TechVibe Radio

TVR 5/6/20: Five Star Development

May 06, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutes - 4.18 MB

Learn how Five Star has been innovating in Pittsburgh for 23 years. Then we'll nerd out on the latest applications of robotics process automation. Yep, RPA!

TVR 5/6/20: PGH IT Firms Take a Byte of Hunger

May 06, 2020 22:00 - 9 minutes - 3.55 MB

In response to the Pittsburgh region experiencing a dramatic increase in food insecurity from the on-going COVID-19 Pandemic, a cohort of Pittsburgh-based IT staffing firms decided to do something about it. Over the course of a few weeks, Synergy Staffing and Raeder Landree mobilized more than a dozen IT staffing firms to raise $78,000 for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. A check was presented to the Food Bank on April 28. The firms that participated in addition to Synergy Sta...

TVR 5/6/20: PGH IT Firms Take a Byte Out of Hunger

May 06, 2020 22:00 - 9 minutes - 3.55 MB

In response to the Pittsburgh region experiencing a dramatic increase in food insecurity from the on-going COVID-19 Pandemic, a cohort of Pittsburgh-based IT staffing firms decided to do something about it. Over the course of a few weeks, Synergy Staffing and Raeder Landree mobilized more than a dozen IT staffing firms to raise $78,000 for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. A check was presented to the Food Bank on April 28. The firms that participated in addition to Synergy Sta...

One Mic Stand: Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon

May 06, 2020 18:39 - 8 minutes - 41.7 MB Video

The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Ryan Gent and Rust Built's Kit Mueller fill us in on the 2020 Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. This is your chance to connect with like-minded people in your community to make a difference.Think our communities could be better? Do you have ideas for solutions to that leverage technology? Want to work with other likeminded, dynamic people? Have skills like web or mobile development, design, mapping, data analysis, research, or storytelling? Come apply your tec...

Business as Usual With Dr. Chris Howard of Robert Morris University

May 06, 2020 18:26 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MB

Robert Morris University President Dr. Chris Howard talks about the impact of COVID-19 on the university, how it reacted, what will change in the future and so much more. Dr. Howard provides an animated and frank discussion!

Business as Usual with State Representative Carl Metzgar

May 05, 2020 19:31 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MB

Today, we are hosting State Representative Carl Metzgar for an important discussion on the reliability of Pennsylvania’s food supply chain. Hailing from a part of the Commonwealth that is rich in agriculture, but also coming from a cattle ranching family himself, Rep. Metzgar has unique insights into many of the key supply-chain issues that are impacting the food security of the Commonwealth.

One Mic Stand with Priya Amin of Flexable

May 05, 2020 19:03 - 11 minutes - 4.38 MB

We talk to Priya Amin of Flexable to learn how her pop-up day care company has pivoted to offer virtual MiniCamps to engage children as their parents work from home. Flexable is a platform that connects childcare providers and parents looking for last-minute or on-demand care. By providing an option to find extra capacity in the childcare market, it is helping providers make extra revenue while allowing parents additional peace of mind.

One Mic Stand Hanel Storage Systems

May 05, 2020 19:02 - 14 minutes - 5.61 MB

In this episode Brian Cohen of Hanel Storage Systems details how the company is the background powering our supply chains across multiple industries. An especially important topic during COVID-19! Hanel Storage Systems is a supplier of automated storage and retrieval systems. Hanel offers both vertical carousels and vertical lift modules that can be configured for use with almost any type of inventory, from small parts to heavy fixtures. Hanel systems are used in storeroom, tool roo...

One Mic Stand with Lance Hyde of Koppers

May 05, 2020 12:38 - 14 minutes - 5.73 MB

Lance is Director of Global Inclusion at Koppers and talks to One Mic Stand about the All One Pittsburgh initiative to get much-needed supplies to those in under-served neighborhoods in Pittsburgh impacted by COVID-19. Find out what inspired Koppers to partner with the Urban League to start up the initiative and how it is starting to make a difference.

Business as Usual with TeleTracking Technologies

May 04, 2020 20:54 - 30 minutes - 11.8 MB

TeleTracking President Chris Johnson details how hospitals use TeleTracking solutions to provide patients better care by giving doctors and nurses more time to be with them. The technology has helped hospitals better utilize resources in the fight against Corona Virus.

