Headlight empowers local governments and non-profits to delivers publicly available data on their economy and workforce in easy-to-access, visually appealing dashboards.
General company ifno:
Year of founded: 2011
Zip Code: 78701
Employees: 1-10
In sector: Data/Technology
Revenue Sources: Government contract, Software licensing, Subscriptions
Social Impact: Citizen engagement and participation, Consumer empowerment, Educational opportunity, Good governance
Description:
Headlight is an award-winning online data system that enables local economic and workforce development agencies to produce data-intensive websites on their local economy. Headlight uses open data from federal agencies, or data provided by the local organization. Headlight has two products currently: the Headlight portal and Career Headlight. The Headlight portal aggregates all economic, demographic, workforce, and social time-series data into a single website in customizable dashboards. See here for an example: http://charlestonregionaldata.com A key benefit to clients is that all data is updated automatically when it is released through an automated batch process. Career Headlight is a web app that helps students and adult workers identify career that are in demand in their local community and where to find the education. By matching students to job demand, Career Headlight helps communities ensure that college graduates can find jobs and companies can find the workers they need. A key feature of Career Headlight is the use of statistical modeling to simplify the ONET system and to bring job creation forecasts down to the county level. See Career Headlight in action: http://centralinacareerheadlight.com (login and password are “demo”).
Financial Info:
We are a self-funded, bootstrapped startup that that spun out of our economic and workforce consulting company (Avalanche Consulting). We have 8 active clients.