NPower California ITSS Spring 2023 Graduation Book

ITSS

Spring 2023 ITSS Graduation Program

WELCOME REMARKS

Chris Starling Executive Director, NPower California

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION

Chris Starling Executive Director, NPower California

ALUMNI SPEAKER

Paul Cho

STUDENT SPEAKER

Jason Duncan

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Fiona Ma California State Treasurer

AWARD PRESENTATION

Chris Starling, Executive Director, NPower California

Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer

PROGRAM COMPLETION CERTIFICATE CEREMONY

Jordan Jenkins & Kay Carter Assistant Technical Instructors

CLOSING REMARKS

Chris Starling

Executive Director, NPower California

National Board of Directors

Matt Horner | Chair

World Wide Technology

Gail Fierstein | Vice President

CaaStle

Stephen M. Murphy | Secretary

Accenture

Viola Maxwell-Thompson | Treasurer

Dean Del Vecchio and CIO

Ami Desai Chief of Staff to Founder,

Guillermo Diaz, Jr.

Michael Fey Island

Mark Patterson

Sangy Vatsa Founder

Bertina Ceccarelli

Michael Fugett | Board Observer

Luisana Estevez | Board Observer

Center Production Operations

Gerald Charles Jr.

Capital One

Kateau James Deloitte Technology

Tony Kerrison

Debra King

Jennifer Kleinert

Infrastructure Operations & Technology Citi

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Eddie Borrero CISO

Alicia Johnson Principal

Troy Johnson Managing Director Western Regional Technology

Deloitte

Ed Morales

Thao Nguyen

Kris Stradelman Founding Partner

Jim Wong

Phil Dillard Founder

Thruline Networks

Frank Pedersen Partner Apply Digital

David Reilly

Diane Schwarz

Johnson Controls

Dwight D. Shepherd Anupam Singhal

NPower

Josh Sutton

Agorai

Peter Trizzino President Dell Technologies Select

Commencement Speaker

Fiona Ma

treasurer in the state’s history and reelected on-

public facilities, and other crucial infrastructure-

lio and accounts, as well as for the state’s surplus

Alumni Speaker

Paul Cho

ITSS Spring ‘22--

prior knowledge or experience in IT, I took on the challenge and-

Class Speaker

Jason Duncan

U.S. Army/ U.S. Air Force Reserve Gardena, CA

ITSS Spring 2023 Statistics

98%

33%

86% Women

81% 36% Veterans

Graduate Bios

towards a goal, which was to pursue Cybersecuri-

Audric Adarme

U.S. Navy Reserves Anaheim, CA

Julian Aguiar 20 Los Angeles, CA

Pacoima, CA

longer able to afford college, I felt hopeless and-

John Ayala 23

Solomon Barnes U.S. Army

Hakim Carter 20

Los Angeles, CA

Prior to NPower, I had been bouncing around -

Tok, I saw an ad for NPower and I knew this was

new skills, I plan to launch a successful career in

U.S. Army/U.S. Army National Guard Los Angeles, CArator in the Field Artillery and then reenlisted as -

skills of tech and was introduced to the NPower

U.S. Navy Anaheim, CA

undesignated and assigned as a helper for the

Daniel Chavarria

Andrea Duran

at NPower was the fact that our facilitators wereraging us to research roles that aligned with who-

and a friend suggested that I contacted NPower -

Raysa Chavez 26

Canoga Park, CA

Sophia Chin U.S. Army Los Angeles, CA

IT position as a Data Technician at Rite Aid Distri-

Prior to NPower, I was working as a class assis-

ded to apply and thankfully I was accepted to the

knowledge into action and keep learning in the

Jason Duncan

U.S. Army/ U.S. Air Force Reserve Gardena, CA

Naomi Gregorio 25 West Hills, CA

gree in Network Security and this was all during faded away but I always saw the need to upgrato get into in tech but with NPower as a free trai-

Dennis Entsie

U.S. Army Los Angeles, CA

Ian Espinosa 25 Long Beach, CA

high school and was deciding what to do next in--

the technical knowledge and professional skills

Amy Gregorio 18 Winnetka, CA

Jaden

Thomas Groff

U.S. Marine Corps San Diego, CA

Jesus Hernandez

U.S. Marine Corps

and I had a better understanding of what the pro-

saw how the staff and instructors at NPower truly-

John Hernandez

U.S Army San Pedro, CA

Sung Min Lee Army National Guard Beverly Hills, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Although uncertain about which path to pursue, I explored technology, an area where I had

chose NPower was because of the opportunity

Yehuda Klein 23

Los Angeles, CA

After studying at a religious school for two years,-

Ashley Justo 22

litary would start working for defense contract

period, I was trying to explore different career options because I knew that I wanted to seek a

Andrew Largaespada

U.S. Air Force Long Beach, CA

Zully Matul 23 Los Angeles, CA

was a perfect place to continue where I left off in NPower, I was able to gain further knowledge -

Evelyn Lopez 24 Los Angeles, CA

Derrick Luttrell U.S. Army San Francisco, CA -

Hkawn San Mai 19

Los Angeles, CA -

dent with no direction or experience to enter the

Jeffelyne Notomihardjo 25

Rowland Heights, CA

other people through their collaboration classes -

technology and got a swing shift position at Intel

sing that was reconsidering her career choice

duction line at Tesla, and working the night that I knowledge, and experience to succeed in the IT

Erin Noh

can contribute to the day-to-day operations and

Alexander Norodom

U.S. Marine Corps Los Angeles, CA

Hosalee Parrish III

U.S. Air Force California Air National Guards Los Angeles, CA

being free and helping young adults to go into

Prior to NPower I was working as a barista, knowing I was eager to go back to school but un-

