Experienced academic leader with comprehensive International higher education experience (from curriculum design, program & Faculty management, international development, accreditation process (AACSB, EQUIS))Dr. Pascal Vidal has about 18 years of experience in academics and academic administration. He was the SKEMA (Sophia Antipolis campus) Associate dean for the CKO research axis between 2003 and 2005, Dean of the faculty between 2005 and June 2008 (elected twice), Associate dean for International development between 2008 and 2010.While in charge of the international development of SKEMA he managed the "US campus project" (exploration, business model,...).Appointed to be the SKEMA US campus Dean (Summer 2010) He managed the entire project (from the building design (classroom design, building out process,...) to the legal, administrative, and academic dimensions.The SKEMA Raleigh Campus, first non US business School campus in the US, welcomed its first students in Raleigh North Carolina in january 2011.Expert for the DRIRE (Regional Department for Research, Industry and Environment), He regularly lectures on the ESA MBA programme (Beyrouth, Lebanon)Dr. Pascal Vidal has published an information systems course manual in 2005, 2nd edition in 2009 (Pearson Education) and a book on Information systems for SMEs dedicated to practitioners in 2007.He has also published several case studies (EECH, IVEY, CCMP) and has been awarded three times by the French Case clearing house (CCMP) in 2006, 2008 and 2010.