NM TechWorks - Tech Task Force
Meet this amazing group of amazing humans doing amazing things!
(Both individually and collectively!)
(Want to help? Contact us to get involved!)
What are we here to do?
Expand Tech Access and Education.
Increase Tech Enterprise and Employment.
- Gather Tech Information
- Highlight Technology and Technologists
- Inspire and Educate Students to Career Possibilities in Tech and Emergent Media
- Train and Grow a Tech-Savvy Workforce
- Develop a Strong Tech Education and Employment Pipeline
- Attract and Develop Tech Businesses with a highly-trained local Tech community
- Encourage and Incentivize Tech Development and Start-Up enterprise and education
- Address and Export Collaborative Problem-Solving and Innovative Solutions
- Inform the Community and the World about our Thriving Tech Ecosystem
- Become a World-respected Tech Destination and Global Center for "EMTech" Business and Education.
Special Thanks to NMTechWorks advocates and associates
and members of the NM TechWorks Task Force including:
Alex Martinez
SER- Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Executive Director
Alle Kirtland
Tierra Encantada
Educator
Amy Chacon
MeowWolf
Human Resources
Auri Vigil
New Mexico Tech Council
Barbara Teterycz
Capital High School
Teacher, Computer Science
Belle Allen
Film Industry
Ben Cox
Financier
Betsy Ehrenberg
Bridges to Santa Fe
Director
Brian Smith
Santa Fe High School Innovate Academy
Computer Science Teacher
Carla Rachkowski
Regional Development Corporation
Associate Director
Charles Ashley
Cultivating Coders
Director
Chris Jonas
Littleglobe
Littleglobe Transmedia
Director
Craig Bruce, PHD MRSC
Scientific Software Development Manager
Open Eye Scientific
Cybele Leverett
Santa Fe Public Schools
AVID District Coordinator
Perkins Coordinator
Cyndi Conn
Creative Santa Fe
Director
Daniel Heron
Deep Dive Coding
CNM Ingenuity - STEMulus Center
Dave Forester
Mandela International Magnet School
Counselor
Dawn Wink
Teacher Education Program
Santa Fe Community College
Director
Derrick Ballard
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UNM
Electrical and Computer Engineering
EVOC
Emily Cole
AmeriCorps Vista
Felicia Maestas
Pinon Elementary School
Digital Tech Coach
Ferdi Serim
StartUp Generation
Gwen Perea Warniment
State of New Mexico
Public Education Department
Jamai Blivin
Innovate-Educate
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jay Heneghan
EMR-Bear
Business Development
(digital services for behavorial Health professionals)
Jeff Barela
Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board
Executive Director
Jeff Sagor
Shiprock High School
Vice Principal
Jennifer Nevarez
Community Learning Network
Director
Jennifer Parks
LANL Foundation
Chief Executive Officer
Jessica Moose
Santa Fe Business Incubator
John Braman
Braman Group International
Global Leadership Forum
Joline Cruz-Madalena
Jemez Valley Public Schools
Indian Education
Programs Coordinator
Judy Pino
Santa Fe Community College
Computer Science Faculty
Julia Wise, PhD
LANL
Julie Sanchez
Children and Youth/Human Services
City of Santa Fe
Program Manager
Julia Takahashi
TechBivvy
Director
Julia Youngs
Creative Startups
Program Manager
Jyl Dehaven
Rhonda Fought and Associates
Vice-President
Kathy Keith
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Community Partnerships Office
Director
Katie Rarick
EdTec Inc
Katie Teague
Storm Cloud Media
Director
Kent Riggs
Make Santa Fe
Lauren McDaniel
Project Y Los Alamos
Director
Larry Campos
New Mexico Workforce Connection
Northern Area
Area Director
Leonard Pascual
A Soundlock
President
Luis A. Reyes Jr.
