Dr. Ramin Shadmehr is Associate Provost at FDU Vancouver and formerly served as Dean, Fine and Applied Arts at Capilano University. For over 15 years, as a senior academic leader, he has championed and led several degree and credential developments, quality assurance, and strategic planning across public and not-for-profit post-secondary education. His primary focus has been building academically strong, future-oriented programs that respond to labour-market needs while remaining grounded in educational quality, and student success. Dr. Shadmehr brings extensive experience in academic quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and approval processes across multiple provincial post-secondary systems in Canada. He prioritizes advancing industry partnerships, work-integrated learning, and interdisciplinary program design, and helping institutions translate employer and community insight into relevant, sustainable academic planning.