Joe Quick

Joe Quick is a consultant out of Dallas, Texas with a background in workforce development, economic development, and government and non-profit association leadership. With clients at the state and federal level, Joe provides expertise in demand-driven workforce strategies, talent pipeline approaches, business solutions design and delivery, interagency and multi-partner collaboration, work-based learning strategies, talent systems design, occupational licensing, and training design and delivery. Joe serves as a faculty member and practitioner of the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) framework, and consults with teams in both Michigan and Tampa, Florida to launch and maintain TPM host collaboratives.

Prior to national consulting work, Joe served in leadership roles at the Michigan Works! Association, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and Michigan Talent Investment Agency, where he led business-focused, demand-driven solutions to talent development and acquisition; training design and delivery for workforce boards and entities; several talent attraction and retention programs and campaigns; and built the Pure Michigan Talent Connect website and system. He is also an instructor of Michigan’s Business Solutions Professional Training and Certification Program, which is soon to be rolled out in additional states.

Industries of Interest: Automotive, Construction/Facilities, Engineering, Financial Services, Public Sector/General, Healthcare, Human Resources, Manufacturing/Operations, Transportation/Logistics

Other Specialty Areas: Analyzing Employer Collaborative Surveys, Local/State Data Availability and Usage, Metropolitan Settings, Rural Settings, Suburban Settings, Partnerships with Local/State Government, Partnerships with Workforce Agencies, Partnership with Alternative Talent Sources, Strategic/Sustainability Planning, Inclusion of Small Business, Career and Technical Education Pathways, Other Opportunity Talent Populations