About Us

Our Mission

The National Convergence Technology Center was established to meet the growing need for skilled specialists in the area of Convergence Technology and Home Technology Integration.

The CTC pulls together the strengths of regional and national educational institutions and business and industry partners to create of pool of qualified convergence technicians who can design, build, test, secure and troubleshoot communication infrastructure and devices in the convergence technology arena, both for enterprise and home markets

The National Convergence Technology Center is funded by the National Science Foundation. As an ATE National Center of Excellence, the CTC has built upon its solid network of partner and mentored colleges, whose number and reach has grown since 2004, to address emerging converged technologies and to assist colleges across the nation to implement high-demand convergence degree and certificate programs.

Leadership Team

National CTC Staff

Ann Beheler, Principal Investigator
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Helen Sullivan, Director
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Mark Dempsey, Program Director
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Heather O'Neil, Administrative Assistant
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Jennifer McGarvey, Web Communications Editor
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Co-PIs

Bill Saichek, Co-PI, Orange Coast College
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David Keathly, Co-PI, University of North Texas
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Eliazar Martinez, Co-PI, El Centro College
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Elizabeth Halweg, Co-PI, Fox Valley Technical College
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Ernie Friend, Co-PI, Florida State College at Jacksonville
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Jon Hardesty, Co-PI, Collin College
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Karl Dietrich, Co-PI, Lansing Community College
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Timur Mirzoev, Co-PI, Georgia Southern University
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Working with the leadership team are the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center) in Springfield, MA, dissemination partner; and Peter Saflund, external NSF evaluator, The Saflund Institute, Covington, WA.