A Cloud Guru Partners with WWCode to Advance More Women into Cloud Computing
Written by WWCode HQ and A Cloud Guru
The Disruptive Cloud Computing Education Tech Startup to Provide Training Resources and Scholarships to Members of World’s Largest Women in Tech Nonprofit
San Francisco – October 3rd, 2017—A Cloud Guru and Women Who Code (WWCode) announce a partnership to provide more women access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) education and certification training, which offers pathways into high-demand careers in cloud computing.
The partnership supports women in technology by providing opportunities for participation in A Cloud Guru events and scholarships for online training. Over $25,000 in scholarships were awarded to WWCode to attend A Cloud Guru’s premier cloud computing conference, ServerlessConf, being held October 8 -11 in NYC. As an official WWCode training partner, A Cloud Guru is also providing members full and partial educational scholarships to their leading online cloud computing education and AWS certification training.
Drew Firment, Managing Partner at A Cloud Guru, spoke about the partnership, “The technology industry needs more women leaders of tomorrow. With so many cloud computing job openings, the time is now to level the playing field in tech. By empowering others to achieve their career goals, WWCode is having a dramatic impact on the effort to improve diversity and inclusion."
Women Who Code’s Vice President of Partnerships and Growth, Jennifer Tacheff said, “The generosity and support of our sponsors and partners is vital to the work that Women Who Code is doing. It allows us to make opportunities available to our members, provide services that they might not otherwise have access to, and continue to celebrate and inspire them to change the world.”
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