The Battle for Talent

The world is at War. And no – I don’t mean against space aliens, or even robots – at least not yet. What I am discussing is the mind-bending changes occurring in technology which will usher in a dramatic restructuring in ways that we live, work &...

Continuing the Journey

Hello good friends – Just weeks ago the Tampa Innovation Alliance hosted a first of its kind, cutting edge, trend setting CodaPalooza at Crossover Church where we tackled the wicked problem of homelessness. On Saturday – our intrepid team of coders,...

Taking a Byte out of Homelessness

How do you alter the course of history? How do you attack wicked problems and reverse decades of blight, hopelessness and destitution? One Sharpe Byte at a Time. I just spent 72 straight hours with programmers, developers, graphic designers, UX experts, techies,...

Entering the Cortex

Good afternoon Alice, my intrepid co-traveler. Today I am in St Louis visiting the amazing Cortex @4240 – check it out now – I’ll wait. In fact, I am waiting right now. This might be a bit too big of a Byte – but my goodness this is a really cool...

To Infinity and Beyond!

To Infinity and Beyond  April 1, 2016 It has been one year and 5 months since I took over as the Executive Director of the nascent Tampa Innovation Alliance and while we have made great strides forward, it is but only one bit of a much larger & truly...