244 – 💻 Eva Sofianos – DevFest Florida Season 2019

What this episode covers

Founder and Organizer, GDG ​Bronx Eva Sofianos is ​an ​energetic, ​disciplined ​and ​highly ​motivated ​individual ​with ​over 15 years of experience ​in IT, ​diligently ​leading ​teams ​to ​success. She began her career by providing IT services for Weill Medical Center of Cornell University. Soon after, Eva participated in research projects with the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York, before joining IBM as a Software Engineer at the T.J. Watson Research Center, where she led numerous successful projects in IBM’s Global Technology Services(GTS) as well as Global Business Services(GBS) before transferring into IBM’s Federal Cloud Computing Division as an Advisory IT Specialist, and co-authoring an IBM-Redbook. In the past few years, she realized her love for teaching and during her transition from industry to academia co-founded ​a ​technical ​training ​program ​that ​provides ​trainees ​with ​real-world ​hands-on ​experience ​by ​guiding ​them ​through ​solution development ​for ​small ​businesses. Eva is now a faculty member in the ​Computer ​Science ​department at ​Lehman ​College, CUNY who enjoys exploring upcoming technologies as the founder and organizer of GDG ​Bronx. * Twitter: https://twitter.com/evasofianos* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-sofianos-a48a7047/* Thunder Nerds: https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/08/computer-science-in-the-bronx-w-eva-sofianos/