Executive Director @montanahightech. College Instructor @UMontanaBiz. Researcher, Writer, Speaker.

Joined March 2007
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Another crop on awesome Montana tech startups.
Announcing Montana Startups to Watch in 2022: BioSqueeze #Butte, Endpoint Utility Corp #Kalispell, Foothold #Bozeman & #Butte, @FrontierPsychMT #Billings, @GaizeSafety & Kart Kleen #Missoula. @pricew @MontanaVC @MFGinMT @umontana @montanastate tinyurl.com/yckkk27w
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“Skills is the new currency” in the workforce today according to @joewhittinghill VP Talent, Learning, & Insights @Microsoft in Q&A w/ @RonSlinger President @MilesCCPioneers at @MontanaChamber Business Days at the Capital @MontanaHighTech
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Thanks to @Cushing_Terrell #Missoula for hosting the @MRT3216 @FRCTeams kick-off this morning! Visit mrt3216.org to learn more how you can support the team in 2022. @MontanaHighTech
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Always uplifting to emcee the John Ruffatto Business Startup Challenge for students hosted by @LaunchPad_UMT @umontana with competitors from UM and @montanastate @LaunchPad_MSU Finalist Diana Ayango with Samaritan App is our 4th speaker tonight. @MontanaHighTech
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Beautiful day on the @montana_tech campus in #Butte to speak to Freshman computer science students about growing #Montana companies @MontanaHighTech @ZootEnterprises @NWEinfo @onXmaps @Oracle @PFLcom @LMGSecurity @ascent_vision @Workiva @Applied4Tech @goquiq @pulsara & more
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Just finished “The Other Black Girl” by @zakiya_harris - a surprising, clever page-turner inspired by “Get Out” and set in NY publishing. Was taken aback to see Missoula have a cameo. Any other Missoulians reading this? Book clubs? I’d love to discuss with locals.
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Great turnout today in #Helena for @MontanaChamber Economic Update w/ Dr Pat Barkey @MontanaBBER & Centers of Opportunity tech panel w/ Brigitta Miranda-Freer @wtcmontana Pat Boles @Microsoft Blake Johnson @Boeing Helena, and me @MontanaHighTech as moderator
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Let the pitches begin! Jenni Graff, director of EarlyStageMT kicking off the Western MT showcase in #Missoula with judges Randy Chesler of Glacier Bancorp, Ross Keogh of Parsons Behle & Latimer, Paul Gladen of @LaunchPad_UMT & Mario Schulzke of @themarioblog .@MontanaHighTech
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HIRING ALERT: @MontanaHighTech is looking for a Communications Coordinator - full time writer/editor in Missoula, journalism or related background preferred. (And you work with me every day, which is maybe a selling point or fair warning) bit.ly/3lq6SrJ #Montana #jobs

Stolen: The Search for Jermain premieres March 1. Hosted by award-winning journalist @connie_walker, this new true-crime podcast investigates the story of Jermain Charlo, an Indigenous woman who went missing in Missoula in 2018. open.spotify.com/show/7D4inq…
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Consider this long read my nomination for #Butte, Montana as Most Improved City. Fast internet. Revitalized Uptown. Destination parks. Arts scene. Plus two words you don't hear too often in Montana lately - Affordable Housing. mthightech.org/news/city-pro…

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Researching an article on Butte, I stumbled on the Richest Hill podcast and binged it all this week. Award-winner @nrvsaks makes the complexity of the Superfund and cleanup understandable. I was moved to tears, and laughter. SO GOOD. @mtpublicradio @MTPRND buttepodcast.org/

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Moved by this uplifting story - @montanastate @MuseumRockies donated fossils to a 13-yr-old who lost his collection in Bridger Fire. @bozchron @HelenaDore3 #mtfire bit.ly/3hIq1jb

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One of my kid's teachers just made my day by ending an email with "Tap er' Light." It's how some Butte, MT natives say "take it easy." The phrase is passed down from the days when copper miners loaded dynamite into drilled holes underground. A good salutation for these times.
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Uplifting story to start the day: Congolese family raises wall on new Habitat home in #Missoula bit.ly/3gKKP9c @David__Erickson @missoulian

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Wisdom from the Women Founders panel on the stage at @AudienceAwards #AudFest with @elkegovertsen @michellehuie @DebPoteet @mhaislnut @AudAwardsPaige. Steer away from toxic people. Do your homework. Know your values and let them guide your path. @MontanaHighTech
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Some of Missoula’s most creative minds have come together for the launch of @UMInnovation - a space for cross-disciplinary problem solving, design, and hands-on learning with @umontana @UMTresearch @LaunchPad_UMT @MontanaHighTech
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Deano Roberts, #Helena native, VP @SlackHQ veteran flight commander @USArmy offers leadership lessons from failed startups, lost crew members. Casts vision for future of work where powerful software stacks fuel work from places w/ high quality of life like #Montana @InnovateMT
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Active outdoor lifestyle. Great quality of life. Ability to get @GovernorBullock on the phone. Strong talent. @classpass CEO @Fritzanity lists the advantages of planting and growing an office in #Missoula #Montana @InnovateMT @MontanaHighTech
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As someone who still has a U.P.-shaped sticker on my car 8 years after moving from (906) to (406) AND drinks a diet @MountainDew every day for lunch, I love this story on many levels. I tip my Stormy Kromer to @BugsySailor, the best ambassador the @UpperPeninsula could hope for.
I've always wanted to make it into @FastCompany. Other than that, still a little speechless that this all happened. Happy to have more talking points for my next Bytes With Bugsy speakings series.
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