Philly’s new CIO is a software development expert
After a 9-month search to replace longtime CIO Mark Wheeler, Melissa Scott is set to take over as Philadelphia’s top tech staffer. The software dev expert and department vet will assume leadership of the Office of Innovation and Technology from interim CIO Sandra Carter.
This month’s Power Moves roundup also has details about SEPTA’s first chief technology officer, Elisa Cunningham, and trash tech company Glitter’s new partnership with the Mt. Airy CDC on a cleaning and violence reduction program.
The NET/WORK job fair returns during PTW 2024
Dozens of hiring companies and hundreds of tech professionals will gather at Launchpad in Center City on May 7 for NET/WORK tech job fair during Philly Tech Week 2024.
Tickets are just $10, and include opportunities to mingle with employers and job seekers, attend professional development workshops, and score a free professional headshot. The event concludes with a networking happy hour.
➡️ Learn which hiring companies are tabling and register for NET/WORK here
News Incubator: What else to know today
• Four organizations a set to receive a total of $1.15 million from the city’s Workforce Solutions Grant program run by the Commerce Department. They are Propel America, OIC Philadelphia, Congreso and a joint bootcamp from Hopeworks and Rodriguez. [City of Philadelphia]
• Biotech company Carisma Therapeutics plans to lay off about 40 workers this quarter. The company started 2024 with 107 employees, so that’s around a 37% reduction in workforce. [Philly Biz Journal/Technical.ly]
• The Philly-headquartered national Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awarded its Jon van Neumann prize to Jorge Nocedal for his work in nonlinear optimization. [SIAM]
• Know a local tech leader who’s great at bringing people together and sharing tips and information? Nominate them for the 2024 RealLIST Connectors List. Nominations are being accepted until April 12. [Google Forms]
🗓️ On the Calendar
Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
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