Check out this press release about a new company being managed by one of the most entrepreneurial and energetic vets out there (and A Ranger Up guy and American Sin Bin founder), LTC (ret) Kelly Crigger. Veteran Tech Brigade has our full support! Please share this far and wide: Veteran Tech Brigade KCrigger www.veterantechbrigade.com Veteran Tech Brigade Wages War on Unemployment A new company with experienced partners seeks to offer job opportunities for military veterans in the fastest growing sector of Information Technology. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Free-Press-Release.com) Sep 5, 2012 -- Military veterans aren’t finding jobs. The current unemployment rate among veterans is 12% and among the under-24 demographic it’s twice as high. And while many companies across the USA are doing their part to help curb it, veteran unemployment is still near record numbers. Veteran Tech Brigade is doing something about that. Founded by US Army veterans and an entrepreneur with a history of success, Veteran Tech Brigade is an IT consulting service whose goal is to give high quality employment and leadership opportunities to military veterans, both as independent business owners and independent contractors in the always-expanding IT industry. “This is all about creating opportunities for our heroes,” says CEO Kelly Crigger. “We link IT-skilled veterans with local businesses to provide top-tier IT services and help those companies grow with veterans alongside them every step of the way.” In addition to the local business focus, Veteran Tech Brigade offers franchises and plans to establish up to one hundred teams across the country over the next five years. “We provide every Veteran Tech Brigade team leader with hands-on training in technology servicing, business operations, financing, administrative functions, and marketing. In turn they own their own business, hire more veterans, and determine their own destiny,” Crigger adds. Steve Spiro, a founding member of Audible.com and a serial entrepreneur, funded the idea in order to give back to those who have sacrificed so much for this great country. Spiro assembled a team of combat veterans with diverse and successful backgrounds with one objective-come up with a plan to get veterans jobs. “Veterans leave the service with unmatched leadership skills earned by being in positions of great responsibility and situations that break ordinary people,” says Spiro. “They do this for the greater good of America and deserve a position worthy of their skillset when entering the civilian job market. We have to do something to help curb the unemployment rate among this demographic.” Veteran Tech Brigade provides a full spectrum IT service that diagnoses, upgrades, and monitors business networks. Veteran Tech Brigade’s IT professionals assess security risks, install and upgrade software and hardware, ensure networks operate at the highest possible levels, and enable networks to grow as the business grows. They also monitor networks remotely through its 24-hour network operations center. “I’m proud to support Veteran Tech Brigade and am very excited with the work they’re doing,” says Matt Burden, founder of BlackFive.net. “VTB will give veterans something they are in desperate need of; an opportunity.” Servicing is the fastest growing sector of the Information Technology industry. As technology grows and computing becomes increasingly complicated, servicing companies have enjoyed a proportional growth in the USA, which Veteran Tech Brigade will capitalize on, especially with its network of veteran-owned businesses who take care of their own. Veteran Tech Brigade also has a high-powered advisory board in its corner that includes Ranger Up CEO Nick Palmisciano, American Women Veterans founder Eve Chase, and Pittsburgh Steelers football legend Franco Harris. Learn more about Veteran Veteran Tech Brigade at www.veterantechbrigade.com Follow Tech Brigade on twitter @vettechbrigade On facebook at www.facebook.com/veterantechbrigade
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