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| New GTA Board Member Welcome |
Ja rett Gilbert is Vice President of Instructional Services at Columbia Gorge Community College. In this role, he works with faculty, administrators, and staff to ensure students and the greater community have access to high-quality, market-relevant education and training. Jarett began his career in higher education at New York University College of Dentistry, connecting international and domestic general practitioners with hands-on clinical experiences leading to new, specialized skills that would allow them to expand their dental practice. Welcome to the Board, Jarett!
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| GTA Members and Sponsors |
Thank you to our new and renewing members!
- Doublestrand Consulting, Service Provider
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| Upcoming GTA Events |
August 18th, 4:30 pm | Remote Tech Workers Networking Event
We know you're out there! You live in the Gorge and work remotely for a tech company elsewhere. Join the GTA to connect with others like you, share what you're working on and learn about others. Contact Ami for meeting link.
 September 1, 8:30 am | Human Resources/ Recruiters Coffee
Human resources/ recruiting staff of our member companies are invited to this bi-monthly networking event. Attendance is restricted to HR staff of GTA Members and an RSVP to
Carrie is required. These events are helpful to share what you're working on and get ideas from your Gorge peers. Join us!
Visit the GTA events page here.
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| GTA Member News |
Zepher Announces $4M Contract Award with Army Research Laboratory
Zepher has been awarded a sole source HUBZone contract by the Army Research Laboratory to directly support a USASOC effort.
The focus will be on researching technologies to improve the endurance and acoustic signature of UAS in austere environments. Zepher's work will focus specifically on the initial development of a Group 2 UAS, categorized as a system less than or equal to 55-pound gross takeoff weight, during a 12-month timeline. Full article available
here.
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| Virtual Training on Preventing COVID-19 Outbreaks Aug. 4 |
Mid-Columbia Economic Resilency Team and Regional Solutions present Preventing the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Manufacturing, Food Processing and Other High Intensity Workplaces August 4 @ 9:00 am. This free virtual training will focus on workplace safety and will provide tools and strategies to mitigate risk. Register here.
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| Emergency Business Assistance Grants Still Available |
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD) was granted $250,000 from Business Oregon to distribute COVID-19 Emergency Business Assistance Grants in Hood River, Sherman and Wasco Counties. Grants will be disbursed on a first come, first-served basis with $100,000 each earmarked for Hood River and Wasco Counties and $50,000 for Sherman County.
For detailed requirements and application visit here. Apply by August 13th.
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| GTA Partner Events |
Technology Association of Oregon - Virtual Job Fair
- August 3, 2020 11:00 AM | This event will introduce you to an array of talent from students seeking internships to technical and non-technical full-time job seekers. You will be able to quickly evaluate candidates via their one-minute video pitch, as well as their personal profile and resume.
Learn more and register
here
FAA UAS Symposium - Remotely Piloted Edition
- August 18-19, 2020 10:00 AM | Episode II This fully immersive virtual event will allow you to connect directly with the FAA and industry peers.
Learn more and register
here
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020 - All Things Unmanned | Virtual Education and Exhibits
- October 5-8, 2020 | XPONENTIAL 2020 is the global stage for everything unmanned - from state-of-the-art propulsion technology, sensors, energy storage and UAS mitigation solutions to what's coming over the horizon in AI, 5G, edge computing and more.
Learn more and register
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| Job Openings with GTA Members |
Newest jobs in bold!
- Cardinal IG in Hood River seeks a Production Technician.
- Collins Aerospace seeks seeks a TASE Chief Engineer and a Piccolo Chief Engineer.
- Google - The Dalles is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Electrical Safety, Global Data Centers.
- Insitu has many new openings, including Environmental Health and Safety Specialist 3, Software Engineer 4, Financial Analyst 2 and more.
- Mt Hood Meadows seeks an IT Team Member.
- Overwatch Imaging seeks a Production Technician and Computer Vision Software Engineer.
- RADCOMP is seeking a Level 1 Technician, Level 2 Technician and Level 3 Technician.
- Real Carbon is seeking a Composite Engineer and Programmer/ Machinist.
- Sierra-Olympic Technologies is seeking a Quality Manager and Manufacturing Production Tech.
- SightLine Applications seeks a Software Algorithm Engineer.
- SIGMADESIGN has an opening in Gresham for a Production Technician and several openings in Camas, including Applications Engineer and Control Systems Engineer.
- Trillium Engineering is seeking a Director of Engineering, Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, Quality Engineer and Manufacturing Technician.
- Zepher has an opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer.
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