Industry-Leading
Speakers to Discuss IT Job Market, Offer Advice on Education Needed
to Achieve Success in IT; Solution Provider Will Accept Resumes for
Open Tempe-based Positions
Who: Logicalis
(http://www.us.logicalis.com/),
an international IT solutions and managed services provider with
corporate headquarters based in Farmington Hills, Mich., and a
local office in Tempe, Ariz.
What: Logicalis is
hosting a unique “Technology Career Night” open house event in
Tempe, Ariz., featuring presentations by respected IT industry
icons, offering IT educational information, and giving interested
parties a venue to provide their resumes for consideration for open
positions at the company’s Tempe location. The content
provided will target three specific groups of people:
- Current professionals looking
for new IT career opportunities
- Entry-level IT job seekers
who need advice on training or certifications to pursue
- Students who want to get
ahead of the competition with educational and internship
opportunities
Speakers:
Three industry-renowned speakers will give brief
presentations during the Logicalis Technology Career Night,
including a keynote address by Todd Lammle, best-selling author,
Cisco authority, and industry expert; Chad Kirkpatrick, former
Arizona state CIO and founder of IT consultancy B2G Solutions; and
Joshua Ornstein, a large integration project manager with 25+ years
of IT experience.
- Todd Lammle: In this
keynote presentation, Lammle will discuss the value of specialized
certifications and continuing education available from
industry-leading vendors including Cisco, Microsoft and
VMware.
- Chad Kirkpatrick: In
this frank discussion, Kirkpatrick will talk about his journey from
being someone who was not initially interested in IT to becoming
the CIO of the state of Arizona and later opening his own IT
consultancy.
- Josh
Ornstein: Ornstein, a managing consultant with Logicalis, will
share what he has learned in 25 years of working with “big name”
clients and employers like Regal Entertainment, Pearson Education,
and IBM Global Services, detailing the kinds of educational
opportunities that helped him achieve his IT career-path
goals.
When: Tuesday, March 20,
2012, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where: Logicalis, Inc.,
Aspire Training Room, 8945 S. Harl Avenue, Suite 102, Tempe, AZ
89284
RSVP: Space is limited! Seats
available on a first-come, first-served basis on the evening of the
event. Interested parties can reserve a seat by calling
Jennifer Martindale at 480-612-8930.
Quote: “Logicalis wants
to do its part to help job seekers and will of course be accepting
resumes for open positions at this event. But the larger
purpose for this event is one of education and enlightenment.
The path to a successful and lucrative long-term career in IT
requires the development of critical technology skills built on an
educational foundation crafted with the end goal in mind. At
Logicalis’ Tempe Technology Career Night, we want to give people
real-world, useful advice from top industry leaders that will help
them plan their future. This is much more than a job fair;
it’s an event designed to help people find satisfying long-term
careers in technology by knowing what they need to do to prepare
for those careers along the way.” – Chris Rafter, vice
president of applications and unified communications solutions for
Logicalis
Media Contacts: Lisa
Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Logicalis, Inc.,
mailto:lisa.dreher@us.logical.com;
425-201-8111; http://www.us.logicalis.com/
or Karen Franse, Communication Strategy Group for
Logicalis, kfranse@gocsg.com;
866-997-2424, www.CommunicationStrategyGroup.com/
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international IT solutions and
managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise
in communications and collaboration; data center and cloud
services; and managed services.
Logicalis Group employs over 2,500 people
worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design,
specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the
needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To
achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with
technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.
The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of
over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South
America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of
the leading IT and Communications solution integrators,
specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and
services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec
Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges,
with revenues of approximately $5 billion.
For more information, visit http://www.us.logicalis.com/.