Neil Evans is the Executive Director of the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies, an affiliation of Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA. The NWCET is one a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education Center of Excellence, and is nationally recognized as a leader in delivering innovative solutions for IT education and workforce development.

Prior to this, Neil was the Dean of Information Resources at Bellevue Community College from 1994-95, and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Microsoft Corporation, from 1983-1994. He was recognized for three years by CIO Magazine as one of the nation's leading 100 information technology officers. He is profiled in a chapter of the book Microsoft First Generation - The Success Secrets of the Visionaries Who Launched a Technology Empire, (2000). He has contributed an article to Certification Magazine as well as a chapter in the book Technology Everywhere, (2002).

Neil has presented at national and international conferences, including the League for Innovation, the AACC, TechEd, EDUCAUSE, The Vice President’s Conference on Jobs for the 21st Century Economy, and the University of Phoenix online commencement ceremony.

Neil holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA, from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Neil can be reached at:

Phone: 425.564.4227
Fax: 425.564.6193
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://www.nwcet.org