The overall purpose of the C.L.I.M.B. (Changing Lives Is My Business) initiative is providing exposure to leadership practices and the increasingly important field of coding, cybersecurity, and data science for overall workforce development for the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana.

In the United States, a stunning statistic is emerging in Information Technology and Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity Ventures predict that there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally by 2021, up from several million positions in 2019. These figures are corroborated by hundreds of universities, governments, vendors, recruitment firms, and security experts.

No matter how you crunch the numbers, there's a considerable need for cybersecurity workers over the next decade.

The top five states for cybersecurity jobs are Virginia, Texas, Colorado, New York, and North Carolina — where average annual salaries for cybersecurity roles exceed $100,000, according to Dark Reading’s analysis of a recent report. 

C.L.I.M.B.'s mission is to create a diverse and technically competent workforce primarily for the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana, but these initiatives have national and global implications.

C.L.I.M.B. emerges in a time of exponential growth and change in society, education, and the technology sector. Technology is how innovation and robust economies exist. The most dramatic influence of technology is in society. Technological development affects the life of every human being. High expectations of consumers pose a challenge to the businesses.

In the context of the market/environment assessment and the SWOT analysis, the Strategic Planning Committee has concluded that C.L.I.M.B. competitive advantage is its ability to adapt and change with the needs of the environment, like Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana. 

C.L.I.M.B.'s value proposition is simple and straight forward. C.L.I.M.B. is "Learning Re-Imagined for Louisiana”.