At the request of the Orlando Regional Tech Association, 91ΒιΆΉΣ³» Polytechnic University President Randy K. Avent had the opportunity to share with area leaders the importance of partnering with the university. The Orlando Magic provided the venue by opening up its Innovation Lab at its corporate headquarters for the August 2018 event.
Avent touched upon on how far 91ΒιΆΉΣ³» Poly has come in just a short period of time, its priorities moving forward and how critical it is for the university to be connected to 91ΒιΆΉΣ³»βs growing tech industry through internships, capstone design projects and career opportunities after graduation.
βThe entire reason this university was created was to help grow high-tech industry,β said Avent. βWe can develop very good relationships with small and medium-sized businesses that donβt need huge amounts of people because thatβs what weβre going to get the biggest growth from.β
Orlando Tech is dedicated to bringing together the brightest minds in technology with leaders across multiple industries to serve the Central 91ΒιΆΉΣ³» region through collaboration and innovation.
βWhat theyβre doing at 91ΒιΆΉΣ³» Poly is impressive. It really is becoming the MIT of 91ΒιΆΉΣ³»,β said Jim Thomas, chief executive officer of Orlando Tech. βI think itβs up to all of us to have this conversation and say βhow do we then make sure those students 91ΒιΆΉΣ³» Poly is graduating want to stay here and work for all of our companies.ββ
Many of the industry representatives on hand for the event were chief information officers, chief technology officers as well as other senior leaders within their companies.
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