R2021-201 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement for the Workforce Development Systems Assessment, Strategy and Implementation Project

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ATTACHMENT B:Engaitement Team Blograg Key Strategic Barry G.Madak Biography I began my life's work as a welder and machine operator at Liberty Welding Company in Pittsburgh.While working on the shop floor, I earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Point Park University. My professional career began in 1976,when I went to work as a community organizer for the federal anti-poverty organization,Community Action Pittsburgh. In 1978, 1 joined the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bureau for Social Programs and Community Action where I was at the forefront of forming and funding community development and social impact organizations throughout Southwestern PA. In response to the large numbers of unemployed workers during the back to back recessions in the 1980's, I converted a closed Catholic high school in Homestead, PA into a thriving economic recovery and jobs creation hub—the Bishop Boyle Center—housing emerging businesses, economic development and training programs focusing on the needs of the region's unemployed workforce. In 1988, 1 joined the newly forming Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers(currently Catalyft Connection). During my tenure as managing director,the organization gained national and international recognition as a leading industrial modernization program and became one of the first Manufacturing Extension Partnerships funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.. In 1993, 1 formed World-Class Industrial Network, LLC(WIN),a project development and management-consulting firm staffed by a team of socially conscious entrepreneurs and experienced professionals.WIN was founded with the commitment to look beyond traditional solutions to improve the performance and social impact of community,academic and business organizations. I served as managing partner of the firm until December 2017. Over the years,WIN has served hundreds of clients, providing strategy, program design, market development, revenue growth,information technology consulting and social enterprise development services.WIN's list of clients includes universities,economic development organizations,social service agencies,workforce investment boards,workforce training intermediaries,industry associations,government agencies, and private businesses. Given my personal interest and history in employment development,WIN developed a professional services practice using a 'process driven model'to design and implement systems for improving outcomes and continuously improving performance of workforce development initiatives and agencies.As managing partner,I was the lead consultant for over eighty clients and one-hundred and fifty engagements through the WIN Workforce Innovations practice.Several of these initiatives were identified,studied and promoted as best practices by entities including:Jobs For the Future,The Aspen Institute, University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research,SU RDNA Foundation, Fortune Magazine,Deloitte,and the Wall Street Journal. WIN developed and was selected as the'turnkey'management contractor for the Institute for Economic Transformation at Duquesne University..In addition to my role as Managing Partner at WIN, I served as the Executive Director of the Institute for seventeen years. Under the umbrella of the Palumbo School of Business, the Institute gained national attention and numerous awards for innovative programming in executive education and corporate training, economic and workforce development initiatives.