Dan Gibson, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Direct daily operations for Information Technology with oversight of vision planning, strategy development and execution, and accountability for all business at the university. Manage all hiring, promotions, and separation decisions for the IT department. Facilitate decision-making for annual budget planning for university assets, and recommendations for acquisitions and improvements while working with resource scarcity within a budget.Customer-Centric – Hands-on leader to foster a changing culture to a proactive customer-centric model with improved user experience and outcomes.Infrastructure – Spearhead university infrastructure for student information systems, administrative systems, data centers, and all subsystems to ensure operational efficiency.Standards – Establish and ensure all processes, procedures, and standards of best practices to protect the university and the students’ data.Collaboration – Proactive in collaboration with other departments to meet goals of the university.Phone System – Introduced the migration of the university phone system to a cloud-based communication system to enhance business readiness and availability.CRM – Change leader for the transition from Salesforce CRM to Slate CRM for recruitment and retention department improvement to meet ever-changing needs.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Oversee university vision and strategy planning for all recruitment, onboarding, student experience, retention and academics of graduate students. Plan and execute all University Commencement services and logistics. Hold faculty rank in the Gary Cook School of Leadership and the College of Business.Division Transformation – Succeeded in overhauling the division from an underperforming entity with a poor culture, into a top-performing, positive, team-oriented division with increased enrollment and revenue semester over semester since taking over.Team Leadership – Proactive team-builder who establishes and maintains positive relationships with the college’s Deans to garner a forward-thinking and productive work environment.Policies / Procedures – Develop and administer all policies, procedures, and graduate-level programs and is knowledgeable with SACSCOC Accreditation regulations.Graduate Programs – Spearheaded the retooling of eight graduate programs and offered them as “online-only” programs to a new market at an historically lower cost.Crisis Management – Member of the President’s Internal and External Cabinets and Crisis Management TeamEnrollment Growth – Delivered positive enrollment growth for six consecutive semesters for the first time in 12 years. Halted a downward spiral of YoY of negative enrollment for the past 10 years, prior to my appointment in Graduate Affairs.o Spring 2022 - +2% o Summer 2022 +8% o Fall 2022 +13% o Spring 2023 +4% o Summer 2023 +6% o Fall 2023 +1%

Dallas, Texas

Key representative of the President with Board of Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Student Body, Parents, Executives, Alumni, Constituents, VIPs, and the Public. Senior Leadership Team – Member of the President’s Internal and External Cabinets and Crisis Management Team.Administrative Leader – Developed and updated institutional initiatives, partnerships, and MOUs.Development Program – Leader for Leadership Development Program for young and promising staff.External Leader– Representative requiring domestic and international travel for business meetings, courses, mission trips, partnership opportunities, cultivation of trustees, and recruitment.Governmental Affairs – Acted as Interim Director of Governmental AffairsExtensive Business Travel Experience - Domestic and AbroadInternational Travel Experience: o Brazilo Canadao Chile o Englando Hungaryo Italyo Japano Mexicoo South Korea

Dallas, Texas, United States

Visionary for University Apartment Life, Residence Life, Health Services, First-Year Programs, Discipline and conduct, Student Services, Student Life, Health Services, Disability Services, and Recreational Life Departments.Risk Mitigation – Ensured mitigation of student risk by partnership with Campus Police and Security to educate students on risks.Student Retention – Introduced strategies that realized an increase in student engagement and retention.Student Affairs Training – Facilitated individualized training for Student Affairs Directors to develop goals, identify outcomes, assessments, and improvement initiatives.Emergency Response – Served as principal on-call staff for response to campus community emergencies 24/7/363.

Dallas, Texas

Student Code of Conduct – Provided support with the support of student code of conduct and discipline process.Student Disability – Managed organization and oversight of student disability accommodations.

Keller, Texas

Owner and licensed agent for business operations.Business Operations – Managed daily operations for insurance agency with oversight of strategy planning, sales and services to customers, and establishment of key relations with businesses, vendors, and community to meet goals.

Plano, Texas, United States

Managed oversight of 1M SF of multi-use facility and satellite campuses with a large support staff.Increased Savings – Significantly increased housekeeping effectiveness, for a $200,000 annual savings. Also transitioned to a new security contractor to reduce costs and increase stewardship.Team Leadership – Led coordination of 1,500+ member team with setup of schedules for weekly assignments.Emergency Response – Key point person for emergency situations and events.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Event Management – Managed organization and execution of all events with leadership of a diverse staff.Mission Trips – Led organization and staffing of domestic and international mission trips.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Recruitment – Introduced integrated creative approaches for recruiting and retaining students.Goals – Succeeded in achieving and surpassing all recruitment goals for non-traditional undergraduate students.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Staff Leadership – Managed recruitment and leadership of office personnel and volunteers.Goals – Succeeded in surpassing all recruitment goals for traditional-aged undergraduate students.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Co-Chair – Led the University Pandemic Flu committee.Travel – Accompanied the President for international business travel.

Doctor Of Education, Concentration In Higher Education Leadership

Dissertation: “Correlation of Organizational Commitment for Student Affairs Professionals with Job Satisfaction, Emotional Intelligence.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication