Michigan Tech Fundamentals Fall 2021 Graduation Book

TECH FUNDAMENTALS

FALL 2021

OUR STORY

NPower is a national nonprofit that offers an alternative fast-track to tech careers for military veterans, military spouses and young adults from underserved communities in New York, Texas, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Missouri, and Michigan. Our six-month program fuels a diverse pipeline of digital professionals hired into entry-level and mid-level jobs by Fortune 500 companies throughout the U.S.

Our curriculum equips students to meet marketplace demand—engaging businesses, volunteers and nonprofits in their long-term success. We invest in the growth of our alumni with continued professional development and credentialing.

NATIONAL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Matt Horner Chair Executive Vice President Global Enterprise Sales World Wide Technology, Inc.

Gail Fierstein Vice Chair SVP, Global Head of People CaaStle

Stephen M. Murphy Secretary Sr. Managing Director, Financial Services Technology, Global Lead Accenture

Viola Maxwell-Thompson Treasurer CEO Emeritus Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF)

Michael Fugett Board Observer US Army

NPOWER TX GRADUATE VP, Production Management Citi

Luisana Estevez Board Observer

NPOWER NY GRADUATE VP, Data Center Production Operations Engineer

Meta

MICHIGAN

Gerald Charles Jr. VP and Head of Product for Omni Customer Servicing Capital One

Craig Cuffie Chief Procurement Officer HSBC

Dean Del Vecchio EVP, Chief of Operations and CIO The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Guillermo Diaz, Jr. Founder and CEO Conectado, Inc.

Ami Desai Chief of Staff to Founder, Chairman & CEO Vista Equity Partners

Michael Fey Co-Founder & CEO Island

Keir Gumbs Chief Legal Officer Broadridge Financial Solutions

Kateau James Global Chief Operating Officer Deloitte Technology

Tony Kerrison Chief Technology Officer Bank of America

Debra King Chief Information Officer Bunge

Jennifer Kleinert Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Infrastructure Operations & Technology Citi

Mark Patterson SVP, Chief of Staff to Chair & CEO Cisco Systems

Frank Pedersen Partner Apply Digital

David Reilly Tech Executive

Diane Schwarz VP, Chief Information Officer Johnson Controls

Dwight D. Shepherd

REAR ADMIRAL (RETIRED) Director, Federal Government Client Relations IBM

Anupam Singhal Senior Vice President and Business Head Tata Consultancy Services

Josh Sutton Chief Executive Officer Agorai

Peter Trizzino President Dell Technologies Select

Sangy Vatsa Founder Digital Insights, LLC

Bertina Ceccarelli Chief Executive Officer NPower

REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Lisa Cawley Chair Managing Director Accenture Plc.

Myka Burley Associate Director, Skills Michigan Central Terrance Campbell Cybersecurity Front Line Manger US IRS

Julian Gantt

NPOWER ALUM Application Development Associate

Accenture Plc.

Kimika Garrett Chief Executive Officer Organizational Kimistry

Chanel Hampton, PhD Chief Executive Officer Strategic Community Partners

Harvey Hollins III Senior Manager – Strategic Partnerships

Human I-T

Ryan Hoyle Vice President & Outsource to America Program Executive GalaxE.Solutions

Anita Klopfenstein Chief Information Officer Little Caesars Enterprises, Inc.

Markeith Weldon Chief Executive Officer Weldon Global IT

Spencer Lucker Director of Strategic Talent Initiatives Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Linda Schlesinger Wagner Chief Executive Officer Skinny Tees

Bryan Waldron Partner, FBRK Brands Founder, MANSA

NPOWER MICHIGAN

TECH FUNDAMENTALS FALL 2021 STATISTICS

The curriculum for this program includes a NetAcad learning module courtesy of the Cisco Networking Academy.

98% CERTIFICATION RATE

83%

RETENTION

17%

BIPOC ENROLLMENT

JAVON CARR

JOSHUA HORVATH TYLER CHANG KIMARI HOWARD

TAYONNA BOTELLO

ADAM ABBAS PERRION BOYD

JALEEL BOYD

MOHAMED ELARBI

MATTHEW JACKSON

LYDELL JACKSON KENDRA JOHNSON

TAYLOR JONES

AALIYAH KAYUM

ALI KHALIL

JORDAN POSEY

ANDREW LOVE

ESHA RHETHU MOHAN VIJAYAKUMAR

ABDUL MUHAMMAD

JOSEPH SHAMUS

TARIQ REID

ABUL SHORDAR

IAN RIGGINS-JONES

AHMANI SIMPSON

KORAN PHILLIPS

CHRIS NELSON BRIANNA PLAIR

ALEXANDER SPURLOCK

ASHLEY WILLIAMS

TAHRIM ZAMAN

CONGRATULATIONS!

