Elizabeth Hyman Posts

“Green shoots” may be sprouting in the economy as evidenced by an uptick in GDP, but unemployment looks to be stuck at near 10% for some time to come.  Economists cite many reasons for this “lagging indicator”, but too many CompTIA member companies know all too well why job creation is hard to come by. When you are a small or medium sized business, obtaining credit remains challenging, and therefore expansion and hiring is a scary proposition. Congress and the White House already have passed leg ...

Greetings!  As the new vice president of Public Advocacy for CompTIA, I am really excited to be leading the reorganization of CompTIA’s public policy and advocacy efforts to better serve our more than 1,500 members and thousands of tech entrepreneurs who are creating jobs and powering the U.S. economy.Small and medium-sized (SMB) technology firms - and the many policy issues that concern them - have long been underrepresented in Washington.  The status quo is not acceptable.  So CompTIA has refo ...