Katherine Webster interview on ACT NOW Education - talks about VetsinTech programs in Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and give valuable advice for transitioning veterans looking to break into tech careers.
We plan to have a great panel of leaders and recruiters in tech as well as several members from the VetsinTech Employer Coalition which includes Facebook, Google, Genentech, Cloudera, Adobe, BlueShield, ConEd, and Disney to discuss opportunities at these companies and in the tech ecosystem in general.
Mario Morales served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps for a little under ten years. As a USMC veteran who spent most of his military career overseas, Morales found his transition to the civilian workforce in the US even more challenging. Morales learned about VetsinTech during his transition to Austin from his end-duty station in Okinawa, Japan, and describes VetsinTech as “one of the best organizations I have seen during my transition”.
Thanks to VetsinTech, Morales was able to take advantage of free courses in both front end and full-stack immersive web development which proved foundational in building his tech career. Next Mario took both Security+ and Palo Alto Networks classes as part of VetsinTech Cybersecurity offerings and continued to broaden his knowledge with a nanodegree program - a scholarship provide by VetsinTech and AT&T
According to Morales, “All of these courses were offered at little or no cost to me and helped me stand out from the crowd.” These stepping stones led to multiple interviews and subsequent job offers from top tech companies around the country. Morales eventually accepted a position as a Production Engineer at Facebook, Inc. “Without VetsinTech, I would not be where I am in my career today.” adds Morales.
I am so thankful that Vets in Tech exist! I wish it existed back in 2010 when I first got out of service. I really felt alone, and hopeless in a world that was supposed to be home. I really had to figure things out on my own. And felt that way for the longest time until recently being more active in the Veteran Community. I was recommended to look into Vets in Tech by an Air Force Officer colleague. He talked about a community of Veterans that work in the tech industry. I thought it is great to see if I could network as I’m a Realtor who specializes in helping Vets utilize their benefits to become homeowners. My first Vets in Tech was a mixer where I got to hear CO CEO of Salesforce speak about his support in hiring Veterans. As well as other top-level execs speak about the same or other Veterans talk about their journey on how they achieved success after the Military. It was so uplifting to hear the support, and the paths of other Veterans like myself make it in Silicon Valley.
Even though I was starting to get great momentum in my Real Estate career I heard about the Vets in Tech Coding Bootcamp for Front End Web Development. Something that is still instilled with me from the Military is that the better cross-trained the individual is in taking responsibility for many hats; the easier it is for the individual to get promoted and achieve success. So I decided to take the Bootcamp to have a better understanding of my own Business Website, and have the credentials just in case I need it in the future. Coming from a business background, I honestly got overwhelmed on day 1. I thought it wasn’t for me. But through the patience and support of my instructor and Vets in Tech contacts. As well as the encouragement of my Veteran peer classmates. I was actually able to finish! I haven’t felt this type of comradery pushing me to achieve something when I wanted to ring the bell and quit since I was in the Military.
I really feel Vets in Tech helped me in so many ways as a Military Veteran Realtor. They have helped me network with other Veterans in the Tech Community. Help me strengthen my technical skills which allows me to reach out to other Veterans and potential clients via online platforms. Which allows me to help Veterans utilize their benefits to become homeowners in a not so friendly VA buyer area. Along with serving on my Non-Profit VAREP (Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals) I also was on the front lines helping the new Blue Water Navy Act VA Loan lobbied and passed in Washington DC. A bill that helps Vietnam Veterans claim benefits that have been deserved for way too long now, and Veterans in high-cost counties like the Bay Area. I’ve now helped 6 Veterans and their families become homeowners in the last year alone. It truly is my passion to continually serve the Veteran Community, and I’m so glad to be aligned with Vets in Tech.
20 veterans completed front end web development training at Galvanize in Austin, TX. The 12 week course concluded on 11 December.
Six VetsinTech students in Phoenix, AZ completed WebDev training on 11 December.
The Galvanize/Samsung/VetsinTech Scholarship program covers between 50 - 65% of tuition for veterans in the Software Engineering Immersive or Data Science Immersive study programs. Click here for more information.
