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JAX Chamber Creates Venture Services to Foster Innovation Ecosystem in Northeast Florida

October 19th, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Carlton Robinson promoted to Chief Innovation Officer

JAX Chamber executive and entrepreneur Carlton Robinson has been named JAX Chamber’s Chief Innovation Officer and will lead the Venture Services Division that has been revamped to better reflect into role in fostering an innovation ecosystem in Northeast Florida.

Robinson founded and launched the Chamber’s JAX Bridges program, an entrepreneurial education program that has served 1,800 business owners in its six years of operation and is used as a model by other Chambers and organizations across Florida. As the Chamber continues to offer new programming and assistance for employees and businesses of all sizes, the shift to Venture Services better describes the work being done.

“This is the next step as we continue to build an innovation ecosystem in Jacksonville,” Robinson said. “By expanding to offer programs for companies to send their employees to learn new, valuable tech skills, we are helping our members grow and compete in the global economy.”

One new offering will be the Bridges Work and Learn Program, initially funded by a contribution from AT&T. The Bridges Work & Learn Program allows employers of large and small businesses to offer a valuable work-and-learn opportunity. This skill-building program provides employees with a pathway to “work” towards obtaining technical skills and entrepreneurs with an opportunity to “learn” new skills that help address customers’ needs.

The program will consist of six technology sessions focused on SQL Server Database, Data Visualization, and Data Storytelling. Entrepreneurial participants are exposed to proven methods highlighted in JAX Bridges models.

This shift into Venture Services will also address how businesses can access capital, foster innovation in their own companies and grow talent from within by adding critical skills needed in this digital economy.

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