Stephen B. Leonard
Manager, Workforce Development and Education @Digital Foundry At New Kensington
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WORK HISTORY
Manager, Workforce Development and Education @Digital Foundry At New Kensington
New Kensington, PA, US
Manager, Workforce Development & Education for Digital Foundry at New Kensington. an extension of the Penn State New Kensington campus. Our mission is to \"improve lives and strengthen businesses through access to digital technologies\". We provide work training of digital tools and processes for business and industry professionals and individuals seeking a career in the smart manufacturing space. By using an applied and competence-based learning approach, we instill the needed traits of fundamental knowledge, comprehension, application, critical thinking, and creativity. I lead the development of educational programming for local business/industry (workforce training) and the community (8-12 grade and displaced workforce) to provide a growing level of skilled talent in manufacturing. We have developed an outreach strategy to the southwestern Pennsylvania region to help the communities learn about new career pathways in smart manufacturing, provide training on technology and processes, innovation and entrepreneurial skills and professional interpersonal growth, and connect students to manufacturing employers looking for skilled talent. We offer workforce training programs that cover all aspects of Industry 4.0 that are accredited with Penn State University - Continuing Education and provide access to our state-of-the-art training facility. Since we have started our workforce training programs in 2022, we have trained over 450 individuals working with over 20 manufacturing companies.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
MS, Product Development
Syracuse University
BID, Industrial Design
SKILLS
ABOUT STEPHEN B. LEONARD
People are our most precious resource and providing avenues for career development in the digital age has become essential. As a designer, educator and innovator, my mission is to provide relevant and impactful education and career development opportunities to the community to help them in achieving their life goals. As an award-winning industrial designer and innovator skilled in human-centered design, product development, manufacturing and commercialization, I am fortunate to be able to tap on over 35 years of industry experience to create, develop and provide training in the field of product design, development and manufacturing to individuals looking to pursue new careers in advanced manufacturing as well as teaching current manufacturing professionals the latest technologies and operational processes in Industry 4.0.It has been a privilege to lead the workforce training and education for the Digital Foundry and making a positive difference around how we can train our workforce to meet the needs of manufacturing in the digital age.
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