PODCASTS

GUEST – KATIE OCHETAL BIO: Katie Ochetal is a seasoned professional in the court reporting and litigation industry, with 20 years of experience. Since entering the field in 2003 immediately after high school, Katie has worked in various departments with numerous renowned companies, spanning across the country. Starting her career in San Diego, she later…

GUEST – Anissa R. Nierenberger BIO: Over 1300 stenographers have successfully attained their real-time goals and certifications after training with Anissa! Her career includes three decades of captioning news, sports, and tech captioning at Facebook and Amazon. She’s researched and created Dictionary Jumpstart which consists of 10 modules containing over 165,000 words that can be…

GUEST – Debbie Walters BIO: Deborah “Debbie” Walters joined the Pohlman Reporting Company LLC in 2012 and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. PohlmanUSA is a specialty boutique court reporting and litigation services company that provides court reporting, trial, and technology services globally. Debbie is a seasoned executive with decades of experience in leadership…

GUEST – George Catuogno George Catuogno and Deanna Oaks give us the first glimpse into the must-attend event of 2024, STARCON24, from April 17th – 20th at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort on Coronado Island in San Diego, CA. It’s an open invitation all reporting or videography professionals to come network, earn CEUs, and enjoy…

GUEST – ANDRE ROJAS Bio: Andre Rojas, Stenograph, Account Executive – Andre has comprehensive experience in court reporting operations and legal software development. He entered the industry in 2007 and has held a variety of leadership positions within multiple organizations.  He has developed relationships with national and international court reporting firms and enjoys discussing topics…

GUEST – VAL WEBER Bio: Val Weber relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August of 2020 — in the thick of COVID — to take a position as a court reporter in Milwaukee County. She is currently an official reporter for the Honorable Michelle Ackerman Havas, a felony specialty court, hearing guns and drugs cases. Prior…

GUEST – Janet Harris Bio: Janet Harris, CER, CET, CDVS, Stenograph, Vice President Enterprise Sales. Janet has extensive experience in court reporting, transcription and videography. In 2020 Janet joined Stenograph and is working with sales, marketing and product managers on new products for the digital reporting and transcription market. Since 1990, she has been active…

GUEST – Nathan Pickover BIO: Nathan Pickover TranscribeMe Chief Operating Officer. TranscribeMe helps businesses understand the voice of their customers, discover key business intelligence, and improve contact center performance by providing a suite of industry-leading speech solutions. The TranscribeMe Enterprise Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) engine analyzes audio in real-time, and can be applied to a…

GUEST – Susan Lapooh I began working as a transcriptionist in 1996. My aim was to utilize my administrative skills while being able to work from home and care for my child. Initially, my focus was on transcribing content related to entertainment. However, I soon diversified to other areas such as conferences, financial calls, police…

GUEST – Melissa Looney Melissa Looney dedicated herself to always pursuing excellence and growth in her career. She worked her way up in the legal field until the opportunity arose to start her own venture, capitalizing on her past experience and relationships to create a company that would successfully meet the growing reporting and transcription…