Staunton, VA (July 20, 2020)

Cadence, Inc. is celebrating its 35th anniversary as a leading contract manufacturer of advanced products, technologies, and services to medical device, diagnostics, aerospace, and commercial companies worldwide. Originally founded as Specialty Blades in July 1985 by engineer Martin Lightsey, the company developed a proprietary Computer Numeric Control (CNC) sharpening process that featured precisely controlled, multiple step grinding and honing sequences to address the needs of companies requiring high performance custom-made blades.

Over the past 35 years, Cadence  has continued the tradition of sharpening excellence by providing its customers with superior blades and needles, as well as rapidly expanding our technologies and services to include machining, tube fabrication, laser processing, metal stamping, finished device manufacturing and assembly, and much more.

Cadence now employs approximately 500 people with headquarters in Staunton, VA and other locations in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.

About Cadence, Inc. - Cadence, Inc. is a contract manufacturing partner providing advanced products, technologies, and services to medical device, diagnostics, aerospace, and commercial companies. Cadence employs approximately 500 people with its corporate headquarters in Staunton, Virginia and additional locations in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.  For more information on Cadence, please visit our website at   cadenceinc.com .    

  

The 2020 Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference will be held virtually on July 27-28th and will include two partial days of workshops, breakout sessions, and short talks focused on cybersecurity education and associated resources for educators and security professionals.

There will be a conference capture-the-flag competition, as well as birds-of-a-feather networking sessions and a late-afternoon happy hour. All registered participants will have access to the session recordings after the event.

Conference registration to Virginia high school and college faculty, as well as other Virginia state and federal employees, will be provided free of charge, and to others at a significantly reduced rate. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will also still be provided. The new virtual registration fees are:

VA State/Fed Employee	Non-VA/Private Educator	Industry Partner	College Student
FREE	$50	$75	$25