Pioneer Technology Center (PTC) employee Janet Schwabe has a new position with the Business and Industry Services (BIS) team. After nearly three years in a collaborative role with the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, Schwabe is becoming Pioneer Tech’s Innovation and Incubator Manager.
As a full-time Pioneer Tech employee, she will focus on managing all aspects of the business incubator while engaging in innovative initiatives to benefit companies in the PTC district. This could include apprenticeships, Center of Workforce Excellence, special projects, etc.
Schwabe has been in Kay County for 30 years and worked with economic development, health care and government contracting before joining PTC in 2018. Having coordinated the certification and opening of the business incubator in Tonkawa and serving on their board, she brings previous experience and working knowledge of a business incubator. For more than three years, she also participated on the PTC Business Incubator Advisory Board.
Schwabe’s other talents include grant writing. She penned grants awarded for multiple community development projects and recently collaborated with area industry, government and education partners to successfully apply for and become a Center of Workforce Excellence..
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