Steering Committee

For Employers, By Employers The Tech Talent Partnership brings together leaders who are committed to employer-led career pathways. Our partners are creating more diverse workplaces while improving ROI through new talent solutions. By leveraging collective experiences and expertise, our employer partners are defining more reliable and scalable solutions for their current and future talent needs.

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Partners

Our 2026 Goals

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340+

job placements that result in family-sustaining wages

150

projected hires from SteerCo

40+

participating employers in the Tech Talent Partnership

Mission

Be the voice for industry needs to drive actionable plans and create a diverse and evergreen tech talent pipeline in Colorado.

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Our History

SteerCo Leads

As the SteerCo Lead, Helen Young Hayes brought together the founding partners of TTP with decades of leadership building teams in information technology.

Helen Young Hayes

Helen Young
Hayes

ActivateWork
CEO & Founder

SteerCo Lead

Josh Blair

Josh
Blair

Kanso Software
Senior Software Developer

Engineering

Pattie Maikish

Pattie
Maikish

Janus Henderson
Global Head of Infrastructure Client Services

IT Support

Dean Weiner

Dean
Weiner

Eviden
Chief Operating Officer

Cybersecurity

Partners

Brett Armstrong

Brett
Armstrong

Denver Health
Manager, IT Help Desk

Kristen Baller

Kristen
Baller

DISH
Head of Talent Acquisition, Talent Channels, Programs and Delivery

Nick Banta

Nick
Banta

Trimble
VP - CISO

Ryan Buerger

Ryan
Buerger

FirstBank
Managing Director, Infrastructure and Operations

Virgina (Ginny) Cevasco

Virgina (Ginny)
Cevasco

Booz Allen Hamilton
Senior Vice President

Binh Diep

Binh
Diep

Slalom
General Manager

Huy Doan

Huy
Doan

Terumo BCT
Manager Talent Acquisition

Paul Farnsworth

Paul
Farnsworth

DHI
Chief Technology Officer

Charles Fedorko

Charles
Fedorko

Sage
Director of IT Security

Randall Fritzsche

Randall
Fritzsche

Denver Health
Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer

Rory Geisler

Rory
Geisler

Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology
Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition

Peter Hancock

Peter
Hancock

Professional Employment Group of Colorado
President

Eliza Harding

Eliza
Harding

Western Union
Senior Information Security Analyst

Kathryn Harris

Kathryn
Harris

ActivateWork
COO/President

Sarah Herzog

Sarah
Herzog

Ardent Mills
Senior Director of Strategy & Collaboration

Hannah Kaplan

Hannah
Kaplan

Bank of America
SVP - Information Security, Global Tech & Ops

Paul Kay

Paul
Kay

Western Union
Chief Information Security Officer

Sam Kumar

Sam
Kumar

Cyber Sainik
Founder & CEO

Richard Macnamee

Richard
Macnamee

MSU
Director, The Cybersecurity Center

Chetan Makam

Chetan
Makam

Terumo
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Global Blood Solutions

Lisa Mason

Lisa
Mason

Pinnocal Assurance
Human Resources Associate Vice President

Andrea McCabe

Andrea
McCabe

Slalom
Director, Talent Acquisition

Dolores Mears

Dolores
Mears

Hensel Phelps
Chief Information Officer

Brittany Morris-Saunders

Brittany
Morris-Saunders

Colorado Technology Association
President and CEO

Bob Nogueira

Bob
Nogueira

Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology
Chief People Officer

Holly Rollins

Holly
Rollins

Booz Allen Hamilton
Vice President of Aerospace Cybersecurity

Matt Schwartz

Matt
Schwartz

Sage
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Chuck Scully

Chuck
Scully

Denver Health
Chief Information Officer

Meredith Smiley

Meredith
Smiley

Wells Fargo
Executive Director, Talent and Learning

Mark
Tapy

CareerWise Colorado
Interim President

Janani Vasudevon

Janani
Vasudevon

Twilio Flex
Head of Engineering

Robin Veit

Robin
Veit

Ardent Mills
Director, IT & Cloud Infrastructure

Jennifer Wageman

Jennifer
Wageman

Kanso
COO & CFO

Chris Watkins

Chris
Watkins

Craig Hospital
Director of Information Technology

Alexandra West

Alexandra
West

Slalom
Impact & ESG Director