Michael Bates Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

-Participate in establishing program objectives, long-term goals, division policies, and procedures. -Initiate and maintain contact with client organizations; coordinating activities with Executive Education's Business Development function. -Evaluate effectiveness of programs and revise curriculum as required. -Analyze financial performance and implement corrective administration action when appropriate. -Assist in preparing budgets; authorize payment for materials, facilities, staff and instructional faculty. -Plan, schedule and manage an assigned portion of the division's program portfolio. -Conduct on-going analysis of the state of the art business practices and competitive landscape. -Integrate faculty groups in the development of new products. -Engage in activities that promote Executive Education and Booth overall: speak at professional and alumni gatherings, contribute to development of thought leadership and present in appropriate forums. -Plan and evaluate program marketing and communications for managed portfolio. -Responsible for managing all aspects of the portfolio including: preparation, delivery, and post program responsibilities.

- Created, developed, managed and executed international and domestic admissions and recruiting program to identify, assess and enroll top talent for Kellogg School of Management Executive MBA Program’s domestic portfolio. - Developed and managed the entire Kellogg Executive MBA recruiting program ranging from identifying corporate partnership opportunities, setting recruitment strategies, planning through implementation, delivery, and wrap-up.- Maintained internal admissions tracking with corporate partners and identified opportunities for improvement.- Developed and managed the global recruitment calendar, budget, resources and logistics at all events for the Evanston and Miami campuses. - Managed Kellogg Executive MBA program’s relationships with HR Directors and company leaders throughout the U.S., Latin America and Europe.- Sought out new corporate partners to create and cultivate long term partnerships to build and maintain a steady enrollment pipeline.- Designed and implemented a comprehensive CRM system that increased prospective student inquiries and applications. - Designed and implemented segment specific recruiting initiatives to achieve and maintain student diversity.-Recorded and maintained program recruiting metrics: officer recruiting performance, Relationship manager conversion, budget spend, venue/location viability, and diversity initiatives.  - Planned, developed and administered all on campus recruiting events - Provided significant strategic consultation on recruitment/admissions efforts of international partner programs in Toronto, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Vallendar, Germany.- Provided management, leadership, guidance and mentorship to direct reports and auxiliary team through performance reviews, identifying development opportunities for team members, and coaching. - Trained faculty, staff and student admissions ambassadors on recruitment strategies, program messaging, protocol and federal regulations.