023-07-12
30 min
Celebrity Jobber Podcast with Jeff Zito
Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito - Henry Winkler (The Fonz)
On Celebrity Jobber with Jeff Zito this week, Henry Winkler a.k.a. "The Fonz". What would have been if Henry wasn't cast as Arthur Fonzarelli, or "Fonzie" on Happy Days.? What type of work would he be doing if not for making hundreds of appearances on both the big screen and the TV screen, on stage, and behind the camera? Many celebrities will tell you that if not for that one lucky break or meeting, they would just be a ShopKeep, or selling Kia's somewhere. They may have been just a jobber. Thanks for listening, please rate, review, and su...
2023-05-19
17 min
The Final Seconds
Thoughts on the Masters! Thunder too young to win? Rays unstoppable?
This week in episode 13 Aiden and Eli recap Jon Rahm’s victory in the Masters and also discuss other results in the Masters. The Play in has started in the NBA and we discuss teams including the Lakers who won a huge game in OT. We also discuss if the Rays are the team to beat this year in the MLB. Finally we debate if Jeff Okudah is overrated. Tune in to this weeks episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aiden-winkler/support
2023-04-14
51 min
Chasing Squirrels
#201 - Chris Rathgeb, CTO at CureMint.io
In this episode, Chris, CTO at Curemint.io shares his experiences and lessons learned from starting multiple businesses, including a game cheats business, an iPhone app store business, and an agency for weed companies. He discusses the challenges he faced, such as refusing bitcoin as payment and the difficulties of getting an app on the App Store. He also shares tips for entrepreneurs, such as diversifying and focusing on a specific niche. Chris also talks about his experience working with Curemint, almost starting a real estate software company, and the importance of having a clear focus when b...
2023-01-17
1h 03
Classic Conversations
Mark Lonow Thinks You're A Horrible Wedding Singer
From theater to improv to eventually co-owning the legendary Improv Mark Lonow has had an amazing career full of incredible stories. My guest, Mark Lonow and I discuss: Starring in the 70's disco classic, Thank God It's Friday with The Commodores, Donna Summer, and Lionel Richie. Working with Debrah Winger (Thank God It's Friday) while she was also waitressing for Mark at the legendary Improv. Mark's improv troupe, Off The Wall (which he started with his wife, JoAnne Astrow and Henry Winkler) Landing acting roles 24 hours after arriving in Hollywood that included Husbands...
2022-12-12
51 min
Chasing Squirrels
#147 - Brian Scott, CTO at ClearHello
Brian is a proven expert in business and emerging technology. A successful entrepreneur, he has created and managed many companies that are disruptors in their fields, with a passionate focus on customer experience. He has a practical, holistic management style that embraces the fact that happy, motivated employees deliver customer value, and that customer value delivers shareholder value.He has practical knowledge in technology business start-up and management, developed from over 20 years of hands-on experience. He's intimately familiar with design patterns of both business and technology, he's comfortable as a business leader, a technology architect, and is al...
2022-07-26
39 min
HITS K-9: Police Dog Training for Cops by Cops
Tactical Patrol Dog Training with Armin Winkler
In this episode of HITS K9 Radio, host Jeff Meyer talks to HITS Instructor Armin Winkler about training and using dogs in tactical situations. To contact Jeff Meyer, email him at Jeff@HITSK9.net. For more information about HITS K9 Seminars, go to www.HITSK9.net.
2022-06-10
52 min
HITS K-9: Police Dog Training for Cops by Cops
Muzzle Training with Armin Winkler
In this episode of HITS K9 Radio, Jeff Meyer talks to Armin Winkler about muzzle training. Armin will be teaching a class at HITS 2022 in Orlando on the same subject. This show is a good opportunity to get a preview on a very popular class. To reach Jeff Meyer, email him at Jeff@HITSK9.net. For more information about HITS K9 Seminars, go to www.HITSK9.net.
2022-04-02
53 min
Chasing Squirrels
#146 - Joshua Crumbaugh, CTO at PhishFirewall
Joshua Crumbaugh is an engaging and internationally respected cybersecurity subject matter expert, author, and keynote speaker. During Joshua‘s ethical hacking career, he has never encountered a single network that could keep him or his teams out. He has also accomplished many impressive social engineering feats, such as: talking his way into bank vaults, fortune 500 data centers, corporate offices, restricted areas of casinos, and more. His experience in all things security led him to realize something had to change. This realization led him to found PhishFirewall, where he is the CEO and Chief Hacker. Joshua is one of the wo...
