Episodes
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Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) and leveraging it for their business. But where do you start? How can make it operational? How can you ensure success?
Tune in to TechVibe Radio this Sunday as we welcome Rob Boros and James Mitchell of Itero Group to provide their insights on effective steps to implement AI into your operations.
Itero Group empowers its clients to become more optimized, digitally enabled and data-driven. Itero's collective experience across industries helps its private sector clients adopt a mission-focused approach, and helps its Federal partners operate with the efficiency of a private company.
Tune in and geek out on making AI operational!
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In 2024, it’s crucial for businesses to utilize technology as a key to success in the face of uncertainty. From tech advancements to shifts in consumer and employee demand, businesses will continue to be tested in 2024. Aaron Mimran, Vice President of Comcast Business in the Keystone Region, steps up to the One Mic Stand to tell us more about essential technology trends in the year ahead including:
· The benefits businesses can experience – such as efficient operations, seamless communication, and scalable expansion – with the right technology infrastructure
· The pivotal role technology plays in delivering digital customer experiences
· The vital tech solutions to support business growth
· And more!
To learn more about how Comcast Business can provide businesses with the robust network needed to reinforce their critical technological investments, visit comcastbusiness.com.
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Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) and leveraging it for their business. But where do you start? How can make it operational? How can you ensure success?
Rob Boros and James Mitchell of Itero Group step up to the One Mic Stand to provide their insights on effective steps to implement AI into your operations.
Itero Group empowers its clients to become more optimized, digitally enabled and data-driven. Itero's collective experience across industries helps its private sector clients adopt a mission-focused approach, and helps its Federal partners operate with the efficiency of a private company.
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The name may be new, but the company has long been a Pittsburgh staple – as of 2023, GrapeCity is now MESCIUS!
The Tech Council’s Jonathan Kersting recently spoke with Joe Lininger, Head of Global Marketing at MESCIUS, about the story behind the new name, keeping up with product trends, and potential changes in the Pittsburgh tech industry.
Joe says MESIUS is basically the same company; the name change is because of a capital investment that happened in early 2023. Because of that, it's looking forward to some big growth. He expalins that MESCIUS decided to reboot and through that, also rename itself. MESCIUS comes from two Latin words – one meaning harvest and the other meaning social – basically, getting the most out of a social connection.
MESCIUS builds components for developers, and we’re hoping to build that network and grow our community.
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Geek out this Sunday morning with TechVibe Radio as we explore the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Super Analytics Challenge
Started in the heart of the COVID pandemic, the Super Analytics Challenge was a novel way to connect graduate school students and the corporate community to solve society's biggest issues with data analytics. Over the last three years, the challenge has addressed homelessness, food insecurity and access to mental health.
This year, the Challenge expanded to include more schools with 10 teams of five students looking to address the workforce shortage in southwestern Pennsylvania’s advanced manufacturing industry.
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Solutionist SWAG helps businesses GET NOTICED and STAY REMEMBERED with ad specialties that work. A responsive and consistent resource businesses and marketers trust for products and apparel to get their brand NOTICED and keep their brand REMEMBERED.
Dan "The SWAG Man" Galbraith steps up to the One Mic Stand to give you top tips on building an effective and memorable tradeshow booth.
Chewck out www.DanTheSwagMan.com / [email protected] For more insights.
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Jay Noschese, Sr. Sales Manager, Enterprise Connectivity Sales at T-Mobile, stops by TechVibe Radio to talk about the power of 5G to take businesses to new levels of productivity.
Jay will discuss how T-Mobile built its 5G network for coverage and speed. As a leader in 5G coverage T-Mobile's network uses dedicated 5G frequencies coupled with its Ultra Capacity.
Tune in and geek out on how 5G is creating a canvas for the next generation of transformative businesses.
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Method Automation provides full, turnkey solutions for all of your manual business processes. With a staff of qualified professionals and years of experience automating process for commercial and federal customers, Method Automation is ready and able to help your business avoid the pitfalls that will cost you both time and money.
