What is different about the APEX Tech Pull engagement strategy from other, more traditional transition development activities?

Many technology transition agents focus on a small set of customers or technology areas. Unlike most entities that work primarily off personal relationships, we are developing a data analytics back-end that will assist in the down-selection and match-making process. APEX takes a many-on-many matching concepts in order to pair technologies in development with technology needs. By codifying and understanding both technology in development and technology needs, APEX will create a system that scales beyond what a small transition agent would be able to accomplish, enabling the U.S. Air Force technology enterprise on a national scale.