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Education
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Melody Rider, EdD, MBA, MBCE

Melody Rider, EdD, MBA, MBCE

Lakeland,FL

Summary

Driven to excel in any role, passionate about impacting humans ability to accomplishing their career goals while maintaining their mental well being. Data geek that can articulate root causes through report creation and analysis. Metric tracking to reach business goals.

Assertive and enthusiastic with extensive knowledge of change management, people-centric solutions, and building strong team cultures. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Inspires others to succeed.

Accomplished leader who excels at identifying KPI's and executing business best practices through critical analysis.

Loves a challenge, human developer, independently motivated, and a quick learner.

Additional Information

Strategic Planning: Successfully executed start-up operations by continually engaging in process improvement for any underperforming business metrics. Uncovers roots causes through the development and analysis of business reports. Collaborated with all divisional leaders for hiring needs, conducted talent recruitment of super star employees. Served on numerous community boards, non-profit affiliations, fund-raising committees, and chaired company-wide initiatives to assist in foster employee growth and partnership development.

Talent Acquisitions and Human Resources Responsibilities: Include all aspects talent recruitment. Sourcing candidates, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, employee initiatives, and benefit programs. Increased employee job satisfaction by cross training, leadership development, quarterly awards, and team building activities. Effectively improved employee mental well being by promoting health related initiatives and work life balance best practices for a diverse population. Selected as a President Coach to assist in training newly hired campus presidents while serving as their mentor to ensure their success.

Financial & Budgetary Responsibilities: Over 25 years PnL management, annual budgeting, created salary structure, and job analysis, As well as procurement experience including revenue reporting and forecasting, expense tracking, and fixed asset control. Comparative data analysis.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Campus President

KEISER UNIVERSITY
Lakeland, FL
10.2018 - Current

Built strong relationships with cross-functional teams, strategic
business partners, and community stakeholders.

Optimized employment strategies with clear advice on program
offerings, progression, and career options. Launched several new
programs and increase employee base by 15%.

Drove employee results, accountability, profitable performance, and
executed all operational activities for second-largest business unit in
company. Achieved highest revenue and surplus outcomes while being
ranked most efficient campus.

Developed, deployed, and communicated strategic initiatives and
go-to-market strategies. Gained over 30 new affiliations agreements
and business partners.

Identified operational and employee concerns and coordinated efforts
to resolve open issues.

Proactively identified business trends and opportunities through
quantitative and qualitative analysis. Increase customer engagement by
50%.

Self-starter, data-driven, excellent communicator, recruiting and hiring,
team builder, and independent business executive with high
expectations.

Devised Start Up marketing operational strategies t

Campus President

VIRGINIA COLLEGE
Bossier City And Austin, LA, TX
01.2012 - 10.2018

Devised Start Up marketing operational strategies to build brand
awareness while continually improving procedures to improve
institution ROI. Exceeded first years goals by 30%.

Strengthened all departmental performances by hiring team of
superstars, continually conducting performance analysis to identify
best practices, and mentoring/training team to exceed expectations.

Kept institution financially sound by tracking expenses, staffing
models, and close oversight of teams' performance metrics.

Independently responsible for managing multiply projects
simultaneously with executive team and stakeholders. More than
doubled advisory board members for all program offerings and
established over 20 new business affiliation agreements to improve
client experience.

Developed employee mentoring program to promote new managers from within, building, and maintaining cohesive leadership structure.

Executive Director

CARRINGTON COLLEGE
Mesquite, TX
01.2010 - 01.2012

Spearheaded Start Up operations from ground up by creating
organizational master plan with clear roles and responsibilities to
enhance processes and improve product quality while enforcing
regulatory compliance standards. Grew business rankings from being
bottom five to top three.

Monitored sales forecasts and projected financial planning for the
organization to achieve revenue goals. Exceeding budget goals by 22%.

Recruited, trained/developed, and motivated a passionate team to
achieve optimal productivity.

Devised new promotional approaches to boost customer numbers,
customer satisfaction, and retention. Positively impacted market
penetration while enhancing engagement and driving growth.

Developed comprehensive performance reports using data analytics to
strategize resource allocation and establish performance metrics

Skills

Start Up Operations, Change
Management, and Process
Improvement


Develops Strategic Partnerships and
Cross Divisional Collaboration


Talent Acquisition and Leadership
Development


Evaluating and Improving Performance
Analytical and Critical Thinking


Attention to Detail


Transparent Communicator


Multiply Project Management Abilities


Self-Motivated and Excels in Fast-Paced
Environment


Trend Data Analysis and Report
Generation


Complex Project Management


Recruitment Management and
Compensation Design


Employee Relations and Retention


Payroll Administration


DEI Efforts Across All Departments


Builds Cultures of Care for Employees


with High Expectations for Best in
Class Client Experience

Education

Doctor of Education - Education Leadership

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
2019

Master of Science - Compliance and Ethics, Forensic Accounting Concentration

New England College of Business And Finance, Boston, MA
2015

MBA - Organizational Psychology

American InterContinental University, Schaumburg, IL
2010

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts, Multiple

California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
1992

Subject Teaching Credentials (K – 6

Affiliations

● Lakeland Chamber of Commerce Board Member ● LA Association for Private Schools and Colleges ● Board Member Mayor's Commission for Women ● Commissioner Step Forward Rural Development ● Committee Member Dress for Success Worldwide ● Board Member Military Support Foundation, President ● Military Affairs Counsel, Member ● Military Relations Committee ● Committee Member Red Hanger Event ● Salvation Army Board Member ● Career Source Polk Board Member ● Lakeland Economic Development Council ● Lakeland Rotary Board Member ● Leadership Lakeland Class #38 ● The National Society of Leadership and Success

“…Melody has an awesome attitude that makes people want to be successful for her…takes a personal interest in developing, mentoring, and coaching the people she leads…A strong leader who gets results while working within the guardrails of compliance and achieves her goals by positively motivating her staff….whether she is leading the group, organizing activities, or raising funds, Melody is in the middle of it.” — Excerpts from LinkedIn recommendations

Timeline

Campus President - KEISER UNIVERSITY
10.2018 - Current
Campus President - VIRGINIA COLLEGE
01.2012 - 10.2018
Executive Director - CARRINGTON COLLEGE
01.2010 - 01.2012
Capella University - Doctor of Education, Education Leadership
New England College of Business And Finance - Master of Science, Compliance and Ethics, Forensic Accounting Concentration
American InterContinental University - MBA, Organizational Psychology
California Lutheran University - Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Multiple
Melody Rider, EdD, MBA, MBCE