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Message from the Board
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Dear vtTA Members & Supporters,
We thank everyone who joined us for another successful annual networking summer dinner cruise last month, with support from
presenting sponsor
FirstLight Fiber
and sponsors
PCC
,
Empower Mobility
, and
Inntopia
. Check out the "
By the Numbers
" handout we prepared for the cruise, featuring some vtTA and tech milestones since last year.
With summer transitioning into fall, the calendar is filling up fast with Vermont tech events. This includes vtTA's
networking event with Solar City
on September 15 and
Innovation Week
, bookended between the
Hackathon
and the
Vermont Tech Jam
.
As part of Innovation Week, the vtTA will present a Lunch & Learn session in partnership with
C2
- Competitive Computing on
From Startup to Success - Insights into Growing a Tech Business in Vermont
, featuring a panel of leaders from three businesses that started small, but have grown to become successful Vermont tech enterprises. We're also working in partnership with BTV Ignite, Seven Days and Vermont PBS on a possible Governor's candidate forum on Vermont's tech economy.
Check the Upcoming Events list below and the
vtTA calendar
for these and other tech and innovation events planned in the coming weeks.
Jeff Couture
Executive Director, Vermont Technology Alliance
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[September 15, 2016 - SolarCity, South Burlington]
SolarCity and The Vermo
nt Techn
ology Alliance (vtTA) invite you to a free networking event at the SolarCity Operations Center in South Burlington. Connect with the local tech and solar community at this social gathering.
The Brattleboro Area Technologists (BAT) is hosting a free and public discussion led by led Tad Montgomery of Tad Montgomery & Associates on the creation of an online marketplace for small-scale farmers to connect with customers.
Vermont Code Camp
is a full-day event that brings together technology community members, students and professionals from around Vermont and beyond for sessions on a variety of software topics.
Find more
here.
Manufactured in Vermont is a B2B supply chain conference and trade show for manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and sub-contractors for contacts and to develop business opportunities.
[September 24 & 25, 2016 - Shelburne Farms Coach Barn] 
The Maker Faire celebrates the Do-It-Yourself mindset by showcasing maker projects and the maker culture, and features arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music.
[September 26, 2016 - Davis Center, UVM]
The University of Vermont Office of the Provost presents Nicholas M. Donofrio, retired IBM Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, speaking on building Vermont's innovation economy.
VITL presents this conference in partnership with The University of Vermont College of Medicine to provide opportunities to engage with leaders, experts and peers around health information technology tools, resources, and best practices.
[October 7, 2016 - Multiple locations]
Manufacturing Day is Oct. 7 as part of Manufacturing Month in October. Several Vermont manufacturing businesses are opening their doors and hosting events to showcase their facilities and career opportunities available in manufacturing.
[October 7, 2016 - Castleton University]
This conference and networking opportunity is designed for entrepreneurs and business leaders who are serious about doing business, attracting business, and building a sustainable business climate in the Rutland region.
Innovation Week
[October 14-22, 2016 - Various venues, Burlington]
Innovation Week is designed to bring residents, businesses, and visitors of all ages together to showcase the vibrant greater Burlington ecosystem of innovation and technology.
Attendees will have an opportunity to experience a wide array of cutting edge education, research, businesses, prototyping, coding, jobs, and more.
Find more
here.
[October 14 & 15 2016 - Green Mountain Power, Colchester]
This is a 24-Hour Hackathon where teams work to build apps to create a brighter future for Vermont. The theme this year is education.
[October 19, 2016 - C2-Competitive Computing, Colchester]
Many of today's successful and growing Vermont tech businesses started on the energy and ambition of individuals or partners with ideas, vision and dreams. Leaders of three businesses that started small, but have grown to become successful Vermont tech businesses will share their journeys, lessons learned, and perspectives on leading a tech business in Vermont. This Lunch & Learn is sponsored by C2.
[October 20, 2016 - Karma Birdhouse, Burlington]
Startup Grind's monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors, presents a talk by Kyle Clark, the co-founder of Designbook.
Vermont Tech Jam
[October 21-22, 2016 - Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, VT]
 This annual two-day job fair and tech expo features some of Vermont's most exciting companies and their projects. This year's Tech Jam will also host a school mini maker faire organized by the team behind the Champlain Mini Maker Faire.
The VT Web Marketing Summit is a leading annual conference that delivers some
of the boldest, brightest and immersive digital marketing trends, strategies, challenges and success stories. The Vermont Technology Alliance is an event partner and members receive discount pricing available until Oct. 4.
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[September 8, 2016 - Source: VTDigger]
The third week in October is officially Innovation Week in the Queen City. City officials gathered with business and nonprofit leaders outside City Hall earlier this month to announce the celebration of Burlington's technology sector with a week of events Oct. 15-22.
[September 7, 2016 - Source: VTDigger]
Federal, state and local officials spent hours earlier this month discussing ways Vernon might bounce back from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's closure. They focused on two ideas floated by Vernon residents: a business incubator and a high-speed fiber-optic Internet network.
