Indiana Strategic Skills Initiative

(Embedded Systems Economic Growth Cluster)

The CEC is collaborating with a group of high-tech software and programming companies that currently meet monthly to align skill training needs among members. A Strategic Skills Initiative Grant of $250,000 is being used to pay for very specialized technical training. The grant language was recently amended to include more real-time operating system certifications than the original grant included.  Joint-partnerships have formed among members of the group and the feasibility of new shared facility space at the InfoTech Park which is located on Columbus Municipal Airport property.

The Embedded Systems Initiative has three objectives:

	Determine opportunities for cooperative growth and resource sharing among group members.
	Discover a process for technology commercialization by connecting the cluster to university intellectual property and licensing opportunities
	Help in the process of developing a qualified workforce for the cluster by providing skills training grants, talent attraction events, and internship opportunities.

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