TAG - Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington
TAG was founded in 1999 to serve technology companies in Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties. Our mission is to promote, educate, and advocate for Northwest Washington technology businesses. TAG is affiliated with the Washington Technology Industry Association (previously known as WSA) and as a TAG member you enjoy dual membership with the WTIA.
Click here for member benefits and to join >>
|
Upcoming Events:
Join us on July 18 for a presentation by Ken Myer, President & CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), the largest state-wide association of technology companies and executives in the world with more than 1,000 member companies. Ken will give a brief update on the state of technology in Washington and will also give an overview of programs available to TAG members through our association.
WTIA has negotiated a variety of discounted business services for Washington Technology companies. Ken will share these services along with an update on recent activities at the WTIA. This will be a popular meeting so please RSVP by clicking as soon as possible.
July 17, 2008 - "Take Me Out to the Beer Garden"
Date: Thursday, July 17th
Presented by Washington Technology Industry Association in partnership with associations such as American Electronics Association, and TAG.
Join us on Friday May 16 for a presentation by Brett Allsop, a seasoned local entrepreneur and Co-founder, Chairman of the Internet travel web site, Yapta. Yapta is focused on building the brand promise behind being a true personal travel assistant to web travel planners. Yapta helps travelers pick flights, get low airfares and receive credits from airlines when prices drop after they buy tickets. Yapta won the 2008 Washington Technology Industry Achievement Award in the category Consumer Product of the Year and also won the WTIA Investment forum in web services. For more details and to sign up >>
Join us on May 20 for Bellingham TechNight - A one Night Career Fair for Local Tech Jobs. Where hundreds of highly qualified candidates meet hiring managers from local technology companies and learn about jobs for programmers, network administrators, system administrators, internships, and more. For more details>>
For a list of recruiting companies please visit bellinghamtechnight.com. Information for recruiting employers, here >>
| ||||
|
Join us on April 18 for TAG's monthly luncheon to learn strategies that companies like Starbucks and Cascade Dafo have utilized to creatively partner with Western Washington University to fill the "technical talent gaps" in their organizations.
Visit TAG's exhibit at Linuxfest Northwest on April 26 and 27. The Linuxfest Northwest is the largest Linux and open source conference in the Pacific Northwest and it is happening right here in Bellingham at the Bellingham Technical College. The event seeks to showcase what people in the Northwest are doing with Linux and open source software and is free and open to the public. For more details go to the Linuxfest NW website. | ||||
|
Washington State Technology Summit on April 15. |
On Friday March 21 Bob Jones owner and co-founder of the Socrates Group presented on the topic 'Confessions of a Recovering Engineer". This was the second presentation in a series of War Stories from local technology entrepreneurs and the topic for the March luncheon is 'Confessions of a recovering engineer'.
You can read his power point slides with notes as a PDF file here. >>
Bellingham Herald reported on this meeting. You can read the article here .>>
TAG's February 15 lunch featured Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder Adrian Mintz of Emergency Reporting. Emergency Reporting is a leading provider of Fire Department and EMS software serving civilian and military customers nationwide. Adrian will share stories from the front line, including topics, "How do you bootstrap your technology? What's the REAL cost of developing your internal applications in house? What barriers are you likely to run into, and how do you successfully get around them?
The February meeting was also TAG's annual membership meeting where we asked our members to elect TAG's 2008 Board of Directors. We also took the opportunity to give thanks to our funding partners and other contributors that made our expanded services and programs possible in the past year.
On Ferbuary 7 TAG attended the 13th Annual Industry Achievement Awards hosted by the Washington Technology Industry Association in Seattle. The event recognizes local companies, agencies and individuals who best demonstrate innovation and excellence in creating technology or serving the industry.
We are excited to announce that Yapta, Inc. a company founded in Bellingham won the award for Consumer Product of the Year. Read more here.>>
January 18, 2008. At TAG's January luncheon Mark Anderson, a noted technology expert and futurist, presented his predictions on technology and the economy for 2008. This is the fourth year we have the pleasure of inviting Mark Anderson to speak to our group and as usual he attracted a big crowd. You can read Mark Anderson's report from the meeting on his popular blog. The Bellingham Herald also covered the event.
TAG's next monthly meeting on February 15, 2008 is our annual member meeting. Apart from a brief update on our plans for 2008 and the election of the 2008 Board of Directors this meeting will feature war stories by local tech company Emergency Reporting. We look forward to seeing you again on Friday, February 15.
On December 6, 2007 TAG held its year-end scholarship awards program and holiday event. This year the generosity of TAG members and guests provided five scholarships to students in technology professions at Western Washington University, Whatcom Community College, Northwest Indian College, Bellingham Technical College, and the Whatcom Tech Prep Consortium. This is our way of giving back to our community and supporting the future of technology in our area.
A One-Night Career Fair for Local Tech Jobs. October 25.
TechNight was a big success! The event attracted about 225 attendants and 16 participating employers including companies, City of Bellingham and 2 colleges. See pictures from Bellingham TechNight >>
Join us on Friday October 19, to learn about Western Washington University's Vehicle Research Institute and their work creating cars and renewable fuels for a sustainable future.
Venture Capital Funding with Matthew Dunn - Friday September 21st!
Read Bellingham Herald's report from this event.
If you think your technology, product, or business could make a huge payoff if you -just- had the capital to roll it out...and you've thought about venture capital as a way to get there...then you should attend TAG's lunch meeting on Friday, September 21st. We are very pleased to invite Matthew Dunn, PhD and owner of Socratech Consulting to talk on the topic: 'Wonders in Ventureland, OR, Prepping, Pitching and Using Venture Financing.' Matthew who recently returned from partial residence on Alaska Air, running venture-funded startup Music IP in Southern California, will share some hard-won lessons and recommendations about the venture financing cycle.