19. Marina Nitze: “If You Googled ‘Business Efficiency Consultant,’ I Was the Only Result.”
About this episode
Marina Nitze discusses her journey from being the CTO of the Department of Veterans Affairs to reforming the foster care system while managing Type 1 diabetes.
At 27— and without a college degree — she was named chief technology officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Today, Marina Nitze is trying to reform the foster care system. She tells Steve how she hacked the V.A.’s bureaucracy, opens up about her struggle with Type 1 diabetes, and explains how she was building websites for soap opera stars when she was just 12 years old. This episode originally aired on March 12th, 2021.
Topics covered
- business efficiency
- foster care reform
- bureaucracy
- technology
- personal struggle
Keywords
- business efficiency consultant
- foster care
- bureaucracy
- technology
- Type 1 diabetes
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