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Tech Talent: Data Enthusiast Seeks Mentor-Driven, Mid-Size Company

Tech Talent: Data Enthusiast Seeks Mentor-Driven, Mid-Size Company

Academia-minded Christopher Pleasants fell hard for the science behind data and its inner workings. With a strong background in mathematics and quantitative research methods, the immersive data science track at General Assembly was a perfect fit for Pleasants when he sought out additional education. After working on several projects that

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Inmate Re-Entry Platform Acivilate Raising $3M Seed Round to Service More Recently-Released Prisoners

Cloud-based SaaS platform Acivilate has raised a $3 million seed round, led by Atlanta-based investment firm BIP Capital with additional participation from public-private venture firm GRA Venture Fund, LLC, to continue expanding their product that helps newly-released prisoners with the re-entry process. "Seed round will be used to continue

Why Comcast's VP of Customer Experience Always Keeps An Empty Seat In Her Boardroom

Why Comcast's VP of Customer Experience Always Keeps An Empty Seat In Her Boardroom

Since the beginning of her career, regardless of whatever industry she's working in at the time, Tonya Webster has focused on prioritizing the experience of every one of her customers. At each workplace, from military financial services company USAA to Citigroup, Webster climbed the internal ladder (often from

How This Fintech Exec Leads Her Diverse Product Team By Empowering Ideas and Welcoming Risks

How This Fintech Exec Leads Her Diverse Product Team By Empowering Ideas and Welcoming Risks

With over 15 years of experience in fintech, Trisha Price leads the charge of the engineering and product road map at North Carolina-based fintech company nCino. nCino services big bank enterprises as well as small community banks as an operating platform. nCino's EVP of Product Development and Engineering,

Tech Talent: This Entomologist Goes Scientific to Bring His Biology Skills to Coding

Tech Talent: This Entomologist Goes Scientific to Bring His Biology Skills to Coding

The leap from studying insects to computer science was an easy one for Eddie Atkinson. An entomologist by training, Atkinson was exposed to programming after a C++ undergraduate course. His interest was piqued as he saw a correlation between the scientific method and how programming works. Now, weeks before graduating

Petrics Raises Seed Round For Smart Devices That Track Pet Health From Walk to Bed

Petrics Raises Seed Round For Smart Devices That Track Pet Health From Walk to Bed

Did you know that 53 percent of pets in the U.S. are considered overweight or obese? It's hard to keep track of the ideal quantity of food as your dog or cat ages and their metabolism slows down. Plus, as busy pet owners, staying updated on the

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Improv comedy is not the first thing that you think about when referring to programming. However, DigitalCrafts student Valerie Thoma has figured out how to apply spontaneous comedy principles to coding. For example, improv's "Yes, and..." principle applies directly to being open-minded while working with teammates