One Mic Stand with Aspirant

May 04, 2020 13:29 - 9 minutes - 3.7 MB

Pittsburgh tech consultancy Aspirant launched its new Virtual Working Assessment for free to help businesses monitor how their workplaces are performing in our new virtual COVID-19 environment. Aspirant CEO Mike McClaine gives us all of the details: Within 48 business hours of a specific team (or entire company) completing the survey, they receive: Access to an interactive dashboard with results in a graphical format. A better understanding of the opportunities and challenges your team ...

One Mic Stand with Facebook Small Business Grants

May 01, 2020 20:12 - 10 minutes - 4.25 MB

Diana Doukas joins us to talk about Facebook's $175K in Small Biz Grants for Pittsburgh. Facebook recently shared updates to its small business grant program, introduced a new gift cards feature and expanded fundraising to include small businesses. The Pittsburgh area will be awarded $175K in grants for small businesses and applications are open placing special emphasis on investing in eligible minority and women-owned businesses. Apply here https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants/app...

Business as Usual with Adam Marles of LeadingAge PA

May 01, 2020 20:04 - 30 minutes - 12 MB

Adam Marles talks about how nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania are dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most COVID-19 deaths in Allegheny County are coming from these facilities. He discusses the lack of resources to fight to virus.

One Mic Stand with AEC Group

May 01, 2020 13:41 - 21 minutes - 8.51 MB

Check out AEC Group's Sean Troy and Brian Lesniakowski talk about technological readiness for the pandemic, how it will affect IT going forward. They cover: how businesses are responding; what challenges and benefits have they seen with respect to different technologies; collaboration tools, SaaS delivered apps, managed Services and new security challenges. Learn about AEC Group at www.aecgroup.com.

Health Care Reinvented: Substance Use Disorders

May 01, 2020 13:23 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MB

The COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted every aspect our world, especially those with substance use disorders (SUD). This episode of Health Care Reinvented with Allegheny Health Network (AHN) together with Highmark explores a multifaceted approach to addressing SUD. The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Jonathan Kersting talks to Caesar A. DeLeo, M.D., Vice President and Executive Medical Director at Highmark, and Ashley Potts, LSW, Senior Project Manager at Highmark, about the importance of ge...

One Mic Stand with SCA Technologies

April 30, 2020 12:40 - 21 minutes - 8.22 MB

Vishy is Chief Technology Officer at SCA Technologies , a private company started in 1999 with HQ in Pittsburgh and offices Chicago and India. SCA provides a collaborative, real-time cloud platform for managing the food supply chain. Its clients include Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonald’s. It also has several hundred manufacturers and distributors on the platform. Clients use it to manage supply, reduce costs and improve margins. It provides full visibility from farm to fork and enabl...

TVR 4/29/20: Visvero

April 30, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.78 MB

Visvero is a database applications development services company focused on helping client managers get accurate information about the historical performance data and make reasonable forward-looking forecasts. It offers both projects based as well as supplemental IT staffing services models to help meet client goals.

TVR 4/29/20: Logix Guru

April 29, 2020 23:30 - 12 minutes - 4.73 MB

As a Pittsburgh based company founded in 2000, Logix Guru has been successful not only in the Western Pennsylvania region but also nationally, providing IT Staffing, Software Testing/QA, and Software Development Services.

TVR 4/29/20: Business as Usual

April 29, 2020 22:30 - 8 minutes - 3.46 MB

TechVibe cohosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting talk about the PTC's new webcast Business as Usual.

Business as Usual Explores COVID-19's Impact on Real Estate

April 29, 2020 18:24 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MB

Join us today at noon as we explore COVID-19's impact on the construction and real estate industries with Kim Ford, Founder & CEO of Coeo Space and Broker of Record at Found Advisors, and Brandon Mendoza, Executive Director NAIOP Pittsburgh. The duo will address topics, including: The need to make major workplace modifications to comply with new social distancing Crucial conversations to have with your landlord Local construction projects moving forward

TVR 4/29/20: Phantom Exposure

April 29, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 3.48 MB

This new start up is specializing helping your social media ads and presence become more effective. It's all about strong visual content. They make your business cool!

One Mic Stand: Seton Hill University

April 29, 2020 14:14 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MB

Seton Hill University sits just outside Pittsburgh and has made technology adoption a priority for more than a decade. Every student and teacher is equipped with technology for distance learning. So when the COVID19 pandemic swept by, Seton Hill was prepared to keep the classrooms open virtually. Seton Hill President Mary Finger has all of the details.

Business as Usual: Sam Reiman, Director of the Richard King Mellon Foundation,

April 28, 2020 18:43 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MB

On today's "Business as Usual," we have Sam Reiman, Director of the Richard King Mellon Foundation, joining as at noon to overview its $15 million in COVID-19 relief funds earmarked for our region. As Director of the RK Mellon Foundation, Sam is a key leader in our philanthropy community. He will share the strategy as well as tactics of assisting those organizations who provide services to those most in need, but also his leadership in forging our economic future.

