Our exciting guest on this episode is Tony Veland, a former defensive back for the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers who is leading the charge to improve technology education. He is the Director of Business Development at AIM Institute, an Omaha-Based non-profit whose mission is to grow, connect, and inspire the tech talent community through education and career development. Tony is also on the board of directors of TEAMMATES, a Nationally Acclaimed school-based mentoring program for young people and he is deeply involved in the Omaha STEM Ecosystem, a tremendous effort to boost science and tech education across 12 school districts in Greater Omaha.

Tony Veland: [email protected]

AIM Institute Link

Omaha STEM Ecosystem Link

Nebraska Tech Collaborative Link

Teammates Link

People Outside of Omaha can join (Visit the Aim Institute site for details):

AIM Developers’ Conference

AIM Tech Leadership Programming:

Emerging Leaders Program

Advanced Leadership Program

(0:00) – What is the AIM Institute?

(7:48) – How can I be part of the solution?

(20:08) – There’s a call for mentorship

(26:56) – What are you doing to help the problem?

(36:23) – What to walk away with in this podcast

(42:00) – What’s going on in Tony Veland’s world?

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