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Season 2 Episode 03 - Sr. Generative AI Specialist for Google Cloud with Luis Lopez

On today's show we are speaking with Luis Lopez.

Luis is a Sr. Generative AI Specialist working at Google Cloud, with experience having led teams focusing on AI and other emerging technologies at Amazon, Stripe and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Luis migrated from Ecuador to America and his parents were his role models, creating opportunities for Luis and giving him positive examples to follow. Luis has been a empathetic and curious technologist who asks himself those deep philosophical questions that have guided his career path from selling used motorcycles online to selling Google's most powerful Generative AI solutions to its top enterprise customers. I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Luis, so let's get on to the show.

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Luis Lopez's LinkedIn (link)

On today's show we are speaking with Tina Tran. Tina is the global leader for Business Development and Gaming at TikTok. She's previously had roles as a Business Development executive at Microsoft and has led enterprise virtual reality partnerships globally for Meta's Reality Labs, formerly Facebook Reality Labs. 

She is a graduate of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a partnership between the George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Lyndon Johnson presidential libraries and has had the honor of being one of 43 immigrants and refugees that President George W. Bush painted in his 2022 book of portraits titled, “Out of Many, One.”

She'll speak to us today about the importance of agency while also providing valuable career insights. I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Tina, so let's get onto the show.

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Links to the podcast and LinkedIn Newsletter.
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Tina Tran's LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinatran

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Hoffman Process
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Professional Services Delivery Management Lead for the US Central Region for Google Cloud with Charles Sherrard Jr. (Season 2 Episode 01)

On today's show we are speaking with Charles Sherrard Jr. Charles is the Professional Services Delivery Management Lead for the US Central Region for Google Cloud Consulting. He has multi-cloud experience having also led a delivery teams as a practice manager at Amazon Web Services. In addition to cloud, he's taken on consulting and project management roles across companies like KBR, Exxon, Alert Logic and more.

Charles is a native Houstonian and uniquely talented as an author, writer and producer for television and film. He's lived abroad in many diverse cultures including The Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Budapest, Kuwait, and Dubai. He has a loving family who has poured into him and is also nice on the 1s and 2s (DJ turntables). I know you are going to enjoy the conversation with Charles, so let's get on to the show.

Show Notes & Links

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Video Podcast (YouTube)
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Links to the podcast and LinkedIn Newsletter
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Charles Sherrard Jr's LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-sherrard-jr-pmp-csm-3175433/

IntelliGents
https://www.gentspodcasting.com/about

Our guest on todays show is Brandon Middleton. Brandon leads AI & Web3 business development at AWS with prior business development, sales and engineering experience across Cisco, Slalom, Microsoft and Google. Brandon is also an adjunct professor, who lectures at both Stanford University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he leads courses on the intersection of design, technology and social impact. Brandon was formally educated at University of California, Berkeley and Univ of Illinois where he received a Master's in Business Administration and an engineering degree.

Brandon has advised companies like Twitch and Uber on their path to becoming leading tech companies and currently sits on multiple boards for advancing education, the under-represented and young professionals in tech. Brandon is also a father, a son, a brother and most importantly a man of integrity.

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Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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Beinvenido al podcast emergente. Our guest on todays show is Sandra Lopez, an industry recognized Technology Executive with extensive experience in delivering and marketing next generation solutions. She's been a Chief Marketing Officer at Fortune 500 enterprises like Adobe, Intel, Microsoft and others. Sandra also cares deeply about creating diverse and inclusive cultures in the workforce.

As a female Mexican American in tech, Sandra has been the recipient of numerous recognitions, including 
“Most Powerful Latina (Association of Latino Professionals For America)”, 
“Most Powerful Women in Tech” (National Diversity Council), 
“Top 10 Latina Executives” (LatinaStyle), 
“Top 100 Most Influential Latina” (Latino Leaders) , 
“Game Changer” (Sports Business Journal). 

In addition, Sandra has been featured on CNN, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Fast Company, NBC, SxSw and more.

We talk about her journey to marketing, her love of Bad Bunny's music, the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and future of Hispanics in the enterprise.

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About Podcast
Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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We are blessed to have our guest on todays show, Omoju Miller, the Founder and CEO of a Web3 services company, Fimio. In the past, she was Technical Advisor to the CEO at GitHub, spent time co-leading non-profit investment in Computer Science Education for Google, and served as a volunteer advisor to the Obama administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow. Omoju has expertise in the area of machine learning and computational intelligence. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Omoju holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science Education from UC Berkeley.

Omoju has an infectious personality that will make you instantly feel like her friend when you meet. She also loves Afrobeats and has a philanthropic heart with a consistent history of enabling others.

We talk about building trust in Web3, Omoju's journey to becoming a founding CEO, how the future of global music is African and much more.

0:00 Intro
0:31 Questions to Introduce Omoju
05:02 Start of Career Discussion with Omoju
42:00 Omoju's Journey to CEO
1:07:14 Omoju's Part ing Words

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About Podcast
Emerging is a bi-weekly career podcast hosted by Jamal Robinson, where you’ll hear from diverse leaders behind new and emergent technologies. Each episode our guest examines their career trajectories to extract actionable advice listeners can apply towards advancing their careers and lives. Bi-weekly, this newsletter is released in concurrence with a newly released podcast episode. Subscribe to Emerging's Newsletter to stay up on the show's latest. Podcast sponsored by Microsoft.

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