Corporate and Economic Development

Our Mission:

Grow Businesses, Grow Jobs, and Grow Skills

The Corporate and Economic Development team of professionals is dedicated to serving the businesses and industries of Buncombe and Madison Counties.

We Offer

• Classroom training, or training at your site
• Standard curriculum, or training customized to your needs
• Implementation on the shop floor

Our Business Model: From Training, to Implementation, to Measurable Results

Skills learned in the classroom are not always applied in the workplace. Our business model aims at implementing for results. To do this, measurement is part of our training model.

Our Team

Ken O'Connor	Brian Vaughan	Russ Yelton
Executive Director, Workforce Development	Director, Customized Training and Quality Initiatives	Executive Director, Entrepreneurial Ventures

Our Facility at Enka

A gift from the BASF Corporation, our campus reflects the environmental beauty of our location in Western North Carolina. The state-of-the-art training facilities here include both small group and traditional classroom training areas, computer labs, the small business incubator, a conference center, and wet laboratory space suitable for biotechnology and food industry start ups. Beyond traditional training, the facilities can be used for sales presentations, customer demonstrations, business meetings, and multimedia presentations. One of the several meeting rooms, perhaps the executive boardroom, may be the perfect location for your organization's off-site meeting or retreat. 

Contact Ellen Ryan @ eryan@abtech.edu for more information.