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NY Creates COO Paul Kelly Highlights High-Tech Opportunities on the Kula Ring Podcast

NY Creates COO Paul Kelly joins The Kula Ring podcast team to discuss the rapidly evolving semiconductor landscape and the critical role NY Creates plays in shaping its future. From enabling next-generation chip technologies through global partnerships to supporting both startups and established industry leaders, the conversation highlights how collaboration is driving innovation at scale. A key focus of the discussion is workforce development; Paul emphasizes the urgent need to build a skilled and diverse talent pipeline. The Kula Ring Podcast episode is here: https://kulapartners.com/thekularing/

LIVE at SEMICON West 2025: Strengthening the Semiconductor Talent Pipeline

In this episode, we're recording LIVE from the energized showroom floor at the 2025 SEMICON West conference in Phoenix, Arizona! This busy high-tech event explores the newest technologies shaping the semiconductor ecosystem and provides an excellent opportunity to connect and collaborate with top industry leaders, engineers, and scientists. In this enlightening episode, we discuss collaborative strategies to bolster America's semiconductor talent pipeline across the industry with two leading experts, NY Creates Vice President of Education & Workforce Development, Dr. Robert Geer, and GlobalFoundries Workforce Development Lead, Christine McLear.

Live at SEMICON West 2025: Innovative Sustainability Initiatives

In this lively episode, we're recording in the middle of the busy showroom floor at the 2025 SEMICON West conference in Phoenix, Arizona! This exciting high-tech event explores the newest technologies shaping the semiconductor ecosystem and provides an excellent opportunity to connect and collaborate with top industry leaders, engineers, and scientists. In this special episode, Irina Spiry, NY Creates Sustainability Engineering Manager, shares key insights about upcoming innovative sustainability practices and initiatives taking place at Creates.

Live at SEMICON West 2025: New Workforce Development Strategies

In this special episode, we're recording LIVE from the 2025 SEMICON West conference in Phoenix, Arizona! This annual event explores the cutting-edge technologies shaping the semiconductor ecosystem and provides a perfect opportunity to connect and collaborate with top industry leaders, engineers, and scientists. In this episode, Justin Rivers, NY Creates Director of Recruitment and Employment, returns to the podcast to discuss new workforce development strategies and share key tips to stand out as a top candidate for a high-tech career.

From Classrooms to Cleanrooms: The ABC's of Building the Next-Gen Chip Workforce

In this episode, we sit down with NY CREATES’ VP for Education and Workforce Development, Dr. Robert Geer, and NY CREATES’ Educational, Outreach, and Workforce Development Manager, Capri O'Hara. We discuss with these experts the exciting workforce development and educational outreach initiatives that take place at NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex, as well as the partnerships that help drive a lot of our program success.