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THE COALITION
An Advisory coalition of more than 70 employers,
community-based organizations, educators and policy makers
contributed to the development of the EnterTech™
Project. Coalition members contributed many in-kind
donations to project activities and provided advice and
assessment of project milestones.
The EnterTech Project is dedicated
to Dewey Winburne
Project funding was granted by the
Office of the Governor of the State of Texas. The grant
reflects the Governor's support of creative initiatives
to train underemployed and welfare-dependent people for
high-skill jobs.
Grant oversight was provided by the
Texas
Workforce Commission whose mission is to promote and
support a workforce system that offers individuals, employers
and communities opportunities to achieve and sustain economic
prosperity.
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IC2
Institute of the University
of Texas at Austin manages project development
and administration.
IC2 Institute is a globally interactive
virtual organization that uses modern telecommunications
and multimedia technologies to link research universities,
businesses, and other institutional and individual
resources in developed and emerging regions for shared
prosperity at home and abroad.
The Institute provides unique approaches to the study
of business, technology, political, social, and economic
issues by studying unstructured problems, developing
multidisciplinary think teams and going beyond functional
boundaries, linking theory with practice, and providing
opportunities to think anew within a university environment.
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Multimedia and software code development were produced
by Sapient
in Austin, Texas (formerly Human
Code). Sapient's Learning Center of Excellence
focuses on being the best in the business of learning
and creates spectacular learning environments in custom
learning solutions drawing upon creative and technical
expertise in business strategy, instructional design,
experience design, art, video, audio, systems development,
and project management.
team
smartyPants! inc. spearheaded the EnterTech™
visual design and user experience by designing and
developing the product's visuals and interface design
as well as co-developing the overall experience and
producing almost all of the art. Additionally team
smartyPants! designed the physical materials for the
EnterTech™ Program as well as this very website…
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George Kozmetsky is Executive Associate for Economic
Affairs, The University of Texas System. He also serves
as Chairman of the Advisory Board and is a Senior
Research Fellow of IC2 Institute. In addition,
Dr. Kozmetsky is Professor in the Management and Computer
Science Departments, holds the Murray S. Johnson
Chair in Economics and the IC2 E.D.
Walker Centennial Fellowship at The University
of Texas at Austin. He also is Professor in the Department
of Medicine of The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio. Dr. Kozmetsky served from 1966-1982
as Dean of the College of Business Administration
and the Graduate School of Business at The University
of Texas at Austin.
His business acumen spans service, manufacturing, and
technology-based industries. He is the co-founder
and former Executive Vice President of Teledyne, Inc.
In addition, he has assisted in developing over 100
technology-based companies as well as serving on numerous
boards including Gulf Oil, La Quinta, Heizer Inc.,
and Dell Corporation. He is an acknowledged expert
in high technology and venture capital.
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Adecco
American Institute
for Learning
Andersen Consulting
Austaco,
Inc.
Austin
Academy
Austin Area
Urban League
Austin
Business College
Austin
Community College
Austin
Families Inc.
Austin
Free-Net
Austin
ISD
Austin
Mayor's Office
Baylor
University - Institute of Technology and Innovation Mangement
Caliber
Logistics Inc.
Capital Area School to Work Partnership
Capital
Area Training Foundation
Capital Area Tech-Prep Consortium
Capital Area
Workforce Development Board
Capital
Metro
Capital of
Texas Workforce Center
Center
for the Study of Human Resources (UT-Austin)
Communities
in Schools
Community Action
Network
Community
College Leadership Program (UT-Austin)
CompTIA
Crime
Prevention Institute
Dell Computer
Corporation
EG&G Management
Services of San Antonio
EIMC:
A Distance Education Center (UT-Austin)
Federal Bureau
of Prisons - National Institute of Corrections
Georgetown ISD
Greater
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Green
Thumb
Human
Capital Development Society
Human Code
IBM
IC²
Institute (UT-Austin)
Intel
Interactive
Architex
ICI - Integrated Concepts Inc.
Interim
on Premises at Dell
KCTF
Keystone
International
KLRU
Manpower
MATEC
McLennan
Community College
MI Inc.
Montgomery
College
Motorola
National
Instruments
New
Horizons Computer Learning Centers
Project QUEST
Radian International
LLC
Raytheon
Rural
Capital Area Workforce Development Board
Samsung
Austin Semiconductor, LLC
Selber
Sematech
Siemens
Sociology
Department of UT-Austin
SOICC
Solectron
Teamsource
Teen
Parent Council of Austin, Inc.
Texas Engineering
Extension Service (TEEX)
Texas Instruments
Texas
Multimedia Program of Texas Governor's Office
Texas State
Technical College
3M
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