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.
Steve Johnson is a Senior Network Administrator at Technology Solutions of Maine. In this episode, we learn how Steve got into IT. A veteran of the navy, Steve went to college first for computer sc…
Ever wonder what it looks like to work in technology within a school? Sarah Irish is the guest who shares what it is like to support teachers with technology in their classrooms. She works at Lewisto…
Joe Sanderson explains his career in development and software engineering and as a manager directing teams. We also learn that he is in a unique position of switching careers and is pivoting to the …
Lillie Lavado, founder of HardScrabble Solutions shares information about her technology education and career pathways that led her to start her own organization: HardScrabble Solutions.
Lillie is pa…
Emma-Marie is the secondary digital learning & computer science specialist at the Maine Department of Education (MDOE). Her background is in online learning, instructional design, and technology inte…
Jennifer Fortier works in Quality Assurance at PTC - Kepware in Portland, Maine, and is a UMaine graduate. She has experience in automated quality assurance. She has been lucky to have spent her care…
Project>Login director Angela Oechslie chats with Maine native Charis Loveland about her role at Amazon, how she got where she is today and what she likes best about her job.
Charis talks about Amazon…
Elissa Tracey is an IT Services Manager at Tilson and she shares her career path and the education and training she received along the way. Learn about Tilson and why it is one of the fastest-growing…
Meet Liz Riley, the COO, and Alex Swetz, a Managed Services Engineer at Logically. Logically is a Managed Services Provider based in Portland, Maine.
Logically is a successful, rapidly growing IT outs…
In this episode, we meet Thomas Gagnon, Manager, Banking Core Technology at Bangor Savings Bank. Thomas shares his career path with listeners and explains the opportunities for students, like interns…
Meet Pamela Perkins, a Senior Manager, Administrative Coaching, within the Coaching & Training Services department at athenahealth. Learn about Pamela's education and training pathway into this techn…
Michael is serving as Senior Vice President/CIO at Bowdoin College, one of the country’s oldest and most well regarded liberal arts colleges. Reporting to the president and as a member of the Preside…
Jen Hughes is the Employee Success Manager at Systems Engineering in Portland, ME. Systems Engineering is an employee-owned, managed IT services and consulting company.
Jen is passionate about creat…
In this episode, we meet Ken Grady, the Chief Information Officer at IDEXX. Ken is also the chair of Educate Maine's board of directors. Learn about his non-traditional pathway into IT and technology…
Jeffrey Jordan works in the Office of Information Technology at the State of Maine as a Director of Enterprise Data Services.
In this episode, we chat about how young people may not think that there a…
Dani McAvoy LaMarca is a software engineer at Code.org, a national non-profit partner of Educate Maine and Project>Login. Dani shares a bit about her education and career path. Dani is a graduate of …
Laura Gurney, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Technology at Husson University. In this episode, we learn about Laura's career path and her education & training pathways. Laura is a volu…
In this episode, we meet Carli Carter - a software engineer at Tyler Technologies, based in Yarmouth, ME. Carli is from the Ellsworth, Maine area.
Carli interned at Tyler Technologies first and then …
Jessica Luttrell explains what it is like to work on project teams at IDEXX in the Operation Excellence department. She shares her pathway to her career in IDEXX and how her work embodies the company…
Charles Lever discusses his unique pathway within Bangor Housing and what being a life-long-learner means to him.
Charles tells us what his favorite place in Maine is and gives advice for young people…