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Behind every cloud service or cloud-based solution, there are real people...
A robust ecosystem of solutions providers has emerged around cloud computing. But who are the CEOs & CTOs behind those providers, who are the internal and external entrepreneurs driving companies involved in the Cloud, who are the leading engineers, developers, analysts, researchers, marketing professionals, authors...who, in short, are the people behind the cloud?
This list will be updated weekly between now and November 4-7, 2013, when 13th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley opens its doors in the Santa Clara Convention Center, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Here are some highly prominent "Cloud People" to kick off with...
RANDY BIAS | @randybias
"Randy Bias is visionary. He sees things others don't." [Emphasis added.] That is how Mårten Mickos puts it, as succinctly as ever. One of the things Randy saw, long before others, was the Cloud itself. He founded Cloudscaling as long ago 2006, with himself as as Co-Founder, CTO and Chairman. While it wasn't till 2011 that the company got a Series A investment of $4M, the plain fact is that Cloudscaling, and most especially Cloudscaling's founder, was leading the charge toward infrastructure elasticity almost earlier than anyone else.
A vocal open systems advocate for more than two decades, before Cloudscaling Randy was the technical visionary at GoGrid and at CloudScale Networks. He led the open-licensing of GoGrid's APIs, which inspired Sun Microsystems, Rackspace Cloud, VMware and others to follow.
He was also an early and vocal supporter of the OpenStack project, and led the teams that deployed the first public OpenStack storage cloud (Swift) outside of Rackspace, and the first public OpenStack compute cloud (Nova). He is a founding Board Member of the OpenStack Foundation. He also popularized the cloud server "pets vs. cattle" meme.
JONATHAN BRYCE | @jbryce
Jonathan Bryce is Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation. (OpenStack is 3 years old now.) He has spent his entire career building the cloud and gave the opening keynote at 11th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2012.
The OpenStack Foundation promotes the development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud operating system. As the independent home for OpenStack, the Foundation has already attracted more than 7,000 individual members from 100 countries and 850 different organizations, secured more than $10 million in funding and is ready to fulfill the OpenStack mission of becoming the ubiquitous cloud computing platform.
Previously Jonathan was a founder of The Rackspace Cloud. He started his career working as a web developer for Rackspace, and during his tenure, he and co-worker Todd Morey had a vision to build a sophisticated web hosting environment where users and businesses alike could turn to design, develop and deploy their ideal web site – all without being responsible for procuring the technology, installing it or making sure it is built to be always available. This vision became The Rackspace Cloud. Since then he has been a major driver of OpenStack, the open source cloud software initiative.
REUVEN COHEN | @rUv
Reuven Cohen is (still) young, yet Reuven Cohen has been part of the Cloud Computing vanguard from the very beginning.
Pictured below talking to me on SYS-CON.TV at the first ever Cloud Expo, in November 2008, Ruv founded Enomaly in Canada in 2004, to exploit the same concept - "elastic computing" that Amazon so famously exploited when it launched EC2 (its Elastic Compute Cloud) in August 2006. Enomaly was among the first to develop a self-service infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform circa 2005, as well as SpotCloud (2011), the first commodity style cloud computing Spot Market. In December 2011 Enomaly was acquired by Virtustream, where Ruv acted as Sr. Vice President of Community Clouds until August 2013, when he was appointed by Citrix to the newly created role of Chief Cloud Advocate.
He writes "The Digital Provocateur column for Forbes Magazine, is the co-founder with DAVE NIELSEN of CloudCamp (300+ Cities around the Globe), an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas and is the largest of the 'barcamp' style of events. He is also the co-host of the DigitalNibbles Podcast sponsored by Intel. He has served as a board member to the Information Technology Association of Canada as well as a strategic adviser to Sun Microsystems, Amazon, York University, The Government of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (DFAIT).
Ruv is currently very active in International trade as a liaison with various governments helping define IT policy, definitions (NIST) and agendas. Some of his recent participation include the governments of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Brasil, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, and China
BERNARD GOLDEN | @bernardgolden
Bernard is VP of Enterprise Solutions at Enstratius. At Enstratius, he works with enterprises throughout the world to help them achieve greater agility and improved IT economics. His work with enterprises includes opportunity evaluation, best practices recommendations, economic analysis, and process streamlining. Bernard was previously CEO of HyperStratus, a Silicon Valley cloud consulting firm helping its clients plan, design, and implement cloud initiatives. HyperStratus clients included the KT (Korea Telecom), Chunghwa Telecom, Trend Micro, and Pepsi.
He is the author or co-author of three books on virtualization and cloud computing, including Virtualization for Dummies, the most popular book on the subject ever published.
MÅRTEN MICKOS | @martenmickos
Describing himself succinctly on his Twitter account as a "Finn in Silicon Valley", Mårten Mickos is CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. According to no less an authority than BusinessWeek, he "has a track record of building global disruptive businesses."
No surprise then to find Mårten right at the heart of the Cloud. He joined Eucalyptus, purveyor of private AWS-compatible clouds, as CEO in March 2010, having from 2001-8 been CEO of open source database maker MySQL AB, which was famously bought by Sun in 2008 for $1 billion. In September 2009 he become Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital, and anyone who understands how VC works in the Valley should have noted that, when he left Benchmark to take up the chief executive office at a Cloud company...that confirmed that Cloud Computing was certain to become huge.
Mårten Mickos spoke at 9th Cloud Expo / Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (November 2011)
DAVE NIELSEN | @davenielsen
One of five cloudsters who put on the first ever CloudCamp - the other four being Sam Charrington, Jesse Silver, Sara Dornsife and REUVEN COHEN - Dave Nielsen has done for "unconferences" what Wordsworth did for daffodils: put them on the map.
