Michael Hageloh Joins IRSC as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Michael Hageloh Joins IRSC as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
January 27, 2021 Suzanne Seldes
FORT PIERCE, FLāĀ鶹app River State College has hired technology and education veteran Michael Hageloh as Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Hageloh, who has spent his professional career at the nexus of business and academiaāincluding 22 years at Appleāassumes a newly created, key leadership role within the College. The appointment comes at a time of extraordinary momentum for the Aspen-award-winning institution: in September 2020 Dr. Timothy Moore began his tenure as the Collegeās fourth president; in October the College reintroduced its online learning platform as IRSC Global; in early December it broke ground on the IRSC Advanced Workforce Training Complex; and in mid-December it received the largest donation in its historyā$45 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
āMichael a visionary leader with a deep background in advancing breakthrough ideas,ā
shares IRSC President Dr. Timothy Moore. āHe comes to IRSC with myriad longstanding
relationships with thought leaders, policymakers and other influencers in the education
and technology sphere. He has worked with global education technologyāEdTechāstart-ups,
institutes of higher education, and was the top in his field at one of the worldās
most iconic brandsāApple. We are excited and energized to see how he will help us
shape and change the educational space here at IRSC.ā
As an education strategic partnership leader at Apple, Hageloh built relationships crucial to Appleās iconic status as a dynamic force for innovation. For nearly two decades prior, as a leading contributor in Appleās Higher Education Division, he interacted with trustees, students, university administrators, faculty and others to execute Appleās first university-wide student one-to-one technology initiative, Appleās first anytime anywhere athletic learning initiative, and developing one of Appleās top iTunes U content creators at the University of South FloridaāLitToGo. As a founding member of Appleās iconic student representative program, Hageloh pioneered diversity recruiting within the program.
āĀ鶹app River State College is at the start of a journey to redefine the delivery of education with Dr. Mooreās customer-driven vision,ā says Michael Hageloh. āIām excited to join the IRSC team at this pivotal juncture to advance the College, and inject a Silicon Valley mantraāmy mantraāof ānot what is, but what could be.āā
Hageloh left Apple in 2010 and has since lent his passion and expertise to firms such as Adobe, Kaltura and littleBits. He has additionally led development efforts for the University of South Florida Muma College of Business and College of Education. He comes to IRSC from Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas, where he served as Chief Development Officer. Over his career, Hageloh has nearly $1 billion in measurable results.
Hageloh is a native Floridian, musician, storyteller and published author of a bestselling book, Live From Cupertino: How Apple Used Words, Music, and Performance to Build the Worldās Best Sales Machine. He is also a published opinion writer and brand commentator featured in Fast Company, MarketWatch, Business Insider, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, CASE, Fox Business, Medium, and national podcasts. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Education from Nova Southeastern University.
