Republished post from LinkedIn. By Brynt Parmeter, NextFlex I’ll let you in on a secret. Believe it or not, manufacturing is where people come together to actually make things – really cool things. And, what is even more crazy, is that teenagers love it! I know this sounds too weird to …
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By Brynt Parmeter, Director of Workforce Development, Education, and Training, NextFlex Over the summer, NextFlex embarked upon a very ambitious Internship program that has fully exceeded our expectations. Last summer we employed one intern. This summer, we employed thirteen. This included eleven high school interns, all rising seniors, and two …
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On July 20, the newest civilian aides to the secretary of the Army (CASA) were invested during a ceremony conducted at the Pentagon where G. Brynt Parmeter was selected by the Acting Secretary of the Army, Robert M. Speer, to represent California (Silicon Valley).
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Republished guest column from The Mercury News. By Debbie Budd, Brynt Parmeter, and Margaret Daoud-Gray As Silicon Valley seeks to grow and diversify its tech workforce, one obvious solution is overlooked: The 15 community colleges in our region. They are educating the next generation of the Valley workforce. With 250,000 …
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Project Call 3.0 Status Pre-proposals are due to NextFlex by close of business today, July 12. Already we’ve received 69 cover sheets, indicating a healthy response to Project Call 3.0. What is exciting to see is the number of new organizations seeking to participate which points to growing interest in …
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By Brynt Parmeter, Director of Workforce Development, Education, and Training We wouldn’t have thought it possible, but overwhelming interest from community colleges and high schools around the San Francisco Bay Area, combined with enthusiastic feedback from high school students themselves is a great problem to have. Due to a lot …
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