Several of the five had experience with the Open Space unconference format which had been around since the early 80s and it seemed to them like a good fit for the then still emergent phenomenon known as Cloud Computing. The first CloudCamp, accordingly, was held June 2008 in San Francisco. The aim then as now was to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing. The agenda at a CloudCamp is never completely set until the attendees arrive and set it.
Since a participant-driven unconference like this can not only run on its own but also within a larger conference, Cloud Expo invited Dave to run a CloudCamp @ Cloud Expo for the first time in 2009 and there has been one held at every Cloud Expo since.
MARK SKILTON | @mskilton
Mark Skilton is a Global Director, Strategy Office, Capgemini Infrastructure Services. He is the Technical Leader for the Group Government Cloud Portfolio and is the author of the "Cloud Computing Education" and "Infrastructure Strategy" Courses at the Capgemini University. He is also Co-Chair of the Cloud Computing Work Group at The Open Group, an International Standards Body. SMark has spoken and published internationally on the subject of Cloud Computing, and spoke at 11th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley on the subject of "Maximizing Business Value in a Cloud Enabled Ecosystem."
SEBASTIAN STADIL | @sebastianstadil
Founder of the Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group (SVCCG) and of Scalr. The SVCCG was founded Sep 11, 2007, by Chief Organizer Stadil and Assistant Organizer Ferhat Hatay. As of this writing it has 8,697 members and counting, and has held 104 meetups.
Sebastian has been a Cloud developer since 2004, starting with web services for e-commerce and then for computational resources. He founded Scalr, a software-project-turned-startup that scales website infrastructure automagically. Scalr's CTO is Igor Savchenko and Marat Komarov its Director of Engineering. Ever thoughtful and prescient, his Master's Thesis at the Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Lille in France was on "Signal Oriented Marketing: establishing trust among mutually distrustful parties using insights from Evolutionary Biology and Game Theory."
WERNER VOGELS | @werner
Vice-President & CTO at Amazon, Werner Vogels - who keynoted the very first Cloud Expo and indeed the second one too - is responsible at Amazon for driving the company's technology vision, which is to continuously enhance the innovation on behalf of Amazon's customers at a global scale.
Prior to joining Amazon, Werner worked as a researcher at the Computer Science Department at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems. He holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.
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Would be interesting to see here people from medium-size cloud hosting companies. Thank you! Jaime |
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What they've done so far is open up part of their API to the public, while keeping more of it for themselves. I expect it's only a matter of time before they start opening up the rest to paying customers, who will get their own secret key, linked to a site's domain, which can be retrieved through the HTTP Referer header. The signature would act much like an API key does today, except that by combining a secret with a product of the chart's arguments, the signature will vary for each individual chart, and Google can trust that the person who generated it is a genuine customer, and that it hasn't been modified along the way. It would no longer be possible to simply copy an API key and fake an IP and Referrer value, it would still require something extra, which only Google and its customer would know. |
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The funny thing about both "He will knock four times" and the Death of the Doctor arc is that, in retrospect, they make better sense now than they did when they were broadcast. Tenth's reaction is kinda logical, since this will be his final regeneration, and he may not even survive that long, either. And Eleventh's similar fear in that season now is more suspenceful, because he actually WILL die and there's nothing he can do about it...
Of course, that only works in retrospect, because the War Doctor is not even hinted at during those seasons, so... But, at least it fits nicely, oddly enough.
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Worst job interview moments of 2014 by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine December 23, 2014, 5:34 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Think you've had some bad job interviews this year? This survey is guaranteed to cheer you up (unless you happen to be part of it). When staffing firm OfficeTeam asked 600 managers across North America to describe the most embarrassing interview blunders they had seen in 2014, here's what they said. The candidate "…called the interviewer by the wrong name." "…was so nervous she almost fainted." "…did a song and dance routine in hopes of getting the job." "…brought his dog." Wardrobe malfunctions was another common theme. Some hapless interviewees "showed up in sweatpants," one "was wearing mismatched shoes," and another "didn't realize his zipper was down." Lots of managers recalled extreme etiquette errors. The applicant "…started swearing during the interview." "…was checking his cell phone and chewing gum during the meeting." "…fell asleep." Then there were these cautionary tales, where a candidate "…claimed he was late because he got lost, but our receptionist said she had seen him hanging out at the coffee shop." "…was caught in a big lie on her resume during the meeting." "…said he never lets people see him sweat — but he was sweating profusely." "…was asked to tell the interviewer a little about herself, and didn't have anything to say." Interviewers made their share of blunders, too. "Someone spilled a pot of hot coffee on the candidate." "An interviewer walked into a closet instead of the meeting room." "A hiring manager was reading the wrong person's resume." Oops. Better luck in 2015, everybody.
