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We harness expertise in management consulting, data, and technology to solve tomorrow's workforce challenges with employers, educators, and communities.

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Our products merge data and human-centered design to propel learners, employers and organizations.

Experience Registry

XR empowers organizations & communities to move from static listings for their skill-building programs, courses, or activities and publish them digitally - resulting in broader exposure to learners and significantly easier maintenance of each listing. Easily publish them to increase exposure and raise awareness among your target population!

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Return On College for Institutions

ROC for Institutions equips your admission office, advisors/counselors with an interactive tool showcasing your degrees ROI. Enhance understanding of economic value, allowing students/families to make informed decisions on education, career paths.

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Data on Snowflake Marketplace

Our offering on Snowflake Data Marketplace combines a rich selection of public datasets with the agile and efficient cloud technology of Snowflake. Access data from IPEDS, O*NET, College Scorecard, military occupational codes, military to civilian crosswalk, military ranks and pay grades, along with our proprietary Return-on-College dataset. This integration with Snowflake’s high-performance data warehousing ensures you can effortlessly analyze and process vast amounts of data, enabling informed decision-making and insights at an unprecedented pace.

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HEIDI

Single source for up-to-date interconnected data from the most essential Department of Education and Department of Defense public resources.

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The Community Career and Education Discovery Platform

A platform that enables workforce boards and their communities to highlight their region’s high demand career pathways, training providers, and programs, then connect learners/workers with coaches to get them started.

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Datastop.io

Empower your decisions with DataStop.io! The quintessential hub for labor market and higher education data intelligence!

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Exponential Pathways

XP allows students to explore local and national occupations, career pathways, mentors, workforce groups. It allows organizational leaders to set up assignments and activities to guide students on their career exploration journey.

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Virtual Mentor

Virtual Mentor allows you to easily request, capture, and display curated success story videos from all across your community -- spreading their influence to all sorts of learners no matter where they are on their education or career journey. Empower your community leaders to share their journey far & wide!

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Career Path Decide

Career Path DECIDE empowers learners—including Service members, Veterans, and civilian professionals—to explore career paths and education opportunities that align with their unique skills, interests, values, and lifestyle. Whether transitioning from the military or pursuing advancement in civilian life, users receive personalized recommendations to help them confidently decide on next steps in higher education or certification pathways. Organizations can discover how Career Path DECIDE supports advising services by integrating it into career development programs, enabling tailored guidance at scale.

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Return On College for High School

ROC offers clarity and direction for the future. Understand career goals, see the value of degrees for earning potential, and make informed choices on educational investments.

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Clareer

Clareer lets workforce boards, businesses, and educators easily create & share career pathways with user-friendly tools and integrations. Empower Aspirations with Clareer.

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The Mentor Method

Move from DIY mentorship programs managed via spreadsheets to a scalable digital experience featuring algorithmic matching, automated administration, customizable program frameworks, and real-time data tracking to measure true program success!

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In Their Words: Our Clients Share Their Story

Hear from Nicole Garcia, an education counselor at Lackland Air Force Base, as she shares how Career Path DECIDE supports her work guiding Service members in education and career planning.

Our Services

Vantage Point offers expertise in strategic planning, user experience design, artificial intelligence, data analytics, agile project management, and technology to turn our clients' largest workforce challenges into their competitive advantage.

Meet Our Team

See our team of experts in design, data science, application development, agile project management, workforce development and higher education.

Cristine Carpenter
President

Cristine Carpenter, Vantage Point Consulting co-founder and President, is an 11-year US Navy veteran with a background in human resources management. Prior to founding Vantage Point, Cristine worked in HR for the US Patent & Trademark Office. Cristine enjoys painting, sharing time at concerts and museums with her two daughters, and crafting new fusion cuisines. Cristine has lived in the Philippines, England, Italy, and France as well as Los Angeles, New York, Louisville and Washington, DC, infusing the richness of experiences into her work, cooking, and art. Cristine’s appreciation for diverse cultures shapes Vantage Point’s deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace and in our work.

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Dr. Jeff Carpenter
Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development

Jeffrey Carpenter, a Vantage Point Consulting Co-founder, serves as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development and has over 20 years’ experience in management and technology consulting. His user-research and data-backed approach to solution design draws from his diverse experiences at IBM, PwC, and Vantage Point. Jeffrey is a Cal Berkeley alum, earned his EdD from UPenn GSE and a dual MBA and MPP from Georgetown University. Jeff is an avid traveler and loves trail running with his trusty Samoyed, Berkeley.

