Reimagine, Cultivate, & Retain. Creating Your New Tech Talent Pipeline

AGENDA

Following the opening session, each session includes built-in time for Q&A with attendees.

9:30 AM Opening Session: Welcome from Apprenti

9:40 AM Session 1: Cultivating Tech Talent with Apprenticeship

Hear from decision makers and influencers on why their companies have tapped Apprenti and the apprenticeship model to hire tech talent, and how they have been able to implement the program to cultivate their tech talent.

• Moderator: Rainer Gawlick, Chair of Apprenti MA Advisory Board

• Panelist: Jim Chilton, CIO, Cengage

• Panelist: Yvonne DiSalvo, Sr. Director, HR Business Partner, VMware

10:22 AM Session 2: Cultivating Inclusivity in Tech

This session will focus on increasing diversity in tech roles and how apprenticeship can bring diverse talent to organizations. Employers will share their strategies to increase the diversity of their tech workforce and how these diverse backgrounds and diverse teams benefit the organization.

• Moderator: James Whitfield, Co-Founder, Be Culture

• Panelist: Maritza Gamboa, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, VMware

• Panelist: John Brown, SVP, HR, BlueCross BlueShield Louisiana

• Panelist: Jessica Allen, Manager of Wayfair Labs, Wayfair

• Panelist: Luther Jackson, Program Manager, NOVA Job Center

11:05 AM Closing Session: Next Steps to Build New Talent

Hear from Apprenti’s Co-Founder and Executive Director, who will tie together the value of cultivating your diverse tech talent pipeline using apprenticeship with actionable next steps for you to bring back to your company and business community.

11:30 AM Event Ends

RSVP now! We look forward to having you join us via Zoom at this link. The passcode is 161813.

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Apprenti is a non-profit organization, funded in part by a US Department of Labor contract to increase access to tech apprenticeship nationwide.