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Roux Institute graduate students and L.L.Bean employees collaborate to solve a retail challenge

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“This has been a truly worthwhile investment,” said L.L.Bean CEO Steve Smith of their collaboration with Northeastern’s Roux Institute.

Unlock the power of Northeastern University and apply it to your most pressing business challenges.

Northeastern University provides our partners with integrated and customized talent and technology solutions, enabling you to thrive in a world driven by data and AI.

Our ideal partnership is deep and collaborative and seeks to truly understand your organization’s aspirations and obstacles, and then leverage our assets to help you achieve your goals.

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Making an Impact

Partnerships are the key to translating our efforts into impact. Together, we are strengthening economies and fueling important regional growth through a shared focus on talent development, acquisition, retention, and innovation.

200+

4,584+

80%

Roux partners

partners employees trained

of partner learners report improved job performance

PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

The EAI and Roux Institute team has been an incredible partner by seeking to understand what our needs are, then building an innovative solution that advances our approach to personal customer care and frictionless service. Their partnership has enabled us to execute our goal of deepening customer relationships through AI practices.

Bob Montgomery-Rice

President and CEO of Bangor Savings Bank

PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

By partnering with the Roux Institute and Northeastern on R&D, we’ll continue our success in anticipating the next technology trend.

Josh Broder

CEO, Tilson

PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

This impactful 8-week course provided me with a world-class education that deepened my knowledge within the space that I lead, positively impacting our employees who will shape our customers’ experiences of tomorrow.

AMBER HEFFNER COSBY

Senior Vice President, Director of Business Technology, Bangor Savings Bank

PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

The Roux Institute instructor’s use of real-world examples and the ability to draw from practical experiences are really helpful. I really enjoyed and learned a lot from using our internal dashboards and have already started putting into use some of the best practices for data visualization.

BANGOR SAVINGS BANK EMPLOYEE

PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDY

Upskilling project management leaders at The Jackson Laboratory

Claudia Churchill joined The Jackson Laboratory, a global nonprofit biomedical research organization, in March 2022, eager to advance her career in a new role as a project manager. She soon discovered an exciting opportunity to gain foundational skills. Her employer was offering a six-week course in project management that it co-designed with the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine.

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PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDY

Bangor Savings Bank Invests in Workforce Development

As a forward-thinking community bank and workplace of choice, Bangor Savings Bank leverages data to build trusted customer relationships.

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PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDY

Roux Data Analytics Students Work to Shorten LifeFlight Call Response Times

LifeFlight came to the Roux Institute with data and an idea: could the class use their data to help LifeFlight shorten their “chute time” – a term that refers to the time that elapses from the moment a call comes in, to the moment helicopter disembarks?

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200 Partners Strong and Growing

The Roux Institute launched in 2020 with 10 founding partners. Today, we’re proud to have over 200 partnerships with businesses, organizations, universities, and municipalities around Maine. When we work together, we can build a stronger, healthier, and more prosperous state.