About SkillShifters™

Preparing People for How Work Is Changing

SkillShifters™ helps learners, workers, educators, and workforce organizations prepare for how work is changing by focusing on practical skills, judgment, digital fluency, problem solving, and career readiness.

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Why It Was Created

Access to a tool is not readiness.

AI and digital tools are entering workplaces and classrooms faster than people are being prepared to use them. SkillShifters™ was created by Queens Code AI to close that gap — starting with the work itself, not the technology.

Our Philosophy

Skills and judgment over shortcuts.

Practical skills, human judgment, problem solving, and career readiness matter more than simply handing people new technology. We strengthen existing training rather than replace it, and we never overstate outcomes.

Focus Areas

Three SkillShifters™ pathways.

  • Skilled Trades
  • Technology
  • Youth & STEAM
Portrait of Sydney Vanderpool, The AI Skill Shifter™, founder of Queens Code AI and creator of SkillShifters™
Founder

Sydney Vanderpool — The AI Skill Shifter™

Workforce-Readiness Strategist & Educator

Sydney Vanderpool is The AI Skill Shifter™, a workforce-readiness strategist and educator with more than 25 years of experience in auditing, compliance, professional education, and helping people adapt to changing work.

Through SkillShifters™, she develops practical learning experiences that help youth, workers, and organizations understand how technology is changing jobs, identify the skills that matter next, and build confidence using AI responsibly.

Her approach starts with the occupation — not the AI tool.

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