News Releases
Leading Manufacturers Join South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance at Innovation Event
Disruptive Technology Expert and Industry-Leading Panel Share Best Practices in Applied Technology at In-Person and Virtual Event (Greer, SC) The South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance (SCFUSA), an initiative of the SC Council on Competitiveness, along with the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Spartanburg Economic Futures Group will host a workshop […]
South Carolina’s Technology Industry News – August 2020
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SC Council on Competitiveness to lead STEM Educator of the Year Award
Statewide education foundation closes its doors after 25+ years of positively impacting public education in South Carolina Florence, SC — South Carolina Future Minds (SCFM), a statewide nonpartisan organization convening business and education stakeholders to advance smart programs and policies that improve public education, announces the dissolution of the 20+ year organization and subsequent transition […]
Remote Working: What to Learn From the Tech Industry That Pioneered WFH; Part I: How Did We Get Here?
Kim Christ, Director of SC Tech and SC Cyber SC Council on Competitiveness The technology sector was well-known for its remote workforce long before phrases like “the new normal,” “unprecedented time,” and “let’s Zoom” were part of our COVID-19 vernacular. Now, as other industries are putting new work from home policies in place and making […]
Get to Know Our New SC Tech/SC Cyber Director, Kim Christ
5 Questions with our New SC Tech/SC Cyber Director, Kim Christ How long have you been involved in the technology and cybersecurity industries in SC? I starting working in tech right as we approached Y2K with managing Microsoft Exchange servers for the SC Department of Safety. That morphed into a project manager role and then […]