Today I’m visited by Dr. Mahmood Hikmet, Head of Research and Development at Ohmio and HMI Technologies, is currently tasked with overseeing and synchronizing research and development activity for autonomous vehicles. I know Moody through Twitch, and he’s a science communicator focusing on bringing technical information to non-technical stakeholders. Throughout his career, he’s been closely involved with the direct development of IoT infrastructure for intelligent transportation and mobility.

Sarah Withee is a polyglot software engineer, international public speaker, mentor, and hardware and robot tinkerer located in Pittsburgh. She is passionate about the intersection of technology and people. And as a Polyglot developer, she’s worked at a wide range of tech stacks and has built desktop, mobile, web, and backend applications. She is the treasurer of the board of directors for Prototype PGH, a non-profit with a mission to build gender and racial equality in tech and entrepreneurship. She is also one of the organizers of Code & Supply, Pittsburgh’s largest technology community. She is currently mentoring an all-girls high school robotics team and has been mentoring and judging FIRST competition teams since 2001. I first met Sarah Withee through her Twitch stream at twitch.tv/geekygirlsarah.