Tampa Bay, Fla. (May 7, 2018) – Tampa Bay Technology (formerly known as Tampa Bay Technology Forum) is proud to present the poweredUP Tech Fest, an annual signature event, featuring top technology leaders from this market and across the nation. The event is on May 23rd from 1:00pm to 6:30pm at the Mahaffey Theatre in downtown St. Petersburg.
“Tampa Bay is Florida’s fastest-growing technology hub and we are the second, fastest-growing tech hub in the nation. We have a unique market that is attracting global companies, making this flagship event critical to our community’s growth,” said Jill St. Thomas, Tampa Bay Tech’s Co-Executive Director. “We are bringing in world-class thought leaders to enlighten and inspire our attendees.”
poweredUP speakers and panels include:
- Otto Berkes, Xbox co-founder, HBO Go Developer, CA Technologies CTO and author of Digitally Remastered, Building Software into Your business DNA
- AudaCIOus – The $100B Panel featuring Chief Information Officers from Accenture, Nielsen, PwC & Tech Data
- CEO 2 CEO – Agile Thought’s David Romine and Vology’s Barry Shevlin
- Plus: Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and the results of LivingHR’s Tampa Bay Tech workforce survey
- And: Pick a Track – pick from three targeted presentations:
- The Team of Tomorrow – Digital Transformation Panel
- The Science of Data – Citizen Data Science
- The Future of Cyber Security – The CISCO Panel
Those attending will have ample opportunity to network with the Tampa Bay Tech community. Tampa Bay Tech members receive a complimentary ticket. Non-members can purchase tickets HERE. For more information about Tampa Bay Tech, go to https://tampabay.tech
About Tampa Bay Tech:
Established in 2000, Tampa Bay Tech is Florida’s largest technology council, working to empower Florida’s largest, and the nation’s second-fastest-growing tech hub by collaborating with Tampa Bay’s largest and fastest-growing tech companies and their value-chain partners. It’s three strategic initiatives are Workforce, Marketing, and Community. Tampa Bay Tech produces two flagship events annually – poweredUP and the Tampa Bay Tech Awards. In addition, it organizes hundreds of interest-level gatherings per year in conjunction with their Board of Directors, Technology Executive Council, Meetup cooperative and community partners. Tampa Bay Tech members represent 2 million total employees; $300+ million venture capital raised; $500+ billion annual revenues and $1+ trillion market capitalization.
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For more information contact:
Jill St. Thomas
Co-Executive Director, Tampa Bay Tech
PO Box 20067
Tampa, FL 33602
813.400.1164