2022-03-15
31 min
Chasing Squirrels
#145 - Josh Holmes, CTO at QCashFinancial, HIRING: Full Stack Engineer (React/SQL/C#)
If I could summarize today's episode with one quote, it's one quoted by Josh in today's episode, "Sometimes when you hear hoof beats coming, it's Zebra's". Josh is an example of how having a non-traditional background can actually be leveraged in tech and how to embrace all the opportunities that come your way! Links from today's episode:https://www.linkedin.com/in/holmesjosh/jholmes@qcashfinancial.comhttps://seattlegivecamp.org/@joshholmesjoshholmes.comGoldenSquirrel.io
2022-02-28
41 min
Chasing Squirrels
#144 - Igor Belagorudsky, President at FastCTO
Igor has been in the trenches for a few decades now whether it be as a developer, entrepreneur or CTO. His LinkedIn profile describes it best: "Helping startups make good choices" Here is Igor's contact info if you are interested in reaching out to him about the position we discuss in today's episode:igor@fastcto.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/igorbelagorudsky/To find additional opportunities or sign up to hear about opportunities that meet your salary requirements as a developer, visit GoldenSquirrel.io
2022-02-22
39 min
Chasing Squirrels
#143 - Ez Nadar, Head of AI Solutions at Cedrus Digital
Ez is currently hiring a Senior Data Scientist:https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2759276758/Ez and I discuss more specifically what you'll be working on in this week's episode! Find Ez on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enadar/
2021-11-15
31 min
The Adam Ritz Show
Henry Winkler Fonzi Auction, The Founders Pledge, and more
This show begins with a Henry Winkler/Arthur Fonzerelli Auction for charity. Reports include:The 2021 American Heart Association Dietary Guide released, focusing on creating a dietary patternThe Founders Pledge launches a patients philanthropic fund, for ‘long term ism’Jeff Bezos charity giving $2 billion for land erosion, and climateEnd of daylight savings time Tips including: change clocks, batteries in smoke detectors, fire extinguisher that works, first aid kits stocked, furnace filters, stow away lawn equipment, hoses and outdoor water, built in sprinkler system prep for winter, clean gutters, inspect your roof visually from the yard, as well as service your...
2021-11-07
29 min
Chasing Squirrels
#142 - Jon Beck, Founder & CEO at Ursus, Inc.
Jon brings the unique blend of building, managing and motivating world-class teams, combined with a track record of operational discipline across all aspects of an organization. He is a technology go-to-market executive who builds the talent and the strategies that lead companies to accelerated growth.He has managed zero to multimillion-dollar growth numerous times; built and led teams in sales, marketing, systems engineering, and client services; directed and supported product launches; raised venture and debt financing, and built strategies for field operations and market expansions across the globe in the SaaS, Cloud and Talent industries. In his...
2021-10-26
33 min
Chasing Squirrels
#141 - Koyuki Nakamori, Head of Machine Learning at Headspace
To apply to work with Koyuki, you can apply for roles at Headspace here:https://jobs.lever.co/headspaceAnd reach out to her directly here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/koyuki-nakamori/
2021-10-13
29 min
And Almost Starring
Episode 65 - Scream
For our first horror film of October, we’re celebrating the 25th year anniversary of Scream! Which Oscar-winner was up for Sidney? Which Clueless duo were considered for roles? And why are we calling him Ghostface when the costume clearly says Daddy Death? Also – we pitch the sure-fire hit pizza parlor horror film Slice! Scream stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Henry Winkler, Liev Schreiber, and Drew Barrymore; directed by Wes Craven Follow the Podcast: On Instagram: @andalmoststarring Have a...
2021-10-12
1h 45
Chasing Squirrels
#140 - Dave DeCaprio, CTO & Co-Founder at ClosedLoop.ai (Currently Hiring Software & Data Engineers!)
Dave has over 20 years of experience transitioning advanced technology from academic research labs into successful businesses. His experience includes genome research, pharmaceutical development, health insurance, computer vision, sports analytics, speech recognition, transportation logistics, operations research, real time collaboration, robotics, and financial markets.Dave has been involved in several successful startups as well as consulting and advising both small and large organizations on how to innovate using technology with maximum impact. As part of the Human Genome Project, he was responsible for mapping all known biology onto the newly developed genome sequences. At Bluefin Labs, acquired by Twitter...
2021-10-04
26 min
Chasing Squirrels
#139 - Daniel Hodges, VP of Engineering at OrderMyGear
2021-08-10
39 min
Chasing Squirrels
#138 - Alex Young, Co-Founder & CTO at Aircover
Alex is the Co-founder and CTO at Aircover.aiAlex is an engineering leader with focus on developing teams that succeed at delivering results that matter. With more than 20 years of experience crafting solutions to diverse problems, he has a passion for creating great software and helping empower developers to achieve success.
2021-07-26
31 min
Chasing Squirrels
#137 - Nazrul Islam, Founder & CEO at CloudAEye
Nazrul is a seasoned engineering executive and has been building enterprise products and services for 20 years. Previously, he was Sr. Dir and Head of CloudBees Core where he focused on enterprise version of Jenkins. Before that, he was Sr. Dir of Engineering, Oracle Cloud. Nazrul graduated from the executive MBA program with high distinction (top 10% of the cohort) at University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Nazrul is named inventor in 47 patents.
