A few weeks ago, we spoke with one of our most down-to-earth leaders yet – Robert Hessel of Source 1 Solutions. We talked about his philanthropic efforts, his book, the company, tech as a whole, talent, and Tampa. — On Source 1 Solutions Matt Vaughn: For those unfamiliar with Source 1 Solutions, can you give…
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John Oakes, CEO at Revenue Management Solutions, took an hour of his day to meet with us in his beautiful Tampa office. We went over talent, Tampa, tech, his career, and more. — On his career Roxanne Williams: You are on year 16 with Revenue Management Solutions. Why have you stayed so long? John Oakes:…
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NetWolves has, over the course of 3 years, entrenched itself in the Healthcare industry. We spoke with Mario Ricatti and got to learn more about the company’s role in this new vertical. — On his career Roxanne Williams: Can you take us through the Cliff’s Notes of your career? Mario Ricatti: I started off in…
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Every Friday, we get the C-level overview on Tampa tech companies. But we’ve never gotten the EA perspective before. Being that executive assistants get a very deep understanding of companies, we thought it would be good to interview one: Michael French, EA to Arnie Bellini (prior to the sale) at ConnectWise. — On the ConnectWise…
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Sara Margulis, her husband and co-founder Josh, and their staff at Honeyfund have helped over half a million couples fund the honeymoon of their dreams. Not having covered this industry before, it was refreshing to get a look into how a wedding registry company leverages tech to make couples’ dreams come true. We went down…
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I recently wrote an article advocating the benefits of working remote. In that article, I evangelized the use of good communication tools. However, even though I named a few, I didn’t really go into detail about what they do and why your company should use them. So, here’s a list of 5 tools to make…
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We got to interview Anthony Quartararo of Spatial Networks, and got to talk about an industry we haven’t touched on yet: GIS. It was so refreshing to talk to a tech leader in Tampa that hires remote workers and offers such good benefits. We get why Spatial Networks made the 100 top workplaces list this…
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Hi! I’m Patrick Maguire, Marketing Director for Pocket Network, a Tampa Bay startup in the blockchain market. I have been actively involved in blockchain/cryptocurrency projects for many years. Over this period of time, I’ve gleaned valuable knowledge in the space. I wanted to share what I’ve learned as someone who has both developed a career…
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Cybersecurity and everything it entails can get super complicated, super fast. Thankfully, we have great minds like Michael Ferris at Abacode to help us navigate that massively complex web! — On Abacode Cybersecurity’s partnership with Tech Data Roxanne Williams: Abacode is hot in the news right now due to the announcement of their partnership with…
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If you’re a reader of our Tampa Bay Tech Leaders interview series, you’ve probably seen that one of the questions we ask everyone is, “What can we do to increase talent retention?” I ask this question for a specific reason. One of the things we’ve seen, as a staffing agency in Tampa, is people leaving…
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Florida Funders has made a massive impact on the capital that flows through to Tampa’s startups. We’re eternally grateful to Marc and the rest of the Florida Funders team for bringing in accredited investors with different industry backgrounds into the fold. — On Tribridge Roxanne Williams: I was taking a look at your LinkedIn and…
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One of the questions we love asking our Tech Leaders is if they have any book or podcast recommendations. This has allowed us to put together an amazing tech reading list, filled to the brim with what Tampa’s best entrepreneurs read and listen to. We hope this tech reading list will bring you ideas of…
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It’s a rare chance to speak with a rocket scientist, entrepreneur, and connector all at once – but Brian Kornfeld has done it all, and seen it all. We spent a good 2 hours with him, learning all about his career in Tampa, especially his work at Synapse and what comes next. — On his…
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In recent years, Tampa has collected a good amount of coding schools. If you’re looking to quickly start a new career in web development, coding bootcamps can be a good option for you. We’ve gathered information on the coding schools available in Tampa and made it a bit easier to digest. — Suncoast Developers Guild…
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As the first DevOps member at Accenture Tampa Advanced Technology Center, James Gress has built an amazing team. He spoke to us about an intensive DevOps training program he’s spearheading at Accenture in an effort to bring more talent to Tampa Bay, and about DevOpsDays, an event coming up in June. — On Accenture Matt…
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