
News & Notes | IACMI names new Director of Education and Workforce
Last day to register for next cohort of the Tri-Star Angels Program.
From Knoxville:
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, better known as IACMI – The Composites Institute®, has named Andrew Pokelwaldt as its new Director of Education and Workforce. In this role, Pokelwaldt will lead IACMI’s education and workforce team, overseeing strategic planning and the execution of key initiatives and programs to revitalize America’s manufacturing workforce.
Pokelwaldt brings extensive experience to IACMI in workforce development and training, including Composites Instruction Credentials (CCT-I), marine manufacturing, and composites manufacturing technical writing. He previously served as Director of Workforce Training and Credentialing at the American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA) and as Training and Development Manager at Brunswick Recreational Boat Group in Knoxville. Most recently, he was the Corporate Technical Training Manager at Newell Brands in Maryville, where he oversaw workforce programs across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.
From Nashville but with statewide implications:
Are you an entrepreneur, small business owner, or investor living in the Volunteer State? Are you considering angel capital as a funding tool? Would you like to sharpen your skills as an angel investor?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, the Tri-Star Angels Program (TAP) from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development might be a great option. It is one of the components of the “Fund Tennessee” initiative that also includes “InvestTN” and “LendTN.”
The winter cohort begins February 4, and the last day to register is February 3. If interested, click here.
Several more from Nashville:
Petra Capital Partners announced that it has completed fundraising on Petra Growth Fund V (PGF V) with $270 million of capital available to invest. The fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap. Consistent with prior funds, PGF V will target healthcare, business, and technology-enabled services companies and is structured as a small business investment company (SBIC) licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. “We are very pleased with the response from our existing investors and several important new investors for PGF V and the strong support we received from the SBIC program,” said Mike Blackburn, Founding Managing Partner at Petra. The firm can invest up to $25 million per company in equity or debt securities with a primary focus on backing high-growth business services, tech-enabled services, and healthcare services companies.
Venture firm Caduceus Capital Partners announced the addition of Ryan McKindles as a new Managing Partner. He brings two decades of experience in healthcare technology consulting, entrepreneurship, and legal expertise to this new position, where he will play an integral role in strategy and execution of fundraising and investing on behalf of Caduceus. Prior to joining Caduceus, McKindles served as Co-Founder and President of Healthrise, a company dedicated to achieving sustainable efficiencies for health systems through consulting, technology solutions, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) services. In the first 12 years of operation, Healthrise served 25+ health systems with more than 400 EHR implementations and managed $35 billion in revenue on behalf of their clients. Before co-founding Healthrise, McKindles was a Partner at the law firm Nemes, Rooney & McKindles.
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