IMPACT ALLIES INC - Florida Company Profile

www.impactallies.com

972-800-3234

ben@impactallies.com

BENJAMIN REID

Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business

P2457515

LLQGAAEJZUS8

8KJS5

2026-04-10

www.impactallies.com

2025-04-14

2020-04-20

2024-09-13

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National Science Foundation

IMMERSIVE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES: EXPANDING ACCESS THROUGH OPEN-SOURCE INNOVATION -TECHNICIAN EDUCATION IS CENTERED ON PROVIDING HANDS-ON, PRACTICAL TRAINING CLOSELY SIMULATING REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS. FACULTY WHO TEACH IN TECHNICIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATING A RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORKFORCE, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY FACING THE CHALLENGE OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF AN EXISTING WORKFORCE THAT IS RAPIDLY AGING OUT. THESE DYNAMICS UNDERSCORE THE DEMAND FOR INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS CATERING TO A NEW GENERATION OF LEARNERS WHILE ENSURING THE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FROM EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS. TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGIES AND DIGITAL TOOLS STRUGGLE TO STAY APACE OF INDUSTRY, AND MAY FAIL TO PROVIDE THE IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE CENTRAL FOR PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNICIANS. X-REALITY (XR), WHICH INCLUDES AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY (AR AND VR), HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESHAPE THE APPROACH TECHNICIAN EDUCATION. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT (KONNECTXR) WILL DEVELOP AN ENTERPRISE-LEVEL PLATFORM OPTIMIZED FOR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS ACROSS THE NATION. KONNECTXR WILL BRIDGE CONNECTING TRADITIONAL LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LMS) WITH THE IMMERSIVE WORLD OF XR. BY INCORPORATING SINGLE-SIGN ON (SSO) CAPABILITIES, THE PLATFORM WILL ALLOW INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS TO TRANSITION SMOOTHLY BETWEEN THEIR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) AND INDIVIDUAL OR COLLABORATIVE XR ENVIRONMENTS AND WILL MIMIC MOVING BETWEEN CLASSROOMS AND LABS IN A PHYSICAL SCHOOL. A FOCUS ON FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)-COMPLIANT ENCRYPTION WILL ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR DATA SECURITY IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL SPHERE. THE PROJECT GOALS ADDRESS THE NEED TO IMPROVE TECHNICIAN EDUCATION THROUGH ACCELERATED INTEGRATION OF XR TECHNOLOGY INTO THE TECHNICIAN CLASSROOM. FOUR GOALS GUIDE THE PROJECT TEAM. FIRST, IS TO INTEGRATE SINGLE SIGN-ON (SSO) CAPABILITIES WITH FERPA-COMPLIANT ENCRYPTION THAT IMPLEMENTS LEARNING TOOLS INTEROPERABILITY (LTI) PROTOCOL 1.3 TO ENABLE SEAMLESS LMS INTEROPERABILITY, WITH TESTING AGAINST BLACKBOARD, CANVAS, AND D2L BRIGHTSPACE. SECOND, IS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE A MULTI-USER NETWORKING FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT AT LEAST 50 SIMULTANEOUS USERS WITH SUB-25MS LATENCY. THIRD, IS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT SIX XR LAB EXPERIENCES IN FOUR ATE DOMAINS THAT INCORPORATE UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (UDL) PRINCIPLES, PLUS SIX ACCOMPANYING TUTORIALS AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUCTOR IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCES. FOURTH, IS TO CONDUCT USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCH STUDIES WITH 30 INSTRUCTORS AND 100 STUDENTS TO ANALYZE EFFECTIVENESS AND REFINE THE DESIGN TO MAXIMIZE ACCESSIBILITY AND ADOPTION. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON THE EDUCATION OF TECHNICIANS FOR THE ADVANCED-TECHNOLOGY FIELDS THAT DRIVE THE NATION'S ECONOMY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

1886515.00

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2022-07-25

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National Science Foundation

GRANT INSIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (GIRD): USING BIG DATA CENTERED MIXED METHODS TO EXPLAIN VARIANCES IN GRANT FUNDING AND OUTCOMES AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES -RECOGNIZING DISPARITIES IN EXTERNAL FUNDING ACROSS TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THE NEED TO BUILD INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES, THIS RESEARCH IS DESIGNED TO SURFACE FACTORS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO SECURE EXTERNAL FUNDS. DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THIS INVESTIGATION WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR A SET OF EMPIRICALLY DERIVED BEST PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESS IN SECURING FUNDING. THE CENTRAL RESEARCH QUESTION IS, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS AND FACTORS DIFFERENTIATE COLLEGES WITH VARYING LEVELS OF EXTERNAL FUNDING? THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL CONDUCT A MIXED METHODS RESEARCH STUDY THAT COMBINES A RICH SET OF DATA: (1) ALGORITHM-DERIVED META-DATA ON TWO-YEAR COLLEGE CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE; (2) PUBLIC AND CAMPUS INSTITUTIONAL DATA; (3) SURVEYS OF COLLEGE AND PROGRAM FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS; AND (4) IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH COLLEGE AND PROGRAM FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE TEAM WILL ADAPT QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS, SUCH AS BIG DATA ALGORITHMS, CLUSTER ANALYSES, AND DECISIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS, COMMONLY EMPLOYED BY THE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SECTORS, AND APPLY THEM TO HIGHER EDUCATION. IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN ADVANCED-TECHNOLOGY FIELDS THROUGH FOSTERING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, THE GOAL OF THE INVESTIGATION IS TO ESTABLISH VIABLE PATHWAYS AND IMPACTFUL PRACTICES BY WHICH LESS GRANT-ACTIVE, TWO-YEAR COLLEGES CAN UTILIZE EXTERNAL FUNDING RESOURCES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATIONS, FACULTY, AND INSTITUTIONS IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL APPLY AND TEST AN INNOVATIVE USE OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT NOW CAN BE EXAMINED USING LARGE DATA SETS AND DATA SCIENCE METHODS IN COMBINATION WITH MORE TRADITIONAL DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON THE EDUCATION OF TECHNICIANS FOR THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FIELDS THAT DRIVE THE NATION?S ECONOMY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

