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In #DevDC Podcast Episode 11 we have a career journey discussion with Rusty Pickens. This includes talking about leading the implementation of Salesforce for the Obama White House and how cloud first began in the US Government. Today Rusty helps run 580 Strategies to help establish digital practices in all types of organizations. We talk about his journey, his technology passions (which include #DevSecOps, #Agile and Human Center Design ,#HCD) as well as the motivations that brought him to wh...

Greg Nicastro directly reported to the CEO of Veracode where he was charted to help the Application Security company build out an "Innovation Factory". This meant a move from traditional data center to cloud/hybrid cloud and a DevOps transformation. As they moved from Monolith to Microservices, Greg recognized the need to manage cloud costs. Greg helped Veracode become an earlier adopter of Cloud Health for Cloud Cost Management. It was a natural transition for Cloud Health to then bring him ...

Andrew Csontos helped Co-Found what is now Concur Travel and Expense at the age of 27, as a UVA undergrad he moved the School Newspaper online before The Washington Post had a web presence. Today Andrew is the Head of Engineering at Social Tables. He speaks about all of his achieves like you too can have this level of success. He explored multiple disciplines which gave him a diverse foundation to build on. He is a great believer in luck but the harder he works the more luck he has found to h...

Ford Prior has given a lot to and received a lot from the Richmond Tech Community. A founding member of multiple technology user groups in Richmond, Ford is currently a leader of the Cloud User Group and even hosts the RVA Tech Podcast where he interviews leaders in the Richmond Area. Ford has a nontechnical undergraduate degree but landed Engineering roles at amazing companies like Snagajob and Capital One. Today he is at CarMax and is a CI/CD Ninja, of sorts :)We talk not only about what it...

On DevDC Episode 7 we have Johnny Ray Austin the CTO of Till. Till is a DC based startup that is helping all of our communities by transforming the rental experience. Till had to scale tremendously during COVID and is hiring! Johnny launched his Software Engineer career at Lockheed Martin. He speaks to how he retooled himself to break into the startup space. We also talk about his passion for helping others better position themselves for the future and how technology can get t...

Jill Porubovic (affectionately called Jill P) spent the majority of her career in the DMV after loading up her "Flintstones car" and driving to the DC Area leaving her small town in Kansas. With a two year business degree and $150 to her name she worked her way from Help Desk to being a direct report to the CIO of a Fortune 500 Company. Today she runs her own consulting firm based out of Knoxville TN. She talks about her journey and gives us some advice - this includes navigating COVID while ...