2021-06-28
28 min
Chasing Squirrels
#136 - Josh Dague, VP of Engineering at WeFunder, HIRING: Software Engineer: React, Rails, SQL
Apply Here: bit.ly/3gX7q4wWeFunder is looking for an engineer who can help them wrangle complex systems and delight users along the way. As a Wefunder engineer, you'll have a tremendous amount of influence, ability to make a huge impact, and be expected to work on a little of everything. There's no red tape. It's a small team, and they move fast.This posting covers engineers of all levels, including Junior, Senior, and beyond. They prefer Junior Engineers with at least 1 year of professional experience. They expect everyone to contribute to the...
2021-06-22
37 min
Chasing Squirrels
#135 - Ryan Eldridge, VP of Engineering at Roamly
As Outdoorsy’s business continues to accelerate with a surge in demand for outdoor travel, Ryan Eldridge is poised to help champion the organization’s scaling and growth by executing on new initiatives. The company’s new insurtech business is pioneering a new form of digital insurance designed to enable the commercialization of recreational vehicles for marketplace rental activities.
2021-06-14
49 min
Chasing Squirrels
#134 - Sharan Grewal, Co-founder and CTO at Hwy Haul
Passionate technologist with a go-getter attitude!Sharan has held various Engineering leadership roles at WalmartLabs before co-founding Hwy Haul. Sharan played a pivotal role in building massively scalable solutions for Walmart’s online grocery, last mile delivery, pharmacy and photo verticals. Prior to Walmart, he led digitization of business processes for Wells Fargo Bank, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint.Sharan holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
2021-06-07
36 min
Chasing Squirrels
#133 - Hudson Airom, VP of Global Cloud Operations at Mitek Systems
Hudson is a technology leader with notable success directing a broad range of corporate technology initiatives. He's a hands-on leader with experience in architecture and implementation of all stages of systems and infrastructure. He's had success in the entire management lifecycle, having originated, trained, inspired, mentored, developed, and maintained multiple highly achieving teams within corporate environments and is an inspirational leader who motivates employees to develop and achieve.
2021-06-02
34 min
Chasing Squirrels
#132 - Michael Singer, EVP of Technology at Veyo
Execution and Vision are not simple tasks. Time and time again, the art of successfully delivering a vision and strategy on time and on budget eludes seasoned executives and frustrates the most patient investors. Over the past 15 years, Michael has learned from success and failure, at startups as well as Fortune 500s. Several of the companies he has worked with have been acquired and have then gone on to higher levels of success. He continues to hone his skills, working on the unique art of successful strategy and execution.Over the years he's dabbled with many technologies. F...
2021-05-24
35 min
Chasing Squirrels
#131 - Chuck Phillips, Co-Founder at MeetWell
Chuck loves to build. Over the past couple of decades he's co-founded, built, and sold two amazing companies in two very different industries. Along the way, he prides himself on assembling strong teams of ego-less people that engineer secure and scalable products. His teams develop tech to create differentiated products that have done some good in the world.With MeetWell, he wants to locates the bad meetings on a team's calendar before they waste their time attending them. MeetWell.app
2021-05-17
45 min
Remote. No Pressure. Fly Fishing Podcast
Henry Winkler on Social Media
This week Jeff and Bill talk about Henry Winkler's bad bout with social media, clearance t-shirts, and more. -Intro and Producer Cough’s return - Jeff impersonates Fred Sanford - Middle of May and Time Shares at Bass Pro - Bob White Shirt Clearance Sale - Sapiens Bad Names and Bucks in rut Athletic Brewing- (discount code beermoney20) Menthol cigarettes and Jeff’s libertarian rant about sin tax Djembe and meditation Grounding and the 4th of July In other News- “Want to take your pet fish for a walk? Henry Winker Catching Heat of His New Fishing Photo- Social Media BS nad...
2021-05-16
33 min
Remote. No Pressure. Fly Fishing Podcast
Henry Winkler on Social Media
This week Jeff and Bill talk about Henry Winkler's bad bout with social media, clearance t-shirts, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-05-16
34 min
Fast Talk
163: Training Principles from the 1980s Are (Still) All You Need, with Jeff Winkler
Quick, name two things that hit their peak in the 1980s. Yes, mullets were one. But think cycling and physiology. What about training principles? How much has changed since the days of Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond?Today, with the help of longtime coach Jeff Winkler, who, yes, once raced as a pro in the ‘80s with a mullet, we discuss what has and has not changed since the 1980s, focusing on the principles of physiology. Are they fundamentally sound and equally effective as the principles by which cyclists train today?Jeff is what you mi...
