Cook Systems Helping Address National Shortage of Enterprise Developers

Ironically, just a few months earlier, the LinkedIn Workforce Report showed that Nashville has the biggest skills shortage for software engineering management in the country. To help combat that shortage in the region, a nearly 30-year old Memphis company with a strong track record in connecting qualified IT talent with those needing their expertise just opened an office about a year ago in Franklin.

The company is Cook Systems, founded by Wayne Cook, the inaugural Chief Information Officer at First Tennessee Bank. We recently met Curt Holmes, the company’s new Business Development representative for Middle Tennessee, at the “Rise of the Rest Road Tour” stop in Chattanooga, and subsequently had the opportunity to learn more about Cook Systems during an interview in Franklin.

We found the company’s approach to be unique, starting with what one might describe as the endgame already known.

Read the full article at Teknovation.