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7 Ti 5 Randy Burge Nmitsa
7 Ti 5 Randy Burge Nmitsa
New Mexico Information Technology & Software Association Randy Burge President P. O. Box 4125 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 burge@nmitsa.org www.nmitsa.org
Agenda
Get to know you New Mexico by the numbers NMITSA Possible partnerships
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Your Interests
Power of your network IT or software business Other technology industries Manufacturing Government agency University or academic
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30+% of Economic Growth over 10 yrs. 40% of R&D budgets applied to IT applications (approx)
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Industry Impacts
1000+ IT Companies in NM 80+% of Tech Startups involve IT/Soft 15,000 employees (less than 2% of NM workforce) Average industry wage more than $40K
state average wage is approx. $24K
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Albuquerque is 51/66 big cities for employment opportunities for 18-34 yr IT workforce is less than 2% of workforce
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Peer Groups
Importance to Economy
NM missed the commercial IT revolution over last 20 years leaving billions out of our economy Industry knowledge equals economic power (Utah)
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NMITSA Mission
NMITSA leads, unites, promotes, and impacts the IT and Software industries to stimulate market and resource growth for member organizations
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NMITSA Activities
Member networking/resourcing Market and trade development Industry promotion and recognition Workforce development Legislative lobbying
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Geographic Chapters
NMITSA Chapters Northern NM
SF/Los Alamos/LV Espanola/Taos/Raton
Central NM
ABQ/Socorro Belen/Moriarty
S NM-W Tex-Mex
Las Cruces/El Paso Silver City/Chihuahua
NW NM-SW CO
Farmington/Durango Gallup/Grants
Eastern NM
Clovis/Portales/Roswell Carlsbad/Hobbs
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Association Partnerships
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International Networks
IT Association of America
www.itaa.org
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Partnership Opportunities
Academic research
National Lambda Rail and Internet 2
US federal government contractors Software development Spanish product translation Film industry
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Influential Resources
Knowledge Cities: Monterrey, N.L. Regional Advantage: Saxenian, Cal Diffusion of Innovation: Rogers, UNM
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Gracias!
New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association
Randy Burge, President P. O. Box 4125 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87196 burge@nmitsa.org www.nmitsa.org
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