Facebook University for Veterans graduated 10 veterans from their cybersecurity program on 15 December 2018.
There were 10 VetsinTech referrals who graduated from Facebook’s Cybersecurity University on 15 December 2018 in Menlo Park, CA. This was a challenging ten week course wherein Facebook Cybersecurity and Facebook VetWorking teamed up with CodePath.org to teach veterans the fundamentals of Cybersecurity. Click HERE for details of what this course provided and be on the lookout for future offerings.
Galvanize/Samsung/VetsinTech scholarship program that covers between 50 - 65% of tuition for veterans in the Software Engineering Immersive or Data Science Immersive study programs. For more information - click HERE
Facebook University Cybersecurity Class is a 12 week introductory class on provided free to veterans. Free for veterans, this course will be conducted on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, CA. Dates are every Saturday from 9AM - 2PM between 2 March - 1 June 2019. One page application is HERE and when answering the final question on the form: How did you hear about this class? - please type in VetsinTech.
Oracle Veteran Internship Program (OVIP) – Spring 2019 starts on Monday 18 March and runs through Friday 7 June for a total of 12 weeks. There are 10 positions open for veterans. Interested? You must formally apply HERE.
Examples of internships avaailable:
Data Center Infrastructure Engineer Intern (Santa Clara) - Job # 190001J4
VetsinTech Web Dev Fundamentals, October, 2018
My name is Robert Wining and I'm from Youngstown, Ohio. I served in the United States Navy from 2002-2006. I was an Electricians Mate and a member of the All Navy Marksmanship Team.
Upon moving recently to San Francisco, I realized the talent pool is deep. My decade of sales experience and military service may not be enough to set me apart. I enrolled in the VetsinTech Web Development Fundamentals course to learn more about front end web development and to bridge the gap between myself and other highly qualified job seekers.
Through this VetsinTech training experience, I learned more about the vast world of tech than I have in my previous 35 years on earth. This has been so incredibly beneficial to me. I wish this class was available when I got out of the service. Instead I was given my medical records and a friendly pat on the back. Classes like this should be available for each industry and economic specialization. VetsinTech is an outstanding concept that I believe can be replicated across multiple disciplines. Not only is this the best resource that has ever been available to me as a veteran, it's a phenomenal way for employers to tap into veterans that are career/education oriented. This class is filled with people that never ever want to stop learning.
Adam Hoek
VetsinTech Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Course , June, 2018
My name is Adam Hoek. I served in the Army infantry with assignments in the 82nd Airborne Division, and with United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. Recently, I have become interested in securing cloud applications. I learned about VetsinTech through a contact at Palo Alto Networks.
My involvement with VetsinTech has presented me with outstanding training opportunities with both Salesforce and Facebook. As a result, I have earned certifications from Salesforce.com as an Administrator and I completed the Facebook University Cybersecurity Academy. Neither would have been possible without the networking support provided by VetsinTech. Additionally, I have been able to complete training as a Palo Alto Networks Certified Cybersecurity Associate. I will be assisting the next VetsinTech Palo Alto Networks cybersecurity training in February 2019.
My future goals are to continue learning cloud security and to stay involved with VetsinTech program.
We have closed out 2018 with a bang and now gearing up for our next major event, our 2nd annual National Conference - The Invasion in Silicon Valley!
The Invasion will bring together veterans from all over the country to provide access and introductions to some of Silicon Valley’s hottest tech companies and an incredible entrepreneurial network.
The Invasion, hosted by google launchpad, will be held March 8th and 9th in San Francisco- check out our amazing line up of sessions and speakers. Steve Blank - the father of modern entrepreneurship and the Lean Startup movement, Michael Brown of the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit here is Silicon Valley, and Carol Eggert - head of Comcast Military Affairs. We have over 20 speakers from across many tech and entrepreneurship fields who will be speaking and engaging with veterans.
Sign up and come join us on this invasion to support our current and returning veterans with re-integration services, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem.
ViT is committed to bringing together a tech-specific network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment.
