OUR STORY
NPower is a nonprofit rooted in the community and committed to advancing race and gender equity in the tech industry through skills training, real-world experience, support, and mentorships. The organization has helped young adults from underserved communities and veterans move from poverty to the middle class by training them with a range of tech skills and placing them in quality jobs.
Students who enter our free training programs earn industry-recognized certifications and graduate with the competencies of an IT professional with one to two years of experience. NPower also places students in paid internships and apprenticeships with corporate and nonprofit organizations. Eighty percent of NPower graduates get a full-time job or continue their education. NPower is a vital solution towards bridging the national talent gap that exists in the high-growth technology industry.
Over the past decade, NPower has expanded its program reach and developed a robust network of Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized enterprises, government agencies, staffing firms, and a network of nonprofit partners that host its interns and hire its graduates full-time.
To learn more about NPower, visit npower.org.
ABOUT
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ORDER OF CEREMONY
CALIFORNIA
WELCOME REMARKS/PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Bertha Haro
Executive Director, NPower California
INTRODUCTION TO ALUMNI SPEAKER
Deshon Smith
Manager, Alumni Engagement
NPower California
ALUMNI SPEAKER
Edwin Krishna
NPower California | Tech Fundamentals Spring 2021
IT Field Technician, Insight Global
CLASS SPEAKER
Berenice Almanza
NPower California | Tech Fundamentals Spring 2024
CLASS HONORS/PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL AWARDS
NPower Leadership Award
Quincy Huang
Noe Vasquez
NPower Academic Excellence Award
Leonardo Merida
William Ryberchuk
NPower Beacon of Light Award
Latif Barekzai
Joshua Poole
INTRODUCTION TO KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Bea Tassot
Vice President, Field Operations
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tim Hoffman
Cybersecurity Consultant, Oxford Global Resources
ISSA Fellow, CISSP
PRESENTATION OF GRADUATION CERTIFICATES
Corey Hashimoto (Senior Recruitment & Admissions Manager, NPower California)
Mikala Hughes (Recruiter and Social Support Manager, NPower California)
Stacy Mean (Social Support Manager, NPower California)
CLOSING REMARKS
RECEPTION
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tim Hoffman
Cybersecurity Consultant, Oxford Global Resources ISSA Fellow, CISSP
Tim Hoffman’s extensive expertise extends to consultancy roles at prominent organizations like American Express, where he is a GRC consultant. At Oxford Global Resources, he currently contributes to global critical cybersecurity initiatives such as the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) on Enterprise Digital Multi-Channel Satellite modems.
However, perhaps Tim’s most enduring legacy lies in his dedication to mentorship. Through organizations like Hiring Heroes, ISSA, CSA, and ISC2, he has imparted invaluable insights and guidance to aspiring professionals, nurturing the next generation of cybersecurity experts.
SPEAKERS 4
ALUMNI SPEAKER
CLASS SPEAKER
Edwin Krishna
NPower California | Tech Fundamentals Spring 2021 IT Field Technician, Insight Global
“I’ve had a passion for technology since I was a kid, and NPower showed me that I can turn that passion into a career. I will forever be grateful to my instructors, social support team, admissions team, and directors.”
Berenice Almanza
NPower California | Tech Fundamentals Spring 2024
“NPower enhanced my already curious mind and helped highlight that there are several paths to be taken in the tech industry. It also gave me the confidence to know it’s never too early or too late to pursue a new endeavor.”
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GRADUATES CONGRATULATIONS!
