An instructor gave some directions to students in the FastTrack'D program before they started working on a final project. / Photo Matt Blois By MATT BLOIS A Memphis tech company is training new developers to fill information technology jobs in Williamson County’s tight labor market. Cook Systems’ FastTrack’D program trains students to code. The trainees
TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its quarterly meeting Thursday, Dec. 13, with an agenda that includes a formal rollout of its new Warranty for graduates of technical programs, revised budgets, new academic and technical programs, new and revised policy proposals and updates on various initiatives. The new Warranty for
By MELISSA HAMBRICK Williamson County students and students from all over the world this week have been celebrating the 112th birthday of a woman they may not have ever heard of, but who influences their daily lives and might even shape their futures. Computer Science Education Week is held annually in recognition of the birthday of Admiral
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY The number of tech jobs has grown in Middle Tennessee by 30 percent since 2012 — double the growth rate for all jobs overall — and is expected to grow another 16 percent by 2022, according to a new MTSU report. Entitled “The State of Middle Tennessee Tech,” the report was
The first Code Ninjas location in Tennessee is set to open its doors in Franklin at its grand opening event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 13. Owned and operated by August and Jeff James of Arrington, the center will use an engaging, game-based curriculum to teach essential programming skills to children
Hytch, LLC, the Nashville-based social impact technology company behind the smartphone app Hytch Rewards, has earned a 2018 Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Award for its role in changing transit behavior and improving public health and safety across the state. The award was presented by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Department of Transportation and
PHOTO: A client trains with electrical muscle stimulation at Manduu in Cool Springs on Monday, September 10, 2018. / Brooke Wanser By BROOKE WANSER When the Austrian-based electrical muscle stimulation method Manduu first came to the United States, studios opened in Santa Monica and Miami. Jason Ritzen heard of the concept from a friend and
By MELISSA HAMBRICK Put Amazon Echo in “Away Mode” and your digital helper plays a recorded conversation designed to trick burglars into thinking someone’s home. Google Home now recognizes six languages, and can not only tell you Shark Week facts, but provide the surf report in Hawaii. And now without raising a finger, both can provide Brentwood and
Hytch, LLC, the Nashville-based social impact technology company, together with WeGo Public Transit and the Music City Star with the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee, announce today their partnership to reward commuters who share a ride by taking public transit rather than driving alone. Through this new partnership, individuals who take the public transit
By MATT BLOIS A large technology company opened a new office near Brentwood earlier this month, attracted in part by the many healthcare companies that call the area home. CDW — a fortune 500 company that provides IT products and services — opened the new office because the number of employees and customers in the