[September 7, 2016 - Source: Press Release/Vermont Business Magazine]
Norwich University Applied Research Institutes' DECIDE-FS risk resiliency response software used to support critical infrastructure in the banking and finance industry has been nominated by FedScoop, a leading government tech media company, as one of the best and brightest technologies implemented this year that make the federal government more efficient and effective.
[September 7, 2016 - Source: Press Release/Vermont Business Magazine]
Community College of Vermont and the Vermont Department of Labor are partnering with employers for manufacturing training, including K&E Plastics, JBM Sherman Carmel, and GS Precision, to offer a Certified Production Technician course in Bennington. This free course will help advanced manufacturers close a workforce gap and individuals receive the necessary training to fill open positions.
[September 3, 2016 - Source: Burlington Free Press
Two UVM students have launched a new website called BeaconVT.com to allow students to offer themselves up for work with local businesses via an online profile and for businesses to post job openings and short-term assignments.
[September 1, 2016 - Source: Press Release/Vermont Business Magazine]
iSystems, LLC, the company behind Evolution HCM, announced Ted Pricer as the company's vice president of engineering. Pricer, a Vermont native and life-long software developer, was most recently the VP, platform engineering at Cox Automotive.
[August 29, 2016 - Source: Enterprise]
In a low-slung, nondescript brick building in Randolph, engineers with Applied Research Associates are developing high-tech sensors that are used to monitor global hot spots, war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, African battlefields and U.S. military bases at home and abroad.
[August 25, 2016 - Source: Press Release]
The Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) has chosen FirstLight Fiber for the upgrade of its Internet services in West Lebanon, New Hampshire as well as at its new location in White River Junction, Vermont.
[August 23,, 2016 - Source: Press Release]
The Vermont Information Consortium announced that the state of Vermont's electronic Property Transfer Tax Return (ePTTR) online application has processed more than $100 million in property transfer taxes for the state. The service was built at no cost to the state over a two-year period, by VIC in conjunction with the state's Department of Taxes.
[August 23, 2016 - Source: Seven Days]
Seven Days highlights Burlington's innovation economy, from its Broadband capability to its colleges, and tech-based organizations
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Tech Group is dedicated to setting new and higher standards of total customer service, motivated by pride in its work and a hands-on friendly approach. They are guided by the precepts of total customer service, professionalism, planning, and proficiency; they truly are the Human Side of IT.
In 2015, Tech Group was awarded Best of the Best in IT Service in the Champlain Business Journal annual survey, validating its approach to IT service and B2B interactions. The diversity of their backgrounds, training, and education, as well as practical and applied learning, allows Tech Group staff to support clients' wide range of demands, projects, and networks.
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Vermont Technology Alliance Membership Update
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The Vermont Technology Alliance thanks the following new and renewing business members:
The Vermont Technology Alliance welcomes businesses and individuals to join our non-profit business association. Members benefit from vtTA's advocacy, programs and services, including discounts on our sponsored events, job postings in our Career Center, and networking and business opportunities. To find our more and to discuss membership, contact Jeff Couture,
[email protected]
, or sign up to be a new member
here
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Useful Information & Links
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New Co-Working Spaces
Vermont's co-working spaces are growing.
Coworking Plus has opened on Main Street in Brattleboro with a mission to support economic growth in southern Vermont by providing collaborative office space and educational programs to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
A new co-working space is being planned for Hinesburg, find out more and take thesurvey at HinesburgHUB.
InnoVaTe - Second Season
 Vermont PBS is producing a second season of InnoVaTe, a series featuring some of Vermont's most innovative tech creators. The series is hosted by Victoria Taylor, a nationally recognized web entrepreneur and online personality. InnoVaTe will air on Vermont PBS' main channel and online at vermontpbs.org. Season 2 will premiere in October. Vermont PBS is seeking production sponsorship support to produce and edit this series. For information please contact MJ Reale at Vermont PBS: [email protected], 802-654-3682
National Manufacturing Day
& Vermont Manufacturing Month
The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) is spreading the word about the 5th annual "National Manufacturing Day" (MFG DAY) scheduled for Friday, October 7, 2016 and for "Manufacturing Month" in Vermont.
Last year during National MFG DAY 2015, thousands of manufacturers across the United States opened their doors to guests in a coordinated effort to help illustrate what modern manufacturing means and inspire the next generation of manufacturers. Vermont participants are encouraged to shine their own spotlight on manufacturing by hosting events throughout the month of October and to register for free all Vermont events on the national website,
www.MFGDAY.com
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Project Management Professional Certification Test Prep Boot Camp
Desai Management Consulting is offering a three-day Project Management Professional boot camp, Nov. 9, 10 and 11. In the last three years, Desai has trained over 250 professionals and has a 99% success rate for those who have gone on to take the PMP exam.
Find more information here.
vtTA's Career Center
Vermont Technology Alliance member companies are hiring, and when you visit the
Career Center
on the
Vermont Technology Alliance website
you can browse and search for these job openings
. We currently have more than 150 job openings for both tech and non-tech positions, making it a great source for finding an opportunity with growing Vermont tech businesses.
Are you looking for business services, meet-up groups, government information or funding sources? Find this and more at vtTA's
resources page
posted on the
Vermont Technology Alliance website
. And be sure to let us know if there's something we should add.
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