ITAG Partnership and Training Initiatives

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ITAG Partnership and Training Initiatives

• Anne S. Morris, ITAG Project Consultant
• Cyd McCord, ITAG Training Consultant
• James Lauckner, JLis Management Consulting
  ITAG Chairperson
• Steven Koss, Unisys ITAG Vice-Chairperson
• Diana F. Kimmich, Analytical Graphics, Inc.
  Immediate Past Co-Chairperson
• October 28, 2008

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• The ITAG Mission
• ITAG's mission is to create and sustain a
  regional partnership in Southeastern Pennsylvania
  that encourages technology companies and
  companies that use technology to grow their
  businesses in an increasingly sophisticated
  global marketplace. 
• This is accomplished by working closely with
  participating companies, economic development
  agencies, and education/training partners to
  leverage workforce and business development
  resources on behalf of ITAG members.

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• ITAG Serving
• Information and Communication Service Technology
  Industry
• Scope Regional with cross-industry outreach
• Focus Production, refinement, transfer of
  information
• Collaborative SEPA Region
• Private Sector
• Educational Institutions
• Agencies Supporting Workforce and Economic
  Development
• Knowledge Driven / Data Driven Facilitates
• Corporate performance, production, and
  profitability
• Innovative and emerging technologies
• Workforce and Economic Development Pipeline

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• Goal Understanding Regional Realities
• Knowledge Informs Action
• Example Chester County
• 877 Information and Communication Businesses in
  Chester County
• 5 500 Employees or more
• 50 50-499 Employees
• 245 4-49 Employees
• 577 Fewer than 5 Employees
• Source Chester County WIB

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Innovative Technology Action Group
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Innovative Technology Action Group

• ITAG Partnership Initiatives
• ITAG Sustainability Initiatives
• ITAG Program Initiatives
• Youth Initiatives
• ITAG Incumbent Worker and Aggregate Training

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• ITAG Sustainability Initiatives
• ITAG Sustainability
• Develop Business Plan
• Research Alternate Funding Sources Innovative
  Options for Sustainability
• Initiative Sponsorships
• Cross Industry Collaborations
• Shared Resources
• Avoid Duplication of Service

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• 2008- 2009 ITAG Programming
• ITAG Breakfast Briefing Joint project with
  CCEDC International, KIZ and ITAG - September 23,
  2008
• Topic  Patented, or So What? Focus
  Intellectual Property
• Speakers
• Ross Oehler, Fox Rothschild, LLC, Partner
• Michael Harrington, Fox Rothschild, LLC, Office
  Managing Partner for the Exton office
• Jeffrey A. Brown, Advent Management
  International, Limited, Senior Associate
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• ITAG Quarterly Meeting - October 16, 2008
• Topic The Future of Information Systems
• Speaker Dr. Thomas Martin, Holy Family
  University
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• Future Initiative Breakfast Briefing Joint with
  Smart Energy and ITAG December 2, 2008
• Topic Create an Energy Sustainable Environment
• Speaker Audrey A. Zibelman, President and CEO of
  Nodal Exchange, LLC Prior position executive
  vice president and chief operating officer of PJM
  Interconnection

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• ITAG Youth Initiatives
• ITAG Strategic Directions
• GETT (Girls Exploring Tomorrows Technology)
• TechiesDay
• TechTrek
• My Internship Gopher
• West Chester University 3-E Institute

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Innovative Technology Action Group

• ITAG Incumbent Worker Training
• Regional Distribution of Funding
• 31 of 36 grantees provided training in 2006-2007
• 27 of 30 grantees provided training in 2007-2008
• Over 450 individual employees received over 900
  individual training opportunities in each fiscal
  year
• Over 1 million dollars in training dollars
  requested regionally in each fiscal year