Communications and Public Speaking: Building Skillsets through your Hobbies

Title of Speech:  Building Skillsets through your Hobbies

Speech Abstract:

Josh Lowry will discuss professional development through your hobbies.  Often professional development training helps build skills for your next position, there aren't always opportunities to practice what you learn before entering your new role.  Practicing what you learn soon after training helps you retain knowledge and build skills before moving into a role that requires that skillset, all while practicing in a safe environment.  Additionally, that experience helps with both resume building and interviews, giving you ways to demonstrate your skills when applying for a new role.  Josh will talk about several examples of how he has utilized this approach to develop his own skills and move into new roles in his career.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify opportunities to apply your training
• Practice your skills in a safe environment
• Utilize your experience in your next interview

Speaker:  Josh Lowry

Josh Lowry is currently a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Owl Cyber Defense, a company specializing in developing cyber defense software, appliances and data diodes for the commercial and federal markets.    Josh owns the development of several products at Owl and manages the development team for those products.  Josh has also collaborated with other companies in the market to develop solutions utilizing Owl's products.