Elated to be at Aisera

Hard to believe a month has passed already!  I’m excited to announce I’ve joined Aisera as a Senior Sales Engineer.  Aisera builds Conversational AI and Conversational RPA (Robotic Process Automation).  This enable firms to quickly provide a powerful self-service experience.  With customers like Autodesk, Zoom, McAfee and Dartmouth I can…
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Last Day at Fastly

After a second 2 year tour as a Sales Engineer at Fastly, I am sad to announce that today is my last day.  When Fastly invited me back, I was injured and looking for a safe place to confirm my recovery.  Looking back, the amount of gratitude I feel to…
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Raspberry Pi – Teaching Electronics + Programming in Large Virtual Events Part 1

The Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded in 2009 to teach basic computer science.  Inexpensive, standardized and versatile.  If you are going to leverage them to teach electronics in a larger setting, especially virtual events, there are some best practices that will reduce friction, allow you to teach larger groups and…
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The Foundational Learnings from a Serial Cable

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant   I find it interesting that people will put more energy into questioning the reason for foundational learning then they put into immersing themselves in the lesson itself.  That lack of prioritizing energies lessen the odds that the knowledge…
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Liars and Statistics . . . or Perhaps Accounting?

Early on I learned the quote that “Statistics never lie, but liars use statistics!”  Over the years I’ve gotten to see some SLAs that sure sounded good but would be impossible to ever breach.  There also are plenty of companies that use statistics to make performance sound so much  better…
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