The Project Login Podcast

In this episode, Reilly and Shelby chat with Ashley, Technology Compliance Analyst at Systems Engineering. Systems Engineering is based in Portland. Ashley shares how she got into this work and gives advice to people looking to get into the industry. Ashley is also featured on Project>Login's Circuts of Success.

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Systems Engineering is a 100% employee-owned IT strategy and managed services provider dedicated to enabling the exceptional in clients nationwide.
We are a reliable, accountable technology partner with a culture of positivity. In support of our mission, Systems Engineering undergoes a SOC 2 audit of our environment to ensure our organization meets the standards dictated by the Trust Service Principles (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy). As a result of successfully completing yearly SOC 2 audits, we assure our clients that our policies and procedures are consistently followed. Our SOC 2 Report is available to clients upon request.

System Engineering’s team of 150+ network engineers, managed security professionals, project managers, data management experts, and account managers are available 24×7, 365 days per year, to meet the needs of our clients. From network design and installation to a full complement of managed IT, IT security, and cloud services, we have an IT solution that will allow your organization to reach its full potential – and enable the exceptional.

Jen Hughes is the Employee Success Manager at Systems Engineering in Portland, ME. Systems Engineering is an employee-owned, managed IT services and consulting company.

Jen is passionate about creating dynamic opportunities for individuals to reach their full potential. She believes that organizations should be a place where people can bring their whole selves to work. As the Employee Success Manager at Systems Engineering in Portland, Maine, she focuses on recruitment, retention, learning & development, and workplace culture. Born and raised in Maine, she enjoys spending time walking in the woods, drinking good coffee, and reading great books.

Systems Engineering offers many great internships and jobs and we invite you to learn more on their website: https://www.systemsengineering.com/about/careers/

The goals of the podcast include:

1. Expose listeners to various technology jobs at Maine companies by people who do the work.

2. Raise awareness of education & training pathways into those careers.

3. Raise aspirations of young Mainers to pursue high-wage, in-demand tech careers.

Project>Login decided to launch this podcast in 2020 as a way for folks to learn from people who do the jobs they might be interested in within the computing and IT field. By publishing podcast episodes, it is our hope that students, career changers, educators, and employers learn why computer science and technology is so important across all sectors in Maine. And that these high-wage, in-demand careers will continue to grow in Maine.

This podcast is produced by Project>Login, a program of Educate Maine, and supported by public and private-sectors partners.

Jeffrey Jordan works in the Office of Information Technology at the State of Maine as a Director of Enterprise Data Services.

In this episode, we chat about how young people may not think that there are opportunities to work in IT within government, but you would be surprised at just how many options there are.

Jeff shares his education and training that led to his career path in IT. We discuss leadership and mentoring and company culture.

For a list of OIT IT jobs visit their website.

Jessica Luttrell explains what it is like to work on project teams at IDEXX in the Operation Excellence department. She shares her pathway to her career in IDEXX and how her work embodies the company values.

Learn Jessica's favorite place in Maine and about the leadership development program within IDEXX.

Visit the IDEXX careers page for information on internships and jobs: https://careers.idexx.com/us/en