Design. Activate. Measure.

Our Ecosystem

Built4Agility operates through an Ecosystem Operating Model that integrates industry-aligned pathway domains with disciplined infrastructure and activation systems.

Domains steward career pathways. Infrastructure ensures governance, measurable outcomes, and sustainable execution.

Together, this model translates leadership development into structured workforce mobility.

MAG Leadership Design Studio

Design Authority.

MAG Leadership Design Studio serves as the ecosystem’s Design Authority, stewarding intellectual property, certification architecture, capital strategy, and long-term expansion design.

MAG protects the integrity of the operating model while Built4Agility functions as the Activation Studio — implementing pathway domains, delivering cohorts, and translating design into measurable workforce outcomes.

BUILT4AGILITY

The Activation Studio

Built4Agility is the Activation Studio within the ecosystem, implementing the PIVOTx Operating Model across pathway domains and partner sites.

Through structured cohorts, industry-aligned certifications, workforce activation programming, and cross-sector coordination, Built4Agility translates leadership development into measurable economic mobility.

As the anchor organization, Built4Agility convenes domain stewards, activates partnerships, and ensures disciplined execution aligned to shared accountability and outcome measurement.

The Engine Behind Activation

Ecosystem Infrastructure

Ecosystem Infrastructure ensures disciplined execution, measurable outcomes, narrative visibility, and sustainable growth.

These roles translate strategy into performance and impact into evidence.

Donna Shaw

Strategic Planning & Program Governance

Donna Shaw strengthens governance architecture, evaluation design, and performance accountability across all ecosystem initiatives. With federal leadership experience, including service at NASA Johnson Space Center, she provides disciplined oversight in risk management, compliance alignment, and structured program implementation.

Her leadership ensures that activation efforts remain aligned to measurable outcomes, operational integrity, and long-term sustainability.

Lora Flournoy

Data, Outcomes & Impact Intelligence

Lora Flournoy leads data strategy, impact measurement, and performance analytics across the PIVOTx Ecosystem. She ensures that participant outcomes, certification progress, and workforce mobility metrics are systematically tracked and translated into actionable insight.

Through disciplined data architecture and reporting, Flournoy helps the organization tell its story through evidence — strengthening funder reporting, strategic decision-making, and long-term impact visibility.

Alicia Green, SSM

Media & Visual Storytelling

Alicia Green brings over 18 years of experience in banking and financial services, where she developed a strong foundation in enterprise systems discipline, operational rigor, and client-centered engagement. Within the ecosystem, she leads media production and visual storytelling across initiatives — capturing activation experiences, participant milestones, and industry engagement with clarity and intention.

Known for her exceptional eye for content creation and deep passion for storytelling, Green transforms real-time impact into compelling narrative assets that strengthen visibility, partner engagement, and collective identity.

Her work ensures that the ecosystem’s story is not only experienced, but documented and amplified.

Olivia Lewis, SSM

Workforce Performance & Quality Lead

Olivia Lewis brings over a decade of experience in quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and Agile delivery environments. A SAFe® Certified Scrum Master, she integrates disciplined performance standards into workforce activation settings.

Within the ecosystem, Lewis facilitates cohort cadence, certification readiness, and professional skill development while embedding quality assurance principles into activation environments. Her work ensures that participants are prepared to meet real-world employer expectations with structure, accountability, and consistency.

Core Ecosystem Domains

Each domain within the ecosystem stewards a defined industry or workforce pathway, aligning leadership development

with structured career activation and measurable outcomes.

Dr. Marie Alcazar

Ecosystem Architecture & Workforce Activation

Dr. Marie Alcazar brings over four decades of cross-sector leadership experience, including military service, enterprise transformation, workforce development strategy, and ecosystem design. As architect of the PIVOTx Operating Model and founder of Built4Agility, she integrates certification pathways, leadership development, and structured workforce activation across domains.

Through MAG Leadership Design Studio and PIVOTx certification architecture, Alcazar ensures disciplined implementation of leadership systems that translate stabilization into economic mobility. Her work aligns governance, activation, and capital strategy into a scalable ecosystem model designed for sustainable impact.

Kenneth Morris

Aviation, Aerospace & STEM

Kenneth Morris is an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP), Commercial Pilot with over 2,000 total flight hours and more than 100 multi-engine hours, a U.S. Navy Combat Aircrew Veteran, FAA Part 107 Drone Operator, TEDx speaker, and author. He brings operational aviation expertise, military discipline, and pathway development into the PIVOTx Ecosystem.

As Founder of R’Air Vision, Morris leads the Aviation, Aerospace & STEM domain, advancing structured industry exposure and workforce pathway development through integrated programming such as Unity in Flight and the Space City Aviation & STEM Academy. These activation experiences connect youth and young adults directly with pilots, engineers, airport leaders, and aerospace professionals — grounding career exploration in real-world access.

By aligning immersive career exploration, hands-on STEM learning, structured mentorship, and character development, Morris strengthens regional, national, and emerging global talent pipelines into industries shaping the future of mobility and innovation.

Detective Lance Watkins

Digital Threats & Exploitation | Public Safety Career Pathways

Detective Lance Watkins brings over three decades of law enforcement experience, including military intelligence service and specialized work in crimes against children. He is the Founder of Cops Who Care, an initiative dedicated to strengthening community trust, prevention awareness, and protective engagement.

His expertise spans digital exploitation prevention, officer wellness, investigative leadership, and community protection strategy.

Within the ecosystem, Watkins stewards protective services education and public safety workforce pathways. He provides structured guidance for individuals exploring careers in law enforcement while addressing emerging digital threats that disproportionately impact vulnerable populations. His leadership strengthens both prevention awareness and disciplined entry into public safety professions.

Domain in Formation

Employer & Industry Integration

The Employer & Industry Integration domain formalizes corporate, public-sector, and military career pathways that translate workforce activation into structured hiring opportunities, apprenticeships, and long-term placement alignment.

This domain is currently in formation as the ecosystem expands its employer advisory relationships, industry partnerships, and workforce placement infrastructure. As activation outcomes scale, dedicated domain stewardship will be formalized to align participant preparation with real-time employer demand across regional, national, and emerging global markets.

Current efforts within this domain include military service pathways and strategic employer engagement groundwork — ensuring that pathway development remains directly connected to hiring standards, credential relevance, and labor market needs.

Eric Mendes

Pathway Specialist

Eric Mendes is a retired U.S. Navy veteran with over two decades of military service, including leadership in command-level health and safety operations, regulatory compliance, and workforce training. During his naval career, he also served as a Recruiter in the Houston region, guiding prospective service members through enlistment pathways and military career preparation.

Within Employer & Industry Integration, Mendes provides structured guidance for individuals exploring careers in the armed forces, including military readiness coaching, officer and enlisted pathway education, eligibility preparation, and transition-to-civilian workforce insight.

By integrating military service as a structured career and education pathway, he strengthens regional and national workforce pipelines while expanding access to disciplined leadership development opportunities.