CA Technologies Adam Elster Joins PENCIL Board of Directors
March 06 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Executive Supports Nonprofit’s Mission to Align
Business Expertise With Public School Needs
Adam Elster, president, Global Field Operations at CA
Technologies (NASDAQ:CA), has been named to the Board of Directors
of PENCIL, a nonprofit leader in creating innovative and impactful
models of collaboration between business and public schools.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Adam to our Board of Directors,” said
PENCIL’s president Gregg Betheil. “His passion for encouraging the
next generation of STEM leaders has helped make programs like Guppy
Tank possible. We welcome Adam to the PENCIL family and look
forward to continuing our rewarding partnership with CA
Technologies.”
“I am honored to join the PENCIL Board of Directors,” said
Elster. “I believe strongly in PENCIL’s mission to improve public
education opportunities for all students. I look forward to
supporting their work through my involvement on the Board, and to
reinforcing the advancement of STEM learning with another great
Guppy Tank App Challenge this year. These kids are truly stars in
the making and I have no doubt they have what it takes to ‘swim
with the sharks.’”
During its decade long involvement with PENCIL, CA Technologies
has made more than $1 million in contributions to support the
organization’s programs. Through this partnership, CA also supports
two East Harlem PENCIL schools, the Talented and Gifted School for
Young Scholars (TAG) and Global Technology Preparatory (GTP), where
the company and its employees are helping to develop unique
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education
initiatives for students and building technology capacity. In
addition, CA participates in the PENCIL Internship Program,
providing internships for high school students interested in STEM
careers.
In 2016, CA Technologies and PENCIL joined together to launch
the Guppy Tank App Challenge, a
program that was created and championed by Elster. Now in its
second year, Guppy Tank is a year-long competition for New
York City public school students in the 6th through 8th grades.
Like television’s Shark Tank, Guppy Tank finalists develop and
present an original working app, which is judged by a panel of
experts. Students compete for prizes and scholarships to coding
camps.
In his role at CA Technologies, Elster leads a high-performance
team of experts who are helping businesses across fast-growing,
emerging markets and some of the world’s most powerful and
innovative companies shape the future. The team’s focus is on
helping customers and partners leverage CA’s cutting-edge software
to solve critical business challenges, adapt to changing IT
demands, develop new business models and create new
opportunities.
As a software executive who’s worn many hats across sales,
services, development, support, operations and IT, Elster’s tenure
covers a broad spectrum of executive leadership positions across
CA. As executive vice president of worldwide sales and services, he
created a modern, data-driven sales force that was instrumental in
leading the company to continued growth. Before that, he led and
accelerated CA’s mainframe and customer success businesses, and
served as executive vice president of global business operations
and transformation, owning all aspects of the company’s operating
plan and business model transformation.
About PENCIL
PENCIL is the leader in creating innovative and impactful models
of collaboration between business and public schools. Working at
the intersection of school needs and business expertise, we channel
the best ideas, talent, and skills across sectors to improve school
and student performance and enhance workforce pathways. Learn more
at PENCIL.org.
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About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart
of every business in every industry. From planning, to development,
to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide
to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across
mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe
environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.
For more information on CA’s philanthropic partnerships and
programs, visit ca.com/csr.
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