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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine is published by TouchPoint Innovative Solutions on behalf of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce and Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation. PUBLISHER Howard M. Holley EDITOR John Guthrie MANAGING EDITOR Elesha Mavrommatis W hat will the workforce of the future look like 10 years from now? What trends will impact how we work and how can we best position ourselves for success? These are some of the questions the editorial committee and I posed as we began working on this issue of EVOLVE. As it turns out, there are many individuals in Volusia County’s business community thinking through these questions and working to discover the answers. Tim and Sara Hale, co-founders and managing partners at Coastal Cloud, share their insights in the article Florida Company Seeks to Build Workforce of CREATIVE DESIGN & LAYOUT the Future. Their embrace of a virtual office model has helped them become a Ashlee Harrell powerhouse in the technology consulting field and is a harbinger of things to CIRCULATION Teldra Jones ADVERTISING SALES Jeanne Coates Charlene “Charlie” Savidge EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Richard Cooper • Halifax Insurance Partners Mariann Darcangelo • Cindy Ferrara State Farm Michael Jiloty • Team Volusia Kerry Karl • Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Piros Pazaurek • Marketing X-Rays Chris Thomes • Daytona State College Deana C. Williams • Team Volusia Interested in Advertising? If you would like to advertise in EVOLVE, please call 386.283.5906 or email us at [email protected]. Write For Us! If you’re interested in contributing to EVOLVE, please email links to current writing samples and a little bit about yourself to [email protected]. come. In the article Data Drives Results, John Hamlin, President of Hamlin and Associates, shares why having someone on your team who focuses on data will be key to your success. It’s quite likely that many of us working now will still be working 10 years from now–though not necessarily in the same role or even in the same career. In The Road Ahead, Robin King, CEO of CareerSouce Flagler Volusia, shares why life-long learning is crucial to long-term employment and in How to Perfect Your Next Act we profile three individuals who have successfully changed careers. According to a study by Upwork, the largest global freelancing website, more than ½ of the American workforce will freelance–in some form or fashion–by 2030. What does this mean closer to home? We explore the trend in the article, Central Florida Embraces the Gig Economy. As you think about what the next 10 years will bring for your organization, our hope is that this issue of EVOLVE magazine will help you think through what your workforce will need to look like in order to maintain and grow a prosperous economic landscape. EVOLVE is published four times per year. CONTACT US EvolveDaytona.com [email protected] JOHN GUTHRIE Editor, EVOLVE Scan the QR code to access EVOLVE digital or visit EvolveDaytona.com TouchPoint Innovative Solutions - formerly The Holley Group All rights reserved. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher. TouchPoint Innovative Solutions assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. © 2020 TouchPoint Innovative Solutions. All rights reserved. FEBRUARY 2020 | 3 |