The national tech training nonprofit, NPower, has announced four new members are joining their national board of directors, bringing diverse technology experience from Bank of America, Cisco, Vista Equity Partners, and Deloitte Technology.

The new board members include: Tony Kerrison, Chief Technology Officer for Bank of America; Mark Patterson, SVP and Chief of Staff to the Chair and CEO at Cisco; Kateau James, Global Chief Operating Officer for Deloitte Technology; and Ami Desai, Chief of Staff to Robert Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners.

Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO of NPower, says this new board leadership brings a depth of experience from the technology industry that will help them develop more diverse talent equipped with the most up-to-date tech skills.

“These four new directors will bring invaluable insight and innovation to our curriculum, while also opening doors to employment opportunities for our graduates and new partnerships for our program,” said Ceccarelli. “We are excited to welcome Tony, Mark, Kateau, and Ami to our national board. They’re all distinguished leaders who will elevate NPower in 2022 and beyond.”

Gail Fierstein, Global Head of People at CaaStle and Chair of the NPower Board Nominating Committee, says the board has been focused on continually building a diverse and engaged governing body to help steward NPower to the next level. “These diverse and accomplished new leaders join us at a critical time in NPower’s growth and sustainability.”

About Tony Kerrison

Tony Kerrison is Chief Technology Officer for Bank of America and leads the Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI) organization, which established and developed the company’s Never Down effort that focuses on proactive identification and prevention of technology-driven events. 

His team is responsible for designing, building and operating end-to-end technology infrastructure solutions, managing critical systems and platforms across the enterprise and determining how the bank's technology is architected across the firm. CTI also is accountable for technology strategy, architecture, operations, engagement delivery and application production support.

Kerrison joined Bank of America from Barclays Bank, where he was the head of Global Technology Infrastructure Services. With a team of over 4,000, he was responsible for technology infrastructure across Barclays, global businesses, including retail banking, investment banking, Barclaycard and the bank’s offshore center in Lithuania.

About Mark Patterson

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Cisco, Mark Patterson leads business planning and operations across the company, in support of Cisco’s own digital transformation and that of their customers and partners. 

On behalf of the CEO, Patterson drives alignment across Cisco executives and their functions through forums focused on strategy, innovation, and leadership. He leads the incubation and execution of critical company sponsored cross-functional initiatives, as well as strategic partnership and advisory guidance to the CEO.

Patterson is also a member of the board for the 49ers Foundation, whose goal is to harness football to educate youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Patterson holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in accounting from Baylor University in Texas.

About Kateau James

Kateau James is the Global Chief Operating Officer for Deloitte Technology providing counsel on global technology strategy and key initiatives, as well as planning and directing all strategic operational, administrative, and financial activities.

She leads global technology strategy, strategic initiatives, enterprise architecture, innovation, data mastery and analytics, governance, global vendor management and all areas of IT business management including: business operations, executive reporting and the enterprise PMO.

Kateau has more than 20 years of experience with strategic technology planning, global organizational management, and full life-cycle software development. She holds her MBA in Finance from Auburn University, BS in Business Information Systems from Albany State University, a  Master’s Certification in IT Project Management from George Washington University and a CIO certification from the Technology Association of Georgia.

About Ami Desai

Ami Desai joined Vista Equity Partners in 2020. He supports the firm’s founder, chairman and CEO, Robert Smith, assists portfolio companies and limited partners, and develops strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining Vista Equity Partners, Desai served as President Clinton’s Foreign Policy Adviser for 13 years, where he oversaw international strategy, led new partnerships, and managed relationships with Heads of State, business leaders, philanthropists and NGOs around the globe.

Desai holds a B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. in Foreign Policy from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs.

About NPower

NPower is a national nonprofit that is committed to advancing race and gender equity in the tech industry through skills training, real-world experience, support, and mentorships. The organization has helped young adults from underserved communities and veterans move from poverty to the middle class by training them with a range of tech skills and placing them in quality jobs. Students who enter the free, six-month training program, earn industry-recognized certifications and graduate with the competencies of an IT professional with one to two years of experience. NPower also places students in paid internships with corporate and nonprofit organizations. Eighty percent of NPower graduates get a full-time job or continue their education. Not only is NPower changing life trajectories for individuals from vulnerable communities, but they are also strengthening the overall competitiveness of U.S. businesses hamstrung by today’s limited pool of IT talent. To learn more about NPower.

Allows real-time engineering collaboration using latest 2D & 3D CAD formats.

Farmington Hills, MI, USA | March 28, 2022 -- CCE, a leading provider of advanced CAD interoperability solutions, announced its recent release of EnSuite-Cloud ReVue that allows users to collaborate using latest versions from all major CAD formats.

EnSuite-Cloud ReVue is a revolutionary web-based real-time engineering collaboration software that allows users to collaborate using the latest versions of all major 2D and 3D CAD formats. What sets it apart from other collaboration and screen-sharing applications is the ability for participants to take local control of the CAD model for their independent review and analysis, without disrupting the meeting for everyone else or compromising intellectual property. Users can collaborate using the latest CAD versions from CATIA V5, 3DXML, NX, Creo, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, Solid Edge, JT, Parasolid and glTF among others.

“The success we’ve had with EnSuite-Cloud ReVue since its initial launch last year has a lot to do with our ability to keep pace with the changes in the CAD formats and keeping our software up-to-date at all times. With CAD companies moving to subscription licensing, end users adopt new CAD versions a lot sooner and with regularity than before. Its incumbent upon us, especially as a key design collaboration tool, to always support these latest versions,” said Vinay Wagle, CCE’s V.P. of Sales and Marketing.

Besides enhancements related to supporting latest CAD versions, there have been significant number of product interface updates that will provide users with a richer user experience. This is in continuation of recent updates earlier this year related to the introduction of “SmartPicking” and “SmartMeasure” tools aimed at making the collaboration sessions significantly more efficient.

Since its general availability earlier this year, EnSuite-Cloud ReVue has received rave reviews from leading industry analysts in publications like Lifecycle Insights, Engineering.com, MCADCafe, Digital Engineering among others.

Key benefits of using EnSuite-Cloud ReVue for secure online meetings for engineering collaboration over typical screen-sharing apps like Zoom, Teams and Webex include:

* Independent Local control of collaboration session without compromising intellectual property
* High-quality 3D rendering with zero loss of fidelity of viewable data
* Natural collaboration experience without any overhead for data or session preparation
* Ultra-low latency allowing for excellent response/refresh rates
* Low bandwidth usage allowing for easy sharing of large CAD models
* Screen-sharing option for non-CAD documents for richer collaboration

All new users can Test Drive ReVue to evaluate the product using just their Google or Microsoft emails. Users can visit the EnSuite-Cloud ReVue page for additional product and pricing information.

About CCE:

Incorporated in Michigan, CCE has more than 30 years of CAD/CAM/CAE software development experience, as well as an extensive background in related services. Since 1989, CCE's focus on CAD technology & application development has spearheaded its mission to deliver customers value through innovative, disciplined, and communications-focused technology products and services. CCE has offices located in Farmington Hills, Michigan and Fort Lee, New Jersey.

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United States, April 4, 2022 — THINKWARE, a world-leading Korean dash cam brand, announced today Easter deals on seven of its flagship dash cams. The promotion will run April 4th - 24th, 2022, on the THINKWARE website, Amazon, Best Buy, and other specialty online retailers.

THINKWARE is offering sale pricing on seven dash cam models, including the F70, U1000,and Q800PRO models. The full list of dash cams available in the promotion are the following:

• F70: An entry-level dash cam featuring Energy Saving Parking Recording

• X700: Offering an easy to navigate touch screen, full HD two-channel, advanced driver assistance, parking surveillance mode, and more

• F200PRO: A versatile mid-range FHD dual-channel dash cam with Super Night Vision and built-in Wi-Fi

• Q800PRO: Capable of recording in 2K QHD 1440p and advanced driver assistance system supported

• U1000: Delivers sharp native 4K-2K video quality, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and super night vision technology

• M1 Motorsports Cam: ​​Built with the outdoors in mind, this is THINKWARE’s first of its kind camera designed for motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs

• X1000: Offers Super Night Vision 3.0, 2K QHD footage front+rear, 5.14MP Sony STARVIS IMX 335 image sensor enhanced with Ultra Night Vision & Auto HDR technology, and parking surveillance mode

“The Easter season brings people together near and far, which often means hitting the roads to visit family and friends,” said a THINKWARE representative. “THINKWARE’s Easter promotion helps make that trip a little easier, offering great prices on our latest dash cams that come equipped with high end safety features and best-in-class video quality that THINKWARE is known for.”

