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Hirsch-Allen Jake, North America Workforce Development and Higher Education System Lead at LinkedIn

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Jake Hirsch-Allen

North America Workforce Development and Higher Education System Lead at LinkedIn

Advisory Board
Master of Public Policy Program

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Biography

Jake Hirsch-Allen works with North America's governments, workforce development organizations, colleges, and universities, to leverage LinkedIn's Learning Solutions and Economic Graph data to close skills gaps. Jake is passionate about supporting disadvantaged groups such as newcomers and refugees, indigenous populations, the formerly incarcerated, and people with disabilities.

Jake speaks regularly on the changing nature of the future of work and learning. Jake is a Director on the Boards of the Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity, Information and Communications Technology Council, and the Canadian Club. He is on the Advisory Boards of the Hot Docs Cinema and Code for Canada and an Executive at the International Council on Badges and Credentials. Jake founded Lighthouse Labs, Canada's foremost software development bootcamp and Hacking Health. A former intellectual property and international criminal lawyer, Jake was also Chair of the Technology Committee of the Global Education Platform, taught Global Health at McMaster University and clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel.