I‚ÄôVE BEEN THINKING about the concept of community lately. One of the inspiring things about my 18 months as Executive Director of ACDS has been meeting so many people who understand and support our mission. Some of these people have spent a large portion of their adult lives working with IT workforce organizations, and even […]
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President, Matmon Internet, Inc. THE TECH WORLD seems so 21st century that it’s hard to remember there were forward-looking tech companies here way back in the clunky old 20th century. Matt Olson’s Matmon Internet, Inc., is a prime example of a tech startup that has withstood the test of time, and the lessons he learned
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Compiled by James Morgan, Senior Consulting Editor, ACDS WHETHER YOU‚ÄôRE TALKING about your customers, your products, or your processes, the data you gather always tells a story. Maybe it‚Äôs one you want to hear, maybe it‚Äôs not‚ÄĒbut if you intend to deal with your reality, you‚Äôd do well to listen. Recently, we at ACDS were
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MEET CHRISTINA EICHELBERGER Age: 36 Hometown: Oakland, CA Apprenticeship: Affirma MY BACK STORY I grew up in California, in Oakland. I mostly lived with extended family in foster care. I became an emancipated foster child at age 18. MY EDUCATION I started my studies at San Francisco State in creative writing, but I didn’t finish
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MEET ABDOUL KABORE Age: 34 Hometown: Conway, AR Apprenticeship: DXC MY BACK STORY I‚Äôm from West Africa originally. My country name is Burkina Faso, which is surrounded by the countries of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo, Benin, and Mali. I have three siblings‚ÄĒan older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister. My father is
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Director, HealthTech Arkansas AT A TIME when the world has spent months in pandemic lockdown, when hospitals have been overwhelmed and supply chains are failing, many people are touting the potential of technology to revolutionize bloated and outmoded healthcare systems. As director of HealthTech Arkansas, a Little Rock-based venture capital fund and incubator focused on
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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSWhat would I say if I were asked to give one this year? Charles D. Morgan,CEO, First Orion THANK YOU, PRESIDENT So-and-So…or Principal So-and-So; thank you, distinguished faculty. I am honored and, yes, humbled, to be charged with the task of sending this graduating class out into the world armed with a bit of
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IT IS GRADUATION time 2020, and across the country almost every commencement ceremony has been conducted virtually or not at all. Here in the time of COVID-19, it’s just not worth the risk of scheduling an event with that many participants. We at ACDS have graduation ceremonies too. The final week of the classroom training
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Arkansans interested in starting a career in information technology can apply for free online pre-apprenticeship programs through a partnership between the University of Arkansas Professional and Workforce Development, Arkansas Division of Workforce Services, the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, the Arkansas Center for Data Science and the Northwest Arkansas Council. The online pre-apprenticeship programs will serve
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ABOUT READY FOR A COLD ONE?How data science could help create even better brews Grant Chandler,Quality Control Manager,Lost Forty Brewing I WAS PLANNING to be a research scientist, and then beer got in the way. But it’s not like you’re thinking. I grew up in Houston, Texas, and went to college at Hendrix in Conway,
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