RONALD I. SIBERT, MBA, PH.D.

Centreville, VA 201**-**-***-**** adap5n@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/ron-sibert

Senior Vice President

Strategic Policy Development / Strategic Planning / Leadership / Budget Management / Business Development / Alliances and Partnerships / Relationship Management / Public Policy / Expert Verbal and Written Communication / Portfolio Management / Analysis and Reporting / Strategic Consultation

Several years of leadership in private, public, and nonprofit sectors developing high-impact policies and solutions. Extensive experience managing consultants, cross-functional teams, and budgets. Expert at developing strategic communications and at evaluating fundraising opportunities to garner external support. Known for effective quantitative and qualitative analytical reporting to internal and external stakeholders at multiple organizational levels—with precision and diplomacy. Known also for metrics-driven decision making, sound judgment and accountability.

Strategic Insight to Capture Business and Drive Value

Business Development - Exceeded product and service adoption objectives by 110% in 2017 with interdepartmental communication, coordination, competitive intelligence, sound management of regional accounts and disciplined stakeholder relations.

Strategic Planning - Negotiated strong, international partnerships and alliances for global expansion that now accounts for over 45% of the company’s annual revenue

Broadened a target market by creatively repositioning my organization’s higher education test prep materials for employers to utilize for professional development.

Increased University MBA program career placement rate to 93% by establishing and maintaining sponsored partnerships with several high-profile employers

Increased revenues by 100% annually for 5 consecutive years for an early-stage underperforming medical equipment and health care firm using derivative market development and strategic account management to identify and address a range of customer issues.

CAREER HISTORY

The Sibert Collaborative

Business & Market Development Consultant Jan 2019 – Present

Providing management and market development consulting services. Offered a Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) contract in 2019 to provide business and market development oversight on new product introduction, marketing and operations. Contract postponed in July for Nigeria market restructuring and local vendor issue resolution.

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) – A global, non-profit association of 220 leading graduate business schools, actively committed to advancing the art and science of admissions by convening and representing the industry and offering best-in-class products and services for schools and students.

Market Development Director, Africa, Feb 2011-Dec 2018.

Built and managed an institutional client portfolio. Secured alliance relationships with the South African Business School Association and other organizations towards development of a Pan African admission assessment and was called back to GMAC to consult in 2019.

Provided Strategic Direction – Repositioned GMAC testing for rapid growth. Overcame issues of regional fear and resistance to testing culminating in the 2017 launch of the African edition of the NMAT admission test—the Continent’s first common assessment—that registered nearly 1,000 candidates at its inception in South Africa for 7 adopting institutions.

Increased national product usage by > 20% in one year by creating the GMAC Africa Career Readiness Program (GACRP) in Nigeria using a range of test prep materials that provided prospective hires the needed support, exposure and practice methodology to increase understanding, reasoning and problem-solving capabilities and improve test results.

Led GMAC’s first corporate collaboration. Created and led a professional development initiative in which KPMG Nigeria, in coordination with Access Bank, Total Ascent and others, launched PropelGrad, a nonprofit workforce development provider for Nigerian college graduates that utilizes GMAT prep materials.

Director of Strategic Alliances Oct 2003 – Feb 2011

Established and directed GMAC’s global strategic alliance program. Laid the foundation for future growth.

Led major expansion of GMAC services with campaigns in Europe, Asia and Africa. Engaged and established alliances and programs with management education accrediting organizations in three world regions that currently generate over 45% of the company’s $100M+ annual revenue.

University of Delaware

Director, MBA Programs, – Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics May 1999 – Oct 2003

Led administration of multiple graduate business programs and associated career services. Expanded enrollment and established internship programs with major corporations in banking, financial services and pharmaceuticals.

Expanded MBA program corporate partnerships. Refined enrollments and facilitated fundraising to support sponsored internship programs with companies such as JPMorgan Chase, DuPont, MBNA Bank America, W.L. Gore & others.

Director, MBA Admissions & Recruiting August 1998 – May 1999

Conducted MBA program marketing, recruitment and admissions

Funding & Policy Analyst, UD Center for Applied Science & Engineering Laboratories March 1992 – Aug 1998

Created and advocated for public policy change, negotiated and established agreements between public agencies with interdepartmental collaboration. Published Funding Assistive Technology in Delaware, an integrated instructional funding policy manual that was adopted by several State service agencies.

Expanded funding streams for assistive technology to aid persons with disabilities. Developed new State standards via strategic government relations; authored a key component of the State’s Education Plan.

Education:

Ph.D., Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware

M.B.A., Finance, University of Delaware

B.S., Psychology, Drexel University

Governance activities:

Chairman – Governor’s Advisory Council

Board Director – Forte Foundation

Board Director – Ph.D. Project

Professional: Dr. Sibert is a Certified Strategic Alliance Professional (CSAP) and able to submit for security clearance/SCI. Honored with Board of Director appointments to both the Forte' Foundation and the PhD Project—both dedicated to increasing diversity in leadership and higher education.

The Forte Foundation today offers fellowships, career counseling and maintains a network of high-ranking professionals that mentor women who aspire to management professions.

The PhD Project attracts, inspires, supports and encourages undergraduate students of underrepresented races and ethnicities to become business professors.

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