Adam R. Cebulski, Ed.D.
CEO & Founder, Principal Organizational Transformation and Strategy Consultant and Executive Coach at transform.forward- Claim this Profile
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Ana M. Rossetti, Ed.D.
Adam is an absolutely exceptional professional. His fierce intelligence, extraordinary capacity, and adept relationship-building skills make him an invaluable asset. Having supervised Adam, I can attest to his vision, energy, and effectiveness. He was successful in elevating the work of those around him and inspiring the entire team to set increasingly ambitious goals. He is that rare true practitioner-scholar who excels at implementing and managing programs and initiatives, but has a natural curiosity for how that work connects to the literature and furthered through high-quality assessment. Adam will no doubt raise the standard of any initiative or organization with which he is involved.
Ashlee Tatum-Eckley
I had the pleasure of working with and learning from Adam for a year and a half. He is an extremely talented and passionate professional whom I would highly recommend. He was regularly looked to as a leader within the organization, and his advanced knowledge of higher education and strategic planning was an invaluable asset to his role. During my time working with Adam, I saw him successfully develop and grow a new department and launch a wide variety of strategic initiatives, while simultaneously partnering, consulting, and engaging with customers and internal stakeholders. Adam is a driven, focused, forward-thinking leader who would be an extreme asset at any organization.
Martise Duan Cooks, M.Ed
I have known Adam for the past 4 years and he is an exemplary professional. He is very detailed-oriented and driven by his passion for working with various experts within the realm of student affairs. Adam is an individual that is influential, strategic and challenges his peers to think outside of the norm and develop solutions that will produce long standing results. Adam has implemented a brand new department at OrgSync - the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives, where he serves not only as an expert, a leader and innovator in the field, but also contributes back to the student affairs field while remaining current of the trends. Resulting in driving revenue into the company from various audiences. I would recommend Adam with the highest recommendations. He is someone who will make a huge impact within anything he becomes involved with. I am proud and honored to have worked aside him and seek his professional mentorship.
Ana M. Rossetti, Ed.D.
Adam is an absolutely exceptional professional. His fierce intelligence, extraordinary capacity, and adept relationship-building skills make him an invaluable asset. Having supervised Adam, I can attest to his vision, energy, and effectiveness. He was successful in elevating the work of those around him and inspiring the entire team to set increasingly ambitious goals. He is that rare true practitioner-scholar who excels at implementing and managing programs and initiatives, but has a natural curiosity for how that work connects to the literature and furthered through high-quality assessment. Adam will no doubt raise the standard of any initiative or organization with which he is involved.
Ashlee Tatum-Eckley
I had the pleasure of working with and learning from Adam for a year and a half. He is an extremely talented and passionate professional whom I would highly recommend. He was regularly looked to as a leader within the organization, and his advanced knowledge of higher education and strategic planning was an invaluable asset to his role. During my time working with Adam, I saw him successfully develop and grow a new department and launch a wide variety of strategic initiatives, while simultaneously partnering, consulting, and engaging with customers and internal stakeholders. Adam is a driven, focused, forward-thinking leader who would be an extreme asset at any organization.
Martise Duan Cooks, M.Ed
I have known Adam for the past 4 years and he is an exemplary professional. He is very detailed-oriented and driven by his passion for working with various experts within the realm of student affairs. Adam is an individual that is influential, strategic and challenges his peers to think outside of the norm and develop solutions that will produce long standing results. Adam has implemented a brand new department at OrgSync - the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives, where he serves not only as an expert, a leader and innovator in the field, but also contributes back to the student affairs field while remaining current of the trends. Resulting in driving revenue into the company from various audiences. I would recommend Adam with the highest recommendations. He is someone who will make a huge impact within anything he becomes involved with. I am proud and honored to have worked aside him and seek his professional mentorship.
Ana M. Rossetti, Ed.D.
Adam is an absolutely exceptional professional. His fierce intelligence, extraordinary capacity, and adept relationship-building skills make him an invaluable asset. Having supervised Adam, I can attest to his vision, energy, and effectiveness. He was successful in elevating the work of those around him and inspiring the entire team to set increasingly ambitious goals. He is that rare true practitioner-scholar who excels at implementing and managing programs and initiatives, but has a natural curiosity for how that work connects to the literature and furthered through high-quality assessment. Adam will no doubt raise the standard of any initiative or organization with which he is involved.
Ashlee Tatum-Eckley
I had the pleasure of working with and learning from Adam for a year and a half. He is an extremely talented and passionate professional whom I would highly recommend. He was regularly looked to as a leader within the organization, and his advanced knowledge of higher education and strategic planning was an invaluable asset to his role. During my time working with Adam, I saw him successfully develop and grow a new department and launch a wide variety of strategic initiatives, while simultaneously partnering, consulting, and engaging with customers and internal stakeholders. Adam is a driven, focused, forward-thinking leader who would be an extreme asset at any organization.
Martise Duan Cooks, M.Ed
I have known Adam for the past 4 years and he is an exemplary professional. He is very detailed-oriented and driven by his passion for working with various experts within the realm of student affairs. Adam is an individual that is influential, strategic and challenges his peers to think outside of the norm and develop solutions that will produce long standing results. Adam has implemented a brand new department at OrgSync - the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives, where he serves not only as an expert, a leader and innovator in the field, but also contributes back to the student affairs field while remaining current of the trends. Resulting in driving revenue into the company from various audiences. I would recommend Adam with the highest recommendations. He is someone who will make a huge impact within anything he becomes involved with. I am proud and honored to have worked aside him and seek his professional mentorship.
Ana M. Rossetti, Ed.D.
Adam is an absolutely exceptional professional. His fierce intelligence, extraordinary capacity, and adept relationship-building skills make him an invaluable asset. Having supervised Adam, I can attest to his vision, energy, and effectiveness. He was successful in elevating the work of those around him and inspiring the entire team to set increasingly ambitious goals. He is that rare true practitioner-scholar who excels at implementing and managing programs and initiatives, but has a natural curiosity for how that work connects to the literature and furthered through high-quality assessment. Adam will no doubt raise the standard of any initiative or organization with which he is involved.
Ashlee Tatum-Eckley
I had the pleasure of working with and learning from Adam for a year and a half. He is an extremely talented and passionate professional whom I would highly recommend. He was regularly looked to as a leader within the organization, and his advanced knowledge of higher education and strategic planning was an invaluable asset to his role. During my time working with Adam, I saw him successfully develop and grow a new department and launch a wide variety of strategic initiatives, while simultaneously partnering, consulting, and engaging with customers and internal stakeholders. Adam is a driven, focused, forward-thinking leader who would be an extreme asset at any organization.
Martise Duan Cooks, M.Ed
I have known Adam for the past 4 years and he is an exemplary professional. He is very detailed-oriented and driven by his passion for working with various experts within the realm of student affairs. Adam is an individual that is influential, strategic and challenges his peers to think outside of the norm and develop solutions that will produce long standing results. Adam has implemented a brand new department at OrgSync - the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives, where he serves not only as an expert, a leader and innovator in the field, but also contributes back to the student affairs field while remaining current of the trends. Resulting in driving revenue into the company from various audiences. I would recommend Adam with the highest recommendations. He is someone who will make a huge impact within anything he becomes involved with. I am proud and honored to have worked aside him and seek his professional mentorship.
Credentials
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Google Project Management Certificate
CourseraNov, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
USF Corporate Training and Professional EducationMay, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Assessment Badge
CredlyJun, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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transform.forward
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO & Founder, Principal Organizational Transformation and Strategy Consultant and Executive Coach
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Jun 2007 - Present
Regular project topics include: strategic planning for institutions and departments, leadership and organizational change, engagement initiatives for stakeholders, diversity and social justice education, leadership development, assessment, technology acquisitions or integrations, and executive coaching and succession planning. Sample projects have included: o Redesigned a large, public institution’s student engagement assessment metrics to include participation numbers, active and passive involvement, and technology resources such as online communities, virtual offices, and websites. o Led a higher education professional association in the re-evaluation of services to members leading to increasing membership engagement by 300% over the course of one year. o Executive coaching for senior leaders at the Assistant Vice President/Vice Chancellor and Dean levels and above. Inclusive of succession planning and onboarding/out boarding of senior executives o Implemented retention-based initiatives and strategies for over half of the institutions with the top retention rates as identified by US News and World Reports. o Developed a new organizational chart and responsibilities for a student affairs division within a large, public institution due to funding cuts and new divisional strategic objectives. o Analyzed espoused student values to develop fraternity and sorority organization mission and vision statements and programs for governing councils including the development of accountability statements. o Assessed the impact of an institution’s first year experiential education program for graduate students and redesigned the curriculum for the entire two-semester program. o Led a public campus in a space utilization assessment to provide recommendations for a redesign of their student center. o Completed needs analysis and provided recommendations for increasing participation of graduate and professional students in an elite university’s common reading program. Show less
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Southern Methodist University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Special Assistant to the Vice President
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Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
Working on strategic projects to help facilitate the transition of leadership within the division.
