- Real-World Market Insights: Get a closer look at the latest tech hiring, skills, and compensation trends shaping the year ahead.
- AI & The Evolution of Tech Roles: Explore how AI is changing traditional roles, creating new opportunities, and redefining the skills employers need.
- Salary & Skills Benchmarking: Understand where compensation is moving, which capabilities are commanding a premium, and what it means for your career or hiring strategy.
- Interactive Workshops: Turn market data into practical next steps, whether you're mapping your career growth or planning your team's future.
AI is reshaping technical roles, emerging skills are changing what employers value, and compensation trends are influencing how companies attract and retain talent. As the industry looks toward 2027, both tech professionals and hiring leaders are facing important questions about what comes next.
Join Tech in Motion for an afternoon of real-world market insights, salary benchmarks, and interactive workshops designed to help you navigate what's ahead. From understanding how AI is transforming in-demand roles to benchmarking compensation and exploring smarter workforce strategies, we'll break down what the latest data tells us —and what you can do with it.
- The skills shaping 2027: Which technical capabilities are gaining momentum as AI and emerging technologies reshape the workforce.
- The roles evolving fastest: How expectations are changing across software engineering, data, product, and other tech disciplines.
- The compensation landscape: Where salaries are moving, which skills are driving premiums, and how to benchmark your position in the market.
- The opportunities ahead: How to identify career growth opportunities, strengthen your competitive edge, and make more informed talent decisions.
- A plan for what's next: Practical ways to translate market data into career development, hiring, and workforce planning strategies.
AI is changing more than how we work—it's changing the roles companies hire for and the skills that make tech professionals stand out. Explore how software engineering, data, product, and other technical disciplines are evolving, which new capabilities are gaining traction, and where opportunities are emerging.
Get beyond broad salary averages with a closer look at the compensation trends shaping today's tech market. Using insights from Motion's 2027 Tech Salary Guide, we'll explore where salaries are shifting, which skills are commanding premiums, and how competition for specialized talent is influencing hiring and retention.
For tech talent: Benchmark your market value, understand which skills can increase your earning potential, and prepare for your next career conversation.
For hiring leaders: See how your compensation compares, identify roles where talent competition is intensifying, and make more informed decisions around hiring and retention.
Knowing which skills you need—and what they cost—is only part of the equation. Explore how organizations can translate market insights into smarter workforce plans, from deciding when to hire versus upskill to evaluating permanent, contract, and project-based talent strategies.
For tech talent: Understand how workforce trends are influencing career opportunities, in-demand expertise, and the ways companies are building teams.
For hiring leaders: Connect salary benchmarks to real workforce costs, prioritize critical capabilities, and explore more flexible ways to close skills gaps and build for the future.
Jake Rasweiler is a strategy and product executive recognized for leading growth, innovation, and large-scale infrastructure investments across data centers, technology, telecommunications, and energy sectors. As Senior Vice President at Kelly Services, he oversees data center and digital infrastructure strategy spanning engineering, energy, and AI workforce solutions.
Before joining Kelly, Jake spent eight years as Senior Vice President of Innovation at American Tower, where he launched its data center business and acquisition of CoreSite becoming a US top 10 data center operator.
His earlier career includes leadership roles in wireless technology startups, electric power industry and strategy consulting, advising Fortune 500s and private equity firms on M&A, market entry, and product development.
A licensed Professional Engineer, Jake holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Management Strategy
My work in journalism, public relations and recruitment has helped me connect individuals and ideas across a variety of platforms and for a multitude of purposes. Through well-crafted content and simple interactions, my professional goals include building lasting teams capable of stretching the limits of what they thought was possible.
In my personal life, my ties as a writer influence how I view the world. With everything I do, I try to be passionate and let the natural characters who have shaped my life find new homes in the styles and mannerisms of my work. When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time outdoors and attempting to reclaim my ever-worsening golf game.
Mark brings over 30 years of extensive experience in the wireless industry, having worked with leading global telecommunications manufacturers, world-class carriers, and prominent telecom consulting and solutions provider. Prior to joining our team, Mark held the position of Network Vice President, where he oversaw the design, deployment, and operation of Sprint’s wireless network in the Northeast Region. His leadership roles extended across RF Engineering, Operations, and Solutions Engineering teams for both Sprint and Nextel. Mark’s career trajectory also includes roles within Motorola, where he contributed to Test Systems and Field Engineering teams. Beyond his professional endeavors, Mark is deeply committed to serving as a board member for Warriors4Wireless, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering military veterans by facilitating rewarding career opportunities within the telecommunications sector. Mark’s expertise, leadership, and dedication to bridging the gap between veterans and telecommunications careers exemplify his impact within the industry and the community.
Jake Rasweiler is a strategy and product executive recognized for leading growth, innovation, and large-scale infrastructure investments across data centers, technology, telecommunications, and energy sectors. As Senior Vice President at Kelly Services, he oversees data center and digital infrastructure strategy spanning engineering, energy, and AI workforce solutions.
Before joining Kelly, Jake spent eight years as Senior Vice President of Innovation at American Tower, where he launched its data center business and acquisition of CoreSite becoming a US top 10 data center operator.
His earlier career includes leadership roles in wireless technology startups, electric power industry and strategy consulting, advising Fortune 500s and private equity firms on M&A, market entry, and product development.
A licensed Professional Engineer, Jake holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Management Strategy
