Leadership Training
Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018.
Courses taken include:
1. Creating the High Velocity Organization
2. Implementing Industry 4.0: Leading Change in Manufacturing and Operations
3. Cybersecurity Leadership for Non-Technical Executives
4. Building, Leading, and Sustaining the Innovative Organization
Leadership Activities
Faculty Hiring and Development
− Recruited and hired 15 new faculty members including:
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- Three full professors with tenure
- Two associate professors with tenure
- Seven assistant professors on tenure track
- Three full time professors of practice
- First associate head for external education in the College of Engineering
- One NASA astronaut as professor of practice
- Four new female faculty members
− Negotiated four spousal hiring opportunities
− Developed three successful promotion cases: two assistant to associate and one associate to full
Program Assessment and Planning
− Led development of departmental SWOT analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
− Led development of departmental strategic plan focused on:
1. faculty mentoring
2. research productivity
3. educational program development
4. department visibility
5. external education opportunities
− Hosted successful ABET visit in 2016
Resource Acquisition and Management
− Acquired over 3000 square feet of additional laboratory space for departmental research
− Oversaw the development of state of the art advanced manufacturing laboratories
− Raised funding to upgrade video/audio technology in undergraduate classrooms
Diversity
− Hired four female faculty members
− Appointed two female academic professional faculty to the Texas A&M graduate faculty
− Granted courtesy appointment to female faculty from Department of Engineering Technology
− Recruited the President of the TAMU NSBE student chapter to Industrial Systems Engineering
− Significantly increased diversity representation on Industrial Advisory Board
International Efforts
− Led departmental interaction with Texas A&M Qatar leading to a successful workshop in Doha and a $1M research grant from the Qatar National Research Foundation
External Engagement
− Visited former students and donors with departmental development officer
− Held former student information sessions in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio areas
− Visited Texas high schools and community colleges to recruit undergraduate students
− Managed departmental industrial advisory committee
− Initiated industrial advisory committee undergraduate scholarship program
College and University Activities
− Led successful head search for department of biomedical engineering
− Served on the Dean’s Department Head Council
− Served on the Provost’s Department Head Steering Committee