CAMP PENDLETON- ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY FORUM AND HIRING EVENT
Founder & CEO Katherine Webster spoke on a panel on future technology and trends at US Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s annual Technology Industry Forum and Hiring Event. VetsinTech joined other partners including Google, Oracle, TEKsystems and more in helping inform transitioning members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
SAN DIEGO HAPPY HOUR WITH VETERANS AND PARTNERS
VetsinTech hosted a happy hour for our San Diego chapter. Alumni and prospective students attended and met with representatives of our Employer Coalition partners which included TekSystems and Oracle. This was another excellent opportunity for veteran networking in the tech space and connecting with mentors.
Checkout this PR NEWSWIRE article on The Invasion.
We are more than ecstatic to hold our second national conference "The Invasion" in Silicon Valley. Over 500 veterans are coming from around the nation to network, learn and give back.
We are thankful to have amazing speakers and sponsors. We are appreciative of their support and time to make this event the IT event of the year for veterans transitioning into tech careers and/or entrepreneurship.
A couple of reminders and shoutouts.
If you haven't gotten your ticket yet! Get it NOW!
We are just a few weeks until The Invasion and we are thrilled with the excitement from across the country.
Last Month, we hosted The Invasion in Silicon Valley A national conference that brought 500 veterans from around the country into SF for 2 days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking. We had over 40 incredible speakers, and a dozen of the largest tech orgs who joined as partners. Over 250,000 veterans transition out of service every year, 80% of them enter civilian life without a job --- meanwhile there are millions of open roles in tech including fast growing demand in cybersecurity in which veterans are uniquely positioned to succeed. VetsinTech works to close the gap. Thank you to all our attendees, speakers, and sponsors for making this such an impactful program. View photos from the event here.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the projected growth of employment in web development is 15 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations. Demand is driven by the growing popularity of mobile devices and e-commerce. That is why Vets in Tech is so excited to offer veterans free web development training in Boston on 22 April 2019. If you are interested in this training you can register here, and if you know of anyone else who can benefit from this scholarship please share with them.
VetsinTech is proud to share that 16 Veterans are currently going through a Web Development course in Austin Texas. This is a challenging 4-week course where we teach veterans the fundamentals of Javascript, HTML and CSS. The graduation is on April 11th at 7:30pm. We are excited that our class family and friends will be in attendance. We want to highlight our dedicated and determined instructors in Austin, Hunter Jefferson and Justin Baize. “ This is my very first time teaching a course organized exclusively for veterans. I'm blown away by how diligent, hard-working, and respectful all of the students are. Every day I'm inspired by their self-motivation and resilience in the face of increasingly tough challenges in the classroom” Hunter Jefferson.and Shoutout to our student Tim Katje “ Having a background in computer programming has given me a leg up in the class, but that also means that the coursework itself has not been very challenging for me. But Hunter is extremely dedicated to the class and is always available to us, and she provides me with harder programming challenges outside of the curriculum to complete.”
Congratulations to the April Austin Web Development course grads. 15 veterans completed 4 weeks of web development training. To paraphrase a student's spouse who encouraged him to go, "[Veterans are] a very tight community, they live all over the world, and they stay connected. Thank you for the opportunity."If you are interested in doing what these guys have done, sign up for the next web development class in San Francisco on May 20th. VetsinTech is proud to announce the Graduation of the two-week Web Development Cohort at DraftKings’ new state-of-the-art headquarters in Boston. The course focused on teaching veterans and military spouses front end web development skills. DraftKings and invited Employer Groups are invited to work with the veterans to grow their understanding of employment opportunities at high-tech companies and to further support the veteran graduates pursuing careers in tech.VetsinTech and Palo Alto Networks held a special 5-day class in Cybersecurity – As the next-generation security company, Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in cybersecurity and threat prevention. Palo Alto Networks is one of the fastest growing security companies in the market. Breaches are prevented by uniquely integrating Next-Generation Firewall, Advanced Endpoint Protection, and Threat Intelligence Cloud.
VetsInTech kicked off the Colorado Chapter in partnership with Galvanize and will be launching events and classes to cover all of the 3 E's: Entrepreneurship, Employment and Entrepreneurship.
