Nina Polok is the Program Executive for the Bachelor of Innovation™ at UCCS. Nina is uniquely qualified to take on this role. She has most recently worked at Agilent Technologies as the Business HR Manager for a global business unit, responsible for driving cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration across 2000 people in 25 countries. Prior to joining Agilent, Nina was a visiting associate professor in the College of Business at the UCCS, with a reputation for being able to show students how conceptual information relates to actual business experience, across 16 different courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She also led the startup phase of the distance MBA in the College. Prior industry experience in high tech companies and small businesses plus consulting in leadership and organization development round out Nina’s extensive experience. Nina holds a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering, an M.B.A. in Information Systems, and a Ph.D. in Strategy, Organization, and Management with emphasis in Organizational Change and Development.

The BI Program Executive includes the following key responsibilities:

• Ensure the quality of the program and its delivery to the students.

• Ensure that the requirements set forth by the BI Program committee and co-directors, as well as the program accrediting bodies ABET and AACSB, are being incorporated and monitored.

• Coordinate program curriculum with BI Academic Advisors and BI Faculty Co-directors.

• Develop and instruct BI classes.

• Promote the value of the BI program on and off campus.