Episode #33: Ron Brumbarger - Apprentice University

Ron is a life-long Hoosier and a serial entrepreneur. He has started, ran, and sold nine businesses in his career and started or been part of the startup of eight educational endeavors ranging from homeschool tutelages, statewide virtual charter schools, and Apprentice University. Apprentice University was created nine years ago to help solve staffing shortages at the technology firm, Bitwise Solutions, he started in 1991. He sold Bitwise in 2018 to focus his efforts on mentoring and growing tomorrow’s talent at Apprentice University.

Today Ron, along with the amazing team at Apprentice University, focuses on instilling the mindsets of innovation, mentoring, entrepreneurship, and creative problem-solving in their students. Apprentice University prepares students for careers in digital storytelling, marketing, innovation, entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, IT administration, project management, and much more. Students, also known as apprentices, gain high-demand skills through on-the-job training in their apprenticeships with Apprentice University’s elite Corporate Partner network of companies – which they’re always seeking new members.