Cracking the Code: Innovation and Technology . . . Beyond the Pandemic, and Beyond the Gate (PID078)

3.30pm – 4.15pm EDT, 26 October 2022 ‐ 45 mins

Parallel Workshops

The workshop will highlight the partnership between Persevere and the Arizona Department of Corrections, the innovation Director David Shinn led and is leading within the department both during and post pandemic. Persevere is a national 501(c)3 organization with a mission to empower our students to change their lives, their families and their communities through technology education, life skills development, employment, and wraparound services. We do this by teaching a 12 month coding bootcamp certifitying our students as Full-Stack Developers and preparing them for a career in Tech.
Come and see how Persevere is revolutionizing the way programming is done, providing cutting edge technology education and placing an impressive 94% of program graduates in technology jobs after release.

Speakers

David Shinn

Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry, USA

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Sean Hosman

Chief Executive Officer, Vant4ge, United States

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Zach Hosman

Director of Operations, Persevere, USA

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David Shinn

Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry, USA

Prior to his appointment by Governor Doug Ducey in October 2019 as Director of the Arizona

Department of Corrections, David Shinn served for more than 32 years in uniformed and civil service for the United States Government. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he began his career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1991 as a Correctional Officer. For more than 28 years, he served as a federal law enforcement officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons rising to the position of Assistant Director for the Program Review Division, Washington, D.C.

As a member of the Executive Leadership for the nation’s largest correctional system with 122

institutions, 39,000 employees, and an inmate population of more than 240,000, he served as the internal audit authority responsible for the development of comprehensive audit guidelines and led a division of professional auditors in the continuous assessment and evaluation of the agency’s operations comprised of seventeen specialized disciplines. He served as the agency coordinator for all external audit activities conducted by the Department of Justice Inspector General’s Office and Government Accounting Office and was responsible for resolving audit findings by managing the policy and procedural changes necessary to demonstrate compliance and prevent recurrence. Additionally, he led agency training efforts and managed the accreditation process to achieve and maintain certification from the American Correctional Association, the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and later the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare.

Previously, Mr. Shinn served as Complex Warden at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville (CA), Warden at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles (CA) and Warden at the Federal Detention Center, Honolulu (HI). In 2014, he was appointed as a member of our nation’s Senior Executive Service by the Attorney General of the United States.

Sean Hosman

Chief Executive Officer, Vant4ge, United States

Sean Hosman is the Founder of Persevere, building the organization from his own experience as an ex-offender and his desire to help others. For the past twenty years, Sean has pioneered reform in criminal justice systems throughout the United States as the CEO of Vant4ge. He has been a leader in creating, developing, and implementing advanced, system-wide frameworks for evidence-based practices, including tools, instruments, technology, policy and practice, and ultimately, outcomes. Sean started with juvenile justice systems, in 1998, working with the Washington State Institute for Public Policy and the Washington Association of Counties to develop and implement the country's first fourth generation juvenile risk and needs assessment and case planning system. From this initial work, he has continued to develop and implement increasingly advanced implementation platforms, in both juvenile delinquency and adult corrections systems, specializing in state and local departments of juvenile justice and corrections. Sean's work has evolved to encompass the entire continuum of correctional care, or Rehabilitative Life Cycle, specializing in the continuity of data-driven decision making throughout entire systems, from arrest, jail, probation, community corrections, prison or residential supervision, to parole and aftercare. Mr. Hosman holds a Juris Doctorate from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark School of Law and is a member of the Utah and Colorado State Bars, and the American Bar Association.

Zach Hosman

Director of Operations, Persevere, USA

Zach Hosman is the Sr. Director of Operations. He is responsible for the day-to-day implementation, operations, and management of Persevere’s coding and employment programs within institutions and community agencies. Mr. Hosman is well acquainted with the skills, perseverance, and support ex-offenders need to succeed in the job market and community. Not only does he have 5+ years in the project management and leadership fields, but his father is an ex-offender himself, and Zach is committed to helping others move beyond their pasts to create successful futures for themselves. Under his leadership, Persevere has the best blend of technical expertise, inspiration, and enthusiasm that participants will need to change their lives.