Michael Oudshoorn

Over 10 years of senior university experience as a Department Head, Associate Dean, and Dean with operating budgets of up to $10 million and responsibility for 95 faculty members and over 100 adjunct faculty. Experience in supervision of faculty, administrative and professional staff. A track record in international student recruitment, curriculum improvement and development, process improvement, fiscal management, change management, mentoring of faculty and guidance of students.

LEADERSHIP
Energetic leader who promotes and achieves academic and professional excellence in all areas. Personal characteristics include ethics, honesty and integrity. Exercise independent judgement. Develop and articulate vision through strategic plans. Collaborative Read more

Over 10 years of senior university experience as a Department Head, Associate Dean, and Dean with operating budgets of up to $10 million and responsibility for 95 faculty members and over 100 adjunct faculty. Experience in supervision of faculty, administrative and professional staff. A track record in international student recruitment, curriculum improvement and development, process improvement, fiscal management, change management, mentoring of faculty and guidance of students.

LEADERSHIP
Energetic leader who promotes and achieves academic and professional excellence in all areas. Personal characteristics include ethics, honesty and integrity. Exercise independent judgement. Develop and articulate vision through strategic plans. Collaborative and consultative management style with a commitment to shared governance within the university environment. Develops an effective relationship with faculty, staff and students through collegiality and respectful treatment. Actively engage and encourage constituent involvement. An attentive listener with creative problem solving skills.

MANAGEMENT
Highly competent administrator with experience in improving processes and procedures to improve workflow without sacrificing accountability and client service. Successful experience with successful change management. Strong believer in shared governance. Significant budget and resource management aligning resources with strategic priorities. Experience with accreditation bodies at both the professional level (both as an evaluator and having programs evaluated) and at the regional level. Responsible for hiring and evaluating faculty, professional and classified staff. Monitor and evaluate faculty workload and manage space needs of departments and the college. Strong complex problem solving skills and negotiation skills to deal with delicate issues such as inter college space and resource needs.

Terms of engagement are negotiable.

Confidential client, Higher Education Industry, 2014-15.

Confidential client, Higher Education Industry, 2014-15.