Wright State and ATIC agree to collaborate for broader workforce development program

The Advanced Technical Intelligence Center for Human Capital Development (ATIC), based in Beavercreek, is joining forces with Wright State University to expand workforce development programs for both organizations.

Neighbors and long-time contemporaries with complementary missions, ATIC and the Wright State Research Institute (WSRI) will work cooperatively to pursue business development opportunities and create robust research, education and training capabilities throughout the Dayton region.

“This new collaboration expands the relationship between ATIC and the university, creating even more vigorous research, development, training and testing opportunities,” said Dennis Andersh, CEO of the Wright State Applied Research Corporation, an affiliate unit of the university that supports WSRI and growth in basic and applied research and development. “ATIC’s university and industry-focused efforts in human capital development expands useful facilities and quickly connects us to collaborations for expanded workforce development programs.”

As part of the arrangement, ATIC’s board appointed Cassie Barlow as ATIC’s executive director. Barlow retired in July as commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 88th Airlift Wing following a distinguished 26-year military career and serves as executive director of the Aerospace Professional Development Center at Wright State.

“This dual responsibility will allow deeper collaboration between APDC’s aerospace workforce development mission and ATIC’s intelligence and cyber technology workforce development mission,” Andersh said.

“ATIC will continue to be home to a collaborative hub, working with more than 200 industry, government and academic participants, focused on providing robust education and training capabilities in world-class facilities,” said Barlow.

ATIC houses secure facilities for research and cyber auditoriums and classrooms at its headquarters in Beavercreek and at the AVETEC center in Springfield.

ATIC board member Hugh Bolton will serve Wright State as a senior cyber and intelligence fellow, while continuing to support the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, a position he has held since May 2013.

“Collaborating with Wright State enables ATIC to take the innovative workforce development programs we launched over the past six years and elevate them to the next level,” said Bolton.

Since beginning operations in November 2008, ATIC has attracted more than 2,000 students from 28 states and six foreign nations to participate in various training and education programs.