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Chief of Staff and Assistant Vice President
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Jun 2018 - Apr 2023
Serve as the Chief of Staff for the Vice President for Student Affairs by ensuring priorities are executed strategically, addressing HR/personnel issues, serve in interim roles during vacancies of senior leadership in the division, and represent the Office of the VPSA on various university committees and events. Analyze policy, provide guidance and advisement to Vice President, and represent them and the division for special projects within the division and the university. The COS role also leads the Student Affairs Administration area of centralized services for the division (assessment and strategic initiatives, marketing and communication strategy, technology, and staff development). This area identifies the strategic priorities for the division, develops assessment plans and builds capacity within the division, and developed and maintains the student affairs brand for all communications. In a dual role, also serve as the AVP leading the Student Engagement and Success Unit of Student Affairs including: Office of Social Change and Intercultural Engagement (Multicultural Programs, Community Engagement, and Social Justice Initiatives), the Office of the Student Experience (Transition and Orientation Programs, Parent and Family Programs, Leadership Programs, and student programs - veterans, graduate students, international students, and transfer), Women and LGBT Center, Student Involvement (Student Senate, Involvement and Activities Programs, Hughes-Trigg Student Center, and Fraternity and Sorority Life). Staff oversight has ranged from 20-50 full-time professionals and 150 para-professionals and student employees Show less
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Adjunct Instructor
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May 2019 - Aug 2019
Developed curriculum and taught graduate course "Strategic Planning and Assessment in Higher Education"
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Director of Assessment and Strategic Initiatives
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Jun 2016 - Jun 2018
o Communicate on behalf of the senior leader and the institution for a variety of policy, programming, and special programs. This includes primary relationship with Board of Trustees committees, external donors and stakeholders, and key partners. o Developed the divisional strategic plan, Cultivating Courageous Change. I also serve as the primary owner and executer of the plan including identify and prioritize strategic initiatives for the division including appointing relevant personnel to strategic objectives. Led the division in developing the strategic plan with input from over 1,800 stakeholders including students, alumni, employers, community, partners, and faculty. Developed implementation strategies and metrics measuring success of implementation.o Identify areas of improvement for the division and develop strategies for organizational change – including policy analysis, program evaluation, project management.o Established strategic partnerships with stakeholders across campus and externally with a focus on academic partnerships including the Office of the Provost, Central University Libraries, Development and External Affairs, and administrative units to create a more cohesive and consistent student experience. Includes programmatic, policy, and financial partnerships.o Design the annual reporting process for the division in collaboration with the President and Provost’s office. Launched the publication of Impact, an editorial version of an annual report highlighting the impact of the division’s work on the student experience. The 64-page publication is magazine-style with first-person narratives from students, faculty, and staff and enhances traditional annual reporting to focus on storytelling. Show less
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Anthology Inc
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Research & Strategic Initiatives
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2016
In this role, I served on the senior leadership team for the company (a high-growth startup) throughout multiple mergers and acquisitions. I was responsible for leadership of a functional office overseeing strategic priorities, integrated marketing and communications (including product marketing), thought leadership, brand development, professional consulting services, and sales enablement. This role included staff hiring and supervision, final oversight over the company’s professional consulting services, educational resource offerings, assessment initiatives, marketing strategies, and publications growing staff by 400%.o Responsible for developing growth strategies and change management processes for company including business process improvement, strategic initiatives, and implementation strategies for corporate objectives. o Developed strategies to engage and participated in leadership discussions with potential investors as well as investment portfolio companies through multiple acquisitions and mergers. o Served as a subject matter expert on university structures and organization, assessment, strategic planning, student development theory, and legal issues in higher education.o Established and managed the company’s RFP content development and submission process achieving a 97% win rate - up from the company’s historical 42% win rate. Show less
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Consultant & Marketing Specialist
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Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
o Conduct original research to author whitepapers and e-books on topics within higher education.o Created key strategic partnerships with NASPA SLPKC, JASPA, and ACPA (notable higher ed professional associations). o Conducted regular evaluation of marketing materials including web, print, and email communications.o Designed and delivered educational webinars including industry-recognized certification programs o Engage universities and non-profits in consultative professional services to help staff design or meet strategic goals.o Exceeded 2014 goals: 200% of renewals and 400% of upsells – last sales year at $1M. Consulted with business development team on deals totaling over $2M. 100% individual client retention rate with average of 69% contract growth. Show less
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Director, Div. of Student Affairs & Director, Office of Student Engagement & Leadership
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Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
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Instructor, Advancing Career and Education (ACE) Program
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Aug 2010 - Jul 2011
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Northwestern University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, Office of Student Life & Coordinator of Graduate Student Life
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Oct 2007 - Aug 2010
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Instructor, Freshmen Emerging Leaders Program
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Mar 2010 - Jun 2010
The Freshmen Emerging Leaders Program (FELP) offers students an introduction to fundamental leadership concepts and an insight into applying those throughout their time at Northwestern. The mission of FELP is to further the development of first-year students’ demonstrated leadership abilities, while networking with other emerging leaders from across campus. FELP sessions are instructed by one upperclassmen FELP Alumni and one Northwestern staff member.
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Teaching Associate
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Mar 2010 - Jun 2010
Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics Lab Instructor
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Executive Director
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Jun 2006 - Aug 2007
Authored, proposed, and expanded conference bid submitted to conference committee. Executive in charge of all conference proceedings including staffing, reservations, catering, lodging, etc. Created, monitored and negotiated budgets and financial expenditures, including budget analysis and financial reports (14 month national appointment) Authored, proposed, and expanded conference bid submitted to conference committee. Executive in charge of all conference proceedings including staffing, reservations, catering, lodging, etc. Created, monitored and negotiated budgets and financial expenditures, including budget analysis and financial reports (14 month national appointment)
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Loyola University Chicago
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Aug 2004 - Jun 2007
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Office Assistant
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Aug 2004 - Jun 2007
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Education
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Southern Methodist University
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Policy and Leadership -
Northwestern University
MS.Ed., Education and Social Policy -
Loyola University Chicago
B.S., Psychology
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