Are your job ads putting candidates to sleep? by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine December 5, 2014, 11:52 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Dear Annie: I've been put in charge of hiring a few new people for our department, which does social media marketing, and I'm trying to come up with a way to describe the talent and experience we're looking for. This is a pretty new area of the company, so there aren't any old job descriptions around here that I could use as a template, and the ones I've been looking at online are mostly so boring. Is it crazy to think that, since we're looking for dynamic, imaginative people to do interesting, creative work, the job description should be interesting and creative too? Do you or your readers have any suggestions? — Just Janet Dear J.J.: Not crazy at all. "Job descriptions are usually just an item on a hiring manager's checklist, so they end up as a dry list of qualifications," explains Brendan Browne, director of recruiting at LinkedIn. That's a wasted opportunity. "Candidates in demand now have a choice of jobs, so how are you going to stand out?" he says. "The right description is often your first, and best, chance to catch the eye of the right talent." Browne has had some experience with this. When he started at LinkedIn in 2010, the social media site had about 500 employees. It now has over 6,000, in 30 cities worldwide. Here are a few of LinkedIn's tips for writing a job ad that will wow the people you want to attract: Use recognizable titles. "Creative" titles — like Office Ninja for administrative assistant, or Brand Champion when you mean social media specialist — aren't search-friendly, and will likely put off anyone who doesn't know what they mean. Keep the tone candid and conversational. Lots of ads feature a heading like "Job Overview," followed by two or three paragraphs of jargon. Yawn. Instead, Browne recommends getting quickly to the point, with "Why Join Us?" followed by two or three sentences that answer the question. Likewise, long lists of "Job Requirements" in some ads often include a veiled reference to a drawback of the job, buried in verbiage. That's a mistake. "It's essential that the ad reflect the reality," Browne notes. "If there is something that makes this role especially tough or challenging, say it as if you were speaking to the person. Put in a 'Worst Part of the Job' sub-head." LinkedIn, for instance, is growing so fast that a few basic processes aren't fully developed yet and have to be improvised on the fly. If something like that is true in your shop too, briefly say so. "Be authentic about the job," says Browne. "You want no surprises for new hires later." Promote your company's brand. When LinkedIn surveyed 18,000 employees across various industries on what would lure them to a new job, 56% said an employer's job-market brand was a big influence. "People want to love where they work, so why someone would love working with you has got to come screaming through," Browne says. It helps to replace a typically dull list of details about the company's history with two or three sentences explaining why your business is exciting now. Avoid buzzwords. Instead of eye-glazing boilerplate like "Fits well with our culture and the values consistent in our organization," offer information about the actual culture at your company — maybe by mentioning why you like coming to work in the morning. Emphasize the impact of the job. Lots of job ads contain vague descriptions like "Lead the business and drive change to meet performance goals." Say what? "Those phrases don't mean anything to anyone," notes Browne. "Try spelling out specifically why the role matters, what they'll be doing, and what they'll learn." LinkedIn's survey of passive job candidates showed that people who already have jobs are most likely to move if a new job offers a candidate the chance to make their own distinctive mark. If that's the case with the job openings you're trying to fill, make it clear. Be concise. The LinkedIn talent study showed there's a 30% chance your ideal candidate will read your job description on a mobile device, where the smaller screen means each word has to count. You could also consider adding another dimension to the text by embedding a video that shows, say, some of your team's work, or features you talking about the team, the company, and the job. In a way, the fact that there aren't any old job descriptions around for you to use is an advantage, because it means you get to start fresh. For most hiring managers, "it takes a shift in mindset" to get away from the same old snooze-inducing job descriptions, says Browne. "But, in the current tight market for talent, it's worth the effort to differentiate your company from the crowd." Have a career question for Anne Fisher? Email email@example.com.
Top 5 reasons why job hunters aren't getting hired by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine November 4, 2014, 1:58 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons At first glance, it's puzzling. The job market is finally looking something like its old self, with unemployment at 5.9%, a bit below its 6% pre-recession rate. Yet, as anyone trying to change jobs (or get one) these days knows all too well, plenty of employers are dragging their feet, taking longer to hire than at any time in more than a decade. What's the holdup? Patty Prosser, chair of executive development and recruiting firm OI Global Partners, says at least some of it is "due to the way candidates present themselves, and how they perform during interviews." That's not all bad, since, unlike the state of the economy as a whole, "these are issues that are within job seekers' control." OI Partners recently asked its hundreds of North American headhunters and career coaches to list the most common mistakes they see interviewees make. Here are the top five: 1. Don't stand out enough from other candidates (mentioned by 67% of those surveyed). Most job seekers don't talk enough, or at all, about "which personal attributes differentiate them from their competition, and describe what unique value they can bring," Prosser says. One way to do that persuasively is to "read the job description carefully and perfect your pitch to include accomplishments that match the job specs." 2. Don't explain how their experience is a good fit for the job opening (64%). "Job seekers often don't see the forest for the trees. They don't evaluate what the company really needs—not just listing buzzwords, but showing from their past experience how they can solve problems," says Prosser. Oddly, the survey suggested that candidates too often downplay their leadership experience, a "strength that should be communicated, even if it isn't part of the formal requirements for the job." 3. Don't show enough interest and excitement (56%). A job interview isn't the time to play it cool, yet it seems some people do. "Telling a story can have a big impact," Prosser advises. "Try to find something in your research on the company, the job, or the interviewer that really resonates with you and then share a personal story about it." Candidates often underestimate the value of enthusiasm, she adds. "Remember, employers hire people, not resumes." If you already seem to be just going through the motions, hiring managers wonder what you'll be like to work with day in and day out. 4. Focus too much on what they want, instead of on what the interviewer is saying (54%). Alas, according to this survey, most people aren't good listeners. "In the initial phase of interviewing, the employer is mainly concerned about their needs and how the candidate might be able to fulfill those," says Prosser. "So you need to get the interviewer talking in detail about what the real issues are, why the company is looking to hire, and what the ideal candidate for the job would be like." Persuade an interviewer that you're a great fit, she adds, and then you'll have his or her attention when you bring up your own needs and goals—but not before. 5. Believe they can "wing it" without enough preparation (53%). "Prepare for an interview the same way you would for a presentation to a boss or a client," Prosser suggests. That includes "practice, practice, practice," plus doing enough background research on each company, and each interviewer, to "anticipate what the hiring manager is likely to ask, and prepare substantive questions to ask them." That might sound obvious, but about 40% of headhunters and coaches in the OI poll said they've seen candidates go in to an interview knowing zip about the employer or the job. One more suggestion: Be yourself. One in three (33%) lamented the number of candidates who "lack humor, warmth, or personality" in interviews. To be sure, that may be partly because some people freeze up when they're nervous. Even so, Prosser says, "Be real and sincere. Most hiring managers will see through an act."
When competing in a male-dominated field, women should 'man up' by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine August 14, 2014, 12:06 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Any woman who has applied for a job in a male-dominated field faces a quandary: Does she play up her feminine strengths, such as being supportive or a good listener, or emphasize traits more associated with men, such as assertiveness? It turns out that showcasing "manliness" is the better strategy, according to a study in the latest issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly. In a laboratory experiment, a group of more than 600 undergrads from Michigan State evaluated a group of women applying for an engineering management job. They concluded that women who described themselves using traits traditionally associated with men — independence, or a focus on achievement — were seen as more fitting for the job than those who emphasized traits often seen as more feminine (warmth, supportiveness, and nurturing). "We found that 'manning up' seemed to be an effective strategy, because it was seen as necessary for the job," said Michigan State's Ann Marie Ryan, who co-authored the study with Jennifer Wessel and several others. The study is the latest in a growing body of work examining how women survive and thrive in the often-male dominated worlds such as top management. Ryan and her team chose engineering because women are so poorly represented. Only 11.7 percent of engineers, according to the National Science Foundation, were women in 2011. Research released this week found nearly 40 percent of female engineering graduates quit the profession or never even get a job in the field. In the first phase of a three-year NSF study that surveyed 5,300 engineering alumnae spanning six decades, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Educational Psychology Professor Nadya Fouad also found that two-thirds of those who left the field within five years said they pursued better opportunities in other fields, while a third stayed home with children because companies wouldn't accommodate them. "These women are more vulnerable to being pushed out because they typically aren't in the internal 'good old boys' network," said Fouad, who conducted her research with MSU colleague Romila Singh. One of the biggest challenges for women in male-dominated fields, such as science, according to earlier research, is combating perceptions that certain top management jobs are "male positions" that require a skill set more associated with men. The research community in the past has been divided over how women should combat these inherent biases. Some have found that women face a potential backlash if they attempt to highlight their tough side, while a 2011 study in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology found that women who are aggressive, assertive, and confident — and can turn those traits on and off depending on the situation — get more promotions than either men or other women. Fouad said much of that research is misplaced because it implies women themselves need to change to fit expectations of these fields and that it amounts to "blaming the victim." "The narrative in all these articles is always what is wrong with these women. They are not succeeding. They are not staying. They are not persisting in this male-dominated occupation," she said. "We are saying these aren't the right questions to be asking. The onus should not be on women to change their behavior to fit into some interviewer's perception of how women behave." Ryan, though, was careful to say that women should not attempt to reinvent themselves for a job in a male-dominated field, nor should they just toss out the male traits without linking them to characteristics of the job. She also said women shouldn't be afraid to bring up their softer side as the interview goes along, although her study found bringing up the fact they are a woman without explaining its significance to the job resulted in "negative personal evaluations." "It's not simply talk about this or don't talk about that," Ryan said. "What I'm trying to look at is how do you talk about your social categories," she added. "Is there a way to talk about being a woman in a male dominated field or ethnic minority in an organization that is not very diverse? Can you talk about it in a way where people feel comfortable with the interaction but also where you can make your point about your qualifications? Or are there ways to talk about it which people react negatively to?" Ryan's work is part of the growing field of identity management in which researchers are examining how various groups looking for work handle potential bias. Among those that Ryan has looked at are military veterans, African-Americans, gays and lesbians, Arabs, older Americans and the disabled. Ryan's goal is for her research to lead to better guidance for prospective employees as well as improvements in way human resources departments deal with applicants. Companies, she said, could improve their online application process, possibly replacing a name with a number to avoid any potential bias as well as giving someone space to explain who they are beyond simply listing their gender, ethnicity or race. They could also train recruiters to be aware of their own biases coming into interviews and set up a monitoring system that would help uncover potential discrimination in the hiring process. Another option would be taping the job interviews. "Because implicit bias is so insidious, I would actually record those interviews so that somebody can go back and audit," Fouad said. "If the focus is on helping people get the most diverse and the best candidates and diverse pool of candidates, then all recruiters and interviewers need to know how they are reacting to various traits in individuals and they need to have that monitored so it is easily identified and corrected."
It's okay to mention pay in a first or second interview by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine July 1, 2014, 12:41 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Haven't looked for a new job in a while? You might be surprised at some of the ways job hunting has changed lately. For one thing, especially in fields like accounting, finance, marketing, and IT where competition for top talent is intense, getting hired is often a lot faster now than it was a few years ago. So more interviewers are talking about compensation sooner. A record high 70% of hiring managers now say they welcome salary discussions as early as the first or second interview, according to a new survey by global staffing firm Robert Half International—a far cry from the days when talking about money so soon marked a candidate as crass, or desperate. Moreover, the poll suggests that applicants have little to lose by asking about pay up front: 92% of the hiring managers said they wouldn't disqualify an applicant for doing so. The reason is "a very real war for talent," says Paul McDonald, senior executive director at Robert Half. "To get the right people before their competition does, companies have compressed the time involved in hiring. They're bringing up salary and benefits right away in order to save time." In some respects, that is turning conventional job interview wisdom on its head. Remember, for instance, when canny candidates put off answering the "What are your salary requirements?" question as long as possible? That was partly a negotiating ploy, to avoid naming a figure that might be lower than what the employer planned to offer. These days, McDonald recommends a different approach—one that helps speed the interview along. "You should answer the salary requirements question right away, and as accurately as possible," he says. "The trouble is, too many candidates go into interviews not knowing how to answer it." That takes, first, understanding the dollar value of the benefits (not just salary) you're earning now; and, second, doing lots of research on the market value of the job you're after, in the geographical area and the type of company where you're applying. Then, when an interviewer asks, "state the facts as you know them," McDonald advises, "and say something like, 'I hope that's in line with what you have in mind.'You want to appear flexible at this stage, and make it clear that you're more interested in the job and the career path than the compensation." Don't be put off, he adds, if the hiring manager mentions a salary that you think is too low. "You can usually negotiate for an early performance review, incentive bonus, or extra benefits like more vacation time or a gym membership," McDonald says. "But those discussions don't start until after you get the offer."
A five-part battle plan to hire more veterans by Anne Fisher @FortuneMagazine May 22, 2014, 10:55 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons FORTUNE — "Hiring veterans is one of those can't-miss things, like motherhood and apple pie," says Harley Lippman, CEO of IT consulting and staffing firm Genesis10. "Everyone's strongly in favor of it. But how much of that is just lip service?" Good question. On the one hand, hundreds of big employers from Wal-Mart WMT to Bank of America BAC have stepped up their efforts to bring more vets on board. A nonprofit called the 100,000 Jobs Mission, for instance, has grown to more than 154 companies from just 11 three years ago, and its members have hired about 140,000 veterans so far. The government is trying, too. Employers have received tax credits for hiring vets since late 2011, and last month the Department of Veterans Affairs launched a website aimed at helping vets and their spouses find training and jobs. How well all this is working all depends on your perspective. Some encouraging numbers: Unemployment among returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan fell a little in 2013, from 7.5% to 6.8% — a big improvement from almost 15% in 2010 (versus just under 10% for the rest of the workforce in the same year). It's now just about 1% higher than the overall jobless rate. MORE: Retailers still playing the weather blame game Yet the Department of Labor reports that, among people in their twenties leaving the military, unemployment is stuck at a lofty 12.1%. And many more veterans are coming home soon. As U.S. military involvement overseas winds down, the armed services are shrinking headcount by more than 300,000 each year. One irony here is that many vets leave the service with advanced IT skills that are in huge demand. IT job site Dice.com says unemployment among software developers, for instance, now averages a tiny 2.8%. But job interviewers struggling with the talent shortage often overlook vets' knowledge and experience. "People with military backgrounds get stereotyped as security guards," notes Harley Lippmann — and he doesn't mean computer security. "So when they do find jobs, they're often woefully underemployed. We hired one woman, a veteran who learned her topnotch tech skills in the Army, who was working as a waitress in a pizza place." In the past two years, Genesis10 has helped hundreds of qualified vets find jobs with clients of its consulting and staffing services. Among the firm's own employees, who number about 2,000, roughly 8% are veterans. Some of those hires have come through the career seminars Genesis10 holds in cities across the U.S. where the company has offices. For companies that want to hire more veterans but are unsure where to start, Lippman suggests a five step plan. First, he says, "you have to have a formal effort, and it has to come from the top, so the people in the middle who do the actual hiring know you're serious. Otherwise, it just isn't going to happen." Next, put someone in charge of that effort who understands the military mindset. Lippman chose Nick Swaggert, who served two tours of duty in Iraq and is still in the Marine Corps Reserves. MORE: Vladimir Putin's China pivot: All tactics, no trust Third, have that person design a training program. Swaggert runs what Genesis10 calls a "reverse boot camp" for ex-military job candidates that teaches them how to translate their experience into terms the civilian world can grasp, and how to move from the military chain of command to more collaborative business settings. "The government usually gives people leaving the service one week of training on these topics," notes Lippman. "It isn't enough." The fourth step: Pair each vet with two mentors, one a fellow veteran (Genesis10 calls these "battle buddies") and one a seasoned corporate type who can explain how the private sector operates. Last but far from least, tell hiring managers it's okay to give veterans an edge. "To tap this enormous pool of talent, companies have to make it a priority," Lippman says. "We tell our hiring managers, 'If the job description lists 10 specific criteria and you have two candidates — a vet with seven of them and a non-veteran who has eight — don't hesitate. Hire the veteran."


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It probably won't shock you to know that when I was in high school, I was an avid member of my school's debate team. I wasn't the first African-American on the team, but because kids' interests can change, I was often the only one. That's not so surprising, as there were not that many kids of color at my school back then, just as there were not that many in most of the other schools we competed against in our part of New England.
Frankly, I didn't think about it all that much — not until one debate competition, when my team was hosted for dinner at the home of one of our competitors, a dinner at which I was promptly invited by my young, white host to socialize with his black maid in the kitchen.
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I mention all of this because I have had it up to here with members of the commentariat who keep lecturing us about how they would never have tolerated the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's more incendiary sermons, and they wonder why Barack Obama did. They would have walked on out [of the church].
Can I just tell you? I don't think so.
Setting aside the fact that I question how many of these people have actually darkened the door of any house of worship in recent years — because I hope they would not be so smug and cynical if they had — let me just posit the theory that if the tables had been turned, if it had been their church, their family, their friends, their turf, they would have sat right there.
They would have sat right there just like aides to Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman sat right there when their bosses privately used the "N" word and other negative language to talk about the African-Americans on whose behalf they were often working, language which has been well documented on White House recording devices.
They would have sat right there just like the Rev. Billy Graham did when Richard Nixon used anti-Semitic language.
They would have sat right there just like countless good people do when their friends tell racist jokes, or when their employers refuse to return phone calls of applicants they suspect might be black or brown, or refuse to rent apartments or work with people of color.
I know this because, over the years, I have met too many white people who have told me how they have struggled to find their voices when language or behavior emerges from people they otherwise care about — who they believe to be good people — but who, nevertheless, say or do things they think are wrong.
I know this because I have met too many brown people who have struggled to find their voices when someone they care about has made an anti-Semitic or homophobic remark, and they agonize over how much to object, knowing that those views are deeply rooted. And they fear causing a breach over something they think won't change.
Obama has explained his relationship with his minister at some length. One is free to accept or reject his explanation. But please — spare me the moral outrage about what you would have done or would do in that situation. And just do it.
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Nov 9, 2009
i stopped at the Copperas Cove HEB late Saturday night, 7 November to get me some fuji apples. i picked up the sales flyer and saw where you could get a free bottle of catsup if you bought fish, but i coldn't find the bottle of katsup. also saw where you could get a free bottle of mayo if you bought a packet of ham. well i didn't see the coupon for the ham and by the time i got to the cash register i had forgotten about it and placed the mayo on top of the packet of ham with the coupon in the middle. as the clerk was scanning i thought i saw the fuji apples rung up as $1.59 a pound and i was almost sure there were marked $1.49 a pound. so i paid and parked my buggy and went back and verified the fuji apples were in fact $1.49. i also noticed that i was charged for the mayo which was supposed to be free.
i talked with the cashier and she told me i had given her the wrong coupon. there was no one in line behind me or when i came back. so i told her that i didn't want the ham and mayo and also didn't want the apples since i was overcharged. so she took them off my bill and had to call a manager to get the override. then i looked at my receipt and was surprised to see that the apples i was charged $1.59 a pound for were returned at $1.49 a pound. i asked the cashier to call the manager back over. i showed him my register receipts and he was puzzled and didn't know what had happened, but told me he couldn't do anything about it and i would have to come in tomorrow to see the store manager. i told him i would not be making a trip back for this. i mean we are talking about a total of 28 cents. he talked to the cashier about trying to do something on the cash register and i told him it is midnight and i have already messed around with this enough. another employee had stopped by and she asked me if i wanted them to ring the apples up and i told her no, i was going to wal-mart to get my apples. she replied okay. so off to wal-mart i went to get my fuji apples. i was surprised to see they were .97 cents a pound. cash register items: HEB: 11-07-09 11:39 pm fuji apples $1.59 a pound 11-07-09 11:48 pm fuji apples refund $1.49 a pound WALMART: 11-08-09 :03 A.M. fuji apples $.97 a pound this all sounds petty, but if HEB does this all day long it adds up. usually i more than 11 items and wouldn't catch HEB cheating me, but since i went in there specifically to buy fuji apples i noticed the price. so HEB tries to cheat me on the sale price. when that is not successful they tried to cheat me on the return price. this was dumb. and last of all, no one was in line, so why didn't the clerk ask me about not having the right coupon? |
Nov 9, 2009
Chawk it up to a late night clerk problem. If you don't like HEB then go to walmart. Your choice.
Nov 9, 2009
If you don't like HEB, shop at WalMart. One less person for me to deal with.
Nov 9, 2009
I wish I had that much time on hand to buy apples. When i would have been the store manager I would have reached in my pocket and give you the 28 cents to solve that ` problem` fast and efficient.
Nov 9, 2009
You are actually criticizing someone for buying apples and then being upset that they didnt ring up correctly???? really??? You are the perfect example of an HEB sheeple! LOL Bet you just love when they act like you really matter to them and i bet you buy every toothbrush, deodorant, candy bar, etc that they ask you to buy when you checkout! Come on its only 99cents with coupon! lmao Im sure when those managers get their bonus checks they know exactly who to thank! If you only knew the truth! |
Nov 9, 2009
yes and i am able to afford it because i don`t waste my time and gas by driving around in circles for 28 cents. This is called common sense and chosing your battles. It was most likely a simple cashier error ringing up a wrong code and when they tried to fix it they used the right code. And not a conspiracy from corporate to scam a customer out of 28 cents for apples. And if im not mistaken the original poster mentioned shopping with coupons to get free merchandise not me. |
Nov 10, 2009
HEB donates alot of money to the community and gives customers the opportunity to donate money with those coupons at the checkout. I just read on the AUSA website that $50,000 was donated from HEB for the Fort Hood tragedy.
Nov 11, 2009
It was me. I cheated the old lady out of the 28 cents, because you see, I am MAD, MAD I say! I will do it again and again.(Evil laugh goes here).
Everyone please get a life and clean up your yards. Copperas Cove is a disgrace in way too many neighborhoods. You Copperas Cove losers!!!!!!!! |
Nov 18, 2009
the apples were returned at the wrong price most likely because when they returned them, they used the correct code. There are only about 13 types of different apples. That is why there are scales and stickers in the produce dept so that you can weigh and label your own items, to ensure corporate doesn't steal your 28 cents that I am sure they don't need. The manager not being able to fix it is bull. He could have just done a vendor coupon for 28 cents, i personally would have reached in my pocket and handed it to you to save the headache for everyone. You should be pissed at the manager for that.
As for the coupon, sometimes the cashiers don't memorize evey coupon in the store. After all, have you noticed how many coupons HEB offers? What she could have done had she known before your order was complete, is manually enter the coupon, but since she didn't know till after, it is in the hands of a manager because she doesn't have the ability to refund you. I am glad to hear you got your fuji apples for a lower price, but you wasted gas driving there instead. That, and I know Walmart doesn't give anything for free no matter what you purchase, they don't bag your items well, they don't smile, they don't move with speed, and please ask them for a carryout and then see how long you wait to get one. Just sayin After all, we are talking about 28 cents right? Work in customer service,sir\ma'am, just once in your life, and make sure it is at a grocery store, then and only then, tell me if you are so quick to judge. |
Nov 18, 2009
First of all there is NO excuse for apples to be rung up with a wrong code! Period!!! I would say that over 90% of all in apples that store on any given day have a sticker on it with the code! You would have to go to extreme measures to find all the apples without stickers on them! Your excuse is a bunch of bovine fecal matter!!!!
