Fund the
Infrastructure
That Moves
America.
Coordination infrastructure is a public good. No single stakeholder captures enough of the return to fully fund it — so markets underinvest. Philanthropy can close that gap and create measurable economic mobility at scale.
The Technician Gap Is
A Coordination Gap
Technicians install, maintain, operate, repair, and sustain the systems that keep the economy running. Employers need technicians. Colleges need clear demand signals. Working learners need lower-risk paths into jobs. The pieces exist — the connective infrastructure is fragmented.
Fragmented Demand
Lagging Capacity
Risky Pathways
Technician Infrastructure
Creates Economic Mobility
When technician infrastructure becomes predictable and coordinated, the benefits produce economic mobility across major industry sectors and regions.
Coordination Infrastructure
Is A Public Good
What Philanthropy
Can Fund Now
The Public-Good Function
Makes Demand Actionable
The Technician Economy™ makes technician demand visible, fundable, coordinated, and measurable — converting it into economic mobility.
Demand-Aligned Pathways
Produce Measurable Outcomes
Outcomes from Unmudl's existing Skills-to-Jobs® operating data and employer-reported results. Philanthropic funding supports the public-good layer — not proprietary platform development.
Source: Unmudl Skills-to-Jobs® operating data and employer-reported outcomes. Philanthropic funding accelerates the public-good coordination and measurement layer.
What Philanthropy
Accelerates
not Skills-to-Jobs® software or platform operations.
Map of the Technician Economy™
Technicians of Tomorrow™
A national platform led by the Technician Economy Futures Council, bringing together leading colleges and employers, to define how technician capacity is formed, deployed, and scaled
For: industry leaders, community and technical colleges, government, philanthropy, and
partners shaping economic systems
Why it exists: To define, test, and evolve the frameworks that determine how the United States converts demand into operating capacity and durable economic mobility.
Technicians of America™
Explore technician roles, technician paths, and demand by state, what jobs are available, where they are, and how to access them.
For: current and future technicians, working learners, manufacturers, government, regional leaders, and industry partners.
Why it exists: To make technician opportunity visible and actionable.
Manufacturing america™
Explore manufacturing jobs, employers, and state-level activity, and engage as a technician, employer, or partner in the manufacturing sector.
For: Current and future technicians, working learners, manufacturers, government, regional leaders, and industry partners.
Why it exists: To organize and strengthen the manufacturing ecosystem.
Skills-to-Jobs®
Unmudl is the technician gateway to skill paths, creds, and jobs. Access aligned skill paths, credentialing, and connect directly to technician jobs through the Skills-to-Jobs® network.
For: Current and future technicians, working learners, job seekers, employers, and community and technical colleges.
Why it exists: To convert intention into technician hires.

Techs of Tomorrow™
A place to hear directly from employers, understand technician roles, and see how individuals become eligible for jobs.
For: Current and future technicians and working learners.
Why it exists: To connect individuals directly with employers and real job opportunities.
Who Is Behind
This Work




Ready to Fund
Economic Mobility
at Scale?
The constraint is clear. The system is defined. The coordination infrastructure exists. Now the work is to accelerate deployment capacity across America's regions.