Kit Carson Electric Co-op
Chief Executive Officer
Marc DuCharme
DeVargas Middle School
Principal
Mary Hekman
Law Office of Mary Hekman
Melanie Lenci
Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe
Founder and Director
Melissa Lomax
Santa Fe Public Schools
Curriculum and Education Department
Michael Archibeque
MA Strategies, LLC
Michael Sheppard
Big Sky Learning
Director
Michael Sanchez
CDM Telecom Consultants
Molly Samsell
Make Santa Fe
Nate Morrison
Teach for America New Mexico
Executive Director
Neale Pickett
Los Alamos National Labs
Research Scientist
Nyika Allen
New Mexico Technology Council
Executuve Director
Marty Anderson
Technology Operations, Information Management, & Social Innovation
Babson College
Professor
Mel Lenci
Kickass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe
Paige Prescott
CS Alliance
Computer Science Teacher's Association - New Mexico (CTSA-NM)
President
Code.org Facilitator
GLOBE NM "Worldwide Science and Education" Coordinator
Peter Taussig
Santa Fe Community College
Faculty
Prisca Tiasse
Los Alamos Makers - The Community Lab
Director
Dr. Richard Bailey, Jr.
Northern New Mexico College
President
Rich Brown
City of Santa Fe, Office of Economic Development
Rod Sanchez
Purple Neuron
Director
Ryan Begay
Sovereign Mind Productions
Director
Scott Beckman
North Central New Mexico Economic Development District
Community Development Manager
Sean O'Shea
Santa Fe Business Incubator
Programs Director
Selena Connealy
NM EPSCoR/NM ISE Net
Education and Outreach Director
Seth Biderman
Institute for Teaching
Academy for the Love of Learning
Manager
Shandra D. Clow
The Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Regional Team Leader
Shawn Blake
Descartes Labs
Tech Department
Steve Cox
Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective
Director
and Assistant Professor of Engineering
Northern New Mexico College
Steven Nevarez
Engineer
Suzette Lucero
New Mexico Workforce Connection
Northern Area, Site Manager
SERS Jobs for Progress
Tessah Latson
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Workforce Grant Writer & Program Development
Trish Lopez
Teeniors TM
Founder and Director
Vanessa Job
Santa Fe Community College
Faculty
Yash Morimoto
Santa Fe Community College
Assistant Vice President
Zachary Smith
NMSU-Grants
Faculty - Computer Science and Creative Media Technology
BounceChat
CDM Telecom Consultants
Deep Web Technologies
Descartes Labs
Digital Garage
DSire, Inc
EMR-Bear
Harmonix Technologies
IQComm
JackRabbit Systems
OpenEye Software
Pixegon, Inc
Resilient Solutions 21
Silicon66
Wildflower International
WSI and WSI Web Enhancers
Xerb.tv
Zummit Labs
66andCo
plus...
Community Learning Network
City of Santa Fe, Office of Economic Development
Computer Science Teachers Association of New Mexico
Cultivating Coders
Creative Santa Fe
Creative Startups
Deep Dive Coding - CNM Ingenuity - STEMulus Center
Espanola Tech Hub
GEAR UP New Mexico - NM Higher Education Department
Innovate-Educate
Inspire - Academy for the Love of Learning
LANL Foundation
Littleglobe TransMedia
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico EPSCoR
New Mexico Technology Council
New Mexico State University - Grants
Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board
Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective
Santa Fe Business Incubator
Santa Fe Community College
SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc
Silicon 66
Stagecoach Foundation
Teach for America
Tech Hire Santa Fe Birth to Career Collective Work Group
Workforce Connections -Santa Fe
Santa Fe Community Foundation
LANL Foundation
Internet Society
PNM
F.A.Q.
What is "Opportunity Santa Fe" Birth to Career Collaboration?
a collective impact effort among committed leaders and stakeholders
to achieve birth to career success for all Santa Fe children, families, and communities by aligning our strategies, actions, and resources to improve outcomes.
(Stewarded by the Santa Fe Community Foundation)
to achieve birth to career success for all Santa Fe children, families, and communities by aligning our strategies, actions, and resources to improve outcomes.
(Stewarded by the Santa Fe Community Foundation)
What is the Tech Working Group working on?
