On November 7th, Revel IT employee Chelsea Akers joined Dublin Professionals to help celebrate a year’s worth of I.T. workforce development successes and discuss strategies for increasing the talent pipeline. Kevin Gadd, Ohio Program Manager for Apprenti moderated the panel, which was focused on discussing alternative paths into the tech talent pool, such as hiring veterans, sourcing talent through apprenticeship programs, developing talent through educational programs, and removing barriers for members of underrepresented groups to enter the workforce.

Chelsea Akers, Senior Account Executive at Revel IT and COO and Co-Founder of Level D&I Solutions was joined by Chuck Xenakis, Executive Director of Global Technology Recruiting at JP Morgan Chase, Chris Patton, Software Developer Apprentice at JP Morgan Chase, and Pinal Patel, VP of Nexient.