Polly Packet's Precious Payload: All Smiles to the Data Center: All Smiles to the Data Center

Discover the inner workings of the internet and the fascinating realm of data centers in "Polly Packet's Precious Payload" by Carrie Goetz. With over 300,000 open jobs in the mission-critical industry, this book serves as a gateway to understanding the technology sector's diverse career opportunities. Exploring how messages travel from the internet to data centers, it acts as a primer for those intrigued by the intricacies of digital communication.

Whimsical Journey with Polly Packet: Join Polly Packet on a whimsical adventure through cyberspace, where ones and zeros shape the progress of technology. As a daring digital courier, Polly navigates the internet's vast landscapes, carrying precious payloads that influence the interconnected world. Beyond a mere technological odyssey, Polly's journey becomes a quest for understanding, connection, and the profound value of the data we create and share. Carrie Goetz, a luminary in data centers and technology, weaves a captivating narrative that transcends code, inviting readers to learn about our digital infrastructure. "Polly Packet's Precious Payload" goes beyond storytelling-it's an exploration of the digital tapestry woven by our interconnected lives.

Through wit, wisdom, and a touch of whimsy, Carrie Goetz invites you to embark on this enchanting adventure with Polly Packet, where fiction and reality merge, unraveling the mysteries within the digital domain. Get ready to embrace the transformative power of storytelling in the digital age and discover the magic of the data-driven narrative.

Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom, and Amazon best-selling author of "Jumpstart Your Career in Data Centers Featuring Careers for Women, Trades, and Vets in Tech and Data Centers," and the "Educator's Reference for Data Center Education," and Polly Packet's Precious Payload, All Smiles to the Data Center, personifies over 40 years of global experience designing, running, and auditing, data centers, IT departments, and intelligent buildings. Amongst her accolades: -2023 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award AFCOM/Data Center World -2023 BICSI ICT Woman of the Year -2022 and 2023 Top 25 Women in Technology by Mission Critical -30 Top Most Influential Women in Tech 2021 by CIO Outlook -Top 10 Most Influential Women in Technology 2020 by Analytics Insight -Network Computing Inspiration Award finalist 2020 - IMason's IM100 -2020 Comptia Women in Leadership Spotlight Finalist. Carrie is a fractional CTO for multiple companies. She is an international keynote speaker published in 69 countries in over 250 publications. She holds an honorary doctorate in Mission Critical Operations, RCDD/NTS, PSP, CNID, CDCP, CSM-Agile, and AWS CCP and is an Infrastructure Mason with 40+ certifications throughout her career. She served on the WIMCO national education committee and is a long-time participant in the 7x24 Exchange, AFCOM and Data Center Institute board of advisors, Mission Critical Advisory Board, Women in Data Centers, CNet Technical Curriculum Advisory Board, NEDAS Advisory Board, a member of BICSI, Women in BICSI, and an Education committee member. A member of Women Leading Technology Sorority. She champions STEM education through outreach projects and her podcast series. She holds two patents.