TECH FUNDAMENTALS FALL 2021

ADAM ABBAS

TAYONNA BOTELLO

PERRION BOYD

JALEEL BOYD

JAVON CARR

TYLER CHANG

MOHAMED ELARBI

JOSHUA HORVATH

KIMARI HOWARD

MATTHEW JACKSON

LYDELL JACKSON

KENDRA JOHNSON

TAYLOR JONES

AALIYAH KAYUM

ALI KHALIL

ANDREW LOVE

ESHA RHETHU MOHAN VIJAYAKUMAR

ABDUL MUHAMMAD

CHRIS NELSON

KORAN PHILLIPS

BRIANNA PLAIR

JORDAN POSEY

TARIQ REID

IAN RIGGINS-JONES

JOSEPH SHAMUS

ABUL SHORDAR

AHMANI SIMPSON

ALEXANDER SPURLOCK

ASHLEY WILLIAMS

TAHRIM ZAMAN

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WE ARE THE FUTURE OF WORK

Through partner and tech industry collaboration, our free training model is a workforce development solution for the future. In today’s economy, over 50% of all jobs require some degree of technology and digital skill. We prepare untapped, diverse talent to fill the number of technology-oriented jobs that will increase in the U.S. to 13 million by 2025, according to a recent Microsoft Data Science report that estimates that digital job capacity. Our graduates of over 4,000 veterans and young adults are hired at over 2000 companies and nonprofits as interns and full-time employees.

NPower is on a mission to create pathways to economic prosperity by launching digital careers for young adults and military veterans from underserved communities.

Part of this goal is our ‘40 by 22’ initiative, which aims to advance more young women of color in tech careers. This initiative is supported by the Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative.

LAUNCHING TECH CAREERS. TRANSFORMING LIVES.

NPower’s model is a solution to building a diverse tech pipeline. Our graduates launch tech jobs with an average starting salary of $41,000–$60,000 and are positioned to advance their career path, enabling them to earn more than their peers in lower-wage jobs. Higher earning potential is the key to breaking generational cycles of poverty, positioning our students and their families to achieve long-term economic success.

› Of students who enroll graduate

› Of alumni get jobs or continue their education

THANK YOU...

TO OUR FUNDERS & EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS

Accenture

The Bank of America

Charitable Foundation

Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation

Comcast (NBC Universal)

CoLabL

Consumers Energy

Fund II Foundation

Google

Gula Tech Foundation

Journi

Kirkland and Ellis LLP

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Logicalis

OneTen Coalition Inc, Rocket Central Rocket Community Fund SkillUp

The Rockefeller Foundation

The State of Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget

Unreal Engine

AND TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

American Axle Manufacturing

Shannon Curry

Peggy McGee

Ashfaq Mohammed

APTIV

Kathrine Zick

CISCO

Hannah Lazarus

Comcast

Ashley Trask

E & E Tech

Max Kwiecien

Focus Talent Solutions

Kathy Harris

Ford

Andreesen Horowitz | The Cultural Leadership Fund

Jim Ramsay

Gentherm

Thania Esquivel

Jim Peterson

Kelly Services

Kris Norris

Mejuri

Casey Mok

Rocket Central

Jasmine Hines

Eric Jones

Jade Ortiz

Strategic Logistics

Kathleen White

The State of Michigan

Department of Technology, Management and Budget

Mike Becker

Verizon

Anthony Magnan

Ben Ortiz

Brianna Ellison

Tupac Hunter

Chris Jennings

Pete Jones

Tameka Patton

Matt Nixon

Todd Wietzke

PATHWAY BUILDERS

Pathway Builders are individual donors invested in the future of our country and changing lives for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities. To learn more about Pathway Builders or to join this group of changemakers, please visit npower.org/support or email hello@npower.org.

