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In episode 156, Erik and Kerel talk with Ayanna Lott-Pollard, Executive Director at Resilient Coders, whose mission is social justice through economic empowerment through educating black and brown folks from low income communities to become software engineers. Ayanna is West Philadelphia, born and raised, just like her parents, is the oldest of 4 siblings, and graduated from the school of Communications and Theater at Temple University. From there, her career path has been nonlinear to say the least, getting opportunities to work in advertising, healthcare, government, including a stint at the White House, operations and now tech adjacent.

Ayanna talks about how her nonlinear career path came from following her heart, how life has directed her to places, organizations, and opportunities in which she deeply cares for, and why she loves learning and where she has developed her growth mindself. She also goes into the current landscape of technology, AI, automation, the importance of skills and diversity at the table, having a vision for yourself, and more.

“It's essential that these organizations, these multibillion dollar organizations and some of the smaller ones as well, that they become inclusive. And it's not just because like I said, it's an ethical, it's a moral issue, it's because we're creating technologies, we're creating opportunities, we're reinventing what this world will look like. And in order for that to be equitable, we need everybody. We need more people at the table.”

Timestamps

1:24: Ayanna Lott-Pollard, Executive Director at Resilient Coders, shares Resilient Coders’ inception, mission, and more details of what the 20 week bootcamp entails

4:34: Just like Will from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Ayanna shares that she was born and raised in West Philadelphia as well as getting into her family history, path to college and nonlinear career path

6:51: Why Ayanna’s career path has been untraditional and how life has directed her to certain places and organizations based on her life experiences

8:08: What drives Ayanna’s passion for continued learning, growing, and education for herself

9:59: Ayanna explains why skills are the new degree requirement, how automation and AI is impacting both workers and employers, and the future of tech jobs

12:23: The ethical and financial importance of decreasing the risk of discriminatory design in tech by putting diverse people in designer roles and have a seat at the table

18:11: What excites Ayanna about the future of technology and the impact Resilient Coders is creating for entire generations 

20:13: The importance of Resilient Coders alumni

22:50: What inspires Ayanna to develop teams and be a transformational leader and what purpose means to her

26:02: The best piece of advice Ayanna has ever received

27:27: Ayanna’s current music rotation, including a Philly playlist, gospel, and a wide range of other music

28:26: Erik, Kerel, and Ayanna chat about and share their love for the TV show Bel Air and why it’s really important and its focus on black excellence

30:20 Where you can connect with Ayanna and find more information about Resilient Coders

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Ep 156 - Ayanna Lott-Pollard, Executive Director at Resilient Coders

In this episode Ali Swerdlow and Kerel Cooper are joined by Valeria Chisca, Senior Manager of Customer Revenue at Rue La La, to discuss the role of email as it pertains to online retailers.

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Episode 8: Email Marketing Strategy for Online Retailers

Today we are delving into the world of Product Marketing, and I’m delighted to say we’re joined by Jessica Webb, who is Product Marketing Manager at everyone’s favourite collaboration platform, Trello.
 
Since moving to Trello, Jessica has worked in content marketing and she’s now driving the growth of Trello’s products in a role that connects the dots between their marketing, sales, product and growth teams.
 
In this episode we explore the topic of Product Marketing to understand its role, its purpose, and how it differs from other forms of marketing, and Jessica also gives us a peek inside how Trello does product marketing including:
 
- The differences in product marketing when targeting new customers versus existing customers
- How to measures the success of product marketing
- How Trello’s marketing, sales, growth and product teams collaborate when it comes to product marketing
- How Trello’s product marketing team work together as a fully remote team distributed across the globe
- How Trello communicates its product messaging and value proposition alongside how they localise it for different regions and markets around the world
- Common mistakes product marketers tend to make alongside the keys to success when it comes to product marketing

Trello >> trello.com
Jessica's headline experiment >> https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-growth-hacking-experiments
Follow Jessica on Twitter >> twitter.com/jessicawebbica

The Growth Hub >> www.advanceb2b.com/thegrowthhub
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The Growth Hub on Twitter >> twitter.com/SaaSGrowthHub
Edward on Twitter >> twitter.com/NordicEdward

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In this episode we talk to Stephanie Layser, Vice President of Advertising Technology & Operations at News Corp. Listen in to Stephanie tell her story of
how she got into digital advertising, why building relationships is so important and the honest conversation we have about being self-aware.

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In this episode we talk to Ashley McGee, Senior Director Strategic Partnerships at TRONC (formerly Tribune Publishing). Listen in to Ashley tell her story of balancing digital advertising during the day, crisis counselor at night as well as being a great mom.

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In this episode we talk to Dennis Colon, VP of Ad Operations and Strategy at CBS Interactive. Listen to Dennis tell his story of what inspires him, how he overcomes challenges to lead by example and why being a mentor is so important to him.

Minority Report Ep3 - Dennis Colon

In this episode we talk to industry veteran and consultant Rich Sobel. Listen to Rich tell his story of being openly gay in AdTech, the challenges he faced in the social atmosphere of the industry and how he's overcome those challenges. Rich also discusses how his love for change and evolution has lead him on a very interesting career journey. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as Kerel and Erik did.

Minority Report Ep4 - Rich Sobel

In this episode we talk with Heather Carver, SVP Seller Accounts at Rubicon Project. Listen to Heather tell her story of how she first got into AdTech, challenges of moving from an individual contributor to team leadership role, how she manages work-life balance and much more.

Minority Report Ep6 - Heather Carver

As the podcast comes off a bit of a hiatus, Kerel Cooper interviews Erik Requidan in this episode. Erik is Vice President of Sales and Programmatic Strategy at Intermarkets, Inc. as well as cofounder and cohost of this podcast. Listen as Erik talks about growing up half Filipino, half Guatemalan in the DC area. How he got into the digital advertising space and why he’s excited about the future of the industry.

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Ep 156 - Ayanna Lott-Pollard, Executive Director at Resilient Coders

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