The Project Login podcast features Mainers working in technology jobs across the state. It is a career-exploration tool and follows an informational interview format.
GOALS:
1. Expose listeners to various technology jobs at Maine companies by people who do the work.
2. Raise awareness of education & training pathways into those careers.
3. Raise aspirations of young Mainers to pursue high-wage, in-demand tech careers.
This podcast is produced by Project>Login. Project>Login is a program of Educate Maine.
Nick Havas is a Nick is an XR Artist, graphic designer and VR & Metaverse veteran specializing in 2D and 3D design, direction and management with a special focus in metaverses and online games. Nick …
Kemal Turksonmez is a full-stack developer working on projects and coding solutions for HighByte. HighByte is a fairly new company in Maine.
Connect with Kemal on LinkedIn and follow HighByte too!
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Alan Jamieson is new to Maine in the last 2 years. Here arrived from Maryland to The Roux Institute to be a teaching professor of computer science.
On this episode we get Alan's advice for young peop…
These are some Organizations/Resources that Caroline wanted to share with listeners:
We're back! After a long hiatus, we sat down this week to chat with a software engineer. This new episode features an interview with Sara Strasner, who works at Olive AI
Sara is interested in closing…
In this episode meet Lindsay Ouellette who works remotely for Links Web Design. Links Web Design is a leading web design agency based in Bangor, ME, that helps businesses and nonprofits create outsta…
Learn about Hannah Walden's education and career path that led her to follow her passion to make cs education equitable. She and her team are responsible for writing the curriculum at Code.org.
Find …
Meet Aiden Threadgoode! Aiden works remotely from Maine as a Front-End Software Engineer. He works at KeHE Distributors, LLC, which is an employee-owned company. He works on a number of teams and p…
Ben Grooms works within the University of Maine System office Information Security office. He is an Information Security Specialist. Ben also manages their internship program. He talks about the var…
In this episode, Eastern Maine Community College's Kathy Crise is featured. Kathy is a full-time faculty member/instructor within the computer technology program. Learn about Kathy's non-traditional …
This week's guest on the podcast is David Reed. David works at MaineHealth as a Regional Supervisor in the IT Field Services Department.
Listen to learn about David's career pathway and the skills an…
Frank Barton is an IT Systems & InfoSec Administrator. He works at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. In his role within the Information Technology Department, he supports system users with a varie…
Meet Scott Valcourt, Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science at The Roux Institute in Portland, ME. Scott shares his education and career paths that led him to Khoury College of Computer Sci…
In this episode, we chat with Daeghan Elkin. He is a software developer at Tyler Technologies. He provides software solutions to municipalities. (State and local governments) He works on the munis pr…
Stacy Doore is the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colby College. Her research focuses on increasing information access through emerging assistive technologies, natural-l…
In this episode, Project>Login program director Angela Oechslie interviews Barbara-Jean Archibald. Barbara is an Emergency Communications Specialist Systems Administrator for all of Maine's agencies …
In this episode, meet Todd Chamberlain, Director, IT Contract Services at Pro Search, Inc. Pro Search is a Portland, ME based company that provides clients a full range of search, staffing, and cont…
PATHS is Portland's Arts and Technology High School. Nate Jalbert shares information about the cybersecurity program there and how they are leading the way as the first program for high school stude…
Project>Login's program director Angela Oechslie has a conversation with Shanna Utgard at Defendify. Defendify is a Portland-based all-in-one Cybersecurity company in Maine.
Shanna has an unusual care…
In this episode, we meet Alicia Biggs, who works at Lewiston Public Schools as their computer science coordinator. She helps direct the full K-12 computer science pathway in the district. She works…