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June 20, 2023 - HRACO LBGTQ+ Pride Panel

Check out our very own Rini Das and Lisa Kagy as they served on HRACO's Pride Panel, discussing ways to support of the LGBTQ Community.

~ Photo credits, Ian Alexander

May 4, 2023 - LevelUp Conference

We at Zettabytes.Today were so proud to be part of the "LevelUP Diversity Conference", held by Level D&I. We joined a rich group of diverse Subject Matter experts representing themselves and their organizations, which included:

Center of Science and Industry (COSI)
Kolar Design
LaChandra B. Baker EDUtainment, LLC
Tech Elevator
Cardinal Health
Slalom
The Empower Group
Tripp Fontane
Cyber Pop-up
Physna
Veterans of the US Military
Encova Insurance
SolHaus
Stealth StartUp

Photo Credit ~ Ian Crumpler

Photo Credit ~ Level D&I

May 3, 2023 - Tech Life Spring 2023

Zettabytes.Today joined TechLife Columbus, Level D&I, Tech Elevator and Tech Community Coalition for this annual, blow-out networking event held at Crooked Can Brewery in Hilliard. Great time !!

June 9, 2022 — Pride Kick-off with Olive A.I.

Friends! This past Thursday, we (Zettabytes.Today) co-hosted with Olive AI and pulled off our most Epic networking event yet, held at Club Diversity Columbus!!

Olive AI, a tech company creating the "Internet of Healthcare" through automation using Artificial Intelligence. Event participants got to learn about Olive, current job opportunities, and to meet the "RainbOlivians", Olive's LGBTQ Employee group.

Registration !

photo credit ~ Dhruva Vyas

Our own Vinny Sanfillipo and Lisa Kagy later presented on ways to optimize networking skills.

We also had an interactive exercise where 3 lucky winners won Zetta Star Memberships!

Such a great time !

March 30, 2022 — “Why is Your P.O. Crying??”

On March 30th, Zettabytes hosted a fabulous virtual event where we got the lowdown on Tech Product Ownership and on our Community Partner organization Equality Ohio!

Delaney Barr, Esq. of Equality Ohio

The evening began with Delaney Barr, Esq. of Equality Ohio laying out for us the history of her organization and the way it advocates for the legal rights of LGBTQ Ohioans in terms of:

~ non-discrimination protections in employment and housing

~ same-sex legal recognition and LGBTQ family law

~ hate crimes protection

Equality Ohio is also working to defeat the *unprecedented* wave of hateful legislation being introduced that would adversely affect our communities (Anti-gay/Anti-Trans Youth laws, censoring teachers so they can't talk about race and/or LGBTQ issues, etc.)

Later, our own Rachael Henderschott led a presentation on “Why Product Owner are like Toddlers”.

Rachael Henderschott, Zettabytes.Today

Being a Product Owner herself, she discussed the responsibilities of her role; the day-to-day challenges of managing stakeholder interests and expectations, feature development and ROI, and understanding why product increments may or may NOT move forward (leaving P.O.s crying like toddlers who don’t get their way).

February 23, 2022 — Virtual Panel Discussion: "Leading Through Change

We were very proud to host the Virtual Panel Discussion "Leading through Change”, with panelists Karan Froom, a Transformation Change Management Leader at Clorox and Ann Beard, a Continuous Improvement and Organizational Expert at Alliance Data.

They discussed with our own Dhruva Vyas, the Importance of Change Management; facilitating and effectively implementing major Business Transformation projects; and fostering Enterprise Readiness.

Beforehand, we started the evening as usual with a Vinny Sanfillipo drink demo during our "cocktail/mocktail" hour.

Our Community Partner Kimberly Sue Griffiths, Executive Director of OCTOPUS (Organizing Communities Transgender Outreach Promoting United Support) then discussed their organization’s advocacy for trans well-being, and being an active member of Central Ohio’s LGBTQ Round Table. 🌈🌈

#lgbtq #pride #lgbtqcommunity

January 26, 2022 — Taking Action in DEI with Level D&I and Zettabytes.Today!

For our January 26, 2022 event, we were joined by Level D&I for an incredible panel on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion!

The incredible Khris Goins crafted a Ginger Smash for us, and gave a lovely demonstration around how to craft this refresher!

Immediately afterwards, our Vinny Sanfillipo crafted up a more floral version of a French 75, full of flavors of champagne, lemon and St. Germain.

Chelsea Akers, COO of Level D&I gave us a great presentation about what Level D&I does and their new product-line around helping companies take charge of their DEI strategies.

Following Chelsea's presentation, we had a fantastic discussion with our esteemed panelists! LinkedIn links and profiles below! :D

Katie Dascoli, Head of People at Physna (bottom right)

Doug McCollough, CEO of Color Coded Labs (top right)

Katie Moore, Pathway Program Director at Tech Elevator (bottom left)

Kristine Tsirigotis, CEO of Level D&I (top left)

It was an absolutely wonderful panel around DEI initiatives, how to be the changes you want to see at an organization, and strategies to get buy in from the larger organization and community.

Bummer you missed the panel? Want to see more like this and be a part of the conversation?

Become a Zetta Star and get access to our slack workspace, recording of the panel, and more!

See you at the next event!

Which Martini will you choose? The Rini or the Vinny?

Zettabytes.Today's Co-Founder Rini Das and I became fast friends over a variety of topics, but one thing that always brings us together is the martini. Crisp, briny, and ever so boozy, the Martini never fails to satisfy. Moreover, you'll often find Rini and myself at a Rini Vinny Martini happy hour, where we'll enjoy martinis and chat about the goings on in the tech community here in Columbus.

Historically speaking, the birthplace of the martini is unknown, although most stories include the Gold Rush in California and the town of Martinez. The original refined version of the cocktail emerged during Prohibition, which was a gin and vermouth based cocktail. Then, in the early 1950's and 1960's, vodka became increasingly popular, and with a little help from James Bond, the Vodka Martini, or kangaroo cocktail, was born. Interested in learning more about the origins of the Martini and its long history? Check out this USA Today article here.

Shocker and spoilers here: Rini and I find ourselves on the opposite ends of the Martini spectrum. While we're not opposed to each other's school of thought around the coveted cocktail, we're strongly committed to our personal spins on each.

The Rini Martini

Rini prefers a more classic take on the Martini, with good gin and vermouth being the stars of the show.

Here's what you'll need:

3 parts good Gin (Rini prefers Plymouth, Roku, or Hendrick's)
1 part Extra Dry Vermouth
1 Lime Ribbon
1 Martini Glass
1 Drinker Shaker
Ice

Put your glass in the chiller.
In a shaker, combine ice, gin, and vermouth.
Stir for 20-30 seconds(about 20 times around the glass).
Pour into cold Martini glass.
Garnish with lime ribbon.
Enjoy!

The Vinny Martini

As is no surprise, I prefer a more modern take on the Martini, which is essentially an extra dry dirty martini.

Here's what you'll need:

3 oz of good vodka, (I prefer Chopin or Ketel One for my Martini)
.75 oz of olive juice
3 Pimento Stuffed Olives, skewered
1 Martini Glass
Ice

Fill your Martini Glass with cold water and ice. Set aside.
In a shaker, combine vodka, olive juice, and ice.

Stir for 15-20 seconds.

Discard the water and ice out of the martini glass.

Pour the vodka mixture into the glass.

Garnish with olive spear.

Enjoy!

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