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Frank R. Trocki, Ed.D.
Biography
An
accomplished educator and corporate executive, Dr. Frank Trocki, has
over 20 years of secondary and post-secondary experience, seven
years as president of Elexon Ltd., a 135 person manufacturing firm,
and four years of part-time corporate consulting and industrial
development training.
Dr. Trocki serves as Vice President of Business Development for
Lincoln Educational Services,
which operates 34 private colleges and institutes across the U.S.
specializing in career-focused programs. He collaborates with the
Vice Chairman to implement vision and strategy in launching
educational and corporate initiatives and in developing partnerships
with major industries, associations, and research organizations,
including Bechtel Corporation, The Shaw Group, Fluor Corporation,
Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc, Best Buy, Home Depot, Sears, Wal-Mart,
and Ingersol-Rand.
Previously he was Chief Academic Officer for Lincoln College of
Technology in Indianapolis and was responsible for providing
leadership for all academic programs, facilities, new program
initiatives, and fiscal control and management. Dr. Trocki
supervised almost 100 full-time faculty and 2,100 full-time students
with an annual budget of 30 million dollars.
While at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California he served as
Dean of Professional and Technical Programs and provided leadership
for five departments: Applied Technology, Applied Science, Health
Occupations, Criminal Justice, and Information Sciences. He also
directed the Center for Historic Preservation Technology, CR’s
Sustainable Agriculture Farm and the Center for Applied Design and
Manufacturing. Over 100 faculty and support staff serves
approximately 1,500 FTE’s each semester in PTP programs on three
campuses. Four departments either received recertification or were
accredited under his supervision. Funding significantly rose to over
$1 million in grants and partnership activities.
Prior to CR, Frank served as Professor and Department Head of
Industrial Technology, and Graduate Director of the Engineering and
Technology Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from
1997 to 2000. He provided leadership for a 20-member department
housed within the College of Engineering, which served more than 500
majors each semester and prepared students to focus on
technical/managerial areas of the Industrial Technologies.
At Elexon Ltd, Frank had the opportunity to create a new
manufacturing company to produce state-of-the art screen process
printing technology, infuse digital imaging technology into screen
printing process, and develop OEM sales for distributors, dealers
and agents worldwide. Dr. Trocki had direct oversight of fiscal
accountability and strategic planning. He initially saw development
of a 75,000 square foot facility that included manufacturing,
warehousing, research and design, service, shipping and receiving,
showroom and office space.
Residing in Denver, Dr. Trocki is married to Joan who has dedicated
her professional talents by serving as a teacher of children with
multiple disabilities for over 20 years.
HVACR
Educators and Trainers Conference
Unique Approaches for
Student Recruitment and Essential Attributes and Skills for
Graduate Success
Provides participants strategies and methods to recruit talented
individuals to enter the HVAC industry and graduate with tools to
insure graduate success that have been verified by industry experts.
“The ABC’s of Teaching:
Accountability, Behavior, and Communication”
Various techniques and methods are identified and explored that will
assist instructors to: improve student evaluation that insures
accountability; increase student engagement to improve learning; and
communication techniques that improve the teaching learning process.
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