Tech Fundamentals Spring 2024
Berenice Almanza
Jacob Andrade
Loza Asgedom
Latif Barekzai
Ash Bhaavna
Esther Prerona Biswas
Giovanny Candelario
Justinny Castrejon
David Castro
Rafael Chacon
Connie Cheung
Fred Coglizer
Cailan Comer
Eric Crowell
Yvonne Davis
Omar Diagne
Yoset Diaz
Khoi Duong
Cecile Durand
Cynthia Flores
Jacob Foster
Arhyia France
Genaro Garcia
Tyjuan Garrett
Andrew Gavalla
Inderbir Gill
Katelyn Gonzalez
Ni’el Grant
Terrance Guillory
Justin Hatchell
John Hernandez
Calvin Hoang
Quincy Huang
Jaden effries
Nicolas Jimenez
SirJordan Juneau
Daanish Khan
Kyle Kimbell
Yehuda Klein
Jayla Lackaff
Robin Limbu
Gerardo Lopez
Mollina Lucky
Isaiah Mancilla-Perez
Xavier Martinez
Makenzie Martinez
Robert Meheula
Leonardo Merida
Maricel Moore
Evan Morrison
Brandon Morrison
Don Nguyen
Robert O’Brien
Joshua Poole
Alex Portillo-Sanchez
Jesús Prudente-Barajas
Nikolas Radchenko
Alia Rivas
Daniela Rojas
William Rybachuk
Taufiq Saleem
Sophia San Miguel
Israel Sanchez
Tianna Simon
Michael Starritt
Jason Ta
Julee Thomas
KEY CLASS STATISTICS
Johann Tibayan
Shaun Travis
Vennessa Vang
Noe Vazquez
Presley Vega
Victor Ventura
Taylan Ward
Ricardo Zamora
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& Spouses
THANK YOU
to our employment and community partners, sponsors, funders, volunteers
PARTNERS
Post-Secondary Partners
Western Governors
University
Hack the Hood
Employment partners
Accenture
Astreya
Deloitte
Insight Global Opportunities@Work
Actalent
Work for Warriors
Wells Fargo
EY
Open Doors to Future
Robert Half
Slingshot Connections
Nova Works
Path AI
Amotions
FUNDERS
Sobrato Philanthropies
Northern California SIM
Citigroup Technology Inc.
United States Department of Homeland Security
Workday Foundation
Comcast
National Basketball Association
MetLife
Bank of America
The Harry & Jeanette
Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
Comerica
May & Stanley Smith
Charitable Trust
US Bank
Kapor Center
Sharks Foundation
Pacific Credit Union
VOLUNTEERS
Insight Global
Jakayla Storey
Max Brown
Imani Crosby
Citi
Natalie Aliga
Arti Kuthiala
Mimi Evans
Aila Khan
Kobe Rico
Sudalaimani
Senthilvelsamy
Suvidha Chopra
Divya Yamavarapu
Aiswarya Mudunuru
Neha Jadhav
Michael Conforti
Joshua Moore
Arti Kuthiala
Sergio Quero
Natalie Aliga
Anderson Wong
Trisha Torres
Idrisha Moulik
Yvonne Hsu
Arti Kuthiala
Patricia Vazquez Topete
Natalie Aliga
Giliead
Shivani Joshi
Angie Pracchia
Thamara Jean-Louis
Patrick Murphy
Anna Barone
James Kotusky
Barbara Herz
George Kelly
Michael Healy
Marc Edmundson
Uma Chopra
Amit Chachra
Brian Smith
Lillian LaFerny
Danielle Tretola
David Alex
Craig Stewart
Jeffery Collins
David Smith
Christopher Nole
Alex Summers
Katy Schwarz
Olive Watson
Karyn Lee
Patrick Murphy
Barbara Herz
Naomi Bautista
Lisa Wong
Melissa Lawton
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Ann Chung
Kim Ramstack
Danielle Tretola
Agha Haider
Craig Stewart
World Wide Technology
Chris Webber
Sabrina Townsend
HCLTech
Zedrick Scott
Ryan Zervakos
Workday
Rebecca Novinger
Sabrina Yu