​​For more information, visit the Thinkware website at www.thinkware.com.

About THINKWARE

Global IT Corporation THINKWARE DASH CAM was founded in Korea in 1997. Through consistent research and development in the field of smart car technologies, THINKWARE DASH CAM has established itself as the market leader in various sectors such as dash cams, electronic maps, navigation, mobile applications, and tablet PCs.

Spearheading the competition with world-class image processing technologies and intuitive, user-friendly interface, THINKWARE DASH CAM debuted in the US market in 2014. THINKWARE DASH CAM has confirmed it will be exporting their DASH CAM lines into 17 other countries including US, Canada, UK, and Japan.

THINKWARE DASH CAM has continued to astound the industry with its world-class DASH CAM lines during their presence at global exhibitions like CES, SEMA, and The Gadget Show Live. For CES 2017, the world’s largest consumer electronics show, THINKWARE received the Innovation Award of the Year for excellence in technology and design. The company has also received the IF, IDEA and Red Dot Design Award.

India ranks second only to the US in most security threats on cloud, followed by Australia, Cannada and Brazil (according to McCafe Enterprise Advanced Threat Research Report).  Cybersecurity skills demand in the country is slated to grow, reflecting the global trend of an increasing skills gap in cybersecurity and a workforce unable to meet industry demand. The eighth annual cybersecurity survey from reputed global IT association ISACA, unveiled in India today, reveals an increase in cybersecurity hiring and retention challenges in the country.

According to ISACA’s new survey report, State of Cybersecurity 2022: Global Update on Workforce Efforts, Resources and Cyber Operations, sponsored by Looking Glass Cyber Solutions, organisations are struggling more than ever with hiring and retaining qualified cybersecurity professionals and managing skills gaps. This year’s survey results in India depict that 60% of the organisations have unfilled cybersecurity positions and that 42% report their organisation’s cybersecurity team is understaffed. Even more concerning is that 59% believe that less than half of their applicants are well qualified for the position they are applying.

Hiring and retention challenges

As in past years, filling cybersecurity roles and retaining talent continues to be a challenge for many enterprises. Sixty-three percent of global respondents indicate they have unfilled cybersecurity positions and India reflects the same trend with 60% unfilled positions. Sixty-two percent of India-based respondents say it takes three to six months for their organisations to find qualified cybersecurity candidates for open positions, compared to 47% globally. For respondents in India, the top factors hiring managers use to determine whether a candidate is qualified are prior hands-on cybersecurity experience (77%), credentials (45%) and hands-on training (38%). Two in three (65%) respondents report difficulties retaining qualified cybersecurity professionals, a 14 percentage -point increase from 2021. The top reasons that India respondents believe cybersecurity professionals are leaving their jobs include:

1. Poor financial incentives in terms of salary or bonus (51%)
2. Limited promotion and development opportunities (50%)
3. Recruited by other companies (47%) 
4. High work stress levels (38%)
5. Lack of management support (38%)

Skills gaps and mitigation

Respondents from India indicate they are looking for a range of skills in candidates, noting the top skills gaps they see in today’s cybersecurity professionals are soft skills (53%), cloud computing (48%)—a new response option for this question—and security controls implementation (42%). Soft skills is also the second-highest skills gap cited for recent graduates (after security controls), and has seen an 11-percentage-point increase in perception as a skills gap among Indian respondents since 2021.

The top three most required security skills are cloud computing (51%), identity & access management (45%) and data protection (44%). Among the top soft skills deemed important are critical thinking (53%), communication (52%) and problem solving (44%).

