New York Seeks Volunteers for COVID-19 Tech SWAT Team

New York State is launching a new effort to harness leading-edge technology expertise to fight back against the COVID-19 pandemic – and it is seeking volunteers who might want to join the effort.

"We are looking for impactful solutions and skilled tech employees to help," said state officials in announcing the initiative. "Individuals from leading global technology companies are being deployed across high-impact and urgent coronavirus response activities."

New York officials say they're particularly looking for tech professionals with experience in:

• Product management
• Software development and engineering
• Hardware deployment and end-user support
• Data science 
• Operations management
• Design