Leaders want to turn Wyoming into hub for tech firms

Wayne Johnson was skeptical when business leaders began discussing plans about a decade ago to turn Wyoming into a hub for technology firms.

"I didn’t think we could get any Silicon Valley-type things in Cheyenne," said the longtime Republican state senator, who represents parts of Laramie and Goshen counties. "I thought, ‘Let’s do distribution centers and concentrate on that.’

"But, boy, did I guess wrong."

"We are fortunate to be able to live in a state that has been investing heavily in education," he said. "And with 4.4 million job vacancies that are going to happen because of big data and because of the Internet of things, there are things we can do to help push our state forward and have these kids, these employees of this workforce, be the innovators of the future in Wyoming."

by Trevor Brown, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne

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