MEIT partners with San Jacinto College to deliver cyber security training via Department of Labor grant

Officials at MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEIT), a nationwide technology company, today announced they have partnered with San Jacinto College (SJC) to offer cyber security training to more than 2,500 unemployed and incumbent workers as part of a new $4.9 million H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant awarded to SJC from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The partnership will implement the Information Technology Training for Tomorrow (IT3) Project to offer local industry with information technology (IT) security, mid-level IT training and IT soft skills training. In addition to MEIT, other partners include the IBM Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Gulf Coast Workforce Board and the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership.

“We’re excited to work with San Jacinto College and with the other partners on the IT3 program that is being funded by this grant,” said Michael Van Chau, vice president of cyber strategy and development with MEI Technologies. “The program’s participants will have opportunities to develop and increase their skills in IT security and cloud computing as mobile devices become more prevalent in delivering business applications. The transformation of the local workforce to support the IT infrastructure of the future will contribute positively to local economic development.”

MEIT recently served on the Cloud2 Commission – a collaboration with the TechAmerica Foundation, industry and academia – to develop recommendations for accelerating adoption of cloud technologies in the U.S. government.