KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Rebuilding Our Digital Infrastructure
By Irma Olguin Jr., CEO and Co-Founder, Bitwise Industries

• Keynote Theatre

2020 proved that if a crisis occurs, the government systems in place are inadequate. The way gov. agencies currently fix these shortcomings is also part of the problem. They hire a software vendor and get nothing else. By hiring a firm that pairs Sr. developers with tech apprentices, these projects become a system for updating our digital infrastructure while also creating a fleet of new, diverse technologists that can lift their local economies out of poverty.

Presented by:

Irma Olguin Jr. CEO and Co-Founder, Bitwise Industries

In 2013, Irma L. Olguin Jr. decided to build a company focused on strengthening the tech industry in Fresno, Calif. and leveraging it as the economic driver to remake the city. In 2019, the company secured one of the largest series A rounds of funding ever for a female Latinx-led company. Bitwise Industries now operates with the goal of activating human potential for the technology industry in underdog cities across the United States.
In 2013, Irma L. Olguin Jr. decided to build a company focused on strengthening the tech industry in Fresno, Calif. and leveraging it as the economic driver to remake the city. In 2019, the company secured one of the largest series A rounds of funding ever for a female Latinx-led company. Bitwise Industries now operates with the goal of activating human potential for the technology industry in underdog cities across the United States.
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