Economic & Workforce Development Consulting We Help You Grow Jobs.
We help clients CREATE + ACT on strategic plans to create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural communities.
What We Do
PLAN
SUPPORT
PLAN
We work with clients to create a customized strategic plan to help facilitate job growth and a more skilled workforce.
ACT
SUPPORT
PLAN
We work with clients to take their customized strategic plan, prioritize it, and act on it. We strive to "Do Something."
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
We work with our clients to help increase financial support for their economic development efforts.
About Us
Dr. Malcolm Portera
Dr. Portera, the former President of Mississippi State University and Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, has been involved in economic development for the past 40+ years. Dr. Portera helped to recruit industrial development projects that have resulted in over $15 billion of capital investment in the Southeast U.S. These projects include Nissan-Mississippi, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Hyundai-Alabama, Mercedes-Benz Alabama, Victor Company of Japan and several others. In 2013, The Korea Innovation Center named Dr. Portera as a Global Leader Mentor to help advise Korea's Creative Economy Initiative. Throughout his career in higher education, Dr. Portera worked to ensure that his universities worked to support local, regional, and state economic and workforce development efforts.
Andy Portera
Andy, an attorney by training, represented business and industry in complex litigation matters throughout the Southeast U.S. before turning his focus to economic and workforce development. Andy has an active consulting practice where he assists higher education clients, business and industry, and industrial development organizations throughout the Southeast. Andy's passion is helping communities create jobs that spur economic growth.
What A Results-Driven APPROACH CAN DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
- Add jobs by retaining and expanding existing businesses.
- Add jobs through domestic and foreign direct investment.
- Build a workforce ecosystem that creates more highly skilled workers.
- Bring key stakeholders together to work toward a collective vision for the future.
- Increase financial support to help fund your economic development efforts.
- Reduce income inequality and improve the overall quality of life in your community.
- Produce measurable results.
How To Get Your Community On The Path To Job Growth
- Contact us for a complimentary coaching call.
- Work with us to create and implement a customized strategic plan.
- Create a community that your kids and grandkids will want to call home for future generations.
