Escambia County District 2 Commissioner Doug Underhill will give the keynote address at the inaugural Careers in Technology event on Thursday, October 1. The event will be held at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, located at 40 South Alcaniz St. in downtown Pensacola, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The meetup, co-hosted by Innovation Coast and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society hopes to bring together students, entrepreneurs and local officials.
"The tech industry is the wave of the future for America," Underhill said. "We're still chasing down the last generation's jobs, then we're just not going to have much of an economic development boom in our community."
Underhill's remarks will be followed by a panel discussion featuring local business leaders. Panelists will include Paul Carney, manager of talent acquisition for Navy Federal Credit Union; Harry Huelsbeck, a cybersecurity analyst with Northrop Grumman Corp.; Lanessa Hunter, a software tester with IBM; and Vernon Niven, a veteran tech entrepreneur.
Seating for this event is limited. To reserve your spot today, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/careers-in-technology-pensacola-tickets-18544070815.
For more information, please contact the Escambia County Office of Community and Media Relations at (850) 595-3476 or email [email protected].