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Harold Tran
Vice President of Operations and Finance

Harold Tran, VP of Operations and Finance at Vantage Point, brings a wealth of management consulting experience from Andersen Consulting, Accenture, and Slalom. Harold passionately pursues harnessing educational technology for the betterment of society – working to revolutionize learners’ journeys and contributing to a brighter future through innovative solutions. Harold enjoys golfing, tough mudder-ing, and rooting on Seattle sports teams!

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Travis Mantiply
Vice President of Technology

Travis Mantiply, Vice President of Technology, contributes 20+ years of Technology Consulting experience where he has led the successful adoption of modern technologies, innovations, and groundbreaking solutions at IBM, Vantage Point, and within the sectors of Higher Education, the DoD, and Healthcare. Travis is an alumnus of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, and in his free time enjoys history, art, golf, and backcountry adventures.

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Wendy Garcia
Director of Business Development & Marketing

Wendy has 20+ years of consulting experience in both the Federal and State Government sectors.  Her specialization includes Business Development, Project Leadership, Strategic Planning, Change Management with emphasis in Military Initiatives, Higher Education and Workforce Development. She holds degrees from the University of Hawaii and the University of South Florida and is Prosci® Change Practitioner and ICAgile Project Management certified.

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Stephanie Kahne
Director of Delivery Excellence

Stephanie has been with Vantage Point since 2017 and is a seasoned Higher Education professional with over 20 years' work history in higher education. Her experience includes Director of Delivery Excellence, Program Manager, Director of Advisement and Admissions, Financial Aid and Veterans Administration (VA). She demonstrates servant leader traits and successfully communicates effectively and strives to deliver superb customer outcomes and exceptional satisfaction to the client.

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Marc Eckardt
Director of Business Analytics & Human Resource Management

Marc is a retired Naval Oceanographer and self-declared life-long learner & data geek.   He currently supports the Voluntary Education community through the Career Ready Portfolio and is motivated to help Service members, Counselors, and Decision Makers make sense of all the data.  Broadly, Marc has extensive experience leading large, technically oriented organizations providing products and information for big-data applications.  In his free time, Marc enjoys spending time with his family, playing music, and tending his garden.

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August 26, 2025

Career Path DECIDE Returns: Career & Education Planning Co-Pilot Relaunches

Washington,D.C. — At a time of evolving workforce realities, accelerated reskilling and education disruption, one of the nation’s most trusted tools for career exploration and decision support is back online. Vantage Point Consulting Inc., in conjunction with the American Council on Education (ACE), is proud to announce the official re-launch of the commercial version of Career Path DECIDE(CPD), the platform that has helped over 1.5 million military-affiliated users find clarity in their career and education journeys over the past seven years.

Now freely available to learners as a commercially-run platform, thanks to generous philanthropic support from Walmart, the Schultz Family Foundation, and the Tullman Family Office to ACE along with strategic partnership support from ACE and Student Veterans of America (SVA),CPD is available to empower an even wider population of learners — from Service members and Veterans to early-career explorers and adult career changers — to navigate and set future career goals with confidence and maximize the return on the education investments that will prepare them for those goals.

Back by Popular Demand

Originally licensed by the Department of Defense and widely used by Service members,Veterans, and military-affiliated families since its initial launch 2017, Career Path DECIDE was temporarily taken offline earlier this year as part of Federal Government budget cuts.

For thousands of CPD users navigating their transitions out of the military and seeking to optimize the use of Tuition Assistance dollars, the loss of CPD as a Government licensed resource exposed a deeper need for data-informed systems that support the mobility, readiness, and resilience of learners everywhere, both within and outside of the Military Service.

The platform’s awesome impact for learners and transitioning service members was well-documented: before the federal government-funded license was discontinued in April 2025, CPD was used by 55,000+ learners each month, helping individuals explore the ins and outs of high-value careers, evaluate potential degrees and credentials to prepare for their next steps, and connect their aspirational goals to the real-world pathways needed to achieve them. Among those learners:

●      38% using the platform did not have a specific career goal before coming to CPD.

●       22% came in with an initial goal, but changed to a new goal based on their exploration of data-rich career pathways and labor market data about salaries, job growth, and risk of automation or AI-disruption.

