“The silver tsunami, it’s a real thing,” said JB Holston, dean of the University of Denver’s Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science.
Talking to Government Technology at the Colorado Digital Government Summit in October, Holston said it’s a phenomenon that’s been around but is even more acute today. As an example, he pointed to the Colorado Office of Information Technology where the average employee age is over 50. In the video, posted above, Holston discusses two ways for public-sector leaders to frame their technology staffing initiatives.