Seattle Area Chapter
About our Seattle Chapter
The growth of the cybersecurity talent gap widens and outpaces formal education, organizations hiring strategies, and external pipeline development programs. At the time of convening the Seattle chapter, there were 3.4M unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide.
A shift in mindset is needed for organizations to be able to leverage the diverse talent pool comprised of “middle-skill” or STAR (skilled through alternative route) workers who lack traditional college degrees or extensive technical experience in cybersecurity. This presents a unique opportunity for all of us to join together to make a difference, giving back to those looking to enter into a cybersecurity career..
The Seattle Chapter is the third Chapter of NextGen Cyber Talent (following the Bay Area and DFW Chapters), and our Board is endeavoring to establish programs that help ensure NextGen Cyber Talent is able to fulfill its vision.
The Seattle Chapter Board seeks to meet our diverse local community of underserved and underprivileged where they are to help them enter into and navigate a career in cybersecurity.
We ask you to join us: as a benefactor, business sponsor, educational institution, or executive mentor. Please contact us to learn more about how you can contribute to defending today, securing tomorrow, and promoting a diverse cyber community here in Seattle.
What's new in Seattle Chapter
We continue to offer training, grant and placement opportunities to our candidates. If you or someone you know would be a good candidate, please get in touch with us today!
We are currently partnered with 10+ Community Colleges in the Bay Area and offer grants to candidates for completing specific courses in cybersecurity or leveraged within cybersecurity domains and also for specific cybersecurity certifications (e.g. CompTia+, CISSP Exam). If you are a local educator in the Seattle college community, please contact us to discuss available grants for your cybersecurity students.
If you are a local enterprise or business looking to build your cybersecurity pipeline today, contact us to discuss how we can help to provide a list of eligible candidates for your organization or join us to offer your technology training to our candidates.
Trust in our collective experience and passion to develop a diverse pool of resources in cybersecurity & data protection domain and join us to resolve the issue of dearth in talent once and for all!
Seattle Chapter Office
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NextGen Cyber Talent Inc.
2450 W Lynn Street,
Seattle, WA - 98199 - seattle@nextgencybetalent.com
NextGen is here to help you. Our friendly and knowledgeable support staff is ready to help you with registration, training, placement, and anything you need assistance with. We respond to all inquiries within 48 hours. Please provide us with your details so we can get in touch.
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Seattle Chapter Board
Luis Carvajal-Kim
Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Alex Padilla
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Lululemon
Mitesh S Shetty
Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
A non-profit providing a platform to increase diversity and inclusion in the cybersecurity industry. It brings together cybersecurity experts, solution providers and enterprises to make a difference in this community and address a mounting cyber skills shortage and talent gap.
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NextGen Cyber Talent Inc.
999 West Taylor Street,
Suite A
San Jose, CA 95126 - contactus@nextgencybertalent.com