- Donate through shopping! SHOP AT AMAZON and 0.5% of the value of your purchase will be donated to VETSINTECH. It adds up fast. Just start your shopping session by clicking here - AMAZON SMILE - and make sure to list VetsinTech as your charity of choice!
- Seeking employment? Boost your exposure by uploading your resume.
- Become a VetsinTech Mentor! Sign up to be a mentor at VetsinTech.
- Spread the word along with good cheer: Forward this e-newsletter to a fellow veteran!
Vets in Tech (ViT), a national non-profit, is expanding into New England and will be hosting an event to launch the local chapter. The launch event will be held at Akamai's Headquarters in Cambridge. Click here for more info and tickets!
Join VetsinTech on 2/26 at Galvanize SF as we host some of the hottest veteran startups and entrepreneurs during the ViT Startup Mixer with 60-second spots (pitches)!!! VC pitch night! VetsinTech - Startup Mixer and Pitch Event for Veteran Entrepreneurs!!
Thanks for all to came out for the VetsinTech "Opportunities in Tech" with top tech employers on Thursday 3/26!! Here are pics from the event (courtesy of Brandon Fernandez)
Click here to see images from the event.
Join VetsinTech for a very special event in honor of Veterans Day - a VetsinTech Gala -"Vets2.0 Beyond the Transition" - honoring amazing accomplishments of veteran led initiatives - Friday, November 6th.
VetsinTech is very pleased to launch our first Cybersecurity training for veterans in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks! A message from our partners at Palo Alto Networks:
We can never thank you enough for all your sacrifices and in your honor on this day, we would like to share a few things we have been up to over the last month to support our veterans......Starting with training of our veterans and kicking off Vetforce with Salesforce.com at Dreamforce with the CA National Guard and 129th Rescue Wing! Check
out the video from October 15th here https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Then on October 29th we partnered with Walmart eCommerce on "Vets2Valley" an tech employer event -
On Nov 6th we were off to DC to launch VetsinTech VetCap event there! Co-sponsored by SBA, SVB, and StreetShares - see our panel teaching veterans about various financing sources...from L to R - Chris Steed - Paladin Capital Group, Craig Cummings - Angel Investor, Megan Scheffel - SVB, Mark Rockefeller - StreetShares, Bob Louthan - VeteranCrowd, Barb Carson - SBA and our MC for the evening Sr. Advisor to ViT - France Hoang
Also in DC on Nov 7th... VetsinTech was honored to be invited to the Vet "Shark Tank" viewing party at DogTag Bakery
And today - we are "in the news" on CNBC on Veterans Dayhttp://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000329263
Join VetsinTech and multiple employers including Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Intuit, Manpower Group Solutions, Icon, Akamai, and more TBD on December 16th for our annual giving-back holiday event to prepare for your 2015 job search! LinkedIn will be present to assist veterans with your LI profiles, employers will review resumes and give feedback, and Fundamentum will lead an "elevator pitch" review!!Click here to get your tickets!
We look forward to supporting you in even bigger and better ways in 2015!
To kick off the year - we will hold our 1st EVER training on a military base - Moffett Field in the heart of Silicon Valley. This should allow veterans traveling from north or south an easier commute, however we are taking candidates from across the country for our Salesforce Admin 201 class which is a 1 week
Instructor Lead Training course. We are also taking names for those interested in the online training as well. Please contact us @vetsintech.co if you are interested! Click here to download the event flyer!
We were pleased to have this excellent article published in OpportunityLives on January 5th. Stay tuned for more exciting news and programs by VetsinTech soon!See Vets in Tech Helps Veterans Break into America’s Fastest Growing Industry
@VetsinTech @Salesforce @Rocktech are hitting the road to discuss #Vetforce and programs for veterans! Join us in Boston on 2/24
Join @VetsinTech @Salesforce to learn about #Vetforce and our joint programs for veterans -
If you are a veteran entrepreneur - Join VetsinTech + SVB at SXSW on March 14th or 16th!!
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And Join VetsinTech for our next big employer event at Auction.com on March 26, 2015!!
Click here for tickets to "Opportunities in Tech" with Top Tech Employers!
VetsinTech is partnering with Sales Hacker on "Sales Hacker Veterans Bootcamp" training. The Sales Hacker Veterans Bootcamp is a 100% FREE 3-day intensive Sales Development Training designed to teach Veterans the necessary skills to find entry level B2B Sales positions at emerging Technology Startups. This program was put together by some of the top Sales Development Managers in B2B Sales and will leave vets with relevant training and job placement in industry leading tech companies. Sign up for the first class in San Francisco on April 18th, 19th and 20th at http://www.saleshacker.com/
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Please join VetsinTech as we host a number of events around the U.S to pay tribute to our veterans. Stay tuned here for more info on the following workshops and events around Entrepreneurship and Education:
May 19th - VetsinTech @NYU
May 26th - VetCap events to take place in both SF and Austin, TX
May 28th - VetsinTech @ Salesforce World Tour in DC
May is Military Appreciation Month, and for VetsinTech it’s the perfect time to announce some great new partnerships, new chapters, and tremendous opportunities for veteran engagement nationwide.
NEW VetsinTech PARTNERSHIP NEWS!
Approximately 12% of all unfilled jobs in the United States are information technology jobs, and VetsinTech, with its eight national chapters and thousands of veteran members, stands poised to meet employment needs with a network of well-trained, fully-certified transitioning military veterans.