●      And 63% of active-duty Service Members using CPD leveraged the platform’s capabilities to set a career goal different from the job they were currently doing in the military – and received a personalized goals report pinpointing the optimal education investments to prepare for that different career path.

Today, CPD is back online and free for learners to use, reimagined for long-term impact.

As a Navy Veteran who struggled while in service to know how to optimize my Tuition Assistance benefits to prepare for my transition, I feel passionate that CPD is more than a tool—it’s a lifeline for those who need to make confident decisions about how to prepare for their futures. We’re proud to bring it back, stronger and more accessible than ever.”  - Cristine Carpenter, President and Founder of Vantage Point Consulting Inc.

CPD retains its core purpose to support informed, confident decision-making around career goals and education investments while expanding access to serve not only military-affiliated learners, but students, early-career explorers, career changers,and lifelong learners navigating an increasingly complex landscape.

Designed by and for the Community It Serves

Developed and refined over the past eight years based on continuous feedback from Service members, Veterans, and military education counselors, CPD has become a trusted bridge from military life to civilian career success.

Whether you’re a transitioning service member mapping out civilian pathways, a student exploring college options, or an adult learner considering a new direction, CPD offers:

●      AI-powered exploration tools that surface personalized career and education pathways based on a user’s skills, interests,values, and job market demand to help learners decide on their desired career goal

●       Data-driven decision support on the optimal education opportunities to achieve that career goal, including projected ROI of degrees, job outlook,time-to-completion, and education program alignment

●      No-cost access, with relaunch made possible by the generosity of our sponsors and mission-aligned collaborators to ensure all learners and transitioning workers can take advantage of Career Path DECIDE without cost, with premium licensing options available to companies, workforce development organizations and education providers

This re-launch doesn’t just restore access. It enables our company to continue to focus on our core mission of helping learners and workers discover and maximize their future potential through personalized advising powered by labor market and education provider data augmented by thoughtful use of AI."  - Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter, Executive VP of Vantage Point Consulting Inc.

Building for What’s Next

Now successfully re-launched and available to all learners, Career Path DECIDE will continue to evolve to meet the moment for our users’ career and education needs through strategic partnerships and innovative new features on the horizon, including:  

●      Brand New AI-guided conversation flows to support your exploration, offering real-time career & education thought partnership – a planning “co-pilot” right by your side.

●      Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) data integration, through a collaboration with the American Council on Education (ACE)to help users maximize recognition for their life and work experience in real,tangible credits toward their desired credential and faster time-to-completion.

●      Purpose-built, adaptable tools for the community supporting learners along their journey, including education counselors, academic institutions, employers, workforce boards and more

I’m thrilled that Walmart, Shultz, and Tullman are investing in Career Path DECIDE and the power of the U.S. learning ecosystem—a democratic network of education, workforce, and community resources that thrives on openness, choice, and opportunity. Their support affirms CPD as a trusted tool that empowers learners to navigate complexity with confidence.”– Michele Spires, Assistant Vice President of One Dupont Ventures, National Service and Defense Solutions.

Explore Freely, Decide Confidently

As Vantage Point Consulting reintroduces CPD to learners across the country, the mission remains unchanged:

To democratize access to expert-level career and education guidance, at no cost,for everyone. Whether navigating the military-to-civilian transition, choosing a major, making a mid-career leap, or supporting others in their journey, CPD is your personalized, no-cost roadmap to opportunity.

Get started today at www.careerpathdecide.org.

About Vantage Point Consulting Inc.

Vantage Point Consulting Inc. is a veteran and woman-owned small business with over 20 years of experience in helping deliver public sector innovation, education design,and data-driven technology solutions to government, education, and non-profit partners.  With expertise in career pathway design, user-centered technology, and data-informed decision tools,Vantage Point empowers individuals and organizations to build brighter futures.

To learn more, please visit www.vantagepoint-inc.com or contact info@vantagepoint-inc.com.

About ACE:

​​​​​The American Council on Education (ACE) is a membership organization that leads higher education with a united vision for the future. We galvanize our members to make change and we collaborate across the sector to design solutions for today’s challenges, serve the needs of a diverse student population, and shape effective public policy. As the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities, our strength lies in our diverse membership of nearly 1,600 colleges and universities, related associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. A​​​​​​CE is the only major higher education association to represent all types of U.S. accredited,degree-granting colleges and universities. Our members educate two out of every three students in all accredited, degree-granting U.S. institutions.

For more information, please visit www.acenet.edu or follow ACE on X @ACEducation and LinkedIn.

