Policy analytics The Gardner Policy Institute is a research unit within the University of Utah focused on economic, demographic, and public policy analysis for Utah. This presents an opportunity to offer data visualization, dashboarding, and custom analytics tools that integrate with their research outputs and public-facing reports.

Public finance growth With specialized teams in tax policy, revenue forecasting, budget stress-testing, and budget transparency, there is potential to provide advanced financial modeling platforms, scenario planning software, and compliance-enabled data services to support their public finance research and outreach.

Demographics power Their core work on population estimates, projections, and Census Bureau partnerships signals demand for data engineering, geo-spatial analytics, and big-data pipelines that improve accuracy and timeliness of demographic insights for state-level decision making.

Tech modernization The existing tech stack includes Oracle Cloud, Sitecore, Adobe Experience Cloud, and other enterprise tools, indicating openness to modernization projects, system integrations, data governance enhancements, and marketing technology optimization.

Strategic partnerships Collaboration with private sector stakeholders and government agencies suggests opportunities for research sponsorships, contract research, and sponsored studies, as well as professional services around stakeholder engagement, dissemination, and impact evaluation.