Introducing: Onboard Accelerator
Onboard Accelerator exists because we ask early-career IT professionals to succeed in corporate environments they've never been taught to navigate.
A structured onboarding enablement workshop that builds capability, confidence, and alignment — while helping prevent early performance issues.
Equip your new IT hires with the soft-skills and practical insight they need to ramp faster and communicate clearly — all while reducing the coaching burden on managers.
Modules and topics include:
Program length is 12 hours with two delivery options
3 Days (4 Hours Per Day)
2 Days (6 Hours Per Day)
Program facilitated by Joseph Porten (Intro below)
Available onsite or virtually
Starting at $4,000 per cohort (up to 10 participants)
Includes digital program book and workbook for each participant
Printed and bound versions of book and workbook available for additional charge of $75 per participant.
Travel billed separately for onsite sessions.
Curious whether Onboard Accelerator is a fit for your team?
No pressure — just a practical conversation about your onboarding goals.
Meet Your Instructor
Hello. My name is Joe Porten. I'm a 33-year IT veteran who spent my entire career at Sallie Mae as a developer, manager, and director. I live in Speedway, Indiana.
Having spent 18 years managing scores of IT professionals on many different teams, I was always passionate about coaching people and helping them grow at the professional level.
My final 3 years with Sallie Mae were spent leading their talent development initiatives across all of IT. It was during this time I built and led new hire onboarding initiatives. This provided the spark for me to carry on this important work today.
After retiring at 55 in April 2025, I realized I still have much to give—so Tech Careers Enablement was born along with my flagship program Onboard Accelerator.
I am forever grateful to the wonderful people at Sallie Mae who were instrumental in teaching, guiding, and challenging me to be the best version of myself.