Centers for Applied Competitive Technologies - Making It In California

CACT @ City College of San Francisco

1400 Evans Ave
San Francisco, CA 94124

Wendy Miller, CACT Director
T (415) 550-4435
F (415) 550-4400
Email: wlmiller@ccsf.edu

CACT @ City College of San Francisco


About Our CACT Training

Industry Focus

The San Francisco CACT offers a wide range of technical assistance, consulting services, and customized workforce development training to companies located in San Francisco, North and East Bay areas.  Our technology-related trainings focus on digital design tools for industrial and product designers, as well as the sewn products industry.  We teach people how to improve their job skills and company productivity by learning how to effectively use industry-standard software packages, including

  • SolidWorks
  • Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
  • Gerber Technologies
  • AutoCAD
  • Revit Architecture BIM, Revit Structural & Revit Mechanical
  • ESRI GIS mapping

Our Center provides low-cost rapid prototyping services to area designers, using 3D (FDM) printing.  In addition, we offer training in vital competitive practices such as Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma process evaluation and control, ISO9000/9001 documentation system auditing and assessment, as well as soft skills and workplace safety. 

Current Customers

  • Byer California
  • Cut Loose
  • Gap
  • Gymboree
  • Krolick & Associates
  • Levi Strauss & Co/ Old Navy
  • Pablo Designs
  • Petersen Precision Engineering
  • Random Technologies
  • Virtual Studios
  • Yam Street
  • ZDP Models

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CACT @ City College of San Francisco - Fashion Design Training

The CACT is a great resource for all types of designers and manufacturers to easily and inexpensively learn new techniques and prototype ideas, and it's becoming an integral part of my studio's industrial design and development process.

Peter Stathis
Peter Stathis & Virtual Studio
San Francisco