2021-05-13
1h 31
Chasing Squirrels
#130 - Brian Crook, Head of Customer Engineering at Google Cloud
Brian is the Head of Customer Engineering at Google Cloud with experience spanning martech / adtech, SaaS and enterprise software development. He has extensive experience with high volume low latency solutions, mobile and large scale data analytics as well as a strong background in real-time systems, data management, data science, privacy and cloud infrastructure.On today's episode, he walks us through what his team is currently working on and the best ways to prepare for Google's interview process as well as what he's looking for in those joining his team. He walks up through his extensive background as p...
2021-05-10
48 min
Chasing Squirrels
#129 - Natalie Efstathiou, Product Management at Walla
Natalie is a dynamic product manager and marketing professional known for using creative strategies to meet and exceed client/consumer expectations and has experience in the execution of projects and purchase orders for Fortune 100 companies.On todays episode, Kelly chats with Natalie Efstathiou about her previous startup experience as well as some previous experience in the fitness space and how those experiences really came together at Lymber. They also discuss how the team is preparing for their encore experience with Walla and what she’s looking for on her team as they continue to grow and...
2021-05-03
30 min
Cycling in Alignment
Science Does Not Provide Certainty with Jeff Winkler
Colby and Jeff reminisce about the glories of racing days in the past. With over 30 years in the sport himself, Jeff's knowledge and deep understanding of training and racing is layered in this comprehensive conversation. Knowing your numbers, and the numbers you want, speed, heart rate, power, etc is one thing that Jeff will help you find as an athlete, but more importantly, Jeff knows the greater significance of your perceived rate of exertion. How do you feel? It's not always just about graphs and numbers this week with Coach Winkler.
2021-04-27
1h 55
Chasing Squirrels
#128 - Brian Perry, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Wilqo HIRING: React and C#
Brian is excited to be part of a great founding team at Wilqo, a stealth mode start-up established in September, 2020. As the Head of Engineering, he'll be building out their team while providing strategic vision and the ability to get things done at the meeting point of business and customer needs, product design/architecture, and software development.Previously, he started in the mortgage technology industry with no idea the company he founded, Optimal Blue, would become the industry-defining solution for pricing mortgages, with over 33% of all the loans done in the United States passing through a platform...
2021-04-26
47 min
The Sand Trap
The Waterboy: John Watersboy Returns
We got some high quality podcasting this week as the boys cover The Waterboy. We talk The Weeper’s return, the whirlwind context of this film, Kathy Bates & Henry Winkler, the critical divide, more stable players, a return to Jeff & his John Waters take, Coraci’s endings, Sandler’s back-to-back, the soundtrack, Ben’s love of Jim Morrison, Waterboy’s box office, & our beef with the term “Cult Classic.” Links:A write up on the film from SB NationHerlihy's forever useful blurbsKathy Bates on this & her many other roles--Keep up with t...
2021-04-26
33 min
HITS K-9: Police Dog Training for Cops by Cops
Interview with Armin Winkler (Part 3)
Join HITS K9 Radio host Jeff Meyer as he interviews Armin Winkler about reliable control in a high drive dog. For more information about HITS, go to www.HITSK9.Net To contact Jeff Meyer, email him at Jeff@HITSK9.net
2021-04-21
30 min
Chasing Squirrels
#127 - Doug Hecht and Matthew Ausonio, Co-Founders at Walla, HIRING: React, React Native, Ruby on Rails
Doug's short run as CEO of a wellness app start-up, Lymber, ended in an acquisition by MINDBODY in early 2017. Post acquisition, as SVP of Consumer Products at MINDBODY, he was charged with building out the consumer ecosystem.For more than 17 years, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Digitaria (now Mirum), a digital marketing and technology agency he co-founded in 1997. As President, he directed Digitaria's strategy, technology, and creative teams, as well as managed the day-to-day operations and finances of the company. His perspective and strategic thinking regarding the development of marketing and technology initiatives...
2021-04-19
52 min
HITS K-9: Police Dog Training for Cops by Cops
Interview with Armin Winkler (Part 2)
Join HITS K9 Radio host Jeff Meyer as he interviews Armin Winkler about reliable control in a high drive dog. For more information about HITS, go to www.HITSK9.Net To contact Jeff Meyer, email him at Jeff@HITSK9.net
2021-04-14
26 min
Chasing Squirrels
#126 - Drew Martin, Chief Information Officer at Jack In The Box (NASDAQ: JACK)
Drew Martin is a CIO / CTO with proven results in Fortune 500, high-growth start-up, board and consulting roles. He has been Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Jack in the Box since November 2019. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Company since November 2016. He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Lytx Inc. (formerly DriveCam) from October 2011 to December 2014. He previously held IT leadership positions with Sony Electronics and PepsiCo, and from January 2015 until November 2016, was owner and a principal in Silicon Beach Advisors, a technology strategy consulting f...
