Member Spotlight: The Education and Career Solutions Laboratory

Member Spotlight by [The Education and Career Solutions Laboratory]

Provide us with a brief summary of your business’ services

The Education and Career Solutions Laboratory (TECSOL) helps education, workforce, and community leaders understand how their systems operate and design stronger pathways to career opportunity and economic mobility. Through TECSOL Advisory, we provide strategic guidance that helps organizations navigate policy, align partners and programs, and improve outcomes. TECSOL Intelligence offers structured tools and analysis to explore policy requirements, system alignment, and program design opportunities. TECSOL Convenings brings stakeholders together through workshops, strategy sessions, and presentations to address challenges and shape shared solutions. Grounded in lived experience, TECSOL helps clients identify the story their systems are currently telling—and intentionally design what comes next.

Describe your company in three words

Strategic. Human-Centered. Transformative.

Share a recent project, client success, or example of your work in action.

We’re currently working with two universities outside of Ohio to help them design and strengthen career-connected pathways for their students. Our approach follows a four-step process that starts with understanding the region’s labor market and identifying where career opportunities are growing. From there, we help institutions align their academic programs with the needs of the local economy and employers.

The next step is ensuring that career preparation is intentionally embedded throughout the student experience, both within the curriculum and through work-based learning and other workforce-connected opportunities outside the classroom. Finally, we help them work with employers in those priority industry sectors to make sure they’re aligned with the institution’s programs and prepared to create meaningful pathways that connect students to careers in their field.

At its core, the work is about helping institutions, employers, and communities come together around a shared strategy that leads to stronger outcomes for students and a more responsive talent pipeline for industry.

How do you stay engaged with trends that you see in your industry?

We actively build relationships with education, workforce, CTE, economic-development, and employer associations at the local, state, and national levels. Part of this engagement is also attending conferences, policy briefings, industry convenings, and community meetings to help us monitor emerging needs and build meaningful relationships. We continue to have ongoing conversations with learners, educators, employers, and policymakers so our services remain grounded in both lived experience and changing system realities. Our sharing of research, practical insights, and thought leadership will position TECSOL as a trusted contributor—not simply an observer—in the industries we serve.

If you had to start over from scratch, what’s the first thing you’d do differently?

Nothing. We’re a new company so we are still learning with plenty of room to grow. If we need to make changes or pivot on how we provide some services, we have time and capacity to do it.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve received as a business owner?

Be patient. Stay encouraged.

What makes a successful partnership at your company?

Relationship. Trust. Respect.

What makes Columbus such a great place to do business?

Columbus has all of the elements needed for success in the work TECSOL does. It brings together state government, education, major employers, and diverse communities, creating a strong environment for collaboration and innovation. Its growing economy, skilled workforce, and central location provide access to clients, partners, and opportunities across Ohio and beyond. For TECSOL, Columbus serves as a living laboratory for developing education-to-workforce solutions that can be tested locally and scaled nationally.

What do you want people to remember about your business five years from now?

TECSOL helped move their story forward.

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