🎙️ In Episode #239 of The Geek Within, my guest is Kira Shishkin. He is a four-time founder, the current CEO of informed, and has spent his career building tech ventures with substance. Kira is now focused on a deceptively simple challenge - information overload. Through informed, he is redesigning how busy people interact with news and I can't wait to hear more about that later.

🔗 You can engage Kira here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirashishkin/

Website - https://informed.now/

🎙️ In Episode #238 of The Geek Within, my guest is Eric Pratum. He is the Founder of Inbound and Agile, a marketing and communications firm focused on helping you gain confidence in your marketing spend and strategy. Eric is also the host of The Unfolding Thought podcast.

🔗 You can engage Eric here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericpratum/

Website - https://unfoldingthought.com/

🎙️ In Episode #237 of The Geek Within, my guest is Andrew Powell. He is the Chief Growth Officer at Strongbridge and a graduate of the ACT-IAC Voyagers in 2025. It was through the ACT-IAC community where I met Andrew.

🔗 You can engage Andrew here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-powell-85620962/

🎙️ In Episode #236 of The Geek Within, my guest is Boomya Patan. She a Product Owner and Systems Analyst at Navy Federal Credit Union where she is part of the technology department in the lending division. Boomya and I talk about missed opportunities when promoting leaders based on presence versus capability. Thank you for joining me.

🔗 You can engage Boomya here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/boomyapatan/

🎙️ In Episode #235 of The Geek Within, my guest is Taylor Kelley. She is a Director of Business Development at GDIT, a graduate of both the ACT-IAC Associates and Voyagers program, and a proud mom. Taylor and I met during her Associates program and continue to run into each other at all the local networking events. We also took time to discuss the challenges caused by contract award protests and impacts on the people involved. Thank you for joining me.

🔗 You can engage Taylor here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-kelley-825b33a4/

🎙️ In Episode #234 of The Geek Within, my guest is Jade Pech. She is Director of Analytics at Scope Infotech, Inc, a software engineering company in the federal contracting space. Jade was previously a Data Scientist at the FAA, which is when we met. Jade and I discuss how people looking at the job situation today need to be willing to put the work in and make whatever changes are needed to get through to the other side. Thank you for joining me.

🔗 You can engage Jade here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-pech-92574630/

🎙️ In Episode #233 of The Geek Within, my guest is Karen F Lee. She is a Co-founder and President of FedsForward, an organization committed to helping civil servants continue their service to the nation by moving forward into mission-driven careers across all sectors of the economy. They are a staunchly non-partisan organization focused on enabling mission-driven individuals to make an impact in for-profit, non-profit, and governmental organizations. We talked a bit about how large the challenges are in migrating your career amongst sections, such as public service to private sector. Thank you for joining me.

🔗 You can engage Karen here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenfranceslee/

Website - https://www.fedsforward.org/

🎙️ In Episode #232 of The Geek Within, my guest is Brian Numainville. He is a Principal at The Feedback Group, President of NUMINSIGHT LLC, and an author of Feedback Rules!: 52 ways to listen to your stakeholders. Brian has deep expertise in public relations, content strategy, AI integration, and digital marketing, which he uses to bring his unique ability to turn complex data into compelling stories that resonate. We talk about how being young is treated as a negative since you don't have deep experience. Thank you for joining me.

🔗 You can engage Brian here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/numainville/

Book - https://a.co/d/dtOgJR7