Secondly i dont think is is just about the 28 cents! Its obvious that both the cashier and the "manager"(more than likely just a wannabe thats been given an override #) both need a little more training! This situation was handled badly! If your solution would be to use a non-existent coupon to give the customer their 28 cents, your actions would raise a lot of red flags in the loss prevention area! Thirdly as far as the coupon situation goes, they could have handled that better as well! The whole goal of the combo locos and meal deals is to increase sales overall but also to increase the average sale per customer just like that basket item they try to shove down your throats when you checkout! The free coupons themselves are another issue altogether! If you only buy the combo locos and meal deals then yes you are getting free items! However if you do all your shopping there, free may not be what it seems! Watch the prices on the items you buy! I remember awhile back there was a $1.00 of coupon on a product! The price on it went up 50 cents so you were only actually saving 50 cents! Its the same with products all throughout the store! Watch what you buy and see how the prices fluctuate especially when tied to combo locos, meal deals and coupons! Also watch for the tags that say the item is on sale when you know the item was cheaper last week!!! Ultimately heb is just as tricky as walmart if not more so! Heb is always patting itself on the back for being such a great company! However it looks like their store employees didnt get the memo! |
Nov 18, 2009
LOL. sounds like you may have worked for HEB at one time. You know all the insides. Couldn't be that you got canned ? Your feel for managers as a whole is pretty bad.
Nov 18, 2009
Oyes, i think you hit the nail on the head! LOL the voice of MORE experience, bitter much? Actually if you paid attention to what I said, you would see that i concur it was handled horrible, yes, and the remark about a 28 cent coupon, point is it could be handled very easily instead of him coming back the next day. Oh, WOW items you mean, the ones in the basket? I don't call, "would you like any candy today" shoved down your throat. Its a simple suggestion, you want it or not, you should know that it is a requirement for them to ask, or you get it free? blah blah. We don't know how this person actually acted in the store either. They seem pretty pissed on here about 28 cents so he/she may have gotten out of hand in store causing the brush off. Just sayin, there is always 2 sides to a story. And by the way, I was the voice of experience, but since you couldn't be orignal, I changed my name.
Nov 19, 2009
Give LOL and the voice of More experience some time and they will find something wrong with another business. I have waited on people like them and I can say it is not pleasant and you Aren't gonna win. The same goes for people that are unhappy with food service, etc. Takes all kinds to make the world go around. The great thing is that there aren't a great many of them but enough to make it miserable for the clerks in the businesses.
Nov 19, 2009
And here is the perfect example , since biblical times, how the apple is bringing dischord amongst humankind.....again.
Nov 19, 2009
OMG this is too funny! People getting worked up over a place that sells canned beans, condoms and depends! Every store has its problems and in America we can still choose where we spend our money(if we still have any that is)! We are also entitled to our opinions which some of you may or may not like! Ive never really bought into the heb religion but still shop there often! If you have a problem with them call san antonio-- Toll-free number 1-800 432-3113 Customer Relations office hours: Mon.- Fri., 8am - 5pm or do the online customer survey! You'd be surprised at what they will do to make you happy! Who knows you might just give them the ammo to actually get rid of their dead weight! Still though thanks for the laughs!
Nov 21, 2009
It's called a monopoly. Monopolies like HEB get away with it all the time. You can thank the local idiots as to why this area never has nice things.
Nov 21, 2009
Who are the local idiots and what are you blaming then for ? Walmart is big competition to HEB. What are you talking about ? They don't have a monoply/
Nov 21, 2009
Oyes, I think some people just post to be heard. Their comments make no sense.
Nov 21, 2009
Hey, I really don't work at HEB. I was/am just stirring the pot. See how easy it was and I was trying to let you all know that by being sarcastic. So, you see Copperas Cove, you really are a bunch of LOSERS! HOW DO YOU LIKE THOSE APPLES!
Nov 22, 2009
this thread is really still going? And thank u Oyes, where Rated R Trollstar got monopoly i will never know. Monopoly is win one business dominates the entire area with NO competition. HEB has competition, Walmart, Randalls tries, and what is left of Albertsons, and Target. All of this over a mistaken refund. I would gladly mail per 28 cents, but the funny thing is, they never commented again on this thread, so that tells you something does it not? Oh, and Evil HEB Clerk, if you pay attention to detail, not all of us are from Copperas Cover, however, you are, so that makes you the same loser you are calling everyone else. Hmmmmmmm just sayin
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Hirosaki Castle May 1, 2011 - full bloom (moats) May 1, 2011 - approaching full bloom (50-80%) (castle grounds) May 1, 2011 - opening (10-50%) (sakura tunnel) May 1, 2011 - just opened (0-10%) (yaebeni shidarezakura)
Hirosaki Castle is another of Japan's Top 100 cherry blossom spots, and one of the three best hanami spots in the Tohoku Region together with Kitakami in Iwate, and Kakunodate in Akita. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating with us during our visit today and we were hampered by a light rain and cloudy skies all day.
The castle grounds form a large public park that has thousands of cherry trees planted around it. Because each area of the park has its own characteristics, and even different types of cherry trees, a visit to the castle is like visiting multiple cherry blossom spots in one. The castle was also in the midst of its cherry blossom festival today, so there were plenty of events, performances, and rows of food stands set up around the park that further added to the festive yet contrasting feel in each area.
The first area that we visited was the castle moats. Hundreds of somei yoshino trees are planted along both the inner and outer moats that surround the castle walls. The blossoms have just reached full bloom and looked strong and resilient despite the light rain we've had over the last couple of days. I would guess that they will continue to improve in the short term, and that they will remain at their peak for at least a few more days.
Next we headed to the honmaru, the main castle grounds, which is a paid area of the park where the relatively small castle keep is located. A large variety of cherry trees including somei yoshino, weeping cherry trees (shidarezakura), and a large number of late blooming yaebeni weeping cherry trees (yaebeni shidarezakura) are planted around the honmaru. The somei yoshino trees were a little behind the ones along the moats and are still approaching full bloom. It looks like they will reach their peak in the next few days.
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The final area that we visited was a stretch of trees planted along the western moat known as the cherry blossom tunnel. As its name suggests, the cherry trees in this area are planted along both sides of a path and form a nice tunnel of white blossoms when in full bloom. The trees along the tunnel are even more delayed than the rest of the park, however, and were only around 30% open today. It looked nice, but it will look even better in a few more days when the cherry blossom tunnel starts to reach its peak.
