From Release News: The nonprofit tech training program, NPower, and TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS), a leading value-added distributor to the wireless infrastructure construction industry, have announced a partnership to create economic prosperity by launching digital careers for young adults from underserved communities and military veterans.
Executives from Cisco, Deloitte, Bank of America, and Vista Equity Partners join the Board of Directors
New research finds overlapping skills should afford that jump from non-tech to tech.
Equity-focused nonprofit NPower and Emsi Burning Glass said their data reveals that 2.6 million women of color have tech-similar skills to fill vacant tech jobs.
Women of color occupy less than 5% of tech jobs, even though they make up 20% of the workforce. But the “pipeline problem” is a myth–many of these women are ready and able to take positions in tech.
NPower’s Command Shift, a Coalition of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and other leading organizations, commits to increasing the number of nontraditional tech talent – specifically, underserved women of color – in the tech industry from 5% to 10% over ten years.
Gift is the largest in the organization’s 20-year history.
Along with founding partner Citi Foundation, new members of Command Shift’s national movement include Accenture, Girls Who Code, Girl Scouts of the USA, Broadridge, and Workday
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Boles brings strategic direction and leadership to a number of areas that underpin NPower’s continued success, including Finance, Human Resources, Data Analytics, and Research, and Technology Infrastructure.
NPower selected as one of the 38 grantees awarded as part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Foundation’s $11 Million support to help create employment opportunities, further career advancement and drive greater economic empowerment for Black youth.
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