17 Jan January 17, 2020 – Torch AI Brian Weaver and H1B Work Around Hilarie Gamm
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Brian Weaver – Co-founder and CEO of Torch.AI
Brian Weaver is the Co-Founder and CEO of Torch.AI, an augmented intelligence platform for the public sector and major industries creating improvements in productivity, reliability, and profitability by combining data, machine learning and network economic theory. An avid endurance sports athlete, Brian has ranked among the top amateur Ironman athletes in the world, has achieved “All World Gold” athlete status five times, USAT All-American six times, Ironman XC’s 2011 and 2012 Athlete of the Year for the 70.3 distance and in 2011 for the 140.6 distance taking class wins at both the Ironman 70.3 World Championship and Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii and has qualified for and raced the Boston Marathon.
Hilarie Gamm – Co-founder of American Workers Coalition – Best Selling Author of Billions Lost: The American Tech Crisis and The Road Map to Change
Hilarie Gamm has been at the frontlines of America’s high-tech industry. The woman behind the stunning revelations in “Billions Lost: The American Tech Crisis and The Road Map to Change” is a nationally recognized leader in technology with both domestic and global exposure. For over two decades, Hilarie has amassed a wide-sweeping professional portfolio at virtually all levels of the tech industry hierarchy – from field work to middle management to executive leadership. Her work experiences include help desks, tech support, web development, mainframes, client servers, cloud computing, testing, and data centers. She has managed IT departments, projects, application development, and client services. She has consulted for large international corporate IT programs, has deployed applications in over 40 countries, and managed multi-lingual offshore teams. So, from help desk to executive suite, her compelling insights provide a lucid glimpse into the transitions, miscalculations, and prevailing vulnerabilities for the American economy. Despite the massive accrued economic damage and the momentum to maintain a harmful status quo, Hilarie remains optimistic that by exposing the crisis, identifying the causes, and then outlining remedies – change is possible. She also believes that it is imperative that American industry embrace the enormous potential of a domestic remote workforce. Hilarie is not her real name! She is using a pseudonym to protect her career and identity.