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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 27 MIN

Networking, Learning and Growing in the Tech Industry

from Tech in the Right Direction · host Jennifer Didier

Enjoy this podcast replay: Join Jennifer Didier and Elise Carmichael and they track their roads to success in the tech industry.  They will share about networking, the importance of learning, and growing inside the industry itself. More About Elise Carmichael: As Lakeside’s Chief Technology Officer, Elise is responsible for building and delivering the next generation of Digital Employee Experience solutions. She has over 20 years of experience working with enterprise organizations on high-tech, big data, and machine learning-based products. Before joining Lakeside, Elise held senior technology and product leadership roles at Functionize, Tricentis, QASymphony, and Mobiquity throughout the last ten years. Elise founded a nonprofit in Florida to encourage more women and minorities to enter and stay employed in high-technology fields. She studied Computer Science and Music at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  The best way to Reach Elise,  is to find her on LinkedIn and engage her about things that are not sales related.  :) Career Update: Find Elise on LinkedIn under Elise London.  She currently is an Ubiquity Extended Team Member.  Ubiquity Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in software in the real world. We take an “early and nerdy” approach to investing in smart hardware and machine intelligence applications. Our goal is to back founders making software ubiquitous in the real world.

Enjoy this podcast replay: Join Jennifer Didier and Elise Carmichael and they track their roads to success in the tech industry.  They will share about networking, the importance of learning, and growing inside the industry itself. More About Elise Carmichael: As Lakeside’s Chief Technology Officer, Elise is responsible for building and delivering the next generation of Digital Employee Experience solutions. She has over 20 years of experience working with enterprise organizations on high-tech, big data, and machine learning-based products. Before joining Lakeside, Elise held senior technology and product leadership roles at Functionize, Tricentis, QASymphony, and Mobiquity throughout the last ten years. Elise founded a nonprofit in Florida to encourage more women and minorities to enter and stay employed in high-technology fields. She studied Computer Science and Music at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  The best way to Reach Elise,  is to find her on LinkedIn and engage her about things that are not sales related.  :) Career Update: Find Elise on LinkedIn under Elise London.  She currently is an Ubiquity Extended Team Member.  Ubiquity Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in software in the real world. We take an “early and nerdy” approach to investing in smart hardware and machine intelligence applications. Our goal is to back founders making software ubiquitous in the real world.

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