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its a town in Ghent. Little streats, the history of Ghent is here next to the Castle. Take a guide en enyoi.
Lots of Turkish restaurants that serve halal food. Tried Gok Restaurant over there and had a seafood platter for two, which was amazing and reasonably priced.
Think we walked round these streets at the wrong time. They were nice to walk round but think around dusk might of been nicer. Lights would of been lit and the buildings would of been lit up. Loved looking at the different facades here and some buildings are really old! Do recommend but we'd go early evening if here again:)
Used to live in Ghent,up to 26 years ago. When I was little nobody would just walk there as a tourist since it was a dangerous place. Now, the whole area is transformed into a really nice area for tourists with great restaurants and little shops!
It's worth taking a stroll along Patershol, to step out of the centre and to just lose yourself for a while.there are lots of narrow cobbled lanes with a scattering of small cosy restaurants.The area maintains it's ancient charm but has more of a local rather than an urban feel about it.
This it the old city of Gent, and it has more charm and personality than the main shopping streets. There are many older shops to enjoy and the original Amadeus ribs restaurant is back in the Patershol as well. I recommend spending the afternoon exploring this lovely part of Gent and have lunch or dinner while you are there!
a great historical area to wander around...all little restaurants and tons of atmosphere!ideal to visit when there are the patersholfeesten, the whole area parties!!!!!
This is definitely an area to wander around and explore the little streets. Some very good restaurants and places to eat.
The old (poor) neighboorhood of Ghent. But completey renovated, with loads of nice restaurants. No cars allowed.
As above, have a walk around, do some research on the web, you can't go wrong. Lots of small cobbled streets, amazing what can be lurking around the next corner...
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There was a door joining our room to the next. Was very loud and could hear lots of noise from the guests staying in the next room. Need to seal doors better that join rooms. Also, please put more than one packet of reg coffee in the room. Thanks!
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Very clean, staff was very friendly, even maintenance types you passed in the hallway. The complimentary breakfast was superb! Very pet-friendly, too. A nice indoor pool. We'll stay again when we return!
It was located on a very busy street, but that was hardly the hotel's fault. Nothing else "negative" that I can remember.
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Memories (Weezer song)
"Memories" | ||||
Single by Weezer (featuring the cast of Jackass) | ||||
from the album Hurley and Jackass 3D Soundtrack | ||||
Released | August 10, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, power pop, post-punk revival | |||
Length | 3:16 | |||
Label | Epitaph | |||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||
Producer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||
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"Memories" is a song by the band Weezer. It is the opening track and first single from their 2010 album Hurley [1] and was first released online on August 10, 2010. Following the death of Jackass member Ryan Dunn, the video became the most searched for video on YouTube. In the movie appear scenes with the cast of "Jackass" recording the song with Weezer as background voices.
Music video[edit]
The music video for "Memories" debuted on September 9, 2010 on the TV show Jersey Shore.[2] The video was shot on Super 8 cameras and filmed on the locations of the skate video "The Search for Animal Chin".[3] The clip features Weezer playing next to and inside an empty pool while various skateboarders do tricks around them.[3] The video track also features the cast of Jackass on backing vocals, and clips from the movie Jackass 3-D.[2]
Other uses[edit]
This song's backing track was also used on Auto-Tune the news #13 featuring the band. It was also used in the ending credits of Jackass 3D. This song was also played at Wembley Stadium when Birmingham City lifted the League Cup trophy. Following the death of Ryan Dunn, and Weezer performing the song as a tribute to him during their following concerts, it has been considered by Jackass fans as Dunns unofficial tribute song.
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Unique cultureConsLet's start with the hours. I hope you enjoy early mornings because the mandatory start time is 630am. At around 640am the megaphones come out and those who are late are berated in front of their peers by management. There is no defined end time for this role either. I like to relate it to high school; your teacher will tell you when you can leave. Unique to most companies Fridays are actually the longest day of the week at Echo. Management takes privy to making the entire floor stay late on Fridays regardless if there is no work left to be done. It's a very interesting management philosophy to say the least.
As for compensation... Don't expect much. With roughly a 300% increase in department size in the past year commission is harder to come by. Management does do a good job showcasing the select few individuals that have stuck with the company and make decent money. However, don't expect to make more than $35,000 your first year. Keep in mind management has just slashed compensation on the customer side by roughly 20-25% so that first year salary figure may decrease.
At the end of the day you need to come into this job with low expectations. Carrier reps are regarded as glorified truck dispatchers and are at the bottom of the totem pole at Echo. If logistics is an industry that interests you I would recommend pursuing the client sales side. The hours are much more relaxed and the perks are much better (craft beers vs warm miller lite, team outings vs Friday night lock ins, etc.)Advice to ManagementAdviceKeep doing what you're doing. Investors are getting great end over end results and the hire rate has been high enough to offset the burn out rate. Just be careful with over hiring. Low salary helps hedge the risk but it's important to scale your growth.
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- 12-05-2012, 07:02 AM Thread Author #1
Default apps
This is going to be a stupid question, and if it's been asked before I apologize, but I couldn't find anything on it. If I click on a link, with in Gmail for instance, I get a pop up that says "Complete action using: Internet or Popup Browser". Then below that it says Always or Just Once. I selected Internet and then Always, but every time I click on a link, this pops up again. I thought that once I clicked "Always" that would stop popping up? What gives? (Fyi, it happens whether I click the same link, or another link). Thanks guys and gals.
- 12-05-2012, 10:48 AM #2If i've made life easier buy me a Macchiato
- 12-05-2012, 03:25 PM Thread Author #4
- 12-05-2012, 03:27 PM #5If i've made life easier buy me a Macchiato
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