2020 Newsletter Editions

I’M WRITING THIS on February 12th, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. He would have been 210 years old today. Almost entirely self taught—like many of our most skilled technology experts—President Lincoln was a master at assessing situations, and he invested large amounts of time studying and evaluating all the data he could gather before making […]

Findings of a statewide survey of corporate technology needs Karl D. Schubert, Ph.D. Professor of Practice and Director of Innovation and Data Science Initiatives College of Engineering and the Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas A LITTLE UNDER two years ago, I sent a letter to various Arkansas companies asking what kinds

Lonnie Emard, Apprenticeship Director Editor’s Note: This month’s Apprenticeship Report is written by David Wallace of the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. A great friend to ACDS, David covered the momentous launch of our initial apprenticeship cohort in NWA and offered it to us, and we gladly accepted. This marks a transition for our Apprenticeship

Chief Information Officer, Stephens Insurance A NATIVE ARKANSAN who has worked in India, the Philippines, and Washington, D.C., Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Phillips returned home to Little Rock a couple of years ago and immediately became involved in the cutting-edge tech scene in Arkansas. While starting her own data visualization consulting company, she served on the UA

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes. Last January ACDS was still in the birthing stage—we had big plans but no office space yet. Our skeleton staff (of two) was comprised of one contract person and myself, and we were holding meetings in coffee shops. Now it’s not only a new year but a new decade,