An "incredibly supportive partner," Jonathan White, Information Security Manager at Global Payments, recently visited students in the TSYS School's cybersecurity Nexus program. "Jonathan volunteers to visit the first week of every semester and shares his honesty and insights with students about the cybersecurity industry. This semester, Jonathan brought current and former interns Gabrielle Holmes-Hodge, Jonathan King, Peyton Lockhart, Joel Nienaber, and Jett Robinson with him. Thanks to these incredible people for pouring into the healthy cybersecurity community in the Columbus, GA area," stated Patrick Aiken, Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity. White, Holmes-Hodge, King, Lockhart and Robinson are either current or former TSYS School students, while Nienaber is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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