(Ep. 056) Chief Information Officer Unplugged with Celestine Pressley

03/03/22 • 44 min

Who would think in 2022 we still have to announce the first Black (fill in the blank)? Well allow me to introduce to you to the FIRST BLACK FEMALE CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the White House Office of the United States Trade Representative(USTR), Celestine Pressley. Jump into this episode to hear her talk about working in the White House and how she went from fleecing the government to policing government IT. Connect with Deena for Career Coaching: https://calendly.com/deena-m-mckay/15min Full show notes for this episode: https://blacktechunplugged.com/2022/03/03/celestine-pressley-unplugged/ Connect with Celestine: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celestine-pressley-csm-mba-ts-sci-84391b10/ ————————————————————————- Stay Connected with Black Tech Unplugged: Twitter: twitter.com/blktechunplged Instagram: instagram.com/blacktechunplugged Facebook: facebook.com/blacktechunplugged Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/blacktechunplugged Email: [email protected]

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(Ep. 055) Tech Creative Life Unplugged with Elise Swopes

Connect with Deena for Career Coaching: https://calendly.com/deena-m-mckay/15min Failing upward can be a beautiful thing and Elise Swopes tells us how that's possible. She turned her rock bottom, purposeless life into an intentional, healthy, abundant, purposeful experience. That's powerful! Learn how Elise went from college dropout and couch crashing to working with some of our favorite brands (Apple, Adidas, Lady Gaga to name a few) and kicking ass in the NFT community. Oh and did I mention she met Kanye West?! Full show notes for this episode: https://blacktechunplugged.com/2022/02/10/ep-055-elise-swopes-unplugged/ Connect with Elise: Instagram: instagram.com/swopes Twitter: twitter.com/swopes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EliseSwopes/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJfvUKB15m_UlaIjwswAylA Elise's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/swopes ————————————————————————- Stay Connected with Black Tech Unplugged: Twitter: twitter.com/blktechunplged Instagram: instagram.com/blacktechunplugged Facebook: facebook.com/blacktechunplugged Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/blacktechunplugged Email: [email protected] ————————————————————————- Use #BlackTechUnplugged on social media to discuss this & other episodes!

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(Ep. 057) What is Scrum and How You Can Use It

After episode 053 some of yall were asking questions about scrum so I had to hit you with a new solo episode to talk about the basics of scrum. In episode 057 I talk about what is scrum, the key members of a scrum team, and the scrum ceremonies a team performs for each iteration. Full show notes for this episode: https://blacktechunplugged.com/2022/04/14/ep-057-what-is-scrum-scrum-unplugged/ Interested in receiving career coaching from Deena? Schedule an initial intake and answer a few questions: https://calendly.com/deena-m-mckay/15min Connect with Deena: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deena_mckay Twitter: https://twitter.com/deenamckay Website: https://www.deenamckay.com ————————————————————————- Stay Connected with Black Tech Unplugged: Instagram: instagram.com/blacktechunplugged Twitter: twitter.com/blktechunplged Facebook: facebook.com/blacktechunplugged Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/blacktechunplugged Email: [email protected] ————————————————————————- Use the hashtag #BlackTechUnplugged on IG & Twitter to discuss this & other episodes!