2021-04-12
30 min
HITS K-9: Police Dog Training for Cops by Cops
Interview with Armin Winkler (Part 1)
Join HITS K9 Radio host Jeff Meyer as he interviews Armin Winkler about reliable control in a high drive dog. For more information about HITS, go to www.HITSK9.Net To contact Jeff Meyer, email him at Jeff@HITSK9.net
2021-04-08
27 min
Chasing Squirrels
#125 - Matthew Fite, SVP of Engineering at Verimatrix (Euronext Paris: VMX), HIRING: AWS/Serverless
Matt has experience building teams, products and solutions. He has a proven ability to lead, mentor and retain top technical talent and align teams with corporate direction as well as the ability to deliver scalable, high-performing systems with quality. He's collaborated with product managers and operations to define requirements and features of award-winning technologies. He also has experience in overseeing and effecting the development of a multi-national, multi-disciplined engineering team. Verimatrix (Euronext Paris: VMX) helps power the modern connected world with security made for people. They protect digital content, applications, and devices with intuitive, people-centered and frictionless sec...
2021-03-29
41 min
Chasing Squirrels
#124 - Brian Young, VP of Consumer Technologies at Penguin Random House, HIRING ENGINEERS: Java, Python, and AWS
Brian Young is the vice president of consumer technologies at Penguin Random House. He’s a 20-year veteran of the software industry, with startup and enterprise tech leadership experience across a range of businesses.Penguin Random House is the world’s premier trade book publisher. Consisting of over 300 editorially independent imprints, Its publishing lists include more than 70 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors. Their mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to create stories that engage, entertain, and inspire, and to connect them with reader...
2021-03-22
44 min
Chasing Squirrels
#123 - Jim Magner, Chief Technology Officer at ReverseVision, HIRING: DevOps Engineer, Full Stack Engineer (C#, Docker)
Jim is a technology leader with over 20 years of success delivering high quality technology solutions, systems and products for enterprise business, ecommerce, and commercial software industries.He is a strategic and tactical leader guiding engineering and business alignment, software engineering practice management, engineering process continuous improvement, operational and staffing efficiency and high quality service delivery for technology product and services.He has experience leading all aspects of mobile, ecommerce web, SaaS, product development, enterprise application, data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics solutions delivery, including innovation, requirements definition, architecture, development, integration, testing, documentation, training and support.
2021-03-15
49 min
Chasing Squirrels
#122 - Luke Braud, Head of Technology at Mosaic.tech, HIRING: Front End (Angular) , Back End (C#), Dev Ops (AWS), Data Science & QA
Luke brings more than 20 years of software-as-a-service experience. He is focused on redefining how business applications are built and delivered. Luke holds multiple U.S. patents in SaaS delivery and has helped push the limits of browser technology using AJAX . He is a passionate evangelist for excellence in technology and user experience and has previous experience with NetSuite, LinkedIn and his most recent role as VP of Engineering of Docusign before joining the team at Mosaic. Mosaic is the first Strategic Finance Platform integrating data from key business systems (Billing, ERP, CRM, HRIS) into a single source...
2021-03-08
47 min
Chasing Squirrels
#121 - Steven Berkovitz, CTO at ParTech, Inc. (NYSE:PAR), HIRING: 60+ Engineering roles across multiple engineering disciplines!
Steven is a pragmatic and hands-on technology leader experienced in building scalable SaaS products. Co-founded OrderDynamics (now Tecsys), scaled globally and saw the company through two acquisitions. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer, Restaurant Solutions Group at ParTech Inc. (NYSE:PAR). Advisor to a number of early stage startups. PAR is a leading global provider of software, systems, and service solutions to the restaurant and retail industries. Today, with 40 years of experience and point of sale systems in nearly 100,000 restaurants and more than 110 countries, PAR is redefining the point of sale through cloud software and bringing technological i...
2021-03-01
33 min
Chasing Squirrels
#120 - Kelly Feest, Managing Partner at Proven Recruiting, HIRING: Full Stack Engineers, Back End Engineers, and Data Scientists
Today’s episode is brought to you by Proven Recruiting. As an agency, Proven has helped thousands of technology professionals find new opportunities at exciting companies across the United States. They focus on the quality over quantity approach in terms of building lasting relationships with both their candidates and clients. Today we are joined by Proven Recruiting’s Managing Partner Kelly Feest. Kelly is here to share some valuable insights into the job market, hiring process, and interview tips.Get in touch with Kelly:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-feest-4691152a/View all openings of Pr...