Prior to NPower, I was a cashier in a bakery and I was confused about what exactly I wanted to

true, but I would soon learn it would be one of real life experience through an apprenticeship whi-

Delilah Padilla 19 La Puente, CA

Jennifer Punay Arleta, CA

perience with NPower and how the wonderful

tech skills in addition to soft skills that will prepa--

Paul Partono 24 Riverside, CA

Sebastian Paz de la Vega 25 Reseda, CA

king opportunities that are great when starting a -

hopeful that this is the start of a new beginning I

NPower is the IT Support Specialist and the Cyber

at NPower because their support and goals align

is wanting a deeper understanding in the fun-

Jackie Ramirez Los Angeles, CA

Monica Ramirez 24 Los Angeles, CA

ding opportunities for people who didn’t attend graduate, starting at a help desk position or other

career, to see what I will learn and how I will grow

Kia Robinson

U.S. Navy Los Angeles, CA

Giovanni Virgen 23 Los Angeles, CA

Shan Shaikh 26

Los Angeles, CA

ge straight out of high school and instead opted

Patrick Wang

22

Los Angeles, CA

Prior to NPower, I graduated with a degree in -

about NPower, I was interested in the opportuni-

I was glad to hear that NPower would also guidethough I already had prior knowledge of IT ope-

I hope to pursue a career in Data Analytics that

graduation, I plan to continue seeking out IT support roles to get practical experience with how

to helping their graduates succeed in the tech a better understanding of technological software

Wilfred Wandji 21

Los Angeles, CA

Congratulations

Julian Aguiar

John Ayala

Sophia Chin

Jason Duncan

Andrea Duran

Kostantina Orselli

Delilah Padilla

Paul Partono

Ruben Poot

Jennifer Punay

Kia Robinson

Shan Shaikh

Jaden Jeffries

Ashley Justo

Yehuda Klein

Patrick Wang

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TRANSFORMING LIVES

$41,000–$60,000-

80%

Of students who enroll graduate

(Based on NPower’s national data)

FUTURE OF WORK

color access the skills needed to launch careers in the tech industry in partnership with Citi

THANK YOU

Employer Partners

Cedar Sinai, Jennifer Delate

Citi, Rashi Kallur

Volunteers

Fortinet, Don Walling

OnCall IT, Kirk Paulson

Funders

Christiane Costello

Koret Foundation

Metlife

PlayStudios

Stripe

The Dauber Foundation

The Markkula Foundation

Workday Foundation

Nutanix Inc

The Dauber Foundation

Workday Foundation

Twilio Inc

National Pathway Builders

npower.org/support

AMBASSADOR CHAMPION

Christiane Costello

Paul Daugherty

Jennifer Kleinert

Mark Patterson

Ron Robbins

PARTNER

Kristie Carney

Jose Reyes

John Rosato

Jessica Roy

Michael Rupinski

Sally Frank

Michael Fugett

Dwight Shepherd

Randy Siedl

Nicole Tate

Coriel Taylor

Tony Kerrison

Debra King

Josh Sutton

Perry Wright

SUPPORTER

Richard Mclaughlin

Robert Millstone

Scott Wilton

FRIEND

Ann Marr

Susanne Tedrick

Stefen Welch

Rodrick O'Connor

Jonathan Orr

Frank Pedersen

Shane Pfannes

Stephen Poeppe

Sponsors

Underwriters $750K

Sponsors $250-$749K

Partners $100-$249K

AHEAD

Akamai Technologies

Andreessen Horowitz Cultural Leadership Fund

Ascension Health

Atlas Data Systems

BAE Systems

Beth & Ravenel Curry Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Centene Charitable Foundation

Corteva Agriscience

Check Point Software Technologies, LTD

Craig Newmark Fund

Dennis M Jones Family Foundation

Ernst & Young

Fiserv Inc.

General Motors

Globant

Hearst Foundation

Hewlett Packard Company

Ira W. De Camp Foundation

John & Marcia Goldman Foundation

Kaiser Permanente

KPMG

Light a Single Candle Foundation, NFP

LinkedIn Corporation

Maryland - AIF

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company

MTX Group Inc

NetApp

New Jersey Department of Labor

New York City

The New York Community Trust

New York State

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Norton LifeLock

Palo Alto Networks

Patrick J McGovern Foundation

Regional Business Council

State of Maryland

Tata Consultancy Services

The St. Louis Community Foundation

Twilio Inc.

United Way of Greater St. Louis

United Way of St. Louis

Workday Foundation

Supporters $50-$99K

The Achelis & Bodman Foundation

Arista Networks, Inc.

Armis Inc.

Ascension Information Services

Auth0 Inc.

Bader Family Foundation

Benevity Fund

Broadcom Inc

Capital One Financial Corp.

Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation

Cohesity

Communities Foundation of Texas

Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan

Consumers Energy

Data Dynamics, Inc

David Reilly

Emerson

Flextronics International USA, Inc.

Fortinet, Inc.

Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation

Hitachi

IBM

ING Financial Markets LLC

Intel Corporation

Kirkland & Ellis

Koret Foundation

L'Oreal Groupe

Medidata Solutions Inc

Merck & Co., Inc

Morgan Stanley

MUFG Union Bank

NetApp Inc.

New York City Council

OneTen

Oracle

Peter Trizzino

Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Royal Bank of Canada

Rubrik

S&P Global Inc.

Shippy Foundation

Society for information Management

SS&C Technologies, Inc.

Tanium Inc.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company

The Rockefeller Foundation

The Saigh Foundation

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

Thomas Kurian

United States Department of Homeland Security

United Way of Tarrant County

VMware Inc.

Vodaphone

Wells Fargo Bank

Wilson Sheehan Foundation

Wipro Technologies

Zendesk

Zoom