{"651126":{"#nid":"651126","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar: 30+ Years in 30 Minutes \u2013 A Whirlwind Tour of My Professional Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, Oct 18, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;12:30pm-1:20pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer C241\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Jesse Markowitz\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Cloud Services Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Affiliation\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;OpenText (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title: \u003C\/strong\u003E30+ Years in 30 Minutes \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;A Whirlwind Tour of My Professional Life\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract of Talk:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis presentation will cover three main areas.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;After a brief introduction, the first topic discussed will be the why and how I went to Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;This will be followed by my early career as a computer programmer.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The last area will discuss my later career, particularly the transition from programming to management as well as my latest passion project \u0026ndash; Bitcoin and other crypto currencies.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;At the end I\u0026#39;ll have some concluding thoughts and then time for Q\u0026amp;A.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Throughout the presentation there will be a number of stories that will illustrate the real-world challenges you might face and lessons learned.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EJesse has a BSEE from Georgia Tech, an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin as well as various Microsoft, PMI, Amazon, Google and other certifications.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He has worked in the computer industry for 35 years as a programmer, trainer, technical sales consultant, project manager, district manager and most recently as cloud services manager.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He has taught SAT prep courses as well as a variety of computer systems courses.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;In addition to his full-time job managing Cloud based systems he also offers consulting and small group presentations on Bitcoin and other crypto currencies.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He can be reached at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:JMarkowi@OpenText.com\u0022\u003EJMarkowi@OpenText.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Jesse@YourPersonalCryptoAssistant.com\u0022\u003EJesse@YourPersonalCryptoAssistant.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJesse Markowitz will deliver the October 18 ECE Student Seminar, which is entitled \u0026quot;30+ Years in 30 Minutes \u0026ndash; A Whirlwind Tour of My Professional Life.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jesse Markowitz will deliver the October 18 ECE Student Seminar, which is entitled \u002230+ Years in 30 Minutes \u2013 A Whirlwind Tour of My Professional Life.\u0022"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2021-09-27 20:34:11","changed_gmt":"2021-09-27 20:35:08","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-10-18T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-10-18T14:20:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-10-18T14:20:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-10-18 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-10-18 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-10-18 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}