Outcome Area: Career Pathways and Workforce Development
TechHire Santa Fe is working with local education providers to expand and improve Tech and Emergent Media education, training, and certification opportunities and to promote and expand Tech and Emergent Media camp and after-school programs. TechHire Santa Fe is working with local Tech and Emergent Media employers to identify needed skills and ensure educational programs link with growing business needs. We are also developing a local database of Tech and Emergent Media businesses, developing an online video bank of more than 50 New Mexico Tech and Emergent Media Career Profile interviews with local professionals (preferably by youth for youth), and expanding local Tech and Emergent Media outreach, awareness, and engagement.
Lead Convener: Community Learning Network and New Mexico TechWorks
TechHire Santa Fe is working with local education providers to expand and improve Tech and Emergent Media education, training, and certification opportunities and to promote and expand Tech and Emergent Media camp and after-school programs. TechHire Santa Fe is working with local Tech and Emergent Media employers to identify needed skills and ensure educational programs link with growing business needs. We are also developing a local database of Tech and Emergent Media businesses, developing an online video bank of more than 50 New Mexico Tech and Emergent Media Career Profile interviews with local professionals (preferably by youth for youth), and expanding local Tech and Emergent Media outreach, awareness, and engagement.
Lead Convener: Community Learning Network and New Mexico TechWorks
Opportunity Santa Fe
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Strategies:
Value relationships. Build on our strengths & assets. Promote awareness & engagement. Help each other. Support each other’s success. Assess & expand what works. Tell the stories. Support collective well-being. Include all ages. Have fun. |
Vision:
A better quality of life for New Mexico families is supported by a thriving innovation economy with successful, well-trained Tech entrepreneurs and employees, fueled by a team of tech-savvy teachers, students, mentors, and schools. |
Invited and Participating Community Members:
Jennifer Nevarez, New Mexico TechWorks and Community Learning Network
Rich Brown, City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development
Alana McGrattan, State of NM Tribal Libraries
Allison Kenedy, MeowWolf
Amir Isfahani, Flow Science
Andrea Romero, MIX Santa Fe
Andres Paglayan, EMR Bear
Ava Salman, Ava Connects LLC
Ben Hairgrove, Santa Fe Public School
Brendan Carn, MeowWolf
Brian Smith, Santa Fe High School
Brooke Hunter, Ethical Leadership
Carla Rachowski, RDC
Carmella Bustamante, Innovation Center @ SF Community College
Dave Forrester, LANL Foundation
Denette Martinez, Tierra Encantada
Edie Dillman, Innovate-Educate
Eric Streeper, Xerb TV
Greg Byrnes, NM Bio
Katherine Courtney, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Opportunity Santa Fe B2C
Kevin McBride, Haagen Das and Greatcoffee.com
Liz Camacho, City of Santa Fe OED
Jadeyn Secura, NM Youth Ambassadors
Jamie Durfee, Descartes Labs
Jay Henghan, EMR Bear
Jeff Gephardt, Santa Fe Public Schools
Jessica Moose, Santa Fe Business Incubator
Kate Noble, Yell Cast
Kim Langbecker, Terra Sustainable Technologies
Louise Majorey, AmeriCorps VISTA, Career Pathways
Luke Spangenberg, SFCC
Mark Ericson, Santa Fe Indian School
Melanie Lenci, Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe
Paige Prescott, Computer Science Teacher's Association - New Mexico
Paul Rainbird, Studio Center
Pascal Emmer, Creative Santa Fe
Ryan Cooper, SFPS Federal Programs
Russel Wilie, Wildflower International
Salome Block, Homewise
Sean O'Shea, Santa Fe Business Incubator
Shawn Blake, Descartes Labs
Stephanie West, Go West Designs
Sue Buffington, CNM
Tim Kelton, Descartes Labs
Tom Ryan, Santa Fe Public Schools
Vanessa Valore, Valore Ventures and Solstar
Melissa Lomax, Santa Fe Public Schools, Curriculum and Education
Cybele Leverett, Santa Fe Public Schools, AVID and Perkins
Charles Ashley, Cultivating Coders
