Selling Appalachia talent in Silicon Valley By
Todd Cope recently completed his trip to California. (submitted photo)
SILICON VALLEY, California A Huntington businessman may stay in California’s Silicon Valley for a few months trying to convince high-tech companies to hook-up with IT workers in Appalachia.
Todd Cope, CEO of CentralApp, drove across the country meeting with business representatives telling them what his talent exchange has to offer when it comes to helping them with their tech needs.
CentralApp has recruited workers from across Appalachia, Cope said.
“We’ve had a lot of success stories. Somebody got laid-off at Walmart or something like that and then they were able to get the training and then move very quickly, sometimes in just a matter of two or three years into a six-figure remote tech worker in the hills of Appalachia. I just want to do that a thousand times,” Cope told MetroNews recently.
Todd Cope, CEO of the Huntington-based tech company CentralApp, is traveling across the country in his Tesla with the goal of bringing technology jobs that can be done remotely to skilled workers in Appalachia, instead of outsourcing them to workers in other countries.
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This week, CentralApp CEO Todd Cope began a month-long trip across the country to attempt to bring remote technology related jobs to the area. Submitted photo
On Monday, Jan. 4, CentralApp CEO Todd Cope kicked off âOperation Rural Techâ with a nearly month-long trip across the country in an attempt to bring remote technology related jobs to the area. Through the Operation Rural Tech initiative, Cope said he will follow a meandering route from West Virginia to California, camping along the way in his Tesla. While on the road, he said he plans to connect to technology leaders across the U.S. from a safe social distance. One of the first stops of the trip was in Hazard.