VetsInTech CEO ,Katherine Webster, spoke at JSA, Joint Service Academy Cybersecurity Summit in Colorado.
Please support VetsinTech on Crowdrise - The VetsinTech Silicon Valley Invasion to bringhundreds of transitioning veterans to the SF Bay Area to explore opportunities forEducation, Employment, and Entrepreneurship!
VetsinTech held another very successful event hosted by Ten-X on June 29th. Over 60 veterans joined us along with employers Ten-X, LinkedIn, Accenture, Electronic Arts, Salesforce, Tesla and more!
Check out the pics here.
Join us for the VetsinTech Gala in Honor of Veterans Day on Nov 4th, 2016 at the Marines Memorial hotel. Please visit the Gala page for details.
Read the Article: Wells Fargo
As Part of the 5th Anniversary of Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Announce New Private Sector Hiring and Training Commitments for Veterans and Military Spouses.
Read the Article: Obama White House Archive
17 veteran students completed Palo Alto Networks EDU 210 - Firewall 8.1 during the first week of December 2018.
Please Join VetsinTech in collaboration with IAVA and the Marines Memorial Club in SF for the 5th annual Salute to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans! Thursday, March 03, 2016. https://mmanetcom.marineclub.com/2016Salute
Save the Date - VetsinTech will hold our next employer meetup at Twitter HQ in SF on March 29th - 5:30pm!
Join VetsinTech and Silicon Valley Bank at SXSW - SXSW is the annual pilgrimage to Austin, Texas where cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity meet some of the brightest young minds in the world. This coming March at SXSW Interactive, Silicon Valley Bank is hosting their annual three-day client lounge for people to relax, recharge, network, and take office hours and have graciously offered space during their "Next Stop Lounge" to VetsinTech!! Veteran Entrepreneurs register here!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/join-vetsintech-with-svb-at-sxsw-in-austin-military-veterans-only-tickets-21676347539
Join @VetsinTech 2/19 for the #VABrainTrust Hackathon - innovations surrounding mTBI + PTS @VAInnovation http://bit.ly/23ulk1t
Brain Trust: Pathway to InnoVAtion Hackathon Serving Veterans!
VetsinTech 1st Employer event of 2016 @Twitter!!
Join VetsinTech as yet another very cool company, @Twitter open their doors to welcome the VetsinTech community and our employer coaltion on March 29th, 2016!! Several employers joining include Accenture, Apcera, Salesforce, Palo Alto Networks, Ten-X, Twitter, Intuit, Manpower Group Solutions, LinkedIn and more TBD! Register here:
VetsinTech - Careers in Cybersecurity - April 7th @Wells Fargo in SF
Please join VetsinTech for the “Careers in Cybersecurity Forum”co-sponsored by Wells Fargo and VetsinTech. Senior Cyber-Security leaders will discuss the current challenges and potential solutions of in a variety of industries, and recruiters will be on hand to discuss opportunities and pathways for careers in Cybersecurity. Check out our amazing line up of speakers and register here:
VetsinTech celebrated its fourth birthday at Twitter! We had a fantastic panel that showcased some of the best ViT veteran talent in the tech industry. Army veteran Stephanie Vazquez also discussed her success story—She landed a job at Facebook after attending just a few VetsinTech workshops!
In early April we were very pleased to welcome two ViT Senior Advisors, Ridescout’s Joseph Kopser and Craig Cummings, to an intimate gathering with some of our San Francisco-based veteran entrepreneurs: Lydia Davey, Theresa Piasta, Tony Nguyen Sonny Tosco, Aaron Saari, and Manny Parra.
On April 7th, Wells Fargo hosted a ViT Careers in Cybersecurity Event at the San Francisco Wells Fargo. Senior cybersecurity leaders discussed current challenges and potential solutions in a variety of industries. Several Wells Fargo Recruiters attended to answer questions about specific cybersecurity careers.
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 4th. Details coming soon.
ViT is working to launch an Entrepreneur Bootcamp that will kick off in May at our San Francisco Galvanize location, and we will introduce a speaker series to address every aspect of entrepreneurship. Watch for a signup link at our ViT Facebook page.
