Taylor Poindexter is a proud UVA Alum, the cofounder of Black Code Collective and currently works at Crowdskout as a back end engineer. She was named one of DC's Top Power Women as well as DC's Top Technologist in 2017. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, snowboarding, working out, and spending time with her two amazing nephews.

She is recognized as DC’s Top Technologist and Co-Founder of Black Code Collective.

Tiffany Norwood, President of Tribetian Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker Tiffany Norwood is a serial entrepreneur, including seven start-ups, two IPOs and a patent.

As a social entrepreneur, she was a co-founder and corporate vice president of Ethiopia Healthcare Network (EHN), a non-profit that provides full-service healthcare to low-income women and children. Currently, Tiffany is the Founder and CEO of Tribetan.In this role, Tiffany speaks around the world on the currency of faith and the science of turning imagination into reality- her dream is that the entrepreneurial skill of manifesting ideas is as well known as reading and math. Tiffany has an MBA from Harvard and a Bachelor’s in Economics with a concentration in statistics and electrical engineering from Cornell. She has lived, worked and visited nearly 50 countries.

This program originally aired March 30, 2017.

Joe Falit, Co-founder & CEO, Yombu Inc.

Joe Falit's Yombu Inc. (www.yombu.com), a biometric payments and rewards company based in McLean, VA. Joe previously worked in the strategy group at JPMorgan Chase and was an SVP at Citibank in New York. He also spent time in management consulting. Joe graduated from Princeton with an A.B. in Public and International Affairs, and he has a Masters in Public Policy (M.P.P.) from Harvard, where he focused on international trade and finance. He enjoys playing poker, chatting about business and politics in Sub-Saharan Africa, and playing with his rescue dog, Macie.

Adam Zuckerman—Founder of Fosterly

An entrepreneur, attorney, and MBA, Adam is the founder of Fosterly, an organization which connects innovators and entrepreneurs as they start and scale their endeavors. Over the past seven years, Fosterly has held dozens of events ranging in size and format from ultra collaborative co-working sessions (25 people) to large conferences (1,500+ attendees). Fosterly also conducts the region's largest startup/innovation economy census, and a regional intern match to help local startups connect with students at local universities.

In addition to being an active member of the region's community (e.g, being a member on Washington, DC Mayor Bowser's transition committee) he serves on the advisory boards of other organizations, mentors entrepreneurs and startups, and has been a guest analyst on the topic of business and technology on CNBC.com nearly two dozen times.

Byron Bagby, Major General, U.S. Army (Ret)

Helps to Transfer Excellence in the Military to the Private Sector. An honorable career serving the US and now he’s serving as coach to leaders in corporate America.

After serving over 30 years in the Army and being assigned to ten combat units, Chief of Staff, Europe and many other demanding assignments he has a story to share.

By the way, he also has won many awards including the Bronze Star Medal and he’s qualified as an Army Ranger and a Master Parachutist.

David Nguyen

Do you ever dream that traffic lights are synchronized? Hear David Nguyen discuss what he’s doing to make that possible.

Do you ever dream that traffic lights are synchronized? Hear David Nguyen discuss what he’s doing to make that possible. An innovator who in a few years has gone from working at a liquor bottling company, to being an early adopter of E-Commerce, to automotive engineering and starting a tech company to eliminate traffic congestion.

His Story: Manik Rath, CEO

From lawyer, co-founder of a notable IT company, Alion, and to the CEO position. What makes a successful CEO, and along the way, successful in making career choices. How he contributes to the community: Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Association of Corporate Growth, and many others.

Hear about his background and recommendations for the future.

Who Gets the Job: How Boomers and Millennials differ in interview styles and what that says about the person and the job.

Jim Thomas-Host of Secret Sauce, and President of J.E. Thomas Associates, Elizabeth Humphrey-Search, TMG-DC, Louis Montgomery-Leads Korn Ferry’s Mid-Atlantic and South search practice. He also is co-chair of the Chief Diversity Officer practice, Karen Seymour-VP, Challenger, Gray & Christmas

-Liberal arts major to star reporter
-How a Social Science major became a reporter for some prestigious technical publications such as DC Innovates, FCW, Atlantic and more
-Now she writes at least three articles a day on tech Innovation , VC's, and tech industry service providers.

Beth Offenbacker, PhD is a participant in the leadership of Leaders in Energy where she brings her experience in designing learning programs for organizations that allow for employees to develop the skills and talents for positive impact.

Janine Finnell PhD is the Executive Director of Leaders in Energy (LE), which is a global action network advancing clean energy and sustainable solutions.

Dave Bowen is the VP of Solutions Development at Measure, the leading commercial Drone as a Service® company. Dave’s team oversees the full spectrum of Measure’s solution catalog and the development of new drone-enabled products and services. In this capacity, Dave works cross-functionally to ensure that the breadth of Measure’s expertise across flight operations, data engineering, and drone engineering is infused into customer-focused offerings that unlock the potential of commercial drone technology for industries including energy, media, telecommunications, construction, and public safety. Prior to joining Measure, Dave spent a number of years working in Japan with the JET Program. He holds an MS in international affairs and business from Georgetown University and a BA from Colorado College.

CEO, Vectrus. Will discuss "His road to CEO" Chuck Prow has over thirty years of management experience is major corporations including General Manager, and IBM. His understanding of technology and the skills that corporations seek set him apart from others. He creates market differentiation through integration of technology and service competencies.

Linda Mathes is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region which includes the District of Columbia; Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William; Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s; and cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park, VA. Ms. Mathes is charged with the responsibility to carry out the mission of the American Red Cross throughout this regional community and to support other communities across the country and around the world.

Steve Clemons is Washington editor at large for The Atlantic and editor in chief of AtlanticLIVE. He is a national security and foreign policy contributor to MSNBC and a senior fellow at New America, where he founded the American Strategy Program and was executive vice president until 2011. Previously, Clemons was executive vice president of the Economic Strategy Institute, senior policy advisor on economic and international affairs to former senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and executive director of the Nixon Center. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Council on Geopolitical Risk and serves on the board of Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience.

On this episode of the Secret Sauce, Jim Thomas talks with Hector Velez about hiring and recruiting within the workforce. Hector Velez shares his knowledge and experience within the HR recruiting field and discusses what makes a good candidate.

Perianne Boring founded the Chamber of Digital Commerce building it into the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. Perianne was named among CoinDesk’s “10 Most Influential People in Blockchain 2016” and “Top Woman in Bitcoin 2015” for her public policy accomplishments. Perianne is a communications expert and avid public speaker. She has presented at leading industry events including the Consumer Electronic Show (“CES”), Money 20/20, South by Southwest and many others. She also contributes to Forbes through her column, “The Beauty of the Blockchain.” Prior to forming the Chamber, Perianne was a television host and anchor of an international finance program that aired in more than 100 countries to over 650 million viewers. Ms. Boring began her career as a legislative analyst in the U.S. House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax and healthcare policy. Perianne graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics. Raised in Florida, she currently resides in Washington, DC.