About me
Dr. Ann Beheler leads the Business Industry Leadership Team (BILT) high employer engagement model she developed through the NSF National Convergence Technology Center (IT) and is a major supporter of innovation. The model is in use to lead employer teams for college and university technical programs nationally. She has taught and coached over 150 college and grant programs to implement the model to deepen their employer relationships and align curriculum so that graduates are better-prepared for employment upon graduation.. Miami Dade College’s (MDC) EnTec Division has been using the model successfully since 2018, and Dr. Beheler co-led the development of the MDC Applied AI credentials in 2022, prominently recruiting and mining the knowledge of 20+ BILT members there, many of whom are still working with MDC.
Over the past several years, Dr. Beheler has dedicated herself to helping educators to better align undergraduate education in technical fields to the future knowledge, skill, and ability needs of business and industry through the BILT process she originated. This work has resulted in a much wider pipeline of well-qualified job candidates and increasing business engagement with higher education programs overall.
She is known for successfully connecting employers and educators, as evidenced by her receiving the “2020 Future 50” award from Dallas Innovates, an online news source that provides information about DFW startups, enterprise, education, invention, creatives, technology, and social innovators. Dr. Beheler has split her career between corporate leadership in various college leadership roles and passionately working to help others to achieve learning that launches their careers through college programs. She has been a Dean and a faculty member in two states and a VP in one. She has also held leadership positions at Rockwell International, Novell, and Raytheon, among others.To be provided; it needs to be shortened.