VetsinTech is thrilled to have been invited to the White House Joining Forces on May 5th! In celebration of the Joining Forces 5 year anniversary, 50+ companies committed to hire or train 110K veterans into tech careers over the next 5 years. The VetsinTech coalition members came out in force - Ten-X, Intuit, Salesforce, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, HPE and Accenture were all in attendance to support our veterans and the Joining Forces initiative lead by the 1st Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden.
For full details and all the pledges read here: FACT SHEET: As Part of the 5th Anniversary of Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Announce New Private Sector Hiring and Training Commitments for Veterans and Military Spouses
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Kathleen Carroll and Jeff Bezos of Amazon with Dr. Jill Biden
We hope you'll join us in Austin, TX for the relaunch of the Austin ViT chapter in our new digs at Galvanize! Free appetizers and beverages will be provided. There will be ample time for networking as well as a panel that will discuss opportunities in the three E's: education, entrepreneurship, and employment.
To register for the event, click here.
9/15Free beer and pizza meetup at Galvanize in West Soho
Visit the VetForce booth #2228 on Thursday, October 6th, from 10-2pm! It will be staffed by Salesforce employees, Work For Warriors, as well as VetsinTech Volunteers. Network with other veterans involved with the VetForce Community!
Register for free here!Download the overview and detailed agenda for the event.
Twitter users: Use @VetsinTech, #VetsinTech, @vetforce, #vetforce and #wearefleetweek for fleet week
VetsinTech kicked off the Veterans Day week honoring our veterans at the 2nd Annual VetsinTech Gala for Veterans Day "Vets2.0 Beyond the Transition". We would like to thank all of our sponsors and honorees listed here. Check out pics from the gala here.
Please support VetsinTech during this Holiday Season! See below #GivingTuesday
It’s been just over four years since we kicked off the VetsinTech (ViT) community and it has been an amazing time! We now have twelve chapters across the country, have introduced more than a dozen vet-owned businesses to venture capital, partnered to launch a veterans incubator, ran more than a half dozen veterans hackathons (including the first ever all women veteran hackathon), and introduced thousands of vets and loved ones to their next career &/or job. We have trained approx. 100 veterans on Salesforce administration and trained/certificated 20 veterans in cybersecurity with Palo Alto Networks. We’ve been to the White House several times to raise awareness of veterans issues, partnered with Salesforce, Accenture, Wells Fargo, LinkedIn, Intuit, Workday, Facebook, Ten-X, Palo Alto Networks, TEKsystems and many more to create change and launch careers for our greatest natural resource….our veterans!
VetsinTech recently secured funding from Samsung to train 50 veterans in Web Development at the Galvanize School. Additionally, Palo Alto Networks will be partnering with ViT to provide additional cybersecurity training, and we will be training more veterans on the Salesforce platform. We have a lot of work ahead and need your help to ensure veterans are ready to learn and get hired in high paying careers.
The Giving Tuesday social media campaign on the 1st Tuesday after Thanksgiving (November 29th) is a day dedicated to giving to the causes that mean something to you.
For the last four years, ViT has supported service members in their transition thru Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship in the tech industry.
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We have successfully launched Vets in Tech on July 31st. Visit our site here: http://vetsintech.coCONGRATULATIONS to our winners of Startup Veterans Weekend/Hackathon – 1st Place: Collectio, 2nd Place: Rebound, and 3rd Place I-Vitality!! Actually everyone who competed as a winner in my book! We had over 40 veterans joining 40 non-vet techies for the competition and inspiring keynote by Steve Blank (Four Steps to the Epiphany and The Startup Owners Manual) along with remarks from Co-host Craig Newmark and President of the SF Board of Supervisors – David Chiu who delivered a proclamation declaring it “Startup Veterans Day” in San Francisco. Take a look at pics from the event here
In addition, a segment of the event aired on local Channel 7 – see the video here: http://youtu.be/jVPnN9Z2cGQTHANKS again to all of our awesome sponsors and partners for helping to make this event possible.
VetsinTech Palo Alto Networks EDU 210, August 2018
I am Rafael Escoto Roa. I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic where I resided until moving to the United States at 19 years old.
