U.S. Army Captain Jake Cortez came home to 休斯顿 from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to attend to some momentous business—the birth of his first child.

But his homecoming was more life changing than he anticipated. Two days after returning from the hospital with his wife and newborn son, 休斯顿 was swamped by the relentless fury of Hurricane Harvey.

“我的整个社区都在水里. We lost our house; we lost everything," Cortez remembered.

这个年轻的家庭投靠亲戚, piling into an aunt's house that became a temporary home to multiple families. 他的阿姨在澳博官方网站app工作 & Co., and Cortez noticed his aunt's bosses calling to check on her and giving her time off to deal with the emergency. As he volunteered around 休斯顿 to help those even less fortunate, he saw 追逐 volunteers out doing the same in their blue 追逐 shirts.

“他们无处不在。. 那是我的“哈哈”!“时刻，”科尔特斯说. "I said to myself, if I am ever going to leave the military, that's the place I want to be."

Soon after, Cortez ended his 10-year military career. He had enlisted as a private and left service as an infantry captain, completing Airborne and Ranger 培训 along the way. 他退休后, he was selected as the first in 休斯顿 to participate in 澳博官方网站app's Military Pathways Development Program, which provides veterans with the necessary experiences, 培训, 以及服务后成功的指导.

The Pathways program is part of a company-wide commitment to hire, retain and promote veterans. “We are creating a pipeline of military veterans to come in and be leaders at our firm,克里·布鲁宁说, program manager for the Military Pathways Development Program.

Since 2011, 澳博官方网站app has hired more than 3,300 veterans in 德州. The company also is a major employer of people seeking a career in technology, like Cortez.

50人以上,000 technologists work at 澳博官方网站app around the globe, 多于1,500 technologists and software engineers in 休斯顿 alone. 在澳博官方网站app, the goal is to become the leading digital bank powered by strong technology capabilities that help us solve problems big and small, 福雷斯特·杜克说, site leader for the 澳博官方网站app Corporate Technology Center in downtown 休斯顿.

“在一个竞争激烈的世界里, an enduring enterprise must deliver products and services that are better and faster, 节省客户的时间和金钱,杜克说. "More and more, this is done with the helping hand of technology."

“We spend nearly half of our budget on innovation – looking at how modern technologies like AI, machine learning and blockchain – can help us continue to provide best-in-class services,他说.

“我知道科技就是未来, and I knew how much this company spends on technology and the value it places on it,科尔特斯说. “That's why I came here to work as a part of the local technology team. 现在, as a technology strategist in one of our Global Incident Command Centers, I'm focused on streamlining the way we combat major technology incidents across the firm."

As the pace of innovation accelerates at unprecedented speed, the need for innovative tech talent is greater than ever. 在休斯顿, 澳博官方网站app hires technologists and software engineers who understand how to apply modern technology to solve business problems and who are able to work together in a highly collaborative way.

There's no question the landscape for top technology talent is competitive, Duke said. So we're focused on being an employer of choice by fostering a culture that respects and promotes the talents of individuals from all backgrounds.

“This company has opened doors of opportunity for me that I didn't think were possible, pushing me to challenge myself to find ways to learn, 每天都在成长，并产生影响,科尔特斯说.