UST Global's Step IT Up America Program Graduates in Hartford Region to Join Workforce at CareCentrix, Cigna and The Hartford

HARTFORD, CT, Dec. 6, 2018 /CNW/ - UST Global, a leading digital transformation solutions company, today announced the graduation of its Hartford region batch of Step IT Up America (SIUA) program. Eleven students have graduated in domains across Business Analysis, Cybersecurity and Java, and will join the workforce at Cigna, CareCentrix, and The Hartford.

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Launched in 2013, UST Global's Step IT Up America is a national training program designed to employ women, minorities and veterans in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. The selected women, minorities and veterans go through an intensive training program on several technology areas like programming, testing, analytics, cyber security, business analysis, big data, etc.

At the graduation ceremony, UST Global leaders were accompanied by Mark Esposito, CIO, The Hartford; Kimberley Paul, CTO, CareCentrix; and Cigna Deputy CISO, Chris Lockery.

BG Moore, Chief of Staff, UST Global, added, "At UST Global, we are continuously working towards transforming the lives of women, minorities and veterans by empowering them through career in technology. We are excited to announce the graduation of our Hartford SIUA batch, and thank our partners CareCentrix, Cigna and The Hartford for believing in our vision and joining hands with us. Many congratulations to the students and we wish them great success in their career ahead."

Chris Lockery, Deputy CISO, Cigna, added, "Cyber security is a top priority for us because digital is a key enabler of Cigna's mission to improve the health, well-being and sense of security of the millions of people we serve around the globe. We are looking forward to developing these talented local people from the Step IT Up America program to help bring our mission to life by building and maintaining the trust of our customers and clients to handle their most sensitive information."

Kimberley Paul, CTO, CareCentrix, said, "Data is at the core of everything CareCentrix does to help people heal and age at home. Being a part of UST Global's Step IT Up America program to advance the careers of veterans in the areas of business analytics, data security and big data programming, furthers an important cause of getting patients the right care, at the right place and at the right cost. These graduates exemplify the true meaning of service for the well-being of others and will undoubtedly continue to use their skills to help advance those technologies. Congratulations to all the graduates."

Renuka Thulasidharan Premaja, Head - Step IT Up America, UST Global, said, "Information technology jobs are the largest STEM job creators in America and around the world. Yet women, minorities and veterans are severely underrepresented in this sector. To address this, we have our unique and sustainable workforce model that provides the necessary skills and fills this lack of diversity. We are grateful to our client partners who came forward and will be employing the graduates."

About UST Global 

UST Global is a leading digital technology solutions company that provides advanced computing and digital services to large private and public enterprises around the world. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies in banking and financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, technology, manufacturing, shipping, and telecom. UST Global believes in building long-lasting, strategic business relationships through agile and client-centric global engagement models that combine local experts and resources with cost, scale, and quality advantages of global operations.

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