Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Awards
Honors and Affiliations
Timeline
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STEVEN G. RHEINSCHMIDT

Johnston,IA
STEVEN G. RHEINSCHMIDT

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at National University, enhancing educational innovation and organizational strategy. Expert in fostering stakeholder relations and leveraging data analytics for impactful decision-making. Excelled in team building and financial planning, significantly contributing to the advancement of learning experiences.

Overview

35
years of professional experience

Work History

National University
San Diego, California

Senior Director of Learning Experience Products and Services
01.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Oversees the LMS Administration team, integration with IT, and various reporting / data analyst personnel. Serve as the escalation point for Learning Experience Ecosystem-related technical incidents.
  • Oversee and unify multiple Learning Ecosystems, integrations, and functionality development.
  • Coordinate alignment between LMS Administration, Community Administration, and other major / minor platforms for data, and integration opportunities.
  • Responsible for the Learning Experience ecosystem development, enabling reporting on outcomes and ensuring that the platform is fully compliant.
  • Oversee the future development for D2L Brightspace to better serve university instructors, administrators, and learners.
  • Cost Center Manager for entire Learning Experience organization which includes annual line-item budgeting, forecasting, and approval of all requisitions and expenses
  • Manage contracts, account representation, usage training, and back-end reporting for all products labeled as “learning experience” enablers which should act as an interdependent ecosystem.

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Director, Iowa Community College Online Consortium
01.2003 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Lead a highly innovative, telecommuting team in providing online educational programming for seven community college districts
  • Manage six full time and five part-time staff, negotiate licensing agreements, provide financial forecasting, planning, implementation and analysis, develop and foster strategic partnerships, lead data project to improve student persistence and success, participate on national advisory boards, coordinate staff and board of director meetings, and manage all day-to-day activities of an organization which become a respected leader in online education

USA Volleyball
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Grassroots and Beach Programs Intern
01.2000

Job overview

  • Company Overview: US Olympic Training Center
  • US Olympic Training Center

Mediapolis Community School District

Volleyball Coach for Hall of Fame Program
01.1995 - 01.2012

Pathify
Denver, Colorado

Director of Implementation and Partner Success
01.2018 - 01.2022

Job overview

  • Primary focus of ensuring all customers effectively adopt platform by helping educational partners realize the full functionality and benefits of implementing Ucroo and fulfilling our company’s promise
  • Establish Ucroo as a trusted partner and advisor
  • Day-to-day contact with our partners’ staff and one of the key faces of the company

Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, Florida

Director of Learning Innovation
01.2016 - 01.2018

Job overview

  • Plan, organize and lead learning innovation projects spanning the organization including project management of Lions SHARE Social (uCroo) and Civitas student persistence initiatives
  • Manage course content projects including direct digital access to publisher content, Bookstore vendor transition, and content work group
  • Assist with student and faculty technical issues, troubleshooting, and problem solving related to digital content
  • Manage relationship with Lions SHARE technical support
  • Manage Hilton Grant project focused on specialty courses for sisters in Africa

Pearson North America
Centennial, Colorado

Strategic Consultant Institutional Performance
01.2012 - 01.2016

Job overview

  • Provide strategic consulting expertise for community colleges as well as colleges and universities with a general focus on student persistence, retention, success and using data to inform decisions
  • Provide clear recommendations for strategic implementation, change management, process improvement, efficiency, sustainability and scale
  • Attend relevant conferences and maintain professional network through presentations and relationship building

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Coordinator of Distance Learning Services
01.2001 - 01.2003

Job overview

  • Provide information and advising to online students attending SCC in addition to students enrolling in six other Iowa Community College Online Consortium partner colleges
  • Work with student services department to meet the needs of students, design and update distance learning web sites, and train instructors on distance learning technologies

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Academic Advisor, Admissions Counselor
01.2000 - 01.2001

Job overview

  • Assisted students with academic planning and scheduling
  • Assisted prospective students with admissions process (e.g
  • Application, financial aid, academic planning)
  • In addition, worked part-time through a federally funded TRIO grant in Student Support Services
  • Provide tutoring in math as well as technology support
  • Help with web page design and maintenance

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Academic Support Specialist
01.1999 - 01.2000