AMBASSADORS

Ronald & Cynthia Gula

Charitable Fund

CHAMPIONS

Tim Brien

Dean Del Vecchio

Mike Elmore

Gail Fierstein

PARTNERS

Pete Agresta

Guillermo Diaz, Jr.

Diane Gherson

Candace Givens

Mark Heil

Matt Horner

Stephen Murphy

Christopher Perry

Daniel Petrozzo

David Reilly

Julie Sweet

Peter Trizzino

Debra King

Jennifer Kleinert

James Linnett

Tristan Morel L’Horset

Harry Moseley

Larry Quinlan

Diane Schwarz

Ellyn Shook

SUPPORTERS

Mahir B AbdalRazzaaqEl

James Alcombright

Robert Anselmo

Linda Apsley

Jack Azagury

Peter Benzie

The Ramesh and Kalpana

Bhatia Family Foundation

Michael Blumstein

Brian Bohan

Chad Bope

James Carey

Steve Cass

Joseph Castro

Vittorio Cretella

Paul Daugherty

Anthony DeLisio

Richard DePalma

Bruce Derr

Anthony DiSanto

Darcy Down

FRIENDS

Einat Burshtine

Benjamin Ciaglo

Noreen Fierro

Michael Fugett

Pedro Garcia

Betsy George

Doug Greene

Scott Harris

Jason Heckler

Jonathan Hicks

Matt Holton

Stuart Henderson

Florian Jaze

Patricia Karzai

Leif King

Aaron Lewis

Viola Maxwell-Thompson

Catherine McDonald

Robert Millstone

Paul Miranda

Brian Mize

Hunter Muller

Joe Murphy

Allison Crady

Amy Heydman

Christine Parsons

Frank Pedersen

Greg Raimann

Michael D Robinson

Michael Rupinski

Diana Scott

Dwight Shepherd

James Smith

Joel Spieth

Harold & Diane Steuber

Nicole Tate

Susanne Tedrick

Rex Thexton

Cliff Thomas

Rah Thomas

Joel Unruch

Alphonse Valbrune

Robert Vaughn

Chris Wegmann

Casey Wells

Crystal White

NPOWER SUPPORTERS

UNDERWRITERS | $750K+

SPONSORS | $250K+

PARTNERS | $100K+

AHEAD

Andreessen Horowitz

Atlas Data Systems

Beth & Ravenel Curry Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Centene Charitable Foundation

Check Point Software Technologies

Corteva Agriscience

SUPPORTERS | $50K+

The Achelis & Bodman Foundation

ADP Foundation

Ascension Information Services

Auth0

Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund

Blue Data

Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation

Centene Corporation

The Centene Charitable Foundation

Craig Newmark Philanthropies

Dennis M. Jones Family Foundation

Emerson

Ernst & Young

Fiserv

Global Leadership Forum

Hewlett Packard Company

Ira W. DeCamp Foundation

KPMG

Llewellyn Family Foundation

Maryland Apprenticeship

Innovation Fund

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

MTX Group Inc

NetApp

NETSCOUT

The New York Community Trust

Palo Alto Networks

Patrick J McGovern Foundation

The Pinkerton Foundation

Rocket Community Fund

St. Louis Community Foundation

Tata Consultancy Services

Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan

Communities Foundation of Texas

Consumers Energy

Elasticsearch

Flextronics International USA, Inc.

Fortinet

France-Merrick Foundation

Henry & Ruth Blaustein

Rosenberg Foundation

IBM

Infinidat

JobFirstNYC

Kaiser Permanente

Kirkland & Ellis

Light a Single Candle Foundation

LinkedIn Corporation

Mainline Information Systems

Mass Mutual Insurance Company

Medidata Solutions

Morgan Stanley

TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS FRIENDS

Motorola Solutions

New York City Council

Northrop Grumman Corporation

OneTen

The Rockefeller Foundation

Royal Bank of Canada

SAP

The Saigh Foundation

Shippy Foundation

State Street Bank

Texas Workforce Commission

Twilio Inc

United Way of Greater St. Louis

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program

West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation, Inc.

Workday Foundation

St. Louis Regional Business Council

Tanium Inc.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Vmware

Vodafone

The William R. Orthwein, Jr. Foundation, Inc.

Wilson Sheehan Foundation

Veritas Zoom

Thanks to our government partners, the U.S. Department of Labor, Maryland, New Jersey and New York Department of Labor.