Hesham El-Rewini is a proven leader with 35 years of experience in higher education. He has an outstanding track record of transformative leadership at both public and private universities. Hesham has always demonstrated the ability to foster and work effectively within a system of collaborative governance. He has a successful track record in academic leadership, strategic planning, financial management, effective resource utilization, restructuring of the academic enterprise, online education, fundraising, and public speaking. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Provost at Marymount University. Prior to that, Hesham served as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines at the University of North Dakota from 2008 to 2019. He also served as Senior Vice Provost and Dean for over a year. Before that, he served as chair of the department of Computer Science and Engineering at Southern Methodist University for seven years. He spent eleven years at the University of Nebraska at Omaha as assistant/associate/full professor and chair ad interim of the department of Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University. He is also a registered engineer in the state of Texas and a co-founder of Unicus Decision Support.