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Underserved

Ep. 059, Step Down to Step Up

Underserved

Andrew Gelina

Society & Culture, Technology

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #059 we talk with Chris Sullivan. A former Navy submariner, Chris leveraged the GI bill and his curiosity about software development into a career tying together power and programming. We talk about what it's like being on a nuclear sub, doing Homer Simpson's job and then trying to improve it, and the business of sanctions compliance.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome, everyone, to episode 59 of Under Served.

0:03.6

Today, we're featuring Chris Sullivan,

0:05.7

Vice President of Product Development at Castellum.ai.

0:09.3

Let's get started.

0:11.4

Welcome to this week's edition of Under Served,

0:15.5

the podcast for the rest of the tech industry.

0:18.8

Where we focus on stories of tech industry leaders,

0:21.9

their insights, and their lessons learned.

0:24.9

And now, your host, Andrew Jalina.

0:31.0

Chris, thank you very much for joining us today on Under Served.

0:35.5

Hey, Andrew. Happy to be here.

0:37.2

So, tell us way back in the day,

0:39.5

what got you interested in technology?

0:41.4

I think one of the earliest memories I have

0:43.7

is fifth grade computer lab,

0:46.5

elementary school.

0:47.9

I would help out the lab teacher,

0:50.0

and, you know, it was just kind of the go-to person

0:52.9

for the one computer we had in our classrooms,

0:56.4

and it ended up kind of migrating

0:58.5

into a training opportunity.

1:00.3

So, it was a teacher's assistant for a little while,

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