We’re delighted to introduce our board of directors 2021-2022. Some are returning directors who'll serve again, some are new.
The SVTC Board of Directors is divided into two groups, called classes, for governance purposes. Each year, the term of one of the classes expires. Once a year, we hold an election for one of the classes and then appoint directors in that class to a 2-year term.
The following SVTC members were appointed by the board to class 1 as a result of the spring 2021 election by SVTC members:
- Chris Ashley | Collegiate Customs
- Joanna Bergdoll | Generate Impact
- Thomas Ewing (*) | Sentara Healthcare
- Jay Guruswamy | Cadence, Inc.
- Rachael Harnish (*)
- Doug Pascarella | Dynamic Aviation
- Ed Pease | Blue Ridge Community College
- Sandra Quigg | Boys & Girls Club of Harrisonburg & Rockingham County
- Greg St. Ours | Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
- Nick Swayne | JMU X-Labs; 4-Virginia
- Jackie Zetwick (*) | Augusta County IT Dept.
In class 2, two appointments were made.
- Josh Fitzpatrick (*) | Lord Fairfax Community College
- Sean Mallon (*) | Center for Innovative Technology
* Director is new to the board
Welcome, and thank you for your service to the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council!
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SAVE THE DATE
Unmanned Systems UxS Industry Engagement Summit (7/28)
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InnoVault | September Pitch Night 2021 (9/10)
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September 10, 2021 | 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
InnoVault, Winchester
Reserve your seat as an audience participant by getting one of the Attend tickets or apply to pitch by getting one of the Apply to Pitch Tickets.
If you would like to pitch your business idea please continue to read!
Do you have a business idea but you’re just not sure how or where to begin? Do you know there’s an opportunity to scale your current business but just need some expert advice or funding to get you there? Do you have questions about patents, intellectual property, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, getting investors? This is Your Opportunity to pitch your idea for a new Product, Service, Business OR your idea to scale your current business to a panel of business experts and investors!
Crystel Lynn Smith, Virginia's Most Sought Ager High-Performance Coach and Founder of Crystel Clear Business Strategies, and Innovault, Winchester's Idea LaunchPad, are once again launching Pitch Night 2021!
3 Selected entrepreneurs (and or people with cool or crazy ideas) will be provided with
- Live training, (via Zoom) with Alex Skinner, economic anthropologist, CFO of startup IP Haus, and Founder of InnoVault Coworking, through his proven Pitch Masterclass
- Alex’s step by step template to creating and perfecting your pitch
- Opportunity to Pitch to Investors, Entrepreneurs, Financial Gurus and other Business Experts
- Feedback from the experts
- Exposure on any of the following media platforms utilized for Pitch Night 2021
- Social Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspaper
The winner of Pitch Night 2021 will receive:
- One-Month of business coaching with High-Performance Business Coach and Best-Selling Author, Crystel Lynn Smith ($1,200.00 value)
- One -Year Flex-Time Membership at Winchester’s sought after Innovault ($2,388 value)
- AND $1,000!
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Welcome Back Level I Member! |
NET100, Ltd.
NET100, Ltd is your one source for network infrastructure, NET100 teams with the cabling industry's leaders to deliver solutions that provide a superior, reliable foundation for your Information Technology requirements. Providing CAT5E, 6, 6A, Fiber Optics, CATV, Outside Plant, Air Blown Fiber, PON, DAS and Data Center solutions. NET100's standards of quality are evident in our dedication to our trained personnel. We have a large number of BICSI registered installers, technicians and RCDD's on staff, as well as DCJS registered personnel for your security cabling needs. We offer the latest testing equipment and complete documentation so you can rest assured once your project is complete. NET100 places a high value on teamwork and communication, our project managers are involved directly with our customers to provide support throughout every project. At NET100 our focus is centered on quality workmanship, a timely installation and building a partnership with each of our clients.
