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E3 CoE Leads Restructure Of Vision 2013, Inc.

 

Smith Gruppe CEO Antoine Smith accepted the invitation to act as Interim Executive Director of Vision 2013, Inc. and restructure the organization as Vision 213, Inc. DBA Vision 8:28. Vision 2013, Inc. struggled with the creation and buildout of the right business model and infrastructure to conduct itself as a regional economic development authority. 

 

Vision 2013, Inc. DBA Vision 8:28 chose the E3 CoE model by which it wanted to rebrand itself and go to market with the support of Smith Gruppe in rewriting its By Laws, creating the business infrastructure, and developing the necessary organizational leadership to pursue its new brand identity. --- Smith Gruppe was integral in both the web-design and the development of a 5-Year Strategic and Growth Plan.

Carter G. Woodson Charter School Software Engineering Primer 

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRIMER

Smith Gruppe supports every stakeholder throughout the communities they serve. In this project Smith Gruppe optimized the computer lab at a North Carolina Charter School to provide for software engineering education and training for full-stack development training for its high school population. Smith Gruppe provided the servers, an in-person instructor and virtual classroom computing for ongoing student support .

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

LEXINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY

Smith Gruppe partnered with and advised the Lexington Housing Authority, a North Carolina HUD Certified non-profit housing authority, on how to create a sustainable workforce development program. Smith Gruppe leveraged its web application development capabilities to create custom web applications for the tenants of the housing authority to be able to source and identify gainful employment opportunities, as well as provided the OJT (On The Job Training) portals on its servers to allow for business and industry participation on the project.

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