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CHURCH, Va., April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Enabled Intelligence (EI),
a global leader in mission-critical AI data solutions for the US
Defense and Intelligence Community today announced a groundbreaking
new partnership with Melwood, a leading employer, advocate, and
service provider for people with disabilities to recruit and train
100 AI data annotators.
The innovative collaboration will bridge massive gaps in
the IT and technical workforce by creating a steady pipeline of
qualified talent, while also acting as a national model for hiring
and training a neurodiverse workforce.
Under the partnership, Enabled Intelligence and Melwood
have created a Geospatial Data Labeling bootcamp that will train
individuals to meet the data labeling needs of the defense and
intelligence community. Graduates of the program will garner
critical technical skills needed in the growing AI industry
including potential future roles in data annotation and AI labeling
at Enabled Intelligence—positions that will ultimately support the
needs of the federal government and, by extension, Americans at
large.
This new bootcamp will add to Melwood's growing cadre of
job training programs focused on the high tech industry, such as
the existing AbilIT program, which combines technical training with
soft skills to connect neurodivergent adults to careers in tech and
tech-adjacent fields.
"EI's diverse and highly skilled workforce has been key to
our success. Our ability to quickly and precisely annotate
classified data sets has made us a proven partner for both the
intelligence community and commercial customers," said Peter Kant, CEO of Enabled Intelligence.
Since its founding in 2020, Enabled Intelligence has
trained scores of US veterans and people with disabilities to
become expert AI data analysts, capable of precisely annotating
raw, unstructured data types of interest to the US Defense and
Intelligence Community, such as SAR, satellite, hyperspectral,
video, and foreign language audio.
"Melwood is thrilled to partner with EI to solve some of
our region's most complex and pressing challenges while creating
pathways to economic independence for a traditionally underemployed
population. By removing existing barriers, this workforce
development partnership will ensure qualified and trained workers
are ready for jobs in the growing IT and tech sectors," said
Larysa Kautz, President & CEO of
Melwood.
The announcement, which received praise from Congressman
Don Beyer (D-VA), comes as the
federal government and the contractors it relies on face
significant challenges in finding enough IT professionals to fill
growing demand in the AI and cybersecurity sectors. Last year, Rep.
Beyer, Sen. Tim Kaine, and Sen.
Mark Warner secured $307,000 in federal funding to support Melwood's
Neurodivergent Workforce
Initiative.
Research shows that neurodivergent populations, a category
that includes conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder,
Dyslexia, ADHD and others, bring untapped skillsets that are often
well-suited for careers in IT, tech, and cybersecurity. The
unemployment rate of workers with disabilities is twice as high as
the unemployment rate for non-disabled workers. Ensuring that
training, hiring and retention practices are universally designed
to be accessible to all qualified workers is critical to closing
existing gaps in the labor market.
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