seCter presents the Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative (MPI)

Presenters: 
Mark Hill, President/CEO Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board
Andrew Bond, Vice President of Human Resources General Dynamics Electric Boat
Chris Jewell, FCO/Principal Collins & Jewell, President Eastern Advanced Manufacturing Alliance

Learn about the nationally-recognized Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative that has successfully unskilled and placed over 1,400 clients into manufacturing careers. This employer-driven program involves dozens of partners working together to ensure that our region can fill the hundreds of manufacturing jobs being created annually by the defense industry led by General Dynamics Electric Boat. In essence, the MPI has become the recruiting arm of the manufacturing supply chain in southeastern CT and is now being replicated across the state and beyond.