Alongside industry partners like Salesforce, Microsoft, Akamai, Auction.com, ManpowerGroup, and more, VetsinTech is working to create a healthy ecosystem to empower veterans nationwide to tap into tech-related education opportunities, along with related internship and employment placements.
To that end, we’re pleased to announce the following new training partnerships as part of the ViT Internship/Apprenticeship Program: (details to be announced soon)
Join VetsinTech @ LinkedIn SF on July 21st - Click Here
And join the launch of VetsinTech in Chicago!! Click Here
Also, we’re pleased to announce the following new training partnerships as part of the ViT Internship/Apprenticeship Program: (details to be announced soon)
Palo Alto Networks – Cybersecurity Training – Palo Alto Networks is committed to working with VetsinTech to provide cybersecurity training using their Essentials 1, Essentials 2, PCNSE6, and CNSE 5.1 learning modules which are well recognized in the industry
NetApp – will offer at no charge NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) training materials and certification, assist ViT to develop the training program and will promote certified veterans to NetApp’s ecosystem of customers and partners to help identify apprenticeship opportunities
Salesforce – VetsinTech is an Academic Alliance Partner of Salesforce.com offering training and referring veterans into VetForce to enroll in Salesforce ADMIN 201 training classes. Salesforce.com is committed to helping VetsinTech get veterans trained and into internship programs over the next 5 years: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/grants/vetforce RockTech is providing free training licenses of its technology to help veterans prepare for the course and certification exam.
Microsoft – Microsoft has joined the VetsinTech employer coalition and ViT is referring veterans into the Microsoft MSSA training program http://westillserve.com/mssa/
VetsinTech is excited to be holding our 3rd class of approximately 20 veterans to be trained as Salesforce Admins. Our next class will be held August 12-14th at Salesforce.com headquarters in San Francisco. Thanks to BlueWolf for providing our instructor and to Salesforce.com and Vetforce for hosting us! For veterans interested in Salesforce Admin training through VetsinTech, please contact us and put "Salesforce Admin training" in the title. We will be in contact to fit you in to one of our future classes!
VetsinTech New England will be hosting the ViT Startup Mixer and Pitch Event for Veteran Entrepreneurs at the MIT Sloan school on August 26th! For veterans interested in joining or pitching your startup - JOIN US!! Click here to registerUpcoming:VetsinTech will be at DreamForce Sept 15-18th!! Full schedule will be out soon, but be sure to join us on Day 1 for "Veteran's Day" at DreamForce. (Click here for a free Expo+ pass)
Workday Foundation will be hosting VetsinTech for a very special employment related event forour veterans on Oct 6th in their new NYC offices in the Empire State Building. More to be announced soon!
Thank you to all our men and women and their families who have served our country - we salute you and are honored to give back for all you have given for our freedom.
We were able to honor so many veteran led initiatives and our partners that do so much to support VetsinTech and our Veterans at our 1st annual Veteran's Day Gala - Vets2.0 "Beyond the Transition" on Nov 6th, 2015 at the beautiful Marines Memorial Club in SF! See our pics here.
And now onto our final event of the year!! Please join VetsinTech and our employer partners for our ViT Employer event + Holiday Party at LinkedIn offices in SF!! Register here.
Finally - congrats to all the winners and every veteran who participated in our 3rd annual hackathon at Facebook on Oct 19th!! Check out our pics here.
Happy 2016! We have great things happening in 2016 and are starting off with a bang! To kick things off with we have two classes starting in January and February - Salesforce Administrator Training and Cybersecurity Training with Palo Alto Networks. The Salesforce Administrator Training will occur from January 27th-29th at Salesforce HQ - 50 Fremont St. in SF and the Cybersecurity Training will be held on Feb.8th-12th at Palo Alto Networks in Santa Clara, CA If you are still interested in either one of the trainings we need to know ASAP. Please hit "reply" and put in the subject line your preference - (either SALESFORCE ADMIN training 1/27-1/29 or Cybersecurity at Palo Alto Networks - Feb 8th-12th). The Salesforce course requires basic knowledge of admin tools, while the Cybersecurity course requires an understanding of network security, such as basic terminology and components(IPS, End-Points, and URL-filtering). Both of these trainings will require MANDATORY attendance throughout the entire session from 8-5pm each day. If you are unable to make any of the dates for Salesforce ADMIN or Cybersecurity, but you wish to take class at a future date (probably in the next 3-6months) please request that we keep you on the "interest" list. |
Our mission is to support our recent and returning veterans – with re-integration and by connecting vets to the tech ecosystem.
ViT will act as an independent, agnostic organization bringing the tech community together in support of our veterans. We are committed to giving back by bringing together a (tech only) network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in tech...Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment.
"There is, I am convinced, a sea of goodwill out in the country of people and places yearning to help. We need to tap into it. We need to make that connection. We need to come up with new ways and new ideas to make life better for those affected by this war...""Sea of Goodwill" - Admiral Mike Mullen
As many of you know VetsinTech was launched out of TechCentralSF and we are pleased to announce another version of the very popular hackathon bringing our tech community together to support our veterans during Veterans Day weekend hackathon!! Please join TechCentralSF along with many industry leaders and VIP's at this exciting event! click hereFor more info, schedule, speakers, sponsors and more: click here
