# ActivateWork: Opportunity to Impact

> ActivateWork is a talent solutions organization that transforms motivated individuals into highly skilled, valuable team members\.

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## Pages
- [Explore Training Programs](https://activatework.org/learn/programs/)
- [AI\-Enabled IT Support](https://activatework.org/learn/programs/ai-enabled-it-support/)
- [Tech Talent Solutions](https://activatework.org/employers/tech-talent-solutions/)
- [Cybersecurity with AI Tools](https://activatework.org/learn/programs/cybersecurity-with-ai-tools/)
- [AI\-Native Business Intelligence](https://activatework.org/learn/programs/ai-native-business-intelligence/)

## Posts
- [An Interview with ActivateWork Alumnus Fred Delehoy](https://activatework.org/an-interview-with-activate-work-alumnus-fred-delehoy/): When Fred Delehoy graduated from ActivateWork, he was already stepping into his next chapter\. We caught up with Fred to talk about his job search, interview strategies, and what it’s been like starting a new career in IT\.
- [An Interview with ActivateWork Alumnus Mark Sianipar](https://activatework.org/an-interview-with-activatework-alumnus-mark-sianipar/): Mark Sianipar spent months job\-hunting after graduating from ActivateWork in June 2025, sending out dozens of applications for software roles—many of which went unanswered—before landing a position he loves as a Solutions Engineer with VisionLink\.
- [\[Case Study\] OIT \& ActivateWork Apprenticeships: Building Colorado's Tech Workforce from the Ground Up](https://activatework.org/case-study-colorado-governors-office-of-information-technology/): OIT has hired 11 apprentices through ActivateWork, with more than half converting into regular full\-time positions, which they hold to this day\.  Managers consistently report that ActivateWork apprentices become productive within four to six weeks, a timeline that often outpaces experienced hires\.
- [The Rising Tide of Cyber Threats—and Why Cybersecurity Apprenticeships Are Now a Business Imperative](https://activatework.org/why-cybersecurity-apprenticeships-are-now-a-business-imperative/): Across every industry, cyber threats are accelerating at unprecedented speed, scale, and sophistication\. AI has made cyberattacks easier to deploy, easier to scale, and harder for traditional defenses to counter\. Cybersecurity Apprenticeships offer employers a faster, more reliable way to build strong security teams, especially when filling early\-career and mid\-level roles\. 
- [\[Work/Shift\] Op\-Ed: Degrees of 'Abundance': A Postsecondary Path Forward Showcased in Colorado](https://activatework.org/degrees-of-abundance-activatework-featured-in-work-shift-op-ed/): In a powerful new op\-ed for The Job newsletter by Work Shift, partners Roger Low and Landon Mascareñaz highlight how local leadership and data\-driven innovation are creating equitable pathways into tech careers\.

## Impact Reports
- [December 2025](https://activatework.org/impact-report/december-2025/): In a period defined by rapid innovation and widening skills gaps, our charge is clear: we must build pathways that enable talent to rise at the same pace as the speed of change\. ActivateWork is answering that call with urgency and purpose, equipping individuals and employers to thrive in a transformed—and still rapidly transforming—economy\.
- [August 2024](https://activatework.org/impact-report/impact-report-august-2024/)
- [August 2023](https://activatework.org/impact-report/impact-report-august-2023/)
- [December 2022](https://activatework.org/impact-report/december-2022/)
- [July 2022](https://activatework.org/impact-report/july-2022-impact-report/)

## Team Members
- [Lizbeth Williams](https://activatework.org/our_team/lizbeth-williams/): Lizbeth Williams is Director, Finance \& Operations, at ActivateWork\.
- [Leslie McKay](https://activatework.org/our_team/leslie-mckay/): With over thirty years of experience in community relations, marketing, fundraising, and corporate giving in Colorado, Leslie has formed long\-lasting collaborative partnerships with corporate, media, civic, foundation, and non\-profit community organizations\.
- [Anna Levario\-Page](https://activatework.org/our_team/anna-levario-page/)
- [Charly Michaelis](https://activatework.org/our_team/charly-michaelis/)
- [Helen Young Hayes](https://activatework.org/our_team/helen-young-hayes/)

## Learner Stories
- [Graduate Profile: Mamadou Diallo](https://activatework.org/learner_stories/mamadou-diallo/): Mamadou Diallo struggled to land an IT job, even with a Bachelor's degree from his home country of Senegal\. Discouraged by the requirements employers were asking for in entry\-level positions, he turned to ActivateWork to help him land his big break\.
- [Graduate Profile: Estevan Crispin](https://activatework.org/learner_stories/estevan-crispin/)
- [Graduate Profile: Geraldine Alden](https://activatework.org/learner_stories/geraldine-alden/)
- [Graduate Profile: Ulises Aguilar Maturin](https://activatework.org/learner_stories/graduate-profile-ulises-aguilar-maturin/): Before joining ActivateWork, Ulises \(Uli\) Aguilar Maturin was working in construction and HVAC—reliable work, but far from his passion\. Even as lifelong gamer with a natural curiosity for how technology works, Uli struggled to break into a tech career\. That changed when he found ActivateWork\.
- [Graduate Profile: Randy Cordova](https://activatework.org/learner_stories/randy-cordova/): While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, Randy realized that his education was not actually providing him with the experience he needed to secure a job\. Randy enrolled in ActivateWork’s IT Support course and found it to be exactly what he needed\.

## Popups
- [CTA \|\| Contact Us \|\| Employers](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup&p=17505)
- [CTA \|\| Contact Us \|\| Military](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup&p=17514)
- [CTA \|\| Contact Us \|\| Apprenticeships](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup&p=17778)
- [Example: Auto\-opening announcement popup](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup&p=17502)

## Popup Themes
- [Default Theme](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=17494)
- [Light Box](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=17495)
- [Enterprise Blue](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=17496)
- [Hello Box](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=17497)
- [Cutting Edge](https://activatework.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=17498)

## Categories
- [Quantum Computing](https://activatework.org/category/workforce-innovation/quantum-computing/)
- [The Learner Experience](https://activatework.org/category/inside-the-program/learner-experience/)
- [Inside the Program](https://activatework.org/category/inside-the-program/)
- [Tech Workforce Trends](https://activatework.org/category/workforce-innovation/tech-workforce-trends/)
- [Skills\-based Hiring](https://activatework.org/category/workforce-innovation/skills-based-hiring/)

## Tags
- [ActivateWork](https://activatework.org/tag/activatework/)
- [APEX Awards](https://activatework.org/tag/apex-awards/)
- [apprenticeship](https://activatework.org/tag/apprenticeship/)
- [Colorado Workforce Development Council](https://activatework.org/tag/colorado-workforce-development-council/)
- [DEI](https://activatework.org/tag/dei/)

## Team Categories
- [Leadership](https://activatework.org/team_category/leadership/)
- [The Team](https://activatework.org/team_category/the-team/)

## Story Topics
- [Career Changers](https://activatework.org/topic/career-changers/)
- [Immigrant Journeys](https://activatework.org/topic/immigrant-journeys/)
- [Women in Tech](https://activatework.org/topic/women-in-tech/)
- [Adult Learners \& First Jobs in Tech](https://activatework.org/topic/adult-learners-first-jobs-in-tech/)
- [Public Sector \& Community Impact](https://activatework.org/topic/public-sector-community-impact/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://activatework.org/sitemap_index.xml)