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By: Darlene Smith

A Career in Technology Relationships. By: Darlene Smith. Background. Born in small farming town in Oregon & raised by single parent 1 st in my family to graduate high school & get a college degree. education. experience. Electronics. Who is tekVizion?.

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By: Darlene Smith

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  1. A Career in Technology Relationships By: Darlene Smith

  2. Background • Born in small farming town in Oregon & raised by single parent • 1st in my family to graduate high school & get a college degree education experience

  3. Electronics

  4. Who is tekVizion? • An interoperability test lab (the 1st of its kind) that specializes in VoIP, UC, Cloud interop and solution testing • Examples of testing: • iPhone and Candy Crush • Microsoft Office on iPADs • Bluetooth products (headphones, speakers, etc) with your mobile, tablet, laptop, etc. • When you don’t test, you have problems like Samsung did with their new phones & batteries

  5. Just One Example Company A Internet Service • Service Providers • For example: • Verizon • AT&T • Sprint Employees at Company A

  6. My role @ Senior Director of Partner Alliances - I develop and drive win-win opportunities for tekVizion and our partners SKILLS NEEDED: Being able to talk well with everyone from executive levels to junior engineers Understanding of the overall business, the technology and how the elements fit within those Ability to build and execute plans with partners that drive business for both you and the partner

  7. A few of our Technology Partners

  8. Our Service Provider Partners

  9. Telecomm/Networking Jobs Median national annual salary • Telecommunications engineering - designs and installs telecommunications equipment • Computer networking engineers - plans and constructs data communication networks • Technology Alliance Manager $93,260 $100,240 Over 2,500 postings on Indeed.com Over 5,000 postings on other tech job sites

  10. According to CNN’s Best Jobs in America http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2015/01/27/best-jobs-2015/index.html

  11. Moving Ahead • Many paths to build your career • Intern at a tech company • Find someone who works with something you are interested in and interview them • Job search – look through job posting and read the descriptions, does it sound interesting? • Find and regularly connect with a mentor • LinkedIn (start building your profile when you graduate) • Family friend • Learn and stay current • Attend industry events - network • Stay aware of new technologies

  12. Questions

  13. www.tekVizion.com Darlene Smith dsmith@tekvizion.com +1 214 242 5932

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