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Middle Tennessee is growing rapidly and a key ingredient to our future success is a comprehensive transit solution that serves us all. A high percentage of tech industry workers that live in cities with public transit are accustomed to not owning a vehicle. Nashville’s public transit system challenges are a real barrier for hiring tech workers from cities with established systems.

This event will provide a discussion with industry and policy leaders on our region’s transit challenges, what’s currently happening with the state of transportation technology, and how the transit proposal will address the challenges.

Join us for a discussion moderated by Dan Hogan, Executive Chairman at Medalogix, with industry and policy leaders including:

• Steve Bland – Chief Executive Officer, Nashville MTA
• Corey Ershow – Transportation Policy Manager, Lyft
• Erin Hafkenschiel –  Director, Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Sustainability
• Tommy Lewis – Senior Vice President, Change Healthcare
• Hon. Nancy VanReece – District 8 Council Member, Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County

The Nashville Technology Council, in partnership with CompTIA, is excited to offer professional development opportunities for IT professionals, employers & more!

CompTIA, the world’s leading tech association, offers trusted, well-known and vendor-neutral IT certifications that will help employees grow their IT career. From entry-level knowledge in computer software to IT security, CompTIA offers a wide range of learning options that can help employers build a strong workforce. Beginning 2018, the NTC will be hosting instructor-led, one-week courses for participants interested in earning certifications.

With less than one week to go we’re happy to announce the next TN RHUG to be held in Nashville!

Last quarter’s RHUG focused on automation and had a great turn out. This quarter we’re taking it up a notch. This quarter’s RHUG is scheduled for Tuesday, December 19th. The focus will be ‘Security in the Enterprise’. We’ll look at three distinct views that cover Development, Compliance and Community efforts. To help cover these topics we have a all-star team of presenters that are active in the the space. Michael Solberg, Red Hat’s Chief Architect and author of the renowned book ‘Openstack for Architects’ will be presenting “Continuous Security – Integrating Security into the Pipeline”.

In addition Striker Advisory’s CEO and Nashville Superstar Anca Pop will be presenting HIPPA compliance 101. We also have a couple of security lightning talks that focus on the latest from the community. Everyone’s sure to find multiple relevant topics. This plus food drinks and fellowship is a recipe for another successful event. RSVP now! We look forward to seeing old and new faces at Nashville’s quarterly TN RHUG at the NTC.

Food and drinks will be served the entire time. We’ll have time to network before and after the presentation. Have you met the local RedHat team? Be sure to say hello and grab your SWAG.

We are excited to invite you to become a part the NTC’s Featured Member of the Month Program!

We invite NTC Members to join us in the space for a month as our featured member, connecting with our many visitors and promoting your company in person and digitally via our communications channels.

We are currently filling Featured Member of the Month spots through December, 2018. If your company is interested in becoming a featured member please complete our online interest form here.

At the NTC Holiday Party on December 6, along with celebrating the holidays, every year, we take the opportunity of the amazing gathering to announce our final nominees for the upcoming NTC Awards. Check out the finalists!

In 2018, the 9th Annual Awards are on January 25 at the Wildhorse Saloon — this year it will be 80s theme, cohosted by Martha Ivester and Derek Young. This event is dedicated to connecting, uniting, developing and promoting Middle Tennessee’s rich community of developers and technology entrepreneurs, enthusiasts and institutions with awards in 14 categories. We accepted nominations to recognize outstanding do-ers, movers and shakers. The winners will be announced live at the awards ceremony on January 25.

Tickets & sponsorship opportunities still available, but tables are SOLD OUT! Contact Jacqui Logan for more information.

Are you a female, minority, student, social impact, or veteran entrepreneur with an idea? Scholarships are open now for tuition to the Nashville EC’s premier startup program, PreFlight.

Applications close January 4th, so get yours in today!

At our Annual Meeting, more than 300 members of the Nashville technology community gathered to promote our region’s progress and discuss how to transform predictions into future opportunities for the growth of Middle Tennessee’s technology industry.

We released our first-ever Annual Report! Be sure to check it out and see what the Tech Council accomplished over the last year, stats on the tech industry, and learn about our new apprenticeship program, ApprenTech Tennessee.

Tech Hill Commons houses two executive conference rooms, a learning center and an 150 person event space.

We invite you to come by for a visit to see and take advantage of this new Nashville tech community space! You can also see a virtual tour of the space here.

If you or your organization would like to rent space or support Tech Hill Commons, please contact Erin Whitaker.