Large-scale Education Target NC State’s extensive student and faculty body (over 34,000 students and 7,000 staff) for scalable software, learning analytics, and collaboration tools that support campus-wide research, administration, and course delivery.

Research Leadership Leverage the university’s strong emphasis on STEM leadership to position advanced analytics, simulation, and data visualization platforms that enhance research workflows, grant reporting, and interdepartmental collaboration.

Funding Readiness With revenue in the 1B to 10B range, pursue multi-year technology investments, enterprise licenses, and modular solutions aligned with university-wide IT modernization and sustainability initiatives.

Public Partnerships Capitalize on recent collaborations (economic mobility studies, community partnerships) to offer data-driven impact tools, customer relationship management for community programs, and regional workforce analytics.

Digital Transformation Explore cloud, security, and data integration enhancements across campus tech stacks (Linux, Python, WordPress, Google Charts) to consolidate disparate systems and improve operational efficiency for IT and research offices.