Kelly Sherman
Matthew Grippo
Bradley Genao
Britney Wong
Dean Arnold
Manjiri Kulkarni
Pulkit Aggarwal
Riddhi Vyas
Alex Salerno
Chris Bledsoe
Matt Albers
Praneetha Seethamraju
Shruti Gautam
Sirisha Areti
Stephen Gee
Anup Kumar
CJ Johnson
Deepa Sunderraj
Jian Ye
Lakshmi Narayana
Mark Campos
Katy Shannon
Brijith Vijayan
Cindy Liu
Jennifer Zhang-Wheeler
Karen Rosenthal
Mikael Rudolfsen
Mike Doonan
Minh Van-Dinh
Aparna Pillai
Brian Tao
Derek DeCesare
Emily Ramey
Leah Jia
Sarvesha Guruswamy
Vamshi Gunji
Doran Kangwai
Neeraj Aduri
Weihua Zhang
Brandon Leger
Muljadi Sulistio
Sridevi Akondi
Kevin Mach
Peter Marteen
Jonathan Cheung
Shivani Pathak
Vishakha Kadam
Chelsea Vong
Christina Mendoza
Ryan Miyahara
Brandon Kurtz
Elton Vinh
Vipul Saxena
Emily Brickey
Bill Ewing
David Mai
Rakhi Ranavat
Jacob Vo
Paul Dungca
Sarabjit Kheberi
Patrick Mitsch
Prithvi Gunturi
Deepti Garg
Nelanka Perera
Karthik Kumaresan
Kevin Funkhouser
Diego Duarte
Paul O’Flynn
Anthony Dang
Lindsey Matheney
Andrew Nguyen
Saradha Rajagopalan
Constance Lu
Kavya Potluri
Christine Shih
Kulbhushan Verma
Himali Rajakarunanayake
Lucas Lopilato
Gabriela HuertaSerna
Jairus Dela Vega
Joey Ye
Lian Duan
Sundeep Cheedhella
Arash Asgarinejad
Emilio Teran
Hareesh Kulkarni
Jose Cortes
Tianli Zhang
Alfred Lau
Dominnic Chant
Kyle Jorgensen
Raj Vellaisamy
Uma Pappireddi
Altina Shllaku
Jeffrey Bell
Nathan Lin
Priyanka Sangar
Sumedh Vaidyanathan
Terran Benveniste
Jim Johnson
Pete Kong
Simran Sunak
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Vishal Mishra
David Dundes
Aarvon Vargas
Bowen Liu
Jeff Lang
Lawrence Jung
Leanne Hemminger
Michael Cox
Nick Herbert
Nitin Kanthed
Ruchi Bahety
Steven Liao
Jack Chen
Tommy Cheong
Michael Griggs
EY
Lilia Ivanova
Petula Luke
Akhi Nisha Anish
Amanda Tedjawinata
Avion Bell
Elizabeth Cho
Floris Hill
Jean Tusubira
Lesly Kemboi
Stephen Danquah
Kengelle Chukwurah
Onyuka Chinbat
Verizon
Danice Dittmar
Mohammed Hassan Khan
Sonya Connor
Magaly Chavez
Joseph Wagoner
Rachna Lamba
Sophia Garcia
Deloitte
Mursal Bokhari
Robert Half
Tina Gomez
Kelli Griffin
Bank of America
Nancy Lau
Scott Batley
Ron Bray
Rebecca Harris
Rebecca Kennedy
Lana Vang
Jessica Fisher
James Scott
Derek Derosa
Corena Lovick
Christopher Delao
Brandy McGrath
Andrew Dorich
Rachel M Gibson
Monica V Hernandez
Kelli Porti
Eduardo Vera
Catherine B Jones
Western Governors University
Eric Carneje
Horizontal Talent
Jen Zweig
Alma Allen
Tracy Beckmann
Jason Ball
Vandit Singh
Jacob Smith
Michele Haik
Jake Sayaraj
Ali Provos
Jocelyn Huffer
Lauren Kasten
Anna Gerold
Samantha Seaman
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Eddie Borrero CISO
Blue Shield of California
Phil Dillard Founder
Thruline Networks
Troy Johnson
Managing Director, Western Regional Technology Deloitte
Ed Morales Chief Information Security Officer
Royal Business Bank
Thao Nguyen
Senior Vice President & Group Manager Comerica Bank
Jim Wong Chairman of the Board
National Veterans Transition Services
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