Methos Automation Founder Paul Konieczny steps up to the One Mic Stand to talk about what's driving growth for the New Kensington-based company and how it is driven to understand your business so that it can pinpoint problems and customize solutions that will positively impact your bottom-line.
Method Automation delivers tech solutions that will adapt to your ever changing business and you won't have to understand how it works to make it work for you.
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Storm season doesn’t always have a finite end date in Western PA. Whether it’s snowfall, heavy rains, or high winds, business owners must be prepared to minimize impact to operations, the customer experience, and ultimately the bottom line.
Angela Churchill, Senior Director, Comcast Business in the Keystone Region, steps up to the One Mic Stand to tell us about how businesses can prepare and protect themselves from inclement weather to maintain speed, reliability, and connectivity – while also avoiding disruptions in productivity.
To learn more about how Comcast Business can provide businesses with the necessary tools to stay connected during inclement weather, visit comcastbusiness.com.
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Get ready for a double dose of TechVibe Radio this Sunday (3/3) as we explore stories from Logix Guru and Highmark.
Singh Ajmani stops by the Huntington Bank Studios to detail what is driving growth behind Logix Guru as it enters its 25 year in business.
Plus get an inside look at how Highmark partnered with Cedar to streamline its billing process top create a better patient experience.
Get up and geek out with TechVibe Radio!
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Looking to start your Sunday off with a blast of energy and awesome vibes?
Tune in to TechVibe Radio at 6 AM to learn how STEM Coding Lab Executive Director Casey Mindlin and his team are on a mission to bring computer science and coding education to K-8 students who would not otherwise have access to it.
His energy and enthusiasm for bridging the digital divide is unparalleled! Working in both in-school and after-school settings, discover how STEM Coding Lab teachers equip more than 2,000 youth with 21st Century computer skills every year.
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Colliers International is one of the world's premier commercial real estate brokerage firms with 485 offices in 63 countries.
In Pittsburgh, Colliers is committed to providing best in class services around the corner or around the world. Its acclaimed brokerage team stands ready to assist clients in every sector of commercial real estate, including: corporate services; sales and leasing brokerage services for office, industrial, investment, and retail properties; property management; valuation services; consulting; real estate auction services.
Colliers' Ed Lawrence, Patrick Sentner, and Mark Anderson all stepped up to the One Mic Stand for an update on the latest trends in Pittsburgh's commercial and retail real estate scene.
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With over 45 years of combined experience, Totum Realty Advisors provides businesses of all sizes and industries creative and innovative solutions to commercial real estate challenges throughout the country.
Totum Founder Kevin Riley steps up to the One Mic Stand to talk about Totum's passionate about a truly transparent and conflict-free experience. Its sole focus is helping clients achieve their goals. With its expertise, a service-forward platform and superior negotiation intelligence, Totum wants to exceed client expectations. Learn more at https://www.totumrealtyadvisors.com/.
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Started in the heart of the COVID pandemic, the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Super Analytics Challenge was a novel way to connect graduate school students and the corporate community to solve society's biggest issues with data analytics.
Over the last three years, the challenge has addressed homelessness, food insecurity and access to mental health.
This year, the Challenge expanded to include more schools with 10 teams of five students looking to address the workforce shortage in southwestern Pennsylvania’s advanced manufacturing industry.
“The big step we took this year was to invite other universities to partner with us, including Carnegie Mellon University, West Virginia University, Penn State University and Duquesne University. So we've doubled the number of students involved in the challenge. And that's really exciting,” said Christopher Barlow, Director of Career Management and Corporate Engagement at Katz. “Because we're commingling students together, we have students not competing from CMU or WVU. Rather, these graduate students have to learn to operate as a team with really varied backgrounds.”
