BrainTrust Veterans and Tech: Changing our Career Trajectory

Bunker Labs is excited to partner with Hussian College and discuss the impact of technology, and how veterans can use available resources in the Philadelphia region to learn coding, and either find high demand positions, or start their own companies.

Join our rockstar speakers, and come for Mission BBQ and beverages to learn how you can put our career on a new trajectory by learning to code.

The Event is FREE- join us to receive a free Bunker Labs T-Shirt.

6-630p: Network & Mission BBQ

630-7p:

Speaker Introduction, their background and how they ended up in their respective careers. Hosted by Joe Witte, Executive Director, Bunker Labs

7-8p: Round Robin Tables to Find out More On:

We will then rotate to meet with veterans who have successfully transitioned out of the service in to STEM careers to see how they adapted, and what impact choosing tech career has had, along with advantages and challenges of various career paths.

Table 1: Impact of Advanced Education (Dr. McCray & Dr. Devery)

Table 2: Advancing in the Corporate World with Technology (Greg Payton)

Table 3: Benefits of Technology as an Entrepreneur (Sylvester Mobley, Tyrell McCurbin)

Table 4: Full Stack Development and Mobile (Rick O'Brien)

Table 5: CyberSecurity (Elliot Parks)

8-8:30: Network

KEY SPEAKERS AND ROUNDTABLE GUESTS INCLUDE:

• Greg Payton, PNC Technology Team, US Army Veteran

• Sylvester Mobley, Coded By Kids, USMC Veteran

• Dr Sylvia McCray, Hussian College, Dean of Academic Affairs (USAF Veteran)

• Dr Dennis Devery, Thomas Edison State University, VP Planning & Research (Army Veteran)

• Elliot Parks, Senior Associate, PWC Cybersecurity (USMC Veteran)

• Tyrell McCurbin, Co-founder/ CTO, Main Street, M.S. Engineering and Robotics, U of Penn (Army Veteran)

• Rick O'Brien, President, SemperCon (USMC Veteran)

Bunker is proud to host this workshop in partnership with: Hussian College