292- Alex Pettit Estell’s Transformation from Bioengineering to IT Director

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Alex Pettit Estell Serving as IT Director at Dynamic Blending, Alex Pettit Estelle brings a unique perspective from his bioengineering background. With experience in cancer research and protein engineering, Alex has successfully transitioned to IT, excelling in creating innovative technology solutions that drive business efficiency. Alex Pettit Estell’s Transformation from Bioengineering to IT Director Have you ever wondered how a bioengineering background can lead to an IT leadership role? In today’s episode, Alex Pettit-Estelle, IT Director at Dynamic Blending, shares his story of transforming his technical expertise into effective IT management. Learn about his unique path, significant projects in his current role, and his tips for creating efficient and user-friendly IT solutions.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:10.9	A beautiful afternoon in right outside of Hartford, Connecticut, which I wish I could say
0:16.3	as beautiful a place.
0:18.0	Talking with Alex Petit Estelle, who is, if you could see, he's sitting
0:24.1	in this wonderful environment with all kinds of essential oils burning in the background
0:27.8	because he works at a manufacturer of cosmetics and essential oils and things like this.
0:35.6	Who knows how AI gets involved in any of that?
0:38.2	You are the IT director.
0:42.4	And, well, first of all, welcome to the show.
0:44.4	Thank you.
0:44.7	And you're welcome.
0:46.8	I would love to know how you got started in IT.
0:51.6	Because as of recent, many people have been have been saying Phil you should just do an
0:56.3	Amalgamation or something I think that is the correct word of different IT directors and how they got into IT because I would say that 90 to 95% of the people that ever come on this show
1:08.7	When they grew up they weren't, I'm going to be an
1:11.7	IT director someday. They have all vast backgrounds of things. And someone was like, hey, you know,
1:16.7	you're pretty good with technology and you fix the printer. You want to be the VP? So how did it happen?
1:23.0	You know, it's kind of sad, but it's somewhat like that. I went to school for bioengineering initially.
1:30.7	So when I graduated, I was working in protein engineering.
1:33.3	We're doing cancer research and cardiovascular engineering.
1:37.0	And I was the dude on my lab where I'd go in and fix equipment,
1:41.0	or if we had a broken computer, I would go over and fix that or build new equipment for us.
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