Dale Johnston, Regency Centers Senior Vice President and CIO, recently presented a college scholarship to Zackery Bellerose, a local San Jose Academy & Preparatory High School student and Jacksonville native, at the Northeast Florida CIO Council's Annual Tech Coast Conference in Jacksonville, FL.
The Tech Coast Conference is a non-profit IT conference that provides a forum for local businesses, IT decision makers, technology innovators from around the world, and the skilled local talent pool to present, discuss and share IT-related advances, opportunities and solutions.
Johnston chairs the IT Talent Development subcommittee and NEFL CIO Council, and serves as the liaison and coordinator between The Florida State College at Jacksonville and University of North Florida, and the two partners, the JITC and NEFL CIO Council. Together a scholarship is presented.
The scholarships aim to encourage students to pursue IT-relatedmajors and keep them engaged during their academic careers to improve the likelihood of them graduating and joining the local Northeast Florida IT workforce," Johnston said. "We believe that showing the student bodies of our two largest, local IT education institutions that local businesses are engaged and available. We will increase the number of IT talent available to our IT leader members.
For more information on the Tech Coast Conference and to register for 2020, click here.