About Us
Synergist is a coalition of partners from public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors that support senior leaders in making strategic technology and operational investment decisions for a still emerging and uncertain mobility future. Our goal is to facilitate the resilient, safe, and seamless transportation of individuals and goods via air, road, rail, marine, and space. Our objectives include:
FOSTER A CULTURE OF ADAPTIVE PREPAREDNESS
Improve preparedness by developing multi-modal transportation models and processes that are flexible and resilient to technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, and workforce challenges, while maintaining a strong emphasis on public safety and accessibility.
IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE
Strengthen resilience by making strategic investments in infrastructure, cybersecurity, agile mission solutions, logistics, and supply chain management within the transportation sector.
EMPLOY A RISK-INFORMED DECISION FRAMEWORK
Use a risk framework to systematically identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks, providing senior leaders with viable strategic planning and investment options in the evolving modern transportation environment.
Operationalize through initial test and evaluation
Evaluate and integrate strategic plans and feasibility studies, enabling the formulation of limited scope use case test and evaluation, to achieve initial, data-backed operational capabilities.
FOSTER A COLLECTIVE, PROACTIVE CYBERSECURITY CULTURE
Promote a collective cyber mindset to safeguard against global, evolving threats and hazards impacting our communities, businesses, infrastructure, and economy.
PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION MOBILITY WORKFORCE
Support education and training initiatives, by collaborating with industry, academic, nonprofit, and public sector partners, to create modern apprenticeship programs that provide career opportunities for students at all academic levels.