Word
on the Street: A Street Tech
Articles:
Meet
the Staff:: Melvin Posada
Dozens of people
witness the unveiling of
Street Tech’s
new venture, ReliaTech.
Click here to see the Channel 7 special
report on Street Tech
It’s the grand opening of
“ReliaTech” today, a for-profit business designed to put graduating Street
Tech students to work by offering computer maintenance and repair services
to the public, businesses, schools and non-profit organizations.
ReliaTech is project of
Street Tech, the original organization designed to inspire, motivate and
teach members of local bay area communities using information technology.
Bred from this vision, ReliaTech
offers a number of services to the community, including computer repair,
wireless home internet DSL installations, desktop and networking support.
The addition of the new
ReliaTech storefront will provide a gateway for the computing needs of
the community.
Th
Linda Cherry from
As noontime approached,
crowds of people outside of the facility gathered together for the grand
opening ceremony. Shortly after Street Tech Executive Director Paul Lamb
addresses the crowd, Wells Fargo representatives presented a $20,000 check
to the new business.
Symbolizing the official start of business, the red ribbon was
cut, and prizes including Microsoft software, games and computers are
raffled away to lucky non-profits, churches and schools. Kindergarten
school founder Zamahara Berkov-Rojas won 5 computers for her school and
said she would put them to use in her classrooms.
Whil
CEO of ReliaTech Jessy Gonzalez commented on the future of the
business, “I see partnerships with businesses in the community, partnerships
with other computer services locally; there ar
For more information
on ReliaTech services check out their web site at:
http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/www.reliatech.org
You can also
call 510-236-7000
ReliaTech CEO,
Jessy Gonzalez, speaks to the crowd
The cutting
of the ribbon…ReliaTech is open for business.
People of all
ages wait to have their computers repaired.
The Generation 7 Graduation Ceremony went extremely well. There were
70 people attending the ceremony and the graduates included members of
the Microsoft Certified Professional Preparation, A+, and Computer Apprenticeship
Training Classes. 80% of the
students who graduated were certified as technicians.
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES, YOU WORKED HARD AND YOU FINALLY DID
IT!!!!!!!!!
Our first guest speaker
was no other than the Comedian, Doug Ferrari. Mr. Ferrari
was born and lives in
Microsoft General
Manager for
Some of you might know our
very own Street Tech student, Jerry Thomas, from the Spring 2002 Computer
Apprenticeship Training class. He
passed away tragically last summer, so in honor of his life a Scholarship
Fund was set up in his name. The
winner for the Jerry Thomas Scholarship was given to A+ graduate Randy
Arevalo. Jerry will
be greatly missed by those he came in contact with.
We will miss you, Jerry! Each class teacher then handed out certificates
to their respective students.
We, the Street Tech students, would like to take this opportunity
to thank our families, and friends for the great support. Without
you we would not hav
Jerry Thomas’s
Neice Leslie & Scholarship Winner Randy Arevalo
Lenny Bailes(harmonica
on left) and David Brooks
(keyboard on
right) perform a blues jam for the graduates.
Jorge Estrada
displays his CAT diploma with his family and friends.
Melvin Posada
ReliaTech Lead
Technician
Along with the new ReliaTech
job vision for graduating Street Tech students there have come new ReliaTech
employees. Melvin Posada is one such new employee. CEO Jessy Gonzalez
came to know Posada through a mutual friend and offered him a job as Lead
Technician, responsible for training and further coaching fresh and hungry
ReliaTech employees.
It’s a good thing that IT training and coaching is nothing new
to Melvin. From assisting users at Spanish speaking Internet stations,
managing and holding tech positions at AT&T and the Good Guys, to
working at I-net Support as a Network Engineer, Posada has held his share
of tech and training positions.
Interested in IT ever since he first learned how to play video
games at home, Melvin is also currently enrolled at SF State where he
is majoring in Computer Science. He says he someday hopes to take on more
challenges in the IT field and enjoys th
We here at Street Tech are always striving to find employment opportunities
for our graduates. If you are interested in employing a Street Tech graduate,
please feel free to contact Job Developer Paula Miller (http://us.f134.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=paula@streettech.org;
510-234-1300, ext. 5##). If you are
looking for a job, Street Tech graduate Frederick Jeffery recommends the
following web sites:
- http://dotorg.jobs.com/ The
leading center for jobs in the non-profit world
- http://www.athand.com/ A
nationwide network of Internet Yellow Pages services. At Hand is a business
search service offering business listing information nationwide.
- http://www.jist.com/skills.htm
Job Workshop Online
- http://www.craigslist.org/ Bay
area classified lists available job listings and area events.
Upcoming
events:
- March 24 – Community Technology
Day in
- April 22 - Networking
Party
- June 2 – Orientations
for A+ and Computer Apprenticeship Training classes begin (A+: Every
Wednesday at
- June 17 – Street Tech
Generation 8 Graduation,
Spring
2004 Highlights:
- Street Tech graduated
37 students in our A+ (Computer Technician), Microsoft Certified Professional,
and Computer Apprenticeship Training classes on
- ReliaTech launched on
January 17, in conjunction with “Community Computer Fix-It Day”. ReliaTech
technicians serviced 25 computers for local West County Residents for
free.
- ABC Channel 7 profiled
Street Tech and ReliaTech on February 17 as part of their “Focus on
Solutions” series.
- Microsoft Awarded Street
Tech one of the first “Unlimited Potential” grants as part of its global
$25 million dollar effort to advance community technology programs.
- ReliaTech and the Homeless
Prenatal Program in
- Seven Street Tech graduates
landed tech positions with local companies and organizations between
January and March 2004
Street Tech
510-234-1300