Elena Shpigelman

Professional Experience

Director, Pre-Academic Preparatory Program, 2007 – Present – Braude College of Engineering

• Overall responsibility for managing the unit
• Leading policy updates and changes in accordance with national and institutional trends
• Implementation of new curricula and academic policy guidelines
• Managing a staff of approximately 25 administrative and pedagogical employees
• Development and implementation of training programs for administrative staff
• Recruitment of new faculty members in accordance with the Council for Higher Education (CHE) guidelines
• Budget management for the unit
• Pedagogical oversight and external communication with entities such as the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) of the CHE and the Foundation for Discharged Soldiers at the Ministry of Defense

Teaching Coordinator, Pre-Academic Preparatory Program, 1998 – 2007 – Braude College of Engineering

• Pedagogical management of the preparatory program
• Supervision of curriculum implementation and course material coverage
• Coordination of academic schedules and faculty assignments

 Item Manager, Pharmaceutical Procurement Department, 1995 – 1997 – Clalit Health Services

• Responsible for pharmaceutical procurement, inventory management, and supplier relations
• Negotiation and contract management with pharmaceutical suppliers
• Employment ended due to relocation to Karmiel

Education

• 2013 – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Continuing Education Unit, Course in Human Resources Management and Development
• 1999-2000 – Oranim Academic College of Education, Studies towards a Teaching Certificate
• 1995 – M.Sc. in Physiology and Pharmacology, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
• 1992 – B.Sc. in Life Sciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
• 1987-1990 – Medical studies in the USSR (studies interrupted due to Alia