Explore the latest employment and industry trends in the field of information technology in this session led by NAF industry partners.

1. Academy of Information
Technology
Industry Update

2. Agenda
 Introductions and Welcome
 Discussions and presentations from industry
experts
 Q&A
 Adjourn
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3. Introductions and Welcome
 Who are we?
 Who are you?
 Why are we here?
 Ground rules
o Ask questions
o Share experiences
o Have some fun 
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4. Tushar Saxena
Director – Video
Technology and Planning
FiOS TV: Television for Tomorrow
Confidential and proprietary materials for authorized Verizon personnel and outside agencies only. Use, disclosure or distribution of this material is not permitted to any unauthorized persons or third parties except by written agreement.

5. FiOS TV – A Next Generation TV Network
Verizon utilizes IP and the
home network for Widgets
and iPad companion devices
Multi-room DVR
Wireless
Devices
Client
FTTP STB
Optical MoCA Client
Game
Network Interface STB
Console
Terminal
PC

6. Where is FiOS TV Today?
• 4.2 million subscribers and counting
• 7th largest distributor
• In over a dozen major markets including 6 of the top 10 DMAs
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7. FiOS TV Widgets
NBA
Checkers Reversi Fidelity Movie
Ford League
Investments Tickets
Pass
Lincoln FiOS
Climb and Sudoku Horoscope Spend
MKZ Mobile
Slip Game Smart
Remote TV
ESPN Where’s My Victory
Fantasy Holiday TMZ Facebook
Motorcycles
Games Stuff? Game
Galaxy Traffic Dining Kodak
iHeartRadio
Skip Reservations
Music Flower Twitter
Gemology Visual411
Choice Delivery
WeatherBug Food Baseball
Hangman Pandora
Delivery Widget
Hangman Yelp History Football
YouTube
Kids Shop Widget
Zona Latina International
Nick
AP News Spanish HSN Soccer
Games
Portal
Rapidly Growing Portfolio of 40 + TV Widgets

8. Over 500 million Widget launches in 2011
There are several ways to discover Widgets:
1. Widgets Button 2. Widgets Menu 3. Channel Prompt 4. Virtual Channels
Widget Carousel
35% - 40% of FiOS TV subscribers
actively use widgets
•Weather Widget - launched 3 times per day
Widget Marketplace •Horoscopes and Traffic - viewed daily
•Sports widgets - Usage spikes on game
days
• Facebook - Millions of photos are viewed
each week on Facebook

9. FiOS Interactivity – Companion Devices
FiOS has transactional capabilities across a portfolio of devices
Tablets Mobile CE
Verizon Media Manager FiOS Mobile
Key Features Key Features:
• Transactional •Browse guide
purchase of VoD
•Remote DVR Mgmt
• Access to 16K on •FiOS Mobile Remote
demand titles Control
•Bookmark VOD
• 32GB free storage -
access to personal • See Whats Hot
content • Add Favorite
Channels

10. Flexview: FiOS on Demand on Mobiles, iPads
Flexview Library Growth
Oct 2010 1H11 2H11 1H12 2H12
2K 5K 16K 20K 32K
 9.7 SD  12.5 SD  20K HD
 6.5K HD  7.5K HD  12K HD
Big hitters
• Box Office Titles
• Kids Titles
• Episodic Content
• Over 20,000 hours of content on Tablets and mobile devices
• Average Engagement - 8 hours a week
• Drives incremental VOD revenue - Purchase on companion devices

11. FiOS TV on CE and Mobile Devices
High Interest Next Gen User-Experience High Engagement
5% of FiOS Subscribers •Voice activated
are using the commands
application •Gesture based control
• Customers- Ready to use alternatives to Set-Top Boxes
• Reduce future Capital expense - CE devices = Viable Set Top Box replacements

12. Sherry Thompson Giordano -
IT Women
 Digital Equipment Corporation – 20years
 Business Consulting Firm – Currently, 14+ years
 Executive Director, ITWomen
 Vice President Program Development, USATL
o Inaugural STEM TECH Olympiad 2012
 Immediate Past Chair, Miami AOIT Advisory Board
 Current Member: Broward and Miami NAF Advisory
Boards
 Vice Chair NAF Tri-County Board, South Florida
 ABLC Member, 2012 NAF Champion
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13. IT Careers & Women: Statistics
 Even though women hold 56% of all professional
occupations . . .
They only hold 25% of IT occupations
 Economic studies show that women with jobs in
Engineering and Technology . . .
Earn 33% more than comparable women in non-
Technology and Engineering jobs
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14. IT Careers & Women: Why is it Good?
 Profits High, Unemployment Low, Salaries High
 Tech Companies Remain Profitable
 IT is Growing faster than the STEM average
 Computing Salaries are Highly Competitive
 Computing Helps Close the Gender Wage Gap
 We are in a Society that is increasingly IT-dependent
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15. IT Careers & Women: Encouragement
 Create a safe environment for discovery
 Illustrate why IT is Important
 Demonstrate the Creativity of IT
 IT is Team oriented – create teams
 IT is Valued, Respected and Flexible – you are not a
nerd, you are a pioneer!
 IT is everywhere
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16. IT Careers & Women: Opportunities
Top Careers
 Mobile – Quick entry into the workforce
 Social Media – Big Data
 Cyber Security – Demand continues to grow
What Skills are CIO’s looking for in addition to IT
 Communications
 Adaptive to the environment
 Willing to change
 Translate needs
 Leadership
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17. IT Careers & Women: Remember . . .
Women with jobs in Engineering and Technology
Earn 33% more than comparable women in non-
Technology and Engineering jobs
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18. David Keirsted – Kelly IT Resources
 IT Product Manager, Kelly IT Resources
 30 years providing IT Workforce Solutions
 11 years with Kelly IT
 Contract, SOW, Project, BPO, RPO, Direct
hire, MSP, VMS
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19. Current IT Labor Force Data
 Employment
 Areas of concentration
 Growth areas
 Sector analysis
 Earning potential
 Labor demand
 Growth projections
 Summary
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20. Current IT Labor Force Data
 Employment
o 3.4 million IT professionals working in 2011
 Areas of concentration
o Developers and web developers
o Systems Analyst
o Support
o Network analyst
o Project managers
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21. Current IT Labor Force Data
 Growth areas from 2010 to 2018
o Software developers 32%
o Application developers 28%
o Database administrators 31%
o Network Administrators 28%
 Sector analysis
o Service sector (banks, retail, healthcare)
o High tech
o Government
o Self employed free agents
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22. Current IT Labor Force Data
 Earning potential
o Median salary 1 year or less 44k
o 5 of top ten starting salaries are IT
o Average salary for IT is 79k compared to 44k
 Labor demand
o 24% growth for on line IT job postings in 2011
o 59% of employers hiring IT (2012)
o Web and software developers 26% growth in 2011
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23. Questions?
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24. Contact information
 Tushar Saxena – tushar.saxena@one.verizon.com
 Sherry Thompson Giordano – sherry@itwomen.org
 David Keirsted – keirsda@kellyit.com
 Brenda Barry – bbarry@naf.org
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