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 ~ Ian Crumpler

Photo Credit ~ Ian Crumpler

Photo Credit ~ Ian Crumpler

Photo Credit ~ Ian Crumpler

Photo Credit ~ Ian Crumpler

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 !!

2022-10-26 - Zettabytes.Today Fall Fest

 We had the most FABULOUS TIME at our Fall Fest/Halloween event! 🔥🔥

Folks showed up at Club Diversity (and showed OUT) in full costume, prizes were awarded as part of the Halloween costume contest, and we gained some new Zettabytes.Today members (Zetta Stars)!

Skeltons married, while Scooby Doo's Velma "came out" to party!

"Mayhem" from Allstate even showed up.

Told you the place was haunted!

September 27, 2022 - WITCON 2022: EXHILARATE

We found ourselves lucky enough to attend the Sixth Annual Columbus WITCON 2022: EXHILARATE tech conference, which was SOLD OUT !

The event, held at The Fawcett Center, was presented by getWITit - Women in Tech, an organization whose mission is to inspire and support women in the field of technology.

Heather Blair CIO of NetJets

December 1st, 2021 “Vinny-Rini-Martini” Happy Hour held at Land-Grant Brewing Company

Our Zettabytes.today Martini Happy Hour was a smashing success! We had a nice turn out at Land-Grant Brewing Company in the Franklinton District and got to mingle with a very interesting and diverse group - from tech professionals to tech students and everyone in-between!

While we’ve had several virtual events this year, this was our first live, in-person event since the Pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt.

After a few martinis and samplings of Land Grant’s best (the “Tinsel” Holiday brew was my favorite), we ventured across the way to Strongwater Food and Spirits for dinner.

We had a GREAT time! 

You will NOT want to miss our next event, featuring Jyllian Spikes of Black out and Proud and Scott Kirkendall, “Go Be You” coach.

Register here:

https://zettabytes.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/zettabytes/event.jsp?event=118&

September 29, 2021 The Ultimate Agile versus Lean Showdown with Dhruva Vyas of Nationwide and Rini Das of RD Management Consulting Inc.

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda: 

Community Partner: Jaron Terry, President of PFLAG Columbus discussed the history of PFLAG and announce any upcoming events to celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 13, 2021.

Headline: The Ultimate Showdown! Agile versus Lean. Dhruva Vyas of Nationwide representing AGILE versus Rini Das of RD Management Consulting Inc. representing LEAN.

Key Bartender: Connor Pilbeam demonstrated a mocktail/cocktail to celebrate Autumn. 

PFLAG -- Jaron Terry

Headliner: Dhruva Vyas and Rini Das

Showdown: Facilitated by Robbin Bowman

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

Mindy Halasz, Co-Chair of  (LGBTQIA+ Brand Employee Group- BRG) of Designer Brands (that includes brands such as DSW), invited us -- aka Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Rini Das of  Zettabytes.Today team and Stacy Drake of PFLAG Columbus to speak at their annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon.

The Leaders of MySELF BRG are:

• Mindy Halasz  – Co-Chair
• Sonya Voronkova – Co-Chair
• Erica Melton – Community Committee Chair
• Kimberly Hensley – Communications Chair
• Margaret Kluk – Business Committee Chair
• Todd Roudabush – Talent Committee Chair
• Jared Poff ( EVP CFO) – Executive Sponsor

Panel:

We were delighted to speak and we discussed many topics including

• Coming out can be a lifelong journey. How do you manage coming out in different situations? 
• Coming out as "Transgender or Non-binary" at your work-place
• How to be an ally for those who are "coming out" at your work-place?
• How to support as a parent or a grandparent or relative when a child or grandchild or young relative comes out?
• How to support someone in their journey in coming out in a virtual work environment
• What resources can we provide?

There were more than seventy globally-dispersed attendees at the virtual event. Some of the attendees and speakers and the MySELF leaders are included in the photo below.

 

Come out when you are in a safe environment and at your time-table.

#VisibilityMatters
#NationalComingOutDay

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"Coming Out" Resources:

1. From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingout
2. From Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out
3. The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/
4. The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students  
5. Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/
6. Coming Out as Trans at Work -- A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta, and Sandra J. Sucher, Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2021
7. 13 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves

Launch of Zettabytes.Today website and new programs made me think about the most frequently asked question (FAQ)

Zettabytes.Today is shiny and new.

• New!! Become a Zetta Star Membership program.
• New!! Become a Megabytes, Gigabytes or Zettabytes Sponsor.
• Register and attend Events!! via our new platform

Check out our new website:

Welcome Home

Hear Us -- Read and hear.

Meet Us -- Meet all who makes Zettabytes.Today your network

See Us -- Check out upcoming events and all our past news and events

Join Us -- Participate -- darn it!

The Beginnings: Lisa Kagy and I chat about how it all got started in August 2019.

As we launch the new membership, sponsorship and new event management program, let us answer the most FAQ: How did we get started?

August 25, 2021 Olive AI's CTO David Landreman discusses AI in Healthcare and its Ethical Considerations and how it Impacts Queer Community

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda: 

David Landreman, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Olive AI talked about how his team is working to apply artificial intelligence to close gaps and connect disconnected systems in healthcare.

Chase McCants of Zettabytes.Today spoke as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, how he finds Olive AI'sinclusive environment in the workspace.

Key Bartenders: Vinny Sanfillipo and Robbin Bowman of Zettabytes.Today presented Dirty Martinis.