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EPISODE · Dec 17, 2025 · 38 MIN

AI with Heart: How VocFit is Transforming the Way People with Disabilities Find Work

from Inside Northwest Columbus · host Lisa Federico

In this inspiring episode, Brad Griffith, Founder and President of Buckeye Innovation, shares how his Columbus-based software development firm partnered with researchers at The Ohio State University to bring an extraordinary idea to life.The result? VocFit — an AI-powered platform that helps people with disabilities discover meaningful career paths based on their unique abilities. By matching strengths to job requirements, VocFit is opening new doors to independence, confidence, and inclusion in the workforce.Brad walks us through how his fully remote team took a vision rooted in social good and turned it into an award-winning, life-changing tool — earning Buckeye Innovation a Gold Stevie Award for Assistive Technology.We’ll also explore how this Columbus company continues to use technology to uplift communities, modernize outdated systems, and remind us that innovation, at its best, has heart.For more information on Buckeye Innovation can build amazing apps or a website for you please visit www.buckeyeinnovation or reach out to Brad Griffith on linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradgriffith/

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