2021-02-25
39 min
Chasing Squirrels
#119 - Daniel Marashlian, Co-Founder & CTO at Drata - HIRING: Front End & Back End Engineer (Full Stack Javascript)
Daniel has 15+ years building SaaS companies and leading world-class engineering teams. You can tell he has experience in the trenches by all the great stories he shares in todays episode. Yet, he still enjoys getting into the trenches with his team to deliver for customers! Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects. Drata helps companies streamline their SOC 2 compliance through continuous, automated control monitoring and evidence collection, resulting in lower costs and time spent prepa...
2021-02-19
48 min
wise athletes
Biggest Training Mistakes by Masters Athletes
Glen and I are joined once again by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling (winklercycling.com) in Boulder, Colorado. You’ll recall that Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, Jeff has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I thought it would be easy to come up with a list of common m...
2021-02-17
58 min
wise athletes podcast
Biggest Training Mistakes by Masters Athletes
Glen and I are joined once again by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling (winklercycling.com) in Boulder, Colorado. You’ll recall that Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, Jeff has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I thought it would be easy to come up with a list of common m...
2021-02-17
58 min
wise athletes podcast
#17 - Biggest Mistakes by Masters Athletes
Glen and I are joined once again by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling (winklercycling.com) in Boulder, Colorado. You’ll recall that Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, Jeff has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I thought it would be easy to come up with a list of common m...
2021-02-17
58 min
Chasing Squirrels
#118 - Kit Barron, Head of Automation and Artificial Intelligence - "Solving tough problems that are important for the Future of Humanity"
Kit has over 10 years of experience leveraging technology to shape the future of food and agriculture. Kit joins FarmTogether after six years at the Climate Corporation, where he helped build the world's leading AgTech platform, most recently as Director of Product, New Features. He has also worked at the CapLog Group, Grupo Bimbo and Harvard's Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Kit holds a MBA with a focus on Agribusiness from the Fletcher School at Tufts and a BA in Economics and International Studies at Middlebury College. He lives in SF with his wife and two children.
2021-02-10
34 min
Chasing Squirrels
#117 - Jon Sternstein, Founder / Principal at Stern Security - "
Jon is the Founder and Principal of Stern Security, a cyber security company headquartered in Raleigh, NC. - "Get paid to be an ethical hacker"Author of the Cisco Press course titled “Security Penetration Testing (The Art of Hacking) LiveLessons”. He holds many security certifications including: GIAC Penetration Tester, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Ethical Hacker. Featured Cyber Security Expert on ABC News, WRAL News, ISSA Journal, PenTest Magazine, North Carolina Dental Gazette, and Business North Carolina Magazine. They are currently hiring for a Mid-Senior Applications Engineer:sternsecurity.com/careers/F...
2021-02-05
30 min
Chasing Squirrels
#116 - Michael Roberts, CEO at San Diego Code School - "Our organization is dramatically reshaping the options and opportunity for tech equity"
Mike is an Entrepreneur in Residence at UC San Diego, the host of the SnackWalls podcast, and Chief Apprenticeship Officer at San Diego Code School.He's been writing software for the past 32 years. The first half of that time he did it as a hobby. Now he serve others and helps them shorten the journey to becoming Software Engineers.He's passionate about helping underrepresented people break into tech and helping companies build high-performance engineering teams out of often-overlooked talent.He serves as the second President of the San Diego JavaScript Community (https://sandiegojs...
2021-02-01
25 min
Chasing Squirrels
#115 - Scott Connerly, Director of Engineering at aware3.com - "We have a strong bind of trust throughout the organization"
On today's episode, we review the product, tech, mission, interview process and culture of aware3.com with their Director of Engineering, Scott Connerly.Scott is hiring a Front-End Engineering Manager, a Back-End Engineering Manager AND a Senior Javascript Developer. To get in touch with Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottconnerly/To see all aware3.com's open positions apply here:https://aware3.com/careers/Aware3.com's Story: In 2013, we saw an opportunity to use our gifts to strengthen church communities. To make participation easier. To extend engagement beyond Sun...
2021-01-22
36 min
wise athletes podcast
Racing on Zwift: For Fun, Fitness & Safety
Today, Glen and I are joined by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling in Boulder, Colorado. Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, he has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I met Jeff racing on Zwift, the largest of the social, riding virtual platforms. In this episode, we will discuss Zwift...
2021-01-22
57 min
wise athletes podcast
#13 - Racing on Zwift: For Fun, Fitness & Safety
Today, Glen and I are joined by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling in Boulder, Colorado. Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, he has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I met Jeff racing on Zwift, the largest of the social, riding virtual platforms. In this episode, we will discuss Zwift...
2021-01-22
57 min
wise athletes
Racing on Zwift: For Fun, Fitness & Safety
Today, Glen and I are joined by Jeff Winkler of Winkler Cycling in Boulder, Colorado. Jeff is a Category 1 USAC coach who has over 30 years of experience in bicycle racing. He started racing as a junior athlete and rose up through the ranks to become a professional cyclist racing in the U.S. and Europe. As a coach, he has worked with racers in road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike disciplines, working with novice to professional athletes. I met Jeff racing on Zwift, the largest of the social, riding virtual platforms. In this episode, we will discuss Zwift...
