Fardad Fateri, Ph.D., is part of a select group of leaders in American higher education with significant experience in the imperative but rare triad of academic, operations, and business verticals. In his more than 30 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Fateri has served as a professor, researcher, department chair, dean, regional director, college president, division president, chief academic officer, board director, chairman, trustee, CEO, and chairman of several small to large sized non-profit, market funded, and privately held systems of postsecondary education. 

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Dr. Fateri has taught for many years both on-ground and online, publishes regularly on numerous topics, advises many top organizations on various areas, and presents frequently at regional and national conferences. He completed his undergraduate, graduate, doctorate and post-doctorate education at University of California in Irvine, California; California State University in Fullerton, California; Alliant International University in San Diego, California; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.