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How one coder moved up at NASA over 40 years
Joanne Woytek is the program manager for NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement — the group tasked with fulfilling IT requests across the US government.
Her career at NASA has spanned decades and numerous roles. Woytek is also the first woman to transition on the job at NASA and one of the first to do so within the federal government.
➡️ Read Kaela’s story for more details about Woytek’s journey
Millions of dollars for EV chargers on I-95
The Delaware Department of Transportation will receive almost $14 million to install medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle charging infrastructure on I-95.
This funding is part of a $249 million grant from the Clean Corridor Coalition which aims to combat climate change and support job training and regional planning in the Northeast.
➡️ Check out more Money Moves across the border in Delaware
News Incubator: What else to know today
• AI-based gun detection software company ZeroEyes is partnering with the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association to educate food store professionals about gun violence and prevention. Earlier this summer, ZeroEyes raised a $53 million Series B. [PR Newswire/Technical.ly]
• Senior revenue leader Pecola King joined Hopeworks as the tech training org’s new director of revenue cycle management. Hopeworks received a $1 million donation earlier this year and announced expansion plans. King will lead the org’s newest offering, a financial processing system. [Hopeworks]
• The City of Philadelphia will get $1.3 million from the US Department of Energy to support four clean energy projects. [City of Philadelphia]
• Here’s what Philadelphia could do more of to show off its strengths, according to Sneha Shah, head of new business ventures for SEI Investments. [Philly Biz Journal]
🗓️ On the Calendar
• Code and Coffee’s weekly meetup is once again at the Capital One Cafe on Aug. 24. [Find out more]
• Visit Technical.ly at the Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl on Aug. 24 at American Grammar. [Details here]
• Philly Tech Entrepreneurs’s happy hour series is back on Aug. 27. [More info]
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.Before you go...
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