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State CIOs Promote Business Innovation
TechAmerica, NASCIO, and Grant Thornton's CIO Survey report emphasizes the need to upgrade IT governance and strengthen central IT organizations...
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Federal CIO Speaks at a TechAmerica Town Hall
TechAmerica hosted a town hall meeting on July 20 for a candid discussion between government and industry about the Administration's plan to review and reform many federal technology programs...
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High-Tech's Most Renowned Executive Experience
Since 1975, TechAmerica's Stanford Executive Institute in partnership with Stanford's School of Engineering has developed the careers of over 3,500 high-tech executives...
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TechAmerica Texas
Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
TechAmerica is the largest and strongest voice and resource for technology in the United States and is the industry's leading trade association.
TechAmerica Texas serves the high-tech business interests of companies located in the region by providing access to opportunities for networking, business development, education, advocacy, and through delivering a portfolio of products and services.
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TechAmerica Texas Launches Partnership with Strategic Partnerships Inc.
Partnership enables organization to offer members strategic webinar series on selling to state and local government
AUSTIN, Texas - Sept. 2, 2010 – Today TechAmerica Texas announced its partnership with Strategic Partnerships Inc. (SPI) to combine resources in order to produce and deliver high-impact workshops and webinars addressing best practices for selling and marketing to state and local government.
“We are thrilled to announce our alliance with Strategic Partnerships Inc,” said Jeff Clark, regional vice president of TechAmerica Texas. “The relationship we are building will... Read more
TechAmerica to Host United States/Mexico Technology Summit
Event supports greater collaboration between Mexican and American Technology Companies
Dallas, TX - TechAmerica, partnering with the Dallas Regional Chamber and University of North Texas will host the first United States/Mexico Technology Summit – an unparalleled opportunity for the business community to enhance its companies’ international performance by exploring critical international trade issues and networking with key industry stakeholders from the two countries. The event will be held... Read more
TechAmerica Texas Testifies On R&D Credits
Austin, TX - TechAmerica Texas Council executive director Jeff Clark provided testimony to the Texas Senate Finance Committee in support of the establishment of a state R&D tax incentive. The committee has been charged with studying the effects of business tax credits on the state's economy. TechAmerica Texas has long supported the existing sales tax exemption for manufacturing materials and equipment and has advocated for the reestablishment of a research and development incentive. Read Clark's testimony
Joint Association Letter to the THECB
Austin, TX - April 16, 2010 - TechAmerica Texas works with state governments around the country on issues affecting the availability of skilled workers for tomorrow's high-tech workforce. Education issues are critically important and we encourage education agencies to increase academic standards and push all of our state's students to strive to reach their full academic potential. Recently, TechAmerica Texas partnered with the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Association of Manufacturers, and the Texas Chemical Council to express our concerns on engineering education in Texas. Click here to read the joint association letter to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
TechAmerica Foundation's Cyberstates 2010: U.S. High-Tech Industry Sheds 245,600 Jobs in 2009
Texas saw the second largest high-tech employment gains in the nation in 2008 even as the recession gathered steam. The addition of 14,600 high-tech jobs brought the industry total to 492,400 in 2008 – the most current year for which state data are available. Texas remains the second-largest cyberstate by tech employment, behind California and ahead of New York. Additionally, the high-tech industry in Texas paid out $41.8 billion in payroll in 2008. The Texas average tech industry wage in 2008 was $84,800 – 82 percent higher than the state’s average private sector wage.
Learn more about high-tech employment in Texas.
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Jeff Clark, Executive Director
512.474.4403 ∙ jeff.clark@techamerica.org
Greg Heider, Director of Membership Development
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Tiffany Sefton, Programs and Events Manager
972.386.6540 x015 ∙ tiffany.sefton@techamerica.org
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Contact: Jeff Clark, (972) 386-6540, jeff.clark@techamerica.org
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Grow your business at the 40th Annual TechAmerica AeA Classic Financial Conference on November 7-9...
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Gov't Market Forecast
TechAmerica Foundation 46th Annual Vision Conference will offer a long-term forecast of the federal IT (5-year) and U.S. Defense (10-year) markets -- October 20-21 in Virginia...
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