Congratulations to
Pace Collaborative
Mechanical Electrical Engineers,
the Advanced Technology Center
Model Partner of the Year 2006-2007!


Pace Collaborative President, John DeVan
working with ATC students

Pace Collaborative has a significant impact on student learning and achievement. The value of this partnership is that it not only assisted but played an integral role in developing workforce development plans and actively carried them out to shape tomorrow’s workforce today.  

• Forty ATC 12th-grade CADD students attended two field trips over a two-year period which reinforced the learning process by allowing all ATC CADD students to gain educational information about the field of engineering and meeting real engineers who can provide information about their work experiences.  

• The company confirmed their commitment to the ATC by investing money in their company to mentoring CADD students and building their future workforce by designing, building, and dedicating space in their building to train ATC interns. When the company built their new building in 2005, Pace Collaborative included in their plans and funded designated floor space with cubicles, computers, and software for interns and graduates.  

• During the last six years, Pace Collaborative has hired ten out of ten ATC CADD students/graduates who applied. Four of these individuals were interns.   According to Andrew Smith, ATC CADD Instructor, “I have been teaching and working in computer aided drafting and design for nearly thirty years, and have never encountered a company as unique as Pace Collaborative. Most major companies are only interested in the bottom line, but to find a company that has a corporate structure that understands the big picture and is willing to invest in developing the global workforce of tomorrow is refreshing. Pace Collaborative helps students to understand the role that education, teamwork, and corporate responsibility to the community play in today’s environment.”  

“Our relationship with ATC has been very valuable to PACE.  It's a win-win relationship where, hopefully, we contribute to the well-being of the ATC student and where a number of ATC students and graduates have become productive members of our firm.  Our relationship with the ATC is perhaps the most successful relationship that we have with an educational institution.”   

“The professional engineering community is in great need of the ATC’s in the world, training the workforce of tomorrow, and contributing to the ongoing success of your students.  Thank you for your most important service in this arena.”

--John DeVan, Pace Collaborative, President

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