Zettabytes.Today is a networking organization for LGBTQ+ professionals in Tech, Data and Design. Straight Allies are welcome.
As usual, our crew had a blast at the latest Tech TakeOverTuesday networking event, held at Edison Brewing Company in Gahanna.
Presented by multiple organizations including TechLifeColumbus, the event was a fundraiser for Alvis Columbus, an organization dedicated to behavioral health, substance abuse services and re-entry programs.
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.
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| Heather Blair CIO of NetJets |
Presented by OhioX, the event offered 2 days of discussion on tech development in Columbus - such as a panel on “Building the Silicon Heartland - Seizing momentum and growing Ohio’s tech sector”, and the presentation “Intel in Ohio - A briefing with leaders from Intel, JobsOhio, and OneColumbus”.
We had a blast at this year’s CodeLaunch Ohio Startup Expo, where five technology software startups and their hackathon tech crews competed for the big win !!
~ photo credit - CodeLaunch Ohio
CodeLaunch, presented by Cyrannus.io, describes itself as a seed accelerator competition, tech trade show, startup conference and networking event all rolled into one.
CodeLaunch provides a platform for individuals and groups to showcase their technology startup ideas, and even provides seed services to competition winners and participants.
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| The big win !!!!!!! |
We told them they could ask us anything... and they DID !!
We had a great time last night at the "Ask Me Anything" IRL event, where our Rini Das, Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Robbin Bowman were panelists ! The event, held at Rev1 Labs, the innovation center of Rev1 Ventures, was co-sponsored by Zettabytes.Today and Tech Elevator.
Participants engaged us on various topics over pizza and beer, like: starting a successful career in tech; landing and crushing that big interview; gauging a company's culture; and contributing to workplace diversity initiatives.
We had a GREAT start to 2022 with our January 12th session “To be, or Not to Be...out in your workplace”, featuring “Go Be You” Business Coach and speaker Scott Kirkendall and Jyllian Spikes, of our Community Organization Black, Out & Proud !!
After the drink demo during our fabulous Cocktail/Mocktail hour, Jyll Spikes discussed how her organization Black, Out & Proud provides a safe space for the African American LGBTQ community through advocacy, educational and social opportunities.
Scott Kirkendall then gave an inspiring and thought-provoking talk on how being closeted in the workplace versus being out affects LGBTQ folx; how things have changed over time; and how being out affects and empowers LGBTQ people.
Wonderful event !!
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.
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| Registration ! |
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| photo credit ~ Dhruva Vyas |
We did it again!
We (Zettabytes.Today) attending another awesome Virtual Tech Summit presented by Lesbians Who Tech: Queer. Inclusive. BadAss !! The June Summit was perfectly timed to celebrate Pride Month. 🌈🌈
Lesbians Who Tech, the largest Tech group in the world, holds Virtual Tech Summits featuring lectures by world renown tech leaders, networking events, and career fairs held by the biggest tech companies in the world.
The group's goals are:
~ to bring more visibility to LGBTQ people in tech
~ to bring visibility to others
~ to get more women, POC and LGBTQ folks involved in tech
~ to connect our communities to organizations and companies doing great work !!
Straight allies are always welcome to present and participate.
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| photo ~ Lesbians Who Tech |
