Dr. Aeron Zentner, DBA

Dr. Aeron Zentner's occupational background consists of over 15 years of research, analytics, business intelligence, strategy, and development in public higher education and in various business industries. He currently serves as the Dean of Institutional Effectiveness (e.g., research, analytics, evaluation, assessment, planning, grant development, accessibility, and accreditation) at Coastline College. Dr. Zentner has been a part-time faculty member in the fields of data science, data analytics, business, and strategy for more than six years in undergraduate and graduate programs.

During his time in research, Dr. Zentner has led the completion of thousands of analytics and research projects, served as a Co-PI on many grants, and has more than 50 research publications. Additionally, he also serves as a college research and planning consultant and editor/author for SAGE publications, Wiley & Sons, and McGraw Hill in the topics of data analytics and data information systems. Dr. Zentner currently serves as the chair of the Research & Ethics Review Board (IRB equivalent) at Coastline—a role he also held at his previous institutions.

Dr. Zentner's educational credentials include a Doctor of Business Administration with an emphasis in strategy and innovation, a Master of Science in Administration, a Master of Science in Leadership and a Bachelor of Arts in communication and business administration. He also has professional certificates in data science, executive data science leadership, leading breakthrough innovation, innovation leadership, disruptive strategy, AI for business, qualitative research methods, foresight practitioner, contract law, root cause analysis, progression planning, total quality management, six sigma, project management, supply chain management, and CITI IRB: research with human subjects.