The 2nd Annual IT-oLogy Career Fair was held on Thursday, November 7, 2013. We had over thirty vendors present and more than 300 job seekers come out and meet with potential employers to discuss internships, entry-level opportunities, training programs, and experienced positions. This year we approached it a little differently…
The following article was written by Jon Bartschi. The 36 (including seven girls) middle school students who participated in November’s Cyber Saturday in Columbia were treated to a very cool topic, “Creating Generative Designed Art, by Creating Drawing Robots.” The term, “Generative Designed Art” refers to art that has been…
Below is an article written by IT-oLogy @ Innovista Executive Director Todd Lewis. As Executive Director of IT-oLogy @ Innovista in Columbia, I’m extremely excited and proud to now be managing the CoursePower project. I firmly believe it’s a key to the future success of Columbia and the Midlands. For…
In partnership with Sit With Me, a national advocacy campaign launched by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), IT-oLogy hosted a panel discussion featuring women IT professionals from around the Midlands. Focused on bringing more diversity, specifically more women, into the IT industry, the leaders of the…
MODERATOR Avis Yates Rivers, President & CEO Technology Concepts Group Avis Yates-Rivers is the President and CEO of Technology Concepts Group International, LLC, (TCGi), an information technology solutions provider and full-service equipment leasing firm. She possesses more than thirty years of general management experience in the information technology industry. Ms….
With 250 registered attendees, 9 speakers, and countless companies and organizations represented, the Trends 2013 conference brought to the forefront the importance of Actionable Analytics. From tweets to photos to online articles, local media and conference attendees spread the word about Trends. Thank you to the sponsors, partners, and attendees of…
The folowing is a message from IT-oLogy president, Lonnie Emard. Over the last several years, I have personally used the term collaboration nearly every day to describe how a non-profit consortium like IT-oLogy will achieve its desired results. Our mission to advance IT talent really means that each partner understands…
Having just returned from the CIO 100 Awards and National Conference, it seems appropriate to write about convincing reinforcement for our IT-oLogy mission to advance IT talent. The nation’s top Chief Information Officers gathered to both honor achievements and to discuss the impact of digital disruption to traditional business models. …
Bryce Senz, a 29-year-old financial analyst based in Spartanburg, SC, came to the South Carolina Day of Civic Hacking because friends at an IT convention persuaded him to check it out. Now, almost two months after the event, he is headed to Washington. D.C. to present the project he created…
My name is Brannon Courtney and I am a senior at the University of South Carolina majoring in Integrated Information Technology (iIT). My internship this summer is with the IBM Technical Exploration Center (TEC) in Chicago, IL. At IBM I am a Technical Sales Specialist Intern for the software and…
