Mitchell L Springer

Dr. Mitchell L. Springer currently serves as an executive director for Purdue University's Polytechnic Institute located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has more than 35 years of theoretical and defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: software engineering, systems engineering, program management, and human resources. Dr. Springer possesses a significant strength in pattern recognition, and analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally...See more

Dr. Mitchell L. Springer currently serves as an executive director for Purdue University's Polytechnic Institute located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has more than 35 years of theoretical and defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: software engineering, systems engineering, program management, and human resources. Dr. Springer possesses a significant strength in pattern recognition, and analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally recognized, and has contributions to scholarship of nearly 300 books, articles, presentations, editorials, and reviews on software development methodologies, management, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, most recently the Indiana Council for Continuing Education Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. Dr. Springer is the president of the Indiana Council for Continuing Education as well as the past chair of the Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Springer received his B.S. degree in computer science from Purdue University, and his M.B.A. and doctorate in adult and community education with a cognate in executive development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP) in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and in civil and domestic mediation. Dr. Springer is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator. See less