The Tech Advisory Council brings together Buffalo’s foremost technology leaders, representing some of the region’s largest and fastest-growing companies.
Every employer in Buffalo is looking for talent.
For years, they’ve largely searched on their own—competing in the same pool and solving the same problems in parallel.
TechBuffalo’s newly convened Tech Advisory Council is built on a different idea: talent development works better when companies build it together.
The Tech Advisory Council brings together Buffalo’s foremost technology leaders—Chief Information Officers, Chief Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and more. They represent some of the region’s largest and fastest-growing companies across banking, professional services, healthcare, and pure-play tech.
The Council convenes quarterly to shape talent strategies that create a distinct, durable, and competitive advantage for Western New York.
The hypothesis is simple: talent powers modern economies. What if Buffalo became best-in-class at developing, attracting, and retaining it? If Buffalo wins on talent, it wins on economic growth, innovation, and long-term competitiveness.
In a traditional—or outdated—market, companies treat talent as a finite resource to guard. This scarcity mindset creates a vacuum where businesses compete individually for the same limited pool of engineers and analysts. The Tech Advisory Council replaces that vacuum with a belief in abundance.
It’s a proven model. Other high-growth, mid-tier tech hubs have shown that industry-led collaboration works:
TechBuffalo’s Tech Advisory Council ensures that job-creating companies have direct input into how the region builds and aligns its talent pipelines.
Local proof points are already emerging. This week, TechBuffalo, 43North Foundation, Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, and Odoo launched a new talent development program—one that serves as a template for better connecting local talent with employer needs. Models like these align education, employer demand, and talent support from day one, creating a more direct path from training to employment.
Buffalo has the infrastructure and the ambition to be a premier tech hub. The Tech Advisory Council is how it builds the talent to match.
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