Turn technical talent into enterprise momentum
Built by MKE Tech Hub with Milwaukee employers, Catalyze is an 8-week, cohort-based program that strengthens the region’s mid-career technologists so critical initiatives can be led and delivered from here.
What Your Organization Gains
Catalyze is built around real work. Participants bring a live project from their technical roadmap, so the learning translates directly into organizational results.
Retain high-value talent
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Give ambitious technologists a clear path to enterprise leadership — inside your organization, not elsewhere.
Sharper decisions, faster
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Leaders receive structured recommendations — clear options, tradeoffs, and next steps they can act on immediately.
Accelerate stalled initiatives
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Participants work on real roadmap projects, moving them from limbo to decision-ready in 8 weeks.
Build internal bench strength
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Develop technologists who can think and communicate at the enterprise level, reducing dependency on outside consultants.
Regional Impact
Increase retention among enterprise-ready tech leaders in Milwaukee
Faster execution on mission-critical transformations across member companies
A cross-company network of leaders using shared frameworks and vocabulary
Select the Right Participant for Catalyze
Ideal nominees are mid-career technologists with 10-15 years of experience, strong technical skills, readiness to take on greater responsibility, and desire to be more connected in the larger tech ecosystem.
Discounted Rates for Pilot Cohort
Pricing reflects MKE Tech Hub membership level and discounted rate for pilot cohort.
$2,000
SILVER+ MEMBER
per seat
$3,500
BRONZE MEMBER
per seat
$5,000
COMMUNITY MEMBER
per seat
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Common Questions
What are examples of ideal projects for Catalyze participants?
The best projects are important enough to matter but scoped so progress and clear recommendations can be made within an 8-week window. Examples include:
- AI platform integration assessment: Compare 2 to 3 approaches for integrating an LLM-enabled capability into an enterprise workflow (build vs. buy vs. hybrid), and deliver an executive brief with a recommended architecture, data and governance requirements, security and compliance considerations, and a phased pilot-to-scale roadmap with success metrics.
- Modernize a workflow: Research build vs. buy options for streamlining a high-friction intake or approval process, and deliver a decision memo with product shortlist, risks, and a pilot plan.
- Cybersecurity risk reduction roadmap: Assess a current security gap, compare 2 to 3 viable approaches or tools, and deliver an executive-ready brief that prioritizes next steps, estimates cost and effort ranges, and outlines a phased implementation plan with key risks and dependencies.
What does “decision-ready insights” mean?
Participants learn to deliver clear options, implications, and recommendations that leaders can act on. The goal is to reduce ambiguity, speedup decisions, and improve enterprise alignment.
Is this management training?
No. Catalyze develops enterprise leadership capacity in technologists. It focuses on strategic framing, influence, and decision-quality communication, not people management.
What will participants work on during Catalyze?
Each sponsoring employer identifies a high-potential technology project from its roadmap for the participant to use as the “live work” throughout the program. This is not hypothetical casework. It’s a real initiative with real constraints, stakeholders, and tradeoffs, so the learning translates into enterprise momentum.
Ready to Nominate?
Seats for the pilot cohort are limited. Submit your nomination to reserve your spot and schedule a short fit conversation with MKE Tech Hub.
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