Philly daily roundup: New city CIO; Nominate a RealLIST Connector; Biotech firm to lay off 40
Plus, get your tickets to NET/WORK, our annual tech job fair. Melissa Scott has been named as the new city CIO, replacing Mark Wheeler. She will take over from interim CIO Sandra Carter. The announcement comes as a day of a tech job fair at Launchpad in Center City for Philly Tech Week 2024, which will include hundreds of tech professionals and employers. Four organizations are set to receive $1.15 million from the city’s Workforce Solutions Grant program. Biotech company Carisma Therapeutics plans to lay off about 40 workers this quarter, a 37% decrease in workforce. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awarded its Jon van Neumann prize to Jorge Nocedal for his work in nonlinear optimization. Nominate a RealLIST Connector for the 2024 Real List.
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After a 9-month search to replace longtime CIO Mark Wheeler, Melissa Scott is set to take over as Philadelphia’s top tech staffer. The software dev expert and department vet will assume leadership of the Office of Innovation and Technology from interim CIO Sandra Carter. This month’s Power Moves roundup also has details about SEPTA’s first chief technology officer, Elisa Cunningham, and trash tech company Glitter’s new partnership with the Mt. Airy CDC on a cleaning and violence reduction program. ➡️ Get your Power Moves fix in my full story here
Dozens of hiring companies and hundreds of tech professionals will gather at Launchpad in Center City on May 7 for NET/WORK tech job fair during Philly Tech Week 2024.
Tickets are just $10, and include opportunities to mingle with employers and job seekers, attend professional development workshops, and score a free professional headshot. The event concludes with a networking happy hour.
➡️ Learn which hiring companies are tabling and register for NET/WORK here
News Incubator: What else to know today
• Four organizations a set to receive a total of $1.15 million from the city’s Workforce Solutions Grant program run by the Commerce Department. They are Propel America, OIC Philadelphia, Congreso and a joint bootcamp from Hopeworks and Rodriguez. [City of Philadelphia]
• Biotech company Carisma Therapeutics plans to lay off about 40 workers this quarter. The company started 2024 with 107 employees, so that’s around a 37% reduction in workforce. [Philly Biz Journal/Technical.ly]
• The Philly-headquartered national Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awarded its Jon van Neumann prize to Jorge Nocedal for his work in nonlinear optimization. [SIAM]
• Know a local tech leader who’s great at bringing people together and sharing tips and information? Nominate them for the 2024 RealLIST Connectors List. Nominations are being accepted until April 12. [Google Forms]
विषय: Biotech