2021-01-22
57 min
Chasing Squirrels
#114 - Steve Davi, EVP of Software Engineering, Product Management, and Technical Operations at Synacor - "We tend to look at those that can see the big picture and have the willingness to learn some of these new technologies as well."
Our first Emmy award winning tech leader joins the podcast today! They are hiring remote software engineers, product owners AND product managers!Steve Davi is a leading software engineering executive with more than 30 years experience developing multiscreen experiences, advertising and next generation products. Prior to joining Synacor, he was CTO at SeaChange International, responsible for the overall software technology architecture. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Banyan Systems, Inc. and Data General. He holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Computer Science and currently sits on the WPI Arts and Sciences Advisory B...
2021-01-13
35 min
Chasing Squirrels
#113 - Matt Koskela, CTO/Co-Founder at HackEDU.com - "It's a really interesting opportunity because you get to touch code in all languages"
Today's guest is Matt Koskela, who is the CTO and Co-Founder of HackEDU.com. Before starting HackEDU, Matt was the first employee and VP, Product at AirMap. Previously, Matt was the Co-Founder and CTO at Giant Media, which was acquired by Adknowledge in March 2014. Giant Media built the largest native video ad network in the United States (measured by ComScore) and worked with most of the biggest ad agencies and brands in the world. Matt is also the creator of the Drone Hackers Toolkit, which is an open pentesting framework, written in Python, for detecting and...
2020-12-22
43 min
Chasing Squirrels
#112 - Fabian Frank, Head of Engineering at Airkit - "As a company, we're the most excited about engineers that want to learn outside their immediate realm"
Fabian is the Head of Engineering at Airkit and on todays episode we discuss what it was like working at larger companies such as Yahoo and SalesForce. In addition to that, what it was like working for startups that moved extremely fast and were acquired within a short period of time. Airkit is growing quickly and Fabian is no stranger to building cool products in a high growth environment! He is currently hiring for Front End, Back End and Dev Ops and you can apply or connect with Fabian at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/f...
2020-12-17
42 min
Chasing Squirrels
#111 - Matt Bemis, CTO at Kaden Health - "Removing the barriers surrounding mental health therapy through technology"
Today we get the chance to speak with Matt Bemis, CTO at Kaden Health. They are currently hiring a Senior Software Engineer and their tech stack is React, Laravel and PHP. They are doing some incredible things in their space to keep an eye on this company! Matt’s ultimate goal is to remove the barriers surrounding mental health therapy through technology. He hopes to prove technology’s role in a field that seems to be 20 years behind the curve. He’s spent over 18 years creating consumer-focused products, document storage and ERP systems. He has extensive leadership experienc...
2020-12-10
35 min
Chasing Squirrels
#110 - Ryan Jones, Lead Recruiter at Ayla Networks - "Rocket Ship Growth with a Focus on Candidate Experience"
Ryan Jones has a tremendous amount of experience working as a Technical Recruiter. He's previously worked at Google and more recently has joined forces with Ayla Networks, a company on Inc 5000's list of fastest growing companies. Ayla Networks has grown over 900%+ each year over the past three years due to their unique ability to solve tough technical challenges for clients as well as riding the overall wave that is happening in the IoT space.Ryan walks us through what they are currently looking for in software engineering candidates as well as sharing some of his...
2020-12-01
13 min
Chasing Squirrels
#109 - Lessons learned while managing distributed software engineers for the past 9 years with Javier Caruso, Engineering Manager/Founder at Webstarted
Javier D. Caruso, Engineering Manager/Founder at Webstarted was our guest this week and talks us through how he works with startups to help them with the transition to distributed engineering teams and shares his passion for helping junior engineers level up! Webstarted helps startups put together their own distributed team of professionals with the attitude and the talent to be productive and efficient. They ensure that all members of your remote team will have the best environment, the discipline, the tools and the enthusiasm to be efficient and meet goal...
2020-11-23
22 min
Chasing Squirrels
#108 - The thing that drives success is the people!
Thor Clark is our guest today and he is the CTO at Well Health. He has broad experience building and leading engineering and product teams in public and private companies. Multiple successful exits as technical co-founder and early employee. You can sense his experience in working with and developing technical talent as a long time CTO. He partners Junior devs with Senior devs, conducts lunch and learns to ensure everyone is on the same page when dealing with complex systems and solutions and allows his devs to move from team to team to cross train on other tec...
2020-11-16
29 min
Chasing Squirrels
#107 - You aren't going to get a checklist of requirements, you're going to put your stamp on it!
