Leadership Team

Helen Sullivan has been Director of the National Convergence Technology Center, since its inception at Collin College in Frisco, TX. She was the director on two prior NSF-funded project grants: The North Texas Regional Technology Consortium, and Advancing Careers in Technology and Science, and the Regional Convergence Technology Center.

Helen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics with a concentration in technical writing from the University of Texas at Austin and an MLS degree in communication, media and technology. She has also done graduate work in journalism at the University of North Texas and has completed a certificate series in Project Management at Collin. She has taken mediation training fulfilling the statutory requirement for mediator certification in the state of Texas.

She has over 25 years project and program management experience, including as Director of Documentation and Training at Nortel, where her organization provided support for 64 network-based telecom projects. Her previous career in journalism netted awards from the Associated Press, Texas Press Women, Northeast Texas Press Association and four School Bell Awards from the Texas State Teachers Association. She is a conference speaker and facilitator.