Barlow explained why the Challenge took on the workforce development for manufacturing:
“Workforce is both a micro- and macro-level issue. So at a micro level, it's about giving people opportunities, right, giving people purpose in life. That's what a career is. It's about giving people an opportunity to have a meaningful place in our society. At a macro level, we also know that workforce and jobs brings prosperity, it brings wealth to families, it supports education, it supports our tax base. So you know, having good career opportunities for people and our communities lifts all boats. And unfortunately, right now, we have a critical shortage of enough skilled or reskilled people to meet the need.”
The student teams harnessed their skills and experiences in tandem with expert partners (corporate, government and NGOs) to apply data analytics to generate implementable ideas on how to address the workforce issue over a three-week time frame.
Students participated in professional development opportunities on topics such as team building, storytelling, analytics tools and the consulting process.
“To be honest, I'm not much of a actual data analytics guy. And so I wanted to kind of push myself a little bit and I'm happy I signed up,” said Challenge Participant Thomas Leech. “I've just really enjoyed working with other universities. The engagement from all of the local partners and just them being willing to teach us is eye opening. You can get stuck in your silos and you're kind of afraid to ask questions. Whereas this challenge, there were no stupid questions!”
Challenge Participant Carlos Salazar was equally thrilled with his experience at the Challenge:
“Sometimes when you educate yourself for life, you're thinking about skills, and you're thinking about maybe knowledge and hard knowledge. But there's another dimension. And that is a cultural dimension. For me, it has been a really amazing way to learn a whole different way on how we can harmonize. And we can overcome differences in order to work together and to have a great product. And, a great outcome at the end.”
The judging panels had some tough choices to make this year. Judges all agreed that each team came up with some pretty amazing and implementable solutions.
“I sat through five of the 10 teams. And every one of them, these students are just unbelievable. They're bringing their talents, experience, world-class analytics, and some really innovative solutions to the table,” said Challenge Judge Albrecht Powell of Accenture. “And I love the fact that this year, we brought all the universities together. These ideas are just amazing. It's like I'm trying to figure out where I want to go take my own money, and sponsor some of these.”
Challenge Judge Bob Schukai of MasterCard had similar thoughts:
“Getting to be a judge is amazing, because I honestly don't know what to expect. And I say this every every year because it's similar to this program UK Apps for Good that I support. These kids across the UK are coming up with ideas to solve local challenges. You have to just park any preconceived notions of how you would solve the problem. Because what we're going to see in the room in the rooms today collectively, is probably going to be something that none of us had ever thought of before.”
A winner had to emerge and this year Team 10 took home the honors. Their plan leverages remote training applications. And they hope to work with manufacturers to bring needed training right to schools where students will be able to train on actual simulators. And once certified, they could be hired.
“First of all, big credit to my team! This was not a single solution, single source idea here. But I mentioned in my presentation, I had some friends that have done a project similar to this in remote training applications,” said James Cole. “I decided to fold it into advanced manufacturing. The technology is out there to be able to train people from wherever. And if we can deploy that to as many companies as possible to do as much good as possible, that’s the game right?”
The dust has settled in this year’s Super Analytics Challenge and minds are already spinning to build on the success and make a bigger impact next year.
“We have phenomenal industry partners and community partners. So we're all coming together to address very complex societal issues, of course, this year is workforce development,” said Rebecca Badawy, Associate Dean at Katz. “And so what I think is wonderful about this challenge is that I think we're trying to address things that people don't historically associated with business schools. We're trying to address the societal problems, which, you know, we're often sort of looked at as business professionals or educators as folks that are just trying to drive profit. But this is showing that no, we're using our knowledge to try and address really important problems.”
Job Fair: Win-Win for Companies and Students
New for 2024, the Katz Graduate School hosted the Graduate Technology & Analytics Job Fair in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Technology Council, for all regional graduate students.
“What better way to stimulate workforce connections than to hold a jobs fair specifically focused on solving innovative problems in technology, data, and analytics,” says Christopher Barlow, Director of Career Management and Corporate Engagement at Katz.