Fifty-nine percent of respondents in India believe that less than half of their applicants are well qualified for the position for which they are applying. India-based respondents note that their organisations are undertaking multiple measures to decrease cybersecurity skills gaps such as training to allow non-security staff who are interested to move into security roles (58%), increased use of reskilling programmes (44%), increased usage of consultants and external staff (38%), and increased use of performance-based training (36%).

Speaking at a press briefing to unveil the report, Chris Dimitriadis, ISACA Chief Global Strategy Officer, said, “Challenges in hiring and retaining cybersecurity professionals have impacted organizations around the world for years, and have only become more complex amid the pandemic and larger shifts in the global workforce. ISACA is addressing those challenges globally by building a workforce of digital trust professionals, who have more holistic and correlated views from the adjacent professions of cybersecurity, IT audit, risk, privacy and digital technology governance, while also offering state of the art tools in cyber maturity assessments.”

R.V Raghu, ISACA Ambassador in India and past ISACA board director, added, “A strong cybersecurity workforce with cutting-edge skills is essential in the face of evolving technology and an ever-changing cyber threat landscape to support much needed digital trust. Hands-on training, credentials, networking and sharing best practices through the cybersecurity community globally and in India, including through organisations like ISACA, can help cybersecurity professionals in India not only strengthen their skillsets and keep advancing their careers, but also ensure they are keeping their enterprises protected against the latest cyber threats.”

“It’s important to understand the trends across the community over time as well as how one’s organisation compares. This is necessary information to help advance the field as a whole, and we’re proud to be a part of sharing and disseminating these insights,” says Mary Yang, Chief Marketing Officer at Looking Glass Cyber Solutions. “Looking Glass is thrilled to support the cybersecurity community by partnering with ISACA on this report.”

Threat Landscape

This year, 33% of respondents in India indicate that their organisation is experiencing more cyberattacks compared to a year ago. When asked about their main concerns related to cyberattacks, organisational reputation (86%), data breach concerns (78%) and cyber-attack on supply chain or business disruption (63%) rank top of mind for India-based respondents. They also indicated that the top types of cyber-attacks they experienced in the past year include:

• Advanced persistent threats (18%)
• Ransomware (14%)
• Denial of services (13%)
• Injection flaws (12%)
• Sensitive data exposure (12%)

Despite the threats they face, 79% of respondents in India indicate they are confident in their organisation’s cybersecurity team’s ability to detect and respond to cyber threats.

Cyber maturity

When it comes to cyber risk assessments, 77% of respondents based in India say their organisation currently assesses its cyber maturity. Eighty-six% say their executive leadership team sees value in conducting a cyber risk assessment and 35% say their organisation performs a cyber risk assessment every 1-6 months.  

Cybersecurity Budgets

While 48% of respondents in India opine that their cybersecurity budgets are appropriately funded, 31% perceive their budget is underfunded, compared to 54% globally. Fifty-nine percent of India respondents expect some level of increase in cybersecurity budgets, while only 17% of respondents in India, almost half of the global number of 38%, expect no change in budgets.

The survey features insights from more than 2,000 cybersecurity professionals around the globe, and examines cybersecurity staffing and skills, resources, cyber threats and cybersecurity maturity. A complimentary copy of the State of Cybersecurity 2022 survey report can be accessed at www.isaca.org/state-of-cybersecurity-2022, along with related resources. Additional cybersecurity resources can be found at www.isaca.org/resources/cybersecurity.

About ISACA: For more than 50 years, ISACA® (www.isaca.org) has advanced the best talent, expertise and learning in technology. ISACA equips individuals with knowledge, credentials, education and community to progress their careers and transform their organizations, and enables enterprises to train and build quality teams. ISACA is a global professional association and learning organization that leverages the expertise of its more than 150,000 members who work in information security, governance, assurance, risk and privacy to drive innovation through technology. It has a presence in 188 countries, including more than 220 chapters worldwide. In 2020, ISACA launched one in Tech, a philanthropic foundation that supports IT education and career pathways for under-resourced, under-represented populations. To know more: https://www.isaca.org

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