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CIO Tomorrow Conference on August 31, 2021
#CIOTomorrow Conference in Columbus on August 31, 2021
@Vinny Sanfillipo and @Rini Das at the conference.
January 30, 2020 – The Beginnings. Launch Event with speakers Leigh Stauffer and Ritvik Vasudevan of Mobikit.io discussing Mobility Data Analytics
The Invitation: Here is the invite.
The Organizers: Lisa Kagy and Rini Das
The Agenda:
Who were invited and who we still invite?
Who attended?
Much fun was had. We learned. We laughed. We ate. We drank. We danced.
And so the story goes . . .
February 27, 2020 Panelists Chris Volpe of Multivarious and Rini Das, former CEO of PAKRA Games discuss Games, Serious Games, and Gamification.
The Invitation: Here is the invite.
The Panelists: Chris Volpe and Rini Das
The Agenda:
The Attendees:
And then three weeks later, the pandemic started.
April 7, 2021 Reboot. Zettabytes.Today Big Teaser Event!
The Invitation: Here is the invite.
The Agenda:
The Speakers:
Nick Saltsman of Equitas Health sharing how to get Covid-19 vaccine.
Featured Bartenders:
Laurie Granger of Two Truths Bar – A Lesbian Bar presenting Cocktail and Mocktail hour
Trix Dix doing a mocktail demo.
The Attendees:
And here’s to the start of virtual events — our “New Normal”.
June 30, 2021 Do’s and Don’ts of Networking
The Invitation: Here is the link.
The Agenda:
Feature Bartenders: Brooke Cartus and Eileen Galvin of Covered Dish — Listen to them on Tuesdays at 7 pm, their YouTube channel
The Attendees:
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.
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:
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?
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-ChairSonya Voronkova – Co-ChairErica Melton – Community Committee ChairKimberly Hensley – Communications ChairMargaret Kluk – Business Committee ChairTodd Roudabush – Talent Committee ChairJared 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-placeHow 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 environmentWhat 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
“Coming Out” Resources:
From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingoutFrom Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-outThe Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/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, 202113 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves
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.