Where Academic Leadership Meets Technological Imagination
Dr Greg GerberClarity first. Then structure. Then momentum.
I work at the nexus of academic quality, institutional strategy, and operational reality—program development, accreditation readiness, faculty growth, and then designing systems that make quality efficient, effective, and repeatable.
Gerber
Associate Campus Dean, Academic - nyit
Director, centre for faculty excellence - nyit
President, society of independent degree‑granting institutions of bc
Senior Technical Consultant | Director of IT
I am an accomplished academic leader in post-secondary education, specializing in designing and launching innovative academic programs while successfully guiding them through accreditation. I facilitated the founding of IDGI-BC (Independent Degree Granting Institutions of British Columbia) and now serve as its President, advocating for and supporting independent degree-granting institutions across the province (https://idgibc.ca). In addition, I serve as the Associate Campus Dean and the Director of the Centre for Faculty Excellence at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Vancouver, where I focus on all aspects of academic leadership and on enhancing faculty development and institutional excellence.
As an experienced instructor, public speaker, and educational innovator, I am deeply passionate about transforming teaching and learning practices. I mentor graduate students in multiple institutions, train law enforcement professionals in advanced digital reconnaissance and online investigation techniques, and deliver engaging keynotes, corporate training sessions, and classroom instruction.
I have developed multiple interactive software tools to help academic faculty, leaders, and staff engage with data more effectively, empowering better decision-making and supporting data-driven improvements in education.
I am known for my mastery of inquiry-based teaching, compelling storytelling, and the strategic use of technology to help educators, speakers, and organizations connect complex concepts, elevate their craft, and create meaningful impact. Whether I’m harnessing digital tools to protect students online, reimagining pedagogical paradigms, or inspiring communities toward ability-focused, positive change, I empower others to build a better educational future through curiosity, innovation, and human-centred approaches.
Leadership & Strategy
Building Programs, Shaping Institutions
I understand program development, DQAB accreditation, review cycles, quality assurance, faculty excellence infrastructure, and sector-wide policy work, and the daily decisions that shape student outcomes. Orientation, coaching, growth planning, evaluation design—done with clarity, respect, and usable structure.
Software & Innovation
I Don’t Just Adopt Technology. I Build It.
Scholarship & Speaking
Thought Leadership in Education, AI, and Public Policy
I have spent 15 years building the kinds of institutions I wanted to work in: ones where faculty are genuinely supported, where programs are designed with purpose, and where technology serves people rather than the other way around. I have directed musicals, toured Europe as a choral performer, built faculty evaluation software from scratch, warned the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade that BC’s post-secondary sector was heading for a crisis — and been proven right sooner than I wanted to be. If that sounds like an unusual combination, it is. And it’s the combination that makes me effective.
Words, and Questions Matter
Some ideas in education and educational leadership become so familiar that they start to feel unquestionably true. That’s usually the moment I get interested. I write to slow down the rush to certainty—and to ask what else might be going on.
For example, some of my current inquiries interrogate:
- the application, utility, and future outcomes of AI in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
- or, the intersection of critical thinking and one's ability to NOT take offense - does the latter depend on the former, and how?
- or, the relationship and tension between intelligence and ratiocination - how is it that highly intelligent people can sometimes be completely blind to logic? And, how can leaders appropriately guard against being guilty of this same vice?
I speak and work with leaders and faculty who need more than inspiration. They need usable next steps.
- Leadership and critical thinking
- AI in education (implementation, integrity, policy)
- Faculty quality systems (growth plans, standards, evaluation design)
- Digital safety + OSINT‑informed practice (training and leadership readiness)
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