One Mic Stand: ebs growth

April 28, 2020 13:08 - 13 minutes - 5.38 MB

Bryan Whittington from ebs growth likes helping businesses grow fast! In this episode, Bryan discusses some of the fundamentals and has some specific insight on how sales and hiring are going to quite different in the post COVID-19 world.

One Mic Stand: Honeycomb Credit

April 28, 2020 13:06 - 16 minutes - 6.35 MB

Honeycomb Credit helps small businesses raise money from the local community to capitalize and grow. In this episode George Cook talks about the new Honeycomb Relief Fund to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Honeycomb Credit today announced a new product for small businesses that offers debt free capital in the form of ”Loyalty Bonds”. Loyalty Bonds enable small businesses to raise cash immediately by selling gift cards at a discount, while providing the customer with more reasons to return...

Business as Usual with Acting OSHA Administrator Loren Sweatt

April 27, 2020 18:21 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB

We're pleased to welcome Acting OSHA Administrator Loren Sweatt as our featured speaker for today's "Business as Usual" at noon. She will discuss a broad range of topics surrounding OSHA’s handling of COVID-19 and their future posture for evaluating complaints and conducting COVID-19 related inspections.

One Mic Stand With Locomation

April 24, 2020 20:57 - 16 minutes - 6.43 MB

Cetin Mericli gives an update on how Locomation is disrupting the trucking industry by developing automated driving technologies to make ground transportation safer, faster, and more affordable.

Business as Usual with Dr. Rachel Levine and Dennis Davin

April 24, 2020 20:48 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MB

Dr. Rachel Levine, PA Secretary of Health, will provide an update on how COVID-19 is impacting Pennsylvania and the plan to safely reopen the economy. Dennis Davin, PA Secretary of Community and Economic Development, has updates on state resources available to small business as we prepare for the post-COVID-19 economy.

Business as Usual with U.S. Senator Bob Casey

April 24, 2020 20:47 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

U.S. Senator Bob Casey updates us on the latest resources available from the Federal Government to help businesses with the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Business as Usual with Leslie Davis, SVP and COO, UPMC Health Services

April 24, 2020 12:09 - 29 minutes - 11.4 MB

Leslie Davis, SVP and COO, UPMC Health Services Division, is our featured guest today at noon. She will provide an overview on how and what UPMC has been responding to with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. She has overall leadership responsibility of 40 hospitals and 4,800 employed physicians, 23 senior community facilities and a comprehensive array of clinical specialty service lines.

One Mic Stand with Beverly Manne of Tucker Arensberg

April 23, 2020 13:45 - 25 minutes - 9.73 MB

COVID-19-induced economic uncertainty has caught countless businesses off guard. Loss of sales, customers and contracts has forced many into cash-strapped situations unsure how to pay bills and creditors. Beverly Manne of Tucker Arensberg will walk you through the steps when considering bankruptcy. She even has a few tips to work with creditors before going down the bankruptcy route.

TVR 4/22/20: Compunetix/Chorus Call

April 23, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB

Discover how Compunetix/Chorus Call's videoconferencing technologies are being used worldwide to keep everyone connected!

TVR 4/22/20: Health Monitoring

April 22, 2020 23:30 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MB

Health Monitoring automatically collects anonymized visit data from ~600 hospitals across the country, including all across Pennsylvania. It provides health departments with real-time situational awareness of population health (who is experiencing what symptoms and conditions) and healthcare utilization. Learn how it analyzes prediagnostic data to help identify potential individuals who might be affected by something like COVID-19 before testing results are available.

TVR 4/22/20: HDJ Associates

April 22, 2020 23:00 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MB

Named one of the top five recruiting firms in Pittsburgh, HDJ & Associates, is a full-service professional employment solutions firm, offering dedicated, personal attention to both employers and candidates seeking new careers. Plus we talk about the Clear Thoughts Foundation (https://clearthoughtsfoundation.org/)

TVR 4/22/20: PGH's Tech Ecosystem During COVID-19

April 22, 2020 22:30 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MB

TechVibe co-hosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting retail some positive stories in PGH's tech scene.