797040.00

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2022-09-15

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National Science Foundation

POSE: PHASE I: OSE FOR CONSUMER AND ACADEMIC SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY ADOPTION -THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY PATHWAYS TO ENABLE OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEMS (POSE) WHICH SEEKS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF OPEN-SOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CREATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL AND SOCIETAL IMPORTANCE. THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY A MOMENTOUS SHIFT IN THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE WITH OVER $2.6 TRILLION INVESTED IN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE). MORE THAN 80% OF ALL NEW ELECTRICAL GENERATION ADDED IN 2020 WAS FROM RE SOURCES. HOWEVER, A GREAT BULK OF THIS ADDITION WAS FOR UTILITY (>5MW) AND DISTRIBUTED SCALE GENERATION (>500KW) AND NOT AT THE CONSUMER LEVEL INTEGRATION. THE MAIN MISSION OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO SCOPE AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM (OSE) WHICH WILL INCREASE CONSUMER ADOPTION AND SUPPORT ACADEMIC TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE RE SPACE. THE PROJECT?S NOVELTIES ARE PROVIDING CONSUMERS, RESEARCHERS, AND EDUCATORS WITH INTUITIVE, EASY TO OPERATE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TO CONTROL, CONNECT, AND MODIFY RE SYSTEMS, ALONG WITH ACCESS TO LARGE OPEN DATA SETS TO ANALYZE VARIABLES THAT AFFECT VARIOUS SOLUTIONS. THE PROJECT?S IMPACTS ARE 1) ADDRESSING THE LEGAL, SECURITY, SUSTAINABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND TRAINING AREAS NEEDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL OSE AROUND THE SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, AND DATA PLATFORMS, AND 2) ENABLING PATHWAYS FOR DEVELOPMENT BY GROWING THE USER BASE AND CREATING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE USES OF THE PRODUCTS AND SUPPORT EASE OF MASS ADOPTION ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS IN THE ACADEMIC AND CONSUMER RE SPACE. ENHANCING THESE PLATFORMS AND COMMUNITIES MAKES THE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER AND INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL RESEARCHER AND EDUCATOR COMPETE WITH INDUSTRY GIANTS IN THE RE SPACE AND SERVES AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN THE UNITED STATES? QUEST FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASSES. BEYOND RE, THESE PLATFORMS HAVE APPLICABILITY TO AND CAN BE MODIFIED BY DEVELOPERS IN OTHER RELEVANT FIELDS NEEDING SIMILAR SOLUTIONS SUCH AS WATER ECOLOGY AND WATER REMEDIATION, SMALL BATCH MANUFACTURING, AND A HOST OF AGRISCIENCES. AT THE CONSUMER AND ACADEMIA LEVELS, SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO RE IMPLEMENTATION REMAIN THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS PROJECT?S TEAM OF RESEARCHERS IS FOCUSED ON THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, AND CONSUMERS AS CRITICAL GAPS TO BROADER DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF RENEWABLES: 1) OPEN-SOURCE FREE SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA) INTERFACES TO CONTROL AND MONITOR RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSETS (SOFTWARE), 2) OPEN-SOURCE HARDWARE APPLICATIONS FOR DIAGNOSTIC, SMART RELAY, AND MICROINVERTER PURPOSES TO AFFORDABLY CONNECT, OPERATE, AND MODIFY RENEWABLES (HARDWARE), AND 3) ACCESS TO LARGE DATA SETS TO RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND ALL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH RENEWABLE INTEGRATION (DATA SETS). THE PROJECT?S SCOPING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRAINING, ECOSYSTEM DISCOVERY, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND PLANNING FOR SCALE AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

298144.00

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0.00

2020-04-19

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Small Business Administration

ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER GRANT

1000.00

0.00

0.00

2020-04-16

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Small Business Administration

TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES IN MAINTAINING WORK FORCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

0.00

10500.00

10500.00

3

$10,500

2020-04-15

Paid in Full

100

$10,500

Unanswered

Unknown/NotStated

Unanswered

Unanswered

$10,555.62

SouthState Bank, National Association

Payroll: $10,500