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Augusta County IT Department
The Purpose of the IT Department is to quickly respond to business needs while maintaining relatively low costs. Almost every key business function in the county requires direct or indirect computer support. Today's technology solutions must fully meet business requirements such as:
- Aligning Technology and County goals
- Organizing and using data
- Instituting cross-functional information systems
- Integrating systems
- Capitalizing on advances in Information Technology
- Connecting to customers or suppliers
- Updating obsolete systems
- Creating an information architecture
Information Technology (IT) has combined functions with the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Both groups are intrinsically part of the broader county objective to maximize technical capabilities. And, both groups share a strong commitment to customer service. The IT mission is to plan for and promote the efficient use of information technology, provide for enterprise-wide information processing services for the county of Augusta, and to deliver quality service to all of our customers. To fulfill this mission, we have the following high level goals:
- to establish a vision and a plan for the optimum use of information technology within the county
- to provide for responsive, high quality and cost effective computing services
- to promote our customer's efficient and effective use of information technology by ensuring proper implementation and maintenance of computing systems that are responsive, high quality, and cost effective, whether departmental or county-wide systems
- to assist in planning and managing county-wide information technology installation
- to manage and maintain full connectivity among county systems
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Looking for 2021 STEM and tech summer activities? Then look no further! We know that both parents and kids are ready for some summer fun after a long year of staying at home, so we’ve gathered a listing of local tech activities for kids for the summer of 2021! Ranging from workshops to camps, this summer is full of technology and STEM activities. Browse the links below and/or share the list with others! See details below.
Summer Camps by JMU Professional & Continuing Education | In-Person
James Madison University, Harrisonburg
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Summer Honors Institute | July 11 – 17 | Rising 11th & 12th grades
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Science Explorers Camp – Elementary | July 12 – 16 | Rising 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grades
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Science Explorers Camp – Middle School | July 26 – 30 | Rising 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grades
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Science Explorers – High School | July 18 – 24 | Rising 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th grades
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Renewable Energy Camp | August 2 – 6 | Rising 6th, 7th, & 8th grades
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Robotics Camp | August 10 – 13 | Ages 9-12
- View all youth programs
Summer Explorer Camps | In-Person
Explore More Discovery Museum, Harrisonburg
Learning Can Be Fun Program | Online
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave
BRCC Intro to Advanced Manufacturing | (FREE)
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave
Summer Camps by Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum | In-Person
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, Winchester
STEM Summer Camps by STEM Innovators | In-Person
Easely Created Studio, Winchester
Summer Spark ’21 by St. Anne’s Belfield School CS | In-Person or Online
St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Charlottesville
Know of other techy summer camps in the Shen. Valley that are not on our list? Send them along! admin@svtc-va.org.
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Shenandoah Valley Open Tech Jobs |
- Software Engineer II – Octoservices, GitHub | Remote
- Developer, Generate Impact | Harrisonburg
- Computer Programming and Website Design Program Manager, Blue Ridge Community College | Weyers Cave
- 4 Positions: Lead Drupal Developer, Web Programmer (Python/Django), UX Design Specialist, Data Visualization Developer | Urban Institute | Remote (or DC Area)
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Full-Stack Software Engineer | Sproutly | New Market
- DevOps Engineer, Quantic School of Business and Technology | Remote
- Full-Stack Software Engineer, Quantic School of Business and Tech | Remote
- 3D Developer - AR Support, The Scylla Group | Winchester
- Front End Developer, The Scylla Group | Winchester
- Solder Technician, VIRTEX | Waynesboro
GOT ADDITIONAL TECH JOBS THAT SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED?
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Have a Technology Event?
We'll Share it in our Newsletter and Calendar!
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Are you a local tech meetup/user-group or organization hosting an in-person or virtual tech event within the Shenandoah Valley?
With the recent impacts of COVID-19, we're looking to help promote all of the Valley's technology community events that have either gone digital or are going back to in-person by adding them to our newsletter and calendar
(our publicity).
Click the button below to share your event!
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Participate in the local tech conversation:
Rocktown Tech (Slack)
Currently there are 18 channels and over 450 members. Sign-up
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SVTC Members Invitation:
Display Your Membership Status
Membership Badge Available! Use our new graphic on your own website (and remember to link back to our website www. svtc-va.org!)
Choose the graphic file of your choice: SVTC Membership Badge. Let us know when you incorporate this graphic and we'll mention your site in return!
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membership badge on their website!
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The Shenandoah Valley Technology Council does not endorse the companies, organizations, teams,
or events mentioned, or take a stand on any of the articles or notices or events included.
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Contact Us
Shenandoah Valley Technology Council
800 S. Main Street
MSC 3615
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
540-568-7882
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