About Us

WTIA is a consortium that includes a not-for-profit member trade association, a not-for-profit tech
apprenticeship intermediary, and a for-profit corporation providing business services.

Our Mission

To foster a robust, equity-centered technology sector that empowers thriving communities.

We recruit technology companies and allies that:

  • View diversity as a competitive advantage
  • Value collaboration as essential to sustainable growth, and
  • Fully embrace the opportunity to partner with and empower the communities in which we operate.
Our Shared Operational Priorities

We create coalitions in order to:

  • Build programs that help employers develop, recruit, and retain diverse tech talent
  • Deliver high value, affordable financial services to SMB companies
  • Advocate for public policies that support our mission
  • Create forums for industry, education, and government to partner effectively

All WTIA programs, communications, events, and services are designed to make members feel:

Empowered

Connected

Informed

Proud

Supported

Our Aspirations for 2026
  • 90 of the largest 100 tech companies in WA state are members
  • Total of 5,000 tech company members 
  • More than half of WTIA member companies engage in at least two WTIA services or programs
  • At least 5,000 tech apprentices placed nationally
  • At least 20,000 employees and dependents served with healthcare and/or retirement plans
  • At least 50 Pact member companies have staff, management, and boards that fully reflect the community demographics
Our Core Values

We actively pursue diversity

We methodically eliminate bias in every aspect of our company. We purposefully hire, advocate for, and develop women,
Black, Latino/x, and other underrepresented populations in tech into every level of the organization including
our boards, leadership, employees, and contractors.

We care deeply about our deliverables

We are intellectually curious, always learning or improving skills to ensure that what we
deliver in our daily work is the very best it can be.

We are entrepreneurial

We have the courage to build a better future for ourselves, our organization, and our community.
We take risks and learn from our failures. We know that challenging our assumptions is necessary to capture opportunity.

We are servant leaders

We endeavor to help each other, our members, partners, and stakeholders get what they need, when they need it.
In every moment, we ask “how can I help” and then we are responsive, nimble, and make a good effort to achieve the outcome.

We are radically transparent

We work diligently to remove barriers to organizational information and openly
share the development of policies and processes with each other.
We speak and act with integrity, and embrace differences of opinion.

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