I joined the US Air Force shortly after moving to this great country and have served as active duty since then with duty assignments in Florida, Delaware, Korea, Texas, Spain, Germany, and California. I have deployed overseas several times. I began my military career as a Logistics Technician after which I transferred to cybersecurity. Currently I am an Air Transportation Airman serving as an Air Trans/Cybersecurity Advisor with Latin America as my area of responsibility (AOR).
Technology has been a passion all my life. The military has helped me obtain great education on this field and I have experienced plenty of hours of on the job training.
I saw some incredible fellow Airmen leave the military without a plan for a follow on career. Some struggled with the process. Observing this, I wanted to get ahead of the curve. I completed the transition program offered by DoD and I actively pursued every available resource. This is how I landed on VetsinTech. I connected over LinkedIn and enrolled in the first class I could: Palo Alto Networks EDU 210, cybersecurity training in Santa Clara, CA.
Over 150 veterans and family members attended. Attendees included recruiters from LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, Adobe, Palo Alto Networks, Shape Security, Symantec, Cisco, PayPal, and more. Below, veterans and employers gather at LinkedIn HQ.
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:
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!
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/
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. |
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
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Veteran's Day weekend hackathon Nov 9-11th! Congratulations to our winning teams....1st Place = Bugl.co and 2nd place - NeoSpace with 3rd place going to the Pocket Drill Sergeant!! We would also like to thank Mayor Ed Lee for visiting with us on Veteran's Day - see all the great press here
Announcing Vets in Tech Hackathon @ Facebook - Military Appreciation Month. Vets in Tech is pleased to be partnering with Facebook for our best event ever coming on May 29th 2013 to celebrate Military Appreciation Month!! Learn more: Click hereWhat: Vets in Tech Hackathon @ Facebook - Military Appreciation Month!When: Wednesday, May 29th 2013 - 9am to 8pmWhere: Facebook Campus Bldg 15, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CARegistration Link: click here
And the winners are...1st place: Campus Drive, 2nd place: Kudo's Loop, 3rd place: Threads!! Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all the teams who participated. See our press: click here
Do you want to learn the secrets of being hired as a military vet into a tech company? Check out this incredible article covering Vets in Tech, with valuable advice about getting hired on Forbes.com!
Join us in SF for the National Launch of VetsinTech!! In honor of Veteran's Day 2013 in addition to SF we will be introducing new ViT chapters and their leaders in DC, NYC, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, Portland/Seattle and San Diego!! Each one of these veteran leaders has already held their first meetup and are helping build the ViT community locally to support our current and returning veterans.
Please join us with other VIP guests to support our veterans and welcome our new ViT leaders! Several sponsors will be in attendance including Intuit, Visa, Twilio, McAfee, Workday and more!!
Register here: http://vitnationallaunch-eorg.eventbrite.com/
VetsinTech had an awesome year in 2013 with approximately 25 events across the country as we launched in Portland OR, Los Angeles and San Diego CA, Austin TX, Washington DC, and New York City, NY! Our first event of 2014 was a great entrepreneur and education program at Morrison Foerster!! The Vets in Tech Entrepreneur’s Business Basics Legal Workshop presented basic corporate legal issues vital to entrepreneurs thinking about or actually forming their own technology start-up companies (offered in SF, LA, DC, and NYC TBD). If you missed this one, keep an eye out for future events with Morrison and Foerster!
Join us! VetsinTech Social and Networking with Employers!!Join VetsinTech for a casual happy hour and networking event with employers!! For those of you who joined us last March at Pedro's this will be a similar experience - just networking and informal meeting with various employers (they will be color coded so you know who they are :) Employers expected to be in attendance include Intuit, Manpower Solutions Group, GE Software, Thermo-Fisher, Workday, and more TBD!! Refreshments/Appetizers will be served!
Greetings Veterans and supporters! Lots happening at VetsinTech - much good work in support of our veterans. VetsinTech was invited to the White House at the end of February where we attended the Veterans Entrepreneurship Workshop. Click to see pics. Several great ideas in support of our veteran entrepreneurs surfaced and are pushing forward - so watch for more news here, as VetsinTech will be launching a very exciting new program in SF on May 14th at Next World Capital with support from the White House!
