Montana's High-Tech Economy: Growth, AI, and the Future Workforce with Christina Henderson

Montana’s high-tech economy is growing and changing rapidly. Christina Henderson, Executive Director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance, will share findings from the 2026 Montana High Tech Industries Report, including new data on economic growth, wages and employment, AI adoption, and evolving workforce needs, along with a look at what these trends could mean for Montana’s innovation economy. About our speaker: Christina Quick Henderson has served as executive director of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance since its launch in April 2014 and the MHTBA Foundation since 2023. She worked previously as the Marketing Director for the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research and as Director of the Delta County Economic Development Alliance in Escanaba, Michigan. She has been an instructor in the University of Montana College of Business and writes for Montana Business Quarterly and other publications. Christina holds an English/Education degree from the University of Iowa and an MBA from the University of Montana.