Episode 108: Living Her Tech Life
Feb 21, 2020, 03:00 AM
Episode 108 of The People's Podcast is here and this week's guest has an incredible story: Stephanie Humphrey. You’ve likely seen her on Good Morning America, QVC, locally in Philadelphia on Fox 29, or on her "60-Second Tech Breaks" but there’s so much more to her.
Episode 108 of The People's Podcast is here and the 2020 Season Officially continues and this week's guest has an incredible story: Stephanie Humphrey. You’ve likely seen her on Good Morning America, QVC, locally in Philadelphia on Fox 29, or on her "60-Second Tech Breaks" but there’s so much more to her.
The Pittsburgh native is a former engineer at Lockheed Martin turned tech expert whose story of transition into the media world is one to behold.
Steph joins the Pod (Starts around the 9:00 mark) to talk about her incredible journey in this super-sized episode including:
• Growing up in Pittsburgh with dreams of going to MIT
• How she dissed a phone call from Florida A&M's President
• Her life in a windowless office at Lockheed Martin
• When she was initially rejected by Penn's Masters Program
• The meeting with an executive that led to an "epiphany"
• The tough grind of getting into media after leaving Lockheed
• Breaking through in local TV and eventually on QVC
• How she landed on Good Morning America
• Why she developed "Til Death Do U Tweet"
• Taking on the scourge of Cyber Bullying
• How she dissed a phone call from Florida A&M's President
• Her life in a windowless office at Lockheed Martin
• When she was initially rejected by Penn's Masters Program
• The meeting with an executive that led to an "epiphany"
• The tough grind of getting into media after leaving Lockheed
• Breaking through in local TV and eventually on QVC
• How she landed on Good Morning America
• Why she developed "Til Death Do U Tweet"
• Taking on the scourge of Cyber Bullying
We also would like to make a special s/o to Laura DiFrancesco (Episode 107) for allowing us to record this at her wonderful co-working space, Flourish in West Chester, PA.
Check out Flourish and book your spot at http://www.flourishcoworking.com
Follow Stephanie on Social Media @TechLifeSteph
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