Using business as a force for social good is a guiding principle at Pitt Business. Barlow continues, “This year’s Challenge was a win-win for both students and the community. The students learned how to use data and analytics to solve a pressing business problem, and both businesses and job seekers benefit from this research and possible solutions.”
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John O'Connell is Vice President at SoftLedger, one of Pittsburgh's fastest-growing fintech companies that provides an enterprise accounting platform to customers in nearly 50 countries.
John Leads SoftLedger's Direct, Alliance and Embedded business groups. With a wealth of experience in the digital assets and tech industry, John is dedicated to helping companies, accountants, and developers efficiently manage multiple entities and streamline their financial processes.
John's commitment to forging strategic partnerships and delivering outstanding client experiences makes him a vital asset to the SoftLedger team.
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Aspirant CEO Mike McClaine steps up to the One Mic Stand to tell us all about Wavestone's acquisition of Aspirant!
This acquisition reinforces the presence of Wavestone in the US, which is a priority market in the firm’s international development strategy. It will help Wavestone to develop a competitive edge and continue to offer its clients best-in-class services.
For Aspirant, the merger with Wavestone offers the opportunity to pursue their solid development journey in the long term while focusing more on higher value consulting services.“From 2018-2023, Aspirant Consulting has more than doubled in size, driven by our terrific consultants and outstanding commitment to our clients," according to Mike. “Joining forces with Wavestone gives us the opportunity to take advantage of synergies and deliver even more value for our clients on a much larger scale.”
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The Safety Innovation Summit on February 29 will explore Pittsburgh's long history of safety accomplishments and the current leadership driving safety innovations to prevent injury/harm in industrial manufacturing, transportation, energy and medicine.
Tune in to TechVibe Radio Sunday (2/18) to learn how the one-day conference will examine interventions that have proved successful in multiple industries, while exploring newer safety solutions made possible by AI/ML, robotics and other frontier technologies.
This presents a novel opportunity to share learnings across industries, explore opportunities for new ventures, and shape Pittsburgh’s future.
Get more details and register here: https://www.prhi.org/safetysummit
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Lt. Gray Chynoweth, Deputy Director for Strategy & Engagement at NavalX stopped by the Pittsburgh Technology Council's offices to address a standing room-only crowd as part of its effort to identify relevant solutions from small business, start-ups and academia to address some of the Navy’s most pressing challenges and operational needs.
Gray stepped up to the One Mic Stand to give us more detail on NavalX and what has him stoked about Pittsburgh.
NavalX is similar to other DOD organizations such as AFWERX, SPACEWERX and the Army Applications Lab. Established in 2019, Naval X engages the small business community through several key programs and initiatives.
As one example, the team at Naval X manages the Navy’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, which plays a key role in advancing dual-use and other critical technologies. Consisting of nearly $300 million in annual awards, the SBIR program helps to address major challenges facing major Navy commands such as: NAVSEA, NAVAIR and the Marine Corps Systems Command.
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Get up early and tune in TechVibe Radio this Sunday (2/11) as we welcome Mike Wagner Chief Executive Officer of Edge Case Research.
Edge Case is the trusted risk-management partner for companies building self-driving trucks, autonomous robotaxis, and smarter passenger cars. It helps developers and operators measure, manage, and insure the risks posed by software driving in the real world.
At the forefront of the autonomy industry for over 20 years, Wagner will detail Edge Case's mission to deliver the promise of safe autonomous mobility.
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Founded in 2010 with the mission of providing technical contracting services to the United States government and private sector, Sourceree continues to support programs across multiple offices in the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, intelligence community, and commercial enterprises around the world.
Founder Adam Murphy steps up to the One Mic Stand to talk about his Johnstown-based business' values of embracing innovation and challenging the status quo.
Sourceree builds custom software that impacts the world in meaningful ways. Software includes: Enterprise Applications, Web Applications, Mobile (Responsive Web, Native iOS & Android), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.
Learn more at https://www.sourceree.com/
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