Transitions
There’s only one place to start with this message: I love Washington’s tech industry. This is why it’s bittersweet to announce that after three years leading the WTIA, I am stepping down as… Read More
Category Archive: CEO
Fred Wilson & Policy Stuff
I’m still fired up to go one more round on the importance of the tech sector getting more involved in public policy in general and in understanding our state’s investment in R&D specifically.… Read More
A Day in Olympia
The WTIA’s initiative that formed the Information Technology Coalition in 2012 had its first Olympia Day last month. Several of our IT tech leaders headed to the state Capitol for a twelve hour day of meetings with… Read More
Getting Educated
You may already be aware of the tension in Olympia this legislative session as legislators try to close a $2 billion budget gap. Whether coming from the public sector or the private sector,… Read More
Inspired Gratitude
You may have seen Andy Sack’s blog last month on lessons he learned from having cancer. It struck a big cord for me so I’m using it as the catalyst to say thank… Read More
Year End Reflections
I love the period of transition between the past year and the new one that’s marked by year-end reflections. There’s always one day during the holiday break that I’m lost in cyberspace reading… Read More
Information Technology Coalition Takes Off
2012 has been a great year at the WTIA. One of the achievements we’re most excited about is the formation of the Information Technology Coalition which was announced last week at the Technology… Read More
Job Searching Take-Aways from from last week’s TechFetch Job Fair
Last Wednesday, we held a special all-technology job fair, in partnership with TechFetch, a nationwide leader in connecting IT job candidates with companies. This event was the first of its kind in our… Read More
Insights From TechNW
On Wednesday, we held our third annual TechNW: North to Innovation conference. This was one of our best events yet, and brought together technology leaders from the Northwest and beyond for a day… Read More
WTIA’s Workforce Development
One of the WTIA’s key strategic initiatives is workforce development. From our members’ perspective, the short-term need is to get them in front of job seekers. The long term solution is rooted in better… Read More