Media Contact for Vantage Point Consulting Inc:

Wendy Garcia, Director of Business Development & Marketing

wendy.garcia@vantagepoint-inc.com

Media Contact for American Council on Education:

Jon Riskind, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Policy Communications

jriskind@acenet.edu

202-939-9453

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March 11, 2025

Vantage Point Consulting Inc Launches Network to Support Public Servants Navigating Career Transitions

Washington, D.C. – March 11, 2025– What happens when decades of public service suddenly come to an end? Across the country, experienced government professionals are facing unexpected career transitions due to workforce reductions, agency reorganizations, and evolving job requirements. In response, Vantage Point Consulting Inc., a Veteran- and Woman-Owned Small Business, has launched the Displaced by DOGE Network, a nationwide career support platform designed to help public servants take control of their future.

Vantage Point Consulting has spent nearly two decades working with federal and state agencies, higher education institutions, and workforce development organizations to create solutions that support career pathways, professional development, and strategic workforce planning.Leveraging this expertise, the Displaced by DOGE Network was developed to provide government employees with the tools, resources, and community they need to transition confidently into new opportunities.

“As federal and state agencies restructure, thousands of experienced professionals are left wondering what’s next,” said Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter, Co-Founder of Vantage Point Consulting and Co-Community Founder of the Displaced by DOGE Network. “Our goal is to ensure that public servants who have dedicated their careers to serving their communities have access to the right resources, opportunities, and connections to successfully transition into new roles.”

For many public servants, sudden career shifts can be overwhelming. Colby Britton, a federal employee with over two decades of government service, knows this firsthand. His career began at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), followed by roles at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG). With a family to support, Britton expected to remain in government service for at least another decade until an unexpected job loss forced him to navigate a complex and unfamiliar transition process.

“I wasn’t ready to leave government service. The reality of needing to find new employment, navigating job applications, and realizing how different federal resumes are from the civilian sector was overwhelming,” said Britton. “I knew that if I was facing these challenges,others were too. That’s why I joined the Displaced by DOGE Network to help build a community where we can support one another through these transitions.”

The Displaced by DOGE Network is an innovative platform that provides a structured, interactive space where government employees facing job uncertainty can connect with peers, explore career opportunities, and gain access to essential career development tools. Members can take advantage of AI-driven job matching to connect with employers actively seeking public sector expertise.Virtual job fairs and networking events provide direct engagement with hiring managers, while one-on-one career coaching, resume support, and skill-building workshops help job seekers prepare for new career paths.

The platform’s unique approach blends technology with community support, ensuring displaced professionals don’t have to navigate these challenges alone. "Navigating a career transition isn’t just about finding a job, it’s about knowing where to start and how to market your government experience in new industries," said Jackson Viccora, Community Co-Founder and workforce technology expert. "This network bridges that gap by providing structured resources, peer connections, and direct employer engagement, making the process smoother and more effective."

A key component of the network is the Displaced by DOGE Job Board, a nationwide hiring platform that streamlines the job search process for both job seekers and employers. Using AI-driven technology, it matches professionals with roles suited to their skills and experience,ensuring a more efficient, targeted job search. Job seekers can upload resumes,set real-time alerts, and connect with employers who value public sector expertise. An interactive job map further simplifies the transition process by allowing users to find opportunities based on location.

The Displaced by DOGE Job Board isn’t just for job seekers, it’s a direct hiring solution for employers. Organizations gain access to highly skilled, mission-driven professionals with leadership, expertise, and a strong commitment to public service. The platform’s automated job scraping ensures employers job listings appear with minimal administrative effort. Employers looking for increased visibility can also take advantage of additional features such as rotating featured jobs, custom employer highlight posts, and employer spotlights within the Displaced by DOGE community.

"By hiring from this community, employers are not only filling critical roles with top-tier candidates but also supporting a dedicated workforce in their career transitions," said Wendy Garcia,Community Co-Founder and workforce change management expert. "This platform ensures that experienced public sector professionals have access to the right opportunities, and that employer’s benefit from an incredible pool of mission-driven talent."

The Displaced by DOGE Network is now open for early access. Public servants affected by workforce changes can join the community Displaced by DOGE  to connect with peers, access career resources, and explore new job opportunities.

Employers, state, and local agencies seeking to engage with the job board platform to connect with top-tier public sector talent and utilize innovative recruitment tools can contact info@displacedbydoge.com for more details.

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