Emcee at Tech Briefing

Patrick Turner #WSNC, Digital, Healthcare, My Story, Personal Branding, Speaking, Start Up

I’m excited to be emcee again this year at the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce Tech Briefing. This is the 18th running of the show, and I think my 3rd or 4th time emceeing the event. This year it’s at Biotech Place, in Downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. I’ve gotten to see the lineup and it’s another year of exciting technology being …

I’m an IT outsider

Patrick Turner Culture, My Story, Outsourcing

I’ve written in the past about Shadow IT. In the IT world, it’s just simply a dirty word. It’s also something I’ve somewhat made a career out of. My first “real job” was at a big company that, like all big companies, had a tough time figuring out how to use the limited time, money, and resources at their disposal. …

How I Got Started, or Why I love Radio Shack

Patrick Turner Culture, My Story

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time at the Radio Shack. I loved the Radio Shack. They had a battery club back then so you could get free batteries if you had a little punch card. Funny thing is I don’t remember what I used the batteries for but I can vividly remember getting them from the …