IBM Summit Program Experience – 11 – IBM ECF Video 2019

Giving back to your community is a great feeling with many aspects to feel proud about 🤗👉 Everyone has their own favorite part — what’s yours? 🎬Amazing to have a production team to help out on this project, as most of my previous have been solo acts.👏Thank you to all the volunteers, coordinators, and all those involved in the IBM …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 10 – Snack Video

Friends, what impact do you think free snacks have on employee engagement? 🤔IBMers, how do you feel about the free snacks?#Comedy#News#Puns#EmployeeEngagement IBM To me, small perks like these make a difference! And to see one of the largest technology companies in the world offer a perk that is most often found at the smallest technology companies in the world… to me …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 9 – Landing On A Team

I have officially ‘landed’ on IBM‘s Data Science team.Here’s a picture expressing the way I feel about it: 🚀🌕Data Science isn’t rocket science – in simple terms its helping clients discover insights from their data to improve business decision-making. Lead by experts Lee Cratchley and Robb Corrigan … it’s gonna be a great year of tremendous learning and exploring new heights. “I feel like a …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 8 – Demo2Win

Sales training? Everyone’s got a method.Software demo training? Rarely taught, but critical for tech workers 💻!Last week I attended Demo2Win, a two-day workshop that teaches professionals how to effectively demo software. Learning: Imagine you are showing your manager a report, a customer your software, or even a friend a new app that you love… here’s a proven methodology you can …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 7 – Recruiting at Universities

Spent the weekend at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University as part of the IBM Sponsor for the QBET Conference.Last year I competed in the competition component, this year a judge! It’s nice to go full circle. It happens at all stages of our lives. Babies grow up to be babysitters. Students become teachers. Children become parents. Sports players become …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 5 – Top Gun Systems & Platform

Top Gun Award! ✅Ranked within Top 10% of scores in the final written examinations. The focus of this 5-day boot camp is 50% product training, 50% career education… and 100% free food at the hotel buffet! • Offerings we covered: Hardware (Data Processing, Data Storage), Cloud, Managed Services, Analytics, Business Automation, Blockchain, Financing Deals, Compliance, etc. 🎯• Career topics we …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 3 – Training Kick-Off

IBM Global Sales School: Trip 1. On the first day of training, lead by Dave LaPenta, we took a DISC personality assessment. Surprise! 60% of the class identified as “I”, 20% as “D” and “S” and “C” as 10% each. Certain jobs have certain archetypes, so it is no surprise that much of the class fit into the ‘people person’ …

IBM Summit Program Experience – 2 – Orientation in NYC

Week 2 at IBM – Flown out to New York to the IBM Learning Center (IBM’s unofficial school) for a week of training. Among the cool things: • Very professionally run orientation covering IBM’s history, values, organizational structure, and an overview of enterprise sales lead by Sales Leaders of 20+ years experience. •  Solid hour-long discussion on diversity, inclusion, and …