Jody Randall, an instructor in the computer network and information systems
security program at Clover Park Technical College, will be a speaker today at the 13th annual South Sound
Technology Conference.
The event is touted as the
premiere technology gathering for Tacoma and the South Puget Sound region. It
will be held in Phillip Hall at the University of Washington Tacoma Campus.
Randall will be participate in
a breakout session titled “Building a Cybersecurity Workforce.”
Additional breakout sessions
and panels will cover topics ranging from technology in healthcare, the
building of a big data research center, securing big data, and hiring for a
future cybersecurity-educated workforce. The morning featured panel, led by
Ankur Teredasai, the director of the Center for Web and Data Science at the
Institute of Technology, will put specific focus on Big Data.
In a unique turn, one
afternoon breakout will be an unstructured meet-up of people interested in
building more opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to start and support
their business ideas in the South Puget Sound.
The South Sound Technology
Conference provides a forum that increases the awareness of technology’s impact
on our personal and professional lives, and the role it can play in the
development of our South Sound economy through technology. More than 250 civic
and industry leaders, government representatives, university faculty and
students will come together to hear about solving problems with technology
solutions, building a technology company, and network with others in the
industry.
Speakers will include
business people, research scientists, government officials and students. Those
persons confirmed for the event include Dr. Les Reed, VP of Quality at
Multicare, Jason Aston and Erik Stockwell, from growing Tacoma technology
companies Internet Identity and Optic Fusion respectively, and educators Dr.
Bryan Goda and Jody Randall among others.
The yearly event is made
possible by the hard work of many volunteers, the generosity of corporate and
community sponsorship such as the Economic Development Board of Pierce County,
Workforce Central, Optic Fusion, Internet Identity, Pierce County IT, the City
of Tacoma, the UW Tacoma Institute of Technology, and the support of honorary
co-chairs Congressmen Adam Smith and Derek Kilmer.
For more information,
contact conference chair Andrew Fry at andfry@u.washington.edu or
253-692-4583.
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