Tag: Honeywell

Oz Qureshi and Carlos Alonzo, Minddrive

Student who helped pioneer Minddrive paves way for Honeywell’s first Latinx engineering scholarship

By Tommy Felts / July 30, 2020

Perseverance and transparency fueled Minddrive alum Carlos Alonzo’s award as the first recipient of Honeywell’s new four-year $20,000 Latinx engineering scholarship with guaranteed job placement upon graduation, said Oz Qureshi. Alonzo first applied for Honeywell’s engineering scholarship that has historically been allocated to African-American students and in partnership with the Black Achievers Society, said Qureshi,…

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Engineered to paint: When life provides a big canvas, use it all, tech-turned-artist says

By Tommy Felts / May 29, 2020

Talent doesn’t always equal success in the art world — but that doesn’t mean creatives should lose hope, said Aaron Norris.  “You have to be willing to grind. Day in and day out. Keep creating, keep sculpting, keep painting, keep sketching — and don’t stop until you accomplish the things you want to accomplish,” Norris, hobby artist…

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Techweek 100 list released: Dozens of KC’s top cultivators, ambassadors and innovators

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2018

Techweek Kansas City on Friday released its Techweek 100 list of the premier leaders pushing innovation in Kansas City. The collection of cultivators, ambassadors and innovators is a who’s who of familiar names across the startup, entrepreneurship and tech communities. Released in the runup to Techweek KC’s Oct. 8-12 festivities, the list isn’t a ranking,…

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KC Tech Specs report: Net gain of 11,000 workers for KC, but 3,000 jobs remain unfilled

By Tommy Felts / May 16, 2018

Kansas City’s brain gain grew at three times the rate of Chicago in 2017, according to a new report from the KC Tech Council. Isolated to tech jobs, the city’s pool of workers swelled by 11,000, the KC Tech Specs 2018 report said, though a shortage of skilled professionals remains. “The Kansas City tech industry…

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