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Join experts in the space of remote work as they discuss ideas and tools for being intentional about workplace design and managing distributed teams of remote workers. This isn’t the tired, old remote work conversation we’ve had over and over this past year. This is about the future. Are you ready to take your remote work design plans to the next level?
Paul Hill is a faculty member at Utah State University Extension where effectively he is an INTRA-preneur, kicking off innovative projects that range from the National 4-H Council’s Computer Science Pathway program to reach 100,000 youth in 23 states (with $1.5M funding from Google) to Utah’s Rural Online Initiative, our nation’s first legislatively funded ($2.2M) rural workforce agency that provides education/training and services for online opportunities in remote employment, freelance work, and e-commerce. He is keenly and wholeheartedly invested in diversity and inclusion for STEM education as a 4-H volunteer in FIRST robotics youth programs. As a Business Partner to Washington County, he is responsible for economic development strategy and engagement. His most recent book, “We’ve Tried That Before: 500 Years of Extension Wisdom” has been adopted by Extension professionals across 43 states.
Kenneth Lane
Purple
A native of New Hampshire, perpetual learner, polyglot (speak Swedish, German, Dutch, & beginner level Czech). Attended BYU & University of Chicago, completed remote work certification & remote work leadership certificate from USU in Spring 2020. The USU course gave a great foundation of new ways to view working remotely, to lead and be led with a clearer framework. First brush with remote work came in 2015 running sales in Europe for Blendtec, a manufacturer of commercial blenders for the restaurant industry. I’ve managed sales teams in housewares, medical devices, and now in the comfort business with Purple mattresses. Remote work can be a soul-swallowing siege without the right framework—inefficient and ineffective. With the right framework it can be both effective and efficient.
Zen Parry
Trepademics LLC
Trepademics LLC is a woman-owned, professional services business that specializes in designing and delivering remote worker models across education and industry sectors. Remote worker models include asynchronous, synchronous and hybrid education courses in higher education, vocational training and workshops in the informal learning sector. Zen has worked in the remote model virtually for more than 20 years across countries, time zones, nationalities, family gatherings and expectations. Trepademics is a wholly remote work model with no physical office space or in-person team members.
In her role as Program Coordinator with Utah State University Extension’s Rural Online Initiative (ROI) program, Dolores teaches the Master Remote Work Leader certificate course and works with businesses to promote remote job creation for rural Utahns. The purpose of the Rural Online Initiative is to provide specialized, research-based training to help individuals and organizations succeed in a remote work environment. ROI offers certificate courses for remote workers and for organizational leaders.