Business as Usual with PA State Reps Austin Davis and Jake Wheatley

April 22, 2020 18:55 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MB

Join today's "Business as Usual" webcast as we have PA State Representatives Austin Davis (35th District) and Jake Wheatley (19th District) joining us for an update on how the Commonwealth is responding to help businesses and people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

One Mic Stand with Richard Citrin

April 21, 2020 19:03 - 17 minutes - 6.74 MB

Right now is about the time we all need to build a ton of resiliency! We're all worried about our health, families and businesses. Richard Citrin has deep experience working with leaders of all sizes of companies to build resiliency and people skills. Richard has great insight and strategies to help you become more resilient and emerge from the current Covid-19 pandemic stronger. You gotta watch to find out. Go to www.citrinconsulting.com for more details.

One Mic Stand with Warner Telecomm

April 21, 2020 19:01 - 10 minutes - 4.25 MB

Warner Telecomm is a telecommunications consulting firm that has been provisioning and auditing local to global networks for over 20 years. It works with its clients to understand current network requirements and implement budgetary and network service consolidations. Hear from Tim Joos and DeWayne Chandler about the savings they find customers across their telecommunications spend.

Business as Usual with Primanti Bros. CMO and PA Restaurant/Lodging CEO

April 21, 2020 18:15 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MB

Today's "Business as Usual" truly has some bite! Restaurants are a top regional employer and are truly part of our social fabric. Keeping them thriving is vital for our neighborhoods and communities. We're excited to have Primanti Bros. CMO Adam Golomb and Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association CEO John Longstreet going live with us at noon to discuss how our restaurants are coping through the COVID-19 pandemic and finding creative solutions to continue to serve their loyal custom...

Business as Usual Featuring Dr. Louis Falo

April 20, 2020 19:33 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MB

We are honored to have Dr. Louis Falo, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Falo has been focusing on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. Listen to get the latest information on the research.

Business as Usual With 412 Food Rescue

April 17, 2020 21:08 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MB

412 Food Rescue launched in March 2015 to address the disconnect between the fact that 40 percent of food produced in the United States is wasted while one in seven go hungry. 412 Food Rescue’s unique approach takes the problem through the lens of an urban food system, impacting waste at each stage of the food supply value chain. Utilizing technology to solve the logistics challenge of retail food recovery, 412 Food Rescue is the only organization in Allegheny County that focuses on food tha...

One Mic Stand Featuring Jim Gillespie of GrayMatter Systems

April 17, 2020 18:45 - 10 minutes - 3.94 MB

Jim tells us how Gray Matter helps business- and life-critical companies, industries and utilities keep their doors open and systems running even during the COVID-19 pandemic. For 30 years, GrayMatter has provided critical infrastructure environments with data driven, process automation solutions to both optimize operations, and ensure safe, reliable performance. Through a combination of industry-leading technologies, coupled with our deep subject matter expertise and proven track record of ...

One Mic Stand Featuring Jim Gillespie of Gray Matter Systems

April 17, 2020 18:45 - 10 minutes - 3.94 MB

Jim tells us how Gray Matter helps business- and life-critical companies, industries and utilities keep their doors open and systems running even during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more than 20 years, GrayMatter has provided critical infrastructure environments with data driven, process automation solutions to both optimize operations, and ensure safe, reliable performance. Through a combination of industry-leading technologies, coupled with our deep subject matter expertise and proven track ...

Business as Usual Featuring Congressman Mike Doyle

April 17, 2020 18:13 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB

Congressman Doyle updates us when more stimulus money will be available to small businesses and addressed other concerns around the Covid-19 pandemic.

One Mic Stand with LogosE

April 17, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 7.94 MB

LogosE spent the past 5 years from 2009 to 2014 engaged by Peacemaker Corps Association a United Nations NGO to create all their communication technology, after 15 years in existence to bring this UN agency into 21st century global communication. LogosE is taking this platform to educate people on the COVID-19 pandemic.

One Mic Stand with Castus

April 17, 2020 14:30 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MB

Castus helps organizations navigate the complexities of global business development. Its team provides priceless insight and strategic leadership that drives immediate value and sustainable growth. Castus has built global businesses from the ground up, so it understands the risks, the opportunities, and what it takes to achieve both short-term success and long-term sustainability.

One Mic Stand With Headstorm

April 16, 2020 12:25 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MB

Get a blast of high energy with Adam Paulisick of Headstorm. He has awesome insight on reinvigorating sales and using the current downtime in the pandemic to switch gears and prepare for an upswing. We discuss: What’s the difference between consultative selling and provocative selling? Why does one work vs the other (and especially now)? What are the 4 major types of buyers and how do you appeal to them? How do you integrate sales and product in today’s world? Adam is offering a free con...

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