On this episode, we spoke with Hersh Tapadia, the CEO and Co-Founder at Allstacks. They are an outcome-driven software intelligence & predictive forecasting tool that aligns Engineering, Product & PMO teams via a risk management and predictive analytics suite.We discuss:-How he got into the analytics space -His unique approach to starting a company by consulting-How companies can use their product to go from "opinions" to "hard facts" to assist with high level decision making and planning-Insight into how Covid is effecting engineering teams and how managers can use...
2020-11-12
29 min
Chasing Squirrels
#106 - One thing I've definitely learned in business over 10 years is: Culture Is Key!
Todays episode we go down under to Western Australia as we get the chance to chat with Jesse Emia, the CEO of KeepSpace (https://www.keepspace.com.au). We dive into the technical problems they are solving at the moment, as well as discuss the amazing and unique culture he has built intentionally at KeepSpace and they are just getting started! He is looking for someone who is familiar with React and Ruby on Rails and you can hear what you'll be working on within this episode! To apply to this position: https://bit...
2020-11-09
40 min
Chasing Squirrels
#105 - We want to push the boundaries and be the only one who has done these things...
On todays episode, we chat with Markus Häikiö, the CTO at CubiCasa. They are looking for both Front End and Back End Senior Engineers that want to work on cutting edge technologies and solve problems that haven't yet been solved. Their team is currently distributed across the globe so it is a remote position as well! The things that stuck out to me the most were how much personal and professional growth a candidate will undergo by joining his team and you can hear and see it in his own personal journey with CubiCasa over the last...
2020-11-04
29 min
Chasing Squirrels
#104 - Technology is the gasoline to our engine throughout the whole world...
Today, we got the chance to speak with Beverly Kahn who has 40+ years of experience in the technical hiring space and has worked with startups all the way up to Fortune 500 companies to assist with talent. We discuss how to leverage working with recruiters on your job search and how to navigate finding a quality recruiter. She also dives into her thoughts on the tech industry itself and thoughts on what 2021 will look like in tech. We also agree on the fact that everyone looking for work should learn how to code due to all the opportunity out...
2020-11-02
27 min
Chasing Squirrels
#102 - Mitchel Bonds - People Operations Manager at AnswerRocket.com
This is a remote opportunity for the right candidate as you'll hear from today's episode! Thanks again to Mitchel for sharing this opportunity, to apply to this position, go to: AnswerRocket.com/join-usIn addition to an engineering culture and fast growing company they offer:Competitive salary with top-notch health, dental and vision coverage401K, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts Generous PTO plus standard national holidays Paid parental leaveFlexible working arrangements Weekly catered lunches Fully stocked kitchenCommuter perks and an office with MARTA access Complimentary onsite gymCasual dress (always)Team outings and company events...
2020-10-26
21 min
Chasing Squirrels
Episode101 - Chasing Squirrels Overview
We are turning job posts into podcasts. Each job post will come to life via the hiring manager, engineering manager or HR professional from that company. We work with companies to give you insights into what a job would actually look like when you arrive and insights into their culture and benefits enjoyed by their team. We want to bring the job post to life in the form of a podcast. If there are additional insights you would like to learn as we have conversations with hiring managers, reach out to jeff@goldensquirrel.io
2020-10-20
04 min
Talking Functional Fitness
Ep 18: Interview: Jeff Winkler
Have you ever wondered what it would be like opening a gym during a pandemic? Wonder no longer! Jeff Winkler and the team at Core City Fitness are doing exactly that in downtown Detroit. We sit down with long time friend of the show, Jeff, and talk about his path to fitness, his new approach to nutrition, and how opening a business during a pandemic may be different than you think.
2020-07-27
58 min
Hans Shot First
Suspiria (2018) - You can Dance If You Want to
#293 - Let the Halloween spooks keep on howling as we watch the 2018 remake of Suspiria! Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Angela Winkler, and Mia Goth. We also count down our Top 5 Fairy Tail adaptions/interpretations in media. Category: Movies HSF Rating Alex-4, Scott-4, Jeff-NA Please follow and contact us at the following locations: Facebook:Hans Shot First Twitter: http://twitter.com/hansshot1st Email: hansshotfirst@outlook.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hans-shot-first/id778071182 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5q2th5tzsucvpz...
2019-10-22
1h 27
Demystifying Organizations
Has The Supreme Court Made Corporations King? (with Adam Winkler)
UCLA law professor and National Book Award finalist Adam Winkler and Jeff Schatten discuss the way in which corporate power has changed via rulings by The Supreme Court. They delve into the role of corporations in the founding of The United States and how corporations have increased their influence, which culminated in The Citizens United ruling. UCLA law Professor Adam Winkler is a specialist in American constitutional law and the Supreme Court. His scholarship has been cited in landmark Supreme Court cases on the First and Second Amendments, and according to a 2016 study he is one of...
2019-03-29
38 min