Jake Brown
Bowling Green,KY
Summary
Strategic workforce representative with extensive experience in enhancing productivity and operational efficiency. Expertise in strategic planning, team leadership, and data analysis, consistently improving performance metrics. Strong analytical skills utilized to develop effective workforce management strategies that support business growth. Proven ability to align personnel assets with organizational objectives across various workforce areas.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Services Representative
Career TEAM
Bowling Green, Kentucky
04.2022 - Current
- Worked with dozens of businesses in our 10-county region to access funding for WIOA Title I.
- Coordinated nine rapid response events serving 1,047 affected workers.
- Developed and implemented workforce training programs for our main focus populations.
- Facilitated workshops focused on resume writing and interview preparation, using Career EDGE.
- Organized over 100 recruitment events to connect job seekers with local employers.
- Developed effective communication materials, such as brochures, flyers, and emails, promoting available services for WIOA, hiring events, trainings, and more.
- Organized meetings with stakeholders in the workforce development arena, including government agencies, educational institutions, private companies, and non-profit organizations, to better streamline workforce services in the region.
Electric Vehicle Battery Workforce Coordinator
Career TEAM
Bowling Green, Kentucky
06.2023 - 06.2025
- Served in a specialized workforce role for both the South Central and Lincoln Trail workforce areas, designed to connect large EV battery makers to the public workforce system.
- Coordinated dozens of meetings with key workforce stakeholders to streamline the assistance we provided to all EV battery-related businesses.
- Implemented new technologies, like virtual reality, to market EV battery production jobs to the public.
- Led efforts to connect EV battery companies to relevant focus populations most notably, re-entry and veteran groups using statewide programs like Putting Kentuckians First to efficiently tap into a new talent pipeline.
- Developed presentations of labor market data using the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kentucky Center for Statistics, and more, to inform the public about the demographic changes in our region over the next decade, with large economic development announcements.
- Presented over 20 times to various workforce boards on new initiatives, labor market data, and more relevant to the EV market.
Economic Development Coordinator
Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Bowling Green, KY
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Director of the Training Consortium of South-Central Kentucky. This training entity served over 50 partner companies from key business sectors, including General Motors, Fruit of the Loom, Ball Corporation, Service One Credit Union, etc.
- Drafted and presented reports to the Training Consortium of South-Central Kentucky Board of Directors.
- Lead project coordination on dozens of multi-million-dollar economic development projects to attract and grow our local economy. These duties included addressing the client's talent needs (e.g., drafting workforce development plans), working with representatives from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Warren County, the City of Bowling Green, and the Tennessee Valley Authority to deliver a comprehensive incentive package, drafting legal documents to gain client commitments, etc.
- Daily upkeep of multiple CRM applications to track detailed project timelines, project contacts, upcoming tasks to close deals, and project scope.
- Served as a coordinator between the Chamber and our workforce partners: WKU, SKYCTC, the South-Central Kentucky Workforce Development Board, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, SKY-SHRM, etc.
- Managed grant applications to secure funding for economic development programs.
- Provided technical assistance to existing businesses in the region.
- Conducted research on local and regional economic trends, demographics, and labor market conditions.
Education
M.B.A. - Cyber Security
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, KY05.2021
B.S. - Business Administration, Economics
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, KY05.2020
Skills
- Workforce development
- WIOA Title I
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data analysis
- Grant writing
- Community outreach
- Labor market research
- Effective communication
Certification
- Talent Pipeline Management Certification - Kentucky Chamber
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Electric Vehicle Battery Workforce Coordinator
Career TEAM
06.2023 - 06.2025
Business Services Representative
Career TEAM
04.2022 - Current
Economic Development Coordinator
Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
05.2021 - 04.2022
M.B.A. - Cyber Security
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
B.S. - Business Administration, Economics
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY