Thank you for agreeing to participate in a Talent Bridge Interview focused on the Aviation & Aerospace sector. This session is part of a targeted initiative to uncover workforce needs, address training gaps, and identify opportunities for innovation and growth across Miami-Dade’s most critical industries.
Your perspective as a Beacon Council Member is especially valuable in a field that plays a pivotal role in both regional economic vitality and global connectivity.
In this 40-minute interview, we’ll explore key topics such as:
- Current hiring challenges within aviation operations, aircraft maintenance, aerospace manufacturing, logistics, and support services
- Emerging skill needs in areas like avionics, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), air traffic operations, and sustainable aviation technologies
- Training pipeline readiness—what’s working, what’s missing, and how we can align certification programs, apprenticeships, and postsecondary offerings to real-world industry needs
- Future-forward strategies, including your thoughts on how automation, digitization, and climate-related innovation are shaping the next generation of aviation talent
Your insights will help shape the infrastructure needed to equip both employers and job seekers for a more competitive, agile, and inclusive workforce future in this rapidly evolving industry.
Please confirm your time zone prior to booking. We look forward to learning from your experience.
Your insights can help shape the future of Miami-Dade’s workforce. By participating in a Talent Bridge interview, you’re contributing to a regional effort to design more inclusive, aligned, and future-ready talent strategies. These conversations directly inform how we build tools, training pathways, and partnerships that better connect education, industry, and community needs. Your perspective matters — and it helps ensure the solutions we create are grounded in real-world experience.and experiences as part of this broader effort to strengthen the regional talent ecosystem.
You’ll be meeting with a member of the Talent Bridge team, a cross-functional group of professionals dedicated to shaping the future of workforce development in Miami-Dade. Our team brings a diverse range of experience across sectors including life sciences, healthcare, planning and urban development, creative industries, hospitality and tourism, sustainability and the blue/green economy, nonprofit leadership, technology, trade and logistics, aviation, and education.
Each interviewer brings a unique perspective, but we’re united by a shared commitment to building inclusive, forward-thinking talent strategies that reflect the needs of both employers and communities. We’re excited to learn from your insights and experiences as part of this broader effort to strengthen the regional talent ecosystem.
Nicole is a process driven innovator, with a passion for motivating teams to find creative solutions to their most interesting, complex business challenges. She grew her career in the Tech industry, working in a variety of business functions including: Supply Chain & Transportation, Global Enablement, People & Culture, and Security Governance Risk & Compliance. Today, she works in Business Strategy, Operations & Planning as Strategic Consultant. Leveraging her expertise in Business Operations, Program Management and Organizational Change Management, Nicole coaches, mentors and partners with her clients to co-create tailored strategies that drive growth, create operational efficiencies, and motivate high-performing teams. Nicole lives in Charlotte with her husband and their Havanese, Enzo. She spends her free time traveling, practicing yoga and volunteering.
Patricia Hart is the cofounder of COMPANYMEN, a boutique consultancy specializing in market research and growth strategy for climate tech companies. Her work focuses on emerging technologies in carbon reporting and management, smart buildings and infrastructure, and renewable energy systems. Prior to founding her firm, she was a senior strategist at frog Design (Capgemini), one of the leading design and innovation consultancies in the U.S., where she partnered with Fortune 500 clients including Toyota Motors, GE Vernova, and AT&T Business. Before transitioning to the private sector, she advised public agencies on broadband expansion and digital equity as a strategy consultant at Deloitte.
Across both public and private domains, Patricia has built a career around surfacing insights that catalyze sustainable innovation. She is a strong advocate for qualitative methods, believing that the most valuable knowledge for climate-aligned business and policy decisions is not always captured in datasets or dashboards, but lives in the perspectives of stakeholders, practitioners, and end users. To that end, she has conducted over 300 interviews and facilitated dozens of focus groups to inform product development, ecosystem strategy, and market positioning for energy and infrastructure innovators.
Patricia holds a dual MBA and MPA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in Political Science from Eastern Kentucky University. With more than a decade of experience across sectors, she brings a systems-thinking mindset to every engagement, helping organizations bridge policy, technology, and customer understanding in service of the green and blue economy.