On March 20th and 21st VetsinTech hosted the VA at Intuit for a Lean Start-in Design for Delight session and there are great things to come from that as well. Click to see pics. And another one. We held ViT Employer event at the end of that session, welcoming new employers into our coalition including Akamai, GE Software, and Manpower Group Solutions. Together with our group of employers we hosted over 60 veterans who were able to discuss employment opportunities and also help ViT celebrate 2 years since our very first event - The Startup Veterans Hackathon on March 24th and 25th in 2012!
Finally to close out March - GE Garage and VetsinTech DC hosted an amazing event highlighting Advanced Manufacturing and 3D Printing opportunities for veterans careers on March 31st. Click to see pics. We are now on to planning some pretty special events for April, May, and June - stay tuned!!
On May 14, 2014 VetsinTech is kicking off a new, national program called VetCap (capital for veterans) to help veteran entrepreneurs, with the support of the White House and in collaboration with a national network of partner organizations. VetCap is starting with workshops nationwide to teach veteran entrepreneurs where and how to raise capital, and connect them to financing sources. Click here
[caption id="attachment_807" align="alignnone" width="614"] Military veterans gathered in NYC for Vetcap, a new national series of financial workshops sponsored by VetsinTech.
For military veterans looking to break into the tech industry, a friendly audience goes a long way. So say participants in Vetcap, a new national series of workshops launched by VetsinTech (ViT) that gives veteran entrepreneurs a chance to network and “pitch” their startup idea to a panel of industry pros as part of a financial workshop. Sponsored by the New York City chapter of ViT, the latest Vetcap was held at Union Square Ventures on June 18, 2014. Nine vets pitched in all.
Join Vets in Tech for one of our best events ever!! The 1st EVER Women-VetsinTech hackathon @ Facebook will be a shortened version of our popular weekend event but will be action packed with goal of getting to a MVP (minimum viable product) or demo/pitch by the end of the day. In partnership with the SBA and V-WISE, VetsinTech has an exciting day planned exclusively for women veterans.
Facebook will be bringing in some of their best advisors and fellow veterans to support the teams as well as leading a “LeanIn” session during the day. More information will be announced leading up to the event (keynotes, judges, prizes, etc) so be sure to keep checking back here: http://www.vetsintech.co/women-facebook-hackathon/
Join VetsinTech together with members of our employer coalition including Salesforce.com Intuit/DemandForce, ManpowerGroup, GE Software, Walmart e-Commerce, Akamai, Icon, and Medallia on Sept 23rd for Opportunities in Tech!!While developer jobs are the highest in demand in the tech industry, did you know that there are several other career opportunities in tech companies including Sales, Marketing, HR, Operations, Product and Project Management, etc. Come meet with our employer recruiters and hiring managers to learn more about the variety of jobs open in their companies across all departments. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided!
VetsinTech will be at Dreamforce by Salesforce.com Oct 13th-16th!! VetsinTech is very pleased to be working closely with Salesforce.com on all 3E's in our mission - Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship!! ViT has signed an Academic Alliance Partnership agreement to train veterans as Salesforce Admins and we completed our first class of 20 veterans on October 3rd! We will be kicking off Dreamforce activity with our veterans who will show up to take the exam and get certified as SFDC Admins on Sunday Oct 12th.
In honor of Veterans Day and Veterans National Small Business Week, VetsinTech is kicking off an innovative national program to help veteran entrepreneurs called VetCap (capital for veterans). VetsinTech DC will host the VetCap event at Microsoft in Chevy Chase, MD on November 6th 2014!VetCap is a new initiative for a national series of workshops to help train veteran entrepreneurs on where and how to raise capital, and to connect them to a network of financing sources. The workshop portion will include a panel of 6 different financing sources including a VC, Angel, Corporate Ventures, Bank/Lender, Crowdfunder, and the SBA. Please register here to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vetsintech-dc-launch-of-vetcap-tickets-13676692355
