NEXA welcomed Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling to its corporate headquarters in Hollywood, Florida, for a firsthand look at the people, skills, and technologies supporting the company’s continued growth.
During the visit, Acting Secretary Sonderling toured NEXA’s operations, met with employees, viewed a demonstration of the company’s managed services capabilities, and participated in a roundtable discussion with NEXA leadership.
The conversations focused on workforce development, employee career pathways, U.S.-based engineering and R&D, expanded domestic manufacturing, and the specialized talent needed to support government and critical communications customers while strengthening the downstream technology ecosystem that depends on secure, resilient mobility solutions.
A Firsthand Look at NEXA
Acting Secretary Sonderling began the visit with a tour of NEXA’s Experience Center, where the company showcases enterprise mobility technologies developed for healthcare, public safety, government, transportation, retail, and other demanding environments.
The Experience Center provided an opportunity to demonstrate how purpose-built mobility solutions are designed around specific operational needs, including security, reliability, device management, long-term support, and connectivity.
Acting Secretary Sonderling also viewed a demonstration of NEXA’s managed services capabilities and met with members of the team responsible for supporting complex enterprise mobility deployments.
The visit concluded with a roundtable discussion and Q&A focused on the relationship between technology investment and workforce opportunity. Topics included developing skilled talent, creating career pathways, expanding U.S.-based engineering and manufacturing capabilities, and aligning employee skills with real industry needs.
The Skills Behind NEXA’s Growth
Technology investment and workforce development are closely connected.
Building and supporting enterprise mobility solutions requires expertise across project management, product development, engineering, deployment, operations, customer support, and managed services. It also requires employees who understand the industries and operational environments in which the technology will be used.
As NEXA has grown, employees have taken on increasingly complex responsibilities, developed specialized expertise, earned professional certifications, and advanced into new roles.
These experiences demonstrate how workforce development can take place within a growing technology company by connecting hands-on learning with real customer and business needs.
Career Growth in Action
During the visit, Senior Project Manager Lizzett Hernandez shared a career journey that reflects how long-term employee development can take shape inside a growing technology company.
Lizzett joined NEXA eight years ago in an administrative role, with a clear goal of moving into project management. From the beginning, she used each role as a foundation for the next, learning how projects move from planning to execution while building strong organizational, communication, and client-support skills.
That progression led to a Project Coordinator position, where she spent two and a half years developing hands-on experience in project planning, coordination, team communication, and customer support. She later advanced to Project Manager, earned her Project Management Professional certification, and spent four years managing increasingly complex work before being promoted to Senior Project Manager in 2025.
Today, Lizzett oversees multiple high-profile client projects across a range of industries, coordinating cross-functional teams and helping ensure that complex enterprise telecommunications solutions are delivered with clarity, accountability, and alignment to customer needs.
Her path demonstrates how career growth is built over time through practical experience, mentorship, professional credentials, and the opportunity to take on greater responsibility. It also reinforces the broader workforce-development theme of the visit: when employees are given room to learn and advance, their growth can directly support the company’s ability to serve customers and build technology for demanding environments.
Investing in U.S.-Based Innovation
NEXA has outlined a modernization commitment that includes expanding U.S.-based engineering and R&D, strengthening supply-chain partnerships, diversifying manufacturing, expanding U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities for government and critical communications industries, and investing in next-generation mobility technologies.
These investments are intended to support the development of secure, reliable, and purpose-built solutions for organizations whose work depends on connectivity, including government agencies, first responders, healthcare providers, transportation teams, and enterprise workforces.
NEXA is also building on its recent Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to further advance emerging technologies for critical communications.
Together with NEXA’s Android Enterprise Gold OEM Partner status, as one of only 14 globally and the only one in the USA, the CRADA reflects the company’s continued work across secure mobility, technical innovation, and communications capabilities for demanding operational environments.
The visit provided an opportunity for NEXA leaders to discuss both the promise and the practical requirements of expanding domestic technology capabilities.
Those requirements include skilled engineering talent, continued investment, resilient supply chains, trusted industry relationships, and a clear understanding of the operational needs that technology must address.
Expanding domestic technology capabilities is not limited to where a product is assembled. It also involves the people and organizations that design, test, certify, deploy, integrate, manage, and support that technology throughout its lifecycle.
Developing those capabilities in the United States can support high-skill technology careers, strengthen domestic expertise, and help power the domestic downstream technology industry that supports enterprise and mission-critical communications technology.
Momentum Rooted in South Florida
Founded in Miami in 2011 as Social Mobile, NEXA has grown into a global enterprise mobility company while maintaining strong roots in South Florida.
The company’s design and engineering organization is headquartered in Florida, providing a foundation from which NEXA can continue expanding its technology, talent, and domestic capabilities.
The visit also followed several important milestones for NEXA, including its recent recognition as the #1 Fastest-Growing Company by the South Florida Business Journal and its fourth appearance on the Inc. 5000 list.
These recognitions reflect NEXA’s continued transformation and the contributions of the employees, customers, partners, and communities supporting its growth.
As South Florida’s technology economy continues to develop, cultivating local talent will be essential to sustaining that momentum. Companies must help create opportunities for people to gain relevant experience, develop specialized skills, and build careers that allow them to grow alongside the industries they support.
Building What Comes Next
NEXA appreciates Acting Secretary Sonderling and his team taking the time to visit the company’s headquarters, meet employees, and learn more about the people and technologies supporting its growth.
As NEXA continues to expand, the company remains focused on investing in skilled talent, advancing U.S.-based engineering and R&D, expanding domestic manufacturing capabilities for government and critical communications customers, strengthening domestic technology capabilities, and delivering purpose-built enterprise mobility solutions for organizations operating in demanding environments.
For NEXA, building what comes next means investing not only in technology but also in the people, skills, and domestic ecosystems that make innovation possible.