


“Our mission is to deliver customized solutions that address specific problems of clients,” states Darren Kraabel. Being a company that uses its products and solutions internally, Jacobs gains unique perspectives and valuable insights that help it better understand the requirements of clients, enabling it to deliver superior solutions, faster. Jacobs’ strong operational approach assures effective and efficient implementation of complex solutions. Jacobs Connected Enterprise (JCE) connects infrastructures as well as protects and analyzes operational systems and data. It is an integrated suite of capabilities and solutions rather than a single product. “JCE enables digital transformation and spans several core functionalities including the industrial internet of things, network infrastructure, data analytics, cloud solutions, and cybersecurity,” adds Kraabel.
Organizations traditionally have multiple infrastructures in place. For example, the Department of Defense has many facilities and depots across its various military bases.
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Our approach has been to recognize the value of a client’s existing infrastructure and figure out a solution to achieve their objectives
Jacobs helps implement a connected infrastructure to achieve mission directives, which include optimizing energy consumption by utility monitoring or deploying a reliability-centered maintenance approach to reduce costs. In addition, the focus on connected infrastructure is to leverage data analytics to provide insights into an organization’s performance. “We engage clients in an ideation session where we explain the viability of achieving current objectives with the data at hand and the possibility of solving problems with different data sets,” states Kraabel.
Jacobs’ integrated connectivity solutions have been well received by its clients. The company’s approach has been to recognize the value of a client’s existing infrastructure and figure out a solution to achieve their objectives. “We are deploying JCE globally; we have leadership teams in place to drive JCE thinking and solution development into every project that we deliver,” remarks Kraabel. At Jacobs, success is not creating a JCE line of business but transforming Jacobs into a digital company where JCE solutions are a part of every project. Last year, Jacobs won a $4.6 billion missile defense contract and a $1 billion dollar special operations IT contract from the Department of Defense. The company owes its victory over the contracts to the JCE approach.
Jacobs partners with businesses to assist analytics, cybersecurity, and industrial control system developers gain insights into new technologies and evaluate its implementation in highly diverse environments. “Jacobs’ diversity is an inherent strength across all our lines of business that has led to our success,” concludes Kraabel.
Company
Jacobs
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Management
Darren Kraabel, SVP & GM, Mission Solutions
Description
A systems integrator that provides customized solutions to enable
digital transformation
