>>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION...BROUGHT TO YOU BY DMI, MOBILIZING ENTERPRISES FOR THE CONNECTED
WORLD. COULD ELEVEN FIFTY ACADEMY HOLD A KEY TO SOLVING INDIANA'S SKILLS GAP AND TALENT ATTRACTION
ISSUES? THE CODING ACADEMY BOASTS A 93 PERCENT GRADUATION RATE, WITH 81 PERCENT FINDING JOBS WITHIN THE
FIRST TWO MONTHS. FOUNDER SCOTT JONES WANTS TO EXPAND THE CODING SCHOOL STATEWIDE AND WANTS THE
LEGISLATURE TO OK MORE MONEY TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN... SCOTT JONES IS HERE WITH MORE ON HOW THE IMMERSIVE LEARNING
PROGRAM HAS ALREADY SKILLED UP HUNDREDS OF ENTRY-LEVEL DEVELOPERS. AS I WAS WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>>: THANKS. >>: SCOTT AS CHAIRMAN OF OUR PRO PARENT -- OUR PARENT COMPANY, THIS COATING SCHOOL --
FIRST OF ALL GIVE US THE THUMBNAIL, THE MODEL FOR WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. >>: A 12 WEEK PROGRAM.
THREE BADGES, GOLD, BLUE, RED. FULLY IMMERSIVE 9-5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND WE BRING PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS UP THE
LEARNING CURVE. IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT'S RIGHT FOR ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE
POPULATION. IT'S ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING AND LOGIC AND YOU LEARN LANGUAGES LIKE PYTHON AND JAVASCRIPT
AND.NET. WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM STARTING SALARIES AVERAGE ABOUT 51,000 THE FIRST YEAR AND YOU
CAN EXPECT FIVE, 10, 20 PERCENT RAISES EACH YEAR SO IT'S THE BUILDING OF A CAREER NOT JUST GETTING A JOB BUT A CAREER AND
IT'S A FUN CAREER THAT PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT. MANY GRADUATES ARE STARTING WITH $70,000 STARTING SALARIES AND IN
THE THIRD YEAR THEY ARE MAKING OVER SIX DIGITS. >>: YOU HAVE MOMENTUM HEADING INTO 2019 ENROLLMENT ON THE
INCREASE IN DESIGNATION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR YOUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE IN
INDIANA. >>: WE ARE THE ONLY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
STATE AND ONE OF THE FEW IN THE COUNTRY SO EMPLOYERS ARE COMING TO US AND SAYING IF YOU'RE GRADUATES COME THROUGH YOUR
PROGRAM AND GRADUATE WHICH WE HAVE A 93 PERCENT GRADUATION RATE WE WILL HIRE THEM AND THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT
THIS AS YOU KNOW GOING AND YOU WILL GET HIRED AND IT'S ONLY 12 WEEKS AWAY NOT TWO OR FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
>>: THAT IS A KEY ELEMENT YOU TOUCHED ON THAT BUT IT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND. YOU ARE NOT IN THERE FOR
MULTIPLE YEARS AND RACKING UP DEBT. >>: I'M NOT SAYING DON'T DO A N AUGMENT WITH THIS TRAINING
PROGRAM IN 12 WEEKS, BUT THINK ABOUT THAT 4 YEARS YOU COULD BE EARNING 60-$70,000 A YEAR. THAT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION
DOLLARS RIGHT THERE. >>: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PLANS GOING FORWARD YOU WANT TO EXPAND THIS FOOTPRINT MORE ENROLLMENT
AND LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE AND TO DO THAT YOU HOPE YOU GET SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE. >>: I THINK THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR WERE VISIONARY TWO YEARS AGO THAT ALLOWED US TO ACCESS A COUPLE OF BUCKETS OF MONEY THAT TOTALED
ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. THAT RESULTED IN $15 MILLION OF HOOSIER INCOME IN ONE YEAR AND OVER THE NEXT DECADE IT'S A
CAREER, THEN AS $150 MILLION. ONE AND A HALF MILLION TURNS INTO 150 MILLION THAT IS 100X RETURN FOR TAXPAYER MONEY.
WHAT LEGISLATOR OR GOVERNOR WOULD NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT? IF WE PUT NOT JUST THAT A MOUNTAIN BUT 10 TIMES THAT
BUCKET OF ONE AND A HALF MILLION AND IF WE HAVE 15-20 MILLION NOW WE CAN GET A BILLION DOLLARS OF HOOSIER INCOME.