I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel at the STEM Solutions conference in Baltimore, MD. Amanda Mason and I shared a stage with Rick Ledgett, the Deputy Director of the NSA, and Justin Joseph, a Leidos employee responsible for talent acquisition. Mr. Ledgett’s opening statement put the entire panel into perspective with facts about how many job openings exist for cybersecurity and how many are actually qualified to fill them. The statistics were quite staggering with

We’re always looking for new ways to make it easier to get up to speed on our MarkLogic database. Recently, I sat down with Greg Nist, Senior Manager, MarkLogic University to find out about the newly released MLU training app. This new app supports our goal of creating a portfolio of different ways for users to access our free training content. Consider this an invite to download the app, take it for a spin and tell us what you think.

When a guy drags his overcoat across your sandwich, a crowded train is usually a bit overwhelming. However, I was recently riding a packed Acela from a customer’s site in Boston and had a good chat with my seatmate, who worked in a non-profit organization. Her job was to guide first-generation college-students through an unfamiliar landscape of academics and financial aid. “It’s hard for some of the families,” she said, “who might be supportive of their kid’s aspirations, but who don’t have the