2021 Monthly Tech Talk

Ask Me Anything

Come join us as a community during these new times of changes. This is an informal session. We encourage you to voice your opinions. Ask us anything that you want to know, as well as challenge us with things you want us to deliver to you. No, we are not Amazon, so no next day delivery or anything, just PRIME conversations. We can give the platform, but you decide what you want our community to be.

AI/ML Panel Talk With Experts From The Midwest

Come join panelists Cameron Vetter, Greg Levenhagen, Svetlana Levitan and Swaminathan Venkatesh to discuss the latest trends in AI & ML. We’ll be discussing where AI & ML will take humanity to the future, as well as topics involving Ethics, Economics and the AI & ML Technologies themselves.

Will the robots replace our jobs in the future? The topic of AI & ML is not all about doom and gloom: how can we use AI & ML to improve our lives? Are Siri, Google, and Alexa the epitome of AI?

Join us for an hour (or maybe more?) with questions and topics you want to discuss with our Panel and the Midwest Development Community.

Please tell your friends and colleagues, and we hope to see you at 4 PM on Saturday, Saturday, July 11, 2020.

Moderated By: Min Maung & Lwin Maung

Cameron Vetter

Cameron Vetter is a technologist with 20 years of experience using Microsoft tools and technologies to develop software. Cameron has experience in many roles including Development, Architecture, Infrastructure, Management, and Leadership roles. He recently received a Microsoft MVP award for his evangelism work around Deep Learning in Azure. He has worked for some of the largest companies in the world as well as small companies getting a breadth of experience helping him understand the needs of different size businesses and different Industries. Cameron is the Principal Architect at the Octavian Technology Group, where he helps clients develop Technical Strategies. He also helps clients Architect, Design, and Develop software focusing on Deep Learning / Machine Learning, Cloud Architecture, Mixed Reality, and Azure.

Greg Levenhagen

Greg Levenhagen is a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP in AI and Principal Software Engineer Consultant with Skyline Technologies. He has a great passion for giving back to the community and teaching. A true enthusiast of computer science, with passions and interests including AI, AR/VR/MR, mobile, UX, architecture, parallel, testing, agile, 3D/games, cloud, languages and much more. Greg speaks at conferences like ThatConference, CodeMash, Code PaLOUsa, TechBash, VSLive, KCDC and DevLink. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer, board member of ThatConference, president of the Northeast WI Developers User Group / Northeast WI Code Camp / Milwaukee Code Camp, cofounder of the Northeast WI Agile User’s Group, INETA speaker, IEEE and ACM member and a PhD student.

Svetlana Levitan

Svetlana Levitan has been a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate specializing in Machine Learning (ML). She worked at SPSS and IBM for two decades, and is very active in developing and advocating for open standards for ML model deployment PMML and ONNX. Svetlana is a co-organizer of several Chicago meetup groups and has presented at multiple meetups and conferences. Svetlana holds a PhD in Applied Math and MS in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park. Her next position will allow her to apply her deep ML knowledge and software engineering experience to solve real-life problems.

Swaminathan Venkatesh

Venkatesh holds three patents and has been published in more than 30 scientific journal publications, including two in Nature and another in Molecular Cell. Venkatesh earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the J.N. Center for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India in 2006. His technical experience includes programming languages, visualization, machine learning, and database, cloud and web platforms.

Panel Talk: Self Marketing and Job Hunting During The Pandemic?

Come join our panelist from around the country discuss how to market yourself. Let's discuss about what to expect during the job hunting process, how remote interviews are changing, and more. Find out from the experts what the recruiters are looking for.

Moderators: Lwin Maung & Min Maung

Here are our panelist from around the country:


Mark Tortorici
Mark is an expert technical sourcer & recruiter. Since 1997, he has trained thousands of staffing professionals including those at Google, Apple, Facebook, Disney, Pinterest, Twitter, Nvidia, eBay, Yahoo, Target, Samsung and many other companies. He has worked in both corporate & agency roles and has also managed staffing teams with great success.

Mark is the Founder & Training Expert at Transform Talent Acquisition. Although he trains in every aspect of the staffing process, he is known for his sourcing methods, ability to turn technical reqs into sourcing strategies, and easy to understand teaching style. Mark is also a big believer in research, learning, and technology when it comes to sourcing and recruiting. He currently resides in California with his family and also plays (vocals, piano, bass, guitar, drums, and ukulele) in two bands.


Michelle Diaz
Michelle has been recruiting in the IT space for 10+ years, and specialize in emerging technologies. Microsoft centric Software Development and Architecture, IoT, Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR) Blockchain, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning and Business Intelligence are Michelle's sweet spots.

Michelle enjoy the challenge of the hard to fill role, but loves the reward of connecting someone with an opportunity that will impact the rest of their lives.


Stephanie Lyons
Stephanie is an experienced recruiting professional with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. She has a solid proven track record of successfully sourcing, recruiting, hiring and onboarding talent of all levels across multiple business units and sectors in both the agency and corporate space.


Eric Bohl
Eric has been in talent acquisition for over 8 years and has a focus in technical recruiting. Eric is the Manager of Recruiting at Centro. Personally, Eric is providing career coaching, interview prep and resume reviews to anyone who has been effect by Covid.

On a personal note, Eric is a die hard Cubs fan and amateur photographer!


David Marr

David Marr is a Senior Technical Recruiting and Sourcing professional based in the Greater Chicago area. He's worked for Facebook, Walmart, Walgreens and currently at Indeed.com. He has focused most of his career on recruiting for predominantly Information Technology talent for the companies he works for. Prior to working in recruiting, he worked in the IT field as a Systems Administrator, Network Engineer and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems. In his free time, he volunteers his time to help job seekers improve their resumes, interviewing skills and overall job search strategy.





Bobbie Sue Rogers

Bobbie Sue Rogers is a Senior Technical Recuriter, Talent Acquisition Sourcer. She has a passion for data-driven recruitment strategies and consulting.

Web Application Security with OWASP ZAP

The vast majority of cyber attacks against a web application are relatively easy to defend -- yet most applications remain vulnerable. In fact many developers aren't even aware of how simple these attacks are to execute. Spoiler alert: it's really, really easy. OWASP ZAP is the world’s most widely used web application vulnerability scanner. ZAP provides functionality for a range of skill levels – from developers, to testers new to security testing, to security testing specialists. Let’s spend an hour hacking a vulnerable web application using OWASP ZAP and discuss strategies for protecting your own applications.