Dr. Alyssa Reinhart is Director of Workforce Development at the Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE), a semiconductor manufacturing start-up out of The University of Texas at Austin focused on advanced 3D heterogeneous integration. TIE is building the nation’s first pure-play, multi-material microsystems interconnect foundry and is home to the DARPA Next Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) program, positioning Austin as a center for advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration. At TIE, Dr. Reinhart leads workforce strategy in direct support of a manufacturing roadmap—designing talent pipelines that align with the needs and realities of advanced semiconductor manufacturing operations. Her work spans technician, engineering, and incumbent-worker training, with a focus on scale, adaptability, and time-to-productivity as technologies and processes evolve. Dr. Reinhart brings more than 15 years of experience across education policy, education and workforce systems, and applied research at the local, state, and national levels. Prior to joining TIE, she served as a Senior Advisor to Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research, where she developed data-driven tools to analyze education-to-workforce pathways using large-scale state longitudinal data. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on research, policy analysis, and strategic planning related to higher education performance and workforce alignment, and later held senior leadership roles at the Texas Education Agency focused on aligning secondary and postsecondary pathways with industry demand. Dr. Reinhart holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, an M.A. in Program Evaluation, and a B.S. in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.