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Coalition’s Preferred Reskilling Network Outpaces Expectations on the Creation of Net New Diverse Tech Talent
By Aaron Drews, Workforce Development and Operations Associate, MKE Tech Coalition The Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition commissioned a customized EMSI report in 2020 to identify opportunities for growth in the Milwaukee region tech workforce. The report confirmed that...
New Software Development Registered Apprenticeship Roles Opening in SE Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE (December 22, 2021) – The shortfalls in available tech talent continue to increase across markets nationally. This provides the opportunity for those with an interest and aptitude for tech to consider whether this is the right time to make a career change....
Regional STEM Education Initiative Returns for its Fourth Year During Computer Science Education Week December 6-12
‘MKE Hour of Tech’ Aims to Inspire Students with Hour of Tech Activities Milwaukee, Wisc. November 15, 2021 – For its fourth consecutive year, over 100 companies, nonprofit organizations and schools will participate in the Greater Milwaukee Hour of Tech initiative...
MKE Tech Week Wraps After 50+ Community-led Events
This year was the first MKE Tech Week, a weeklong celebration of tech, designed to connect, educate, and celebrate innovation in Southeast Wisconsin. Previously known as Startup Milwaukee Week, this year’s programming was presented by the MKE Tech Hub Coalition and...
Reverse Pitch MKE returns for its fourth year with four local companies bringing challenges to be solved.
September 20, 2021 - The MKE Tech Hub Coalition is hosting Reverse Pitch MKE, a unique pitching competition that connects corporations to entrepreneurs and startups who want the opportunity to help solve challenges and potentially launch a new product or business....
New Software Analyst/Developer Apprentice Openings in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (August 6, 2021) – The shortfalls in available tech talent continue to increase across markets nationally. This provides the opportunity for those with an interest and aptitude for tech to consider whether this is the right time to make a change. The MKE...
Water, the Lifeblood of Milwaukee’s Next-Gen Tech Companies
By: Carl Engelking If you want to understand Milwaukee’s past and its future, stand on the shores of Lake Michigan and look east. Hissing waves crash and whitecaps flutter as far as the eye can see. Milwaukee also happens to sit at the confluence of three rivers – so...
The Heart of Manufacturing Beats with Blockchain
By: Carl Engelking In a former life, Michael Cromheecke traveled the world as an ambassador of peace – for a global automation technology company that is. When a customer purchased a machine that was expected to package 500 widgits per minute but only mustered 100, or...
Nadiyah Johnson Is Creating a Universe of Inner-City Entrepreneurs
By: Carl Engelking All it takes to alter the trajectory of a person’s life is to open a door, and that can be as simple as telling someone, “Yeah, you can do that.” For Nadiyah Johnson it was her father, a senior software engineer at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee,...
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