INTERFACE Kansas City
July 15th, 2021

  Presented by Kara Lowe • COO, KC Tech Council

The KC tech industry has proven to be durable and resilient in a year full of economic challenges and overall uncertainties. We can better understand how to move forward by looking over data and analysis from the past in the fourth edition of the KC Tech Specs report outlining economic and workforce trends affecting the Kansas City region and both Kansas and Missouri.

Since 2017, the KC Tech Council has released KC Tech Specs, a report capturing data and analysis around Kansas City’s tech industry. The report is designed to give the tech community, businesses, educators, lawmakers, civic leaders, and students a consolidated, data-driven resource to find information about our region’s tech landscape. Data sources are cited on every page and feature a compilation of relevant statistics from KC Tech Council’s partners at CompTIA, Code.org, and other sources like CBRE’s annual “Scoring Tech Talent” report.

Tech enterprises rely on data to inform and drive business decisions every day. Join KCTC COO Kara Lowe as she discusses opportunities to leverage our strengths, improve our deficiencies, and grow together as a tech hub of the future.

Presented by: Kara Lowe / COO, KC Tech Council

Kara is Chief Operating Officer of the KC Tech Council, a membership-based association serving as the regional advocate for Kansas City’s tech industry. Her role is focused on driving organizational and industry growth through investor development, strategic partnerships, marketing, and events.

Kara currently serves on the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) advisory board for The University of Kansas Edwards Campus, the advisory board for SkilledKC’s Software Development program, and is an active volunteer and girls basketball coach at St. Elizabeth Catholic School. Kara was named a member of the NextGen Leaders class of 2021 by the Kansas City Business Journal. She is a 2015 graduate of the KC Chamber's Centurions Leadership Program and a journalism graduate from the University of Kansas.