Job overview

  • Work through a federally funded TRIO grant in Student Support Services
  • Provide academic advising, college transfer advising, financial aid advising, and tutoring for first generation and/or low-income students
  • Coordinate and manage the program's web page

Rheinschmidt’s Floor Specialists
Burlington, Iowa

Retail Sales
01.1996 - 01.1998

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Third generation family business
  • Primary responsibilities: residential and commercial floor covering sales, assist with installation scheduling, and manage computerized inventory system
  • Third generation family business

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Admissions/Communications Specialist
01.1990 - 01.1996

Job overview

  • Responsibilities included counseling prospective students (non-traditional and traditional), coordinating campus visits, campus tours and coordinating admissions correspondence
  • Initiated computerized student contact system at SCC
  • Also responsible for foreign student admissions which included communicating admissions requirements and assisting foreign students with Immigration and Naturalization forms, policies and procedures
  • Other duties included assisting with student orientations, class scheduling/academic advising, phone-in student registrations and committee work
  • In addition, organized and implemented annual advertising strategy for two campuses
  • Wrote and edited radio, newspaper, and television advertisements
  • Oversaw annual institutional advertising budget

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Athletic Director
01.1992 - 01.1994

Job overview

  • Scheduled and coordinated college athletic activities
  • Filed eligibility and annual reports with the National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Managed athletic budget, records, and events
  • Developed and implemented fund raisers and recruiting strategies for athletic programs
  • Wrote and distributed press releases
  • Supervised coaching staff

Education

Central College
Pella, Iowa

Bachelor of Arts from Business Management
01.1990

Central College
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

International Studies Program
12.1989

University Overview

one semester

Burlington Community High School
Burlington, Iowa

Diploma
01.1986

Skills

  • Organizational Strategy
  • Educational Innovation
  • Team Building
  • Consensus Building
  • Learning Analytics
  • Servant Leadership
  • Communication
  • Public Speaking
  • Project and Program Management
  • Higher Education Operations
  • Coaching
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Financial Planning
  • Budgeting
  • Organizational development
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Collaborative leadership
  • Team management
  • Team building
  • Data analytics

Accomplishments

  • Online Program Growth
  • Student Retention Lifts
  • Next Generation Learning Challenge Grant: Using data to improve student persistence and success

Awards

  • Pearson eCollege Excellence in Online Administration Award, 2009
  • IMS Global Learning Consortium Learning Impact Leadership Award, 2012
  • USA Volleyball Iowa Region Male Coach of the Year, 2001
  • USA Volleyball Iowa Region Meritorious Service Award, 2010

Honors and Affiliations

  • Member, Iowa Distance Learning Association
  • Advisory Board, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
  • Advisory Board, IMS Global Consortium
  • Co-Chair, WCET eLearning Consortia Common Interest Group
  • Advisory Board, Iowa Statewide K-12 Online Learning System
  • Member, United States Distance Learning Association

Timeline

Senior Director of Learning Experience Products and Services

National University
01.2022 - Current

Director of Implementation and Partner Success

Pathify
01.2018 - 01.2022

Director of Learning Innovation

Saint Leo University
01.2016 - 01.2018

Strategic Consultant Institutional Performance

Pearson North America
01.2012 - 01.2016

Director, Iowa Community College Online Consortium

Southeastern Community College
01.2003 - 01.2012

Coordinator of Distance Learning Services

Southeastern Community College
01.2001 - 01.2003

Grassroots and Beach Programs Intern

USA Volleyball
01.2000

Academic Advisor, Admissions Counselor

Southeastern Community College
01.2000 - 01.2001

Academic Support Specialist

Southeastern Community College
01.1999 - 01.2000

Retail Sales

Rheinschmidt’s Floor Specialists
01.1996 - 01.1998

Volleyball Coach for Hall of Fame Program

Mediapolis Community School District
01.1995 - 01.2012

Athletic Director

Southeastern Community College
01.1992 - 01.1994

Admissions/Communications Specialist

Southeastern Community College
01.1990 - 01.1996

Central College

Bachelor of Arts from Business Management

Central College

International Studies Program

Burlington Community High School

Diploma
STEVEN G. RHEINSCHMIDT