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MHTA Tech Talent 2019

At MHTA Tech Talent event today, participating in panel shortly. Mike McNamara, CIO of Target, kicking it off. Event focused on efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in technology. Looking forward to sharing our progress at SPS Commerce.

Man in dark blazer speaks at a tech•talent event podium, with a large slide showing workplace collaboration photos projected behind him.

Some very insightful data being shared this morning at MHTA Tech Talent event from Deb Broberg of RealTime Talent, Allison Liuzzi of Minnesota Compass Project, Matt Lewis of Make It. MSP.!

Woman presenting at a tech•talent conference podium beside a projected slide showing Minnesota population growth by age group from 1950 to 2070. Man in a suit presenting at a podium at the MHTA Tech Talent conference, with a slide reading People relocate for economic opportunity and meaningful social connections

Improving diversity In tech: York Solutions; Genesis10; Prime Digital Academy; Creating IT Futures; Software Guild; Summit Academy; Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence; Dougherty Family College; Apprenti; Keyot Crew212; Twin Cities Rise; Genesys Works; SciTechsperience

Presenter at a podium speaks at a tech•talent conference beside a slide showing a line graph of unfilled core IT job postings nationally from 2012 to 2017 Large conference room with attendees seated at round tables facing a speaker at a podium flanked by two screens reading There's still not enough tech talent to fill my roles.

It was great to be able to share the impressive work we’ve done at SPS Commerce to make a technology career more inclusive and accessible. A lot of progress and momentum for more! Thanks to Amy Patton for the picture!

Panel discussion on stage at a conference ballroom with audience seated at tables and a slide titled Best-in-Class Workforce Initiatives displayed on screen
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Timberwolves v Kings

Fun to be courtside watching the Timberwolves warmup. 🏀

Basketball teams always have impressive pregame experiences. 🏀 🔈

Timberwolves v Kings jump ball! 🏀

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With all the amazing computational photography power of an iPhone XS, why can’t it properly expose a picture with a lot of snow? This seems like it should be solvable.

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Tonight was the first time since having a 3D printer that I realized something I was thinking of buying I could instead print. 😏

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Snowy drive in this morning. There are 5 lanes somewhere there. ❄️

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Wild hockey game tonight!

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We saw A Dog’s Way Home today. It was exactly what you would expect it to be. Good movie, particularly for the dog lovers amongst us.

Movie poster for A Dogs Way Home showing a brown dog lying on a floor holding a red sneaker shoelace in its mouth.
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We played “Quest for the Amulet at Windmere Castle" at Escape MSP Lakeville today. It was a cool room, and we were nowhere even close to solving it when the clock rain out. 😬 Room 26!

Family of four posing with an Escape MSP mission accomplished sign showing team name Nameless score 412.5 dated 2/16/19
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Tyler and I played in our first Pokémon friendly tournament today. I’m glad he knows what he’s doing!

Man and child smiling together holding a Vikavolt GX Pokemon card, child wearing a FC Bayern Munchen beanie, inside a game shop. Pokémon Trading Card Game in progress on a blue playmat with fire energy cards, a Professor's Letter trainer card, and colored card sleeves
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Had a majestic bald eagle visit us this morning. Just 50 or so feet away. Surveying the frozen lake, I suspect looking for small animals seeking some open water. There is a natural spring not far from this spot that flows year round.

Bald eagle perched high in a bare winter tree overlooking a snow-covered frozen lake