WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 23, 2025) — Des Moines College Drugs and Well being Sciences has appointed Erfan Mojaddam EdM, as its new chief data officer. He’ll begin his duties September 15, 2025.
Mojaddam brings practically twenty years of expertise in instructional expertise, knowledge innovation, and digital transformation, together with management roles at Stanford College and the College of California at Berkeley.
A former Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia, Mojaddam found his ardour for educating and expertise integration early in his profession. That path led him to a grasp’s diploma in expertise, innovation and training from Harvard College, adopted by a sequence of impactful roles targeted on aligning expertise technique with educational and institutional objectives.
Most lately, Mojaddam led instructional expertise at UC Berkeley, the place he spearheaded digital initiatives to enhance scholar success, developed dashboards for school to boost instruction by knowledge insights, and championed scholar engagement by the Pupil Expertise Council. At Stanford, he helped launch Digital Medic, a worldwide well being training initiative that localized medical-training content material for low-resource settings.
“Erfan is a considerate, future-minded chief who brings innovation, knowledge, and human connection collectively to assist institutional excellence,” says Angela L Walker Franklin PhD, DMU president. “His expertise working throughout continents and campuses will strengthen DMU’s capacity to make use of expertise in service of training, fairness, and group. We’re thrilled to welcome him to our management workforce.”
Mojaddam says he’s drawn to DMU’s momentum, new campus, and dedication to student-centered studying.
“I might really feel it instantly. This can be a place the place innovation is welcome and other people genuinely care about one another and the mission,” he says. “I am excited to assist DMU construct even stronger bridges between data expertise, lecturers, and administration.”
In his first yr, Mojaddam plans to deal with relationship-building, conducting a complete audit of IT methods, and providers and exploring how AI, immersive studying, and actionable knowledge can improve scholar outcomes.
Mojaddam and his spouse, Karen, look ahead to making Des Moines their new residence.
Positioned in West Des Moines, a part of Iowa’s capital metro, Des Moines College Drugs and Well being Sciences presents ten graduate-level professional-degree applications in anatomy, biomedical sciences, health-care administration, occupational remedy, osteopathic drugs, bodily remedy, physician-assistant research, podiatric drugs, and public well being. Based in 1898, the establishment presents superior lecturers in a collaborative setting. DMU college students’ scores on nationwide examinations, pass-rates on board certifications, and match-rates for medical residency applications are persistently larger than nationwide averages and charges at peer establishments.
