Who we are
The idea and people behind Roundhouse.
Roundhouse Partnership Solutions is a purpose-driven professional services firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its mission and scope of services was developed based on decades spent in the education/industry partnership space and seeks to solve the essential challenges that prevent transformative change in talent and workforce development.
Brett Pawlowski, President
Brett Pawlowski is founder and president of Roundhouse Partnership Solutions. He has spent more than 20 years working on industry/education partnerships. His accomplishments include:
- Architect and developer of Seamless WBL, a market-leading work-based learning application serving over 1,000 high schools and colleges (now known as Work-Based Experiences, part of YouScience’s Brightpath suite of tools).
- Author of the Employer Engagement Toolkit, Building Advisory Boards that Matter (with Hans Meeder), two state handbooks on advisory boards, and dozens of white papers, briefs, and survey reports.
- Consulted with national corporations and nonprofits, industry organizations, state departments of education and school districts on partnership strategy, work-based learning, advisory boards, and education outreach.
- Provided workshops and trainings on partnership-related topics to industry and education groups and dozens of schools and districts.
He was president of DeHavilland Associates from 2005-2012, executive vice president and co-founder of the National Center for College and Career Transitions (NC3T) from 2012-2022 and, after overseeing the acquisition of NC3T to YouScience in 2022, product manager and director of workforce development for that company until 2024.